Here is Ireland's past distilled - poignant personal narratives and privileged moments, human behaviour recorded in its infinite variety, voices overheard: chamber music. In these pages Elizabethan adventurers, fops, soldiers, widows, landlords, republicans, poets, hedge-school masters and literary lesbians seem to dance through 400 years of Irish history. National events - the siege of Limerick, the battle of the Boyne, Wexford in 1798, the Famine, literary revival, 1916 Rising and Civil War - commingle with details of individual lives - procreation and recreation, courtship, food, clothing, religion, privation, death. Diaries of Ireland is an intimate history of everyday life on this island, a feast for mind and imagination. 'It is altogether an enterprise truly unique; we have not one guinea, we have not a tent; we have not a horse to draw our four pieces of artillery; the General-in-Chief marches on foot, we leave all our baggage behind us; we have nothing but the arms in our hands, the clothes on our backs, and a good courage, but that is sufficient - we are all gay as larks.' - Theobald Wolfe Tone, 24 December 1796 'A Levée at the Castle, attended as usual by pimps, parasites, hangers-on, aidecamps, state officers, expectant clergymen, hungry lawyers, spies, informers, and the various descriptions of characters that constitute the herd of which the motley petty degraded and pretended Court of this poor fallen country is made up. Alas, poor Ireland.' - Sir Vere Hunt, 4 June 1813 'Well, [Patrick] Kavanagh has come and gone: like the monsoon, the mistral, Hurricane Annie: things will never be quite the same again, even if it only meant that somebody told Lady Bellew to shut up, and went on to declare later that he hates Prods.' - Frank McEvoy, 4 March 1958 'This is the stuff of history, direct, real, stimulating and amusing S an excellent anthology.' - Bruce Arnold, Irish Independent 'There is a great deal to interest in this well-produced volume, it whets the ap

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In a society with epidemic levels of disease, it is sensible to practice the principles of health, and prevent disease. Otherwise you are left treating the symptoms of disease-again-and again-and again. The body is an interrelated system. Except for life threatening situations, the body should be treated as a whole unit-simply-and with recommendations that balance all body functions. Some excellent health-oriented books deal with individual subjects, like nutrition in one book, elimination in another, exercise in another, and personal development in still another. The Power to Heal: 2nd Edition teaches you the importance of the interrelation between all levels of spiritual, mental, emotional and physical. The Power to Heal gives you step by step instructions that guide you through the wellness process. Wellness does not have to be a difficult subject. Learn how to deal with tension and stress through positive thinking. Eat food that is capable of providing high quality nutrition. Consume chemical and parasite free water. Be conscious of good digestion principles. Help your body eliminate waste products at a speed that allows cells to function at peak performance. Exercise to enjoy life and promote a healthy circulatory and lymphatic system. Simplify the complex subject of supplementation. Protect yourself from electromagnetic polluted frequencies. These subjects, and much more, add up to common sense! DO NOT GET LOST IN ONE SINGLE SUBJECT, AT THE EXCLUSION OF OTHER BALANCING NEEDS. No given day is a test of all your knowledge perfectly implemented. Relax-enjoy your learning experience. Take pride in learning how to take responsibility for your health. Take care of your body-and your body will take care of you. So dear reader, we can reach the end of a pleasant health education journey together. As you close the back cover of The Power to Heal, you will open a door to a higher quality of life. The Power to Heal will always be on your library shelf to refresh y

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Here's a chance to learn the 200 real rules of poker, including descriptions of the characters, the right food (pizza, cold cuts) and the wrong food to serve; betting strategies that keep the player from losing to much too early; dealing, talking; and the dos and don'ts of a minimal standard of behavior.

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This book comes, first of all, as the answer to the yearning for more written literature on the identity of the Igbo people of the southeast of Nigeria. The early chapters deal with their geographical and historical identity. Then it holds a searchlight on the Igbo worldview: their sociocultural values and traditions, their religious concepts-the nature and character of the supreme being; their family agnates, relationships, and the structure and elements of social control dynamics, which are unknown to the Western world. The showcase also discusses some very powerful elements and traditions that give the Igbo their peculiar identity: the kola nut tradition, Igbo name, and food culture. This book is also a road map of the Igbo experience in the context of Nigerian histopolitical developments from 1914 to 1976: the crises, the pogrom, and the Biafran phenomenon, and the Ikemba Saga. Other hallmarks of this book include the profile of great personages: Igbo greatest heroes past and present, the icons of Igbo identity on both national and international scenes. And finally, it concludes with the roll call: an amazing catalog of more than four thousand Igbo traditional names.

