New Releases by E. Knight

Like a salmon leaving the ocean and swimming upriver, we are on a journey in which we must learn how to fly, at least for brief intervals. As we navigate the rapids in life, we grow stronger and more skillful. If we don’t make it up the waterfall though, we swim in circles where cynics stagnate. Joy and clarity are ahead if we continue to progress. While every person’s journey is unique, it is also universal. Any path that involves honesty and integrity leads to the same destination. How you get there doesn’t matter, although your experiences do make for an interesting story. What are the phases of the journey as we progress in consciousness? What do the transition points involve? Here is a map for the human experience. Maps offer clear distinctions for discussing where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re going. Maps help us navigate common challenges and avoid potential traps. Are you approaching the Waterfall of Being? What does spiritual mastery involve? This book is a fish ladder for the spiritual journey.

Men and women believe their mate is going to come prepackaged in perfection of love. However, this theory is far from the truth. It takes a conscious effort to build a solid foundation in any relationship and maintain the true essence of love. Donna Knight, founder of a nonprofit girl empowerment network, is a passionate advocate for love. While leading single love seekers on a journey of self-evaluation and exploration, she utilizes facts, case studies, Christian and New Age spirituality concepts, and personal commentary to analyze why and how we love; examine why marriage is misunderstood; and provide hope that it is possible to create lasting love within a fulfilling romantic relationship. Through it all, Knight teaches that we hold the power within ourselves to create the reality we want, not just in life but also in our relationships. Unlock the Mystery of Love provides step-by-step guidance that helps single people attain their relationship goals and find the kind of love that lasts a lifetime.

Knowing she was seen as a threat to the queen she served, Lady Katherine Grey, legitimate heir to the throne, longs only for the comfort of a loving marriage and a quiet life far from the intrigue of the Tudor court. After seeing her sister become the pawn of their parents and others seeking royal power and then lose their lives for it, she is determined to avoid the vicious struggles over power and religion that dominate Queen Elizabeth''s court. Until she finds love-then Kat is willing to risk it all, even life in prison.

An introductory approach to the subject of large strains and large displacements in finite elements. Large Strain Finite Element Method: A Practical Course, takes an introductory approach to the subject of large strains and large displacements in finite elements and starts from the basic concepts of finite strain deformability, including finite rotations and finite displacements. The necessary elements of vector analysis and tensorial calculus on the lines of modern understanding of the concept of tensor will also be introduced. This book explains how tensors and vectors can be described using matrices and also introduces different stress and strain tensors. Building on these, step by step finite element techniques for both hyper and hypo-elastic approach will be considered. Material models including isotropic, unisotropic, plastic and viscoplastic materials will be independently discussed to facilitate clarity and ease of learning. Elements of transient dynamics will also be covered and key explicit and iterative solvers including the direct numerical integration, relaxation techniques and conjugate gradient method will also be explored. This book contains a large number of easy to follow illustrations, examples and source code details that facilitate both reading and understanding. Takes an introductory approach to the subject of large strains and large displacements in finite elements. No prior knowledge of the subject is required. Discusses computational methods and algorithms to tackle large strains and teaches the basic knowledge required to be able to critically gauge the results of computational models. Contains a large number of easy to follow illustrations, examples and source code details. Accompanied by a website hosting code examples.

May, 1536. The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen. When Anne Boleyn falls to the executioner''s ax on a cold spring morning, yet another Anne vows she will survive in the snake-pit court of Henry VIII. But at what cost? Lady Anne Seymour knows her family hangs by a thread. If her sister-in-law Jane Seymour cannot give the King a son, she will be executed or set aside, and her family with her. Anne throws herself into the deadly and intoxicating intrigue of the Tudor court, determined at any price to see the new queen''s marriage a success and the Seymour family elevated to supreme power. But Anne''s machinations will earn her a reputation as a viper, and she must decide if her family''s rise is worth the loss of her own soul . . .

