An Anita Blake Vampire Hunter novel 'I was covered in blood but it wasn't mine so it was okay.' Edward is a hit man. He specialises in monsters. Vampires shape-shifters anything & everything. There are people like me Anita Blake who do it legally but Edward doesn't sweat the legalities or hell the ethics. He is an equal opportunity killer. I may be one of the few friends that Edward has but it's like being friends with a tame leopard. It may curl on the foot of your bed & let you pet its head but it can still eat your throat out... ...

Jakes father disappears while working on mysterious experiments with the obsessive reclusive Oberon Venn. Jake is convinced Venn has murdered him. But the truth he finds at the snow-bound Wintercombe Abbey is far stranger.. . The experiments concerned a black mirror which is a portal to both the past & the future. Venn is not alone in wanting to use its powers. Strangers begin gathering in & around Venns estate: Sarah
- a runaway who appears out of nowhere & is clearly not what she says Maskelyne
- who claims the mirror was stolen from him in some past century. There are others a product of the mirrors power to twist time. & a tribe of elemental beings surround this isolated estate fey cold untrustworthy & filled with hate for humans. But of them all Jake is hell-bent on using the mirror to get to the truth. Whatever the cost he must learn what really happened to his father.

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Every day Approx. 1000 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy & childbirth most of which result from common treatable complications such as haemorrhage infections pre-eclampsia & obstructed labour which have not been recognized in time or treated properly. Every unborn child also faces risk of stillbirth birth trauma oxygen deprivation & neonatal death or long-term brain damage during birthing. Obstetric & Intrapartum Emergencies: A Practical Guide to Management is written by a wide variety of obstetric experts in developing & developed countries & provides an easy-to-use guide to recognize & treat perinatal emergencies before it is too late. The text

Includes:: learning tools such as Key Pearls & Key Pitfalls a section on managing emergencies in a low-resource setting & contains detailed illustrations throughout. This book is a practical & invaluable guide for obstetricians neonatologists midwives medical students & the wider perinatal team.

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Obstetrics & Gynaecology has established itself as a key recommendation for faculty & a firm favourite for health sciences students. The opening sections of this new edition incorporate the relevant basic science history & examination investigations & diagnosis as well as common diseases abnormalities & complications in gynaecology & obstetrics respectively. These are supported by two unique sections on gynaecology & obstetrics management which are tailored to help students revise for exams especially OSCEs. A brand new chapter covering ethics in obstetrics & gynaecology makes this fully-updated fourth edition the most comprehensive introduction available. Obstetrics & Gynaecology now

Includes:: a companion website at www.impeyobgyn.com featuring self-assessment MCQs & EMQs chapter summary slides & all the figures from the book as Power Point slides.

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The at a Glance series is popular among medical students & junior doctors for its concise & simple approach & excellent illustrations. Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with colour summary diagrams on the left page & explanatory text on the right. Covering a wide range of topics books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory subject texts or for revision purposes & are useful throughout medical school & beyond. Everything you need to know about Obstetrics & Gynaecology...at a Glance! Following the familiar easy-to-use at a Glance format & now in full-colour Obstetrics & Gynaecology at a Glance is an accessible introduction & revision text for medical students. Fully revised & updated to reflect changes to the content & assessment methods used by medical schools this at a Glance provides a user-friendly overview of obstetrics & gynaecology to encapsulate all that the student needs to know. This new edition of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at a Glance: Now features self-assessment case studies to increase clinical relevance & reinforce learning

