Since the pioneering work of Donald and his first Lancet paper in 1958, the use of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology has evolved rap idly. The introduction of grey scale techniques enhanced our ability to identify different tissues on the basis of their texture. However, it was the introduction of the linear array real-time scanner in the mid seven ties that changed ultrasound from being an "eccentric art form" to a readily available and usable technique. This led to the first repor...

Most research on social movements has ignored the significance of emotions. This edited volume seeks to redress this oversight and introduces new research themes and tools to the field of emotions and social movements.Sociologists and political activists around the world will find this volume to be of great interest due to its wide-ranging approach and its unique emphasis on the role of emotion in protest, dissent and social movements.

Featuring over 300 hours of new interviews with 100+ subjects, an oral history of the girl groups (such as The Ronettes, The Shirelles, The Supremes, and The Vandellas) that redefined the early 1960sThe girl group sound, made famous and unforgettable by acts like The Ronettes, The Shirelles, The Supremes, and The Vandellas, took over the airwaves by capturing the mixture of innocence and rebellion emblematic of America in the 1960s.As songs like "Will You L...

Matisse and Picasso achieved extraordinary prominence during their lifetimes. They have become cultural icons, standing not only for different kinds of art but also for different ways of living. Matisse, known for his restraint and intense sense of privacy, for his decorum and discretion, created an art that transcended daily life and conveyed a sensuality that inhabited an abstract and ethereal realm of being. In contrast, Picasso became the exemplar of intense emotionality, of theatrical...

Based on the latest research, this work provides a new look at the lives of African Americans in the Western United States, from the colonial era to the present.From colonial times to the present, this volume captures the experiences of the westward migration of African Americans. Based on the latest research, it offers a fresh look at the many ways African Americans influenced—and were influenced by—the development of the U.S. frontier.African American...

Sarah Starr is a typical eighteen-year-old navigating her future. Will it be modelling, or doing an internship at her Uncle Jim's newest acquisition, the Pinnacle Resort in Turks & Caicos? At eight years old, her life dramatically changed. Her parents were killed in a horrific car crash, and she was lucky to survive. Most disturbing, though: she had no recollection of the accident or her life before it. The strangers hovering over her at the hospital told her they were her aunt and uncle, ...

Featuring over 300 hours of new interviews with 100+ subjects, an oral history of the girl groups (such as The Ronettes, The Shirelles, The Supremes, and The Vandellas) that redefined the early 1960sThe girl group sound, made famous and unforgettable by acts like The Ronettes, The Shirelles, The Supremes, and The Vandellas, took over the airwaves by capturing the mixture of innocence and rebellion emblematic of America in the 1960s.As songs like "Will You L...

Built by local entrepreneurs during Dixie’s Cotton Mill in Dalton, Georgia, acted as a magnet for thousands of newly impoverished white farm families who moved to the factory and its company-owned village from the surrounding countryside. In Creating the Modern South, Douglas Flamming examines one hundred years in the life of the mill and the town, providing a uniquely perceptive view of Dixie’s social and economic transformation.With a sophisticated blend of statistical a...

He’s the NHL’s most controlled bad boy. She’s the crisis manager hired to keep him out of trouble. Falling for each other was never part of the plan.Cole Mercer knows exactly how the world sees him: talented, reckless, and one headline away from becoming a problem his team can’t afford.Sloane Bennett is the woman they call when reputations are on fire. Smart, ambitious, and relentlessly composed, she has one rule she refuses to break: never let a client bec...

The tongue-in-cheek adventure, Apple Pie Ultra 8, full of strange thoughts and dark humor in dystopian worlds where there isn't anything that makes sense anymore.A unique novelette of the strange and bizarre narrative of Honest Ultra Pure, a mythical and mysterious hero.winner, fiction: novelette category, international book awards 2021."...worthy of re-read... transformative experience... especially satisfying for its unique format and eerily compelling voice."

41 flash fiction tales of the strange and horrifying.winner, fiction: anthologies category, 2015 international book awards.“...a powerful set of vignettes...excels in unexpected concluding twists of tale, 41 Strange is very highly recommended!” (—D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review)

This book will challenge, inspire, and offer encouragement for your lifes journey by sharing modern aging wisdom through the lens and experiences of twelve biblical characters.