As the Nazi madness swept across Europe a quiet watchmaker's family in Holland risked everything for the sake of others & for the love of Christ. Despite the danger & threat of discovery the ten Boom family courageously offered shelter to persecuted Jews during the Nazi occupation of Holl&. Then a trap brought about the family's arrest. Could God's love shine through even in Ravensbruck? ...

A beautiful collection
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Learn to decipher the language of the pharaohs & solve the riddle of the pyramids with The Hieroglyphs Handbook". This is hieroglyphics for beginners; an opportunity for the child on the street to walk into a museum & using their handbook translate an Ancient Egyptian inscription from scratch. A visit to the museum will never be the same again & a trip to Egypt will become evenmore of an adventure. The book is divided into three sections: a background history giving the historical context; a practical section explaining how the language works & is written; & a glossary/phrasebook containing the alphabet & all the essential words & phrases." ...

The hunt for the Higgs particle has involved the biggest most expensive experiment ever. So exactly what is this particle? Why does it matter so much? What does it tell us about the Universe? Has the discovery announced on 4 July 2012 finished the search? & was finding it really worth all the effort? The short answer is yes. The Higgs field is proposed as the way in which particles gain mass
- a fundamental property of matter. Its the strongest indicator yet that the Standard Model of physics really does reflect the basic building blocks of our Universe. Little wonder the hunt & discovery of this new particle has produced such intense media interest. Here Jim Baggott explains the science behind the discovery looking at how the concept of a Higgs field was invented how the vast experiment was carried out & its implications on our understanding of all mass in the Universe. The book was written over the eighteen months of the CERN Large Hadron Collider experiment with its final chapter rounded off on the day of the announcement that a particle consistent with the standard model Higgs boson has been discovered.
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Allowing us to travel mid-air through London High Above London" leads us to a thoroughly new appreciation of a city that has always been foremost in peoples imagination. These splendid aerial photographs reveal a complex city of contrasts. An urban cluster without regular order the city is actually a collection of villages that grew up around Roman Londinium & today each has its own history character architecture & even rhythm
- & all are illustrated in the beautiful photographs. The sky offers a perfect vantage point to view & understand this city of contrasts with its cultural diversity & multi cultural nature."
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This collection of Joe R Lansdale stories represents the best of the Lansdale genre -- a strange mixture of dark crime even darker humour & adventure tales. The stories are varied in setting & theme but they are all pure Lansdale -- eerie amusing & occasionally horrific. In The Pit modern gladiators square off against one another using Roman methods. An alternate-history tale called Trains Not Taken shows Buffalo Bill as an ambassador & Wild Bill Hickok as a clerk. Lansdales love of large lizards & humour are evident in the stories Godzillas Twelve Step Program & Bob the Dinosaur Goes to Disneyland. ...

Level 2 (highly dependent) patients are nursed in a variety of clinical areas. High Dependency Nursing Care has been written for pre qualified & post qualified students undertaking modules & placements to prepare them for nursing the acutely ill & nurses caring for these patients. Written by a team of nurses experienced in providing supporting & developing high dependency care it discusses practical issues & explores the current evidence base for clinical practice. This essential textbook covers the context of care with chapters on fundamental aspects such as sleep nutrition pain management & stress. It goes on to look at the main causes of critical illness & the treatments often given as well as the skills necessary for monitoring patients. Completely updated throughout this second edition also

Includes:: new chapters on infection control heart failure tissue removal & transferring the sicker patient. High Dependency Nursing Care is: Comprehensive: it covers all the key areas of knowledge needed User-friendly: it

Includes:: learning outcomes introductions time out exercises implications for practice useful websites & up-to-date references Clearly written: by a team of experienced nurses Practically based: clinical scenarios provide stimulating discussion & revision topics



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WHEN YOU LIVE THE DREAM YOU LIVE THE CONSEQUENCES... Cool blonde Carter Graham is a successful lawyer who believes she is well on the way to reaching all the goals listed in her glamorous life plan: first-class job a stylish flat in London & marriage to the man of her dreams Kim Betz. But Carter forgot that sometimes the best laid dreams turn into nightmares. Kim's ex-wife Sophie starts to stalk her & Kim turns from being the self-contained controlled husband into a man who lies not only about his past but about his present. Carter finds herself drawn into an expanding web of deceit corruption & evil which eventually threatens not only her sanity but her life. What is it that Sophie is trying so hard to tell her? Who is the sinister Mrs Mayfield who has such an influence on Kim? & what is the significance of the other new man in Carter's life her secretary Eric Tucker? Carter seeks help from the healers of St. Benets the enigmatic Nicholas Darrow the eccentric Lewis Hall & kind thoughtful Alice but even they cannot save her from a searing ordeal as she struggles to uncover the truth about the tormented man she has married. ...

The High Heeled Guide to Spiritual Living is a fiery account of one womans mission to bring the deeply soulful into mundane everyday life. Having experienced all kinds of eventful living in her spiritual skin Alice Grist presents her empowering secrets of daily spiritual living for the modern woman (and man). Through the brutally honest lens of her own often humorous experience Alice guides the reader through many aspects of spirituality. Her written style is like having coffee with your long lost best friend. The High Heeled Guide to Spiritual Living demonstrates how in a world overrun by rampant egos consumerism & celebrity you can revamp your life your soul with feisty feminine panache. If the High Heeled Guide to Enlightenment showed you your spiritual options then her big sister The High Heeled Guide to Spiritual Living intimately reveals how to manifest these mysteries into your reality. The High Heeled Guide to Spiritual Living is the definitive guide for anyone who desires a truly spiritual life. ...

Featuring a vivid selection of contemporary fashion photography this volume is a visual odyssey through ideas of beauty danger & seduction. Its exciting exploration of the confluence of art fashion & fetish in the cult of high heels swooping down fashion show runways & city streets everywhere is an enticing mixture whimsy allure & luxury. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in fashion or contemporary photography. ...