This practical guide for managers and engineers in the plastics industry shows how to reduce high noise levels which often occur in the workplace and reduce the risk of noise-induced hearing damage to employees. Practical methods for reducing noise from industrial machinery are described and illustrated with about twenty-five case studies relating to plastics processing machines such as granulators, shredders, extruders and injection moulders. Noise-control techniques include standard nois...

David Elliot, ex-pat, ex-paramedic living in Lima Peru with his family is caught up in a plot against the government of Peru. It is led by a team of ex-military United States and Peruvian members who are trying to make the world a better place, as they see it. You see into David's mind as he is dragged along throughout the city of Lima. His depression, his wants, his needs, his anxiety. He is basically crutch to the team’s leader and medic to the rest. As they move they are seen and David ...

How to Fall Asleep In Less Than 5 Minutes is a guide to falling asleep fast. It identifies the most common reasons for sleeplessness, teaches you what foods promote sleep, and reveals several unique sleep hacks to help you fall asleep instantly.The guide also reveals:• The most commons 'sleep stressors' and how to to alleviate them.• How your bedroom can actually aid or impede your ability to fall asleep.• Proven sleep inducers help you fall asleep.•...

Knowing Yourself takes an extended utilitarian look at the matter of connecting with ones authentic self. Thoughtful, stimulating, and occasionally surprising, it offers a wider and deeper perspective on self-discovery than normally encountered elsewhere, doing so in a provocative balanced way. The work consists of fifteen hundred newer ideas, all of which probably have not quite been seen in print before. Based in part on fifteen years of research in philosophy, psychology, and comparativ...

Freemasonry was a major cultural and social phenomenon and a key element of the Enlightenment. It was to have an international influence across the globe. This primary resource collection charts a key period in the development of organized Freemasonry culminating in the formation of a single United Grand Lodge of England.The secrecy that has surrounded Freemasonry has made it difficult to access information and documents about the organization and its adherents in the past. This co...

Freemasonry was a major cultural and social phenomenon and a key element of the Enlightenment. It was to have an international influence across the globe. This primary resource collection charts a key period in the development of organized Freemasonry culminating in the formation of a single United Grand Lodge of England.The secrecy that has surrounded Freemasonry has made it difficult to access information and documents about the organization and its adherents in the past. This co...

Biffy Ferguson is a large, eight year old Tabby Cat with an odd orange tip on the end of his tale that he is rather proud of. Biffy thought of himself as a sophisticated, yet down to earth cat- about-town. Biffys best friends were Mr Marple, the large ginger tom from two doors down and Robbie the West Highland terrier from across the road. Mr Marple, who was just called Marple by his friends, happened to be owned by two people who were huge Agatha Christie fans. They also had a gold fish c...

Freemasonry was a major cultural and social phenomenon and a key element of the Enlightenment. It was to have an international influence across the globe. This primary resource collection charts a key period in the development of organized Freemasonry culminating in the formation of a single United Grand Lodge of England.The secrecy that has surrounded Freemasonry has made it difficult to access information and documents about the organization and its adherents in the past. This co...

Freemasonry was a major cultural and social phenomenon and a key element of the Enlightenment. It was to have an international influence across the globe. This primary resource collection charts a key period in the development of organized Freemasonry culminating in the formation of a single United Grand Lodge of England.The secrecy that has surrounded Freemasonry has made it difficult to access information and documents about the organization and its adherents in the past. This co...

When an elderly gentleman is returning from a visit to his wife's graveside, he is shocked to find himself the victim of a young thug. What the thug doesn't realise is that this particular gentleman has nothing to lose and will make the young man regret ever having crossed him. (Bringing the House Down) When a lady refuses to leave her bungalow for an easier life in a care home, nobody suspects the real reason behind her reluctance to go. (An Accident) Three friends risk their liberty for ...

A revealing and humorous insight into the world of Sunday League football, where you have to pay to play: truly a million miles away from the Premier League. The book recounts the story of four eventful seasons for the Maindy Conservative Football Club as they ply their trade in the Rhondda Valley & District Sunday League in South Wales.

Fungi is a richly detailed and beautifully illustrated book which tells you everything you need to know about these fasciating organisms.Fungi are an indispensable part of the great chain of life: more than 90% of the world’s plant species depend on them for their nutrition. There are believed to be about 1.5 million species, thriving in virtually every habitat, from temperate to tropical, Antarctic to marine.Using...