This wide-ranging memoir tracks the author's childhood through happiness to the depths of sadness, understanding his sense of loss and the impact on his life and personality.In later life, he delves deep into his parents' past and finds a love story for the generations. It is a tale of separation, yearning and determination as his father is sent, as a pacifist, to India during the war, leaving behind his prospective fiancée and his aspirations to become a minister in the Methodist ...

This book explores the Local Government Board (LGB) Medical Department’s work, successes, and failures throughout its forty-eight-year life and assesses its influence on public health administration in England and Wales. Earlier generations of public health historians have substantially dismissed the Department as being too small to be effective and too lacking in authority to have an impact. More recently a growing number of scholars have challenged this view. This book continues this rea...

Xalata Orbit meets danger head-on when she leaves a troubled Earth behind to live with her father on LunarBase and attend the Hydroponics Institute of the Moon’s Central Air Facility. At first, life on the Moon seems dull compared with her home planet, but it is not long before she and her new friend, Melody Fret, are fighting a shadowy enemy for their freedom and battling a conspiracy that could destroy the Earth and all its inhabitants.  What horrors are lurking in the dere...

If you are studying for a qualification, preparing research reports, undertaking any sort of student investigative project or simply looking to collect evidence that backs up your ideas, then this easy-to-read and informative book is for you.  You'll discover how to set objectives for your questionnaires; construct questions so they'll deliver valuable results; create answer types that will allow you to drill down into your data; deliver your questionnaire in accessible ways ...

Not for the faint-hearted, this rollercoaster scifi thriller for teens and young adults once again pits our heroes, Xalata and Melody, against dark alien forces and the terrors of the unknown.  Fresh from their battle with the Cryomorph on the Moon's Farside, Xalata Orbit and Melody Fret had hoped to settle back into a normal routine at the Academy. But strange things have taken place on Mars and when the Red Planet Exploration team arrive back at LunarBase, they bring with t...

This book describes and analyses necessities for a more resource-efficient world. It discusses solutions for a more sustainable use of natural resources, addressing decision-makers and experts from the fields of policy development, industry, academia, civil society, and the media. The book presents strategies, concrete ways and examples of achieving more sustainable resource use in practice.Following on from two previous titles published on Factor X by the Umweltbundesamt (German E...

Achieve the breakthroughs in size for the lean and chiseled muscular look that you’ve always wanted!Bodybuilding expert Nick Evans presents a proven program for perfecting your physique. More than simply hitting the gym and pumping iron, Men’s Body Sculpting provides you with complete programs for• generating mass,• reducing fat,• sculpting your physique, and• maintaining your build.Each program offers the specific exercises...

When Stink learns that Pluto has flunked out of the Milky Way for being too shrimpy he feels like he might just explode with a Big Bang. He has no choice but to take a stand for the sake of little planets (and little people) everywhere. Will our humble hero Stink Moody be smart enough to defeat a panel of big-shot scientists? Will he be strong enough to beat know-it-all Riley Rottenberger and her Team KPB? Will Stink succeed in rescuing Pluto from a fate worse than being swallowed by a bla...

A BUSINESSWEEK BESTSELLERBestselling Lean Six Sigma author Michael George provides the first pocket guide for deployers of Lean Six SigmaThe Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook blends Lean and Six Sigma tools and concepts, providing expert advice on how to determine which tool within a "family" is best for different purposes. Packed with detailed examples and step-bystep instructions, it's the ideal handy reference guide to help Green a...

Most managers know very little about the technology they introduce into their firms, often preferring to leave such decisions to a small band of technological 'experts'. As a result large amounts of time and money are often wasted on inappropriate and inefficient systems. The cost of retraining and reorganising can also be prohibitive if the new technology does not deliver the desired results.In a business environment where technology is of increasing importance, the non-technical m...

The authoritative classic--revised and updated for today's Six Sigma practitioners Whether you want to further your Six Sigma training to achieve a Black or Green Belt or you are totally new to the quality-management strategy, you need reliable guidance. The Six Sigma Handbook, Third Edition shows you, step by step, how to integrate this profitable approach into your company's culture.Co-written by an award-winning contributor to the practice of quality management ...

Global warming is changing the world as we know it. Climate change can have catastrophic impacts in numerous cities across the world. It is time for us to react – quickly and effectively. The European Community (EC) has been leading the fight against climate change, making it one of its top priorities. We have introduced the most ambitious targets of their kind, known as the “20/20/20 by 2020” initiative within the “Climate Action and Renewable Energy Package.” As a result, European Member...