This comprehensive book gives an up-to-date profile of all aspects of the care of older people in the community, with particular emphasis on the importance of maintaining function and independence as well as health. In a uniquely broad approach, the book is edited by two family doctors with a particular interest in the elderly and a consultant geriatrician, and the varied subjects are each presented by experts in their field. This accessible book enables primary care teams to produce optim...

At some point in their lives, most people will have thought:“He should never have said that”“How could she treat me this way?”“I feel guilty when I remember what I said to him”“I’m so angry I can’t bear it”Usually, we don’t feel that we can discuss these hurtful emotions, such as guilt, anger or jealousy, with our friends and families, let alone go to a GP for advice on dealing with them. We’re a nation that bottle...

Two leading English classical actors, Juliet Stevenson and Simon Russell Beale, open the doors to eight important plays, including Much Ado About Nothing, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter’s Tale, Measure for Measure, and All’s Well That Ends Well. These newly written introductions by David Timson have proved eminently useful for young audiences coming to Shakespeare for the first time. Explained clearly, the introductions also feature numerous excerpts from the plays themselves.

The Decameron is one of the greatest literary works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio’s answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dante’s Divine Comedy.

The fascinating, largely untold true story of the Kray twins following their imprisonment, from the Sunday Times bestselling true crime writer.‘This explosive book has lifted the lid on the Kray twins’ time in prison’ The SunIn the 60s, Ronnie and Reggie Kray were Britain’s most notorious gangsters.With violence and intimidation, they were the kings of London. They sipped champagne with celebrities and rubb...

G. K. Beale's monumental New International Greek Testament Commentary volume on Revelation has been highly praised since its publication in 1999. This shorter commentary distills the superb grammatical analysis and exegesis from that tome (over 1,300 pages) into a book more accessible and pertinent to preachers, students, and general Christian readers.As in the original commentary, Beale views Revelation as an integrated whole, as a conscious continuation of the Old Testament prophe...

Some argue existence is an exercise in futility. They claim there are no winners in life. Ultimately, we are insignificant in the face of vast cosmic intelligences that were old when the Universe began.The best minds gibber at the incomprehensibility of it all. Other minds lose themselves in strange geometries because they can't comprehend any alternative.Whatever. The rest of us have to get up in the morning, feed the cat, and go to work.The Cozy Cosmic contains 3...

This volume offers a substantive and useful commentary on Ezra-Nehemiahand explores its contemporary significance.Respected Old Testament scholar Gary Edward Schnittjer explains that the Ezra-Nehemiah narrative begins well but ends in disappointment for the returning exiles. From the first verse to the last, this commentary takes seriously the faithfulness of Yahweh as it crashes into the unfaithfulness of God's people. Schnittjer pays special attention to the biblical connections ...

Uma das maiores tragédias da igreja em nossos dias é o modo tão limitado e incorreto como o Apocalipse tem sido interpretado, com um foco obsessivo no futuro fim dos tempos, com o resultado de que não percebemos que ele contém muitas verdades profundas e encorajamentos relativos à vida cristã e ao discipulado. (...) O objetivo de Apocalipse é dar encorajamento para cristãos de todas as épocas, pois Deus está cumprindo os seus propósitos mesmo em meio a tragédias, sofrimentos e um aparente ...

Sir Ian McKellen stars as Milton in this dramatised retelling of John Milton’s epic poem about the fall of Man"devilishly good... I urge you to give it a listen" The TelegraphMilton’s biblical masterpiece, first published in 1667, is one of English literature’s most seminal works. Straddling three worlds – Heaven, Hell and Earth – it tells the gripping story of fallen angel Satan’s rebellion against God, his temptation of Adam and Eve and their sub...

Explore the contemporary significance of the Old Testament and hear the Word of God afreshJohn Goldingay is one of the most prolific and creative Old Testament scholars working today. In this book he draws on the best of biblical scholarship as well as the Christian tradition to offer a substantive and useful commentary on Joshua. The commentary is both critically engaged and sensitive to the theological contributions of the text.Goldingay treats Joshua as ...

Este es un libro sobre ti y tu vida. No importa cuán humilde o baja sea su estación en esta vida, se puede mejorar enormemente con la ayuda de 'Uni-Psychics' Milagro Poder del Universo.Métodos 'Uni-Psychics' activará el tremendo poder que está latente dentro de todos y cada uno de ustedes.No sólo le traerá el objeto de su deseo también aumentará su crecimiento espiritual y poderes creativos para que su transformación de la vida será equilibrada y completa.La fuerza de ...