The Hiding Place is Corrie ten Boom's personal story of faith, courage, forgiveness, and love for the persecuted Jewish community during the World War II Nazi invasion and occupation of Holland.Part of an underground resistance movement, Corrie and her family risked their lives to hide Jewish friends within a secret wall space of the Beje, their beloved clock shop and home in Haarlem, Netherlands. Led by the convictions of her Christian f...

The Picts have fascinated for centuries. They emerged c. ad 300 to defy the might of the Roman empire only to disappear at the end of the first millennium ad, yet they left major legacies. They laid the foundations for the medieval Scottish kingdom and their captivating carved stones are some of the most eye-catching yet enigmatic monuments in Europe. Until recently the Picts have been difficult to trace due to limited archaeological investigation and documentary sources, but innovative ne...

This lavishly illustrated book celebrates the life of Doris and Anna Zinkeisen, charting the rise of the sisters from a childhood in Scotland, to their emergence as amongst the most eminent artists of their day in London, to a quieter yet still highly productive life during their twilight years in rural Suffolk. It also marks the recent purchase by the Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service of a glamorous Zinkeisen portrait to add to the Ipswich Borough collections.During the golden age fr...

Simple and concise, The Teacher's Introduction to Attachment offers an easy way to understand children with attachment issues and how they can be supported.Author Nicola Marshall combines her expertise as an adoptive parent and schools trainer to describe in plain English what attachment is, how children develop attachment problems and how these problems affect a child's social, emotional and neurological development. She addresses some of the difficulties in identifying attachment...

This book is a wonderful collection of positivism and mysticism where the quest for prosperity and happiness is explained in terms that are easier to understand without shocking anyone. The author being aware of the different religious beliefs which clash; he arranged things well so that everyone's spiritual convictions were taken into account, in order to avoid possible hostilities. The Magic of Success (or Fight the Loser In You) is a book of life; the principles therein do not correspon...

Through the history of each great success we find a great team. For most of us, being successful only involves personal effort that ends up paying off with a positive outcome. In reality, it is quite different, the larger a project, the more it requires the talents that a person alone could not have. This book explains how to make room for others in the process of our success. These people who intervene in our lives and our businesses are in search of valuation. The role of a leader is to ...

Mental health practitioners often think about the person seeking help as the first priority; and the context in which they live may become a secondary consideration. However, there is now good evidence that working with families can be very helpful, both for family members and for the person experiencing mental health issues. For instance, offering family intervention for people with psychosis can in some cases reduce the relapse rate. Working with the whole family can also help reduce the...

Cardiothoracic surgery is constantly evolving in many aspects and there are many text books exist to fulfil the gap of new evidences. Most of these books are written for surgeons, anaesthetist and there is a significant deficit in many important areas which are explored in this book. It is aimed for all perioperative practitioners such as surgical care practitioners, surgical cardiothoracic trainees, anaesthetic trainees, anaesthetic practitioners, recovery practitioners, ward advanced nur...

Portable Prose: The Novel and the Everyday examines the novel as a privileged site for representing the everyday, as well as a physical object that occupies public and private space. This collection interrogates the relationships between these differing aspects of the novel’s existence, negotiating the boundaries between the material world, subjective experience, and strategies of representation.This collection offers a wide array of innovative novelistic explorations—with a focus ...

This is the first study of the shape and diversity of the literary career in the 20th and 21st centuries. Bringing together essays on a wide range of authors from Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, the book investigates how literary careers are made and unmade, and how norms of authorship are shifting in the digital era.

Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music. He treats artists, intellectuals, critics, and social scientists 'as if they were all members of a loosely constituted and quarrelsome political party' - a party which includes such memb...

Don't panic! Combat your worries and minimize anxiety with CBT!Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a hugely popular self-help technique, which teaches you to break free from destructive or negative behaviors and make positive changes to both your thoughts and your actions. This practical guide to managing anxiety with CBT will help you understand your anxiety, identify solutions to your problems, and maintain your gains and avoid relapse.Managing Anx...