Institutional research is more relevant today than ever before as growing pressures for improved student learning and increased institutional accountability motivate higher education to effectively use ever-expanding data and information resources. As the most current and comprehensive volume on the topic, the Handbook describes the fundamental knowledge, techniques, and strategies that define institutional research. The book contains an overview of the profession and its history, examines how institutional research supports executive and academic leadership and governance, and discusses the varied ways data from federal, state, and campus sources are used by research professionals. With contributions from leading experts in the field, this important resource reviews the analytic tools, techniques, and methodologies used by institutional researchers in their professional practice and covers a wide range of topics such as: conducting institutional research; statistical applications; comparative analyses; quality control systems; measuring student, faculty, and staff opinions; and management activities designed to improve organizational effectiveness.

Mechanics of Discontinua is the first book to comprehensively tackle both the theory ofthis rapidly developing topic and the applications that span a broad field of scientific and engineering disciplines, from traditional engineering to physics of particulates, nano-technology and micro-flows. Authored by a leading researcher who has been at the cutting edge of discontinua simulation developments over the last 15 years, the book is organized into four parts: introductory knowledge, solvers, methods and applications. In the first chapter a short revision of Continuum Mechanics together with tensorial calculus is introduced. Also, a short introduction to the finite element method is given. The second part of the book introduces key aspects of the subject. These include a diverse field of applications, together with fundamental theoretical and algorithmic aspects common to all methods of Mechanics of Discontinua. The third part of the book proceeds with the most important computational and simulation methods including Discrete Element Methods, the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method, Molecular Dynamics Methods, Fracture and Fragmentation solvers and Fluid Coupling. After these the reader is introduced to applications stretching from traditional engineering and industry (such as mining, oil industry, powders) to nanotechnology, medical and science.

Ted Gregory is a stock-broker barely hanging in with the flow of life. A morning ride to work turns into a trip that takes Ted back in time to visit an old diner which he had not been in for decades. The diner still exists, almost as in a time warp. A series of impulsive decisions sends Ted off on a new journey, both physically and metaphorically. The Mystic is a stranger sitting alone in a coffee shop waiting for Ted, or anyone, to engage him in conversation. The mystic who teaches others has to be a master of using metaphor and parable to explain concepts. Mystery surrounds mysticism, but in reality, it can help provide a practical guide for positive transformation in any person''s life. Mysticism has room for sceptics and scientists. In fact, the scientists with great new ideas and theories have to walk the mystic''s path into the realms of the metaphysical.

Thirty-eight years after the end of World War II, detective Leopold Czernik is hired by a Holocaust survivor to try to track down art works stolen from his family by the Nazis. His investigations lead him into a tangled web of violence, treachery and murder.

A story of intrigue in the Philippines of Ferdinand Marcos.

Extolled as refined, iridescent, and exquisitely crafted but were also attacked as decadent. Knight traces the French symbolist sources of Loeffler''s highly personal compositional style and brings to life his secluded and deeply troubled life - episodes of which he worked vigorously to obscure. From Loeffler''s own writings come many revealing and previously unknown anecdotes, often involving the most eminent artistic figures of the late nineteenth and early twentieth.

A night watchman who is also the town crier in colonial Philadelphia talks about the daily life in the city, its leading citizens, and important landmarks as he shows a visitor to Chestnut Street.

Describes the 1633 voyage of the ship Treadwell carrying Puritans and colonists from England to the New World.

An indentured servant looks back on his five years of service on the farm of a Pennsylvania German family in the 1760''s.

Two English children are told the story of their grandfather''s experiences as one of the original Jamestown colonists of 1607.

This is a preliminary report for discussion embodying some findings of analyses undertaken at the Thayer School of Engineering. These were conducted as part of a feasibility study for a 50-megawatt wood-fired power plant in Vermont and in preparation for an environmental impact assessment of a wood-fired electric/steam congeneration facility now in the planning phase for a site in Maine. The major research problems associated with the environmental impact of harvesting wood for electric power generation and industrial energy are highlighted.