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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Name A History of the Dual-Gendered Hebrew Name for God【電子書籍】[ Mark Sameth ]

＜p＞The God of ancient Israel--universally referred to in the masculine today--was understood by its earliest worshipers to be a dual-gendered, male-female deity. So argues Mark Sameth in The Name. Needless to say, this is no small claim. Half the people on the planet are followers of one of the three Abrahamic religions--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--each of which has roots in the ancient cult that worshiped this deity. The author's evidence, however, is compelling and his case meticulously constructed. The Hebrew name of God--YHWH--has not been uttered in public for over two thousand years. Some thought the lost pronunciation was "Jehovah" or "Yahweh." But Sameth traces the name to the late Bronze Age and argues that it was expressed Hu-Hi--Hebrew for "He-She." Among Jewish mystics, we learn, this has long been an open secret. What are the implications for us today if "he" was not God?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Changing the Face of Canadian Literature【電子書籍】

＜p＞Needless to say, moments like now, when the hurdles to becoming a respected author are at their lowest. When the only hurdles to being published are the quality of your writing and your patience to deal with certain less and less important gatekeepers. Moments in history like this, must be acknowledged and celebrated. That's what this anthology is: It's a celebration. A moment to cry out, Look how many of us have a voice! There are stories, and poetry in this country that are about people like me! I am not alone!＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Twogether【電子書籍】[ Sanjana Chhatlani ]

＜p＞Emotions run high all through when the estranged couple, disaster-magnate Gautam and Miss Oh-So-Right Gunjan are forced to take a family vacation to the US for the sake of their two kids, Akash and Shrutika. Needless to say, there are fireworks all along, what with barbed attacks from Gunjan, unwanted attention from the others in the tour group and pressure from the kids. The entire journey becomes one hell of a roller-coaster ride, with a captivating, mesmerising new world unfurling before them every day, while they deal with each other’s inconsistencies and a troubled past. The journey manifests into a bouquet of ridiculously funny, sparky situations making you laugh, cry and cringe in equal measure. Will the journey bring the two together? Will the cute-to-goodness Shrutika have both Mom and Dad live happily-ever after, just like in her fairy tales?＜/p＞ ＜p＞The journey covers five states from coast to coast and numerous tourist destinations therein. At every juncture, there are crazy but hilarious occurrences which keep bringing the two unwilling protagonists together, much to their chagrin. All through the trip, Gunjan fiercely and rebelliously defends her to-be-separated status. She even makes a futile attempt to break off from the tour mid-way and return back to India with the kids. Gautam on the other hand is in a state of constant dilemma, oscillating between holding on and letting go. There is also the entry of the ex to spice up the journey and make it obnoxiously funny.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The unique highlight of the book is its format. It is presented by both the protagonists alternatingly, giving a peek into both points of view while still carrying the story forward. It becomes a memoir with a fresh, feisty approach that resonates with the reader at various levels. It’s one book where relatable and ridiculous, both go hand-in-hand making it an engaging and enjoyable read!＜/p＞ ＜p＞It also handles the fragility, complexities and deep-rooted nature of family relationships with delicacy and at the same time, with a dose of sharp wit and tongue-in-cheek humour.＜/p＞ ＜p＞It’s a visual tour of America through the eyes of tourists, serving as a warm refresher for people who have seen the sights and a vivid description serving as a calling for those who haven’t. Travel tends to have its own potential for transformational experiences, which is exquisitely woven in the story.＜/p＞ ＜p＞So welcome aboard the thrilling joy-ride and have a fantastically fun time ahead!＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】New American Culture Race【電子書籍】[ Jerry Unis ]

＜p＞"New American Culture Race" is a short treatise about societal unrest, COVID-19 and its affect on American society and our evolution as a culture in response to the threat. From protests to policy, Jerry Unis notes the distinct American culture and how it is visible in moments like this. When we respond to crisis we respond primarily as Americans. What he has captured in the book is that American culture is growing, learning, and changing. A culture's response to a crisis on the scale of Covid-19 or racial relations is both immediate and long lasting. We see the closed shops on streets that used to be busy. But what will we see in 5 years? We live in a time that wherein we have allowed the woke movement to disconnect from the generation that preceded them (parents). There was a time in this country when raising children was nearly auto pilot. Now due to cultural influence in the parenting model, we have an entire generation that is separated from their parents beliefs, knowledge and even understanding. This results in an era of disjunctive cultural response to stimuli. Some may even call this societal unrest. Racial relations is a large and sore button that is accessible to push. Needless to say, it has been activated. New American Culture Race is about that struggle and presupposes certain outcomes based upon our American cultural response. That response is precipitated in actions or activities that are reflective of that change. We will see changes if we investigate through inquiry and observation. Not all of the changes are obvious. The changes do influence other areas of our existence. To that end, New American Culture Race points that out. How do we shop? How do we invest? What do we invest? Time, money, energy? As a human species certain habits and biological predispositions and predilections are nearly certain. New American Culture Race explores these questions and observations. Tell me what you think. Please just don't tell me that you don't think. Lets think together and discuss these issues that allow us a certain amount of insight into our planet through the eyes of the American culture.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Play Nice in Your Sandbox at Church An 8 Step Model to Help You Prevent or Resolve Conflict with Your Brothers and Sisters【電子書籍】[ Ron Price, MA ]

