Most Popular Books by Richard Freeman

This is the story of the clash between two gigantic personalities in the early years of the 20th century. On one side was Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. On the other side was the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir John Fisher.

In just six months, America turned the rout of Pearl Harbor into the victories of Coral Sea and Midway. ''Whirlwind: War in the Pacific'' tells the story of how America achieved this staggering turnaround using accounts of the three key Pacific battles of 1942. Pearl Harbor: Hinge of War Just over seventy years ago the world witnessed one of the most audacious and villainous surprise attacks in history. While Tokyo and Washington talked peace, hundreds of Japanese war planes descended on the Sunday morning calm of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. In less than 90 minutes four battleships were sunk, four more badly damaged and hundreds of American warplanes lay burnt out in tangled heaps on the runways. The story of the raid is one of Japanese military skill meeting American courage. As airfields and ships were attacked, as planes caught fire and ships capsized, the men of the army and navy heroically fought to save the planes, the ships and their compatriots. Coral Sea 1942 After the devastating attack on Pearl Harbour, the Americans suffered setback after setback in the Pacific. In May 1942, the Japanese were poised to take Port Moresby in New Guinea. At all costs the Americans had to stop them. Admiral Frank Fletcher was dispatched with two aircraft carriers - Yorktown and Lexington - with orders to destroy the Japanese invasion force. The fate of the Pacific was in the balance. ''Coral Sea 1942'' tells the dramatic story of that conflict. The great Coral Sea victory came at a price. Pilots died in dog-fights; crippled planes fell into the sea; damaged planes crashed onto carrier flight decks; and pilots found themselves stranded on remote islands. But the battle was an American triumph. Japan entered it as an aggressor at the peak of her imperial power. She left the battle with her dominance shattered. The tide had turned. Midway Never was there a naval battle like Midway. It was fought at a place thousands of miles from land, by hundreds of planes over distances of hundreds of miles. It saw four massive Japanese aircraft carriers pitted against three similarly huge American carriers in a battle for domination of the Pacific. The battle is the story of the young Japanese empire seeking to challenge the established industrial power of America. Japan was ready to risk all in one mighty attempt to drive the United States Navy from the Pacific Ocean. The battle that followed raged over three days, full of set backs and disaster for each side. But Admirals Yamamoto and Nagumo had over-reached themselves and suffered the greatest naval defeat in history. America entered Midway on the defensive, still a hesitant participant in the war. She left the battle as the world''s first super power. ''Whirlwind: War In The Pacific'' is a brilliant narrative history of three of the crucial naval battles of the Second World War. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the period. Richard Freeman graduated in mathematics before following a career in distance education. He now writes on naval history. His other books include ''The Great Edwardian Naval Feud''.

La multiplicidad de escuelas y métodos de yoga es tan fértil como asombrosa. No obstante, todas las corrientes comparten una misma meta: descubrir la esencia que reside en el centro de nuestro ser. Dicho descubrimiento es lo que se conoce por liberación. Richard Freeman, renombrado maestro y experto en la materia, ofrece una visión esclarecedora del corazón de las enseñanzas, prácticas y escrituras que forman la base para todas las escuelas del yoga: haṭha, bhakti, jñāna, karma, tantra y sus variantes. Profundiza en las enseñanzas de las Upaniṣads, la filosofía Sāṃkhya, los Yoga-sūtras de Patañjali, lo mismo que en la práctica la meditación, el servicio a los demás, el canto, el rol del guru, etcétera. Al mostrarnos los puntos en común de esa infinidad de formas y abordajes, Freeman delinea una matriz vasta e interconectada, símbolo de la riqueza y el esplendor de la milenaria tradición del yoga.

