Seamus Heaney's new collection starts 'in an age of bare hands & cast iron' & ends 'as the automatic lock / clunks shut' in the eerie new conditions of a menaced twenty-first century. In their haunted almost visionary clarity the poems assay the weight & worth of what has been held in the hand & in the memory. Images out of a childhood spent safe from the horrors of World War II
- railway sleepers a sledgehammer the 'heavyweight silence' of cattle out in rain
- are coloured by a strongly contemporary sense that 'anything can happen' & other images from the dangerous present
- a journey on the underground a melting glacier
- are fraught with this same anxiety. But District & Circle" which

Includes:: a number of prose poems & translations offers resistance as the poet gathers his staying powers & stands his ground in the hiding places of love & excited language. In a sequence like ' The Tollund Man in Springtime' & in several poems which 'do the rounds of the district'
- its known roads & rivers & trees its familiar & unfamiliar ghosts
- the gravity of memorial is transformed into the grace of recollection. With more relish & conviction than ever Seamus Heaney maintains his trust in the obduracy of workaday realities & the mystery of everyday renewals."







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Born in Belfast Patricia Jordan left for England to train as a nurse in the 1940s & DISTRICT NURSE is her moving & humorous account of life as a visiting nurse in a small English town. She leaves behind a close-knit family & a failed romance in Ireland to begin training in Barnet & Middlesex. She early on treats a patient who eventually becomes her husband & means that she accepts a job in the north of England that takes her first by bicycle & then in an unreliable little car into the homes of the people who need her care. In DISTRICT NURSE she brings to life everyone she encounters from the doctors & other nurses to the diverse & always compelling patients. It is a captivating personal account of a life spent helping others. ...

For 150 years district nurses have been taking care of the sick in their own homes providing health care moral support & wise advice to people of all ages & classes in rural areas towns & cities the length & breadth of the country. Begun in 1860s Liverpool by philanthropist William Rathbone the District Nursing Movement was founded to care for the poor who had no access to medical care. This illuminating book shows how the role of the district nurse has moved on greatly since Queen Victorias Jubilee expanding & developing to provide a broad range of invaluable health care services in the community. ...

More than ninety case studies shed new light on power system phenomena & power system disturbances Based on the authors four decades of experience this book enables readers to implement systems in order to monitor & perform comprehensive analyses of power system disturbances. Most importantly readers will discover the latest strategies & techniques needed to detect & resolve problems that could lead to blackouts to ensure the smooth operation & reliability of any power system. Logically organized Disturbance Analysis for Power Systems begins with an introduction to the power system disturbance analysis function & its implementation. The book then guides readers through the causes & modes of clearing of phase & ground faults occurring within power systems as well as power system phenomena & their impact on relay system performance. The next series of chapters presents more than ninety actual case studies that demonstrate how protection systems have performed in detecting & isolating power system disturbances in: Generators Transformers Overhead transmission lines Cable transmission line feeders Circuit breaker failures Throughout these case studies actual digital fault recording (DFR) records oscillograms & numerical relay fault records are presented & analyzed to demonstrate why power system disturbances happen & how the sequence of events are deduced. The final chapter of the book is dedicated to practice problems encouraging readers to apply what theyve learned to perform their own system disturbance analyses. This book makes it possible for engineers technicians & power system operators to perform expert power system disturbance analyses using the latest tested & proven methods. Moreover the books many cases studies & practice problems make it ideal for students studying power systems. ...

John Wilder is in his mid-thirties a successful salesman with a place in the country an adoring wife & a ten-year-old son. But something is wrong. His family no longer interests him his infidelities are leading him nowhere & he has begun to drink too much. Then one night something inside John snaps & he calls his wife to tell her that he isnt coming home... ...

