By turns witty and inane, crude and learned, scurrilous and moralistic, jestbooks offer an important and often overlooked viewpoint on the lives of women in early modern England. This volume reproduces seven jestbooks with connections to early modern Englishwomen as well as showing something of the broad genre itself. Four have a direct connection to women through their jests and framing (Wyddow Edyth, VVestward for Smelts, Long Meg of VVestminster, and Pasqvils Iests), excerpts from two books specifically focus on women in some sections (The Schoolemaster and Wits Fittes and Fancies) and the volume also includes the extremely popular, general jestbook (A C. Mery Talys).

By turns witty and inane, crude and learned, scurrilous and moralistic, jestbooks offer an important and often overlooked viewpoint on the lives of women in early modern England. This volume reproduces seven jestbooks with connections to early modern Englishwomen as well as showing something of the broad genre itself. Four have a direct connection to women through their jests and framing (Wyddow Edyth, VVestward for Smelts, Long Meg of VVestminster, and Pasqvils Iests), excerpts from two books specifically focus on women in some sections (The Schoolemaster and Wits Fittes and Fancies) and the volume also includes the extremely popular, general jestbook (A C. Mery Talys).

The Cause of Pyloric Stenosis of Infancy chronicles the debate surrounding the cause of pyloric stenosis from its earliest discovery 300 years ago to the present. The Primary Hyperacidity Theory offers a credible explanation for all the classical signs and symptoms of pyloric stenosis as well a its associated features. In addition, this book comprehensively explores the medical and surgical treatment options as well as the general features used for diagnosis. An understanding of the true cause of pyloric stenosis will thus allow for treatment that is more individualized and sensitive to patients' needs.

This book has been written for those who are planning to set up their own business. The book will help YOU in the following ways: 1. Helping you to set up a business from a legal structure point of view 2. Understanding how a business works and avoiding the main pitfalls. 3. Giving you guidance about generating sales, fulfilling orders and controlling finances 4. Learning how to provide the high level of customer service which is a pre-requisite in today's marketplace 5. Recruiting staff/contractors, keeping records for the tax man and you! Written in a "snappy" bullet point style allows you to find key answers right away. You are likely to be one of four types of people (in no particular order); 1. You have a great idea for your business but do not know where to start. 2. You have already set up a business but are not making the progress you expected. How can you improve? 3. A voluntary sector manager who wants to improve the potential for raising funds or even improve operational effectiveness by using the methods and approach outlined in this book. 4. You have recently retired - or are planning retirement - and would like to set up a small business a) to keep you interested and active and b) to bring in an additional income stream.

This book has been written by a team of working coaches to help you understand how the coaching world works: 1 Practical tips about coaching - the book is written in three parts 2 Part 1 is for someone who would like to go on or is about to start a coaching programme 3 Part 2 is for those who have been on a coaching programme and helps them to incorporate coaching techniques into their daily work 4 Part 3 is for those who want to procure coaching services for their organisation with tips about how to procure the best coaches 5 The authors recommend that all parts of the book are ultimately read to provide a comprehensive understanding of the Coaching world

This book will help you in the following ways: * To be a more effective leader * To provide you with a broad insight into what leadership is really about * To develop specific skills and expertise designed to improve your leadership capability * To develop resilience within yourself * To respond positively to the challenges and demands faced by today's leaders We have written this book in a "snappy" bullet point style so you can get the answers right away. You are likely to be one of three types of people....... 1. Newly promoted leader and looking for ways to cope with a new leadership role 2. An experienced leader looking for further development but in a convenient and practical way. 3. An employee, looking to have a greater impact on your organisation, but struggling to find a suitable platform on which to build your cause.

This text explored gay male carers experience of caring for their partner, brother or friend who had HIV/AIDS. Through using phenomenological methodology (van Manen, 1990), the day-to-day caring experiences were uncovered. The data gathered was then analysed through a nursing lens, with the concept of stigma as an anchoring point. The dual stigmas of homophobia and AIDS phobia impacted on the daily lives of these men as they cared for their loved one. The research identified six themes. These were: 1) the relationship; 2) coping with HIV and AIDS; 3) the corporal impact of HIV/AIDS; 4) experiences of carers including the absence of others; 5) living daily with the virus demands of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA); and 6) saying goodbye, while keeping the memory alive. The carers struggled with not only the demands of day-to-day care, but also with non-acceptance from family, both of the nature of the relationship with their partner and of their homosexuality. Family members were forced, often with great difficulty, to acknowledge the close commitment the men had to each other.

Synchotron radiation (SR), emitted from high energy electrons as a light source is now in use around the world to provide brilliant radiation from the infrared into the soft and hard X-ray regions. It is an indispensable and essential tool to establish the physic-chemical characteristics of materials and surfaces from an atomic and molecular view point. It is being applied to topics which range from mineralogy to protein crystallography, embracing research in areas from the physical to the life sciences. This new guide is a concise yet comprehensive and easily readable introduction to an expanding area of science. It presents in a readily assimilable form the basic concepts of SR science from its generation principles, through source design and operation, and basic theory of the interaction between light and matter to the principles of instruments for SR exploitation followed by a survey of its actual applications in selected research fields, including spectroscopy, diffractometry, microanalysis, photochemical processing and imaging.