This book is intended to provide a detailed account of the technical aspects of present day arterial surgery. It is hoped that the book will be more than just a manual of operative procedures and that it will provide the reader with an overall strategic plan when faced with a vascular problem. Emphasis has been placed throughout on careful preoperative assessment particularly at the sites of arterial involvement so that the most appropriate reconstruction technique can be selected. Meticul...

This book on ministerial formation and supervision provides an accessible and thorough resource. It explores the nature of ministry and formation for 21st Century church and public life. It argues for the importance of supervision in the learning contexts of placement, parish and pastorate and presents an exciting model of supervision as reflective practice that draws on existing literature from different disciplines, including other helping professions, literature and practical theology a...

Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology is a comprehensive instructional guide designed to introduce students and enthusiasts to the fundamental principles and hands-on methods of meteorological observation and analysis. Authored by Robert DeCourcy Ward and published in the early 20th century, this book serves as both a textbook and a laboratory manual, providing a structured series of exercises that cover the essential elements of weather science. The book is organized into a sequen...

A book of daily readings drawn from the writings of those who have lived the monastic life in all the major spiritual traditions of the Eastern and Western Churches: Benedictine, Franciscan, Orthodox, Carmelite, and others. For each month there is a specific theme: Starting Out, Seeking Guidance, Living With Others, Balancing Life and so on, through the year. Each theme is introduced by quotations from one of the great monastic Rules, and for each day of the year there is an excerpt from t...

Marta Banks is a girl with an identity. She is a Tube Rider, a girl who risks death every day in the abandoned underground stations of London.It doesn’t matter that her parents are dead. It doesn’t matter that her beloved brother has disappeared. It doesn’t matter that in the dystopian chaos of London in 2075, in the shadow of the towering perimeter walls, she has no future.She has her friends.Together, the Tube Riders are a family, united against the brutality of t...

On a night when traditions are celebrated, a little magic will help love to blossom.Mei and Kane have known each other since the start of school, but efforts to get to know each other haven’t gone well for either. Kane didn’t plan on causing a fire in the science lab, and Mei didn’t expect to knock over the new library display.When both end up at the same stall at the August Moon Festival, the mutual attraction isn’t missed by a certain old lady. She gifts ...

I'm glad I found you this Christmas - an uplifting sweet romance set against the magical backdrop of Christmas.Maggie Coates is frustrated. Her longterm boyfriend, Dirk, recently moved to London to take a job she fears puts him out of her league. Despite the assurances of her best friend Renee, Maggie is convinced Dirk is slowly drifting away. All Maggie wants is to get married and settle down, but maybe Dirk has other ideas.Convinced by Renee to make one last throw of the ...

Unlucky-in-love and long-term loner Lucy Drake can find no excuse not to join her parents on a Christmas trip to the Cornish coastal town of Tintagel, not when her father's company is sponsoring the inaugural Christmas Extravaganza.Hoping to hide an embarrassing secret and generally keep out of sight, Lucy finds herself attracted to local surfing dentist, Dan. But when his ex-girlfriend and social media starlet Elizabeth Trevellian shows up to expose all of Lucy's insecurities, Luc...

A nav anomaly on RAN Mendocino’s journey home turns into the greatest archaeological find of the modern age. Or their worst nightmare cast in steel and anger.Worse, the ancient warship awakens and invites them aboard.Can Yan Bedrov outwit one of the ancient Skymasters that nearly destroyed the galaxy?Part of the Alexandria Station universe, this haunting tale follows St. Legier (The Jessica Keller Chronicles, volume 7) and takes you places you neve...

Reynar the Woodsman lost everything when the Mists arrived.The plague killed his wife, two-thirds of the population, and trapped Reynar in his dead-end village. Those who didn’t succumb to the illness were marked with cryptic black tattoos called Pitch, thrusting them into a world permanently changed by the addition of levels, skills, and monsters.The easily flustered Glen is a butcher but has no business holding a sword. Back at home, John’s horde of sibli...

Autumn in Sycamore Park - The first in a new romantic comedy series from CP Ward, author of Christmas at Marshmallow Café and Summer at Blue Sands Cove.Having fled a relationship and a previous life she would rather forget, young teacher Jennifer Stevens throws herself into a demanding new job at Brentwell Primary. Charged with marshalling a group of unruly eight-year-olds to the autumn harvest festival, her only solace is the peace of ne...

Some treasures are best left buried. Others come with a price too deadly to pay.Beneath the turquoise waves of the Caribbean, a legendary treasure has lain hidden for centuries: the Queen's Tiara, whispered to be cursed by sorrow, betrayal, and death by drowning. Many have sought its riches—and vanished without a trace.Now, underwater photographer Fin Fleming has discovered the lost coordinates in a forgotten ship's log. Determined to unveil history's secrets, she assembles a...