Provides a highly visual, readily accessible introduction to the main events that occur during neural development and their mechanismsBuilding Brains: An Introduction to Neural Development, 2nd Edition describes how brains construct themselves, from simple beginnings in the early embryo to become the most complex living structures on the planet. It explains how cells first become neural, how their proliferation is controlled, what regulates the types of ne...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERA RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB CHOICEBEST THRILLER, iBOOKS BEST OF 2015SHORTLISTED FOR THE IAN FLEMING SILVER DAGGER, 2015SUNDAY TIMES, TATLER, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND GOLDSBORO BOOK OF THE MONTHYou should never talk to strangersWith his flight delayed, Ted Severson meets Lily Kintner, a magnetic stranger, in an ai...

A devious tale of psychological suspense so irresistible that it prompts Entertainment Weekly to ask, “Is The Kind Worth Killing the next Gone Girl?” From one of the hottest new thriller writers, Peter Swanson, a name you may not know yet (but soon will), this is his breakout novel in the bestselling tradition of Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train—and is soon to be a major movie directed by Agnieszka Holland.In a tantalizing set-up with a twist...

Wat is er toch mis met die kinderen? Ze zijn huilerig, nukkig, boos - soms ronduit agressief. In andere gevallen zijn ze juist lui, teruggetrokken of gedragen ze zich afhankelijk. Ouders zitten vaak met de handen in het haar en weten zich geen raad. Totdat ze het eindelijk ontdekken: mijn kind is hoogbegaafd. En dan? Dan gaat de zoektocht verder, met vallen en opstaan. Voor dit boek interviewde schrijfster Suzanne Buis, zelf hoogbegaafd, tien ouders van meer- en hoogbegaafde kinderen. Hoe ...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORTWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S MURDER'I loved it!' GILLIAN McALLISTER'Nobody writes psychopaths like Swanson.' MARK EDWARDSWhen private detective and former cop Henry Kimball is hired to investigate a cheating husband, he senses all is not quite what it seems, and before he knows it he's gotten far too close to the other woman.As the case rapidly gets ever more dangerous, he's...

“The inventive Mr. Swanson never lets the willing reader down. With The Kind Worth Saving, he surpasses his own high standard.” — Tom Nolan, Wall Street JournalIn this spectacularly devious novel by New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson, a private eye starts to follow a possibly adulterous husband, but little does he know that the twisted trail will lead back to the woman who hired him.There was always s...

Presented with a particularly nasty series of murders aimed at the prostitutes working Abberford’s red light district, we follow DCI Victor Moyes and his second in command DS Victoria Morgan as they attempt to find the murderer. This is the fourteenth in the series set in the nineteen sixties and sees changes to those working under our intrepid pair as Kate Hampton and Don Cracknall take the step up from the beat. The case is complicated by the arrival of a French detective who almost upse...

Die Neubearbeitung des Bandes liefert anhand von Leitlinien, Materialien und der Beschreibung wichtiger Erhebungsverfahren eine praxisorientierte Einführung in die Grundlagen der Diagnostik psychischer Störungen und Auffälligkeiten im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Ausführlich wird insbesondere auf die Exploration von Kindern und Jugendlichen sowie von deren Bezugspersonen eingegangen. Die Leitlinien beziehen sich sowohl auf die Diagnostik psychischer Auffälligkeiten und Kompetenzen von Kindern ...

A wickedly witty field guide to bookstore customers by the curmudgeonly shop owner and author of Confessions of a Bookseller. Shaun Bythell knows them all—from the “Person Who Doesn’t Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover)” to the “Parents Secretly after Free Childcare.” The business of books has never been funnier.In a tradition that runs from R. M. Williamson’s Bits from an Old Bookshop in 1904 to Jen Campbell’s Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops in 2012...

The Ultimate Guide For Planning BDSM Scenes!Within this book is a step by step process, illustrated with stories, for how to plan your very own BDSM scene - whether you're experienced, intermediate, or brand new!The Type A's Guide To BDSM Scene's was designed to give you every bit of knowledge necessary to plan ANY kind of BDSM scene, via a repeatable process and the key principles to make every scene a success. Written after ten years of experience and tes...

Der Band liefert in 14 Kapiteln einen gut verständlichen Überblick über die Entwicklungspsychologie im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Dazu beleuchtet er die zentralen Forschungsfelder, Theorien und Befunde der Entwicklungspsychologie. Zahlreiche Kästen mit Beispielen und Zusammenfassungen, Tabellen und Abbildungen, Verständnisfragen sowie ein Glossar strukturieren den Text und erleichtern die Prüfungsvorbereitung. Nach einer Einführung in die Grundannahmen der Entwicklungspsychologie wird auf di...

From the doctor behind the New York Times bestseller—with over seven million copies sold worldwide—comes your total Blood Type resource.Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo has established himself as the world’s most popular and respected authority on the connection between blood type and eating, cooking, healing and living. Eat Right 4 Your Type, Cook Right 4 Your Type, and Live Right 4 Your Type have created an international phenomenon. Now co...