What's troubling men in America? Through personal stories combined with leading research, Greene lays out the case against our damaging culture of male emotional suppression, which is leading to epidemic levels of stress-related illness, depression, violence and suicide among American men. A must read for anyone raising a son in America. "This is writing that unites men rather than dividing or exploiting them. It speaks to the very best part of men and asks them to bring that part to the fore-as fathers, as sons, as brothers, as husbands, as friends, as lovers, and as citizens of life.
Dan is down the pub. Again. All he wants is an easy life. London never quite worked out, so he has headed back home again to keep his Dad company now that his Mum has gone. Don't worry, this all just might be bearable since his favourite pub, The Red Lion, is not only still open but very much the same as ever. So, Dan spends his time down there, resolutely collecting the stories of the people who pass through, so he can block out his own. Easy life then? Well, you can't stop stories from happening to you, no matter how hard you try. And anyway, things never go to plan for Dan. Cheers.
We've all heard the expression "You don't have to be a rocket scientist to be able to ...". Well, these Memoirs explain many aspects of what a rocket scientist does have to be able to do. The author, Dr. Mark Salita, has modeled a very wide range of phenomena in rocket chambers, nozzles, and plumes, as well as on the Shuttle launch pad and inside Minuteman ICBM silos........... The purpose of this memoir is to share his multitude of experiences in the rocket industry. It is meant to be entertaining and insightful for rocket colleagues, and for students or young engineers who want to know how one rocket scientist solved the many technical problems assigned to him. Many "lessons learned" are discussed. Recommendations are made about the process of problem solving in general........... Dr. Salita is best known around the world for his modeling of O-ring erosion on Shuttle boosters, which he presented to NASA before the Challenger accident, and after to the Presidential Commission. His subsequent computer model of O-ring deformation and activation was the first of its kind, and was used to explain that the Challenger accident didn't happen simply due to the cold air (as described herein). That model has also been used for other aerospace applications, and by the nuclear power industry for their containment vessels........... He is also well known for his innovative modeling of propellant ignition, slag generation in solid-propellant rocket motors, and vehicle staging. He also created the first model of gas-bag inflator operation, and his original 1985 model of moisture ingestion into gas bag inflators may explain the failure of Takata inflators in 2015. Recently, he has been modeling the Boost-Phase Intercept of enemy ICBMs from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, i.e. "Drones") using high-speed interceptors........... TESTIMONIALS"I have read through this book and I was impressed with your work and your abilities. For what it's worth, I think this book should be on the must-read list of all current as well as budding aerospace engineers and scientists. It's the best. Thanks for what you have done". Dr. Dwight Clark (former Professor of Chemical Engineering at BYU, and Retired Section Supervisor, Thiokol Corporation)..........."Your memoirs are extraordinary. All propulsion technologists can learn from them. All those interested in aerospace or rocket science will enjoy your insights, history, and anecdotes". Dr. Leonard Caveny (retired Director of Science and Technology for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO))...........SAMPLE CONTENTSWhat is a "Rocket Scientist", and what are the fundamentals of solid- and liquid-propellant rockets...........Numerous entertaining short stories, cute incidents, and startling quotes involving math and engineering...........Guidelines for successful engineering analysis...........Tips on how to prepare for job interviews, and the importance of documenting results well...........How to make engineering computer codes User-Friendly...........Near-disaster on first Shuttle flight ... my modeling suggested the fix for future flights...........Booster O-Ring erosion modeling ... presentations to NASA/MSFC and Presidential Commission...........First model of O-Ring deformation/activation ... explaining the Challenger accident...........Criticality of wind-shear during Shuttle launch ... started Columbia accident and ensured Challenger accident...........Dynamics of liquid-metal droplets ... size distributions, collision-coalescence, vaporization...........Modeling slag generation in solid-propellant rockets to explain motor underperformance and failures...........Boost-Phase Intercept of enemy ICBMs using UAVs ("drones") at 60 kft ... Another layer of ICBM defense...........Lecturing and consulting in retirement.
