Download or read book You Wouldn t Want to Live Without Clocks and Calendars written by Fiona Macdonald and published by The Salariya Book Company. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The invention of clocks and calendars has been very important in shaping the progress of human civilisation. This book tells their story, from early timekeeping methods and devices, and the formation of the modern Western calendar, to the creation of extremely accurate digital clocks. You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Clocks and calendars! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn’t Want to Be series. The clear, engaging text and humorous illustrations bring the subject to life and stimulate young readers' curiosity about the world around them. Specially commissioned cartoon-style illustrations in full colour make these books attractive and accessible even to reluctant readers. Information is conveyed through captions, labels and humorous speech bubbles in addition to the main text. Illustrated sidebars headed ‘How It Works’, ‘Top Tip’ or ‘You Can Do It’ supply more facts, describe simple, safe experiments, or steps that readers can take to help make the world a better place. Each volume includes a timeline and a list of ‘Did You Know?’ facts.
Download or read book The Clocks Are Telling Lies written by Scott Alan Johnston and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2022-01-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. On foot or on horseback, it was impossible to travel fast enough to care that noon was a few minutes earlier or later from one town to the next. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where suddenly the time differences between cities mattered. The Clocks Are Telling Lies is an exploration of why we tell time the way we do, demonstrating that organizing a new global time system was no simple task. Standard time, envisioned by railway engineers such as Sandford Fleming, clashed with universal time, promoted by astronomers. When both sides met in 1884 at the International Meridian Conference in Washington, DC, to debate the best way to organize time, disagreement abounded. If scientific and engineering experts could not agree, how would the public? Following some of the key players in the debate, Scott Johnston reveals how people dealt with the contradictions in global timekeeping in surprising ways – from zealots like Charles Piazzi Smyth, who campaigned for the Great Pyramid to serve as the prime meridian, to Maria Belville, who sold the time door to door in Victorian London, to Moraviantown and other Indigenous communities that used timekeeping to fight for autonomy. Drawing from a wide range of primary sources, The Clocks Are Telling Lies offers a thought-provoking narrative that centres people and politics, rather than technology, in the vibrant story of global time telling.
Download or read book The Man Who Invented the Calendar written by B. J. Novak and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Man Who Invented the Calendar provides a taster of the darkly hilarious treasures that can be found in B. J. Novak's One More Thing. We'll meet a vengeance-minded hare, obsessed with scoring a rematch against the tortoise who ruined his life; find out how February got its name; and learn the truth about the icing on carrot cake.
Download or read book Measuring Time written by Martha E. H. Rustad and published by Pebble Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will it be now or will it be later? Use a measuring tool to measure the time. From seconds to years, learn about time and become a measuring master.
Download or read book Home Learning Year by Year Revised and Updated written by Rebecca Rupp and published by Crown. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to designing homeschool curriculum, from one of the country’s foremost homeschooling experts—now revised and updated! Homeschooling can be a tremendous gift to your children—a personalized educational experience tailored to each kid’s interests, abilities, and learning styles. But what to teach, and when, and how? Especially for first-time homeschoolers, the prospect of tackling an annual curriculum can be daunting. In Home Learning Year by Year, Rebecca Rupp presents comprehensive plans from preschool through high school, covering integral subjects for each grade, with lists of topics commonly presented at each level, recommended resource and reading lists, and suggestions for creative alternative options and approaches. Included, along with all the educational basics, are techniques and resources for teaching everything from philosophy to engineering, as well as suggestions for dealing with such sensitive topics as sex education. Now revised throughout with all-new updates featuring the most effective and up-to-date methods and reading guides to homeschool your child at all ages, Home Learning Year by Year continues to be the definitive book for the homeschooling parent.
