You love your family. But what happens when loving them keeps costing you your peace?Family relationships can be some of the hardest places to set boundaries. You may know a conversation is unhealthy, recognize the guilt trip before it starts, or promise yourself that this time you will say no. Then the pressure arrives, old roles take over, and suddenly you are explaining, apologizing, or giving in all over again.Learn where your responsibility ends, decid...

"A New Voyage to Carolina" by John Lawson is a captivating account of the author's travels and explorations in the Carolinas during the early 18th century. Lawson, an Englishman, provides a detailed narrative of the landscapes, flora, fauna, and the indigenous peoples he encountered. His observations are rich with descriptions that bring to life the natural beauty and diversity of the region. The book serves as both a travelogue and a historical document, offering insights into the early c...

In the 1800s, thousands of Native Americans were forced westward from their homes by the growth and ever-expanding nation. Forced into smaller and smaller areas of land, being faced with brutality and a new world where money and legality ruled, their land was lost to buyers and government officials on the other side of the country. One tribe of the Apache took their lives in their own hands and boarded a trip to India, led by Chief Little Feather and his new wife, Min-ji.Now finding...

The six 'sherds' contained here – whether fragments of a novel, or short stories, or what you will – cover a good deal of ground, from a highly apocryphal tale of an errant young Jesus to a tattooist's caper in Polynesia, stopping off in Renaissance Venice and England at the time of Queen Elizabeth I (with the Royal personage herself making a revealing appearance). These disparate pieces are united by the eternal pursuits of love, desire and the quest for a higher power, all wrapped up in ...

First published in 1709, A New Voyage to Carolina fuses travelogue, natural history, and colonial prospectus into a lucid portrait of the Carolinas. Lawson surveys climate, soils, and waterways; inventories pines, vines, fishes, and game; and notes the growing trade in naval stores. He also depicts the lifeways, diplomacy, and economies of neighboring nations, including Tuscarora and Catawba. Written in the empirical, plain style shaped by Royal Society science, the book anchors Carolina w...

First published in 1709, A New Voyage to Carolina fuses travelogue, natural history, and colonial prospectus into a lucid portrait of the Carolinas. Lawson surveys climate, soils, and waterways; inventories pines, vines, fishes, and game; and notes the growing trade in naval stores. He also depicts the lifeways, diplomacy, and economies of neighboring nations, including Tuscarora and Catawba. Written in the empirical, plain style shaped by Royal Society science, the book anchors Carolina w...

In "A New Voyage to Carolina," John Lawson embarks on an insightful journey through the Carolinas in the early 18th century, blending the genres of travelogue and ethnography. This seminal work intricately details Lawson's observations on the natural landscape, the indigenous tribes, and the burgeoning colonial society. His vivid prose captures the flora and fauna of the region, while his reflections reveal the complexities of European colonial encounters. As one of the earliest sources do...

River Basin Management is a collection of papers presented at a conference on implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive, held in Budapest in May 2005. The Water Framework Directive requires progressive protection and enhancement to rivers, lakes, estuaries, coastal waters and wetlands by the year 2015. At the heart of this major new piece of legislation is the requirement for all EU member states to prepare river basin management plans for all river basin catchments, prov...

An Introduction to Acceptance Sampling and SPC with R is an introduction to statistical methods used in monitoring, controlling and improving quality. Topics covered include acceptance sampling; Shewhart control charts for Phase I studies; graphical and statistical tools for discovering and eliminating the cause of out-of-control-conditions; Cusum and EWMA control charts for Phase II process monitoring; and the design and analysis of experiments for process troubl...

A culmination of the author's many years of consulting and teaching, Design and Analysis of Experiments with SAS provides practical guidance on the computer analysis of experimental data. It connects the objectives of research to the type of experimental design required, describes the actual process of creating the design and collecting the data, s

From as early as 1864, Llandudno, in North Wales, was known as ‘The Queen of the Welsh Resorts’ and today it continues to attract millions of visitors every year. Holidaymakers are drawn here by its glorious setting, framed by the Great Orme and Little Orme headlands, and attractions including two beaches, a Grade II listed pier and its proximity to Snowdonia and the World Heritage town of Conway. The postcard first appeared in the nineteenth century and became very important to the holida...

Originally published in 1967, this volume provides an account of the early development of English education. The schools and universities of the mediaeval period arose to meet the social needs of that time. The book charts developments up to the sixteenth century when the Reformation brought profound social and religious changes which affected education: not only the organisation of schools and universities but also the curriculum. This was the turning point when the foundations of an educ...