This book looks at how health systems in Europe reacted to pressure created by the financial and economic crisis of 2008.

Nineteen-year-old MaryJane Thomson seemed to have it all. Intelligent, creative, and beautiful, she was destined for a bright future. But a nightmare of delusions and hallucinations was unfolding. She dropped out of university, turned to drugs, and spent years in and out of psych wards, police cells, drug hangouts, and on the streets. In this heartbreaking but ultimately hopeful memoir, she shares her struggles with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and vividly describes what it is like ...

Kata, a ninja, embarks on her first solo mission, for which she must enter a warlord's castle and make sure that a certain sleeping occupant never awakens. But then Kata discovers that her target is just a young boy (and that her new accomplice is that boy's slightly older sister), and suddenly her mission is much more complicated than she bargained for. Faced with taking someone's life or confronting the dire consequences of failure in her mission, Kata must make a hard choice, one that l...

Eine Geschichte über harte Arbeit und das Erreichen des Unmöglichen – für Kinder von 6 bis 9 Jahren, die das Leben von Neil Armstrong entdecken wollen. Neil Armstrong war der erste Mensch, der jemals einen Fuß auf den Mond gesetzt hat. Bevor er in den Weltraum flog und mit seiner Mondlandung Geschichte schrieb, war Neil ein neugieriges Kind, das gerne Modellflugzeuge baute. Er träumte davon, die Grenzen des Fliegens zu erweitern, und lernte fleißig in der Schule, um seine Ziele erreichen z...

Turtles have swum and snapped their ways into kids' hearts. With this book, readers can become turtle experts and learn how to save the animals they love. Featuring an introduction from Chelsea Clinton!Did you know that a turtle named Jonathan is the oldest known living animal on Earth? (He’s almost two hundred!) How about that the largest sea turtles can dive more than three thousand feet below the water’s surface? Or that turtles’ shells have a spine in them, whi...

Lions have roared and pounced their ways into kids' hearts. With this book, readers can become lion experts and learn how to save the animals they love. Featuring an introduction from Chelsea Clinton!Did you know that a lion can eat hundreds of pounds of meat at a time, as much as is found in four hundred hamburgers? How about that lions are the only kind of cat that lives, hunts, and eats in a group? Or that a lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away?

Drug Law Reform in East and Southeast Asia is a multi-author look at drugs in East and Southeast Asia, on drug policy, patterns and trends, local problems, human rights abuses, treatment prospects, and potential reforms. From the history of drugs in Asia, the book examines recent trends in illicit drugs, especially the present enormous amphetamine problems. It addresses recent policy shifts, especially harm reduction responses to the devastating drug-associated HIV epidemics. It explores f...

Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and of the Court of Queen Anne, Vol. 2 continues Mrs. A. T. Thomson's captivating account of Sarah Churchill’s life and her significant role in the court of Queen Anne. This volume focuses on the later years of Sarah's life, detailing her evolving relationship with Queen Anne, which transformed from friendship to rivalry as political tensions escalated and personal conflicts arose.Thomson delves into the complexities of court politics, revealing ho...

Glimpse the breadth and power of the American experience through the voices and stories of everyday people in the first-ever graphic novel from the acclaimed nonprofit StoryCorps.Listen. Honor. Share.In the first graphic novel collection from StoryCorps, readers are given a glimpse of the beauty, power, and scope of the American experience as lived and told by everyday people. Selected from hundreds of thousands of interviews recorded in every corn...

Rhinoceroses have wallowed and grazed their ways into kids' hearts. With this book, readers can become rhinoceros experts and learn how to save the animals they love. Featuring an introduction from Chelsea Clinton!Did you know that rhinoceroses are the second biggest land animal in the world, second only to elephants? How about that rhinos have especially poor eyesight? Or that white and black rhinos are called that even though neither of them is black or white?

Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and of the Court of Queen Anne, Vol. 1 by Mrs. A. T. Thomson offers a detailed and engaging account of the life of Sarah Churchill, the influential Duchess of Marlborough, and her experiences at the court of Queen Anne. This volume sets the stage by exploring Sarah's early life, her marriage to John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough, and their ascent to prominence during a tumultuous period in British history.The memoir provides intimate insights ...