D. J. Walker – författare

In the late 1890s a journalist wrote, ""Spanish women would rather weep at a husband's or a son's gravesite than blush for lack of patriotic fervor."" Yet at a time when women were expected to sacrifice their sons and husbands willingly for the sake of the nation, women organized and led three significant demonstrations against conscription in Spain. In Spanish Women and the Colonial Wars of the 1890s, D. J. Walker succeeds not only in contextualizing these demonstrations but also in elucidating what they suggested to contemporaries about the role of women in public life in late nineteenth-century Spain.During Spain's military action against an uprising in its North African enclave of Melilla (1893) and its wars against separatists in Cuba (1868--78, 1895--98) and the Philippines (1896--98), Spaniards could pay a fee to the government to avoid being drafted -- leaving the poor to fill the military's ranks. To protest unequal conscription practices, women organized a demonstration in Zaragoza on August 1, 1896, and two smaller demonstrations followed in Chiva (Valencia) and Viso del Alcor (near Sevilla). While such demonstrations were small in number and had no effect on government policy, they received considerable attention in Spain and across the globe.Drawing on a broad range of primary sources, including literature, memoirs, and visual representations, Walker explores what the eruption of these protests meant to the various groups that made up the political opposition in Spain. She also considers the extent to which the history of women in the 1890s yields insights into the Spanish government's efforts to muffle any calls for change that were connected either to the status of women or that of the working classes. She reviews the representation of women in connection to war and violence in the press and in other contemporary writings, as well as the perceptions of women and violence regarding the Paris Commune (still a vivid memory for a number of Spaniards in 1896) and anarchism. The appendix includes excerpts from primary sources that present often-neglected ideas and programs of dissident women, including Teresa Claramunt, Soledad Gustavo, and Angeles leia³pez de Ayala.Affording specific insights into the formidable obstacles -- including the Catholic Church, class, and gender animosities -- that blocked change in the status and role of women in Spanish society, Spanish Women and the Colonial Wars of the 1890s delineates the beginnings of meaningful struggles against those barriers.

The proceedings of a seminar held at TWI in September, 1995, focusing on crack arrest philosophy which aknowledges that a brittle crack is arrested when it emerges from the critical region. Papers from prestigious researchers presented a critique and assessment of the theory and its application under: Introduction to crack arrest concepts; Recent trends in crack arrest research; Application of crack arrest concepts. Intended for those who have to apply or teach design skills in a technical or engineering context, this resource book defines and explains eight creative thinking techniques and shows how to use and adapt these to solve design problems. Case studies are drawn from a wide range of applications.

The proceedings of a seminar held at TWI in September, 1995, focusing on crack arrest philosophy which aknowledges that a brittle crack is arrested when it emerges from the critical region. Papers from prestigious researchers presented a critique and assessment of the theory and its application under: Introduction to crack arrest concepts; Recent trends in crack arrest research; Application of crack arrest concepts. Intended for those who have to apply or teach design skills in a technical or engineering context, this resource book defines and explains eight creative thinking techniques and shows how to use and adapt these to solve design problems. Case studies are drawn from a wide range of applications.

In the old stories about shapeshifters, they were always fearsome predators.     Until there was Tek . . . a young deer shapeshifter.     In Sliver of Evil, Sho and his younger brother Tek join the large, powerful Ochwah knat when Tek is fourteen. Tek soon learns he has to cope with perplexing, unwanted shapeshifting.     When a cosseted woman of the knat is humiliated, her vengeance is terrible, and in her panther shape she is nearly invincible. Other secret shapeshifters in the knat will try to stop her killing ways. But how much help can Tek, as a young deer shapeshifter, possibly be? Sliver of Evil is the first book of the 3-book Tek & Nika Series, about indigenous shapeshifters. Warning - In this series, violence is not pervasive, but when it occurs it is horrific. People are beset by depravity, and not all survive it.

The shapeshifter Tek lives on, but time moves strangely. He befriends Nika, a young servant and an owl shapeshifter in the mid-1700s.Fierce, independent Nika — she is all but a slave to her callous masters, and will need a friend like Tek, much more than she realizes. Nika Rising is the second book in the three-book Tek & Nika Series, about indigenous shapeshifters. Warning - In this series, violence is not pervasive, but when it occurs it is horrific. People are beset by depravity, and not all survive it.

Mauri Bale and her brother Stan are biracial, born and raised in Queens. Mauri has started an accounting career and Stan is still in college. After their father's death they travel to Georgia, where they meet their relative Bathsheba, and Zekial, a very powerful dreamer. Zekial, a slave in antebellum Georgia, has 'dreamed' himself and Bathsheba from 1859 into the 1990s.

Fleeing from the terrifying Shades, Mark escapes to magical Nolin, arriving with a 'splash' in the home of the wizar Miles and his two daughters. Warily, Miles welcomes the stranger — in  Nolin's language, 'Thwortle' means 'Welcome'.    Mark soon discovers that he too has magic. But the Shades' magic is much stronger, and they have followed him to Nolin.     Thwortle is the first book in the three–book Jeli Series, about a rift between African and Mycenaean god families.

Dancing Mountain is the second book in the three-book Jeli series, about a momentous clash between African and Mycenaean god families. It is advisable to read the first book, Thwortle, before reading this one. The entire series, three books in all, tells one continuous, complex story that is best read in sequence. Mark is not a 'warrior-type', but he's agreed to retrieve his African grandfather's drummer lizard. And he can't expect any help from his aloof grandfather... or can he?

Tek and Nika go to the Sky World, from which Tek is elevated, and Nika falls. Nika falls into the indigenous Nation, in the year 2572, where a mythical snake wreaks havoc.Sinuous Passages is the third and final book in the three-book Tek & Nika Series about indigenous shapeshifters.

Stript is the third book in the Jeli series, about a clash between African and Mycenaean god families.Caught in the crosshairs between two god families, Mark is stript of his memories and banished. He will need a LOT of help from his friends.