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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！】Minor Incident【電子書籍】[ Elaine Todd Koren ]

＜p＞The eighty-eight year old author chose this period of time in her life to write a memoir that necessitated her going back sixty-eight years to an event in 1944, a happening that burned a hole in her consciousness. In doing so, a fantastic host of memories were uncovered, memories long forgotten. The author had a nearly fatal accident where she broke her back among other injuries, in Woodstock, NY during July of 1944 at the very height of the horrific battles of World War II.＜/p＞ ＜p＞There was a significant lack of doctors, nurses and medical equipment, all of which were sent by the hospitals to aid the soldiers at the front. To be a patient in a hospital, during that time, was akin to falling into hell. And hell it was! Whatever the pain was, it had caused her to behave in ways not typical of her, and in retrospect she at times grew ashamed or incredulous at her own actions. She learned the full extent of what one suffered in a full body cast when urine seeped into it renting one’s skin, and what caused her to verge on wrapping a cord around her neck in exasperation of nurses not responding to her buzzer.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Anchored by an early forceful chapter describing her lying unbelievably perched on four mattresses with her head hanging down at a sharp angle so the blood was rushing dangerously into it; this was to take the place of the Bradford Frame, a device which had been sent to the hospitals for serious injuries of the spinal column. There is the humor of The Taming of the Shrew with the veritable witch who occupied her hospital room. This book plays against the odds of a dangerous edema; a dreaded spinal fusion; which the author fights and then accepts, and the general ignorance of a medically and psychologically deficient environment of 1944. There is the shock value of lying for months surrounded by the plaster world of the cast. The author sees a marvelous humor in all this frightening tragedy concocting a desperate hopeless romance with a Dr. MacNeil, who believes the twenty year old to be sixteen. She also envisions mind dancing, a marvelous device to escape from the hell! There is a fascinating interaction between the progress of World War II and its battles and the progress of her illness.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Read this absorbing memoir of the coming of age of a 20-year-old college student whose world suddenly changes in the summer of 1944. The work has pathos and humor and has an optimistic note. In reading it you will find it jolting and difficult to forget. In fact the author has never forgotten it for sixty-eight years.＜/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！】Lewis Mumford and Patrick Geddes The Correspondence【電子書籍】

＜p＞I am a disciple of Patrick Geddes, and I am an abject admirer of everything he has said and done. The tantalising nearness of everything we most want; were it not for some fatal, stubborn grain in both of us, Geddes and I, linked together, intellectual and emotional, might still conquer the world. For lack of this, he will be imperfectly articulate and I, perhaps, will have nothing to say. These two comments by Lewis Mumford, written at either end of his largely epistolary relationship with Patrick Geddes, frame an astonishing correspondence between two of our century's greatest thinkers on Western civilisation. Mumford was the versatile New York cultural critic, famous for his writings on architecture, the city and technology. His master, Geddes, was the Scots biologist, sociologist and planner, the professor of things in general. The letters reveal much about the intellectual culture of the first half of the Twentieth Century as they chart an extraordinary Anglo-American relationship between very different men; this friendship, initially of master and disciple, even father/son, was based on a shared intellectual quest, and inspired the work of both. All that exists of those letters, and much previously unpublished material besides, has been meticulously collected and edited by Frank G. Novak Jnr..＜/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！】Keeping Honey Bees and Swarm Trapping【電子書籍】[ Grant Gillard ]

＜p＞The concept of trapping swarms is very simple. The title, however, of "trapping" swarms brings up some strange ideas of fatal mouse traps (a quick and "humane" death) or even those "have-a-heart" style traps that keep the animals contained but healthy.＜br /＞ A swarm trap is not really a trap. It's a box, a bucket, a drum or some other attractive cavity that represents a temporary home for the bees. If you are familiar with beekeeping, a five-frame "nuc" box is often used to "trap" a swarm. If you can imagine a five-frame nuc box nailed to the side of a tree or tied onto the lower side of a large branch, then you have an idea of the simplicity of a swarm trap.＜br /＞ There are two, key characteristics of swarm traps. First, they are temporary, and second, they are made to be attractive to the scout bees. Its attractiveness is based on the size and volume, defendability (the entrance or opening should not too large), height off the ground and smell. You can use any box or cavity, and the most popular, commercially made swarm trap available in the supply catalogs looks like a wood-fiber flower pot.＜br /＞ I prefer my traps to look like boxes so I can place standard-sized brood frames in them. The swarm moves in and begins to draw out the foundation and the queen starts laying eggs. With box-style traps, I can take that swarm trap to the bee yard and transfer the frames of brood and bees to a normal hive body.＜br /＞ The transfer process is not difficult which makes a box-style swarm trap 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！】Only the Sky: A Western Romance【電子書籍】[ Margaret Gooch ]

