New Releases by Ian White

Every day, young Charles White's mother takes him the Chicago Public Library, where the librarians look after him until she picks him up again after work, at six o'clock. At the library Charles looks carefully at the picture books the librarians give him and also at the people around him, later drawing what he sees on scraps of paper at home. He learns to be patient and observant--and, by watching art students painting in the park, how to mix and use oil paints. As he grows into an artist, he paints the people he sees and admires. Ultimately, Charles becomes a great artist whose works now hang in museums throughout the United States. Written and illustrated by White's son, C. Ian White, and featuring full-color reproductions of Charles White's artworks, this deeply personal story traces the childhood influences that inspired young Charles to become an artist and a teacher.

This book is a guide that takes you through a step by step process to achieving financial freedom and is therefore much of what you need as you strive to build a life of success. The most important thing to put in mind is the fact that anyone can attain financial independence regardless of where they come from or where they are today. What is of importance is to know that the earlier you start working for your financial independence the better. You need not worry about where you should start from because this book covers every single detail you need to know when it comes to achieving financial independence. It begins by giving you a deeper understanding of what financial independence is, enlightens you on the reasons as to why you need to work towards making that a goal a reality, covers specific skills that are meant to help you attain financial independence and most importantly gives you steps that you need to follow in order to achieve financial independence.

"This working paper, then, contains the reflections of a former tax policy official and a current tax law academic on the influence of economic theory on proposals to reform personal capital gains taxation. It does not cover business or corporate capital gains. It is, however, increasingly necessary to consider personal capital gains within the broader context of personal capital income, as a result of the changing conceptualisation of the issues in this area (see the discussion below in this section). Secondly, it focuses on the influence of two major economic theoretical approaches on tax reform proposals in this area: the comprehensive income tax concept and optima tax theory. It does not, for example, consider political economy or public choice theory. Thirdly, it reflects on the influence of these two theories in the reports of selected public tax reviews and official statements on tax reform proposals in six countries and in three tax policy reports prepared by the OECD. The next section makes some observations about the part that economic theory can play in tax policy analysis in general. Following this, a short account of the historical development of comprehensive income and optimal tax theory provides a timeline and essential background. The influence of these two theoretical approaches on analysis and proposals in selected public tax reviews and official reports in the six countries is then discussed"--Pages 4-5.

In this the sequel to First Day, Magnus, Bear, Erik and Ragnald the Runesmith embark upon a dangerous mission to rescue Bear's daughter from the clutches of an evil sorcerer. Along the way, they have to natural and unnatural dangers, and Magnus learns more f his unusual heritage.

A filmmaker and installation artist based in Toronto, Oliver Husain has called his pieces "attractive traps," for the way in which they offer up an initial interpretation to the viewer which is eventually revealed to have been misleading. In a similar vein, Husain has inserted visual interruptions that interfere with the essays in this, his first monograph.

Accessible, innovative and full of practical advice, Happy Healthy Kids traces a child's physical and emotional development from preconception, through pregnancy and birth, to age seven. It is the culmination of over twenty years' work with Australian Bush Flower Essences. At each stage of growth key issues a child may face may face is covered alongside easy-to-implement solutions. A wide range of everyday ailments are covered from colds, allergies and bruises, to burns, bed-wetting and car sickness. Happy Healthy Kids also details how to handle a whole range of emotional challenges from shyness and lack of self-confidence, to aggression. Australian Bush Flower Essences are now in forty countries around the world. Ian White, the founder of the Australian Bush Flower Essences, comes from five generations of herbalists. He is much sought after on the local and international speaking circuit.

Accessible, innovative and full of practical advice, Happy Healthy Kids traces a child's physical and emotional development from preconception, through pregnancy and birth, to age seven. It is the culmination of over twenty years' work with Australian Bush Flower Essences. At each stage of growth key issues a child may face may face is covered a...

"[L]aunched as part of Emily Wardill's exhibition 'windows broken, break, broke together' at de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam, 17 September-28 November 2010"--Colophon.

This detailed history of Air Intercept radar traces the development of this vital military technology with the Royal Air Force during WWII. In the years after World War I, the United Kingdom was desperate to develop some form of protection from an enemy air strike. As early as 1923, the British Army had devised "sound mirrors" that could detect aircraft up to twelve miles away. This technical history traces the development of military radar technology from this early, experimental phase to the creation of the first air-to-air radar systems and their uses in battle. Historian Ian White sets this fascinating narrative within the larger political, military, economic and technological context of the era. Through World War II, Air Intercept radar was a vital asset in protecting RAF bomber forces as well as the country itself. But developing the technology required the tireless work of physicists and engineers in the Air Ministry Research Establishment, particularly members of the Establishment's Airborne Group working under Dr. Edward Bowen. Their Airborne Interception radars, such as the AI Mk. IV, were used in Blenheim night-fighters during the winter Blitz and by Mosquito during the Baedeker Raids. This in-depth history covers the introduction of centimetric technology at the Telecommunications Research Establishment, the creation of centimetric AI, and their installation in the Beaufighter and later marks of the Mosquito. It describes the creation of the Radiation Laboratory at MIT and concludes with a section on further developments during the Cold War.

This book was first published in 2007. Increasing demands for irrigation, domestic and industrial water have generated a massive growth world-wide in the number of large water infrastructure projects involving the transfer of water from basins considered to have surplus water to those where the demand for water has exceeded or is expected to exceed supplies. Using the experiences of projects in Australia, United States, Canada, China and India, this book examines case studies within the diverse geographical, climatic, economic, and policy regimes operating in these countries. It examines the water resources of Australia, the driest inhabited continent, and explores inter-basin water transfer projects in the United States, Canada, China and India, examining their benefits and impacts within these nations' contrasting economies and governance systems. This comprehensive and well-illustrated text will be of great interest to professionals and researchers in the fields of hydrology, water resources, and to those engaged in environmental science, policy and regulation.