In the film version of the life of the "Unsinkable Molly Brown," she is rescued from the Colorado River and raised in the Rocky Mountains, but the actual Margaret Tobin Brown was born and raised in Hannibal, Missouri. Her formative years took place in the town's Gilded Age; the railroad brought in lumber barons, and as the wealth of Hannibal grew, so too did the dreams of young Margaret. Even though her future career as a philanthropist and socialite would span continents and she would become famous for surviving the sinking of the "Titanic," Molly Brown was always proud to be from Hannibal.
Covert intelligence played a critical role in the American Revolution. Connecticut produced an extraordinary number of spies on both sides of the conflict, from the infamous traitor and Norwich-born Benedict Arnold to Patriot Nathan Hale, executed by the British for espionage. Spying during the Revolution entailed coded messages, early submarines with the first exploding torpedoes and the penalty of death for those caught in the act. Despite the risk, some spies even played both sides as double agents, such as Edward Bancroft, who was never caught. With stories of Silas Deane, Ethan Allen, Thomas Knowlton, the Culper Spy Ring and others, author Mark Allen Baker navigates the intrigues, dangers and double crosses of Connecticut's most legendary Revolutionary spies.
In Near Eastern studies, it has come to be accepted by many as fact that predynastic trade routes connected Egypt and Mesopotamia. The case for such trade routes, however, has until recently largely been based upon the two regions' shared influences rather than on archaeological evidence. In ""From Egypt to Mesopotamia"", Samuel Mark ferrets out the two possible trade routes between these two vastly different cultures. Ancient shipwreck sites and recently discovered artifacts allow Mark to delineate avenues of trade between Egypt and Mesopotamia. Taking to task previous studies that describe the Egypt-Mesopotamia trade connection as being one between two homogeneous cultures, Mark focuses on the variety of cultural differences, rather than their shared similarities, to map the infusion of these cultures. Scholars, students, and nautical archeology and Egyptology enthusiasts will appreciate this probing, fascinating trek through sea, sand, and time, unfolding the development of trade routes in the East.
Mark Rowlands was a young philosophy professor, rootless and searching for life s greater meaning. Shortly after arriving at the University of Alabama, he noticed a classified ad in the local paper advertising wolf cubs for sale, and decided he had to investigate, if only out of curiosity. It was love at first sight, and the bond that grew between philosopher and wolf reaffirms for us the incredible relationships that exist between man and animal. When Mark welcomed his new companion, Brenin, into his home, but more than just an exotic pet, Brenin exerted an immense influence on Rowlands both as a person, and, strangely enough, as a philosopher, leading him to reevaluate his attitude toward love, happiness, nature, death, and the true meaning of companionship."
Have you ever surrendered to the feeling of being engulfed? "...when, as it often does in Southeast Alaska, the sky lowers until it sits on your shoulders. Rain falls in a steady white-noise hiss, dulling your senses, numbing your mind. It's then, usually as you stand on a gravel beach, looking at the forest starting thick and menacing at the top of the scrim, a shiver hits you. Then your less rational side wonders who or what is staring at you from that forest, wanting you dead." Shy Ghosts Dancing: Dark Tales from Southeast Alaska presents stories of darkness, mythology, and danger, examining the mysterious and unpredictable nature of life in Southeast Alaska, where perception and reality intermingle and conflict with puzzling and sometimes deadly results. Watch a young man's feelings for a beautiful woman turn from attraction to horror when voices from the aurora borealis tell him her terrifying secret in Shy Ghosts Dancing. Be there when a man finally meets the predator he's lived his life dreading in The Fear. Join an adulterous young woman's nocturnal vigils in a gold rush town cemetery, and share her discoveries there in Long Black Veil. Learn how placing a want ad as a practical joke gets an unexpected response in Ghost Wanted. Experience a Scottish-American family's wonder as they discover that they live a legend of their ancestral homeland in Shelikof Bay. And more . . . . Mark A. Zeiger lives with his wife and daughter on a forested, off-the-grid homestead on the shore of Alaska's Lynn Canal, more than a mile from the nearest road. They make their living mostly by gardening, foraging, fishing, and hunting.
