Drawing inspiration from iconic literary figures, this author explores themes that resonate deeply with personal experience. Her writing style is characterized by its depth and empathy, offering readers an engaging and thought-provoking experience. Through her prose, she delves into the complexities of human relationships and the inner lives of her characters. Her works are valued for their sincerity and their ability to capture the essence of the human condition.
Environmental Protection: What Everyone Needs to Know® helps readers to access and navigate the robust system of environmental laws that have emerged to check the deleterious impact of human activity on the natural environment. Using concrete examples to cover historical background as well as contemporary scientific, legal, and economic topics, the book explores hot-button current issues from nanopollution to climate change.
"Peels and Chemical Exfoliation," part of Milady's Aesthetician Series, offers a comprehensive look at peeling agents and their skin reactions. Aimed at aestheticians and nurses, it includes case studies to enhance understanding and features a chapter on peeling agents, along with policy guides for implementation in clinical settings.
Focusing on the science and technology behind laser and light systems, this book serves as a comprehensive guide for professionals in medical spas, day spas, and clinics. It covers essential topics such as hair removal and facial/body rejuvenation, progressing from foundational concepts to practical applications. Readers will find detailed treatment protocols, client management strategies, and insights into selecting the right cosmetic devices. Additionally, it offers business management and marketing strategies to help create profitable opportunities in this emerging field.
Explores the complex and often fascinating relationships Laura Ingalls Wilder formed throughout her life that led to the writing of her classic Little House series. Using Wilder's stories, personal correspondence, an unpublished autobiography, and experiences in South Dakota, Hill has produced a historical-literary biography of the famous and much-loved author.
Pamela Hill has put flesh on the bones of the assumption that Shakespeare went to Scotland. The acceptance of this fact, presumed not least by the information in Macbeth, together with the matter of the cryptic messages in his plays, has been well-founded by many historians.In A Tale of Strawberries Shakespeare’s visit to Scotland happens in the years 1592-93, when theatres in London are closed because of plague. He tours Scotland with a small band of players.He arrives in time to hear rumours about the murder of a young earl in February, meets the suspected murderer Huntly and his possible instigator, the enigmatic King James VI. The king’s fears, jealousies and devious forms of revenge giving Shakespeare many new stories, several of which will be used in his plays, including Othello.The people he meets, some of whom remember the king’s dead mother Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots), and the fate of those who had helped or hindered her and her son, are varied enough to make a kind of tapestry. They accept him as a writer and player, allowing him to know some of their secrets. The tale of the blood-stained strawberry embroidered handkerchief, produced by Mary Stuart herself, which passes from Huntly to his sister Jean, being but one of many.Following these journeys throughout Scotland, Shakespeare returns to London by Christmas 1594.
Mid-Victorian Glasgow may have seemed totally respectable on the surface but there were undercurrents. When the American Civil War brings ruin to the cotton industry in Glasgow, riches are in danger of turning into poverty. Complex love affairs, treachery and murder lead the story to an ending which is gripping and unexpected.