Flying, as everyone knows, is generally regarded as the safest means of transportation. Yet for that to be the case an enormous amount of testing is undertaken. Central to this, of course, are the test pilots, who fly the aircraft, but it is the men behind the scenes who deal with the technical aspects of the aircraft - the flight test observers and engineers.Numerous books have been written by Test

Enjoy a more poignant film experience by diving into the details which built modern-day cinema as Film Experience combines, technology, business, the visual language of film, and its history into a single, cohesive presentation of this ever-evolving

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Once a cowboy, always a cowboy Ten years ago, Jack Everett left his family\'s ranch without a backward glance. Now, what was supposed to be a quick trip home for his father\'s funeral has suddenly become more complicated. The ranch Jack can handle--he might be a lawyer, but he still remembers how to work with his hands. But turning around the failing vineyard he\'s also inherited? That requires working

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According to the United Nations, Myanmar\'s Rohingyas are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Only now has the media turned its attention to their plight at the hands of a country led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Yet the signs of this genocide have been visible for years.For generations, this Muslim group has suffered routine discrimination, violence, arbitrary arrest

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Women faculty, their experiences, their assessments of the commitment that is made, and the standards that are in place, can determine if there is a sincere attempt to provide wholesome and nurturing working conditions in universities. We want to learn how women faculty perceives their personal and professional lives on and off

Opening with the provocative query \"what might an anthropology of the secular look like?\" this book explores the concepts, practices, and political formations of secularism, with emphasis on the major historical shifts that have shaped secular sensibilities and attitudes in the modern West and the Middle East. Talal Asad proceeds to dismantle commonly held assumptions about the secular and the terrain

In the 1980s--at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil unrest and rioting in a number of British cities--the Black Arts Movement burst onto the British art scene with breathtaking intensity, changing the nature and perception of British culture irreversibly. This richly illustrated volume presents a history of that movement. It brings together in a lively dialogue leading artists, curators,

Bring the brilliance of a Kaffe design in your home. In Kaffe Fassett\'s Brilliant Little Patchwork Cushions and Pillows, renowned quilt artist Kaffe Fassett offers 20 sumptuous patchwork cushions for you to make an admire. Each of these simple, graphic cushions is presented in fabrics from the Kaffe Fassett Fabric Collection, with their trademark range of colorways and patterns. This cornucopia of

With over 1 million copies sold worldwide and translated into 29 languages, Dr. Alex Loyd\'s international bestselling THE HEALING CODE is the must-have resource to start healing from mental illness or physical injury, step-by-step. THE HEALING CODE is your healing kit for life--to heal the issues you know about, and the ones you don\'t. In 2001, Dr. Alex Loyd discovered how to activate a physical

The brass eagle lectern is regarded as a quintessential piece of English church furniture which reflects the wealth of late medieval English towns and their connections with Europe. Many are products of the Victorian age inspired by their early Tudor counterparts. In this fascinating book, the author traces the development of the lecterns from the tenth century and provides a comprehensive picture

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From the patristic age until the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582, computus - the science of time reckoning and art of calendar construction - was a subject of intense concern to medieval people. Bede\'s The Reckoning of Time (De temporum ratione) was the first comprehensive treatise on this subject, and the model and reference for all subsequent teaching, discussion and criticism of the Christian

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One of the greatest nineteenth-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the tropical Spanish Americas between 1799 and 1804. By the time of his death in 1859, he had won international fame for his scientific discoveries, his observations of Native American peoples and his detailed descriptions of the flora and fauna of the \'new continent\'. The first to draw and speculate on Aztec

Pharmacognosy, the science of nature-derived drugs, pharmaceuticals, and poisons, played a crucial role in the development of modern medicine, and now has an equally important place in healthcare all over the world. This wide scope ranges from traditional medicine systems and herbal and nutritional therapies, the preparation and use of highly standardised and clinically tested herbal medicines, to