A humane behind-the-scenes account of a week in the life of a psychiatrist at one of Canada’s leading mental health hospitals. How Can I Help? takes us to the frontlines of modern psychiatric care.How Can I Help? portrays a week in the life of Dr. David Goldbloom as he treats patients, communicates with families, and trains staff at CAMH, the largest psychiatric facility in Canada. This highly readable and touching behind-the-scenes account of his...

CONTENTS:ALGERNON BLACKWOODConfessionARTHUR B. REEVE2. The Beauty MaskARTHUR CONAN DOYLE3 to 14. The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH15. The Affair of Bleakirk-on-SandsARTHUR STANWOOD PIER16. The Best FriendARTHUR STRINGER17. The Adolescence of Number Eighty-Seven18. The Bell19. The Benevolence of Montana Bill20. The Button ThiefBARRY PAIN

In the darkest time of the Middle Ages, Gioncavallo, a blacksmith's son in medieval Italy is left alone to fend for himself after his parents died of a fever. No matter how hard he tries to avoid it, trouble always seem to find its way to him. Whether it is offended husbands, the city's lord, the church, or supernatural threats, Gioncavallo faces his problems head on, with inexhaustible willpower. But how long can a person live on the run, alone? And does he truly have bad luck, or is ther...

**“A story of love and youth and pain that will have you clutching at your heart. I want everyone to read it; I want to press it into people’s hands. Surely one of the best novels I’ve ever read.” —Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less and Less Is LostA LitHub and LGBTQ Reads Most Anticipated Book • An Observer Pride Month ReadSoon to be a major film adaptation by Luca Guadagnino, Separate Rooms is a masterpiece of Ital...

Poet, linguist, novelist, filmmaker, and journalist, Pasolini was one of the great post-Marxist homosexual artists of his time. As such, he encountered problems throughout his career as both a writer and a filmmaker. The expression of his own sexuality in his art consistently offended not only the Roman Catholic orthodoxy of post-war Italy, but also the Marxist establishment. His vision of Marxism offended Catholics, while his interest in Christian culture irritated Communists. [...] From ...

Over the past thirty years, a new systemic conception of life has emerged at the forefront of science. New emphasis has been given to complexity, networks, and patterns of organisation, leading to a novel kind of 'systemic' thinking. This volume integrates the ideas, models, and theories underlying the systems view of life into a single coherent framework. Taking a broad sweep through history and across scientific disciplines, the authors examine the appearance of key concepts such as auto...

I shouldn't have taken the night shift.Nic's list of regrets included much more than that, though. He regretted that his wife died before their daughter had grown. He regretted that he abandoned his daughter to his family to raise. He regretted fighting for two tours in a desert halfway across the world only to come back a broken man. And he regretted wallowing in the bottom of a bottle—or worse—for years before he finally tried to get back into his daughter's life and get...

The story centers around Hanit, a powerful and captivating enchantress who possesses remarkable magical abilities. Set in a mythical world filled with adventure and intrigue, Hanit's journey unfolds as she navigates the challenges of her enchanted life.As Hanit encounters various characters—both allies and adversaries—she becomes embroiled in a struggle for power and love. The narrative explores themes of magic, self-discovery, and the complexities of human emotions. Hanit's enchanting nat...

As the war progressed Hitler did not need obedient bureaucrats like Keitel, failures like Paulus and was paranoid about having military leaders who were loyal. The three field marshals in this book were amongst the best.Field Marshal Kesselring gained a reputation in Italy as an expert in defense, and his Allied code name was The Emperor. Kesselring was diplomatic, charming, known as Smiling Albert, but convicted as a war criminal which may not have happened had it not been for the...

In The Divine Mimesis, Pasolini reimagines Dante’s descent into Hell not as allegory but as lived, historical reality—urban, political, and deeply personal. Written in the final years of his life, this unfinished and fiercely experimental work leads us through the wreckage of modern Italy: housing projects, consumer culture, political betrayal, the spiritual void left in the wake of fascism and capitalism alike. The poet is no longer a pilgrim, but a witness—disillusioned, irreverent, obse...

Ten years have passed since the destruction at Portsmouth. Sampton lies in ruin, Portsmouth was lost to the raiders, and the Kingdom of Laundun's borders lessen with each passing year. Famine, raiding, cannibals, and corruption seep into every corner of the Kingdom, yet through it all, the people try to survive and even thrive in a world that had long since moved on from Technology.Max Ferguson (formerly Maxwell York) has also moved on since then. His daughter, Lily Ferguson, had g...

Since the destruction of the Arms Facility, Max and Lily had been on the run from the Flames of Technology for roughly a year.Hiding out in the forests outside of Laundun, beneath the eyes of the kingdom and even beyond the reach of the Flames of Technology, and having gathered Roland, all three of them have to decide on where to go from there. The decision? To take what they have to the Overking and see if he and the nobles can help.Spurned by nobility before and turned aw...