When fifteen-year-old Cissie Brodie loses her parents to cholera she is forced out of the family cottage & left to raise her nine siblings alone. Although desperately poor the strong-willed Cissie determines to build a new home for the Brodies. It is only a rough stone shelter but to Cissie & her family it is enough to keep them from the workhouse. They have friends but charity cannot always spare them the harsh reality of their struggle & the bitterness of those who wish them harm. But can love when it arrives teach Cissie not to fear the world beyond the dwelling place? Set in the 1830's The Dwelling Place" is the powerful tale of a tenacious family's battle to overcome the odds." ...

This books strengths are [ Brenda Mallons] clinical wisdom experience & insights & the practical constructive down-to-earth way in which she conveys these to her readers. This will appeal to many who are searching for guidance in the difficult task of providing support for the bereaved
- Bereavement Care" Spring 2010. This is a well written book that makes a very useful addition to the field
- " Therapy Today" February 2009. A refreshing down-to-earth text that examines theory & research without becoming an academic tome. It is comprehensive focused on practice & contains important insights for developing the essential skills required to provide effective bereavement care
- Dr John Costello Head of Primary Care University of Manchester. Brenda Mallon gives the term grief counselling definition in a way no one has done before. If you are new to counselling the bereaved this book is the best introduction I have seen. If you are an experienced grief counsellor this should be the next book you read
- Professor Dennis Klass Webster University. " Dying Death & Grief" is written for anyone who provides support to adults following bereavement. Whether in a professional or voluntary capacity bereavement care requires empathy judgement & skill to ensure your response matches the needs of the person you are helping. Recognizing that we all experience bereavement differently this book introduces theory & skills which can be used in any context to address a wide range of needs. The author explains the theoretical background to attachment & loss & the core skills needed to support people who have been bereaved. Case studies & personal accounts illustrate key points & exercises help you examine your own experiences & attitudes in relation to loss. The book also takes into account topics frequently overlooked in other texts such as sexuality spiritual responses to loss cultural influences & diversity as well as the nature of chronic & disenfranchised grief. " Dying Death & Grief" is designed for use on a wide range of training & academic courses that prepare practitioners to work with the bereaved. Professionals in a range of settings including hospitals & in the community as well as volunteers & be-frienders in hospices & nursing homes will find this a useful source of guidance. Brenda Mallon is a counsellor trainer & author who specialises in bereavement care. She is vice chair of The Grief Centre Manchester Area Bereavement Forum."



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Ruths old friend Dan Golding thinks he has made a discovery that will change archaeology forever
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Ruth Galloway forensic archaeologist spends her life looking at death. But now death has found her with the news that her long-time friend Dan Golding has been killed. Ruth's grief soon turns to suspicion when she receives a desperate letter from Dan sent the day before he died. He had made a ground-breaking discovery
- & was petrified of the consequences. Ruth is compelled to travel north to investigate further alongside DCI Harry Nelson who is also drawn into the case. But where Ruth goes so does her daughter Kate. This time the risks are even higher.
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A cluster of suicides among the elderly. Such things are not unknown to the police & the deaths are quickly dismissed by the police as routine. Only one man is convinced that something more sinister is taking place. However no one listens to Tom Thorne anymore. Having stepped out of line once too often he's back in uniform & he hates it. Patronised & abused by his new colleagues Thorne's suspicions about the suicides are dismissed by the Murder Squad he was once part of & he is forced to investigate alone. Unable to trust anyone Thorne must risk losing those closest to him. He must gamble with the lives of those targeted by a killer unlike any he has hunted before. A man with nothing to lose & a growing list of victims. A man with the power to make people take their own lives. Tom Thorne returns in Billingham's most compelling thriller to date. The Dying Hours is a haunting portrait of London's dark heart & the darker heart of a twisted killer bringing terror to its streets. ...

The Number One bestselling detective series from the award-winning Stuart Mac Bride continues in this second crime thriller. It's summertime in Scotland: the sun is shining the sky is blue & people are dying... She's just the first. How many more will die? It starts with Rosie Williams a prostitute stripped naked & beaten to death down by the docks
- the heart of Aberdeen's red light district. For DS Logan Mc Rae it's a bad start to another bad day. Rosie won't be the only one making an unscheduled trip to the morgue. Across the city six people are burning to death in a petrol-soaked squat the doors & windows screwed shut from the outside. & despite Logan's best efforts it's not long before another prostitute turns up on the slab... An unputdownable serial killer tale packed with mystery & suspense as well as Stuart Mac Bride's distinctive grittiness & dark humour.
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In 1972 a gold bullion convoy is hijacked in Marseilles. The security trucks & hijackers are swiftly rounded up but a ton of gold has disappeared. More than twenty years later Daniel Jac receives an unexpected gift from an old fisherman. At the same time a Marseilles lawyer called Claude Dupont receives an equally unexpected gift from a dying gangland boss. Both gifts point the way to the missing gold & pit Jac & Dupont against the Polineaux & Duclos familles two of the oldest & most feared crime syndicates on the Cote d Azur. When the Marseilles police become involved following a series of gruesome murders the investigation is headed by Chief Inspector Isabelle Cassier. An old friend & sometime lover of Jacquots Isabelle discovers that the years havent lessened her longing for the maverick Marseilles cop & that her feelings for him are far from professional. Together they embark on a cut-throat hunt for the gold with hit-men from the Polineaux & Duclos clans hot on their heels. But after nearly thirty years is the gold still there? & if it is who will get to it first? ...

Jimmy is Christmas shopping with his parents when a creepy man offers to take their photograph. Suddenly Jimmys parents disappear! Is he going crazy? Who are these people who say theyre his foster parents? Is Jimmy alone? & can he solve the mystery of the photographer before its too late? Acclaimed thriller from an award-winning author. Brand new package for this successful thriller by top author Alan Gibbons. With a reading age of 8 it is particularly suitable for struggling reluctant & dyslexic readers. ...

This book is the third in the brilliantly addictive new series of murder mysteries by an acclaimed & popular writer. Poppy Fields & best friend Graham are astonished to be given parts in a musical production of The Wizard of Oz". Even more astonishing is the series of murders that occurs at the theatre targeting the leading lady. When Poppy & Graham investigate little do they know that they are next on the murderers list..." ...

In this truly inspirational memoir Anita Moorjani relates how after fighting cancer for almost four years her body-overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system-began shutting down. As her organs failed she entered into an extraordinary near-death experience where she realized her inherent worth...and the actual cause of her disease. Upon regaining consciousness Anita found that her condition had enhanced so rapidly that she was able to be released from the hospital within weeks...without a trace of cancer in her body! Within these pages Anita recounts stories of her childhood in Hong Kong her challenge to establish her career & find true love as well as how she eventually ended up in that hospital bed where she defied all medical knowledge. As part of a traditional Hindu family residing in a largely Chinese & British society she had been pushed & pulled by cultural & religious customs since she had been a little girl. After years of struggling to forge her own path while trying to meet everyone else's expectations she had the realization as a result of her epiphany on the other side that she had the power to heal herself.. .and that there are miracles in the Universe that she had never even imagined. In Dying to Be Me" Anita freely shares all she has learned about illness healing fear "being love" & the true magnificence of each & every human being! This is a book that definitely makes the case that we are spiritual beings having a human experience.. .and that we are all One." ...