＜p＞＜strong＞＜em＞Play Nice in Your Sandbox at Church＜/em＞ equips readers with the knowledge and skills needed to help their church members stay focused on their mission, rather than get sidetracked with their interpersonal squabbles.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The PLAY and NICE in the title are capitalized because they are acronyms. PLAY represents a four-step model to prevent conflict when possible, and NICE gives a four-step model to resolve differences with others. ＜em＞Play Nice in Your Sandbox at Church＜/em＞ is divided into two major portions covering eight sections. The first four sections comprise the PLAY chapters, where readers learn how to prevent needless trivial matters from escalating into situations they neither want nor need. In sections five through eight, readers gain the knowledge and skill to help them resolve significant differences they are bound to have with others from time-to-time. Within ＜em＞Play Nice in Your Sandbox at Church＜/em＞, there is a CHAPTER CHALLENGE at the end of each chapter to help readers implement the information they’ve learned throughout.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665【電子書籍】[ Nathaniel Hodges ]

＜p＞Excerpt: "It may be needless to acquaint the Reader why the following Sheets are published at this Time, we being all but too justly apprised of the Danger there may be, of wanting those Helps, which are here intended to be supplied, as far as such Means as these can do it."＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】How To Control Your Anxiety Before It Controls You【電子書籍】[ Albert Ellis ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Learn to manage your anxiety with this classic self-help book from a respected pioneer of psychotherapy.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞From social anxiety to phobias to post-traumatic stress disorder, sources of anxiety in daily life are numerous, and can have a powerful impact on your future. By following the rules of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), created by world renowned therapist Dr. Albert Ellis, you can stop anxiety in its tracks if you will admit this important fact: Things and people do not make you anxious. You do. Your unrealistic expectations produce your needless anxiety. Yet not all anxiety is needless . . .＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Healthy＜/em＞ anxiety can ward off dangers and make you aware of negative things that you can change. ＜em＞Unhealthy＜/em＞ anxiety inhibits you from enjoying everyday activities and relationships, causes you to perform poorly, and blocks your creativity. Using the easy-to-master, proven precepts of REBT, this classic book not only helps you distinguish between healthy and unhealthy anxiety, but teaches you how to:＜br /＞ ＜strong＞?＜/strong＞ Understand and dispute the irrational beliefs that make you anxious＜/p＞ ＜p＞? Use a variety of exercises, including rational coping self-statements, reframing, problem-solving methods, and Unconditional Self-Acceptance (USA), to control your anxiety＜/p＞ ＜p＞? Apply over two hundred maxims to control your anxious thinking as well as your bodily reactions to anxiety＜/p＞ ＜p＞. . . and much more, including examples from dozens of cases Dr. Ellis treated successfully. Now you can overcome the crippling effects of anxietyーand increase your prospects for success, pleasure, and happiness at home and in the workplace.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“No individualーnot even Freud himselfーhas had a greater impact on modern psychotherapy.” ー＜em＞Psychology Today＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Snowballs For Severance The Terrifically True Story of Dane Best and the Snowball Ban【電子書籍】[ Richie Frieman ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞“The mayor told us about crazy laws,” Dane said, including the one forbidding snowball throwing. “So, I wanted to do something about it."＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞A law in Severance, Colorado contains wording that makes it illegal to throw snowballs. Can you imagine not being able to throw snowballs? Let alone in Colorado, where is snows five months out of the year? That was the case until 9 year old Dane Best decided to make a change. Needless to say, overturning an almost 100 year old snowball ban was no easy task. Where do you even begin? Who would listen to a nine year old?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Despite all odds, Dane Best was able to make history. This book is the real life true story of what can happen when someone decides to stand up for what they believe in.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Outcomes over Output: Why Customer Behavior Is the Key Metric for Business Success【電子書籍】[ Joshua Seiden ]

＜p＞In the old days, when we made physical products, setting project goals wasn't that hard. But in today's service - and software-driven world, "done" is less obvious. When is Amazon done? When is Google done? Or Facebook? In reality, services powered by digital systems are never done. So then how do we give teams a goal that they can work on? Mostly, we simply ask teams to build features - but features are the wrong way to go. We often build features that create no value. Instead, we need to give teams an outcome to achieve.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Using outcomes creates focus and alignment. It eliminates needless work. And it puts the customer at the center of everything you do. Setting goals as outcomes sounds simple, but it can be hard to do in practice. This book is a practical guide to using outcomes to guide the work of your team.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Hyping Health Risks Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology【電子書籍】[ Geoffrey Kabat ]

＜p＞The media constantly bombard us with news of health hazards lurking in our everyday lives, but many of these hazards turn out to have been greatly overblown. According to author and epidemiologist Geoffrey C. Kabat, this hyping of low-level environmental hazards leads to needless anxiety and confusion on the part of the public concerning which exposures have important effects on health and which are likely to have minimal or no effect.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Kabat approaches health scares as "social facts" and shows that a variety of factors can contribute to the inflating of a hazard. These include skewed reporting by the media, but also, surprisingly, the actions of researchers who may emphasize certain findings while ignoring others; regulatory and health agencies eager to show their responsiveness to the health concerns of the public; and politicians and advocates with a stake in a particular outcome.＜/p＞ ＜p＞By means of four case studies, Kabat demonstrates how a powerful confluence of interests can lead to overstating or distorting the scientific evidence. He considers the health risks of pollutants such as DDT as a cause of breast cancer, electromagnetic fields from power lines, radon within residences, and secondhand tobacco smoke. Tracing the trajectory of each of these hazards from its initial emergence to the present, Kabat shows how publication of more rigorous studies and critical assessments ultimately help put hazards in perspective.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Seychelles【電子書籍】[ Gretell Scott ]

