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When Tom Bell, a dedicated and successful surgeon, suddenly comes to a critical turn in life's road, he is forced to look inward to find his way. Having lost his longtime marriage and his career, Bell begins to take the necessary first steps toward healing and recovery. Unexpectedly, in his new work-as a wound doctor in nursing homes throughout his home state-he learns important life lessons that he could have learned no other way. As he treats his patients during his daily rounds, he also listens closely to their inspiring stories. He soon realizes that, like himself, each of them is struggling with difficult, unimagined circumstances. Eager to learn what helps them through their day-to-day lives, Bell conducts a series of thoughtful interviews. In these candid conversations, Bell's patients confide in him about the challenges of aging and the joys and regrets of their lives. Each one of them teaches Bell a valuable lesson that helps him to shape the rest of his life.

Your Next Government? From the Nation State to Stateless Nations reveals the revolution quietly transforming governments bottom-up, inside-out, worldwide. It will attract scholars of international law and trade, special jurisdictions, development policy, urban planning, and political philosophy, as well as lay readers interested in these topics.

Looking at ship's bells. Most large sailing vessels in the Victorian era had at least one ships bell, conveniently having a ships name and port of registration engraved on it. Early bells may be dated without any ship's name. Lloyds Lutine Bell has a date but a different ship's name on it. These can identify a shipwreck site but bells found without lettering pose a different problem. This book and its partner "Bells form Shipwrecks post 1830" offer indicators to look for in determining the nationality or date of a shipwreck site. A guide for divers and archaeologists.

A consensus has recently emerged among academics and policymakers that US copyright law has fallen out of balance. Lawmakers have responded by taking up proposals to reform the Copyright Act. But how should they proceed? This book offers a new and insightful view of copyright, marking the path toward a world less encumbered by legal restrictions and yet richer in art, music, and other expressive works. Two opposing viewpoints have driven the debate over copyright policy. One side questions copyright for the same reasons it questions all restraints on freedoms of expression, and dismisses copyright, like other forms of property, as a mere plaything of political forces. The opposing side regards copyrights as property rights that deserve—like rights in houses, cars, and other forms of property—the fullest protection of the law. Each of these viewpoints defends important truths. Both fail, however, to capture the essence of copyright. In Intellectual Privilege, Tom W. Bell reveals copyright as a statutory privilege that threatens our natural and constitutional rights. From this fresh perspective come fresh solutions to copyright’s problems. Published by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Jesus of Nazareth is most likely the single most influential man who has ever lived. His resurrection is indescribably significant, because it vindicates His huge claims of being God here as a man, able to forgive sins, and the one who is to ultimately judge us on the last day.Through reading The Miracle of the Third Day, we'll : investigate the evidence for the basic facts concerning the resurrection narrative analyse the validity of some competing explanations weigh the evidence to determine the best explanation of the facts consider the implications of the resurrection for our lives today It is my prayer and my expectation that you find this little book illuminating and challenging, as you contemplate whether Jesus really could be the Son of God, and if He is, how you should respond.Tom Bell is a partner at Christ Church Southampton, UK. He is also a patent attorney, engineer and entrepreneur, and has authored a book on computer programming entitled Programming: A Primer published by Imperial College Press.www.TomJBell.co.uk

This illustrated history describes how the two pioneering railways of northern England, the Stockton and Darlington and Newcastle and Carlisle railways, developed from unsuccessful canal proposals and how they, with the ill-fated Stanhope and Tyne Railway, initiated the development of the railway system that served the North Pennine Orefield. It reveals the public and private railways, as well as proposed lines, and the recovery and extensions of the Stockton and Darlington Railway until the North Eastern Railway took over in the early 1860s. Dr Tom Bell’s impressive research also explores the subsequent slow but continuous decline as the minerals became exhausted, to the situation today when all that is left are three different tourist lines, one of which is trying to revive the mineral traffic.

You're no idiot, of course. You know Casper was a friendly ghost and that the Phantom Hitchhiker is someone you'd rather not meet on a deserted highway late at night. But when it comes to knowing the authentic roots of ghost stories--and which ones remain unexplained to this day--you don't stand a ghost of a chance. Don't get spirited away yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ghosts and Hauntings is an eerie investigation into the firsthand accounts, legends, literature, and dramatic works surrounding the world of ghosts. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:

Have you ever wanted to learn how to program but never found quite the right book to get you started? Programming: A Primer gets you going straight away with the fundamentals of what programming is, basic programming with Python and the fundamental aspects of practical web development. In this book, you'll learn about: What programming is and how it can benefit you. Variables and operations as the building blocks of a program. If statements, For loops and Methods in Python. Classes, Objects and Inheritance in Python. Web development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and SQL. A basic introduction to some of the most important algorithms in programming. The programming languages and frameworks that are available to developers. The future of technology and opportunities for developers and entrepreneurs. Where you can take programming further to learn and create more amazing applications. Programming: A Primer offers an easy way into coding for anyone with an interest in using technology to solve problems, whether a school or new undergraduate computer science student or a working professional. It gives everyone, regardless of background, the ideal foundations and motivation needed to get to grips with programming.