The author examines theories of citizenship capacity & choice when supporting vulnerable adults & uses the impact of the early implementation of the Adult Support & Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 as a model. Her main themes are the extent of the reach of the state & the appropriateness of this with; a discussion of the tension between autonomy & protection & consideration of whether or not vulnerability impacts on the human rights of individuals. Concepts of harm & abuse are explored. Key questions answered include: does diminished intellectual capacity limit your rights as a citizen? Does vulnerability & being at risk of harm or abuse limit capacity? The author also explores whether the introduction of such legislation compromises individuals free will & choice. The book bases itself around the Scottish legislation & draws on the emerging results of empirical research undertaken by the author over the first two years following its implementation the first of its kind in the UK. This provides a unique focus for the central debate on autonomy & protection & the link to citizenship & capacity. Supporting Vulnerable Adults provides an excellent overview of the tensions inherent in these policies for students & for those health & social care workers policy makers & other practitioners whose work involves the vulnerable. ...

A collection of insightful & uproariously funny non-fiction by the bestselling author of INFINITE JEST
- one of the most acclaimed
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Told with wit charm & heart this debut novel set in small-town Indiana from the 1960s to the present day will appeal to anyone who loved The Help or Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Pull up a chair by the window table at Big Earl's diner & meet the ' Supremes': three women from Plainview Indiana who've been best friends since their high-school days in the Sixties. There's Clarice a pious wife & mother struggling with her husband's infidelity; Barbara Jean who must confront the tragic reverberations of a youthful love affair; & Odette whose fearlessness has saved her friends many times but who now faces a terrifying situation of her own. Over iced tea & pecan pie through forty years of marriage children happiness & the blues the inseparable trio take on the world together. Come join them as they share the juiciest gossip the occasional tear & the most uproarious laughter.. .at the same time at the same table at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat. ...

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965 Richard Feynman was one of the worlds greatest theoretical physicists but he was also a man who fell often jumped into adventure. An artist safecracker practical joker & storyteller Feynmans life was a series of combustible combinations made possible by his unique mixture of high intelligence unquenchable curiosity & eternal scepticism. Over a period of years Feynmans conversations with his friend Ralph Leighton were first taped & then set down as they appear here little changed from their spoken form giving a wise funny passionate & totally honest self-portrait of one of the greatest men of our age. ...

The Surf Cafe Cookbook" is the first book by Jane & Myles Lamberth proprietors of Shells Cafe in Strandhill on the west coast of Irel&. Jane & Myles met eight years ago when they were both working in the UK. They spent summers working in restaurants by the sea in Cornwall so they could go surfing & winters running chalets in ski resorts in the Alps. Eventually they felt the need to put some roots down so they took the plunge & opened their own place Shells Cafe in March 2010. & they havent looked back since. Its the perfect place for Jane & Myles to create great food & live the outdoor lifestyle they love. They use fresh organic seasonal produce
- vegetables from the bountiful Irish soil & fish from the wild Atlantic. From foraging on the beach to creating the perfect picnic to making homemade Baileys " The Surf Cafe Cookbook" focuses on locally-produced food thats unpretentious & tasty. Its food for sharing with friends & family around the kitchen table or on a beach blanket thrown on the s&. Its contemporary Irish cooking with a soupcon of salty air. & the " Surf Cafe Cookbook" is more than just a cookbook it also

Includes:: all sorts of useful tips ranging from how to gut a fish to making crafty home accessories for special occasions. This is coastal living at its best
- cooking eating & living the Irish way. In this book Myles & Jane want to share their food adventures with you. Food & the outdoors are Myles & Janes great passions. Myles is head chef & mastermind behind the menu; Jane did a degree in Business & Marketing before ditching the city life in search of adventure."



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Surf UK is the ultimate guide to Britains surf beaches. Compiled by an experienced surfer; with input from well-known surfers all round the UK. You cant beat local knowledge to help you find exciting waves in unexpected places. Each chapter deals with a particular section of the coastline. A numbered map highlights each beach the numbers on the map corresponding to numbers in the text. Here each break is discussed together with details about the beach including access facilities & accommodation. Using this book you should always be able to find the best waves going whatever your standard. In short this is the best companion in your travels to find the perfect wave. Table of Contents: Chapter 1
- Foreword & Introduction. Chapter 2
- UK Surf Guide
- Format. Chapter 3
- Cornwall. Chapter 4
- Devon. Chapter 5
- South Coast of England & Isle of Wight. Chapter 6
- East Anglia & Lincolnshire. Chapter 7
- North East Engl&. Chapter 8
- Scotland: East Coast North Coast & West Coast & Islands. Chapter 9
- South Wales & The Gower Peninsula. Chapter 10
- Pembrokeshire. Chapter 11
- North & Mid Wales. Chapter 12
- The Severn Bore. Chapter 13
- Waves & Surf. Chapter 14
- Green Seas & SAS. Chapter 15
- Appendix: Surf Data.















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This title received British Medical Association Book Awards 2009
- Commended Basic & Clinical Sciences. This innovative & highly
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It begins in the realm of the Real where matter still matters. Lededje Ybreq is one of the Intagliated her marked body bearing witness to a family shame her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom her release when it comes is at a price & to put things right she will need the help of the Culture. It begins in the realm of the Real. It begins with a murder. & it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself. ...

It begins in the realm of the Real where matter still matters. It begins with a murder. & it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself. Lededje Ybreq is one of the Intagliated her marked body bearing witness to a family shame her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom her release when it comes is at a price & to put things right she will need the help of the Culture. Benevolent enlightened & almost infinitely resourceful though it may be the Culture can only do so much for any individual. With the assistance of one of its most powerful
- & arguably deranged
- warships Lededje finds herself heading into a combat zone not even sure which side the Culture is really on. A war
- brutal far-reaching
- is already raging within the digital realms that store the souls of the dead & its about to erupt into reality. It started in the realm of the Real & that is where it will end. It will touch countless lives & affect entire civilizations but at the centre of it all is a young woman whose need for revenge masks another motive altogether.



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This primer provides an introduction to the subject of surfaces at the level of undergraduates & first year postgraduates. There are four chapters the first concerns basic thermodynamic material used to understand the properties of surfaces including; surface tension Gibbs adsorption surface pressure & surface phase equilibria surfactants & micelles wetting detergency & contact angle. The second chapter concentrates on gas adsorbtion at solid surfaces & covers topics including adsorbtion Langmuir isotherms heats of adsorbtion BET isotherms physisorbtion chemisorbtion precursor adsorbtion kinetics well-defined surfaces UHV surface sensitivity & selectivity surface diffusion & electrons interacting with matter. Chapter three then outlines the physico- chemical principles of XPS AES LEED STM AFM work function measurements UPS TPD molecular beams HREELS & PAIRS & the types of fundamental surface information each of these techniques provides. The final chapter contains a series of worked examples & problems bringing together the various strands developed in Chapters 1-3 in order to elucidate surface phenomena. The book is unique in its mix of Classical & Modern surface science & should be relevant to physicists chemists & material scientists. ...