When Athol Townley joins his local newspaper as a junior reporter in 1992, his first assignment is to interview Emily Hewson, the former head of the local grammar school. Seemingly just a retired, elderly lady, Athol soon discovers that Emily’s story is anything but ordinary. Instead, he uncovers a remarkable tale of a life full of daring adventures right across the globe. Emily’s Great Adventure, is a historical novel from Sussex-based author Steven Baker. The novel invites readers to emb...

As unrest leads to war in 1960s Cyprus, one girl’s future is irrevocably changed...Born into loving family in Famagusta, Yasmin is caught up in the violence that rips her community apart. In the chaos that follows, baby Yasmin is separated from her family, never to see them again. Adopted, she is raised by a stern stepmother who believes in discipline before love, and duty before fun.Escaping strife riven Cyprus in the 70s, Yasmin travels to England where s...

'I believe this book will change the conversation in schools on children's behaviour.' - Dr Luna CentifantiA School Without Sanctions draws on practice developed in specialist educational settings to offer a relational, inclusive approach to behaviour and wellbeing. As mainstream schools develop inclusion bases and internal alternative provision, the principles in this book provide practical, transferable ways of creating belonging, reducing exclu...

The terrifyingly surreal universe of horror master H. P. Lovecraft bleeds into the logical world of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s champion of rational deduction, in these stories by twenty top horror, mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writers.Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is among the most famous literary figures of all time. For more than a hundred years, his adventures have stood as imperishable monuments to the ability of human reason to p...

Wie wäre es, wenn die Geschichte eines Denkmals einmal aus dessen Sicht erzählt wird? Die AutorInnen dieser Anthologie wagen den Perspektivenwechsel und schildern, wie es Denkmälern im Wandel der Zeiten erging, hin- und hergerissen zwischen ursprünglichen Intentionen, Umdeutungen und Instrumentalisierungen. Mit tiefgründigem Humor begeben sie sich in den Kopf der Freiheitsstatue, lassen die Brooklyn Bridge über ihre Rezeption in der Literatur zu Wort kommen, oder enttarnen die Neue Wache i...

In-depth philosophical analysis of conceptual issues and challenges in the clinical encounterThe Clinical Encounter enables readers to better understand the many facets of the clinical encounter, the challenges faced by its participants, and what it means to clinicians, patients, and the community. In approaching the clinical encounter as a social activity, the text examines how practical tasks of care interact with the experiences and values of participan...

Special Agent Patrick Bowers never met a killer he couldn't catch.Until now.Called to North Carolina to consult on the case of an area serial killer, Bowers finds himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Cunning and lethal, the killer is always one step ahead of the law, and he's about to strike again. It will take all of Bowers's instincts and training to stop the man who calls himself the Illusionist.Thrilling, chilling, and impossible to ...

The insidious Fleet Street barber slit his first throat in an 1846 "penny dreadful," one of those gaudy serialized novels that gleefully offered thrills and gore to sensation-hungry Victorians. TitledThe String of Pearls, it told of Sweeney Todd, whose shop stood next to St. Dunstan's Church, just a few blocks from the Royal Courts of Justice. On this site, he robbed and murdered hundreds of customers. To dispose of their remains, he carried them to an underground bakery of one Mrs. Lovett...

Preachers often struggle with preaching Old Testament poetry. They are uncertain how to preach the highly emotive poems in Psalms, the one-liners in Proverbs, the tedious conversations in Job, the esoteric observations about life in Ecclesiastes, and the confusing love poems in the Song of Songs.Here leading pastor theologian Steven Mathewson instructs and inspires preachers to preach some of the most challenging--and some of the richest--material in the Old Testament. This compani...

While investigating a double homicide in an isolated northern Wisconsin town, FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers uncovers a high-tech conspiracy that twists through long-buried Cold War secrets and targets present-day tensions in the Middle East.In his most explosive thriller yet, bestselling author Steven James delivers a multi-layered storytelling tour de force that not only delivers pulse-pounding suspense but also deftly explores the rippling effects of the choices we make.

For decades, Steven Curtis Chapman's music and message have brought hope and inspiration to millions around the world. Now, for the first time, Steven openly shares the experiences that have shaped him, his faith, and his music in a life that has included incredible highs and faith-shaking lows.Readers will be captivated by this exclusive look into Steven's childhood and challenging family dynamic growing up, how that led to music and early days on the road, his wild ride to the to...

To say that children matter in Steven Spielberg's films is an understatement. Think of the possessed Stevie in Something Evil (TV), Baby Langston in The Sugarland Express, the alien-abducted Barry in Close Encounters,Elliott and his unearthly alter-ego in E.T, the war-damaged Jim in Empire of the Sun, the little girl in the red coat in Schindler’s List, the mecha child in A.I., the kidnapped boy in Minority Report, and the eponymous boy hero of The Adventures of Tintin. (There are many oth...