The diverse challenges that clinicians and children's workers tasked with safeguarding babies and young children face are complex, and this unique book looks at effective, practice-based and evidence-informed approaches to working across a wide range of issues.It outlines relevant theory and good practice, gathering case examples from around the world to illustrate what interventions look like in direct practice. Leading contributors address a wide range of challenges, including ba...

Encounter with God is Scripture Union's daily Bible reading guide designed to lead you to a deeper understanding about what God is saying to you and to his world today. You'll find its thorough and energetic investigation of the whole Bible inspiring and stimulating. And you'll discover that its biblical exposition is complemented by pastoral warmth from a strong field of writers and contributors. As well as daily content, feature articles provide insights into Christian spirituality, tack...

Strong focus on advances in understanding barley physiology which inform decisions about breeding and cultivationDetailed coverage of molecular breeding techniques such as genome wide association studies (GWAS) and targeted induced lesions in genomes (TILLING)Covers latest research on optimising barley for particular end uses such as malting, brewing and animal feed

THE SPANISH CONQUEST OF THE AMERICAS — Audiobook · Narrated by Fiona Park. Listen time: 4 hours 33 minutes Spanish conquest history — Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, the fall of the Aztec and Inca empires, and the complete narrative history of how two men with fewer than 700 soldiers destroyed the largest civilizations in the Americas. In the spring of 1519, Tenochtitlán — capital of the Aztec Empire — was one of the largest cities on earth, with 200,000 to 300,000 inhabitants. London...

THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE — Audiobook · Narrated by Fiona Carlsson. Listen time: 5 hours 21 minutes Louisiana Purchase history: Napoleon, Jefferson, and the deal that doubled America — narrative history of the 1803 treaty, the Haitian Revolution, Lewis and Clark, and the empire of slavery that followed. On April 11, 1803, French Foreign Minister Talleyrand stunned Robert Livingston with an offer no American diplomat had been sent to Paris to consider. Livingston had instructions to buy New...

Advocating a pragmatic and multidisciplinary approach to the management of patients with brain injuries, Traumatic Brain Injury provides a detailed description of care along the whole-patient pathway. Delivering an evidence-based update on the optimal care of both adult and paediatric patients who have sustained injuries ranging from mild to severe, information from on-going multi-centre studies in neurotrauma is included. The basic scientific principles of neuropathology, head injury rese...