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Hair tips and beauty secrets revealed that have been used by celebrities. This is a DIY at home book providing ways to boost yourself in appearance and lift saggy body parts. Natural remedies to relieve dry & itchy skin that cause wrinkles, age spots, etc. I briefly mention how to exfoliate skin naturally and cheaply with an everyday food product. I elaborate on how to manage hair too. I go into detail on how to create loose waves, deal with hair and make it voluminous for special occasions! Further I mention the sure fire ways to gain wholesome looks! This is a Look Book full of recipes! Try this at home!

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For many, "going back to the land" brings to mind the 1960s and 1970s-hippie communes and the Summer of Love, The Whole Earth Catalog and Mother Earth News. More recently, the movement has reemerged in a new enthusiasm for locally produced food and more sustainable energy paths. But these latest back-to-the-landers are part of a much larger story. Americans have been dreaming of returning to the land ever since they started to leave it. In Back to the Land, Dona Brown explores the history of this recurring impulse. Back-to-the-landers have often been viewed as nostalgic escapists or romantic nature-lovers. But their own words reveal a more complex story. In such projects as Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Farms, Frank Lloyd Wright's "Broadacre City," and Helen and Scott Nearing's quest for "the good life," Brown finds that the return to the farm has meant less a going-backwards than a going-forwards, a way to meet the challenges of the modern era. Progressive reformers pushed for homesteading to help impoverished workers get out of unhealthy urban slums. Depression-era back-to-the-landers, wary of the centralizing power of the New Deal, embraced a new "third way" politics of decentralism and regionalism. Later still, the movement merged with environmentalism. To understand Americans' response to these back-to-the-land ideas, Brown turns to the fan letters of ordinary readers-retired teachers and overworked clerks, recent immigrants and single women. In seeking their rural roots, Brown argues, Americans have striven above all for the independence and self-sufficiency they associate with the agrarian ideal.

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Master the art of entertaining and cement lasting business relationships in the process You're at a fancy downtown restaurant for dinner with a million-dollar business deal on the table. The waiter hands you the wine list. Now what? So much for that shiny M.B.A. and your powerful business connections. What matters right now, at this moment, is your wine IQ-and your ability to entertain this client in a way he'll never forget. In Power Entertaining Eddie Osterland, Master Sommelier, and America's foremost wine and food coach outlines dozens of power entertaining tips that can make anyone a more effective host or hostess-be it at a corporate business event or private dinners with clients in restaurants. When it comes to hosting big business meetings or important sales events, you will discover how to entertain business clients and business associates with ease, knowledge, and confidence, using good wine and food as the ingredients to build strong and lasting business relationships. Teaches how to transform boring business meetings and sales functions into memorable social events that people will want to attend again and again Enables you to build long-term business relationships based on the time-honored principles of courtesy, generosity and old world hospitality Learn how to convince the restaurant's Maitre d' to give them the best table in the house-even on a busy Friday or Saturday night Success is always in the details, so master the finer points of entertaining before your next big business event.

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THE MUST-HAVE BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT BIBLE'show the students the can of dog food, open it up and then eat from it. Offer it round the class to see if anyone else will have a taste."*This is just one of Sue Cowley's infamous ways of captivating your students, seizing control and getting those buggers to behave! *(WARNING: Make sure you read the crucial perparation advice before putting this idea into practice!)Now in its fifth edition, Getting the Buggers to Behave remains a firm favourite with trainees, newly qualified teachers and experienced staff alike. The advice ranges from the basics of behaviour management to 'how to deal with the class from hell' and is applicable whether you are working in the early years, primary, secondary or further education with level specific examples in every chapter. The boo covers preparing for your first meeting with a new group of students, developing your individual teaching style, creating a positive learning environment and working in really challenging schools. Sue is famed for the practical, honest and realistic nature of her advice, and all her ideas include case studies and anecdotes based on her years of experience working as a teacher and the stories and problems she has advised on 'agony aunt' style, for teachers of all levels. In this brand new edition, Sue takes a detailed look at the use of incentives for managing behaviour, how to implement a restorative justice approach in order to change children's behaviour and also identifies the ten most common forms of misbehaviour and how to deal with them. So, if your 2 year olds are ignoring you, your Year 11s are unmanageable, your tutor group is running riot or that unmentionable 9 year old is driving you round the bend then this is the book for you!