＜p＞Seychelles is an archipelagic island country in the Indian Ocean. It is one of the most stable countries in Africa, economically, having the highest gross domestic product in the African continent. One Christmas break, we arrived to this paradisiac island during the rainy season. When we ventured out, we were prepared in case of heavy rain.＜br /＞ We stayed on Mahe Island, the biggest island in Seychelles. The hotel was adequate. At check-in, the hotel registration manager informed us that there would be two extra charges, U$250 per person for a Christmas buffet, and U$350 per person for the New Years buffet. That amounted to an extra U$1200 added on to the lodging bill. When we informed the management that we did not want either buffet, they became agitated and said, “You will be charged that amount whether you dine with us or not.” Needless to say, we became a little agitated. Fortunately, we had made the reservation through an online travel agency and pre-paid our stay. So, they were not able to access our credit card. The manager informed us that they would charge the online travel agency anyway. We promptly called the travel agency and told them the situation. The charge was never applied to our credit card. We have since learned that this is a growing practice during the holidays by hotels to make additional money.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Basic Principles and Practices of Wandmaking【電子書籍】[ Magus Sefiro ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞Basic Principles and Practices of Wandmaking＜/strong＞＜/em＞ is a manual on wand creation. Among all the different tools of a witch, the wand remains to be the number one and most effective weapon of the true witch, and for good reasons ー the wand is the power of the witch. If you are a magical practitioner, learning to make your own wand is a part of the basics of magick. After all, even the great Adepts who no longer use a wand have also experienced using at least one wand in their magical life. Needless to say, there are many Adepts who still love to use their wands. The best way to understand the joy of using a wand and its benefits is by actually giving it a try and experiencing it yourself.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞Basic Principles and Practices of Wandmaking＜/strong＞＜/em＞ lays down the foundational knowledge that you need, as well as practical exercises that will allow you to finally start your journey and discover the wonderful magick of wandmaking. By the time you finish reading this occult manual, you will be equipped with everything that you need to make your own wand and use it for whatever magick you desire.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Wandmaking is an art. In ancient times, its process was revealed strictly from Master to Student. It was held as an art of high regard with a sacred nature emanating directly from the Divine. There are even those who believe that even angels use a magic wand to cast their spells. Wands have power, and if a powerful wand ends up in the hands of a powerful magician, then great and remarkable things can surely happen. A wand will also allow you to focus your power ー and magnify it. Yes, this is why many sorcerers and witches love to use a magic wand. Depending on the material of the wand, you can also draw a specific kind of energy and harness it in accordance with your will.＜/p＞ ＜p＞So, do you think you are ready to wield this power? If yes, then let me welcome you into this journey where a magician/witch as you are creates his/her wand ー welcome into the fine world of wandmaking, where real magick happens. Blessed be!＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Cat vs. Cat Keeping Peace When You Have More Than One Cat【電子書籍】[ Pam Johnson-Bennett ]

＜p＞＜strong＞From the author of ＜em＞Catwise＜/em＞ and ＜em＞Think Like a Cat＜/em＞＜/strong＞*,* ＜strong＞the ultimate resource for managing a multi-pet household.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Pam Johnson-Bennett, the award-winning author and feline behaviorist, shows how adding another cat to your home does not have to be the start of a kitty apocalypse. Although cats are often misunderstood as natural loners, Johnson-Bennett shows how to plan, set up, and maintain a home environment that will help multiple catsーand their ownersーlive in peace. ＜em＞＜strong＞Cat vs. Cat＜/strong＞＜/em＞ will help readers understand the importance of territory, the specialized communication cats use to establish relationships and hierarchies, and how to interpret the so-called “bad behavior” that leads so many owners to needless frustration. Offering a wealth of information on how to diffuse tension, prevent squabbles and ambushes, blend two families, or help the elder kitty in your family,＜em＞＜strong＞Cat vs. Cat＜/strong＞＜/em＞ is a welcome resource for both seasoned and prospective guardians of cat families large and small.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Through the South Seas with Jack London【電子書籍】[ Martin Johnson ]

＜p＞Through all my twenty years of life I had been in pursuit of Adventure. But Adventure eluded me. Many and many a time, when I thought that at last the prize was mine, she turned, and by some trickery slipped from my grasp. The twenty years were passed, and still there she wasーAdventure!ーin the road ahead of me, and I, unwearied by our many skirmishes, still following. The lure was always golden. I could not give it up. Somewhere, sometime, I knew that the advantage would incline my way, and that I should close down my two hands firmly upon her, and hold her fast. Adventure would be mine! I thought, when I made it across the Atlantic on a cattle-boat, and trod the soil of several alien countries of the Old World, that I had won. But it was not so. It was but the golden reflection of Adventure that I had caught up with, and not the glorious thing itself. She was still there, ahead of me, and I still must needs pursue. In my native Independence, Kansas, I sat long hours in my father's jewellry store, and dreamed as I worked. I ranged in vision over all the broad spaces of a world-chart. In this dream-realm, there were no impediments to my journeying. Through long ice-reaches, across frozen rivers, over snow-piled mountains, I forced my way to the Poles. I skimmed over boundless tracts of ocean. Giant continents beckoned me from coast to coast. Here was an island, rearing its grassy back out of the great Pacific. My fancy invaded it. Or here was a lofty mountain-chain, over whose snow-capped summits I roamed at pleasure, communing with the sky. Then there were the valley-deeps; dropping down the steep descents on my mount, I explored their sheltered wonders with unceasing delight. Nothing was inaccessible. I walked in lands where queer people, in costumes unfamiliar, lived out their lives in ways which puzzled me, yet fascinated; my way led often amid strange trees and grasses and shrubsーtheir names unguessable. To the farthest limits of East and West I sallied, and North and South, knew no barriers but the Poles. I breathed strange airs; I engaged in remarkable pursuits; by night, unfamiliar stars and constellations glittered in the sky. It is so easy, travellingーon the map. There are no rigid limitations. Probabilities do not bother. Latitude and longitude are things unnoticed. But all these dreams were presaging a reality. How it came about I hardly know. I must have tired out that glorious thing, Adventure, with my long pursuit; or else she grew kind to me, and fluttered into my clasp. One evening, during the fall of 1906, while passing away an hour with my favourite magazine, my attention was attracted to an article describing a proposed trip round the world on a little forty-five-foot boat, by Jack London and a party of five. Instantly, I was all aglow with enthusiasm, and before I had finished the article I had mapped out a plan of action. If that boat made a trip such as described, I was going to be on the boat. It is needless to say that the letter I immediately wrote to Mr. Jack London was as strong as I could make it. I did my best to convince Mr. London that I was the man he needed. I told him all I could do, and some things I couldn't do, laying special stress on the fact that I had at one time made a trip from Chicago to Liverpool, London, and Brussels, returning by way of New York with twenty-five cents of the original five dollars and a half with which I had started. There were other things in that letter, though just what they were I cannot now remember, nor does it matter.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Facilitating Group Learning Strategies for Success with Diverse Learners【電子書籍】[ George Lakey ]

