Andrew James: 249 books

Ian Kenniger began to wonder why he had ever trusted his wife Clare, or his business associate James, or Sakun and her partners, yet no matter how he looked at those situations he would return to the same conclusion, it was because he had wanted to trust them, whether there was any reason to do so...

Advocating doll therapy as an intervention for people with dementia, this book combines theory and evidence to show its many benefits and present guidelines for best-practice. Despite being widely and internationally used, doll therapy is a controversial and often misunderstood intervention....

Although cultural diplomacy has become an increasingly fashionable term embraced by academics, foreign-service personnel, and private sector commercial and cultural interests, the very practice of this idea remains conspicuously challenging to define. This book takes on this problem, advancing a new...

Festival of Lights is a romance between Lakshmi, a young dalit of the untouchable caste, and Deepak, a high caste young man, which takes place over the five day Hindu Festival known as Tihar or the festival of lights. By engaging in such a frowned-upon relationship not only are they risking their...

The innovative Newcastle Challenging Behaviour Model for dementia care has recently been updated, leading to new advances in the field. This revised second edition guide to assessment and treatment of behaviours that challenge associated with dementia includes these latest developments along with...

*Highly Commended in the Health and Social Care category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards* Behaviours that challenge can significantly interfere with the quality of life of a person with dementia, as well as that of those who live with and care for them. Yet there is a great...

A boat load of Cambodian refugees beaching upon a Thailand shore brings Anousak, formerly of the Khmer Rouge, to sanctuary after years of civil war and personal misery. Thinking back to his youth in Laos he reflects on his childhood with his friends Siva, who was like a brother to him; and Mekra,...

In Monsoon Love, Suresh having recently been transferred to Pokhara must choose between falling in love with a woman whose face is always hidden behind an umbrella, and the attractive Anu with her belly-aching love-sick buffalo. Khadka and his friends embark on a wild coming of age adventure in the...

Somewhere along the frontlines of northern France, during the later years of the Great War, Chris Lambert and his friend Deepak, struggle day by day to survive while trying to keep their sanity. Chris' only desire is to return home to the Irish village where he grew-up. He knows that a mundane life...

Shakespeare Closely Read is a collection of essays by Shakespearean scholars, all of which were originally papers presented at the 2008 International Shakespeare Conference at Stratford-upon-Avon. Each contains a close reading of Shakespearean or other Elizabethan dramatic texts in an effort to open...

The new and previously published poems in this volume express the defiant forces of a blood-filled 'Life' against the black backdrop of an arid, brutal, and overarching mortality.

Early Modern Drama in Performance is a collection of essays in honor of Lois Potter, the distinguished author of five monographs, including most recently The Life of William Shakespeare (2012), and numerous articles, edited collections, and editions. This collection’s emphasis on Shakespearean and...

Tenzin Gyatso a non-conventional Buddhist monk, who has created a martial arts known as Snow Crane, is asked to act as a guide and protector for the young Pema and his two older companions, Kharma and Nomkai, who claim they are on a pilgrimage across the barren Tibetan Plateau to Muktinath in northern...

This book provides a detailed review of state of the art knowledge on critical care topics as well as the latest research findings. It covers the core aspects in excellent detail, but is not so comprehensive as to make its daily use unfeasible. For each condition considered, discussion of the pathophysiology...