Alfie Tucker’s struggles to keep the Gilded Lexicon safe continue as, in an astonishing twist, threats rain down on the artefact for a third time. A Christmas Day shock jerks the young teen from family celebrations, pitching him against two warring factions in a desperate race against time. Could there be more to Alfie’s nail-biting adventures than he realises? The Witch’s Blood is only part of the story. Read on...

The health care system in Britain at the beginning of the twenty-first century is being subjected to radical rethinking. Health Policy examines how the NHS has developed to the point it has reached today as well as placing it in the wider context of the kinds of health care which are available to people in Britain. It looks at key issues which have arisen in the provision of health care such as rationing, the operation of interest groups, relationships between the public, voluntary and pri...

In telling the history of women in medicine, the pioneers (especially the turbulent ones) are rightly remembered and celebrated in books, articles, memorials, awards, names of buildings, and organizations – even in stone statues and memorials. In contrast, the generation who began the transition from minority status to the current numerical equity are seldom memorialized, yet without the efforts of these few determined women in what was unambiguously a male profession, the achievements of ...

This book is a practical guide to the appointment, promotion, and tenure (APT) process for clinical faculty members of medical schools. It provides insights and recommendations on career planning and academic promotion for clinical faculty members. It also addresses much of the “mythology” surrounding the APT process and demonstrates how academic promotion should be approached as a career-building process rather than a daunting high-risk event. Topics discussed in the first edition include...

When the soldier comes home, they forget their promise of good-bye.When Clarissa Dean and Matthew Carson said good-bye, it shattered Clarissa's heart. She has spent the past decade avoiding her first and only love during his visits home from the Army, but when Clarissa's best friend -- Matt's twin sister -- gets married, Clarissa can no longer avoid the man or protect her heart. The years apart are forgotten as quickly as their good-bye when they fall into each other's arms again. ...

They'll run 26.2 miles for just one kiss.Amber James has a plan: win the marathon, kiss the man of her dreams, live happily ever after. With only weeks to go until the marathon that will kick start her love life, she finds herself falling not for the man who topped her list, but for the man she hired to train her to win the marathon. Clint Avery is so far out of her league, she knows he'd never give an average girl like Amber a second thought, but then he kisses her and all her pla...

Health Care Systems in Liberal Democracies looks at the way in which health care is organized and delivered in: * Australia * Italy * the Netherlands * Sweden * the UK * the US It also examines the continuing quest for solutions to some of the seemingly intractable problems on the health care agenda. The organisation of health care in each country is analyzed within a common framework.

For readers drawn to true outdoor adventure and reflective nature writing, Adventures in Nature reveals time in nature as a restorative counterbalance to stress, digital saturation, and the overstimulation of modern life.Adventures in Nature is narrative nonfiction that blends true outdoor adventure, nature-based experiences, and research-informed insight. Written for outdoor enthusiasts, adventure readers, and an...

Awaken in Nature is an uplifting book for personal growth that combines inspirational reflections, daily affirmations, and images of more than 60 original paintings inspired by nature's beauty and restorative presence. Written for readers drawn to self-discovery, conscious living, and a fresh perspective, it explores how nature can awaken greater self-awareness, spiritual insight, gratitude, and purpose while opening a path toward the true self.Through nature-centered them...

From best-selling historical romance author Sian Ann Bessey comes romance and suspense in the heart of eighteenth-century London—a story of redemption and forbidden love.London, 1776It’s been twelve years since Hannah Dennington looked into the gray eyes of Samuel Ross, their depths as bleak as sadness itself. That childhood memory—the day she accused him of hiding a stolen pocket watch and sent him to appear before Sir John Fielding, the renowned ...

In the vibrant streets of Seville, love ignites a whirlwind of comical chaos. Count Almaviva is smitten with the beautiful Rosina, but a jealous guardian keeps her locked away. Enter Figaro, the cunning barber, a master of disguise and quick wit. With a wink and a razor, Figaro vows to help the Count woo Rosina, outsmart the grumpy guardian, and orchestrate a hilarious scheme that will secure their happily ever after. But will their plan survive jealous rage, mistaken identities, and a who...

Traditional histories of the American transcendentalist movement begin in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s terms: describing a rejection of college books and church pulpits in favor of the individual power of “Man Thinking.” This essay collection asks how women who lacked the privileges of both college and clergy rose to thought. For them, reading alone and conversing together were the primary means of growth, necessarily in private and informal spaces both overlapping with those of the men and apart...