＜p＞From the acclaimed coauthor of A Manual for Direct Action comes Facilitating Group Learning, an essential resource designed to help educators, trainers, workshop leaders, and anyone who assists groups to learn. George Lakey presents the core principles and proven techniques of direct education, an approach he developed for effectively teaching adults in groups. To illustrate how it works in action, Lakey includes a wealth of compelling stories from his vast experience facilitating groups in a variety of situations. Direct education cuts through the pretense and needless complications that can distance learners from subject matter. It removes false expectations (for example, that kinesthetic learners will strongly benefit from slide presentations) and false assumptions (for example, that a group is simply the sum of the individuals). This approach focuses the encounter between teacher and group; it replaces scattered attention of a teacher preoccupied with curriculum and participants preoccupied with distractions with gathered attention. Unlike in other books on group facilitation, the author emphasizes critical issues related to diversity, as well as authenticity and emotions. Step by step, this groundbreaking book describes how to design effective learning experiences and shows what it takes to facilitate them. Ultimately, it brings all the elements of the author s direct education approach together. Facilitating Group Learning also contains material on sustaining the educator, addresses working with social movements, and includes the Training for Change toolkit of group learning techniques.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Blind Love【電子書籍】[ Wilkie Collins ]

＜p＞WHILE the line to be taken by the new railway between Culm and Everill was still under discussion, the engineer caused some difference of opinion among the moneyed men who were the first Directors of the Company, by asking if they proposed to include among their Stations the little old town of Honeybuzzard. For years past, commerce had declined, and population had decreased in this ancient and curious place. Painters knew it well, and prized its mediaeval houses as a mine of valuable material for their art. Persons of cultivated tastes, who were interested in church architecture of the fourteenth century, sometimes pleased and flattered the Rector by subscribing to his fund for the restoration of the tower, and the removal of the accumulated rubbish of hundreds of years from the crypt. Small speculators, not otherwise in a state of insanity, settled themselves in the town, and tried the desperate experiment of opening a shop; spent their little capital, put up the shutters, and disappeared. The old market-place still showed its list of market-law's, issued by the Mayor and Corporation in the prosperous bygone times; and every week there were fewer and fewer people to obey the laws. The great empty enclosure looked more cheerful, when there was no market held, and when the boys of the town played in the deserted place. In the last warehouse left in a state of repair, the crane was generally idle; the windows were mostly shut up; and a solitary man represented languishing trade, idling at a half-opened door. The muddy river rose and fell with the distant tide. At rare intervals a collier discharged its cargo on the mouldering quay, or an empty barge took in a load of hay. One bold house advertised, in a dirty window, apartments to let. There was a lawyer in the town, who had no occasion to keep a clerk; and there was a doctor who hoped to sell his practice for anything that it would fetch. The directors of the new railway, after a stormy meeting, decided on offering (by means of a Station) a last chance of revival to the dying town. The town had not vitality enough left to be grateful; the railway stimulant produced no effect. Of all his colleagues in Great Britain and Ireland, the station-master at Honeybuzzard was the idlest manーand this, as he said to the unemployed porter, through no want of energy on his own part. Late on a rainy autumn afternoon, the slow train left one traveller at the Station. He got out of a first-class carriage; he carried an umbrella and a travelling-bag; and he asked his way to the best inn. The station-master and the porter compared notes. One of them said: "Evidently a gentleman." The other added: "What can he possibly want here?" The stranger twice lost his way in the tortuous old streets of the town before he reached the inn. On giving his orders, it appeared that he wanted three things: a private room, something to eat, and, while the dinner was being cooked, materials for writing a letter. Answering her daughter's questions downstairs, the landlady described her guest as a nice-looking man dressed in deep mourning. "Young, my dear, with beautiful dark brown hair, and a grand beard, and a sweet sorrowful look. Ah, his eyes would tell anybody that his black clothes are not a mere sham. Whether married or single, of course I can't say. But I noticed the name on his travelling-bag. A distinguished name in my opinionーHugh Mountjoy. I wonder what he'll order to drink when he has his dinner? What a mercy it will be if we can get rid of another bottle of the sour French wine!" The bell in the private room rang at that moment; and the landlady's daughter, it is needless to say, took the opportunity of forming her own opinion of Mr. Hugh Mountjoy.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Obstacle Course The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America【電子書籍】[ David S. Cohen ]