Darlinghurst Funeral Rites concerns Newcastle-born Mordue in his 20s, from his arrival in Sydney in 1981 to the middle of that decade.The Australian culture of the time derided tenderness in men. Mordue's vulnerability, receptivity to art and social injustice marked him as an outsider, and the resulting sense of otherness has always informed his work.Mordue is familiar with profound and contained suffering. In this respect he is, perhaps, one of Australia's truest beat poets, shaped not only by Walt Whitman, John Keats and WH Auden but also by Bob Dylan, Marc Bolan and the Jam, and with everything that entails.There is an integrity to the looseness of his poems], a quality of space through which his yearning for love - can be sensed.-- fr. Antonella Gambotto-Burke, The Australian, reviewed 21 Oct., 2017
"Wherever she is, there is Eden."-Mark Twain, Eve's Diary (1906) Eve's Diary: Translated from the Original Ms. (1906), by Mark Twain, is a sequel to Extracts from Adam's Diary (1904) and is a comic narrative based on the biblical creation story about Eve from her creation to her burial by Adam. This story is said to be dedicated to Twain's wife Olivia Langdon Clemens, who died in 1904, just before the story was written.This replica of the original edition of Eve's Diary, with fifty-five beautiful illustrations by Lester Ralph, offers a lighthearted but emotional read.
Saving Myself from Myself Program deals with the two characters in the conscious state. This program also gives Motivational Maneuver, which helps you battle the negative state constantly and continually as you press toward the Mark.
"HONGA," is set in Dorchester County, Maryland. Three brothers return home from serving in the Middle East to loss of freedoms because of Red Flag Law. They form "The Thirteen,"---and prepare. ATF Agents come for Buster James's guns. The "Thirteen" resist and kill Agents. The region turns into a powder keg. Roads and bridges are willfully destroyed isolating South-Dorchester County once again into an island. The island secedes from the State of Maryland, becoming "Honga." The story builds until the nation is on the verge of a 2nd Revolutionary War.
Prayer, Story, Wisdom, and History. These are essential building blocks of the people of God.The nation of Israel tells its story of the rise of kings, not once but twice (Joshua-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles), and during this period they wrote Psalms and gathered together their wise sayings. Then, plunged into the darkness of exile, they had to discover again who God was and what kind of life he called them to live. In the same way, Christians read these texts today for what they share about a promised Messiah and how they explain what life with God looks like in all its complexity.Based on the best of recent scholarship, the Transforming Word series is designed for the reader who wants to go deeper and is looking for an up-to-date, go-to resource as they read and study.
From Stupefied Youth to Dangerous Adults Back in 2008, Mark Bauerlein was a voice crying in the wilderness. As experts greeted the new generation of "Digital Natives" with extravagant hopes for their high-tech future, he pegged them as the "Dumbest Generation." Today, their future doesn't look so bright, and their present is pretty grim. The twenty-somethings who spent their childhoods staring into a screen are lonely and purposeless, unfulfilled at work and at home. Many of them are even suicidal. The Dumbest Generation Grows Up is an urgently needed update on the Millennials, explaining their not-so-quiet desperation and, more important, the threat that their ignorance poses to the rest of us. Lacking skills, knowledge, religion, and a cultural frame of reference, Millennials are anxiously looking for something to fill the void. Their mentors have failed them. Unfortunately, they have turned to politics to plug the hole in their souls. Knowing nothing about history, they are convinced that it is merely a catalogue of oppression, inequality, and hatred. Why, they wonder, has the human race not ended all this injustice before now? And from the depths of their ignorance rises the answer: Because they are the first ones to care All that is needed is to tear down our inherited civilization and replace it with their utopian aspirations. For a generation unacquainted with the constraints of human nature, anything seems possible. Having diagnosed the malady before most people realized the patient was sick, Mark Bauerlein surveys the psychological and social wreckage and warns that we cannot afford to do this to another generation.
