There's a hitman in Glasgow unpaid & angry he's decided to settle his own debts Elsewhere in the city Marianne Brogan can't sleep She's plagued by a nightmare someone in the shadows whispering threats stalking her every move To make matters worse Marianne can't get hold of her brother Billy Despite knowing some shady characters from Glasgow's underworld Billy's always been there for her
- until now DCI Lorimer & his team are faced with a string of seemingly unconnected but professional killings Without witnesses or much conclusive evidence to build a case the officers are drawing a blank Criminal psychologist Solly Brightman is off the case due to budget cuts But Solly is more closely connected to the murders than he could possibly know & as the hitman plans a bloody ransom to get his fee the race is on to find out just who hired him
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Sleep Medicine is a rapidly growing & changing field Experienced sleep medicine clinicians & educators Richard B Berry MD & Mary H Wagner MD present the completely revised third edition of Sleep Medicine Pearls featuring 150 cases that review key elements in the evaluation & management of a wide variety of sleep disorders The cases are preceded by short fundamentals chapters that present enough basic information so that a physician new to sleep medicine can start reading page 1 & quickly learn the essential information needed to care for patients with sleep disorders A concise practical format makes this an ideal resource for sleep medicine physicians in active practice sleep fellows learning sleep medicine & physicians studying for the sleep boards Zero in on the practical case-based information you need to effectively interpret sleep studies (polysomnography home sleep testing multiple sleep latency testing) sleep logs & actigraphy Get clear visual guidance with numerous figures & sleep tracings illustrating important concepts that teach the reader how to recognize important patterns needed to diagnose sleep disorders Confer on the go with short templated chapters-ideal for use by busy physicians A combination of brief didactic material followed by case-based examples illustrates major points Stay current with knowledge about the latest developments in sleep medicine by reading updated chapters using the new diagnostic criteria of the recently published International Classification of Sleep Disorder 3rd Edition & sleep staging & respiratory event scoring using updated versions of the scoring manual of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Manual for the Scoring of Sleep & Associated Events Benefit from Drs Berry & Wagner's 25 years of clinical experience providing care for patients with sleep disorders & educational expertise from presenting lectures at local regional & national sleep medicine courses Dr Berry was awarded the AASM Excellence in Education Award in 2010 Access the full contents online at Expert Consult ...

The acknowledged ' Queen of Crime' P D James was a past master of the short story weaving together motifs of the Golden Age of crime-writing with deep psychological insight to create gripping suspenseful tales The Mistletoe Murder & Other Stories contained four of these perfectly formed stories & this companion volume contains a further six published here together for the first time As the six murderous tales unfold the dark motive of revenge is revealed at the heart of each Bullying schoolmasters receive their comeuppance unhappy marriages & childhoods are avenged a murder in the small hours of Christmas Day puts an end to the vicious new lord of the manor & from the safety of his nursing home an octogenarian exerts exquisite retribution The punishments inflicted on the guilty are fittingly severe but here they are meted out by the unseen forces of natural justice rather than the institutions of the law Once again P D James shows her expert control of the short-story form conjuring motives & scenarios with complete conviction & each with a satisfying twist in the tail ...

Tracklist Figures The Missing Steps Fainting Spell Salix & His Soil Lingering Eyes Dissensions Limitations The Sound of His Daughter The Sun Will Open Its Core We Are There Together Odd Forms Vivid Dream ...

Unlock Your Body's Natural Ability to Sleep Soundly Boost Energy & Lose Weight In Sleep Smarter Shawn Stevenson shares easy tips & tricks to discover the best sleep & best health of your life with a 14-Day Sleep Makeover 296 pages Stevenson Shawn ...

Tracklist The Night Does Not Belong To God 504 The Offering 550 Levitate 458 Dark Signs 428 Higher 522 Take Aim 339 Give 356 Gods 325 Sugar 452 Say That You Will 503 Drag Me Under 357 Blood Sport 407 ...

Why do we need sleep? How much sleep is enough? What is sleep? What happens when we don't get enough? We spend about a third of our lives asleep
- it plays a crucial role in our health & wellbeing References to sleep abound in literature & art & sleep has been recognized as fundamental to the human condition for thousands of years Over the past century our knowledge of how sleep occurs what it does & what happens to our health if we do not have enough has developed hugely The impact of poor sleep on our quality of life is also gaining recognition & the prevalence of sleep disorders in the population appears to be increasing as we live ever stressful lives This Very Short Introduction addresses the biological & psychological aspects of sleep providing a basic understanding of what sleep is & how it is measured looking at sleep through the human lifespan & the causes & consequences of major sleep disorders Russell G Foster & Steven W Lockley go on to consider the impact of modern society examining the relationship between sleep & work hours & the impact of our 247 society ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable
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Tracklist Paradise Waiting Look At You Now The Sun Also Rises Dig The Modern Age Cellophane Car Into The Sea Blue Like You More Than I Do Big Black Sun ...

Sleeper is the critically acclaimed graphic novel series written Ed Brubaker & illustrated by Sean Philips the Eisner Award-winning creative team of Criminal which tells the story of agent Holden Carver a reluctant double agent without hope of rescue Tao
- the criminal mastermind whose organization Carver has infultraited
- had Carver's only lifeline spymaster John Lynch shot leaving him in a coma Tao's cut off every means of escape & he's persuaded Carver to join himfor real this time

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Written by Ed Brubaker Art & cover by Sean Phillips A thrilling new collection featuring SLEEPER SEASON TWO 1-6! Lynch is back in Holden's life & trying to bring him back to the side of the angels But is it too late for Holden's soul to be saved? & if it's not can Lynch even be trusted since Holden is little more than a pawn in the great game of super-powered espionage? ...