This classic marine textbook instructs both students and sea-going engineers in the operation, care and maintenance of the auxiliary machinery and apparatus on board ship and is essential reading for marine engineers preparing for British Certificates of Competency examinations, US Licenses and similar qualifications elsewhere.
Experiment Central: Understanding Scientific Principles Through Projects provides in one resource a wide variety of science experiments covering nine key science curriculum fields—astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, ecology, food science, geology, meteorology, and physics—spanning the earth sciences, life sciences, and physical sciences. Experiment Central, 2nd edition combines, expands, and updates the original four-volume and two-volume UXL sets.
Be Happy Without Being Perfect: How to Worry Less and Enjoy Life More
Do you have trouble going to bed at night when there’s a mess in the kitchen? Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions? You’re not perfect. But guess what? You don’t have to be.
Understanding The Work Of Nurse Theorists: A Creative Beginning
Understanding The Work Of Nurse Theorists: A Creative Beginning, Second Edition Presents The Difficult Concepts Of Nursing Theory Through The Use Of Art, Allowing Students Become More Engaged And Active Learners. Designed For BSN-Level Courses, This Text Presents Definitions And Basic Concepts Along With A Brief Overview Of A Selection Of Common Nursing Theories. The Second Editon Has Been Updated To Include New Chapters On The Theories Of Patricia Benner, Imogene King, And Rosemarie Parse As Well As A Chapter On The Process Of Theory Development By Jean Watson.
Melancholy, said Wordsworth, is a "luxurious gloom of choice". Unlike depression, we choose to be melancholy, paradoxically deriving pleasure from feeling faintly sad. "Melancholy slows things, allows for percolation, facilitates solitude and solace for imagination," says Jacky Bowring in this dispassionate defence of the malady, madness, affectation - melancholy has been called many things over the centuries, but somehow eludes definition.
