The action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal. In a nearby field camps a recently arrived detachment of the Royal Engineers making the first Ordnance Survey. For the purposes of cartography the local Gaelic place names have to be recorded & rendered into English. In examining the effects of this operation on the lives of a small group Brian Friel skillfully reveals the far-reaching personal & cultural effects of an action which is at first sight purely administrative. ...

Written by Warren Ellis Art by Darick Robertson Jerome K. Moore Keith Aiken Ray Kryssing Dick Giordano Kim De Mulder & Rodney Ramos Cover by Darick Robertson DCs new editions of TRANSMETROPOLITAN begin here with this volume collecting issues 1-6 of the acclaimed Vertigo series from writer Warren Ellis & artist Darick Robertson! After years of selfimposed exile from a civilization rife with degradation & indecency cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job he hates & a city he loathes. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 23rd century surroundings. In this first volume Spider ventures into the dangerous Angels 8 district home of the Transients
- humans who have decided to become aliens through cosmetic surgery. But Spiders interview with the Transients leader gets him a scoop he didnt bargain for. & dont miss Spiders first confrontation with the President of the United States.. .in a mens room. Advance-solicited; on sale March 11
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Written by Warren Ellis Art by Darick Robertson & Rodney Ramos Cover by Darick Robertson In this second volume of TRANSMETROPOLITAN which now has been reconfigured to collect issues 7-12 renegade journalist Spider Jerusalem targets three of societys most worshipped & warped pillars: politics religion & television. When Spider tries to shed light on the atrocities of these institutions he finds himself fleeing a group of hit men/kidnappers in possession of his ex-wifes frozen head a distorted creature alleging to be his son & a vicious talking police dog. Advance-solicited; on sale May 20
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Episcopal bishop Timothy Archer is haunted by the suicides of his son & mistress & must cope with the implications of the discovery of a religious artefact. These events drive him into a quest for the identity of Christ. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer is Philip K. Dicks last completed novel & a learned moving investigation of the paradoxes of belief. ...

The heir to Martina Cole's crown with a story of murder the underworld violence & treachery. The Butlers are the kings of the East End. Vinny & Roy Butler are the apple of their mum's eye & although Queenie knows they can play dirty when it comes to family they look after business & make her proud. Nothing & no one can bring the Butler's down. But Vinny seems to have crossed the wrong person & his cards are marked. & with the brothers joined at the hip Roy may just be in the firing line too... One bloody night sets Vinny on the path of desperate vengeance but will the Butlers emerge stronger than ever or is the East End code of honour as good as dead? ...

After twelve years of secret training Atticus OSullivan is finally ready to bind his apprentice Granuaile to the earth & double the number of Druids in the world. But on the eve of the ritual the world that thought he was dead abruptly discovers that hes still alive & they would much rather he return to the grave. Having no other choice Atticus his trusted Irish wolfhound Oberon & Granuaile travel to the base of Mount Olympus where the Roman god Bacchus is anxious to take his sworn revenge
- but hell have to get in line behind an ancient vampire a band of dark elves & an old god of mischief who all seem to have KILL THE DRUID at the top of their to-do lists.
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A gritty gangland Romeo & Juliet story from bestselling author Jacqui Rose Trapped is perfect for fans of Jessie Keane & Martina Cole As teenagers Maggie Donaldson & Johnny Taylor fell hard & fast in love. But they didnt know they were from rival gangland families in Londons criminal underworld. Going public with their relationship would have brought them more trouble than they could handle so for years they concealed the truth. But their house of cards wont be safe for much longer. Maggies violent father Max has always been out for the Taylors blood & treats his own family with barely more sympathy. Theres a long-buried reason for the vendetta that no one talks about a secret so shocking it could tear each family
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- apart...A gritty story of bitter feuds & unbreakable bonds Trapped is the perfect read for fans of Mandasue Heller & Martina Cole.

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Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash sifting it sorting it breathing it sleeping next to it. Then one unlucky-lucky day Raphael's world turns upside down. A small leather bag falls into his hands. It's a bag of clues. It's a bag of hope. It's a bag that will change everything. Soon Raphael & his friends Gardo & Rat are running for their lives. Wanted by the police it takes all their quick-thinking & fast-talking to stay ahead. As the net tightens they uncover a dead man's mission to put right a terrible wrong. & now it's three street boys against the world... ...

9/11 the war in Iraq the London bombings now Afghanistan... Thousands died & in their aftermath many more became prisoners of their own devastated minds
- their only hope a small number of dedicated pioneers working to piece together the crumbled fragments of their lives. The Ancient Greeks called it trauma. & yet almost three thousand years later what was identified as shellshock during the First World War is still mistaken for cowardice or lack of moral fibre. Only since Vietnam have we begun to understand the symptoms & the causes of what is now known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Professor Gordon Turnbull recognized PTSD as a serious clinical condition from the start of his career as a psychiatrist in the RAF. It afflicts people hit by violent tragedy injury or shock & directly or indirectly it can affect us all. Andy Mc Nab & Johnson Beharry VC are just two of the hundreds who have benefited from Gordons care & counsel. He conducted unprecedented debriefings of British prisoners of war & British hostages released from the Lebanon including John Mc Carthy Jackie Mann & Terry Waite. Trauma" explores the stories behind the headlines & of those much closer to home. It describes how Gordon treated them how this treatment often flew in the face of accepted knowledge & how it was at times several steps ahead of current scientific discovery. Overwhelmed by anxiety flashbacks nightmares & a terrible feeling of isolation many sufferers think they will never again find the comfort of normality
- but in 80 per cent of cases Gordon Turnbull & his team have helped them rebuild their lives. How they achieve this lies at the heart of his fascinating & inspirational story."

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Now in paperback this bestselling classic presents seminal theory & research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Together the leading editors & contributors comprehensively examine how trauma affects an individuals biology conceptions of the world & psychological functioning. Key topics include why certain people cope successfully with traumatic experiences while others do not the neurobiological processes underlying PTSD symptomatology enduring questions surrounding traumatic memories & dissociation & the core components of effective interventions. A highly influential work that laid the foundation for many of the fields continuing advances this volume remains an immensely informative & thought-provoking clinical reference & text. A new preface to the paperback edition situates the book within the context of contemporary research developments. ...