All Peter Baird wants to do is save his brother Martin from himself. All Martin wants to do is spark a second American Revolution. He will provoke the government into declaring war againstits own citizens by assassinating the next President on Inauguration Day.Fearful for his brother's life, Peter is drawn into the shady world of radicalized militias. He must choose to become part of the plot or risk losing his brother forever. Can he talk his brother down from this insane plan by ...

This is the first book to show how to use cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with the full spectrum of post-traumatic responses; exploring how they affect and relate to one another. Focusing not only on co-morbidity with other anxiety disorders and depression, the book looks more widely at, for example, co-existing pain, substance abuse and head injury.After discussing how to tailor CBT practice to work most effectively with trauma responses in real-world settings, Michael J Scott...

Christopher James--a disgraced and scandalized reporter--would like nothing more than to get away from everything. But his latest assignment at The Tattler, a low-budget tabloid in Roswell, NM, becomes far more than he bargained for when his informant is murdered, and all signs point to an otherworldly culprit.As James follows the evidence, he uncovers a vast conspiracy too incredible to be believed: the origins of the UFO mania that has swept the nation, the secret fate of Nikola ...

This poetic collection takes us on a journey through life's mosaic, exploring its joys, sorrows, and the courage in between. With nostalgia for childhood wonder and the contemplation of age, it paints life’s odyssey. From inner battles to spiritual musings, these verses probe our existence, touching on love, loss, nature, and war. It's an intimate anthology that frames the human quest for meaning and celebrates the ephemeral beauty of life, urging readers to find magic in the moment and so...

When a Category 5 hurricane destroys an entire coastline, the property damage can run into the hundreds of billions. Traditional insurance companies simply do not have the capital to cover this level of absolute devastation. To survive, they offload the ultimate apocalyptic risk directly onto Wall Street through Catastrophe Bonds (CAT Bonds). This book exposes the extreme, high-stakes casino of weather derivatives. Hedge funds and pension managers buy these incredibly high-yield bonds, pla...

It was supposed to be a simple human-interest story, the kind of fluff piece hard-nosed reporter Brett Davis begrudgingly accepts only because his job is at stake. But when his newspaper editor sends him to the northernmost point of Europe to interview the head of a secretive monastery, Brett encounters a man who cannot possibly be who he claims to be—St. Nicholas of Myra. All Brett wants are the facts, but the tale Nicholas tells is too incredible to be true. Or is it?As Nicholas ...

"Do you want out?"For Gerrold Smith, a desperate father turned terrorist now facing triple life sentences, the question is one he'd rather not hear. But when his former hostage turned partner in crime offers to break him out of prison, events spiral rapidly out of control.On the run toward Florida, the last-known location of Detective Bryce Rogan--a man who holds the key to bringing down the child-sex trafficking ring Gerrold's reign of terror inadvertently exposed--Gerrold...

Extreme trauma can have devastating emotional, relational, physical and legal effects. This book offers hope, providing survivors, family and friends with a roadmap for managing obstacles to recovery.This second edition shifts the focus from reliving the trauma to 12 rules for ‘moving on after trauma’ by making the centrality accorded to the trauma the pre-eminent target rather than the traumatic experience itself. In this approach, the trauma victim’s intense desire not to talk or...

When Dr. Jonathan Munro’s house is broken into, and his former best friend and colleague, archaeologist Stephen Kaufman, is knifed in the streets of Ankara, he is thrust into a world of international criminals who will stop at nothing to claim the priceless artifact Dr. Kaufman unearthed - a scroll revealing the location of the missing autographs of the New Testament. But is it the find of the century, or a costly fraud? As he flees with Isabel, Kaufman’s beguiling sister, Dr. Munro finds ...

Research shows that cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for common mental health disorders of mild to moderate severity. Simply Effective Cognitive Behaviour Therapy guides the therapist in treating clients effectively in a simple, structured, time-limited way, as well as indicating where additional treatment or referral is required, thus widening access to CBT.In this book, Michael J. Scott provides a practical and concise guide for therapists usin...

Research has established that there are efficacious psychological therapies for most common mental disorders. In Towards a Mental Health System That Works, psychologist Michael J Scott details the reforms necessary to ensure that consumers of services receive an evidence-based treatment.This book examines:the social significance of interventions that target mental-wellbeing and psychological disorderwhy treatments are ‘lost in tr...