＜p＞It seems unthinkable that citizens of one of the most powerful nations in the world must risk their lives and livelihoods in the search for access to necessary health care. And yet it is no surprise that in many places throughout the United States, getting an abortion can be a monumental challenge. Anti-choice politicians and activists have worked tirelessly to impose needless restrictions on this straightforward medical procedure that, at best, delay it and, at worst, create medical risks and deny women their constitutionally protected right to choose.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Obstacle Course＜/em＞ tells the story of abortion in America, capturing a disturbing reality of insurmountable barriers people face when trying to exercise their legal rights to medical services. Authors David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe lay bare the often arduous and unnecessarily burdensome process of terminating a pregnancy: the sabotaged decision-making, clinics in remote locations, insurance bans, harassing protesters, forced ultrasounds and dishonest medical information, arbitrary waiting periods, and unjustified procedure limitations.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Based on patients’ stories as well as interviews with abortion providers and allies from every state in the country, ＜em＞Obstacle Course＜/em＞ reveals the unstoppable determination required of women in the pursuit of reproductive autonomy as well as the incredible commitment of abortion providers. Without the efforts of an unheralded army of medical professionals, clinic administrators, counselors, activists, and volunteers, what is a legal right would be meaningless for the almost one million people per year who get abortions. There is a better wayーtreating abortion like any other form of health careーbut the United States is a long way from that ideal.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Sledgehammer Sentence【電子書籍】[ Chidi Ezeobi ]

＜p＞The book Sledgehammer Sentence is nostalgic feeling of isolation and confinement, going crazy when you found yourself in 7-by-10 foot concrete cell that had a solid metal door with a small window made of hard plastic. In a society willing to incarcerate more than is necessary to accomplish [legitimate] goals of sentencing. A good many were put in there for donkey years for acts of nonviolent rule breaking. You witness firsthand wasted resources, dangerous overcrowding and needless over incarceration that takes a large individual and societal toll. Billions of tax payer’s dollar wasting and loss of individual freedom that results in family broken.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Ballad of the Widowmaker Never to be Unsung, a rock trilogy, #5【電子書籍】[ JT Thilbertson ]

＜p＞True to the style of this series, 'Ballad of the Widowmaker' follows a serious story line through a thicket of occasional comedic outbursts and romantic sentiment.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The son of the man who sabotaged Eddie's plane, Edgar Tate, who is now running for his life from the very crime syndicate he tried to quit, shows up at Glen and Lisa's door, seeking their scheming talents to escape his former cronies' clutches. Needless to say, Glen and Lisa are less than pleased with this notion.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Meanwhile, two of the original members of Wicker Dale show up in London in search of their two recently 'resurrected' band mates. And Libbet plans to record a solo album while the band is on temporary hiatus.＜/p＞ ＜p＞While still trying to deal with the whole 'Edgar' situation, Glen and Lisa stumble across a 1963 photograph of their FBI friend, Alvin Torres, wearing a 1980s digital calculator watch! One wild thought leads to another, and before they know it they're imploring his help to pull off the impossible before he soon retires.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Torres, however, has his own ideas of how to resolve the matter...＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Pleasures of the Table: An Account of Gastronomy from Ancient Days to Present Times With a History of Its Literature, Schools, and Most Distinguished Artists【電子書籍】[ George Herman Ellwanger ]

＜p＞It is far from the purpose or desire of the author to add another to the innumerable volumes having practical cookery as their themeーthe published works of the past decade alone being too numerous to digest. The following chapters, therefore, though touching upon the practical part of the art, will be found more closely concerned with the history, literature, and ?sthetics of the table than with its purely utilitarian side. Indeed, a complete manual of practical cookery is one of the impossibilities, for no person would have the patience to compile it; and even were such a work achievable, few readers could find sufficient time for its perusal. A glance at the portly "Bibliographie Gastronomique" of Georges Vicaire, in which English contributions to the subject are so meagrely represented, will suffice to show the difficulties such a task would impose. To classify properly the multitudinous dishes which, virtually identical, figure under so many different names, would of itself require years of severe application and laborious research. It may be observed, notwithstanding, that the world stands much less in need of additional inventions as regards the utilisation and preparation of foods than of an expert anthologist to garner the most worthy among recipes already existing in such bewildering profusion. In the succeeding pages the writer has drawn from many sources, both ancient and modernーwherever an anecdote which is not too familiar has been found amusing, or an observation has been deemed pertinent or instructive. An occasional recipe has been given, and the sweet tooth of femininity has not been neglected. The hygiene of the table has likewise been considered, and some pernicious customs in connection with dining have been plainly dealt with. There are also some allusions to wines with respect to their complementary dishes, although wine is so important a subject as to call for a volume by itself. It has not been deemed advisable to pass the cookery of the entire globe under review, even in a cursory manner. To devote separate chapters to Scandinavian, South American, and Oriental dishes, or even to purely Spanish, Mexican, and Russian food preparations, were both needless and cumbersome. The best have been embodied in the cosmopolitan kitchen; and the rest, for the most part, require the atmosphere of their native surroundings to be appraised at their proper value. It is with the French that the annalist of the table has chiefly to deal. Necessarily, in treating of what Thomas Walker has termed "one of the most important of our temporal concerns," many gastronomic expressions and names of dishes, and not a few observations relating to the table, which would lose their piquancy or precise colouring on translation, have been retained in the language in which they originally appear. "Les quenelles de levraut sauc?es d'une espagnolle au fumet," "les amourettes de b?uf marin?es frites," "l'?paule de veau en musette champ?tre," "un coq vi?rge en petit deuil," for example, while natural and comprehensible in French, would sound somewhat bizarre as "Forcemeat balls of leverets sauced with a racy Spanish woman," "the love-affairs of soused beef fried," "a shoulder of veal in rural bagpipes," and "a virgin rooster in half-mourning." And surely, in reviewing the aide-de-camp of the cook, it becomes obligatory to employ a French term upon occasion, and equally seemly to address him now and then in the classic tongue of the kitchen. The principal meal has chiefly been considered, as through this to the greatest extent depend the health and frame of mind that determine the actions of man from day to day. It will, accordingly, be an entr?e compounded of numerous flavourings, or a braise with its "bouquet garni" that has simmered gently over the smothered charcoal, rather than a familiar pi?ce de r?sistance which the reader is invited to partake of and discuss at his leisure.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Great Day for eEp【電子書籍】[ Robert Lloyd Howells ]

