Thomas Szasz (1960) suggested that the myth of 'mental illness' functions to 'render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflict in human relations'. The medicalization of distress enables the mental health professions to manage the human suffering that they are confronted with & also the suspicion that there is little that they can do to help. But the medicalization of misery & madness renders people unable to comprehend their experiences in ordinary meaningful terms. In this collection we restore to everyday discourse a way of understanding distress that unlike contemporary psychiatry & psychology recognises & respects the essential humanness of the human condition. De-medicalizing Misery is a shorthand term for this project. The book resists the psychiatrization & psychologization of human experience & seeks to place what are essentially moral & political
- not medical
- matters back at the centre of our understanding of human suffering.

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The Dead" is the second book in Charlie Higsons jaw-dropping zombie horror series for teens. Everyone over the age of fourteen has succumbed to a deadly zombie virus & now the kids must keep themselves alive. A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of fourteen. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe. Maxie Blue & the rest of the Holloway crew arent the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who prey on them. Jack & Ed are best friends but their battle to stay alive tests their friendship to the limit as they go on the run with a mismatched group of other kids
- nerds fighters misfits. & one adult Greg a butcher who claims hes immune to the disease. They must work together if they want to make it in this terrifying new world. But when fresh disaster threatens to overwhelm London they realize they wont all survive..." Lord of the Flies with zombies.. .tons of nail-biting action". (Rick Riordan creator of Percy Jackson). " Higson has got the balance of blood & gore just right". (" Daily Mirror"). Charlie Higson is the author of the bestselling " Young Bond" series of novels for young readers including " Silverfin" & " Double or Die" & the spine tingling teen zombie-horror series " The Enemy". Cant wait for the next instalment? This edition contains the first chapter of the thrilling third book in the series The Fear. Check out website for more blood more zombies & more terror."
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Shadow of the Moon" by Sherrilyn Kenyon: Angelia has fought her entire life to make herself strong. Now with her patria under fire she has to protect her people from Fury & his werewolf clan. Vowing to bring him to justice Angelia sets out alone...until the hunter becomes the hunted & the only way for her to survive is to trust the very wolf shes sworn to kill. " The Story of Son" by J.R. Ward: Claire Stroughton is a beautiful lawyer who would rather spend the night with a legal brief than the man of her dreams. Then a routine client meeting turns dangerous
- & deeply sensual
- when she is held captive by a gorgeous man with an unworldly hunger..." Beyond the Night" by Susan Squires: When Drew Carlowe returns home to win back a lost love he is quick to dismiss rumours that his estate is haunted by a stunning young ghost...until one passionate encounter leaves him mystified
- & aching for more." Midnight Kiss Goodbye" by Dianna Love: Trey Mc Cree possesses an insatiable desire for Sasha Armand
- & supernatural powers that could endanger her life as a human. But when they team up to stop an evil warlord Trey discovers that Sasha can do way more than drive men wild..."



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Dambisa Moyos Dead Aid" reveals why millions are actually poorer because of aid unable to escape corruption & reduced in the Wests eyes to a childlike state of beggary. We all want to help. Over the past fifty years $1 trillion of development aid has flowed from Western governments to Africa with rock stars & actors campaigning for more. But this has not helped Africa. It has ruined it. " Dead Aid" shows us another way. Using hard evidence to illustrate her case Moyo shows how with access to capital & with the right policies even the poorest nations can turn themselves around. First we must destroy the myth that aid works
- & make charity history. " Articulate self-confident & angry.. .this book marks a turning point". (" Spectator"). "A damning assessment of the failures of sixty years of western development". (" Financial Times"). " Kicks over the traditional piety that Western aid benefits the third world". (" Sunday Herald Books of the Year"). " Dambisa Moyo makes a compelling case for a new approach". (Kofi Annan). " This reader was left wanting a lot more Moyo a lot less Bono". (Niall Ferguson). Dambisa Moyo worked at Goldman Sachs for eight years having previously worked for the World Bank as a consultant. Moyo completed a Ph D in Economics at Oxford University & holds a Masters from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Her other books include " Winner Take All" & " How the West was Lost". She was born & raised in Lusaka Zambia."
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Iain Banks daring new novel opens in a loft apartment in the East End in a former factory due to be knocked down in a few days. Ken Nott is a devoutly contrarian vaguely left wing radio shock-jock living in London. After a wedding breakfast people start dropping fruits from a balcony on to a deserted carpark ten storeys below then they start dropping other things; an old TV that doesnt work a blown loudspeaker beanbags other unwanted furniture... Then they get carried away & start dropping things that are still working while wrecking the rest of the apartment. But mobile phones start ringing & theyre told to turn on a TV because a plane has just crashed into the World Trade Centre. At ease with the volatility of modernity Iain Banks is also our most accomplished literary writer of narrative-driven adventure stories that never ignore the injustices & moral conundrums of the real world. His new novel displays his trademark dark wit buoyancy & momentum. ...

