Bethlem Hospital is the oldest mental institution in the world, to many famously known as ' Bedlam': a chaotic madhouse that brutalised its patients. Paul Chambers explores the 800-year history of Bethlem and reveals fascinating details of its ambivalent relationship with London and its inhabitants, the life and times of the hospital's more famous patients, and the rise of a powerful reform movement to tackle the institution's notorious policies. Here the whole st...

"A useful and practical field guide" to finding delicious, indigenous edibles—full of color photos and including a forager's calendar ( The Countryman).Long before there were convenient supermarkets, foraging for edible plants was as essential to survival as hunting and farming. For today's forager, it's a fun and practically free way to eat fresh and get to know your local environment. In Foraging, naturalist author Paul Chambers gives you the kn...

Using original Victorian prints, by collectable artist George Sowerby, marine biologist and author Paul Chambers has produced the first comprehensive guide to shells for over a century. The original prints are intricately detailed (much better than photographs which lack the exact detail of these drawings) and are a selling point in themselves but will be complemented by informative but accessible text, including families and to show what's edible, dangerous or belongs to mollusc families ...

Exam Board: SQALevel: National 5Subject: PhysicsFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: Summer 2018Fully updated to account for the removal of Unit Assessments and the changes to the National 5 exam, this book contains all the advice and support you need to revise successfully. It combines an overview of the course syllabus with advice from top experts on how to improve exam performance, so you have the best chance of success.

After more than four decades and scores of books, documentaries, and films on the subject, what more can be said about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? A great deal, according to the author. This provocative, rigorously researched book presents evidence and compelling arguments that will make you rethink the entire sequence of terrible events on that traumatic day in Dallas. Drawing on his fifteen years of experience as an experimental physicist for the US Navy, the author d...

Successful science teaching in primary schools requires a careful understanding of key scientific knowledge. This book covers all the major areas of science relevant for beginning primary school teachers, explaining key concepts from the ground up, helping trainees and recently qualified teachers develop into confident science educators.This new edition comes with:An exploration of scientific misconceptions on key topicsHow to take action to protect the envi...

The four countries represented in this volume are East Asian middle powers with strategic constraints upon their traditional security policymaking. These middle powers have pursued diplomatic activities raising their international profile or footprint, and advancing their national interest, through normative foreign policy and humanitarian channels, including peacebuilding, development, and human security. In each case, therefore, there is a happy coincidence of the national interest of th...

Exam board: SQALevel: Advanced HigherSubject: PhysicsFirst teaching: August 2019First exam: Summer 2021Trust Scotland's most popular revision guides to deliver the results you want. The How to Pass series is chosen by students, parents and teachers again and again.This is the only study book that addresses the skills for Advanced Higher Physics, as well as the knowledge.> Recap and remem...

Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: PhysicsFirst Teaching: August 2018First Exam: May 2019Get your best grade with comprehensive course notes and advice from Scotland's top experts, fully updated for the latest changes to SQA Higher assessment.How to Pass Higher Physics Second Edition contains all the advice and support you need to revise successfully for your Higher exam. It combines an overview of the course syllabus wi...

Exam board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: PhysicsFirst teaching: September 2018First exams: Summer 2019What do you really need to know for the SQA Higher Physics exam?This revision guide covers the essentials in less than 100 pages, so it's perfect for early exam preparation or last-minute revision.- Find key content at your fingertips with quick summaries of the concepts, issues and terminology that you need to under...

Exam board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: PhysicsFirst teaching: September 2018First exam: Summer 2019Practice makes permanent. Feel confident and prepared for the SQA Higher Physics exam with this two-in-one book, containing practice questions for every question type and topic, plus two full practice papers - all written by experienced examiners.- Choose to revise by question type or topic: A simple grid enables you ...

Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: PhysicsFirst Teaching: August 2018First Exam: June 2019Ensure that students are prepared for every aspect of their Higher Physics assessment with the only textbook that offers comprehensive coverage of the updated SQA syllabus requirements.- Provides clear and comprehensive coverage of the specification with each section of the book matching a unit of the new syllabus and each chapter correspo...