The Antonine Wall, the Roman frontier in Scotland, was the most northerly frontier of the Roman Empire for a generation from AD 142. It is a World Heritage Site and Scotland’s largest ancient monument. Today, it cuts across the densely populated central belt between Forth and Clyde. In this volume, nearly 40 archaeologists, historians and heritage managers present their researches on the Anto…
The observation and study of Lepidoptera (the large order of insects that includes the butterflies and moths, characterized by four membranous wings covered with small scales; lepidoscaly + ptera, wing) began, historically, with the curiosity of amateurs. The science (lepidopterology) followed, as dedicated amateurs began to devote more time to the study, share their discoveries with others and…
The modern US Army as we know it was largely created in the years between the two world wars. Prior to World War I, officers in leadership positions were increasingly convinced that building a new army could not take place as a series of random developments but was an enterprise that had to be guided by a distinct military policy that enjoyed the support of the nation. In 1920, Congress accepte…
The story of human activity in the land now known as Egypt streches back some five hundred thousand years to an early stage of present, or so-called Quaternary, era in the history of the earth's surface. As elsewhere on that surface this scarcely conceivable span of time covers only a minute fraction of the story of the land itself, the more recent chapters of which take us back approximately s…
Christmas is a special time. A Time of rejoicing, of solemn thanksgiving, of gift-giving, of pleasures both modern and traditional, of feasting and of being together with family and friends. And christmas is a time of special music. What better way to celebrate the birthday of Jesus than to join together and raise our voices in the special songs of Christmas - or to tune our musical songs of Ch…
n September 2010, I was preparing to order a meal at a restaurant called The Gold of Africa in downtown Cape Town, South Africa. The waitress was dressed in appropriately African garb, and the menu listed specialties from Morocco, Kenya, and Egypt as well as South Africa. As I glanced at the drinks list, however, a most unexpected item caught my eye—Japanese green tea. About six months later,…
The one thing that I find most difficult is to write about myself. It is hard to understand why some people thirst for knowledge about me. It was never my intention to be anyone's hero. I am certainly no great example upon which to base one's life. I consider myself a very average normal kind of guy. I have some pretty good points; I have some human failings. I am proud of some of my achievemen…
People and communities, lives and livelihoods. These define the Arctic, just as with all other populated areas on the planet. Is there, then, any-thing special, specific, exceptional or unique about the Arctic? To the peoples in the Arctic, the answer is ‘of course’.Because it is home.As Arctic literature is fond of stating, there is no single Arctic. Definitions abo…
This book poses a question: since, in encounters between the present and the past, the present always wins, how might we in the present recover the strangeness of a society that flourished two-and-a-half millennia ago? Can we find ways of throwing off our mind-forged manacles, and instead make an attempt, without preconceptions or agendas, to…
If it were announced on the Manchester Exchange, or among any other large gathering of intelligentmen, that not one in every hundred of them could see correctlythe appearance of the walls or windows about them, it might cause no small amount of surprise,if not disconcert ; yet such is probably the fact. Millions of persons pass through life unconscious of the change that takes place in the appe…
A True Story of the Imperial German Government's Spies and Intrigues in America from facts furnished Each morning at 3 o'clock, American time, those messages flashed from the tremendous wireless tower at Nauen, Germany—to find spies waiting everywhere in America for them. On interned ships, in shacks, built far from the roar and bustle of the city, even in Fifth Avenue residences, were wirel…
The history of early human advance is the history of harvesting prosperity from agricultural innovation. In India, the later Vedic texts (c. 3000–2500 BCE) make frequent references to agricultural technology and practices.Jia Sixie, drawing on over one thousand years of Chinese study in his Qimin Yaoshu, or Essential Techniques for the Common People (535 CE), asserts throughout his work the c…
This book has been created to help you make decisions about practical conservation management by providing an assessment, from the available scientific evidence, of what works and what does not work in conservation. It also tells you if no evidence has been found about whether or not a conservation intervention is effective. This is the 2020 edition of What Works in Conservation, which was firs…
This chapter introduces industrial electronics. It covers some of the key developments and includes definitions for a few of the major terms, It also discusses the skills and knowledge the industrial technician must have to work efficiently. Finally, it introduces safety, which is of paramount importance for those preparing to work in the industrial environment.
