The Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors has been established for over twenty years and their experience and understanding of this new, and developing, science of ethology is the basis of the book. Experienced animal behaviour counsellors provide the most up-to-date account of the science of animal psychology for all pet owners, while providing a practical approach for all veterinarians who treat small animals.Dogs, cats and rabbits are the animals most commonly treated for beha...

Black Bartholomew's Day explores the religious, political and cultural implications of a collision of highly-charged polemic prompted by the mass ejection of Puritan ministers from the Church of England in 1662.It is the first in-depth study of this heated exchange, centres centring on the departing ministers' farewell sermons. Many of these valedictions, delivered by hundreds of dissenting preachers in the weeks before Bartholomew's Day, would be illegally printed and widely distr...

A fathers decision to undertake a do-it-yourself-project for his daughter is made not with love, but spite; a daughter returns to the home of her childhood not so much to attend her fathers funeral, as to carry out a long-planned revenge; once a month a professor leaves campus to look in on her senile mother, only to find herself caught in a test of will and wit, and unaware that it is a contest in which the winners always lose; a waitress who nightly pines for the one she had allowed to s...

Love Sketches explores the sensuality of romance and the varieties and vagaries of love..Former colleagues, almost lovers, meet to discuss literature only to discover a yearning that rekindles their lost romance; teenagers infused with the early fl owering of romance struggle to maintain that romance against all odds; a young romantic learns a tragic lesson of love and redemption all too soon; an elderly professor devises a plan for one last try at romance; and amid an atmosphere rich in r...

Behaviour problems are a significant cause of companion animal relinquishment and euthanasia. This book provides up to date information about animal behaviour as well as practical advice on how veterinary practice professionals can manage undesirable animal behaviour and give down to earth, appropriate and trusted advice to owners. This book: · Covers the important aspects of behaviour in dogs, cats, rabbits and rodents, parrots and birds, as well as how this behaviour has adapted to the d...

James I and VI bequeathed his son a reasonably peaceful land in 1625, yet over a decade later, Charles I's kingdoms erupted one by one into open rebellion- this book explores how this came to be.David J. Appleby explains how interconnected conflicts arose in the three kingdoms, and how they gave rise to a revolution which swept away the institution of monarchy and the House of Lords. This book shows how the embryonic English republic's need to counter domestic resi...

Demonstrating what it is like to be an adult learner in today’s world, this book focuses on language, literacy and numeracy learning. The authors explore the complex relationship between learning and adults’ lives, following a wide range of individual students in various formal learning situations, from college environments to a young homeless project, and a drug support and aftercare centre.The study is rooted in a social practices approach and examines how people’s lives shape th...

A practical, introductory guide to the best use of Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) to improve the quality of health care and patient health.Only title to exclusively introduce, explain and show how PROs can be best used to improve healthcare and patient outcomesIncludes real life examples and case studies of PROs in practiceAssesses the growing evidence base for PROs in practiceEditor team from Office of Health Economics (OHE), The King's Fund a...

Here is the most comprehensive history of Brazilian music available in English. Concise yet remarkably detailed, it provides professional musicologists and music lovers alike with a clear outline of the major trends, important composers, and currents of thought that have shaped the folk, popular, and art music that are an important part of Brazil's unique cultural heritage.The Music of Brazil contains over seventy musical examples representing musical idiom and form throug...

London in June is damp, and Edward Appleby's latest manuscript is thoroughly stuck. Desperate for inspiration, Edward announces—entirely without evidence—that he is feeling lucky. Along with his impeccably capable valet, Hedges, he departs for the sun-drenched, high-stakes Principality of Monaco.At the Casino de Monte-Carlo, Edward defies the laws of probability and wins a fortune, drawing the attention of the beautiful, enigmatic Sophia della Rovere. But as romance blossoms under ...

Edward Appleby is a gentleman of leisure with a talent for "extensively resting" and a dangerous new ambition: he wants to drive. When he purchases a 1922 Hispano-Suiza H6B from the cash-strapped Bimbo Farquhar, he believes he's acquiring a ticket to a faster, more sophisticated life. What he actually acquires is a mechanical nightmare with a "weeping" oil seal and a gearbox that only cooperates on alternate Thursdays.Fortunately, Edward has Hedges.Hedges is more than a val...

The Snuffbox AffairA Peregrine Appleby & Hedges MysteryPeregrine Appleby is a young man of mild surprise and permanent bewilderment, a freelance poet whose career has the unfortunate habit of driving literary journals into receivership. He lives a life of quiet comfort in Mayfair, largely because his valet, Hedges, possesses a "prospective competence" that borders on the supernatural. Hedges doesn't just pack trunks; he anticipates crises, manages aunts, and ensures Peregrin...