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. ...

It's September 1945 & Billy Hopkins is off to London to train as a teacher with only ten bob in his pocket. Despite his dad's gloomy warnings that he'll pick up bad ways from the toffs down South Billy survives two years in the Big City & returns to take up his first teaching job in Manchester
- on GBP300 a year! The catch is his first class Senior Four who bitterly resent the raising of the school leaving age & are all set to take it out on their teacher
- luckily the kid from Collyhurst has some tricks up his sleeve. & then Billy meets the beautiful Laura. But is she as his dad says 'too good for the likes of us'?

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Imagine a land where all the animals are free... To the creatures of the woodland the land of Animalia sounds like a dream
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In this thrilling climax of The Chronicles of Prydain " Death Lord Arawn has stolen the black sword Drynwyn the most powerful weapon in the kingdom. At the request of Prince Gwydion Taran rallies friends both old & new to raise an army to march against Arawns terrible warriors. Together they must battle through a frozen wasteland to Mount Dragon where a deadly confrontation awaits & Tarans true destiny will at last be fulfilled." ...

With the ghostly help of the First Rider Karigan G'ladheon had transported the corrupt spirit of Mornhavon the Black into the future buying valuable time for her king & country. But how far in the future is Mornhavon now? A hundred years? Ten years? Only one year? There's no way to tell. So though the immediate threat has passed Mornhavon's shadow still lies heavily on the land & on their minds.. .although there are threats closer to home as well. The D' Yer Wall protecting Sacoridia from the dark corrupted Blackveil forest remains breached despite Karigan & her fellow Riders best efforts. They've scoured the land searching for lost documents & magical clues to help mend the breach fend off any incursions from Blackveil Forest & more pressingly protect them from Mornhavon's return. Nor is the breach in the wall the only danger. Mornhavon may have gone but the descendants of his people remain & they're ready to claim the land that their forefathers failed to conquer. These vengeful enemies hidden within the peaceful borders of Sacoridia have spent generations honing their dark magic ready to strike
- & ensuring that their blow when it comes will be one that Karigan & the Sacordians have no defence against.. .
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In the city of Imardin where those who wield magic wield power a young street-girl adopted by the Magician's Guild finds herself at the centre of a terrible plot that may destroy the entire world.. . Sonea has learned much at the magicians' guild & the other novices now treat her with a grudging respect. But she cannot forget what she witnessed in the High Lord's underground room
- or his warning that the realm's ancient enemy is growing in power once more. As Sonea learns more she begins to doubt her guildmaster's word. Could the truth really be as terrifying as Akkarin claims or is he trying to trick her into assisting in some unspeakably dark scheme?
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