Gill: 949 books

From reviews of the previous edition: "This is an excellent resource, presented in a simple and easy to understand style and should be placed on the reading lists for all first year nursing students." Journal of Perioperative Practice, April 2017 "This book should be high on the list...

Faith has thrown herself into her work as a doctor after the death of her fiancee. Chris is trying to provide a new start and a stable home for his small daughter, Molly, after his separation from his wife.  When Molly hides in Faith's shed, she brings these two damaged adults together. But neither wants a new relationship. Or so they think...

Fleeing a broken relationship and her ex-fiancé's wedding to someone else, Freya Storm has convinced herself that she is absolutely fine holed up on an isolated country estate, working hard to produce a historical guide. Things seem to be going well, until a tall and handsome jogger appears one day...

Midwife Maria Wyatt loved her new job and enjoyed working with her new boss, Dr Tom Ramsey. The two quickly became friends. Maria wondered if it was possible that they might become more than friends, but there was a problem. Some little time ago Tom's wife had died. He had loved her and reacted to...

In March 1917, the first women to be enrolled into the British Army joined the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). The women substituted men in roles that the Army considered suitable, thereby freeing men to move up the line. The WAACs served, for example, as cooks, drivers, signallers,...

Set in Malaysia, this book encompasses language and cultural policy challenges that many other multi-ethnic nations currently have to address. The people of Malaysia constitute a diverse ethnic, linguistic and cultural population and one of the continuing challenges is the development and establishment...

At the beginning of his diary, on 1st January 1660, Samuel Pepys noted that ‘Lawson lies still in the River’. A mere two weeks before, amid rioting in the streets of London and with Parliament under the control of the army, Vice‑Admiral John Lawson had taken a fleet of twenty-two warships into...

Three knights and a squire quest through the Vanishing Mists for the hand of fair lady Elena the Fey. Each suitor epitomizes a courtly virtue, but which will win the maid’s hand? The complete first poem from the six-poem saga, 'The Legends of Light'. For adults and young adults. Crafted...

The first book to bring together both leadership and change theories, concepts, and processes, Leading Change in Multiple Contextsuses a consistent framework and the latest research to help readers understand and apply the concepts and practices of leading change. Key Features Brings...

This book studies the way in which the top leadership in the Soviet Union changed over time from 1917 until the collapse of the country in 1991. Its principal focus is the tension between individual leadership and collective rule, and it charts how this played out over the life of the regime. The...

Calculating compassion examines the origins of British relief work in late-nineteenth-century wars on the continent and the fringes of Empire. The author draws on new archival research to reveal the preoccupations of nineteenth-century relief workers, and the legacies for relief work today.

English teachers are always keen to explore new ways of motivating their pupils to engage with reading, both for learning and for pleasure. Literacy Activities for Classic and Contemporary Texts 7-14 is a practical, friendly book which uses the ‘whoosh’ to cover some of our best known classic...

Thirty simple activities designed to inform and give practice in discussing cultural topics with classes up to intermediate level. The activities are quick and easy to prepare and require few, or no, additional resources. An introduction provides guidance for teachers unfamiliar with the communicative approach.

The Dublin Horse Show is one of the city's proudest traditions -- a grand institution tarnished this year by the murder of elderly Margaret Caughey. Chief Inspector Peter McGarr is puzzled by the strange death of a seemingly harmless old woman whose apartment contains not a trace of her past life...