When in 1867 the four principal British provinces in the eastern portion of North America were confederated under the British North America Act and became the original Dominion of Canada, the vast regions of the west vaguely known under several designations such as the “Hudson’s Bay Territory,” the “Northwest Territory” and “Rupert’s Land,” and extending from the United States boundary to Arctic sea, and from the western frontier of Ontario, James bay and Hudson bay to Rocky mountains, rem...

A double feature flipbook from the brilliant John Chambers!Cursing HomeThe old shall destroy the youngGrandpa Earnest is dragged from his home and banished to Withered Oaks-a nursing home for seniors with magical powers. While there, he discovers a demon-worshipping cult bent on revenge against the young for their cruel and heartless ways.Earnest's granddaughter, Arica, is the only one who sympathizes with his plight. She breaks into the facility to rescue...

“How would our lives change,” wondered entrepreneur Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard in 1987, “if everyday people had a stable, high-speed data connection to the Internet?” While he wasn’t the first to imagine a world of digital connectivity, Yassini-Fard was in the vanguard by creating the cable modem, which transformed residential Internet access from its slow, frustrating dial-up origins to a fast, always-on, and extraordinary connectivity tool by harnessing the existing infrastructure of the resid...

This book sets echocardiography within a routine clinical context. It aims to synthesise guidelines into a pragmatic clinical approach to real patients providing a step-by-step guide to performing, reporting, and interpreting a study. We wrote it imagining we were the calm voice of a senior echocardiographer teaching a junior colleague. This edition has been extensively revised with an expansion of sections on acute, intensive care, and emergency medicine. COVID-19 has necessitated limitin...

A Working Day is a sonnet sequence focusing on a day in the life of a fictional primary school principal.It takes place on the morning the school is notified of an upcoming Whole School Inspection but includes the many lighter moments of school life as well.These vivid verses are the loving legacy of poet in love with teaching and a teacher in love with poetry – the kind of verses that prompt you to accost people to read one of them aloud in the absolute confidence they will...

John Chambers was brought up on Belfast's notorious Loyalist Glencairn estate, during the height of the Troubles. From an early age he witnessed violence, hatred and horror as Northern Ireland tore itself apart in civil strife. Kneecapping, brutal murders, and even public tarring-and-feathering were simply a fact of life for the children on the estate. He thought he knew which side he was on, but although raised as a Loyalist, he was hiding a troubling secret: that his disappeared mother -...

CBT for Managing Non-cardiac Chest Pain is an evidence-based guide and workbook for clinicians working with people with non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP). NCCP affects around 25–30% of people in the UK, USA, and Europe and is associated with high levels of health care use and compromised quality of life. This is the first book to describe a treatment programme to fill the gap in care for patients.The authors have developed and researched a novel approach that demonstrates how ...

Silicon Valley visionary John Chambers shares the lessons that transformed a dyslexic kid from West Virginia into one of the world's best business leaders and turned a simple router company into a global tech titan.When Chambers joined Cisco in 1991, it was a company with 400 employees, a single product, and about $70 million in revenue. When he stepped down as CEO in 2015, he left a $47 billion tech giant that was the backbone of the internet and a leader in areas...

Legendary Silicon Valley visionary and one of the world's greatest business leaders, John Chambers shares the playbook and philosophy that transformed Cisco into a global tech titan and now inspire a new generation of leaders.With numerous start-ups moving from zero to a billion to bankruptcy in a matter of years, it’s clear that sustaining a business in the digital age is no walk in the park. Over 20 years, John Chambers transformed a company with 400 employees and one toaster-siz...

The remarkable story of how our solar system came to beThe birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. From Dust to Life tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing toget...

"Embark on a profound biblical journey with 'Christ, Our Sole Deliverer From The Wrath To Come.' In this compelling audiobook, author Thomas Vincent draws from the sacred verses of the Bible to illuminate the path to salvation and redemption. As you listen, the Scriptures come alive, painting a vivid portrait of Christ as the ultimate deliverer from impending judgment. Join us on this transformative exploration of faith, where the Bible's timeless wisdom is your guiding light, leading you ...

Digital Horizons: Where Technology Ends and Humanity BeginsStep into a mind-bending journey through tomorrow's technological landscape with "Digital Horizons," a groundbreaking five-part audio series that explores the profound ways emerging technologies are reshaping what it means to be human. Unlike conventional tech podcasts, this series weaves together cutting-edge research, expert insights, and compelling narratives to paint a vivid picture of our possible futu...