In Forensic Fables, one of Canada's best-known experts on forensic risk management, Christopher D. Webster, combines his knowledge of how mental illness can lead to crime and violence with his lifelong love of literature. Each of the 20 chapters reviews a story or novel from internationally acclaimed literature, explores the psychology of violence or crime in the story, and, where possible, offers a diagnosis of the perpetrator and other characters. Some chapters also weave in sim...

This expanded and updated new edition reflects the growing importance of the structured professional judgement approach to violence risk assessment and management. It offers comprehensive guidance on decision-making in cases where future violence is a potential issue.Includes discussion of interventions based on newly developed instrumentsCovers policy standards developed since the publication of the first editionInterdisciplinary perspective facilitates c...

After decades of neglect, researchers have begun to focus attention on the development and outcomes of girlhood aggression. This comprehensive volume provides an account of some of the pioneering research in the field. Its central aims are to highlight current understanding, identify key components for preventing and treating the complex array of problems experienced by aggressive girls, and raise new questions for future research.The perspectives presented by the authors highlight...

These stories of old Conisbrough begin with the legend of the Holy Well in pre-Roman times and go on to include England's founding father, Hengest fighting his last battle at Maes Belli (near Mexborough), the siege of Conisbrough Castle in 1317 and Robin Hood in Barnsdale Forest. Stories from more recent times include the author's reminiscences of Station Road School and Conisbrough Brickyard, and more recently still, of a blind date.

When Waldere escapes from Attila with Hildegyth, his bride-to-be, Attila sends 11 warriors after him. But Waldere, a master of Nordic martial arts, beats nine of them in single combat with the help of the legendary sword, Mimming. But can he, exhausted as he is, beat off the remaining two assailants?Waldere was admired by the Anglo-Saxons as the ultimate warrior, and the epic that bears his name stood on equal terms with the only surviving Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf, though...

"I'll do anything," she said, smiling seductively. "Anything," she emphasised the word, "if you will plead with Vortigern, and persuade him to come back to me."Bishop Germanus is sent to Britannia to fight heresy and heathenism. But powerful forces are ranged against him, the most irresistible being Hengest's daughter, Rowena, who tries to break his power by seducing him.

"Be wise, brothers. Bury the battle-axe. Instead, your revenge should be to build a better life."When a brutal Frisian raid destroys young Hengest's village and slaughters his kin, he swears a solemn oath: to avenge the blood spilled and make the Frisians pay. Hengest grows into a fierce warrior, carrying his hatred like a sword at his side. But vengeance breeds vengeance, and the blood feud he begins will not be easily ended. As war rages across the northern seas and loya...

Thruppence and Tim don't know what to expect when they ring the bell at the house with dusty windows. The Ministry of Ghosts has been given three months to prove the existence of ghosts! As it seems that children are particularly magnetic to ghosts, Thruppence and Tim are added to their ghost-catching team. And although neither of them are scared by talk of ghosts or monsters, they could never have imagined what happens next…

Strato Nyman couldn’t be more of an odd-one-out. He’s the only black kid in Hedgecombe-upon-Dray, he knows more about particle physics than his teacher, and he’s constantly picked on by the school bully. One day, Strato picks up a dusty book in a mysterious bookshop and learns how to become invisible. He discovers that people aren’t always what they seem…and realizes standing out isn’t so bad after all.

‘In sixteen hundred and sixty-six, London burned like rotten sticks.’Left alone and homeless by the Great Plague, Sam struggled to survive. He was lucky to get a job working for the Giraud family. But Andre, the son of his boss, doesn't make life easy. Then a fire breaks out on Pudding Lane. Before anyone fully realises what's happening, London's burning... and this fire can't be put out. Now it's time for Sam to prove what he's really worth. If he can get out alive...

A fantasy adventure about saving the universe one world at a time from Diana Wynne Jones. The companion novel to the bestselling The Merlin Conspiracy.Magids look after all worlds, steer them towards magic, and keep history happening. But Rupert Venables’ mentor has just died, and as the junior magid on earth he has to find a replacement while also trying to find the lost heir of a collapsing empire, worlds away. Rupert interweaves the fate lines to get all the candidates together ...

This book explores ideas, attitudes, and behaviors that keep us trapped and in bondage to ourselves. It brings an understanding of individual patterns that keep us from being the best possible version of ourselves. We invite you to walk down the dark halls of your mind to find out who you really are. To cause this profound transformation of your being, requires in-depth exploration, keen self-observation, and finally, integration of every aspect of yourself. You only need to be willing to ...