This book is for those who believe that good government should be based on hard evidence & that research & policy ought to go h&-in-h&. Unfortunately no such bond exists. Rather there is a substantial gap some say chasm between the production of knowledge & its utilization. Despite much contrary evidence the authors propose there is a way of doing public policy in a more reflective manner & that a hunger for evidence & objectivity does exist. The book is pragmatic drawing on advice from some of the best & brightest informants from both the research & policy communities. In their own voices researchers provide incisive analysis about how to bridge the research/policy divide & policymakers provide insights about why they use research what kind is most useful where they seek it & how they screen its quality. The book breaks through stereotypes about what policymakers are like & provides an insiders' view of how the policy process really works. Readers will learn what knowledge skills approaches & attitudes are needed to take research findings from the laboratory to lawmaking bodies & how to evaluate one's success in doing so. The book's balance between theory & practice will appeal to students in graduate & upper-level undergraduate courses in family studies & family policy educational policy law political science public administration public health social work & sociology. This book will also be of interest to researchers who want to bring their ideas into policy debate & to those who work with policymakers to advance an evidence-based policy agenda. ...

The need for an evidence base for nursing practice is widely accepted. However what evidence is & how nurses might appraise & apply it to their practice is still a matter of some debate which can leave the novice nurse feeling confused. This book uses clear language to help the reader develop skills in the identification appraisal & application of evidence for nursing practice. It guides the reader in the development of underpinning skills such as reflection critical thinking & research which allow the nurse to make sense of all the different forms of information & evidence that influence practice. ...

Jack Frost has promised not to trouble the Rainbow Fairies again but he didn't say anything about the Weather Fairies! Now he has stolen the feathers from Doodle the weather-vane cockerel in charge of the weather. It's up to Rachel & Kirsty to get each of the feathers back from Jack Frost's goblins with a little bit of help from the weather fairies: Crystal the Snow Fairy Abigail the Breeze Fairy Pearl the Cloud Fairy Goldy the Sunshine Fairy Evie the Mist Fairy Storm the Lightning Fairy & Hayley the Rain Fairy. Evie the mist fairy is lost in the fog without her magic mist feather. Can Rachel & Kirsty help the frightened fairy to get out of the shadowy forest? ...

Brian Keenan went to Beirut in 1985 for a change of scene from his native Belfast. He became headline news when he was kidnapped by fundamentalist Shi'ite militiamen & held in the suburbs of Beirut for the next four & a half years. For much of that time he was shut off from all news & contact with anyone other than his jailers & later his fellow hostages amongst them John Mc Carthy. ...

In a sea-cave on Lovatt Island just off the west coast of Scotland a skeleton is found shackled to the rocks. Although the apparent victim of a crime of unparalleled brutality the skeleton seems to belong firmly in the past. Detective Inspector Marjory Fleming called in to investigate anticipates a straightforward case unhampered by the pressures of time. But when a modern watch is discovered on the skeletons wrist Fleming realises the crime may be far closer to home than she initially assumed. Meanwhile in the nearby village of Innellan mysterious events begin to occur. Matt Lovatt eponymous owner of the island is at the centre of a series of escalating crimes
- could someone be targeting him? The villagers members of a small & introverted community are little help
- many seem damaged by their own enigmatic pasts & all are reluctant to speak out. Fleming sensing a pattern she cannot clearly make out becomes increasingly desperate to prevent more violence. Are the skeleton & the current spate of crimes connected? If so what evil act could have motivated such a deadly merciless design?

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Despite standing as chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders trial David Smith was vilified by the public due to the accusations thrown at him by Myra Hindley & Ian Brady about his involvement in their crimes. Hindleys later confession that she & Brady had lied in an attempt to reduce their sentences did little to diminish the slurs against his name. For over four decades Smith was asked by writers & film-makers to tell his story. Apart from a handful of brief interviews he always refused. Carol Ann Lee met Smith during her research for One of Your Own her critically acclaimed biography of Hindley following which he finally agreed to reveal all. In Evil Relations (previously published as Witness) interviews archival research & most significantly David Smiths own vivid memoir are fused to create an unforgettable often harrowing account of his life before during & after the Moors Murders. ...

Something inside me remembers & will not forget... When Alice Farrell is drawn to Grantchester churchyard & reads the strange inscription on Rosemary Virginia Ashleys gravestone she feels oddly disturbed. & when former boyfriend Joe returns to Cambridge with his new girlfriend Ginny Alice is repelled by the ethereal lavender-eyed beauty
- & is certain of her evil. Then Alice finds an old diary in Ginnys room & reads the story of Daniel Holmes who lived in Cambridge forty years earlier & fell under the fatal spell of Rosemary Ashley. As the two stories intertwine Alices suspicions about Ginny increase
- until the past meets present in a terrifying climax...

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In May 1999 after a 40-year career including 100 films Oliver Reed died as he had invariably lived drinking with friends while making a film
- his well-reviewed performance in the blockbuster Gladiator. Having risen through Hammer Horror films to international stardom as Bill Sykes in Oliver! Reed became in his own works 'the biggest star this country has got'. With his legendary off-screen exploits & blunt opinions
- especially of his co-stars
- he was also one of the most infamous. Bestselling author Cliff Goodwin uses material from first-hand interviews with Reed's family friends & colleagues & never before seen photographs to explore Reed's eventful career. But he also reveals another side to this unique & complex man.


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After his experiences at Ravens Gate fourteen-year-old Matt Freeman thinks his days of battling evil are over. But soon he is pulled into another horrifying adventure when he discovers a second gate exists. Matt & his friend Richard travel to Peru & assisted by a secret organization known as the Nexus follow a series of clues to the gates whereabouts. But there is a traitor in the Nexus... Richard is kidnapped. Matt manages to escape with the help of Pablo a local boy. The pair travel to the Nazca desert & Matt realizes the horrifying truth
- the Nazca lines are the second gate & it is about to open. But this time will he have the strength to prevent it?
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It is the year 5012 & the Milky Way galaxy is under attack. After the Universal War a war that almost brought about the destruction of every known universe the planets in the Milky Way banded together to create the Intergalactic Force
- an elite fighting team sworn to protect & defend the galaxy. Only the brightest & most promising students are accepted into the Intergalactic Force Academy & only the very best cadets reach the highest of their ranks & become.. .STAR FIGHTERS! The crew of the Phoenix discover that the space pirate who stole the Heart of Mars is working for none other than the Mezzoka Clan the most dangerous & slippery gangsters in known space. Worse still the Heart of Mars represents the final piece of a deadly weapon which the Mezzokans are building to attack the Milky Way
- the only galaxy refusing to pay them protection money. Can the Star Fighters find them before the Mezzokans activate the Mezzonator? The Milky Way is depending on them.

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