This wide-ranging memoir tracks the author's childhood through happiness to the depths of sadness, understanding his sense of loss and the impact on his life and personality.In later life, he delves deep into his parents' past and finds a love story for the generations. It is a tale of separation, yearning and determination as his father is sent, as a pacifist, to India during the war, leaving behind his prospective fiancée and his aspirations to become a minister in the Methodist ...

This book explores the Local Government Board (LGB) Medical Department’s work, successes, and failures throughout its forty-eight-year life and assesses its influence on public health administration in England and Wales. Earlier generations of public health historians have substantially dismissed the Department as being too small to be effective and too lacking in authority to have an impact. More recently a growing number of scholars have challenged this view. This book continues this rea...

Xalata Orbit meets danger head-on when she leaves a troubled Earth behind to live with her father on LunarBase and attend the Hydroponics Institute of the Moon’s Central Air Facility. At first, life on the Moon seems dull compared with her home planet, but it is not long before she and her new friend, Melody Fret, are fighting a shadowy enemy for their freedom and battling a conspiracy that could destroy the Earth and all its inhabitants.  What horrors are lurking in the dere...

If you are studying for a qualification, preparing research reports, undertaking any sort of student investigative project or simply looking to collect evidence that backs up your ideas, then this easy-to-read and informative book is for you.  You'll discover how to set objectives for your questionnaires; construct questions so they'll deliver valuable results; create answer types that will allow you to drill down into your data; deliver your questionnaire in accessible ways ...

Not for the faint-hearted, this rollercoaster scifi thriller for teens and young adults once again pits our heroes, Xalata and Melody, against dark alien forces and the terrors of the unknown.Fresh from their battle with the Cryomorph on the Moon's Farside, Xalata Orbit and Melody Fret had hoped to settle back into a normal routine at the Academy. But strange things have taken place on Mars and when the Red Planet Exploration team arrive back at LunarBase, they bring with them more...

This book describes and analyses necessities for a more resource-efficient world. It discusses solutions for a more sustainable use of natural resources, addressing decision-makers and experts from the fields of policy development, industry, academia, civil society, and the media. The book presents strategies, concrete ways and examples of achieving more sustainable resource use in practice.Following on from two previous titles published on Factor X by the Umweltbundesamt (German E...

Achieve the breakthroughs in size for the lean and chiseled muscular look that you’ve always wanted!Bodybuilding expert Nick Evans presents a proven program for perfecting your physique. More than simply hitting the gym and pumping iron, Men’s Body Sculpting provides you with complete programs for• generating mass,• reducing fat,• sculpting your physique, and• maintaining your build.Each program offers the specific exercises...

NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING DAME MAGGIE SMITH'The first book that ever made me laugh out loud' Adam Kay'Utter genius' Daily MailIn 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett's garden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her bones, Miss Shepherd was not an easy tenant. And Bennett, despite inviting her in the first place, was a reluctant landlord. And yet she lived there for fifte...

Build Your Running Body offers a comprehensive, science-based approach to running fitness applicable to all levels, from beginners to experienced marathoners. The book explores the physiological components of running—including muscles, connective tissue, the cardiovascular system, and the nervous system—explaining how each contributes to performance. It provides detailed photo-instructional guides for a wide array of workouts, from foundational running techniques to advanced interval train...

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability. Britain in 1789 was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half Celtic. By 1914, when it faced its greatest test since the defeat of Napoleon, it was largely ...

With Fitness After 40, regain the energy and physique of a teenager in no time.Your body is getting older, those stairs are looking steeper, and your bones are cracking louder. The unavoidable fact is that your body is aging. However, that doesn't have to impact your fitness level. Forget how many candles were on your last birthday cake--if you exercise smarter, you can remain youthful, energetic, and strong.As an academic orthopedic surgeon and in...

Queen Victoria was the ultimate Victorian, and she was not amused. Luckily YOU will be splitting your sides - because the prim and proper Victorians were actually a jolly naughty bunch!