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  The Vanishing Ice - Diaries of a...

  Iain Cameron

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  There are few more beautiful places than Scotland’s winter mountains. But even when most of the snow has melted, isolated patches can linger well into summer and beyond. In The Vanishing Ice, Iain Cameron chronicles these remarkable and little-seen relics of the Ice Age, describing how they have fascinated travellers and writers for hundreds of years, and reflecting on the impact of climate change.
   
  Iain was nine years old when snow patches first captured his imagination, and they have been inextricably bound with his life ever since. He developed his expertise through correspondence (and close friendship) with research ecologist Dr Adam Watson, and is today Britain’s foremost authority on this weather phenomenon.
   
  Iain takes us on a tour of Britain which includes the Scottish Highlands, the Southern Uplands, the Lake District and Snowdonia, seeking elusive patches of snow in wild and often inaccessible locations. His adventures include a perilous climb in the Cairngorms with comedian Ed Byrne, and glorious days spent out on the hills with Andrew Cotter and his very good dogs, Olive and Mabel.
   
  Based on sound scientific evidence and personal observations, accompanied by stunning photography and wrapped in Iain’s shining passion for the British landscape, The Vanishing Ice is a eulogy to snow, the mountains and the great outdoors.

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  Website Planning Guide - Your...

  Jeffrey Wiggins

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  Website Planning Guide: Your Roadmap to a Powerful Online Presence 
  Embark on a transformative journey with the "Website Planning Guide," your essential audiobook for mastering the art of creating an impactful online presence. This comprehensive resource is designed for anyone looking to build or enhance their website, whether you're a small business owner, entrepreneur, or individual eager to establish a personal brand. 
  Discover the critical steps to effective website planning, from defining your goals and objectives to understanding your target audience. Learn how to conduct thorough market research, analyze your competitors, and create compelling user personas that resonate with your visitors. This guide delves into crafting a content strategy that captivates and engages, while also emphasizing the importance of an intuitive user experience. 
  As you progress, you will explore the latest technologies and platforms available, helping you choose the best solutions tailored to your specific needs. Gain insights into design principles that not only enhance aesthetics but also drive functionality and accessibility. 
  The "Website Planning Guide" provides practical tips and actionable advice that empowers you to take control of your online presence, ensuring that your website not only attracts visitors but also converts them into loyal customers. With a clear roadmap laid out, you will be equipped to navigate the complexities of the digital landscape and achieve your online aspirations. 
  Whether you're starting from scratch or looking to improve an existing site, this audiobook serves as your trusted companion, guiding you through each step with clarity and expertise. Listen, learn, and take your online presence to new heights!

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  Project Management Basics Explained

  Can Akdeniz, IntroBooks Team

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  Project Management Basics Explained outlines the role and responsibilities of a project manager, as well as considering the qualities, characteristics and skills that make a project manager great. By the end, you should have a new respect for the role and a good understanding of the fundamental skills and principles that will guide you on your way. Whether you have just been handed your first project, you are a recent graduate looking to break into the field project management, you are considering a career change, or you are a seasoned experienced professional – reviewing project management basics can be hugely beneficial.

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  Paging God - Religion in the...

  Wendy Cadge

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  While the modern science of medicine often seems nothing short of miraculous, religion still plays an important role in the past and present of many hospitals. When three-quarters of Americans believe that God can cure people who have been given little or no chance of survival by their doctors, how do today’s technologically sophisticated health care organizations address spirituality and faith? 
    
  Through a combination of interviews with nurses, doctors, and chaplains across the United States and close observation of their daily routines, Wendy Cadge takes readers inside major academic medical institutions to explore how today’s doctors and hospitals address prayer and other forms of religion and spirituality. From chapels to intensive care units to the morgue, hospital caregivers speak directly in these pages about how religion is part of their daily work in visible and invisible ways. In Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine, Cadge shifts attention away from the ongoing controversy about whether faith and spirituality should play a role in health care and back to the many ways that these powerful forces already function in healthcare today.

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  Diary of a Nursing Sister on the...

  Anonymous Anonymous

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  The title is, I think, self explanatory. The nurse in question went out to France at the beginning of the war and remained there until May 1915 after the second battle of Ypres when she went back to a Base Hospital and the diary ceases. Although written in diary form, it is clearly taken from letters home and gives a vivid if sometimes distressing picture of the state of the casualties suffered during that period. After a time at the General Hospital in Le Havre she became one of the three or four sisters working on the ambulance trains which fetched the wounded from the Clearing Hospitals close to the front line and took them back to the General Hospitals in Boulogne and Le Havre. Towards the end of the account she was posted to a Field Ambulance (station) close to Ypres. (Summary by Andy Minter)

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  Rum Maniacs - Alcoholic Insanity...

  Matthew Warner Osborn

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  "This important study explores the medicalization of alcohol abuse in the 19th century US” and its influence on American literature and popular culture (Choice).    In Rum Maniacs, Matthew Warner Osborn examines the rise of pathological drinking as a subject of medical interest, social controversy, and lurid fascination in 19th century America. At the heart of that story is the disease that afflicted Edgar Allen Poe: delirium tremens. Poe’s alcohol addiction was so severe that it gave him hallucinations, such as his vivid recollection of standing in a prison cell, fearing for his life, as he watched men mutilate his mother’s body—an event that never happened.   First described in 1813, delirium tremens and its characteristic hallucinations inspired sweeping changes in how the medical profession saw and treated the problems of alcohol abuse. Based on new theories of pathological anatomy, human physiology, and mental illness, the new diagnosis established the popular belief that habitual drinking could become a psychological and physiological disease.   By midcentury, delirium tremens had inspired a wide range of popular theater, poetry, fiction, and illustration. This romantic fascination endured into the twentieth century, most notably in the classic Disney cartoon Dumbo, in which a pink pachyderm marching band haunts a drunken young elephant. Rum Maniacs reveals just how delirium tremens shaped the modern experience of alcohol addiction as a psychic struggle with inner demons.

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