＜p＞Maybe cuteness just isn't enough for you and you find yourself wondering "what is an ＜strong＞eEp＜/strong＞?". Well rest assured they are some type of bird, but not completely birdy if you know what I mean. Oh and they don't fly but you know not all birds fly right? You know its best not to call them birds, I'm not sure they would even like being compared to them. Better yet lets say they are like a whale of some kind but feathered and they don't swim. Yeah you're right that doesn't quite help either. Well look it really doesn't matter just so long as you know they love to say ＜strong＞"eEp"＜/strong＞. It can't be stressed enough how much they love to say ＜strong＞"eEp"＜/strong＞. New pair of shoes ＜strong＞"eEp!"＜/strong＞.Saying hey to a friend ＜strong＞"eEp!"＜/strong＞. Taking out the trash ＜strong＞"eEp!"＜/strong＞. Watching your best friends goldfish while they were away on holiday and you kind of over fed it cause you've never fed a gold fish before and it d... You know, I think you get the idea. Needless to say ＜strong＞eEps＜/strong＞ have never met a moment not worth ＜strong＞eEping＜/strong＞ at. So buckle up, put your glasses on if need be and join the ＜strong＞eEps＜/strong＞ for a grand day of ＜strong＞eEping＜/strong＞ the sights.＜/p＞ ＜p＞P.S.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Though ＜strong＞eEping＜/strong＞ along with the book is not a requirement, it is strongly encouraged. And who knows maybe you'll find your day is a little better for it.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Indian Instant Pot & Ketogenic Diet: Discover the Indian Tradition and Keto Instant Pot with Over 201 Delicious Recipes for Fast and Healthy Meals!【電子書籍】[ Allyson C. Naquin ]

＜p＞＜strong＞The Amazing Indian Instant Pot guide you were looking for!＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞What makes Indian cuisine special is the sheer diversity of the meals itself. Each region of India has its own style of cooking that boasts a very distinct flavor based on the local ingredients that are available in that region.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Needless to say, no matter which parts cuisine you are going for, you are always in a for treat! For the honorable people of India, the food is not only just another "meal", but rather it's a form of expression that represents their culture as a whole.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Hyped up enough? If you have been craving to try out the Indian foods yourself but are unable to go to India, then this is the perfect opportunity for you!＜/p＞ ＜p＞This bookis jam packed with 100+ absolutely amazing Indian recipes that fully utilize the power of an Electric Pressure Cooker, in addition to over 100 recipes for your keto junrey! So, not only will you be able to cook Indian cuisine, you will be able to cook them at lightning fast speed and in "Style" while controlling your weight!＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞You will learn:＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜ul＞ ＜li＞＜em＞The fundamentals of Instant Pot＜/em＞＜/li＞ ＜li＞＜em＞Learn the basics of using an Electric Pressure Cooker＜/em＞＜/li＞ ＜li＞＜em＞Be able to explore an amazing gallery of ＜strong＞101＜/strong＞ mouthwatering ＜strong＞Indian＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞recipes＜/strong＞ from all the regions of India＜/em＞＜/li＞ ＜li＞＜em＞Over 100 recipes on how to use the ＜strong＞Instant Pot＜/strong＞ to achieve the best results from ＜strong＞your Keto lifestyle＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/li＞ ＜li＞＜em＞＜strong＞And much more!＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/li＞ ＜/ul＞ ＜p＞If you have been looking for the "Definitive" Indian Instant Pot book, then look no further as you have found the right one!＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Stop wasting any more time and dive into the amazing world of Indian cuisine with your shiny new Electric Pressure Cooker and learn how to become an Indian Masterchef!＜/strong＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】How to Analyze People The Procrastination Puzzle【電子書籍】[ Jason Browne ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Beat Your Procrastination And Tackle Your To-Do List The Right Way＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Do you tend to put things off, make excuses for missed deadlines, and generally find yourself starting things you don't finish?＜/p＞ ＜p＞A university-wide study proved that procrastinators routinely experienced ＜strong＞more stress＜/strong＞ and ＜strong＞received worse grades＜/strong＞ after putting off studying.＜/p＞ ＜p＞There's no need to be ashamed of it. In this tech and media inundated age we live in, instant gratification is a click away at every turn. This predictably lures us away from what we should be doing.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Did you know that the average person is ＜strong＞distracted＜/strong＞ or interrupted ＜strong＞every 40 seconds＜/strong＞ when working in front of a computer?＜/p＞ ＜p＞The effect is so pervasive in fact that one study found that the proportion of self-identified procrastinators has ＜strong＞increased by 400%＜/strong＞ since the 1970s.＜/p＞ ＜p＞So, needless to say, all of us delay from time to time. The time for concern, though, is when you regularly avoid your priorities.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Many that have had an ongoing issue with procrastinating are resistant to addressing it. They assume it's just how they are and can make things work within this way of operating.＜/p＞ ＜p＞That's selling yourself short, though. If you're procrastinating, you're actually working harder than you need to for less benefit. And with a few simple shifts in behavior and environment, you can realize quick, lasting gains.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Here is a select sample of what you´ll discover in ＜em＞How to Analyze People - The Procrastination Puzzle:＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜ul＞ ＜li＞Understanding the underlying issues and assumptions that lead to procrastination＜/li＞ ＜li＞＜strong＞Eliminating this one trigger＜/strong＞ from your environment will ＜strong＞cut your procrastination in half＜/strong＞＜/li＞ ＜li＞Finding what will sustainably motivate you to change your behavior＜/li＞ ＜li＞Why procrastination ＜strong＞has nothing to do with self-control＜/strong＞, but what you need instead＜/li＞ ＜li＞Identifying and reworking the thought patterns that are causing you to delay or avoid your most important tasks＜/li＞ ＜li＞Building the competence needed to take immediate action on any task (even if you hate it)＜/li＞ ＜li＞＜strong＞The pitfalls to avoid if you are easily distracted＜/strong＞＜/li＞ ＜li＞All you need to know about procrastinators and why it can be actually good to put something off＜/li＞ ＜li＞＜strong＞The most powerful strategies＜/strong＞ for organizing your life and workload to avoid overwhelm and ＜strong＞optimize your productivity＜/strong＞＜/li＞ ＜/ul＞ ＜p＞And much more.＜/p＞ ＜p＞You might have tried everything to stop your procrastination, but nothing has helped. The truth is, you didn't understand the "why" behind your inability to start.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Procrastination is more about our emotions and environment, less about our "laziness". If you follow the right guidance even procrastinators at heart can fully kick procrastination to the curb.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Friar Tuck (Illustrated)【電子書籍】[ Robert Alexander Wason ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞Friar Tuck＜/strong＞＜/em＞ is an itinerant preacher who wanders among cowboys of the old West. Committed to nonviolence and believing there’s goodness somewhere in even the meanest bastard, he has an amiable homegrown philosophy. Not surprisingly, he’s out of place on the frontier, where religion of any kind finds few followers. He’s a voice crying in the wilderness, but he’s undaunted. One by one he manages to get sinners to give him a hearing, if not to repent. Thr narrator, Happy Hawkins has the cowboy attitude, which is to say, do your job the best you are able and have whatever fun you can the rest of the time. Situations may call for courage, but needless heroics are left to the foolhardy. Happy appeared in two other of Wason’s novels (Buddies in the Saddle).＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Robert Alexander Wason＜/strong＞ (6 April 1874 ? 11 May 1955) was an American writer. He was known for writing novels predominantly on a western theme, and short stories, some of them serials. He clerked for his father for eight years, punctuated by episodes of tramping and camping in the west.Wason served in the U. S. Army (artillery) for nine months during the Spanish?American War (1898?99), and worked in a wide variety of jobs and places before settling down to a career writing, with his westerns incorporating items from his life's experiences. In addition to clerking for his father, he worked as an office boy, a grip man on the San Francisco cable cars, a miner in a Nevada mercury mine, and as a farmer in Delphi, Indiana. Over his life he lived in Ohio, Indiana, San Francisco, Detroit, Orr's Island, Maine, Temple, Arizona, Arden, Delaware, Norwalk, Connecticut, and Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. Wason married Emma Louise Brownell in Peru, Indiana in 1911. They had two sons and a daughter. He died in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey (Wikipedia).＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】One More Clean Up A story of powered parachute flying and gold prospecting in the wilds of Alaska【電子書籍】[ Douglas Anderson ]