This book describes how to design, specify, and apply power semiconductor converters. The reader learns to analyze converter characteristics in order to understand how these converters interact with the electric utility grid and with the load in various applications
People used to download music for free; then Steve Jobs convinced them to pay for it. How? By charging 99 cents. Prada and other luxury stores stock a few obscenely expensive items - just to make the rest of their inventory seem like a bargain. Why do text messages cost money, while emails are free? Why do jars of peanut butter keep getting smaller in order to keep the price the 'same'? The ans…
With the growing population in the Southern States, the increase of mulattoes has been very great. Society does not frown upon the man who sits with his half-white child upon his knee whilst the mother stands, a slave, behind his chair. In nearly all the cities and towns of the Slave States, the real negro, or clear black, does not amount to more than one in four of the slave population. T…
I do not know where Ballymulligan is, and never knew anybody who did. Once I asked the Mulligan the question, when that chieftain assumed a look of dignity so ferocious, and spoke of "Saxon curiawsitee" in a tone of such evident displeasure, that, as after all it can matter very little to me whereabouts lies the Celtic principality in question, I have never pressed the inquiry any farther…
In response to Carnacki's usual card of invitation to have dinner and listen to a story, I arrived promptly at 427, Cheyne Walk, to find the three others who were always invited to these happy little times, there before me. Five minutes later, Carnacki, Arkright, Jessop, Taylor, and I were all engaged in the "pleasant occupation" of dining. "You've not been long away, this time," I remarke…
''Everyone who thinks Vianney is already well known will find not simply new information, but what has new meaning for each discoverer. That meaning may well differ for each reader. The descriptions of the Cure's encounters with Satan and ''his lesser angels'' and of the hours in the confessional were my own personal crucial rediscoveries. The retreat by Pope John Paul II given at Ars is an ext…
Little Tookhees the wood mouse, the 'Fraid One, as Simmo calls him, always makes two appearances when you squeak to bring him out. First, after much peeking, he runs out of his tunnel; sits up once on his hind legs; rubs his eyes with his paws; looks up for the owl, and behind him for the fox, and straight ahead at the tent where the man lives; then he dives back headlong into his tunnel …
Detective stories in which the great Thomas Carnacki investigates the supernatural using scientific tools, such as photography, and tools that are augmented by theories of the supernatural, such as the electric pentacle, which uses vacuum tubes to repel supernatural forces.
At first he was inclined to be a bit offish; but, presently, he came round, and told me that he did not know of any particular incident which could be called unusual in the sense in which I meant. Yet that, at the same time, there were lots of little things which, if you put them together, made you think a bit. For instance, she always made such long passages and had so much dirty weather-…
At that famous period of history, when the seventeenth century (after a deal of quarrelling, king-killing, reforming, republicanising, restoring, re-restoring, play-writing, sermonwriting, Oliver-Cromwellising, Stuartising, and Orangising, to be sure) had sunk into its grave, giving place to the lusty eighteenth; when Mr. Isaac Newton was a tutor of Trinity, and Mr. Joseph Addison Commissi…
Secrets of a good DIGESTION How to keep the system trouble-free, medicines that work, recognizing signs of danger, exposing the ucler myths, gall bladder surgery-often unnecessary?
A commonsese guide to SEX, BIRTH & BABIES Victory over infertility; Rules for a comfortable pregnancy; The right way to feed a baby; Pros and cons of natural childbirth;, Tending a sick child
The prudent use of MEDICINES The search for new wonder drugs; Side effect and how to avoid them; A basic home medicine kit; Saving money on prescriptions; How to choose a pharmacist
Dealing with HEADACHES How to get fast, fast relief; Bloking hangover; Plain facts about biofeedback; Perils from hot dogs and ice cream; Mysteries of migraine
Exercising for FITNESS Why exercise protects health; How to lose weight and look better; What sports can and cannot do; Building muscles; Relaxing away tensions
Fighting CANCER New victories over cancer; Can you avoid cancer; Rgognizing the warning signs; Chemotherapy, radiation and surgery; Why normal cells run wild
Building sound BONES AND MUSCLES Fatigue-proof ways to stand, walk and lift; Exercisesthat save your back; Speeded-up healing for broken bones; Shoes that help the feet; New treatments for arthritis
The Healthy HEART How to prevent heart trouble, the cholesterol controversy, waht to do if a heart attack strikes, high blood pressure and stroke, miracles of surgery
Wholesome DIET How to take weight off and keep it off, the real dangers in additives, foods that cause or cure disease, verdict on vitamin pills, eating to keep fit
TEKNOLOGI ( Halaman 1-182) LAMPIRAN ( Halaman 183-200) INDEKS ( Halaman 201-298) .
ILMU PENGETAHUAN TENTANG BUMI ( Halaman 1-199) ENERGI ( Halaman ( 200-305) Tantangan terbesar yang kita hadapi sekarang ini adalah pencarian sumber energi, dan cara melestarikan bumi untuk generasi yang akan datang. Bagian ini akan menyelidiki sumber energi konvensional yang penting seperti batu bara, minyak dan gas alam, sumber alam yang tidak konvensional, seperti panas bumi dan energi m…
Tanggal rilis: 25 March 2014. "Percayakah Anda, bahwa sejak dulu pemimpin-pemimpin hebat di dunia ini, baik dalam bidang ketatanegaraan maupun dalam bidang korporasi, disadari atau tidak telah menerapkan 11 elemen kepemimpinan dari sosok seekor naga? Makhluk legendaris kebanggaan orang Tionghoa yang selalu diidentikkan dengan sebagai lambang kekayaan, kekuasaan, kemakmuran, dan kemuliaan terti…
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"This is a very unusual, perhaps even a unique biography, Father Rutler does more than give the 'facts' about the life of the Cure of Ars. With bold strokes, like a master Chinese calligrapher, he captures the spirit of the age in which he lived, unveils the sanctiu of a humble parish priest, and gets to the heart of what it means to be a priest--not just then, but now and for all time. Along t…