'A brother ' he said. Jesus Christ! Now where'd this brother come from? Whose brother? Montalbano had known from the start that between all the brothers uncles in-laws nephews & nieces this case was going to drive him crazy. Chief Inspector Montalbano is on enforced sick leave. But when a local girl goes mysteriously missing the whole community takes an interest in the case. Why are the kidnappers so sure that the girl's impoverished father & dying mother will be able to find a fortune? The ever-inquisitive Montalbano steps in to get to the heart of the matter in his own inimitable style. ...

Welcome to the world of sexed-up medicine where patients have been turned into customers & clinics & waiting rooms are jammed with healthy people lured in to have their blood pressure taken & cholesterol smear test bowel or breast screening done. In the world of sexed-up medicine pharmaceutical companies gloss over research they don't like & charities often use dubious science & dodgy PR to 'raise awareness' of their disease leaving a legacy of misinformation in their wake. Our obsession with screening swallows up the time of NHS staff & the money of healthy people who pay thousands to private companies for tests they don't need. Meanwhile the truly sick are left to wrestle with disjointed services & confusing options. Explaining the truth behind the screening statistics & investigating the evidence behind the hype Margaret Mc Cartney an award-winning writer & doctor argues that this patient paradox
- too much testing of well people & not enough care for the sick
- worsens health inequalities & drains professionalism harming both those who need treatment & those who don't.

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One in ten women of childbearing age is affected by Polcystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) to some degree & many suffer from serious symptoms such as infertility early miscarriage chronic pelvic pain weight gain high blood pressure & migraines. PCOS is by far the most common hormone imbalance in women of this age group yet few women understand the threat it poses to their health
- or how to prevent it. In A Patients Guide to PCOS" Dr. Walter Futterweit the foremost authority on PCOS in America tells women everything they need to know about this condition & how to treat it. Drawing on his twenty-five years researching & treating the condition & his ongoing long-term study of more than a thousand women with PCOS Futterweit discusses: what PCOS is & how it affects your body; what to eat & how to exercise to control PCOS; all the treatment options including the latest drug therapies; how to reverse PCOS-induced infertility & restore healthy skin & hair; & resources for preventing diagnosing & treating PCOS."
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Understanding the legal & ethical rights of any patient in their care is essential to good clinical practice. Patients Rights Law & Ethics for Nurses: A Practical Guide is a comprehensive pocket-size book for nurses midwives & allied health professionals that integrates health care law & ethics in relation to patient rights & in the context of every day nursing & allied health practice Accessible yet challenging the book examines confidentiality informed consent cases of abuse the rights of the disabled & end of life decisions. Pertinent"es enliven the text throughout while thinking points encourage reflection. Each chapter provides easy-to-follow guidance to this complex area. A companion website provides regular updates in an areas where legislation is constantly changing. Focusing on principles of law & including clear outlines of the essential legal precedent the author lays a solid foundation that will serve readers requiring an introduction to law ethics & the rights of the patient throughout their training & beyond. ...

This classic book widely known & used by patissiers is a professional text on the art of patisserie. In the twenty years that Patisserie" has been published there have been great changes in almost every aspect of this art & the author has thoroughly updated this new edition to take account of these. Updated in paperback format the revised edition of this classic text is now even more affordable practical & enjoyable. Complete with the original beautiful seventy-three colour photographs each shows clearly how the finished product should be presented & a wide range of diagrams demonstrate the more complex processes. New dishes have been added for example pavlova sticky toffee pudding blinis pasta dough frangipan apple cheesecake & sugar balls while some of the existing ones have been amended or replaced. Additional information on fruits & on using eggs or egg substitutes in patisserie have been included. Of special interest are the chapters on equipment commodities & hygiene which include the provisions of the Food Hygiene (Amended) Regulations 1990 as far as they affect the patisserie section of the catering industry." ...

Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) was a war hero whose exploits in Crete are legendary & above all he is widely acclaimed as the greatest travel writer of our times notably for his books about his walk across pre-war Europe A Time of Gifts & Between the Woods & the Water; he was a self-educated polymath a lover of Greece & the best company in the world. Artemis Cooper has drawn on years of interviews & conversations with Paddy & his closest friends as well as having complete access to his archives. Her beautifully crafted biography portrays a man of extraordinary gifts
- no one wore their learning so playfully nor inspired such passionate friendship.
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Patrick Lichfield inhabited a world of beauty class & style that he documented with conspicuous success for more than 40 years in the process creating some of the 20th centurys most iconic images
- such as the Princess of Wales in her fairytale dress bending down to comfort a bridesmaid; the Queen at ease & unselfconscious relaxing with her beloved dogs; Mick & Bianca Jagger laughing together after their rock-star wedding. With his uniquely sympathetic eye for faces he photographed a range of personalities for Life Queen & Vogue magazines from the mid-1960s onwards: stars of stage & screen politicians aristocracy & royalty sportsmen & women models & socialites as well as ordinary men & women going about their daily lives. Although he came to be identified with photographs of the illustrious Lichfield was also an acute observer of the world around him & his lesser-known photojournalism as well as his portraits make up a fascinating picture of the period in which he lived & worked. Curated by Martin Harrison Perceptions is filled with photographs from Lichfields entire archive over half of which have never been seen before. This superbly produced retrospective the first representing his complete career establishes Patrick Lichfield as one of the great British photographers of the late 20th Century.
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Acclaimed for their searing wit & their deep humanity this magnificent cycle of novels -- in which Patrick Melrose battles to survive the savageries of his childhood & lead a self-determined life -- is one of the major achievements in English fiction. Perhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation Alan Hollinghurst Ive loved Edward St Aubyns Patrick Melrose novels. Read them all now David Nicholls The wit of Wilde the lightness of Wodehouse the waspishness of Waugh. A joy Zadie Smith At once epic & intimate appalling & comic the Melrose novels are masterpieces Maggie OFarrell ...

The 2012 edition of the Yearbook of Astronomy celebrates Sir Patrick Moores remarkable fifty-year tenure on the book with a selection of the best writing to have appeared in its pages & a special picture section showing the most important & astonishing astronomical photographs from the era. It also contains all of the usual excellent

Features: articles by some of the worlds top astronomers an authoritative collection of charts & astronomical data & a month-by-month guide to events in the coming year: planets eclipses comets meteors nebulae & phases of the moon. The sort of book that beggars the reviewers powers of expression.. . These charts are masterpieces of clarity & detail.. . Indispensable Astronomy & Space

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This fully updated 2013 edition of this essential guide features a range of specially commissioned articles by some of the worlds top astronomers an authoritative collection of charts & astronomical data & a special picture section featuring some of the most important astronomical events of the year. It also

Includes:: a month-by-month guide to events in the coming year: planets eclipses comets meteors nebulae & phases of the moon. A first-rate curtain raiser for a year that offers a stream of astronomical treats Observer Science Books of the Year The sort of book that beggars the reviewers powers of expression.. . These charts are masterpieces of clarity & detail.. . Indispensable Astronomy & Space

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