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At once a traveler's tale, a memoir, and a mouthwatering cookbook, Biting through the Skin offers a first-generation immigrant's perspective on growing up in America's heartland. Author Nina Mukerjee Furstenau's parents brought her from Bengal in northern India to the small town of Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1964, decades before you could find long-grain rice or plain yogurt in American grocery stores. Embracing American culture, the Mukerjee family ate hamburgers and softserve ice cream, took a visiting guru out on the lake in their motorboat, and joined the Shriners. Her parents transferred the cultural, spiritual, and family values they had brought with them to their children only behind the closed doors of their home, through the rituals of cooking, serving, and eating Bengali food and making a proper cup of tea. As a girl and a young woman, Nina traveled to her ancestral India as well as to college and to Peace Corps service in Tunisia. Through her journeys and her marriage to an American man whose grandparents hailed from Germany and Sweden, she learned that her family was not alone in being a small pocket of culture sheltered from the larger world. Biting through the Skin shows how we maintain our differences as well as how we come together through what and how we cook and eat. In mourning the partial loss of her heritage, the author finds that, ultimately, heritage always finds other ways of coming to meet us. In effect, it can be reduced to a 4 x 6-inch recipe card, something that can fit into a shirt pocket. It's on just such tiny details of life that belonging rests. In this book, the author shares her shirt-pocket recipes and a great deal more, inviting readers to join her on her journey toward herself and toward a vital sense of food as culture and the mortar of community.

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The Marine Fish Health & Feeding Handbook is the most complete, up-to-date, profusely illustrated marine fish health guide for home aquarists ever published. It includes hands-on advice for preventing, recognizing, and treating all common marine diseases, conditions, and maladies. Hundreds of color photographs illustrate symptoms, quarantine systems, foods and feeding, and preventive husbandry techniques. The book also contains information from scientific research performed by leading authorities that deals with various aspects of seahorse biology, ecology, systematics, and conservation and combines it with captive-care techniques of nationally recognized aquarists to make the best possible book on the subject to date. From first-aid tactics to everyday feeding for long-term success, this reliable guide offers easy-to-follow, state-of-the-art advice on keeping a saltwater aquarium healthy, well-fed, and free of common diseases and maladies. Sooner or later, every marine fishkeeper will need this book. From beginner to expert, The Marine Fish Health & Feeding Handbook is the must-have new reference for every marine aquarium owner. It is an indispensable tool for all aquarium shops and staff who care for and sell marine livestock.

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OBESITY IS THE NUMBER ONE HEALTH CHALLENGE FOR KIDS AND TEENS TODAY. Children and teens are battling weight issues from alarmingly early ages. Obese kids and teens face risk factors like cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol and high blood pressure and are more likely to develop pre-diabetes. They are also more likely to suffer from social and psychological issues like bullying and low self-esteem. You may have tried and failed to help your child lose weight on fad diets and extreme exercise programs. The first thing to realize is that: YOUR CHILD WAS NOT BORN TO BE FAT YOU CAN RESTORE YOUR CHILD'S METABOLISM TO A LIFETIME OF LEAN Like personal computers, our bodies are at risk for taking on the malware of processed foods, bad eating habits and increasingly sedentary "virtual" lives. THE RESTORE POINT is a metabolic "fix"that turns back your child or teen's body to its original, healthy "factory fresh"version. THE RESTORE POINT was written by Frederick N. Lukash, a pediatric plastic surgeon who deals with the aftermath of childhood obesity everyday. In THE RESTORE POINT, Dr. Lukash shows you: How to create a lifetime template of healthy eating habits based on THE FOOD WHEEL vs. the old fashioned Food Pyramid. How to get your child moving with simple, inexpensive techniques that prepare the body for increasingly dynamic levels of fitness. How eating evolved to make kids fat. Your child's obesity is NOT YOUR FAULT. Helicopter parents and tiger moms have fat kids, too. The solution is to go back to our original, evolutionary RESTORE POINT. This book of simple principles is designed specifically for overweight kids, teens and their families. It's easy-to-follow, basic guidelines have already helped kids and teens lose hundreds of pounds, healthfully and forever, preparing them for STRONG, LEAN LIVING for the rest of their lives. at the end of the tunnel.