The Frankenstein story is updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Now someone new is playing god. Frankenstein lives! & so too does his monstrous creation.. .but this creature of legend is a monster no more & his scarred face bears witness to his maker's wrath. His name is Deucalion. As a devastating hurricane approaches New Orleans Victor Helios once know as Frankenstein has unleased his benighted creatures onto the streets. As New Orleans descends into chaos his engineered killers spin out of control & the only hope rests with Victor's first & failed attempt to build the perfect human whose damned path has led him to the ultimate confrontation with his pitiless creator. But first Deucalion must destroy a monstrosity not even Victor's malignant mind could have imagined
- an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind's collective nightmare with one purpose: to replace us. This is a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time.
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Brutal acts of firestarting have ravaged the Peak District & now a new wave of moorland infernos sweeps across the national park. For DS Ben Cooper the blazes are best left to the firefighters even with the arsonists still at large. But when an intruder breaks into an abandoned pub Cooper is on the case
- & he swiftly unearths a pair of grim surprises. The first is evidence of a years-old double homicide. & the second is a corpse newly dead... What links the three deaths? Where are the missing bodies? Who is responsible
- & how do the raging fires fit in? For Cooper & his rival DI Diane Fry its the most twisted investigation of their lives...and with an ingenious killer pulling the strings it could also be their last. Drenched in atmosphere & danger Stephen Booths relentless new thriller builds to a shock finale that will catch even the most seasoned suspense readers off guard.

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Brutal acts of firestarting have ravaged the Peak District & now a new wave of moorland infernos sweeps across the national park. For DS Ben Cooper the blazes are best left to the firefighters even with the arsonists still at large. But when an intruder breaks into an abandoned pub Cooper is on the case
- & he swiftly unearths a pair of grim surprises. The first is evidence of a years-old double homicide. & the second is a corpse newly dead... What links the three deaths? Where are the missing bodies? Who is responsible
- & how do the raging fires fit in? For Cooper & his rival DI Diane Fry it's the most twisted investigation of their lives...and with an ingenious killer pulling the strings it could also be their last. Drenched in atmosphere & danger Stephen Booth's relentless new thriller builds to a shock finale that will catch even the most seasoned suspense readers off guard.

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Now its the turn of the weres & shifters to follow the lead of the undead & reveal their existence to the ordinary world. Sookie Stackhouse already knows about them of course
- her brother turns into a panther at the full moon shes friend to the local Were pack & Sam her boss at Merlottes bar is a shifter. At first the great Were revelation seems to go well
- then the horribly mutilated body of a were-panther is found outside Merlottes. Though Sookie never cared that much for the victim no one deserves such a horrible death so she agrees to use her telepathic talent to track down the murderer. But what Sookie doesnt realise is that there is a far greater danger than this killer threatening Bon Temps: a race of unhuman beings older more powerful & far more secretive than the vampires or the werewolves is preparing for war.. .

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Now it's the turn of the weres & shifters to follow the lead of the undead & reveal their existence to the ordinary world. Sookie Stackhouse already knows about them of course
- her brother turns into a panther at the full moon she's friend to the local Were pack & Sam her boss at Merlotte's bar is a shifter. At first the great Were revelation seems to go well
- then the horribly mutilated body of a were-panther is found outside Merlotte's. Though Sookie never cared that much for the victim no one deserves such a horrible death so she agrees to use her telepathic talent to track down the murderer. But what Sookie doesn't realise is that there is a far greater danger than this killer threatening Bon Temps: a race of unhuman beings older more powerful & far more secretive than the vampires or the werewolves is preparing for war.. .

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