Swedish crime sensation & No. 1 international bestseller Camilla Lackbergs new psychological thriller
- for fans of Stieg Larsson
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The Drowning City: home to exiles & expatriates pirates & smugglers. & violent revolutionaries who will stop at nothing to overthrow the corrupt Imperial government. For Isyllt Iskaldur necromancer & spy the brewing revolution is a chance to prove herself to her crown. All she has to do is find & finance the revolutionaries & help topple the palaces of Symir. But she is torn between her new friends & her duties & the longer she stays in this monsoon-drenched city the more intrigue she uncovers
- even the dead are plotting. As the waters rise & the dams crack Isyllt must choose between her mission & the city she came to save.
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Jenna is sweet sixteen the age when a girl is supposed to find her prince. Instead she finds Mr Anderson
- intelligent handsome
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A lost child. A shattered past. A life going under.. . Vincent Ruiz is lucky to be alive. A bullet in the leg another through the hand he is discovered clinging to a buoy in the River Thames losing blood & consciousness fast. It takes six days for him to come out of his coma & when he does his nightmare is only just beginning. Because Vincent has no recollection of what happened & nobody believes him. A mile away from his body a boat was found covered in blood -- Vincent's & that of three others. Forensics say at least one of them must be dead. Vincent a police detective had signed his service pistol out of the station armoury despite being on leave. Many murder suspects fake amnesia & the investigating team are not sure this case is any different.. . The only clue is a picture in his pocket a photograph of a young girl Mickey Carlyle who disappeared three years ago. & though Mickey is presumed dead Vincent has the nagging doubt that she is alive & in terrible danger.. . ...

The secrets of the past never die. But they can kill
- August Penrose created the stained glass Lady Window to adorn the chapel
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Prof David Nutt was appointed chairman of the UK Government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) in 2008. In 2009 he published an editorial in the Journal of Psychopharmacology comparing the harms caused by horse-riding with the effect of taking ecstasy or cannabis. As a result of this & other comments on the harms caused by legal & illegal drugs he was sacked by the then Home Secretary. In Drugs
- without the hot air" Prof Nutt puts the case for an evidence-based scientific approach to drugs. In straightforward languages for the lay person he explains what drugs are how they affect the body & the mind & why people take them & get addicted to them. He shows how we can quantify the overall harms of a drug addressing issues from direct danger of death through to environmental financial & family factors to obtain a true indication of the overall effect of a drug. Then working from the facts he recommends how society ought to address drugs & drug-taking to minimize the harms at every level. * How do drugs act on the mind & body? * Which is the worst drug of all? * What is addiction? How do drugs become addictive? How can addiction be treated? * Why did Native Indians never get addicted to smoking but we do? * Drugs of the future: alcohol substitutes. * cognition enhancers for memory intellect. * Why did Queen Victoria take cannabis & cocaine? * Does making drugs illegal work? If not should drugs be sold in supermarkets instead? * Psychedelics for creativity: should scientists take LSD? (Kary Mullis & Francis Crick did.) * Performance drugs in sport. * Where to find help if you need it. * What should I tell my children about drugs? & when? * How much does the War on Drugs cost? What unintended consequences does it have? Is it effective? * Not all drugs harm equally. We need to quantify the harms of each & every drug. Then we can make informed decisions regarding our choice of lifestyle & policymakers can take a rational approach to legislation on alcohol cocaine heroin tobacco etc. A potential deep rift between governments' need to appear tough on drugs on the one hand & a rational evidence-based approach to drugs legislation & treatment could have very damaging consequences."
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A few years ago deals were done in dimly-lit side streets or on the phone via a friend of a friend. Today you can order every conceivable pill or powder with the click of a mouse. But the online market in narcotics isn't just changing the way drugs are bought & sold; it's changing the nature of drugs themselves. Enterprising dealers are using the web to engage highly skilled foreign chemists to tweak the chemical structures of banned drugs
- just enough to create a similar effect just enough to render them legal in most parts of the world. Drugs such as mephedrone (aka miaow-miaow) are marketed as 'not for human consumption' but everyone knows exactly how they're going to be used
- what they can't know is whether their use might prove fatal. From UK dancefloors to the offices of apathetic government officials via social networking sites & underground labs Mike Power explores this agile international virtual subculture that will always be one step ahead of the law.

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In everyday practice anaesthetists can make use of a wide range of drug treatments & require readily available & accessible information on the appropriate drugs to use in any given situation. Drugs in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care has quickly established itself as an essential reference text for all anaesthetists both trainees & consultants. The fourth edition of this book

Includes:: information on many new drugs with information on many others revised. The book describes the pharmacokinetics & pharmodynamics of all the drugs commonly used by anaesthetists all organized so as to allow rapid access to specific information on the properties & characteristics of almost 200 drugs. Drugs in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care fourth edition successfully provides a comprehensive up-to-date reference for anaesthetists in training consultant anaesthetists intensive care nurses & anaesthetic assistants.

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Home healing doesn't have to be about expensive ingredients. Make the most of your windowsill balcony or patio & grow all the herbs you need to make 40 essential natural remedies to treat a variety of common problems. Step-by-step recipes for everything from creams to compresses are each followed by an ingenious container project to allow you to grow all the herbs you will need. Included with each remedy recipe are additional suggestions to help treat the complaint plus information on vitamin supplements & lifestyle changes. In addition a comprehensive directory to the healing properties of every plant used & expert advice on planning planting & maintaining your herb garden ensures you have everything you need to keep your natural pharmacy well-stocked all the year round. ...

Perhaps the most mystical magical people ever known were the Druids. They were wizards storytellers teachers & spiritual leaders. They were attuned to the Earth & the Sun. & they were very powerful. ouldnt it be amazing if you could be a Druid? Now you can with the secrets revealed in Druid Magick. " This book presents everything you need to know to become a Druid & even start your own Druid " Grove" (the name of a Druid group). Youll learn about the Druids tools
- the sickle wand cord & more
- & how to make & use them. Youll discover all of the beliefs the Druids hold including the emphasis on honor & ethics. Youll learn how a Druid sees the Divine in everything & how even sex can be sacred. & of course youll learn the secrets of the magic of the Druids. Youll learn how to do protection spells & how to use magic to find missing items. Youll learn how you can visit other "worlds" or levels of reality. Youll even learn how to do shapeshifting & experience the world as an animal! Are you having a mental block? With this book youll learn how to tap into the creativity that was a hallmark of the Druids. Youll be able to write draw write or perform music with much greater ease & depth than ever before. Become a Druid can bring you all this & more! Druidry is far more than historic Celtic leadership. It is a living growing spiritual tradition that can bring you more self-assurance & self-development than youve ever had before. Jump out of the ordinary! Try something new to bring that spark back into your life. Discover the secrets of " Druid Magic. " Winner of the 2001 Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR) Award for best Magic Book "

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