Includes:: new chapters on medico-legal issues to reflect latest advice in this area & pregnancy in primary care providing an overview of patient care Has increased coverage of miscarriage & pregnancy termination to better prepare students for these frequent rotation topics Contains full-colour artwork throughout making the subject even easier to understand Its an invaluable resource for all medical students junior doctors nurses & midwives who need an introduction to obstetrics & gynaecology. Review of the previous edition The text with accompanying visual aids is an excellent quick referral guide to nearly everything undergraduate students will meet during O+G. It has found the right level in terms of undergraduate content & has struck the right balance between full curricular coverage & avoiding unnecessary detail. I would not hesitate to recommend it to my students." Senior Lecturer St Georges Hospital Medical School Titles of related interest Obstetrics & Gynaecology Third Edition Impey & Child 9781405160957 Lecture Notes: Obstetrics & Gynaecology Third Edition Hamilton-Fairley 9781405178013 Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Clinical Cases Uncovered Cruickshank 9781405186711"

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A Proven Study System for Oracle Certified Associate Exam 1Z0-803 Prepare for the Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 7 Programmer I exam with help from this exclusive Oracle Press guide. In each chapter you'll find challenging exercises practice questions a two-minute drill & a chapter summary to highlight what you've learned. Thisauthoritative guide will help you pass the test & will also serve as your essential on-the-job reference. Get complete coverage of all OCA objectives for exam 1Z0-803 including: Packaging compiling & interpreting Java code Programming with Java statements Programming with Java operators & strings Working with basic classes & variables Understanding variable scope & class construction Programming with arrays Understanding class inheritance Understanding polymorphism & casts Handling exceptions Working with classes & their relationships Electronic content
Includes:: One full practice exam Detailed answers & explanations Score report performance assessment tool Free with online registration: PDF copy of the book Bonus exam
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This title deals with life in Palestine today
- what it is really like
- day to day from the Orwell Prize winning author Raja

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By September 2003 six months after the US-led invasion of Iraq the anarchy had begun. Rory Stewart a young Biritish diplomat was appointed as the Coalition Provisional Authority's deputy governor of a province of 850 000 people in the southern marshland region. There he & his colleagues confronted gangsters Iranian-linked politicians tribal vendettas & a full Islamist insurgency. Rory Stewart's inside account of the attempt to re-build a nation the errors made the misunderstandings & insumountable difficulties encountered reveals an Iraq hidden from most foreign journalists & soldiers. Stewart is an award-winning writer gifted with extraordinary insight into the comedy occasional heroism & moral risks of foreign occupation. ' Beautifully written highly evocative.. .a joy to read.'
- John Simpson. 'A marvellous book.. .a devastating narrative.'
- Simon Jenkins. ' Absolutely absorbing.'
- Ken Loach. ' Strikes gut & brain at once.'
- James Meek. ' Wonderfully observed wise evocative.'
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The book is a comprehensive textbook for occupational therapy students & occupational therapists working in the field of mental health. It presents different theories & approaches used outlines the occupational therapy process discusses the context of practice & describes a wide range of techniques used by occupational therapists. These include physical activity cognitive approaches group work creative activities play & life skills. The book covers all areas of practice in the field including mental health promotion acute psychiatry community work severe & enduring mental illness working with older people child & adolescent mental health forensic occupational therapy substance misuse & working with people on the margins of society. The theory chapters are written by occupational therapists who are recognised experts in their fields & the applied chapters are written by practitioners. an innovation in this edition is the inclusion of commentaries by service users on some of the chapters. The fourth edition has been extensively revised & updated. The new structure reflects changes in service delivery &

Includes:: sections on philosophy & theory base the occupational therapy process ensuring quality the context of occupational therapy occupations & client groups. Important new areas that are now covered include mental health promotion evidence-based practice community development & continuing professional development.

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This book fills a gap in providing specialist information on orthopaedics & trauma occupational therapy. Its contributors bring together information on the aetiology surgical input & the occupational therapy intervention appropriate to this client group. It is divided into two main sections the first being orthopaedics & the second orthopaedic trauma. The first part is further subdivided to cover lower limb surgery upper limb surgery spinal conditions & paediatric orthopaedic conditions. In Part two principles of fracture management are covered followed by pelvic & acetabular reconstruction hand injuries & traumatic amputation. ...