"Wie man Eier sammelt und andere Katastrophen" ist eine Sammlung von Anekdoten in der Form von Kurzgeschichten aus dem Zusammenleben des Autors mit seinen Tieren. Sie sind, vom Autor erlebte, wahre eigenständige Geschichten. Sie ermöglichen dem Leser zu erleben, wie das Zusammensein mit Tieren das Leben bereichern kann. Humorvoll und einfühlsam geschrieben, zeigen die Geschichten wie es ist mit Tieren zu leben, mit allen Höhen und Tiefen.

瑜伽是一面鏡子，照見事物本質，卻不染塵埃。 當代最深入瑜伽歷史脈絡與各式流派的經典之作， 千呼萬喚，中文版重磅上市。 跟隨瑜伽大師理察・福禮縵， 探究哈達瑜伽、奉愛瑜伽、密宗瑜伽等流派， 深入數論、《薄伽梵歌》、《瑜伽經》等經典核心， 認識瑜伽矩陣——底層的脈絡。 擺脫無常，連結當下，揭示我們存在的本質。 ｜瑜伽，始於聆聽，始於當下 無論你的瑜伽練習包括坐禪、誦經、體位法還是調息法， 你會發現身體只是一種媒介， 透過它可以發現相互關聯的覺知途徑，從而獲得直觀的洞見。 ｜瑜伽是自由 免於不知道我們是誰的恐懼， 免於向世界展示不真實的面孔， 免於假裝相信我們也不知道是否為真的事情。 透過往內深掘，可以直接體驗此時此地正在發生的事， 對純意識的真實本質與心智功能，打開醒覺， 走進全然解脫與釋放。 ｜經典流派相互映照 傳說因陀羅神有張幻網，網的每個連結點都如寶石， 每個寶石自成一格，與其他寶石互相映照，沒有主次。 所有經典流派都是彼此相關的，沒有一支能準確描述瑜伽的整體過程， 他們互為有益的鏡子，映照出對方的盲點，促進彼此成長， 正如一張因陀羅寶石網。 ｜哈達瑜伽——身體裡的小河 當氣息進入左脈（月脈）與右脈（日脈）， 會交織消融於中脈， 透過專注並持續練習體位法與調息法，左右脈平衡， 便能打開中脈，連結到透徹而深沉的冥想。 ｜《薄伽梵歌》 英雄阿周納在戰場上陷入了靈性與現實的兩難， 這種困境也是打開瑜伽墊練習時，內心上演的劇碼。 覺智瑜伽能帶來明辨的智識，能夠區分永恆與整體、虛幻與無常。 行動瑜伽則是理解不抱期待，不執著回報的工作，會帶來極度愉悅的美感。 最終，想要真正修行瑜伽，放下當下的感官感受、心智思維模式的關鍵， 唯有接受並信任本質愛。 本書作者理察・福禮縵是當代瑜伽大師，他用啟發性的話語領我們走進瑜伽的核心。透過哈達瑜伽、密宗瑜伽、《薄伽梵歌》、《瑜珈經》等重要瑜伽流派與典籍的探索，我們對練習瑜伽中產生的關於人生、真實與喜樂的大哉問，得到更深層的啟發。而這面瑜伽之鏡，將會照見出深沉的、全然神祕的、極度喜樂的，與最重要的宇宙真相。 最後，這裡展示了與瑜伽練習相關的最重要和最有活力的主題。理察具有獨特而令人愉悅的能力，能夠講述瑜伽體驗中的錯綜複雜、悖論、深度和表象。理察為我們今天在瑜伽路上的所有人舉起如此清晰的鏡子，帶來巨大的裨益。——提亞斯・里托（Tias Little），《瑜伽中的能量精微體》作者 [這本書包含]我想說的一切，以及但願我知道我想說的一切。理察・福禮縵再次證明了他是超人，他對作為人的一切瞭若指掌，並且知道如何用這種不斷發展的瑜伽藝術教我們汲取生命的甘露。——羅德尼・宜（Rodney Yee），《走向平衡》作者 總的來說，這些文章對瑜伽哲學的更深層次進行了深刻而幽默的介紹，初學者和經驗豐富的練習者都適用。除了非常原創、富想像力、有時甚至是異想天開之外，《瑜伽與鏡照》也堅實地立基於對所有修行流派最推崇的瑜伽文本的引用和摘錄。——《名色》（Namarupa）雜誌 這本深思熟慮、文筆優美的書。⋯⋯能讓普通的瑜伽練習者提升到下一個境界。——《New Age Retailer》雜誌

