How did medieval Europeans use and change their environments, think about the natural world, and handle the natural forces affecting their lives? This is a pioneering survey of medieval relations with the natural world which integrates approaches from social and economic history and environmental studies.
The PB2Y Coronado was a large flying boat patrol bomber designed by Consolidated Aircraft. After deliveries of the PBY Catalina, also a Consolidated aircraft, began in 1935, the United States Navy began planning for the next generation of patrol bombers. Orders for two prototypes, the XPB2Y-1 and the Sikorsky XPBS-1, were placed in 1936; the prototype Coronado first flew in December 1937. After trials with the XPB2Y-1 prototype revealed some stability issues, the design was finalized as the PB2Y-2, with a large cantilever wing, twin tail, and four Pratt & Whitney R-1830 radial engines. The two inner engines were fitted with four-bladed reversible pitch propellers; the outer engines had standard three-bladed feathering props. Like the PBY Catalina before it, the PB2Y's wingtip floats retracted to reduce drag and increase range.
Bionergetika, kterou vytvořil americký lékař a psychoterapeut Alexander Lowen, vychází z toho, že každý člověk disponuje životní energií, a to nezávisle na věku a kulturním zázemí. Tato energie však může být často inhibována vnitřními zábranami. S pomocí bioenergetických cvičení je možné uvolnit chronické svalové napětí, svalový krunýř a aktivovat energetické procesy. Cvičení vedou k odstraňování zábran spontánního vyjadřování pocitů a emocí. Tento proces směřuje k obnovení pozornosti k našemu vnitřnímu prožívání, umožňuje hlubší osobní porozumění a pomáhá objevit vlastní životní energii, nabýt znovu přirozenou pohyblivost a emoční prožívání. Kniha Bioenergetická cvičení přináší základní cviky, které je možno v každém věku cvičit doma samostatně bez terapeuta. Nabízí i návod, jak vytipovat vhodná cvičení právě pro sebe. Jejich pravidelné cvičení vede k větší spontaneitě a obnově vlastní vitality a kvality existence ve světě.
Within this novel Ms. Buck paints the portrait of a poor woman living in a remote village whose joys are few and hardships are many. As the ancient traditions, which she bases her philosophies upon, begin to collide with the new ideals of the communist era, this peasant woman must find a balance between them and deal with the consequences.
The Stars Look Down was A.J. Cronin's fourth novel, published in 1935, and this tale of a North country mining family was a great favourite with his readers. Robert Fenwick is a miner, and so are his three sons. His wife is proud that all her four men go down the mines. But David, the youngest, is determined that somehow he will educate himself and work to ameliorate the lives of his comrades who ruin their health to dig the nation's coal. It is, perhaps, a typical tale of the era in which it was written --there were many novels about coal mining, But Cronin, a doctor turned author, had a gift for storytelling, and in his time wrote several very popular and successful novels.
