“This book is highly recommended for those who will engage with pediatric patients as an excellent starting point to learning most clinically relevant management." ---Doody's Review Service, 3 starsComprehensive and accessible, Pediatric Neurology is the first reference designed for trainees and nonspecialists in search of targeted information on the diagnosis and management of neurologic conditions in children. Providing a broad window on the primary disorders se...

The new third edition of Pediatric Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disorders provides a modern clinical approach to managing stroke and other cerebrovascular problems in infants, children, and adolescents. Incorporating data from important clinical trials and case series, recommendations from the American Heart Association evidence-based paper on the management of pediatric stroke, and the latest information on new diagnostic techniques, the book offers a comprehensive analysis of the ...

Toole's Cerebrovascular Disorders was the first modern book devoted to care of the stroke, originally published more than 40 years ago. This is a completely revised and updated sixth edition of the highly respected standard for stroke diagnosis and treatment. Dr James Toole has stayed on as a consultant for the text, and Drs E. Steve Roach, Kerstin Bettermann, and Jose Biller have reworked Dr Toole's book to include chapters on genetics, pregnancy-related stroke, and acute treatments. The ...

SUNBURN AND RUINThe collected horror fiction of Steve Roach, Volume 1.Includes:THE WHALERIn 1852 the whaling ship Nautilus leaves New Bedford and embarks upon a route to the South Pacific, a journey that will lead them to the hunting grounds of the magnificent sperm whales.Once there, they set about their business of killing whales, a task that Captain Grice relishes beyond any other Earthly pleasure. But one of the whales they hunt is different. Sick, a...

Sally's world is turned upside down one day when her father announces he's found a new job – in Liverpool! She is forced to leave behind her old school, her old stomping grounds and even her best friend Marcie.In her new school, she finds that the teachers are all very scary, the rest of the children hate her and all she wants to do is go home.She makes plans to force her parents to move back home, aided by her new friend the Terrorer, an enormous horned dog with red eyes a...

Two friends embark upon an expedition through France, cycling from Cherbourg to Perpignan. Over the course of almost 1500 kilometres, they battle through the relentless heat and encounter vampire flies, angry restaurant proprietors and a host of European characters that have made France their playground for the Summer.Along the way, they also contend with a rapidly diminishing cash supply, numerous dodgy camp sites and encounters with various French nutters. They are also forced to...

Mountains, Lochs and Lonely SpotsA Tour of Scotland in a VW CampervanJoin the author, his partner and their little dog Clem on a grand tour of Scotland in a classic T2 VW Campervan. From a monster hunting trip on Loch Ness, a journey inside a hollow mountain and a wander round the streets of Edinburgh, the tour covers a number of popular attractions but also takes in a few places not on the usual tourist itinerary, including:An abandoned family theme park where the c...

A three month odyssey through the United States of America and Canada, covering more than 12,000 miles by car, train, ferry, snowmobile and inflatable tubes.Join the author (and his long-suffering girlfriend) on their spectacular adventure of a lifetime as they:Cross Canada by VIA Rail!Snowmobile in the Rocky Mountains!Take in the strip joints of New Orleans!Attend an Ultimate Fighting Championship event in Las Vegas!Sleep in an Ice Hotel!...

Neurocutaneous Syndromes provides the most updated and comprehensive resource on the disorders that lead to the growth of tumors in various parts of the body, those caused by the abnormal development of cells in an embryo and characterized by the presence of tumors in various parts of the body and eyes, including the nervous system, and by certain differences in the skin. The most common neurocutaneous syndromes include, neurofibromatosis, Sturge-Weber syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, ataxia-...

Manual of Pediatric Neurology is an easy-to-read and easy-to-access text based on clinical scenarios. The book comprises a collection of chapters that address frequently encountered conditions in all clinical settings. These include the management of seizures in the emergency department, treatment of epilepsy in the outpatient setting, acute and chronic management of headaches, tic disorder, neuromuscular illnesses, CNS infections, and many more. Emphasis is placed on signs and symptoms, d...

An old man wanders into the desert, a sack of bulbs and plant cuttings on his back. He is looking for a place to end his days, somewhere away from his fellow man where, in isolation, he can build the most magnificent of gardens.The desert is a haunting place - windswept and barren, lonely and brutal. Animals come here to die, collapsing on the arid soil to bake beneath the fiery orb of the sun.When the old man finds a gigantic crater, and divines the presence of underground...

An illustrated book for adults and older children, told entirely in rhyme. in collaboration with artist Simon Schild.Three hundred years ago from now,when land was tilled with horse and ploughAn innocent man was hunted down,and thrown into a lake to drownOver time, the lake stagnated,and memory of the man abatedBut one dark night there came a storm,and Crackly Bones, the fiend, was born!SynopsisThree hundred years ago...