Then, . ....But after that, I realised that I knew very little about these parents of mine. They had been born about the start of the Twentieth Century, and they died in 1970 and 1980. For their last 50 years, I was old enough to speak with a bit of sense. I could have talked to them a lot about their lives. I could have found out about the times they lived in. But I did not. I know almost nothing about them really. Their courtship? Working in the pits? The Lock-out in the Depression? Losing their second child? Being dusted as a miner? The shootings ...

Roger is a down-to-earth builder, Judy is the harassed single mother of four teenage boys, and Thelma is a librarian who usually looks as though she's been sitting on a wasps' nest for most of her life. Neville is on the lookout for a woman (any woman will do), and Julian just wants to be young again. Edie is the wrong side of 70, and Roz is a size zero fitness queen. These characters, together with one very overweight Alice, all meet up for the first time at their local Pilates class. Petra, the class instructor, has no idea what she has let herself ...

If you have always wanted to lose weight but find that diets don’t work for you, then keep reading… While this remarkable method of consuming food originally gained popularity within the keto diet community, anyone can incorporate intermittent fasting into their lifestyle and benefit from it. And it is easier than you think. If you’re put off by fasting, read this book and find out why fasting is not only something you shouldn’t be afraid of but is actually the best thing you can do for your health. Studies have shown ...

The Sweet sisters began life as identical twins, but thanks to the miracles of Jane Fonda and plastic surgery, on the eve of their fortieth birthday, they hardly resemble one another. Amora has become a glamorous, egocentric radio shrink with her own nationally broadcast program and a huge following, while Aroma leads a much quieter life as a psychologist in a halfway house for teenagers. The relative calm of Aroma’s life is shattered when her sister’s perfectly coiffed head is delivered to her desk one morning along with The New York Times ...

This work has used the Gallerkin finite element method in the presentation of in-plane displacements and Von-mises stresses analyses in petroleum road tankers. MATLAB® plotting capability and computational tools were used to generate geometrical mesh model suitable for the finite element analysis with a special chapter devoted to 3-D geometry modeling and point extraction for FE modeling. Element coordinates of the mesh model were extracted and used to conduct finite element analysis. Elliptical and circular section tankers were used for the analysis. ...

In the last 50 years, neuroscience has made significant advances in understanding neural processes. The creation and development of various methods of examining the function of the nervous system has given neuroscientists many opportunities to investigate and answer questions such as how changes in the brain lead to disease or what makes the human brain unique.Understanding the dynamic complexity of the nervous system is a research challenge in the world of science. The analysis of the nervous system includes several levels from the cellular and molecular ...

Have you ever believed that you're not enough? That you're not smart enough, skilled enough, or skinny enough? Have you ever believed that your life doesn't have intrinsic value outside of the label you wear? That your life doesn't have purpose? Have you ever believed that your past defines you? That you deserve to be in a relationship where you are treated like crap? That you are not worthy of love? Have you ever believed that you're a bad parent? That your life isn't meaningful or significant? Are you stuck and can't figure out how to take that ...

She’s a Runaway Bride Valerie Burrows is running from a wedding, her attorney fiancé, and the law. Pampered Valerie takes a bus to nowheresville, where she learns her cash and credit cards have been stolen. Left with only her designer clothes and luggage she takes on a new identity and must learn to be self-reliant. She swears off men, especially attorneys, only to find the one man who refuses a one night stand and wants a relationship.   He’s Looking For A Wife Matt Jordan, the Colorado Crusher, is the most successful ...

С точки зрения развития, в этой книге четко описываются и анализируются аномалии и несправедливость ...

In this second volume of his memoirs the author keeps the reader enthralled with his continuing conversational and engaging writing style, evoking the 1970s and providing plenty of contrasting emotions: excitement, laughter, touches of melancholy, sadness, irony, and considerable frustration. And all the while, the central theme of the story - the author's on-going love affair with a young lady from Low Bentham with the story following closely the antics of the two young adults whilst on their journey towards marriage. All told in a genuinely open, honest ...

The objective of this study was to analyze the vulnerability and stress responses of employees of a trading company in Los Mochis, Sinaloa and their relationship with productivity. The sample consisted of 77 workers from the company's local departments. The instruments used were the AF5 self-concept questionnaire, cognitive distortions, Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the performance evaluation report as a measure of productivity. To analyze the data, the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin KMO sample adequacy measure was used to determine the feasibility of performing ...

One of Ours is a novel by Willa Cather that won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize.It tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska native around the turn of the 20th century.

These are the writings from the journals of Sgt. Frank Pappas, who wrote about his experience in the army during World War II. Sergeant Pappas was in the 327th Field Artillery Battalion, C Battery, Eighty-Fourth Infantry Division. His writings are from October 20, 1944, to September 14, 1945, and describe his training experience in Camp Howze in Texas, Camp Claiborne in Louisiana, and Camp Kilmer in New Jersey. He also writes about his experiences fighting the Germans on the front lines. Sergeant Pappas was in England, France, and Germany and participated ...

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Pas de règles. Pas de lois. Pas de pitié. Elle est à leur merci. Harper, membre d’une équipe de secouristes originaire de Terre, détachée sur la Station de Transport Zenith, fait la connaissance de deux mystérieux étrangers provenant d’un monde inconnu. Harper va succomber illico à ces deux extraterrestres sexy en diable, au regard intense et aux désirs torrides. Styx, chef de Rogue 5, sait qu’Harper leur est destinée, à lui et Blade, son fidèle ...

The Acts of the Apostles in the Proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is a religious book written by Ellen G. White. The book is a detailed account of the early Christian church and the spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ after his death and resurrection. The book covers the period from the ascension of Jesus to the imprisonment of the apostle Paul in Rome. It includes stories of the apostles and their travels, the formation of the first Christian communities, and the challenges they faced in spreading the gospel. The book also provides insights into ...