Download or read book Heaven t You Heard written by Geanna Culbertson and published by BQB Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine if TV's The Good Place and Good Omens had a brainchild. Now imagine if that brainchild had a fascination with the shenanigans of the Shadowhunter universe . . . Do I have your attention? As a young girl I fantasized about my happily ever after. Little did I know that the "after" to define my story would be the afterlife . . . A teenage Guardian Angel's work is never done. My name is Grace Cardiff. I was seventeen when my mother and I got into a fatal car crash. Don't waste your time grieving for me; I've already done that and I am trying my best to move forward because Heaven gave me a big to-do list. Once I made it past the Pearly Gates and got the basic questions out of the way (What's the deal with Stonehenge? Is my dead dog here?) I found out I'm a part of a minuscule percentage of humans with a soul qualified to serve as a Guardian Angel. That means I'm supposed to assume a new identity on Earth so I can protect people who are meant to positively, significantly impact humankind. It's a lot to process, I know. Regardless, my job now is to use magical angel powers and natural spunk to protect my teenage boy assignment from the dangers of life and demons who spend their time trying to foil angels when they're not taking laps in lakes of fire. It's funny---I thought Heaven would be all about rainbows, cake, and puppies. I didn't think it would involve a massive identity crisis and going back to high school.
Download or read book The Astronomy Handbook written by Govert Schilling and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential guide for every amateur astronomer explores the entire universe in one practical, easy-to-use, beginner-friendly handbook. The Astronomy Handbook, by award-winning astronomy writer Govert Schilling, is the indispensable, go-to guide to everything you ever wanted or need to know about space, including: the stars and the constellations planets comets eclipses galaxies black holes exoplanets and much more It also offers an excellent education for every amateur astronomer, including detailed and practical information on how to: locate and track the movements of the constellations throughout the year view the planets and the cosmos select the best equipment to use, including telescopes and cameras photograph objects in space Schilling provides a fascinating history of astronomy, as well as clear and accessible explanations of binary, variable, and neutron stars; black holes and gamma-ray bursts; the formation and structure of galaxies; dark matter; and extraterrestrial life.The Astronomy Handbook is a primordial soup-to-nuts guide to the cosmos and an essential reference for every student of the universe.
Download or read book Abundant Life written by Tayo Tychus and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2022-05-25 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abundant Life takes the reader on a transformational journey on finding the keys to unlock the abundance within. It is a fun, rich and relatable book that serves as a guide to living abundantly starting today. From answering the question, ‘What is Life?’, Pastor Tayo Tychus shares powerful insights from scripture to lead you to this simple, life-changing truth: Abundant Life is a promise already fulfilled. You can receive that promise like a gift and live to the overflow in every area of your life. If you are exhausted with an ordinary life filled with not-enoughs, or you are ready to make a greater impact, you no longer have to look outside of you because the abundance you’ve desired has been in you all along!
Download or read book Acclimated to Africa written by Debbi DiGennaro and published by SIL International. This book was released on 2018-09-17 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Misunderstood: one thing foreigners never want to be! But Africans and Westerners, interpreting the world through different cultural lenses, misunderstand each other with alarming regularity. This is sometimes funny, sometimes scandalous, but always damages credibility. This book is designed to promote cultural competence among Westerners working in Africa and among Africans living in the West.
Download or read book Soular Eclipse written by Judy Colella and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2013-05-24 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rowan Kenton is the son of a wealthy Boston Congressman. He's also a 15-year-old genius who is studying pre-law at the University in Boston. His desire to become a legal advocate for the poor is admirable, but, as his father points out, involves a reality far outside his sphere of understanding. Acknowledging his ignorance, Rowan decides to run away from home and live penniless and alone on the streets of lower Manhattan for one year to obtain a different - and more realistic - education in the harsher aspects of life. Survival will depend on his heart, determination, and basic love for others. What he learns will either make him strong - or destroy him completely.
Download or read book Acts of Love written by Judith Michael and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming and passionate love amongst the glitz and glamor of Hollywood from New York Times bestselling author Judith Michael. When director Lucas Cameron finds letters to his grandmother from her protégé—the brilliant young actress Jessica Fontaine, who had vanished mysteriously after a tragic accident—he is intrigued and determined to find her. When finally they meet, they have one magic week of passion and love. But still Jessica cannot return with Lucas to his world—and he cannot share hers—unless, with inner strength, they can triumph over the past and open the way for their hands and hearts to join.
Download or read book My Sweet Audrina written by V.C. Andrews and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains excerpt of Whitefern, sequel to My sweet Audrina.
