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Catherine Pepinster charts the relationship between the British and the papacy in the modern era, looking at how this relationship is coloured by its turbulent past. Despite the enmity of previous centuries, Pepinster uncovers surprising instances of influence of the papacy in British politics, the collaboration…
What is sewn into a pilot’s uniform when they receive their wings?
In what year did the first female jet pilot join the RAF?
Why were former Lightning pilots called WIWOLS?
For the answers to all these questions and more, take off into this fascinating miscellany and become a true RAF aficionado
With its famous…
Due to the rapid advances in the medical field, existing books on Jewish medical ethics are quickly becoming outdated and irrelevant, Jewish Guide to Practical Medical Decision-Making seeks to remedy that by presenting the most contemporary medical information and rabbinic rulings in an accessible, user-friendly…
This presentation uses anatomically precise, computer-generated reconstructed images of the human body for three-dimensional presentation of acupuncture points and channels. The CD component is fully interactive and allows the user to see through tissue layers, remove tissue layers, and rotate structures so that…
Many of the issues that relate to women’s health from period pain to infertility, can be self-treated with Chinese medicine approaches, and this clear and practical guide explains how to assess symptoms and choose the most effective form of treatment. Written for women interested in taking a more active role in…
The British Empire at its height governed more than half the world’s Muslims. It was a political imperative for the Empire to present itself to Muslims as a friend and protector, to take seriously what one scholar called its role as “the greatest Mohamedan power in the world.” Few tasks were more important than…
The Rushdie affair, September 11 2001 and 7/7 pushed British Muslims into the forefront of increasingly fraught debate about multiculturalism. Stereotyping images have proliferated, reducing a heterogeneous minority group to a series of media soundbites.
This book examines contemporary literary representations of…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Företagsekonomi och management Kvalitetssäkring Management och företagsledning Medicin och omvårdnad Medicin: allmänt Medicinsk utrustning och medicinska tekniker
New version with references to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016! After thousands of training hours in the Medical Device industry, Anna Lundén has earned a good understanding for what kind of GMP/QSR knowledge that is requested, both for the employees in this industry as well as for people in adjacent companies as…
Kategorier: Barns vård och uppfostran Familj och hälsa Graviditet, förlossning och barnavård Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Råd till föräldrar
From the time of Mary Poppins to the ”Super Nanny”, British nannies have always had a special way with children. And though trends and guidelines for bringing up children may come and go, much of the time-honored wisdom of the traditional nanny finds a welcome place with every generation.
Each chapter of…
Lonely Planet’s British Columbia and the Canadian Rockies is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Explore in Jasper National Park; ski at Whistler and marvel at Lake Louise; all with your trusted…
Kategorier: Att hantera personliga problem Att hantera sjukdom Familj och hälsa Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Populärmedicin och hälsa
About half of all men in their fifties have evidence of cancer in their prostate, which rises to 80% by the age of 80, yet only 3.8% will die from it. Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer and those with relatives who have battled the disease are at higher risk of developing it.
This book covers all aspects of…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Meditation och visualisering
An assumption underlying the many books on meditation is that it is good for you! The uniqueness of ”Why Meditation Works” is that it explains why. It is both a manual of meditation from the perspective of physical techniques and results and a study of the evidence that meditation relieves stress, enhances…
Medical Astrology is no longer a specialty that only a few astrologers can learn to use, as was the case for the last century. Presented here is a step-by-step approach to teaching the logic of this field, which traditionally was part of every natal astrologer’s work. Included are natal, horary, and electional methods,…
Kategorier: Medicin och omvårdnad
Do You Know…
Which British war leader was shot at by guerrillas in Cuba on his twenty-first birthday?
Which intelligence officer turned the tide of World War One in the Middle East after being initially rejected by the Army for being too small?
Find out the answers to these questions and more in this celebration of…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: kärlek och relationer
In this highly anticipated companion to the New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club YA Pick A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, Flora Maxwell heads to Miami to find a path for her future . . . and finds her heart along the way.
