The Northumbrians have been overlooked by British and global history, but they've made astonishing contributions to both. Dan Jackson sets out to recover this lost history, exploring the deep roots of Northumbrian culture-hard work and heavy drinking, sociability and sentimentality, militarism and masculinity-through centuries of border warfare and dangerous industry. He explains what we can learn about Northumbria's people from its landscape and architecture, and revisits the Northumbrian Enlightenment that gave the world the locomotive and the lightbulb. This story reaches right to the present day, as this extraordinary region finds itself caught between an indifferent south and an increasingly confident Scotland. From the Venerable Bede and the prince-bishops of Durham to Viz and Geordie Shore, this vital new history reveals a part of England with an uncertain future, but whose people remain as remarkable as ever.

Statistics for Quality Control is a basic level study of statistics used in a production operations setting. It is primarily intended for students entering quality control or other industrial and operations careers. It covers introductory topics such as a brief background, measurements, and graphing techniques. It then moves on to the beginning statistics necessary to understand these practices commonly found in industry and ends with coverage of quality assurance issues along with some pertinent managerial practices associated with this topic.Daniel Jackson is an Associate Professor of Architectural and Manufacturing Sciences at Western Kentucky University. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing operations and design, quality assurance and control, six sigma, lean concepts, and graduate courses. He works extensively with students by teaching, advising, and directing their career interests. He has traveled throughout the world teaching and conducting research. Preface. The Industrial Age. CH 1- Numbers, Measurements & Scales. CH 2- Sampling & Organization of Data. CH 3- Basic Statistics for Discrete Distributions. CH 4- Statistics for Continuous Distributions. CH 5- Statistical Process Control for Attributes. CH 6- Process Control for Variables. CH 7- Control Chart Analysis. CH 8- Acceptance Sampling. CH 9- Inferential Applications. CH 10- Additional Uses of Statistics in Industry. CH 11- Quality Management. Appendices.

The Northumbrians have been overlooked by British and global history, but they've made astonishing contributions to both. Dan Jackson sets out to recover this lost history, exploring the deep roots of Northumbrian culture-hard work and heavy drinking, sociability and sentimentality, militarism and masculinity-through centuries of border warfare and dangerous industry. He explains what we can learn about Northumbria's people from its landscape and architecture, and revisits the Northumbrian Enlightenment that gave the world the locomotive and the lightbulb. This story reaches right to the present day, as this extraordinary region finds itself caught between an indifferent south and an increasingly confident Scotland. From the Venerable Bede and the prince-bishops of Durham to Viz and Geordie Shore, this vital new history reveals a part of England with an uncertain future, but whose people remain as remarkable as ever.

Great Pictures Book for Kids. Does all animals roar ? Well, no they don't. The animals that roar are: Alligators, bears, elephants, hippopotamuses, lions and tigers. Come and join us on a roaring amazing experience.

Meet a Dolphin who wants to be a Shark This is Johnny. Johnny is a dolphin. He is 6 years old, some people would call him a small dolphin. But Johnny doesn't want to be a dolphin. He would prefer to be a SHARK. He wants to have all the advantages that SHARKS have. So, let's join him on his dream. Sheila Greenfield wrote: "I let my 8 year old granddaughter put this on my kindle and she thought it was great fun to read it on the kindle, I didn't have to fight to get her to read." Morgan Gusman wrote: "it is an awesome book it has cool pictures a cool picture is when the shark is teaching the fish how to swim it is a good book for kids on my first time reading it I said awesome, that's cool, I like that picture it is one of the best books ever " Bill Falk wrote: "Great book to read to my sleeping mom. I ENJOYED IT VERY VERY MUCH SO DID MY MOM. GREAT BOOK"

Having barely seen each other in three decades, two friends impulsively decide to take a cross-country road trip. For one, the trip is a chance to take a few swats at a question that buzzes like an old bug in his postreligious soul, "What do I believe? Not just about God, but about morality, mortality, meaning, and the whole so-called spiritual side of life?" For the other, the journey is the culmination of a lifelong struggle to confront a buried demon and reunite with a family from whom he's been estranged for his entire adult life. What begins as a mundane drive becomes a quest for what really matters; a soul-searching, thought-provoking, oddly mythic, often hilarious, always human odyssey, as these two very different people join forces to keep a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle alive long enough to reach the distant shores of home.

During World War II, America's air forces in China reported at least 634 aircraft and 1,780 airmen as missing on combat missions. Fighting a savage guerrilla air war against the Japanese, the prospect of crash-landing or bailing out in a remote and dangerous land loomed ominously in the mind of every individual. Of the airmen reported missing, more than half perished. Remarkably, ninety percent of those who survived returned to friendly territory--more than three times the percentage of those rescued in occupied Europe. Their rescuers included Nationalists, Communists, warlords, and even alleged collaborators. Despite deep divisions throughout wartime China, helping downed Americans, including those of the famed "Flying Tigers", transcended politics. The author scoured thousands of pages of official reports to build a comprehensive database of every China-based American airman reported missing on combat missions during the war. Memoirs, wartime diaries, and dozens of interviews with veterans--both American and Chinese--overlay this core of thorough historical research with compelling personal narratives. The fate of these men is an incredible story of survival in the midst of a brutal war; it is a touching story of cooperation between the United States and China--including with Mao Zedong's Communists. Fallen Tigers is not just a thrilling historical drama, it is of pressing importance for our time and the United States' relationship with the rising Chinese superpower.