Intimidated by her father the rector of Knype Hill Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutiful daughter & bullied housekeeper Her thoughts are taken up with the costumes she is making for the church school play by the hopelessness of preaching to the poor & by debts she cannot pay in 1930s Depression England Suddenly her routine shatters & Dorothy finds herself down & out in London She is wearing silk stockings has money in her pocket & cannot remember her name Orwell leads us through a landscape of unemployment poverty & hunger where Dorothy's faith is challenged by a social reality that changes her life ...

THE NEW INSPECTOR ADAMSBERG NOVELShortlisted for the CWA International Dagger 2017A woman is found dead in her bath The murder has been disguised as a suicide & a strange symbol is discovered at the scene Then the symbol is observed near a second victim who ten years earlier had also taken part in a doomed expedition to Iceland How are these deaths & rumours of an Icelandic demon linked to a secretive local society? & what does the mysterious sign mean? Commissaire Adamsberg is about to find out ...

Sleep disorders have a significant impact on a child's physical emotional cognitive & social development & greatly affect the family as well Fortunately today's health care providers have highly effective medical & behavioral interventions at their disposal for treatment & prevention A Clinical Guide to Pediatric Sleep Diagnosis & Management of Sleep Problems 3rd Edition synthesizes current information on the assessment & treatment of sleep disorders in children & adolescents & gives you the practical tools you need to recognize evaluate & treat sleep issues This state-of-the-art resource provides comprehensive user-friendly guidance on pediatric sleep that will help you improve the lives of your patients & their families Stay up to date with current information on the etiology clinical assessment tools & management of specific sleep disorders in children & adolescents Quickly find the information you need thanks to logically organized chapters that cover sleep physiology developmental aspects of sleep sleep diagnostic tools the most common pediatric sleep disorders pharmacology (including stimulants such as caffeine) & special populations Use handy algorithms to evaluate common presenting symptoms & develop an effective treatment plan Educate parents & caregivers about normal sleep & offer primary & secondary prevention strategies to be used at home Keep your practice up to date with new diagnostic criteria revised & new practice guidelines from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine & the American Academy of Pediatrics & updated & new clinical screening & parent handouts for each age group Access an extensive collection of appendices online including professional resources & expanded list of intake & screening questionnaires & parent education handouts for each age group & each sleep disorder Now with the print edition enjoy the bundled interactive e Book edition which can be downloaded to your tablet & smartphone or accessed online &

Includes:: features like Complete content with enhanced navigation Print patient handouts directly from the e Book Powerful search tools & smart navigation cross-links that pull results from content in the book your notes & even the web Cross-linked pages references & more for easy navigation Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text Ability to take & share notes with friends & colleagues Quick reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future use

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The second edition of A Clinician's Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy has been completely revised updated & expanded This volume is written for beginning psychotherapy practitioners in order to guide them through the complexities of sex therapy & help them to be more efficient in their treatment The authors offer a unique theoretical approach to understanding & treating sexual problems from a systemic perspective incorporating the multifaceted perspectives of the individual client the couple the family & the other contextual factors Both beginning & experienced sexrelationship therapists will broaden their perspectives with the Intersystem approach & gain information rarely seen in sex therapy texts such as how to thoroughly assess each sexual disorder the implementation of various treatment principles & techniques how to incorporate homework dealing with ethical dilemmas understanding different expressions of sexual behavior & addressing the impact of medical problems on sexuality Aside from bringing the diagnostic criteria up-to-date with the DSM 5 this new edition contains a new chapter on sensate focus an expanded section on assessment more information about development across the lifespan & more focus on diversity issues throughout the text ...

This is a companion guide to Think Good Feel Good A Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Workbook for Children & Young People Designed for clinicians using the original workbook in their work with children the book builds upon the workbook materials by offering guidance on all aspects of the therapeutic process & a range of case studies highlighting therapy in action Topics covered include parent involvement key cognitive distortions in children formulations challenging thoughts guided discovery & the use of imagery Also included is a chapter focusing on possible problems in therapy & strategies for overcoming them To supplement the workbook the clinician's guide offers further materials & handouts for use in therapy including psycho-educational materials for children & parents on common problems such as depression OCD PTSDTrauma & Anxiety ...

Anthony Burgess&s nightmare vision of a society overrun by nihilistic violence & governed by a menacing totalitarian state A Clockwork Orange

Includes:: an introduction by Blake Morrison in Penguin Modern Classics Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn&t just like ultra-violence
- he also enjoys rape drugs & Beethoven&s ninth He & his gang of droogs rampage through a dystopian future hunting for terrible thrills But when Alex finds himself at the mercy of the state & subject to the ministrations of Dr Brodsky & the mind-altering treatment of the Ludovico Technique he discovers that fun is no longer the order of the day The basis for Stanley Kubrick&s notorious 1971 film A Clockwork Orange is both a virtuoso performance from an electrifying prose stylist & a serious exploration of the morality of free will In his introduction Blake Morrison situates A Clockwork Orange within the context of Anthony Burgess&s many other works explores the author&s unhappiness with the Stanley Kubrick film version analyses the composition of the Nadsat argot spoken by Alex & his droogs & examines the influences on Burgess&s unique eternally original style Anthony Burgess (1917-93) was born in Manchester in 1917 From 1954 to 1960 he was stationed in Malaysia as an education officer
- during this time he started writing The Malayan Trilogy Diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in 1959 Burgess became a full-time writer & went on to write a book a year up until his death in 1993 His many works include The Complete Enderby Tremor of Intent The Kingdom of the Wicked & A Clockwork Orange If you enjoyed A Clockwork Orange you might like Ken Kesey&s One Flew Over the Cuckoo&s Nest also available in Penguin Modern Classics &I do not know of any other writer who has done as much with language a very funny book& William S Burroughs



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Fully restored edition of Anthony Burgess' original text of A Clockwork Orange with a glossary of the teen slang ' Nadsat' explanatory notes pages from the original typescript interviews articles & reviews Edited by Andrew Biswell With a Foreword by Martin Amis' It is a horrorshow story ' Fifteen-year-old Alex likes lashings of ultraviolence He & his gang of friends rob kill & rape their way through a nightmarish future until the State puts a stop to his riotous excesses But what will his re-education mean?A dystopian horror a black comedy an exploration of choice A Clockwork Orange is also a work of exuberant invention which created a new language for its characters This critical edition restores the text of the novel as Anthony Burgess originally wrote it &

Includes:: a glossary of the teen slang ' Nadsat' explanatory notes pages from the original typescript interviews articles & reviews shedding light on the enduring fascination of the novel's 'sweet & juicy criminality' Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917 & educated at Xaverian College & Manchester University He spent six years in the British Army before becoming a schoolmaster & colonial education officer in Malaya & Brunei After the success of his Malayan Trilogy he became a full-time writer in 1959 His books have been published all over the world & they include The Complete Enderby Nothing Like the Sun Napoleon Symphony Tremor of Intent Earthly Powers & A Dead Man in Deptford Anthony Burgess died in London in 1993 Andrew Biswell is the Professor of Modern Literature at Manchester Metropolitan University & the Director of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation His publications include a biography The Real Life of Anthony Burgess which won the Portico Prize in 2006 He is currently editing the letters & short stories of Anthony Burgess

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