Waring: 69 books

3 works of George Edwin Waring American sanitary engineer and civic reformer (1833-1898) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of George Edwin Waring. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health - The Elements of Agriculture - Village Improvements and Farm Villages

Safe drinking water counts for nothing. A pollution-free environment counts for nothing. Even some people - namely women - count for nothing. This is the case, at least, according to the United Nations System of National Accounts. Author Marilyn Waring, former New Zealand M.P., now professor, development...

Marilyn Waring is a truly absorbing figure known as a distinguished public intellectual, a leading feminist thinker, environmentalist, social justice activist, and for her early political career after election to New Zealand's parliament at age twenty-three. Assembling some of her most thought-provoking...

‘Underneath the numbers, a philosophical judgement is always being made based on values, not facts.’ Thirty years ago Marilyn Waring’s groundbreaking book Counting for Nothing was released. Waring explained, through meticulous economic analysis, how the success of the global economy rests...

This intellectual history interprets recent American business management ideas as political theory, describing their underlying assumptions about power and value. According to Stephen Waring, most business management theory descends from either Frederick Taylor's 'bureaucratic' theory of scientific...

I felt like a caged animal.' This damning indictment by Dame Dorothy Tutin of her treatment in hospital at the age of 70 propelled her daughter Amanda Waring into a crusade to ensure that all older people in care are treated with kindness, compassion and dignity. Amanda is now a widely respected filmmaker,...

The Elements of Agriculture George E. Waring Jr., american sanitary engineer and civic reformer (1833-1898) This ebook presents «The Elements of Agriculture», from George E. Waring Jr.. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table...

Lavender is one of the most versatile and beneficial plants known to herbalists. It is one of the most ancient herbal remedies known, packed with medicinal and therapeutic properties that can benefit every aspect of life. This informative and practical book describes the plant's manifold uses--medicinal,...

Written by two of the UK's most well-known and respected experts in the beekeeping community, this is a new and updated edition of a popular reference title which contains everything the beginner, or even intermediate, beekeeper could need. Suitable both for those just considering the prospect...

A collection of short stories, two long and two short, that tell tales of the supernatural and the darkly fantastic. Troll Farm: a short little soft horror story about a reporter who visits a goat farm run by trolls. Tiger, Tiger: a college student encounters a type of incubus and discovers...

Valentine Greyfeather is a tank: a mage trained in destructive magic and usually the defensive force behind a partner trained in more delicate spells. Antisocial as he is, however, Valentine has gotten away with working by himself and answering to almost no one, until he's paired up with the big boss's...

Three complete Plato dialogues - Euthyphro, Meno, Republic Book I - in a fresh English translation, with extensive commentary and original illustrations. Reason and Persuasion is suitable as an introductory textbook or for more advanced students of Plato and philosophy. The fourth edition is substantially...

Embrace what makes you unique and encourage compassionate friendships with Porcupine and Armadillo in this delightful picture book that makes a great gift for Valentine's Day or for any day when a hug (or kiss) is needed. Poor Porcupine just cannot be hugged-his quills are too spikey! Each...

Innocence, the stupidest boy in the world, is convinced killer mosquitoes from the sun are coming to destroy Earth. So he sets out on a quest to persuade Liquorice, a reclusive inventor girl, to sew up the hole in the Ozone layer to keep them out. Together they must save the world! (If only Liquorice...