Looking for something silly weird & flatout idiotic? Look no more! From the magazine that inspired the hit Cartoon Network show comes this new collection of MAD" articles thats guaranteed to make you laugh cry & dance an Irish jig! [ Jig not covered by guarantee]" ...

' If you want to know what the human body can take & why we must continue to push ourselves beyond the limit in the name of exploration then read this book.' Professor Brian Cox In anaesthetist Dr Kevin Fong's television programmes he has often demonstrated the impact of extremes on the human body by using his own body as a 'guinea pig'. So Dr Fong is well placed to share his experience of the sheer audacity of medical practice at extreme physiological limits where human life is balanced on a knife edge. Through gripping accounts of extraordinary events & pioneering medicine Dr Fong explores how our body responds when tested by the extremes of heat & cold vacuum & altitude age & disease. He shows how science technology & medicine have taken what was once lethal in the world & made it survivable. This is not only a book about medicine but also about exploration in its broadest sense
- & about how by probing the very limits of our biology we may ultimately return with a better appreciation of how our bodies work of what life is & what it means to be human.
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In anaesthetist Dr Kevin Fongs television programmes he has often demonstrated the impact of extremes on the human body by using his own body as a guinea pig. So Dr Fong is well placed to share his experience of the sheer audacity of medical practice at extreme physiological limits where human life is balanced on a knife edge. Through gripping accounts of extraordinary events & pioneering medicine Dr Fong explores how our body responds when tested by the extremes of heat & cold vacuum & altitude age & disease. He shows how science technology & medicine have taken what was once lethal in the world & made it survivable. This is not only a book about medicine but also about exploration in its broadest sense
- & about how by probing the very limits of our biology we may ultimately return with a better appreciation of how our bodies work of what life is & what it means to be human.
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In a race down the Thames Detective Chief Inspector John Kerr is caught in a fight ot the death with two gold smugglers. The American wife of the British Defence Secretary is brutally murdered while walking her dog. A senior judge is executed in Middle Temple Lane. Blocked by 'affirmative inaction' at New Scotland Yard & threats from MI6 Kerr deploys a talented female operative undercover to force the truth.A dirty bomb attack proves the motive is hatred of the United States & the special relationship. But is this domestic extremism or the work of foreign spies? As attacks escalate Kerr confronts treachery & corruption from his own side & resorts to action as extreme as the dark forces turned against him. ...

How many times have you wanted to experiment with your eye makeup but didnt know where to begin? This book gives you multiple options for every mood & event you could ever dream of. Let acclaimed makeup artist Linda Mason take the mystery out of eye makeup by teaching you her secrets to more than fifty hot looks. Whether you are feeling flirtatious or funky glamorous or just natural Lindas easy steps clear diagrams & individual colour palettes break it all down to help you get the look you want. Youll be showing off your new lids in no time. Soon everyone will think you have your own personal makeup artist.. .but only you will know the truth! Originally from Sunderland in the northeast of England Linda Mason has been known since the late 1970s for her creative & exciting use of colour. She worked for Lacome before becoming the premier makeup artist at Helena Rubenstein & later worked on early runway collections for Jean-Paul Gaultier John Galliano Commes des Garcons & Giorgio Armani. In 1987 Linda started her cosmetics company Linda Mason Elements Inc followed by the opening of her The Art of Beauty shop/gallery in NYC. For more information visit: www.lindamason. com ...

Solve the mind-boggling picture puzzles on every page using the three cool searching tools
- one to magnify one to find colours
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The Goal Kings face a mid-season change of coach & suddenly every boy in the team is under pressure to prove his worth. Josh is desperate for a lucky break Alex's position as star striker is under threat & a string of defeats brings the new defensive line-up seriously into question. ...

When The Stabbers sixth victim is found with his head nailed to the ground DI Andy Gilchrist knows his failed investigation is about to cost him his career. The windswept streets of St Andrews provide the setting for the grisly attacks of an unhinged serial killer. Six men have been brutally murdered all known wife beaters stabbed through the left eye. Suspended from the case & desperate to redeem his reputation Gilchrist embarks on a desperate hunt for the killer. Alone & on the wrong side of the law any mistake could be his last. ...

The Eye in the Door is the second novel in Pat Barker's classic Regeneration trilogy. Winner of the 1993 Guardian Fiction Prize. London 1918. Billy Prior is working for Intelligence in the Ministry of Munitions. But his private encounters with women & men
- pacifists objectors homosexuals
- conflict with his duties as a soldier & it is not long before his sense of himself fragments & breaks down. Forced to consult the man who helped him before
- army psychiatrist William Rivers
- Prior must confront his inability to be the dutiful soldier his superiors wish him to be.. . The Eye in the Door is a heart-rending study of the contradictions of war & of those forced to live through it. A new vision of what the First World War did to human beings male & female soldiers & civilians". (A. S. Byatt Daily Telegraph). " Every bit as waveringly intense & intelligent as its predecessor". (Sunday Times). " Startlingly original.. .spellbinding". (Sunday Telegraph). " Gripping moving profoundly intelligent.. .bursting with energy & darkly funny". (Independent on Sunday). Pat Barker was born in 1943. Her books include the highly acclaimed Regeneration trilogy comprising Regeneration which has been filmed The Eye in the Door which won the Guardian Fiction Prize & The Ghost Road which won the Booker Prize. The trilogy featured the Observer's 2012 list of the ten best historical novels. She is also the author of the more recent novels Another World Border Crossing Double Vision Life Class & Toby's Room. She lives in Durham."



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This volume provides the definitive guide to Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) the psychotherapeutic approach developed by Francine Shapiro. EMDR is the most widely investigated treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder & many other applications are also being explored. To keep up with this growing body of knowledge the second edition has been revised to incorporate current neurobiological data findings from controlled clinical studies & literature on emerging clinical applications. Chapters provide background on EMDR's development theoretical constructs & possible underlying mechanisms & present updated protocols & procedures for working with adults & children with a range of presenting problems. Among the many clinical populations for whom the material in this volume has been seen as applicable are survivors of sexual abuse crime & combat as well as sufferers of phobias & other disorders. Detailed descriptions & transcripts guide the clinician through every stage of therapeutic treatment from client selection to the administration of EMDR & its integration within a comprehensive treatment plan. ...