＜p＞A screenplay set in a fictional frame, this tale of two generations offers a questioning take on the western. Eager to head up the thriving enterprise her father made of his pioneer ranch, Hallie Bonfield returns home from school in the East to find trouble waiting. As a former romance with her ranch manager, Ken McKenna, reignites, she learns he intends to confront a neighboring rancher in a likely fatal encounter. Appalled, she strives to deter him and prevent the outbreak of a feud, but is caught up in emotions that allow latent violence to smolder. Her parents' story holds a family secret that lies at the root of hostility. A letter reveals it, but leaves open the question: will forces unleashed by unresolved wrong exact full requital?＜br /＞ Show More＜br /＞ Show Less＜/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 Serial Rapist Sitting Behind You Is A Robot by J. Bradley【電子書籍】[ safetythirdenterprises ]

＜p＞A collection of prose-poems from J. Bradley in his first foray into fiction. Bradley's swift cuts and unapologetic style still remains intact in this new frame delighting in tales of Jurassic Park, sexual liaisons, and sexual disgust. Even in the darker times of the twenty story collection the Florida poet goes for a dirty bountiful laugh.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Rabbit punches are illegal in boxing because they are a potentially fatal blow. The Serial Rapist Sitting Behind You Is A Robot is a series of rabbit punches comprised of poetry, wit, sex and sick. J.Bradley attempts to kill with each piece; packing their tiny structures full of a power reserved for breaking the teeth of cheating spouses. Each piece makes an impact that stuns strong and spreads circular in a visceral ring that will leave the reader wondering, "What just happened here?" After they stagger to their feet, they will taunt him to hit them again and again."＜/p＞ ＜p＞- xTx, author of Nobody Trust a Black Magician＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Reading J. Bradley's The Serial Rapist Sitting Behind You Is A Robot is how I imagine drinking beer with Shakespeare would feelーa mixture of elation and embarrassment. This is a collection of "I can't believe he said that" writing. Like Shakespeare, Bradley is able to cut to the quick with his wit and imagination. His poems are not just cleaver, but poignant examples of love, loss, and life. Every page of this book stages a mini-drama that plays with the most incomprehensible aspects of being human. It is nasty, filthy, fabulous writing."＜/p＞ ＜p＞- Nicelle Davis, host of The Bees Knees poetry blog＜/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 Sisters' Fight: A Poetic Anthology of Awareness【電子書籍】[ Deidra D. S. Green ]

＜p＞The Sisters’ Fight: A Poetic Anthology of Awareness＜/p＞ ＜p＞Written by:＜br /＞ Danica N. Worthy＜br /＞ Deidra D.S. Green＜br /＞ Jamila E. Gomez＜br /＞ Tammie T. Bell-Davis＜/p＞ ＜p＞Synopsis＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Sisters’ Fight; A Poetic Anthology was written by four women that came together through their love of writing and creativity to bring added awareness to the ongoing battle of fighting Cancer and Bullying. This book of poetry and short stories represents the love and struggles each writer has faced in one form or another in dealing with the effects of what cancer can do to a family member or friend who battles this increasing disease. Through their writings, you will understand and sympathize with their personal struggle to cope with being strong and supportive in dealing with this disease that completely changes lives. Not only does cancer affect the body it also changes the frame of mind; giving you a whole new perspective on life. Though we have advanced treatments to better the chances of survival of cancer there is still no cure. The Sisters’ Fight wants to bring more awareness to this cause by donating 15% of proceeds to cancer research in hopes of a cure.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Another cause The Sisters’ Fight addresses in this anthology is bullying. With increasing technology bullying is finding a whole new outlet through internet and social media. Words of hate sent through cyberspace and torturing the victim on such a huge medium is at an all time high. Children and adults, embarrassed and humiliated, often turn to drastic, sometimes fatal measures to no longer suffer from the pain of bullying. Words and actions hurt. Awareness through teaching is needed to help us understand why bullying is wrong and how the effects of such can cause pain to the undeserving recipient. It’s often found that the bully has in some way been hurt themselves and releases their own pain on someone they consider an easy target. The effects of bullying needs to be addressed from the side of the victim as well as that of the bully. The Sisters’ Fight will donate 15% of proceeds to bring more awareness where it’s needed most.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A total of 30% of the proceeds from The Sisters’ Fight: A Poetic Anthology of Awareness will be donated to respective Cancer and Bullying Charities.＜/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。