As team doctor for British Cycling and Team Sky, Dr Richard Freeman treated the world''s most successful cyclists, such as Sir Chris Hoy and Sir Bradley Wiggins, Laura Trott and Victoria Pendleton. From 2009 until 2017, the ''Doc'' was part of the team who became national heroes with Olympic and Tour de France victories. In The Line, Dr Freeman reveals the medical principles and practices that helped lead these athletes to success - ideas that we now consider commonplace, but many of which were in fact the Doc''s own innovations. And in a sport where there''s an ethical line as well as a finishing line, Dr Freeman gives a frank and open account in response to allegations of misuse of medical treatment to enhance performance.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. This collection reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the day-to-day workings of society. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T160869 Also issued as part of: ''Reports of cases in law and equity: from 1670 to 1706. .. By .. Richard Freeman'', [London], 1742. [London]: In the Savoy: printed by Henry Lintot, (assignee of Edw. Sayer, Esq;), 1742. [8],293, [25]p.; 2°

This is the tantalizing tale of a missing world-renowned archaeologist that, so far, no one seems to be able to find any clues to. Dr. Thorndyke, our detective, is unusually perceptive and begins to find clues leading to a man with a tattoo of the "Eye of Osiris".

This model is different to anything seen before. The Natural Model is a physical reality model designed to tell how the universe physically came into being and functions so as to solve today''s major cosmic mysteries and explain why the physics say what they say. The model uses no new inexplicable forces, unexplained energies, incomprehensible multiple dimensions or write new physics. The major successful theories have already been written. The model uses classical reasoning to explain the never before exposed physical process behind the predictions of existing physics and successful theories, astronomical data, the results of the latest scientific experiments and more notably, true observations to explain why the major successful theories naturally predict what they do. A Natural Universe seamlessly operates from the smallest scales to the largest as a single fully correlated entity.

Harold Monkhouse is usually such an uncomplaining patient so when his brother Amos calls in one night, what he doesn''t expect is to see him at death''s door. Suspicions aroused, he demands an urgent second opinion. And when Harold is later found dead from arsenic poisoning, Amos is left in no doubt that foul play is afoot. The inquiry begins and Barbara Monkhouse is soon singled out as the prime suspect. What ensues is a roller coaster ride into crime fiction at its best as the truth of the fateful night eludes even the best of detective minds. Could it be a simple case of wife poisoning husband-or is it just possible that another shadowy figure stole into Harold''s room, as a thief in the night, to rid the world of an innocent man?

For comprehensive extracts from this book. Go to: http: //bigstretchuniverse.com A lifetime interest in Cosmology has led to this book which explores how our universe may have begun without a Big Bang. By observing the movement of all particles within Space-time and applying the very few known concepts of Dark Matter this book unravels a logical and coherent Blueprint for a universe which begins without a Big Bang. Learn how this basic Blueprint can easily explain the very source of Gravity, the exact makeup of Dark Matter, solve the Matter and Anti-matter conundrum, solve the riddle of mysterious Dark-energy and even fully explain the formation of all types of Galaxies. Venture even further to include the configuration of atoms and even reason why Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity refuse to mesh together. Titled, "The Big Stretch a Universe without The Big Bang" this book is based on an aspiration to tell the story of known and proven science while exploring and focusing in areas which harbor mysteries or gaps to today''s science of the Cosmos. The aim is to fill in these gaps, like missing pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, to, hopefully, expose a complete and coherent universe. The Big Stretch universe is composed of a synthesis of new, imaginative and innovative processes, which are given new names such as ''Center-point Expansion'', ''Massless Accretion'', ''Outer-gravity'', ''Hermits Acquisition'', ''Stationary Momentum'', ''Dark Creation'', ''Fountain Formation'' and ''Ghost-matter''. Rather than being radical, these new imaginative and innovative processes comprise a progression of fresh ideas which make down-to-Earth common sense. After reading this book one will question the very concept of the Big Bang. "Almost all of my working life has been alone at sea and urged on by the sounds of the ocean, my mind is always motivated and free to wander and speculate about the many mysteries of the night sky above and what more amazing mysteries may lie beyond. I wonder what could really be going on far out there, how did it all begin and will it ever end? I wonder how one can ever comprehend the unimaginable distances in our universe." Richard Freeman. (Author)