Endless arguments? Communication by grunt? Seismic sulking? Lives ruled by FOMO (fear of missing out)? Sound like your teenager? Behavioural expert Charlie Taylor has the answers in this practical handbook which is full of simple effective techniques for improving your teenagers behaviour. Charlie Taylors straight-talking no-nonsense approach guides you away from knee-jerk parenting towards a more proactive & positive relationship with your teenager. With particular emphasis on the power of praise
- the basis of his acclaimed 6 to 1 strategy
- & planning in advance for behaviour or communication hotspots every parent can break the miserable pattern of constant confrontation endless negotiation & repetitive nagging. With the insights & methods found in Divas & Door Slammers including a handy Troubleshooting Guide every household with teenagers can quickly transform from havoc to harmony.

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This global guide to the worlds top dive sites is an inspirational reference source for divers who wish to experience personally or vicariously the best diving the planet has to offer. Written by the experienced dive authors of New Hollands award-winning dive guides the book is based on first-hand experience. Contributing Editor Jack Jackson has fully updated this second edition adding some new wreck dives & making sure that all the travel & dive information is fully up to date. This

Includes:: new locations for hyperbaric chambers treating the bends & the latest travel advice for divers in the wake of increased security at airports which can make travelling with diving equipment problematical. Conservation issues are more relevant now than ever & Jack has ensured that the latest concerns & advice are included. Structured by oceans & seas each section starts with a general overview of diving-related features & conditions. A large scale map shows the basic ocean topography & locates the featured dive regions to follow while regional maps feature specific dive sites to help divers select & locate the type of diving experience they are looking for. For those inspired to travel to any of the featured sites or regions an appendix lists travel & dive information climate the best time to go contacts dive operators & emergency facilities. In addition to comprehensive mapping the book features superb underwater photography showing famous wrecks a wide range of marine habitats & a huge diversity of species ranging from whale sharks to coral.

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The second in this two-volume series will provide aviation historians with an exhaustive reference work on all the Luftwaffes dive-bomber & ground-attack units including information on operations. All 16 Stuka Geschwader 17 ground-attack & 20 night-harassment units are covered along with their component staff flights & Gruppen & specialist anti-tank units. The two volumes are divided into the early & late phases of the war & cover pre-war formation designation & reorganisation until the demise of the Luftwaffe with lists of key operations locations bases & transfers together with an exhaustive breakdown of theatres of operations key battles & missions flown & aircraft types that were flown by each unit. In addition there are detailed listings of unit commanders including dates & locations of the commands. This informative volume is also packed with illustrations showing aircraft types unit markings close ups of unit emblems & badges & commanders many of which are in colour & have never been seen before. These books are the product of many years research by the authors both of whom are highly respected experts in this field & present highly detailed information in this form for the first time. ...

British history is irrevocably tied to the sea. The progress & very survival of this island nation has depended in large part upon the development of its naval fleet & on maritime engineering & overseas trade. For centuries Britannia did indeed rule the waves & at one time a huge percentage of all ships made in the world were constructed in Britain. While those days are now largely over a tantalising sunken treasury of Britain's glorious naval past lies waiting to be explored at the bottom of the sea in the countless wrecks that lie around Britain's shores. Dive England's Greatest Wrecks is the perfect companion for any diver interested in exploring England's most exciting shipwrecks preserved as time capsules of an era of sea power & majesty that has now passed into the history books. Among the ten featured here are the Salsette off Weymouth arguably England's most famous shipwreck; the SS Kyarra off Dorset; the British submarine M2 & the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Hood both lying off Portland; the American Liberty ship James Eagan Layne off Plymouth; & the fabulous P&O liner Moldavia. Along with the history of each vessel & the dramatic account of how it was wrecked there is essential diver information detailing how the wreck lies today along with depths tides & other points of interest. Each of the wrecks is vividly brought to life by specially commissioned stunning paintings showing the vessels as they lie on the seabed today. ...

Of the eight nations with Red Sea coastlines Egypt has attracted the greatest number of diving visitors & continues to do so. DIVE RED SEA offers fresh new insights into the classic Egyptian dives as well as exploring a few spots that have recently been discovered. ...