The twelfth-century Benedictine monk, Brother Cadfael, must travel to the heart of a leper colony to root out the secret behind a savage murder.Edgar Award and CWA Diamond Dagger Award–Winning AuthorSetting out for the Saint Giles leper colony outside Shrewsbury, Brother Cadfael has more pressing matters on his mind than the grand wedding coming to his abbey. But as fate would have it, Cadfael arrives at Saint Giles just as the nuptial part...

From the author of the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael: More mysteries in the "admirable" Edgar Award–winning series about an English policeman and his son ( The New York Times Book Review ).CWA Diamond Dagger Award–Winning AuthorIn the English village of Comerford, just on the border of Wales, it's Det. Inspector George Felse's duty to keep the peace—and keep his teenage son, Dominic, out of harm's ...

Charges of heresy and murder are complicated by the contents of a mysterious treasure chest in this medieval mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author.CWA Diamond Dagger Award–Winning AuthorIn the summer of 1143, William of Lythwood arrives at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, but it is not a joyous occasion—he's come back from his pilgrimage in a coffin. William's body is accompanied by his young attendant Elave, whose mis...

For centuries the Celts held sway in Europe. Even after their conquest by the Romans, their culture remained vigorous, ensuring that much of it endured to feed an endless fascination with Celtic history and myths, artwork and treasures. A foremost authority on the Celtic peoples and their culture, Peter Berresford Ellis presents an invigoration overview of their world. With his gift for making the scholarly accessible, he discusses the Celts' mysterious origins and early history and invest...

"Women of Mexico appear in a romantic, if not passionate, light in the memoirs of Colonel Ellis P. Bean the young Tenesseean who blazed a path of military glory in the history of Texas and Mexico of about 1810." Waxahachie Daily Light, Oct. 7, 1914Peter Ellis Bean (1783–1846) was a United States filibuster in Texas and Mexico, and a Mexican revolutionary.Bean was born in Tennessee in 1783. In 1800, at 17 years of age, his father sent him south to t...

Developed from an early oral storytelling tradition dating back to the dawn of European culture, this is one of the oldest and most vibrant of Europe's mythologies. From all six Celtic cultures - Irish, Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Manx andBreton - Peter Berresford Ellishas included popular myths and legends, as well as bringing to light exciting new taleswhich have been lying in manuscript form, untranslated and unknown to the modern general reader.The author brings not on...

Can South Asia's cities become engines of prosperity and livability? This report analyzes urbanization in South Asia, revealing policy and market failures hindering its potential. Discover how to manage spatial transformation for economic growth and improved living conditions.This report examines key challenges, including congestion, inadequate infrastructure, and housing shortages. Learn about innovative approaches to urban governance, finance, and spatial plannin...

Leadership is central to all aspects of the nursing role, from managing the delivery of high quality care to acting as a role model for best practice. Written specifically for nursing students, this book introduces you to the principles and practice of leadership, management and multi-disciplinary team working.Key features:Each chapter is mapped to the 2018 NMC StandardsIntroduces the core leadership theory you need to know, using case studi...

Evidence-based practice is central to safe, high-quality and effective nursing. Written in clear, straightforward language, this book introduces students to the relevant theory and terminology and builds their understanding of how to apply evidence to practice. They′ll learn how to evaluate different sources of evidence, apply it to their clinical decision making and, ultimately, contribute to an evidence-based culture in their workplace.Key features- Fully updated...

Get to grips with all aspects of research that you need to succeed in your nursing degree. Learn why research is so important to nursing, develop your knowledge of key methods and terminology and build your confidence in applying research principles to your nursing practice.Key features• Each chapter is mapped to the 2018 NMC standards, showing how research relates to the requirements of a registered nurse• Includes new case studies drawn fro...

Our lived experience should be enriched by a political and economic system that is just and fair, that strengthens the ties that bind us together as a society with shared values, and allows us to live, however we choose, safely, and secure in the provision of the essential elements of our lives; economic, human and environmental. Our current market economy was conceived in a social vacuum, when gender, race and social class rights, were denied most of the population. There was no universal...

Ethics have an significant impact on the decisions nurses make in their day-to-day work, so it’s important for all student nurses to develop their understanding of ethical frameworks as preparation for future practice. In this book, the author explains ethical ideas, theories and concepts in simple to understand terms, focussing on real-life nursing situations in order to make applying these principles to practice easy. This book will make student nurses consider their own values, and how ...