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If you'd like your Thanksgiving preparations to go smoothly (and who wouldn't?), turn to experienced tech writer and foodie Joe Kissell for help. At least half the battle is a good plan, and Joe provides you with a customizable plan that gets you organized, helps you figure out what you need to buy, and prevents last-minute problems. Once the planning and shopping are done, follow Joe's detailed, tested recipes for Thanksgiving dinner: roast turkey with gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry relish, candied sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie."Thanks for a great guide! I used it to successfully cook my first complete Thanksgiving, almost single-handed. While I can follow recipes, I am nowhere close to 'a cook'-your guide gave me the confidence to take on this meal!" -Ed RuderAppendixes cover special cases from allergies to vegans, drawings guide you as you work with the turkey, and a special included "Print Me" file provides shopping lists and schedules, as well as versions of the recipes that you can tape up in the kitchen. Although these recipes scale easily for a few more people, they are meant for 8-12 people. The recipes use U.S. and metric units. Read this ebook to learn the answers to questions such as: What type of turkey should I buy Is there a fast way to make cranberry relish? What's the secret behind making perfect gravy How do you deal with a raw turkey, and which end is the neck?"I've been cooking Thanksgiving dinner for longer than I care to admit, and I never would have thought I'd pick up so many good tips! Great book!" -Trish Huffman

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A laboratory Text book of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Microbiology is intended to prepare the undergraduate, postgraduate and research students to perform basic experiments on various aspects of bioscience and biotechnology. Moreover, in the Semester system of teaching it is necessary to explore experiments which are not lengthy and easily completed within contact hours. Initially the book deals with dilutions, pH, buffers, units of measurements and calculations. This is followed by lab safety rules which is very important for any student working with chemicals for their and safety of others. This book emphasizes on principles, reagent preparations and procedures related to experiments, which will be handy for students from different scientific backgrounds. A number of methods are available in the literature for quantification of various molecules. This book does not present all the available methods but based on experience it contains commonly used methods, which students should know. The methods have been written in a manner for direct practical use in the laboratory. This work has originated as a result of numerous requests from my students for eased out and explanatory methods pertaining to biochemistry, biotechnology, microbiology and others. The section on testing of adulterants is of much use for common mass because most of the food products we eat are adulterated. The approach is rather simple with the use of very easily available chemicals and the tests can be performed even in house. It is hoped that the reliable assays presented in this manual will help the students and research scholars to get to basics of experiments and various aspects associated with it.

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Most fields of science, applied science, engineering, and technology deal with solutions in water. This volume is a comprehensive treatment of the aqueous solution chemistry of all the elements. The information on each element is centered around an E-pH diagram which is a novel aid to understanding. The contents are especially pertinent to agriculture, analytical chemistry, biochemistry, biology, biomedical science and engineering, chemical engineering, geochemistry, inorganic chemistry, environmental science and engineering, food science, materials science, mining engineering, metallurgy, nuclear science and engineering, nutrition, plant science, safety, and toxicology.

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Much has been written on WMD terrorism, but few books present a systems approach to this problem. In this book, we present an integrated view of WMD terrorism. The threat section reviews several scenarios that a terrorist might use and a very comprehensive list of the possible biological organisms and compounds that can be used as biological, mid-spectrum, and chemical threats. In the science and technology section, the technical aspects of a successful defense against WMD agents are presented. Arguments are presented for the control of the release of scientific information to bolster CB defense. Approaches to biological agent detection and a system for ranking detection technologies are discussed next. The generic approach to biological screening and detection is then illustrated with some applications of generic detectors to water, food, and aerosol. The future of biological detection and identification is also presented, along with a call to perhaps change the paradigms that we are using. The last section of the book deals with response system planning. An example of regional cooperation is presented. Risk-based management is discussed and a practical example of this approach to emergency planning is presented. Arguments for an epidemiological reporting system are presented, while the last chapter discusses means to integrate the various components of a response system via a software tool.

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Pubilshed on July 28, 2014. This cookbook is dedicated to men and women around the world that have dealt with or are beginning to deal with obesity or those whom simply want to loose weight, get healthy and get fit once and for all. I share my 170 lbs of weight loss secrets with you and how I was obese twice, ridiculed, looked down upon and even rejected. In this cookbook I help get you started on being free. A collection of my tips, tricks and health notes along with slush and juicing recipes will help you do just that. In addition, "health notes" have been added about which fruits to eat to help you live longer, have clearer skin, sleep better, help fight the common cold, cancer, depression, lower cholesterol, grow your hair, help with digestion and vision loss, aid in memory boosting, help fight aging and wrinkles, curb your appetite, eat on a dime, exercise less and still reach your weight loss goals and more. It's simply the ultimate health guide for men and women. This cookbook is also available for purchase in libraries around the world, at Barnes and Noble (bn.com), Books-A-Million Bookstores (online), in airports, grocery stores, global retailers and on Google Play and Google Books. Further, this cookbook has been made available on mobile devices via Adobe Digital Editions and DRM (Digital Rights Management), in general for travels and for when you're "on-the-go". Image Credits: FreeDigitalPhotos.net

