Is death the end? Will there really be an afterlife? Does the Christian teaching about Heaven actually bring anyone real peace? Having been plagued by such questions, the author set out to find answers. This book is the result of one man's struggle with the certainty of the grave. In the first half, the scriptures are applied in an attempt to develop a Christian view of demise. However, section two draws on the best evidence from philosophy, science, history and personal experience that death is not the end. Throughout the book various types of death are examined and each one is likened to a doorway. If death is a doorway, everyone has their own idea of what it will look like. All of this enables the reader to construct a healthy view of death's door so that they may one day pass gracefully. Whether you are wrestling with the death of a loved one, facing the end of your own life, or live in fear of the grave, Death is a Doorway was written for you.

The handbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the British novel in the long eighteenth century, when this genre emerged to develop into the period's most versatile and popular literary form. Part I features six systematic chapters that discuss literary, intellectual, socio-economic, and political contexts, providing innovative approaches to issues such as sense and sentiment, gender considerations, formal characteristics, economic history, enlightened and radical concepts of citizenship and human rights, ecological ramifications, and Britain's growing global involvement. Part II presents twenty-five analytical chapters that attend to individual novels, some canonical and others recently recovered. These analyses engage the debates outlined in the systematic chapters, undertaking in-depth readings that both contextualize the works and draw on relevant criticism, literary theory, and cultural perspectives. The handbook's breadth and depth, clear presentation, and lucid language make it attractive and accessible to scholar and student alike.

This book addresses a critical public health problem in America - the leading preventable cause of birth defects, neurodevelopmental disorders and intellectual disability: prenatal alcohol exposure. Dr. Rich provides insight into the prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorder associated with prenatal alcohol exposure (ND-PAE) among juveniles accused of violent crimes, in neighborhoods where America's "least valued" citizens reside, and even in upper middle class communities. The problem develops as early as the first three weeks of pregnancy, when many women are unaware that they are pregnant. With appropriate diagnosis and treatment, affected individuals can avoid a lifetime of lost potential from substance use disorders, incarceration, unemployment, and homelessness. From her broad psychiatric, forensic, and public health experience, Dr. Rich has crafted a reasoned, passionate argument for communities and professionals to unite in ending an epidemic that currently affects one in twenty American children.

Whether you're a project manager, engineer, inventor, student, professional consultant, or executive, you need to know if structures are strong enough to do their jobs and maintain the safety of the public. He provides a comprehensive explanation of the four steps that must be undertaken to assess the structure safely: finding the loads and forces it must endure; applying some safety factors; finding the structural details and calculating the stresses; comparing the stresses to the material strengths. He does this all without requiring readers to do extensive mathematics, and he also outlines when it's time to seek help from a professional consultant to answer that critical question: Is it Strong Enough?"

En este su primer libro, el Dr. Silverio Salinas nos ensena su metodo 100% natural para auto ayudarse a sanar practicamente casi cualquier tipo de dolor. Adios al dolor es un manual practico donde aprenderas a reconocer cuales son las causas primarias y secundarias de tus dolores y malestares. Aprenderas a eliminar dichas causas y a restaurar tu salud y bienestar en forma natural y sencilla. Adios al dolor te muestra la lista de alimentos que pudieran estar causando tus dolores y como los metales que usamos como joyas y trabajos dentales pudieran tambien ser la causa primaria de nuestros dolores. En "Adios al dolor" encontraras la lista blanca de alimentos naturales y nutritivos que te ayudaran en el proceso de eliminar tus dolores. Tambien encontraras una serie de ejercicios para promover la salud y eliminar el sedentarismo. Lo mas interesante y practico de este manual es la tecnica de auriculo masaje (auto-masaje) que hallaras casi al final del libro para que, practicandola, te ayudes tu mismo a aliviar tus dolores. Otra manera rapida de auto ayudarse a aliviar el dolor es la tecnica de magnetos con polaridad Norte que hallaras en el capitulo sobre magnetos contra el dolor. En esta tercera edicion, corregida, mejorada y aumentada, el Dr. Silverio Salinas comparte contigo su experiencia de 25 anos y mas de 50 mil consultas en diversos paises para ensenarte como liberarte definitivamente y para siempre de tus dolores. En 1997 y 1998 presento publicamente su tecnica de Auriculo Analgesia en los dos Networks de TV hispanos mas grandes del mundo, Telemundo y Univision donde el autor libero del dolor a un par de miles de personas con solo presionar puntos de analgesia en el oido. Si eres una persona que padece de cualquier condicion o problema de salud que curse con dolor de cualquier naturaleza, cronicidad o intensidad, entonces "Adios al dolor. Por fin, la solucion natural al dolor humano" es para ti. Para que aprendas a eliminar el dolor de una vez por todas y para siempre.

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Full color publication. The Coastal Engineering Manual (CEM) assembles in a single source the current state-of-the-art in coastal engineering to provide appropriate guidance for application of techniques and methods to the solution of most coastal engineering problems. The CEM provides a standard for the formulation, design, and expected performance of a broad variety of coastal projects. These projects are undertaken to provide or improve navigation at commercial harbors, harbor works for commercial fish handling and service facilities, and recreational boating facilities. As an adjunct to navigation improvements, shore protection projects are often required to mitigate the impacts of navigation projects. Beach erosion control and hurricane or coastal storm protection projects provide wave damage reduction and flood protection to valuable coastal commercial, urban, and tourist communities. Environmental restoration projects provide a rational layout and proven approach to restoring the coastal and tidal environs where such action may be justified, or required as mitigation to a coastal project's impacts, or as mitigation for the impact of some previous coastal activity, incident, or neglect. As the much expanded replacement document for the Shore Protection Manual (1984) and several other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) manuals, the CEM provides a much broader field of guidance. Part VI "Design of Coastal Project Elements" includes chapters discussing philosophy of coastal structure design, the various types and function of coastal structures, site conditions, materials, design fundamentals, reliability, and the design of specific project elements (including a sloping-front structure, vertical-front structure, beach fill, floating structure, pile structure, and a pipeline and outfall structure.

New York Times best-selling author and renowned science journalist Ed Yong compiles the best science and nature writing published in 2020. "The stories I have chosen reflect where I feel the field of science and nature writing has landed, and where it could go," Ed Yong writes in his introduction. "They are often full of tragedy, sometimes laced with wonder, but always deeply aware that science does not exist in a social vacuum. They are beautiful, whether in their clarity of ideas, the elegance of their prose, or often both." The essays in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing brought clarity to the complexity and bewilderment of 2020 and delivered us necessary information during a global pandemic. From an in-depth look at the moment of the virus's outbreak, to a harrowing personal account of lingering Covid symptoms, to a thoughtful analysis on how the pandemic will impact the environment, these essays, as Yong says, "synthesize, evaluate, dig, unveil, and challenge," imbuing a pivotal moment in history with lucidity and elegance. THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2021 INCLUDES - SUSAN ORLEAN - EMILY RABOTEAU - ZEYNEP TUFEKCI - HELEN OUYANG - HEATHER HOGAN BROOKE JARVIS - SARAH ZHANG and others