Bøger af Chris Park

From the not-so-best selling author of Drink This Book While Reading Your Morning Coffee comes an exploration into the world of addiction, despair, and hope. But this book is not really about drugs at all... It's a How to Guide of sorts.A book for the pill heads, the heroin addicts, the meth junkies. The insomniacs and day-sleepers. The absent fathers, the overbearing mothers. The prodigal sons, the destitute daughters. The hopeless ones. The ones facing the fire. The ones trying to make a way where there is no way. The ones looking for second chances and escape routes. And maybe...it's for you.

Adam Sedgwick was one of the leading English geologists in the early nineteenth century. This biography is aimed at the general reader who has an interest in nineteenth century history, with particular reference to the development of modern science (particularly geology), the battle between faith and science, the modernisation of university education, and the changing role of the church. It is written in jargon-free language, and includes a comprehensive bibliography and index.Sedgwick was born in Dent in Yorkshire, son of the local vicar, was educated at Sedbergh School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was ordained into the Church of England, and in 1818 was appointed Woodwardian Professor of Geology at Cambridge. Among many other claims to fame, he discovered and named the Cambrian and Devonian rock systems, taught geology to Charles Darwin, was a friend of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, campaigned against the slave trade, helped shape the reform of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, was a Canon at Norwich Cathedral alongside his university roles, and played a central role in the creation-evolution debate. He was a complex and fascinating character, who never dodged a good argument. He was a strong advocate of William Whewell's ideas about induction the search for truth, and was not afraid to ruffle feathers in the church hierarchy about reading the Genesis creation narrative too literally.

This unusual and beautifully illustrated book gives us a unique window on 600 years of Dales history. Looking through the eyes of contemporary writers, we can see how perceptions, attitudes and even the landscape itself have changed over time.

First published in 1989, Chernobyl: The Long Shadow offers a balanced review of what happened there, why and how it happened, and what the main lessons and implications of the accident are. It looks back on events during and after the disaster, in particular reviewing how it and the radiation fallout were dealt with in different countries and looks forward to how the incident might affect the nuclear power industry around the world. The book explores the significance of the accident within the Soviet Union, considers its impact on public confidence in nuclear power, and reviews what improvements are necessary in emergency planning throughout the rest of the world. It is written from an inter-disciplinary perspective; based on detailedscienctific research, which is described in non-specialist terms, it considers themes like attitudes to nuclear power and political reaction to the accident itself. It sets the Chernobyl accident into a proper context. Chernobyl: The Long Shadow will appeal to students and teachers of geography, environmental science, international politics, nuclear physics, and to anyone interested in current affairs and environmental problems.

Grab your safari gear and journey through a giant dino park with the Adventure Kids in this cool, fun coloring book for kids of all ages. Explore the Jurassic Age and feel the thrills and chills just like your favorite adventurers do!!

Exploring the definitions of religion and its historical and ideological origins, Chris Park looks at the ways in which religion, its symbols, rites, beliefs and hopes, has shaped and changed the world in which we live.