Introduction. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a method of pain relief that can help some people with long-term painful conditions. A TENS machine is a small, battery-operated device that has leads connected to electrodes.You attach the electrodes to your skin using self-adhesive pads.ranscutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a method of pain relief that can help some people with long-term painful conditions.
Yet before he was 40, Wright dominated literary America, publishing four books in seven years, each a triumph in its genre. His first novel, ''Native Son'' (1940), sold at the rate of 2,000 copies a day, making Wright the first best-selling black writer in the country's history. ''Black Boy'' (1945), his memoir of his Southern childhood, was a bigger success, selling more than a half-million copies.
genre. Fiction, Memoir. Witi Ihimaera is a novelist and short story writer from New Zealand, perhaps the best-known MÄori writer today. He is internationally famous for The Whale Rider.Ihimaera in New Zealand and is of MÄori descent and Anglo-Saxon descent through his father, Tom.He attended Church College of New Zealand in Temple View, Hamilton, New Zealand. He was the first MÄori writer to publish both a novel and a book of short stories.e is internationally famous for The Whale Rider.Ihimaera in New Zealand and is of MÄori descent and Anglo-Saxon descent through his father, Tom. He attended Church College of New Zealand in Temple View, Hamilton, New Zealand. He was the first MÄori writer to publish both a novel and a book of short stories.