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Squeezing Good Out of Bad: Top 10 ways to not only survive but thrive with a lemon-fresh attitude as you face those lemon juice in the eye, life-puckering problems. The author has had his share of sour fruit (cancer, unemployment, depression, chronic nose hair) but provides a humorous look at the problems of life. Learn how to find hope and humor amidst horrific circumstances.

This audiobook is a review of David Hocking's Drawing from Life exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. It explores early self-portraits from the 1950s and portraits of friends and associates, including Celia Birtwell, Gregory Evans, and Maurice Payne.

The growth of careers and career pathways within medicine and health care can be confusing, yet it reflects the evolution of modern medicine which relies upon a myriad of different specialists each able to contribute their own particular skills to the care and wellbeing of the patient or client. Careers within the NHS are many and varied, with opportunities to train not only as nurses and doctors but also as dieticians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and speech and language therapists.

Design a purpose-driven life, with my freedom formula! From... ✨ Dependence to INDEPENDENCE – redefine your worth, work, and wealth—because success starts with YOU. ✨ Loss to LIBERTY – navigate life transitions with confidence—making bold choices, taking chances, and becoming the change. ✨ Surviving to THRIVING – the 'Freedom Formula' to create a life of purpose, profit, and prosperity—no sacrificing your time or well-being. Step into your SOUL purpose and start living your SOLE purpose. Rewrite your story with freedom, wealth and purpose -because your future looks nothing ...

Cv/VAR no.103 publishes an interview recorded 2010 with American artist John Dugger (b.California 1948) in which he gives an account of his art and development. He recounts 1960s America and arriving in London 1967: pioneering The Exploding Galaxy with David Medalla; 1970-2, their travels in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, then the China Journey of 1972 into Mao's Republic. The monograph documents the artists work for Banner Arts and other projects to date.

A young woman leaves her parent's home for the twelve hour drive home, with her German Shepherd Sarge along. A horrible storm and a downed tree force her car off the road and down a steep mountain side where it crashes into a tree, far from the sight of the road. Trapped in the car, her only hope of rescue is Sarge and his military training while serving with troops in Iraq. It's a daunting journey to find a way back up to the road, and he faces many challenges along the way. This is an amazing story of one dog's determination to save the woman he loves before it's too late.

Books 4, 5 and 6 of the Dog Rescue Series, this trilogy includes Wilderness Trek, Officer Rex and Marko. If you love dogs, especially heroic ones, this collection will is one you'll thoroughly enjoy. Three completely different stories and situations, but all have a heroic dog in common, willing to put their own health and safety on the line to protect those they care about most. Each is a fast-paced thrill ride that will have you turning pages as fast as possible to see what's coming next.

Marko: Dog of War is a gripping and emotionally charged story that follows a harrowing journey of three Ukrainian siblings as they navigate the dangers of a country torn by war. With unique perspectives on the impact of war on children and the unbreakable bonds of family, this screenplay offers a fresh take on the war drama genre. The story centers on three siblings: Andriy, the protective older brother; Daryna, the resourceful middle sister; Katryna, the innocent youngest; and a brave dog named Marko. This version is based on the original story's screenplay, which expanded the siblings' ...

Leslie was excited to get her first dog. She went to the shelter to pick out a nice, normal dog to share her life with. Then, her heart got in the way when she encountered a Yorkie blinded and just hours away from being destroyed. The trilogy tells the story of their life together, an encounter with a second blind dog, and Leslie meeting the man of her dreams, who carries a dark past that threatens to destroy everything between them. Each of these books originally released as single books, but now readers can get them all in one volume.

In a follow-up to Love in the Dark, the story of Leslie and her blind dog Karma continues. The duo add a new challenge to their family, as they befriend a dog named Apollo, who is going blind from a degenerative disease for which there is no cure. The family he has lived with for three years is being assigned overseas. Seeing no way to navigate an international move and the needs of their beloved dog, they contact Paige at the shelter. Having seen all the news around Leslie and Karma, they specifically ask that Leslie help him. Will she have success with a second dog trapped in a dark world...

This essay takes as its focus two paintings by Johannes Vermeer (1632-75): The Milkmaid c.1661-62 and Woman Holding a Balance c.1662-65, and considers critical approaches to the artist by four historians, Edward A. Snow, Lawrence Gowing, John Michael Montias, and Martin Pops. Its aim is not solely to describe Vermeer's art, but by a process of comparative analysis to discern the various standpoints of his biographers, and to clarify their methodologies in research.

A new podcast, ‘N’Down to the Wire’, featuring the co-founder of UCAN, which funded the creation of the first Urological Cancer Care Centre in Scotland, and founder of Horizons, a social enterprise helping to transform maternal and infant care in West Africa and beyond, starting in The Gambia, where he is originally from, is being launched at the start of next month.Dr. James N’Dow continues to play a key role in the global advancement and teaching of urological surgery through various roles including as Adjunct Secretary General at the European Association of Urology and also provides...

This podcast is a place to re-focus and find or regain your clarity. James and Tina help you find your inner strength and focus using some sass, wit, charm, and a little bit of life lessons all mixed up into one delicious batch of audio for your soul. Grab a tea or a coffee and settle into a comfy place, and relax while they help you sort out the mysteries of focus and a healthy mind...

Cv/VAR Series 315 reviews Anatomy of Violence: Francis Bacon and the Human Body at the Royal Academy London. Includes Francis Bacon Seminar, a discussion of the artist, recorded at Kingston University and the Hayward Gallery, London, 1998.

An episode of our weekly Quitting Dip broadcast, where as usual we discuss the only way to Quit Chewing Tobacco; sacking up and quitting cold turkey. Quitting Smokeless not as hard as you think. No BS. No coddling. QUIT DIPPING.

A review of the exhibition Late Constable at the Royal Academy London. Includes the family background of the artist, his career development, and working methods and technique. Noted works include "The Leaping Horse", "Cottage in East Bergholt", "Rainstorm at Sea", "Chain Pier Brighton", "Stonehenge", and "The Cornfield". Includes essays by Edward Lucie-Smith ("John Constable", 2006) and Janet Barber ("John Constable: Earth and Sky", 2012).

Experiences plaster models and maquettes ranging from The Thinker to the Burghers of Calais, portraits of Helene von Nostitz and dancer Hanako. Explores small imagined compositions of male and female figures and fragments of body parts preserved by Musee Rodin.

A facsimile edition of an book created by N.J.P.Wegner, 1961, contains fables by Aesop and other classical authors. As a child, he would sometimes go upstairs to the studio where his father, Fritz Wegner (1924-2015), a renowned children's book illustrator, worked. He would stand beside him watching pencil roughs evolve into finished studies of intimate detail; the little figures and settings hatched with a scratching dip pen.

The 2013 monograph republished on the occasion of the 2020 Andy Warhol retrospective at Tate Modern London featuring: Campbell's Soup Cans, 1960s portraits; Suicides and Car Crashes; Sex Parts; Latinx Trans Portraits and the finnale Sicty Last Suppers 1986. Includes Andy Warhol at the NGMA Edinburgh, October 2007, A Celebration of Life...and Death. Magdalena Wasiura on Andy Warhol: Brigid Bardot portrait at Gagosian Gallery 2013.

An interview with leading British sculptor Sir Anthony Caro (1924-2016) recorded by Nicholas James at his Barford Street sculpture studio Camden Town in 1994, used as a basis for a feature in Art Monthly 1994. Also includes the essay "Caro to Wilding: Shifts in Modern British Sculpture", comparing the work of Caro with Alison Wilding.