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Many mystics know that there are ways to predict death. These ways or principles are all related. We can predict death with the analysis of auric fields, which are a manifestation of our emotions. But our emotions aren't just about how we feel. We tend to feel according to how we live, and we live according to how we perceive life. Within this line of thought, even though we can't precisely say what will happen in the future without ignoring the power of freewill, as no fortuneteller can, we can work with the probabilities described by a person's state of mind. We can say that it's possible to mention who's more likely to die in an accident, murder or by committing suicide, and who's very unlikely to end in any of these situations. To a great extent, death can be predictable and even avoided. We know that we must drive carefully, but we see many people driving recklessly. We know that we should avoid having sex without a condom, but many still do it. We know that we shouldn't trust strangers and many people do, if seeing one with good appearance and manners. We know that we should be eating healthy, but there are lots of people filling their shopping bags with junk food. We could then say that we have a predisposition to die, but this is also another manifestation of our emotional state of mind. In this book, it will be described how these and other situations can be seen in a wider and deeper perspective, in order to help us predict death. To do this, there are many real life examples that can show us the signs, which are usually known among sensitive individuals, whose skills anyone can develop. These skills are related to the alteration of our aura into a more lively one, which may be a challenge impossible to deal with in many cases of terminal patients, but within the reach of those that still have the strength to change their destiny.

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AUSTRALIA makes an appeal to the fancy which is all its own. When the first white settlers arrived in Australia, all was novel, and, while seeming fresh, was inestimably old. The grey gum-trees did not resemble any European forest, but were antique, melancholy and featureless. In a continent of rare hills, infrequent streams and interminable deserts nothing was concealed within the wastes, yet a secret was promised. The birds and beasts-kangaroo, platypus and emu-are, like the continent and all that is within - ancient. The natives were seemingly a race without a history, far more antique than Egypt and closer to the beginnings of mankind than any other people. The manners and rites of the natives seemed to be by far the most archaic of all. They did not have Kings and nations; they were wanderers, houseless, but not homeless. The mysteries of the natives, the initiatory rites, a little of the magic, a great deal of the social customs and fragments of the myths had been recorded. But, till Mrs. Langloh Parker compiled this book, we had but few of the stories which Australian natives tell by the camp-fire or in the gum-tree shade. These, for the most part, are Kinder Märchen, though they include many tiological myths, explanatory of the markings and habits of animals, the origin of constellations, and so forth. Children will find here the Jungle Book of Australia, but there is no Mowgli, set apart as a man. For man, bird, and beast are all blended in the Aboriginal psyche. All are of one kindred, all shade into each other; all obey the Bush Law. Unlike any European Märchen, these stories do not have the dramatic turns of Western folk-lore. There are no distinctions of wealth and rank, no Cinderella nor a Puss in Boots. The struggle for food and water is the perpetual theme, and no wonder, for the narrators dwell in a dry and thirsty land. We see cunning in the devices used for hunting, especially for chasing honey bees. The Rain-magic, actually practised, is of c

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Self-care for the newly diagnosed patient is at the heart of this book. Explanations and guidelines are presented in an easily understandable form. Also included is a wide range of dietary information. Another strength is the new, up-to-date material. Even patients who have been supporting the problem for some years will gain from this latest thinking. For diabetics, it provides a better deal for life. Dr. Wise is a graduate of Melbourne University and a regular guest at international symposia.

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Invite the person who is standing outside the door to get in. - Serving the Arabic coffee with dates. - Incense and perfume the guest. - Being generous with the guest and serving a sufficient meal, like a goat or a young camel, sticking to the Islamic and Arabic traditions. - The host shall not sit with the guest, but only serve him. - The Saudi traditions assume that the old shall be honored in the meeting before the young and not to sit before old people. - No to take the cup of coffee or the water before the guest, the father, or the elder brother. - Not to smoke before the father, uncles, old men. - Not to serve coffee or tea in your left hand, and not to take the same in your left hand or use it in any dealing. - Not to monopolize food. - When being in the desert, you shall get away from the meeting if you want to relief yourself of your needs. - Not to open the buttons of the cloth and to walk in public with an uncovered head. - Wearing the Meshalah when meeting dignitaries and officials, and also in feasts, social occasions, and Jumma Prayer.

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