Winchester has always been home for Flora,…
Kategorier: Alternativa terapier, healing och hälsa Ande, kropp och själ Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling
Building on the significant history of the use of medical intuition by leaders in the field, Dr. Norman Shealy provides us with a path to using our innate intuition to develop optimal personal power and health.
’We now stand on the threshold of both a Mystical and a Medical Renaissance. We are pilgrims, en route…
Kategorier: Alternativa terapier, healing och hälsa Ande, kropp och själ Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling
The word Amma, which means ”push-pull” in Chinese, was applied to a form of Oriental massage dating back five thousand years to the period of the Yellow Emperor. Founded and developed by Korean-born Tina Sohn, Amma Therapy is a highly refined and complex system of bodywork whose techniques and treatment…
Discover the stories of 100 women and men whose activities in the 19th century laid the foundations of modern China.
This book sprang from a simple but original ambition: to provide an understanding – told through the lives of 100 significant individuals – of how China transformed from dynastic empire to a…
Kategorier: Andra medicinska specialiteter Att hantera personliga problem Att hantera sjukdom Familj och hälsa Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Medicin och omvårdnad Neurologi och klinisk neurofysiologi
Discover why millions rely on the #1 New York Times best-selling Medical Medium for health answers and natural healing protocols they can’t find anywhere else to over 100 symptoms, nervous system diseases, and disorders.
The first of two essential books, in full color and over 600 pages, about our most complex…
Kategorier: Medicin och omvårdnad
Nineteenth-century medicine is characterised by rapid technological change, new methods of diagnostics and treatments of disease, long-reaching developments in medical science, and professionalisation. This has led to great interest in the period and a large body of scholarly and popular research. However, much of this…
Lonely Planet’s British Columbia & the Canadian Rockies is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore Tofino, ski at Whistler, and marvel at Lake Louise; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of BC & the…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Företagsekonomi och management Kvalitetssäkring Management och företagsledning Medicin och omvårdnad Medicin: allmänt Medicinsk utrustning och medicinska tekniker
New version with references to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016!
After thousands of training hours in the Medical Device industry, Anna Lundén has earned a good understanding for what kind of GMP/QSR knowledge that is requested, both for the employees in this industry as well as for people in adjacent companies as…
This beautiful, color-illustrated reference of British Art potteries includes detailed accounts of their histories, artists, designers, craftsmen, and personalities, together with a comprehensive list of marks. The ceramics reflect the highly imaginative, diverse art styles of this period, evolving from Arts and Crafts…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
In hopes of impeding a young United States, the British supplied the Confederacy with arms and equipment. This book – along with Volume I – will be the definitive reference on British arms and accoutrements in Confederate service, containing full and detailed histories of newly discovered imported arms and…
Kategorier: Konst
More than 100 years after the death of designer William Morris, the Arts and Crafts Movement is enjoying a revival, becoming more popular than it was during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Attracted by its attention to quality and design, admirers–from Hollywood stars to young people furnishing their first…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
For many years the magnificent color prints published by the firm of Rudolf Ackermann during the 19th century have been in the possession of lucky collectors. However, with the passing of many years these frail works of art have become damaged, or have perished, so that many are not available to those who wish to find…
Gale and Polden’s postcards of British uniforms are now widely collected but little is known about the artists and few of their original paintings have survived. Now over 130 of these rare works by artists such as Harry Payne, Edgar A. Holloway, John McNeill, and Ernest Ibbetson are reproduced here for the first time…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Here for the first time ever, is a book dedicated to the head-dress worn by the British Heavy Cavalry, both regular, and volunteer of the period 1842 to the present day. It is lavishly illustrated with both colour and black and white photographs of helmets, most of which have never previously been published, together…
This intriguing and comprehensive exploration of the skeleton and the dead body includes more than 400 rare photographs. Stanley B. Burns, MD, has studied, collected and written on medical photography for over four decades focusing on unexplored areas. His books have placed him in the forefront of medical photographic…
This collaborative project by a scientist and artist from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine asks the reader to consider the aesthetics of human disease, a dynamically powerful force of nature that acts without regard to race, religion, or culture. Here more than sixty medical science professionals present…