The school of St. Margaret''s Hospital was fortunate in its lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence, or Forensic Medicine, as it is sometimes described. At some schools the lecturer on this subject is appointed apparently for the reason that he lacks the qualifications to lecture on any other. But with us it was very different: John Thorndyke was not only an enthusiast, a man of profound learning and great reputation, but he was an exceptional teacher, lively and fascinating in style and of endless resources. Every remarkable case that had ever been reported he appeared to have at his fingers'' ends; every fact--chemical, physical, biological, or even historical--that could in any way be twisted into a medico-legal significance, was pressed into his service; and his own varied and curious experiences seemed as inexhaustible as the widow''s curse. One of his favorite devices for giving life and interest to a rather dry subject was that of analyzing and commenting upon contemporary cases as reported in the papers (always, of course, with a due regard to the legal and social proprieties); and it was in this way that I first became introduced to the astonishing series of events that was destined to exercise so great an influence on my own life.The lecture which had just been concluded had dealt with the rather unsatisfactory subject of survivorship. Most of the students had left the theater, and the remainder had gathered round the lecturer''s table to listen to the informal comments that Dr. Thorndyke was wont to deliver on these occasions in an easy, conversational manner, leaning against the edge of the table and apparently addressing his remarks to a stick of blackboard chalk that he held in his fingers.

The national shutdown in response to the COVID-19 has severely compromised the financial health of the healthcare industry, in great part because shutdown of elective surgical procedures. Finally, after two months elective surgeries are beginning again but returning the system to its pre-COVID state will be difficult. There is a backlog of patients waiting for elective surgery. There are a number of complicating factors. Surgical staff has been furloughed and will take time to reactivate. Additional short-term staff may be needed. Hospital beds reserved for potential surges in COVID-19 may limit inpatient surgical throughput. Specialist practices that refer patients for elective procedures have been shut down as well, creating a backlog of waiting patients to manage. To create insight on how to the ramp-up elective surgery might unfold, we have created a computer simulation based on a mid-size hospital. Our model provides many lessons. In the best case, the number of patients waiting for surgery triples compared with pre-COVID and returning elective surgical rates to pre-COVID-19 levels will take five months. if hospitals can double their surgical capacity over pre COVID levels in the short term. Hence, reintroducing furloughed elective surgical personnel will be insufficient. If the build-up of patients waiting for referrals by specialists and surgical bed constraints are also considered, the peak number of patients will almost quadruple and take over a year-and-a-half to resolve. The “upside” is that less additional surgical workforce is required because bed constraints put a cap on the maximum rate of surgeries that can be performed per week, no matter what the size of the workforce. The downside is that reduced surgery rates created by these constraints create yet more pent-up demand for elective surgeries. This results in excessive patient waiting time, causing many patients waiting for surgery to ultimately decide to cancel their procedures. Importantly, the model structure is generic. Hence all its parameters and values can be changed for “what-if” testing or to tailor the model for other hospitals. We conclude by discussing sensitivity analyses and a number of lessons from the analysis that will help the medical system cope with these issues during ramp-up.