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The Yearbook of Astronomy 2022 is the Diamond Jubilee edition of this iconic publication, the annual appearance of which has been eagerly anticipated by astronomers, both amateur and professional, ever since this invaluable book first appeared in 1962.

Over half a dozen handsome young men placed in sunny, pastoral settings. Each one clad in farm gear costumes of boots, waders, slickers, and the like, taking on the smiling role of a stable-cleaning lad, or "Pigboy".Photographer Brian Douglas Ahern has captured these happy lads amidst horseplay in the mud, enjoying pranks at each other's expense, and laughing for the camera. Each model featured was found right in Mr. Ahern's own home area of West Michigan.PIGBOYS: Clean-Cut Boy's Playing Dirty is a 120-page full color delight of photos and stories which invites the reader to share with these extraordinary lads the beautiful images they helped create and the fun they had in getting there.

A realistic, in-depth review of the methods used to treat the casualties of violence in the Middle Ages.

Obesity is an epidemic in America and in every modern country in the world. But, until now, the prevailing "solution" has been something I liken to torture: forcing sane, normal people to follow one rigid formula after another, to achieve a specific weight. Every one of the hundreds of diet books and weight-loss programs out there offer rigid "solutions" that are nearly impossible to follow long-term for one reason: They force you to adopt someone elses's idea of what to eat. That doesn't work. Weight loss is more about getting to live the life you want to live and finding your best weight to do that. In terms of succeeding at weight loss, improving your health, and extending your life, bariatric surgery is the single most successful method. After 20 years helping thousands of people to permanently lose weight, I have seen bariatric surgery repeatedly succeed when all other methods have failed.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 19.7 million children, more than 1 in 4, live without a father in the home. Consequently, this has caused a father absence crisis in America. Every day, little boys and girls are growing up, going through each stage without that important role a man ultimately plays in a child?s life. My father was one of those little boys and through that experience found his purpose: to be the best father to his children that he could be...and he was. On October 31, 2016 I lost the greatest man I?ve known, but the lessons he has taught me will live on forever.

Discussion of display through a range of artefacts and in a variety of contexts: family and lineage, social distinction and aspiration, ceremony and social bonding, and the expression of power and authority.

Covering an area of twenty-four square miles, the island of Guernsey is divided into ten parishes, most still bearing their French names. The reader is taken on a tour of the island, from arrival at the town of St Peter Port, with its harbour and bustling markets, to the surrounding districts including St Pierre du Bois and the picturesque Cobo Bay. This collection of past and present photographs offers the opportunity to compare and contrast changing modes of fashion and transportation, shops and businesses, streets and cottages, whilst recalling local people who once lived and worked in Guernsey. The old images come from the authors' private collection of Victorian glass plate negatives, and offer a contrast with the modern photographs which reveal some of the developments that have taken place during the intervening 100 years. Guernsey Past and Present is sure to appeal to anyone interested in the history of this fascinating Channel Island.