Family physician and artist Dr. C. Keith Wilber presents a hand-illustrated tour of medical history via the doctors’ instruments. This study chronicles the evolution of a wide range of medical instruments from the mid-1700s through current usage. It includes discussions on microscopes, reflex hammers,…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Years in the making, this book covers the wide variety of markings used by British aviation units in World War I. Organized numerically by squadron number the book includes both textual and photographic examples for nearly all RFC, RAF, and RNAS squadrons. Many of the photographs are published here for the first time,…
The colorful earthenwares known as Majolica are popular once again, part of the nostalgic revival of Victorian taste in interior decoration. Majolica’s long history begins with Italian Renaissance tin-glazed wares; over the centuries its styles and techniques spread to France and England. With the advent of…
Discover the fascinating world of British commemorative produced for a variety of royal events–coronations, jubilees, marriages, wedding anniversaries, births and visits. You will see china and pottery commemorative mugs, plates, cups and saucers, loving cups, covered boxes, tea services and figurines. Also shown…
Combining over 1,000 color photographs of ceramic tableware, an equal number of manufacturers’ marks, and an expansive text, this is the most comprehensive catalog of the famous British Willow pattern and its known variations ever attempted, featuring wares spanning from the late eighteenth to the early…
This attractive and useful book presents thousands of beautiful hand-formed decorative glassware designs from British manufacturers, for export and domestic use, from 1850 to 1914. Detailed analysis and more than 850 color photographs and hundreds of carefully hand-drawn illustrations provide a visual feast to study…
Kategorier: Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
For the very first time, the history of British pre-World War I aircraft has been gathered together in one volume, with more than 900 of them well illustrated. This new book constitutes a most valuable contribution about a remarkable period in aviation history and is a memorial to the bravery and inventiveness of the…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Having photographically covered the British Aces of World War I in his book British and American Aces of World War I: The Pictorial Record, it followed that the RAF and Commonwealth aces of World War II should also be depicted in a single volume. This book therefore shows all RAF, Commonwealth and other country…
Kategorier: Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
For King and Country is the first in a series of in-depth studies which will cover the uniforms, equipment, insignia, weapons, vehicles, and personal items of the British and Commonwealth soldier of World War II. This initial volume covers the British Airborne soldier of the 1st and 6th Airborne Divisions, and the 1st…
”The longcase clock has been a part of the Englishman’s home for some 300 years and has gained a place in his heart seldom if every achieved by any other domestic item. An example of its importance in family life is that it, with the bed and the house, was nearly always mentioned specifically in the…
In October 1995, a conference of physicians, scientists, and polar explorers was convened at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England. With one voice these experts spoke out about the need for improvement in the standards of safety and medical care for the polar tourist. The conclusions of the…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This book contains over 600 rare and never before published photographs of the British Soldier in World War I. The quality images selected were photographed in peace and wartime, in the studio and the field, and show in detail the service dress uniform, equipment and weapons in use by the British Army between…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
British militaria, in particular officer’s peak caps, have been largely overshadowed by the interest surrounding Third Reich military collectibles. To the untrained eye one British cap may appear much like another, however this area of collecting is highly specific and can be quite complex. This encyclopedic…
For the first time, this book uncovers the fascinating history and diverse design of decorative ceramic tiles in Britain during the 20th century. Following extensive research and study, author Chris Blanchett, a well-known British tile enthusiast and collector, has compiled the story of the companies and their…
For the first time, this book uncovers the fascinating history and diverse design of decorative ceramic tiles in Britain during the 20th century. Following extensive research and study, author Chris Blanchett, a well-known British tile enthusiast and collector, has compiled the story of the companies and their…
For the first time, this book uncovers the fascinating history and diverse design of decorative ceramic tiles in Britain during the 20th century. Following extensive research and study, author Chris Blanchett, a well-known British tile enthusiast and collector, has compiled the story of the companies and their…