Download or read book My Sweet Audrina Whitefern Bindup written by V.C. Andrews and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover two of V.C. Andrews’s most haunting and enthralling novels with this gorgeous volume containing both My Sweet Audrina and Whitefern as they follow Audrina struggling with her family’s dark secrets. In My Sweet Audrina, Audrina Adare only desires to be as good as her sister. She believes her father could not love her as he loved her sister. In his eyes, her sister was so special, so perfect—he never stops mourning her passing and is constantly comparing Audrina to the memory of the daughter he had. Upstairs in the locked room are her sister’s clothes and dolls, her animals and games, and her sacred rocking chair—which holds the secret of all her sister’s gifts. Something magical happens to her when she rocks in it, but that journey is not without its terrifying turns. In the end, it will help lead her to the terrifying secret that everyone knows. Everyone except... my sweet Audrina. And in Whitefern, the unforgettable sequel, Audrina is left in the labyrinthine manor called Whitefern after the patriarch’s death. Now that she has discovered the truth, will she ever be able to lead any semblance of a normal life? Alone with her dim-witted sister and cruel husband, she begins to take on the past and weave her way back from the empty grave to the possibility of a full life without the curse of dark memories her own father carefully wove around her. The sequel to My Sweet Audrina is as intriguing and as much an emotional roller coaster.
Download or read book The Saturday Evening Post written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Science in World History written by James Trefil and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Science in World History, James Trefil presents a comprehensive, thematic survey of the history of science from its roots in different cultures around the world through to the present day. He explores crucial milestones in scientific development and at the same time examines the enormous social and intellectual changes they initiated. Opening with a discussion of the key elements of modern scientific enterprise, the book goes on to explore the earliest scientific activities, moving through Greece and Alexandria, science in the Muslim world, and then on to Isaac Newton, atomic theory and the major developments of the nineteenth century. After examining the most recent scientific activities across the world, the book concludes by identifying future directions for the field. Suitable for introductory courses and ideal for students new to the subject, this concise and lively study reconsiders the history of science from the perspective of world and comparative history.
Download or read book Be Prepared written by Dr. D. K. Olukoya and published by Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be Prepared. It is not difficult to know that only very few people think. While thinking may look quite natural, it is a very hard work and sometimes a very dangerous assignment. Only very few people do serious thinking, and even fewer people engage in serious meditation. Most people have not bothered to ask themselves where they came from. Have you ever thought of that? Where is your origin? These and other similar questions with their answers as given by the word of God is the subject matter of this book. Please read on and be blessed as you witness a transforming change from within.
Download or read book Nursing Our Healer s Heart written by Lorre Laws and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2024-12-10 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nursing profession is in crisis. Within a decade, the world will have just over half the number of nurses it needs. The global nursing workforce has experienced mass, complex trauma secondary to healthcare system inadequacies and a global pandemic. Traumatized and burned out nurses are leaving their roles or the profession in unprecedented numbers. Those who remain are stretched to or beyond their capacity. While system-level strategies aim to address this crisis, none of them consider nurse traumatization and its impact upon patient safety, outcomes, and quality of care. We cannot wait for health systems to prioritize nurse safety. Nurses can and must come together as a global community to heal through avoidable and unavoidable nurse-specific traumatization while partnering with healthcare leaders to usher in a new era of nursing. This book, through an actionable framework, guides nurses in healing the traumas and hardships they've endured as individuals and nursing communities. Grounded in the sciences of unitary caring, integrative nursing, neurophysiology, and transpersonal neurobiology, this book supports nurses in restoring their healers' heart as they come together to address the deep trauma, burnout, attrition, and presenteeism that are central to the nursing crisis. Nurses will learn the language of their nervous system and how to navigate it as a foundational practice to support professional wellbeing. Each nurse will discover their unique innate care plan, which will guide their healing and co-healing with other nurses. By embracing the healing and practices offered in this book, nurses will learn how to support their nervous system regulation so they can thrive instead of survive in practice. Working from their healed scars instead of their open wounds, nurses can effectively lead sustainable organizational change and health care reforms that prioritize nurse safety and professional wellbeing.