＜p＞One More clean Up is inspired by the actual exploits by the author during a period of residency in Alaska. In the nineteen-eighties he and a very good friend: flew, hiked, camped and prospected for gold in a remote area of eastern Alaska. Anderson's latest book: One More Clean Up, is fiction only as it is based in the future and flying by powered parachutes is now a viable option for accessing remote locations. Alaska is still mostly wilderness and there are still vast areas where man has not set foot. Needless to say, there is still placer gold to be sought in many places and adventurous people will go to great lengths to find it. Anderson describes it the way it was and realistically the way it will be in the foreseeable future.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Anxious Truth: A Step-By-Step Guide To Understanding and Overcoming Panic, Anxiety, and Agoraphobia【電子書籍】[ Drew Linsalata ]

＜p＞The Anxious Truth is a step-by-step guide to understanding and overcoming the anxiety problems that have plagued you for so long. At 70,000 words and 450 printed pages, the Anxious Truth goes well beyond just telling you that you can be OK. It actually tells you exactly how to do it!＜/p＞ ＜p＞You're anxious all the time, experiencing panic attacks over and over, and maybe afraid to leave your house or to be left alone for even a few minutes.. You are avoiding simple things like driving, eating in restaurants, attending family functions, or going to the supermarket. You are terrified of the next wave of anxiety or the next panic attack. Your anxiety problems are ruining your relationships, your family life, and your career.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Your anxiety problems have you afraid, confused, lost, and feeling hopeless. How did you get here? What went wrong? You've tried so many things, but nothing has cured your anxiety? What can you do now?＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book, written by a former anxiety sufferer, best-selling author of "An Anxiety Story", and host of The Anxious Truth podcast will walk you through exactly how you got to where you are today, why you are not broken or ill, and what the true nature of your anxiety disorder is. Next, the book will walk you through what it takes to solve your anxiety problems, how to make an anxiety recovery plan, then how to correctly execute that plan.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Anxious Truth isn't always what you want to hear, but it's what you NEED to hear in order to solve this problem once and for all and move toward the life you so desperately want. Based firmly on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapies that have been shown over decades to be most effective in treating anxiety problems, the Anxious Truth will teach you how to move past your anxiety symptoms, past endless digging for hidden "root causes", and into an action oriented plan that will help your brain un-learn the bad reaction and fear habits that have gotten you into this predicament. The Anxious Truth will take the cognitive mechanism that got you into a corner, throw it in reverse, and use it to your advantage, backing you out of this jam and into a life free from irrational fear and needless avoidance.＜/p＞ ＜p＞More than just a book, The Anxious Truth goes hand-in-hand with The Anxious Truth podcast (theanxioustruth.com) and the growing and vibrant social media community surrounding it. Read the book, listen to five years worth of free podcasts chock full of helpful advice and information, and join a large online community of fellow anxiety sufferers that are done talking about this problem and ready to actually take action to solve it.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Change is possible. No matter how long you've suffered with your anxiety issues, you can get better. The Anxious Truth will tell you what you need to hear and will arm you with the information, understanding, and skills you need to get the job done.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Let's do this together!＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The American Health Care Paradox Why Spending More is Getting Us Less【電子書籍】[ Elizabeth H. Bradley ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Foreword by Harvey V. Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞For decades, experts have puzzled over why the US spends more on health care but suffers poorer outcomes than other industrialized nations. Now Elizabeth H. Bradley and Lauren A. Taylor marshal extensive research, including a comparative study of health care data from thirty countries, and get to the root of this paradox: We've left out of our tally the most impactful expenditures countries make to improve the health of their populations-investments in social services.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞The American Health Care Paradox＜/em＞, Bradley and Taylor illuminate how narrow definitions of "health care," archaic divisions in the distribution of health and social services, and our allergy to government programs combine to create needless suffering in individual lives, even as health care spending continues to soar. They show us how and why the US health care "system" developed as it did; examine the constraints on, and possibilities for, reform; and profile inspiring new initiatives from around the world.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Offering a unique and clarifying perspective on the problems the Affordable Care Act won't solve, this book also points a new way forward.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Play Anything The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games【電子書籍】[ Ian Bogost ]

＜p＞＜strong＞How filling life with play＜/strong＞-＜strong＞whether soccer or lawn mowing, counting sheep or tossing Angry Birds -- forges a new path for creativity and joy in our impatient age＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Life is boring: filled with meetings and traffic, errands and emails. Nothing we'd ever call ＜em＞fun＜/em＞. But what if we've gotten fun wrong? In ＜em＞Play Anything,＜/em＞ visionary game designer and philosopher Ian Bogost shows how we can overcome our daily anxiety; transforming the boring, ordinary world around us into one of endless, playful possibilities.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The key to this playful mindset lies in discovering the secret truth of fun and games. ＜em＞Play Anything,＜/em＞ reveals that games appeal to us not because they are fun, but because they set ＜em＞limitations＜/em＞. Soccer wouldn't be soccer if it wasn't composed of two teams of eleven players using only their feet, heads, and torsos to get a ball into a goal; Tetris wouldn't be Tetris without falling pieces in characteristic shapes. Such rules seem needless, arbitrary, and difficult. Yet it is the limitations that make games enjoyable, just like it's the hard things in life that give it meaning.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Play is what happens when we ＜em＞accept＜/em＞ these limitations, narrow our focus, and, consequently, have fun. Which is also how to live a good life. Manipulating a soccer ball into a goal is no different than treating ordinary circumstances- like grocery shopping, lawn mowing, and making PowerPoints-as sources for meaning and joy. We can "play anything" by filling our days with attention and discipline, devotion and love for the world as it really is, beyond our desires and fears.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Ranging from Internet culture to moral philosophy, ancient poetry to modern consumerism, Bogost shows us how today's chaotic world can only be tamed-and enjoyed-when we first impose boundaries on ourselves.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】High Wire The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families【電子書籍】[ Peter Gosselin ]

＜p＞The U.S. economy is wrapping up twenty-five years of some of the strongest, smoothest growth in its history-a performance so sweet economists have given it a name: "the Great Moderation." So why have so many of us, even those making hundreds of thousands of dollars, arrived at the new century with a gnawing sense that events are moving against our families and ourselves? The easy answer is that we're suffering a case of needless anxiety. But the easy answer is wrong. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of Americans and new statistics he developed, Peter Gosselin traces a quarter-century shift of economic risk from the broad shoulders of business and government to the backs of working people. It is a shift that has shaken the pillars of most families' lives-stable jobs, solid benefits, government protections. The change doesn't mean one can't prosper. But it does mean the benefits of growth come at greater peril and your financial fall will be steeper if you stumble. This threat to working Americans' security-and what to do about it-is a pressing concern to economists, policy-makers, and everyone who works for a living.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Blood Moon Siring an Heir, #2【電子書籍】[ Xya Olsen ]

＜p＞＜strong＞The ruler of the Wilds is running out of time.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Damon Nightshade leads his kingdom with an ironclad fist. One hundred years too soon, his time is almost up.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Like everyone born in the belly of the Wilds, Damon has a beast sealed within his body.＜/p＞ ＜p＞He is a rare white panther shifterーand a dangerous one at that. But unbeknownst to many, the king's body has rejected his animal from day one. The medicine he relies on is losing its effectiveness.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Soon the beast will consume his humanityーand once that happens, nothing can save him.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Needless to say, Damon gave up on love a long time ago. But everything changes when the kingdom's Oracle unveils a prophecy determined to pull his heart back into the ring.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Damon orders his men to find his fated mate. He never expects them to return with two.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Weace＜/strong＞ーa Fae whose golden heart and sizzling touch melts Damon's icy heart.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Levi＜/strong＞ーa Siren with an angelic voice and steamy kiss that emboldens Damon's spirit.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The attraction and chemistry between the three men is instant. Their passion burns like a wildfire, all consuming. The two men's devotion breaks down the king's walls. At long last, Damon can see the light at the end of the tunnel.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Seeing the prophecy through will not be easy. Royals vying for the throne creep in the shadows of Damon's castle, and some will stop at nothing to steal his crown. If he isn't careful, Damon will lose his humanity, his throne, and his happily-ever-after with the two men who have captivated his heart.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞BLOOD MOON＜/strong＞ is the second novel in Siring an Heir. This story is filled with love, magic, action, steamy m/m(+) scenes, and features harem and mpreg. (Suitable for ages 18+)＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。