Peter Armstrong: 19 books
by Peter Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
The Red-Funnelled Boat charts a course through richly varied territory, from theological obsession to the paranoid fantasies of the armchair footballer, the vernacular hell of mental illness and the author’s lyrical yearning for the elsewheres of the Hebrides and the cinematic Midwest. These precisely...
by Peter Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Professor Harold Fenwick has just finished his most important project - the economically viable production of a fuel cell, which will solve the world's energy problems. As a dedicated eco-champion he wants to give his findings to the world for free, but his wife tries to cash in on his invention.Unfortunately...
Bannockburn 1314
Robert Bruce’s great victory
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Bannockburn was the climax of the career of King Robert the Bruce. In 1307 King Edward I of England, 'The Hammer of the Scots' and nemesis of William Wallace, died and his son, Edward II, was not from the same mould. Idle and apathetic, he allowed the Scots the chance to recover from the grievous...
Stirling Bridge and Falkirk 1297–98
William Wallace’s rebellion
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
The death of the last of the Scottish royal house of Canmore in 1290 triggered a succession crisis. Attempts to undermine Scottish independence by King Edward I of England sparked open rebellion culminating in an English defeat at the hands of William Wallace at Stirling Bridge in 1297. Edward gathered...
Otterburn 1388
Bloody border conflict
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
In his Chronicles, Froissart describes Otterburn as 'the best fought and the most severe' battle of his time. Fought at Redesdale in Northumberland in August 1388, the battle originated from the ongoing war between the Scots and the English following Robert Bruce's victory over the English at Bannockburn...
by Andrea G. Rockall, Andrew Hatrick, Peter Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Diagnostic Imaging will help medical students, junior doctors, residents and trainee radiologists understand the principles behind interpreting all forms of imaging. Providing a balanced account of all the imaging modalities available – including plain film, ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic...
by Dr. Stephen Barton, Peter Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
This book introduces an approach to CBT for depression that integrates cognitive-behavioural models, evidence and therapies. Rooted in evidence-based practice and practically focused, it draws on components of first, second and third-wave CBT to help readers tailor therapy to the needs of individual...
by Kelley Armstrong, Stewart O'Nan, Peter Straub
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Kelley Armstrong, Stewart O’Nan, Taylor Grant, Jonathan Moore, Peter Straub, and Lee Thomas weave six hair-raising yarns proving that appearances can be deceiving—and deadly—in this horror anthology assembled by Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar.
INVITATION TO THE GAME by Kelley...
Imaginarium 4
The Best Canadian Speculative Writing
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Imaginarium 4: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing is a reprint anthology collecting speculative short fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, etc.) that represents the best work published by Canadian writers in the 2014 calendar year.
Featuring Kelley...
Islands at the Crossroads
Migration, Seafaring, and Interaction in the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2011
A long sequence of social, cultural, and political processes characterizes an ever-dynamic Caribbean history. The Caribbean Basin is home to numerous linguistic and cultural traditions and fluid interactions that often map imperfectly onto former colonial and national traditions. Although much of...
Imaginarium 2012
The Best Canadian Speculative Writing
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Orphan children destroy their nasty superintendent and create a clockwork replacement; a professor publishes a list of known vampires, but doesn’t get it quite right; a military drone achieves sentience—and an unfortunate conscience; self-replicating humanoid robots fall in love with humans; an...
Opening Gambits
The First Session of Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000
The first session of psychotherapy is critical in determining the course of successful treatment because the possibility of engaging a patient is at its height during the initial contact. This book offers guidelines to enhance the clinician's ability to conduct an effective first session.
The...
Shaping Shakespeare for Performance
The Bear Stage
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Shaping Shakespeare for Performance: The Bear Stage collects significant work from the 2013 Blackfriars Conference. The conference, sponsored by the American Shakespeare Center, brings together scholars, actors, directors, dramaturges, and students to share important new work on the staging practices...
Evidence-Based Reward Management
Creating Measurable Business Impact from Your Pay and Reward Practices
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2010
Evidence-Based Reward Management presents an analysis of the current failure of organisations to assess the effectiveness of pay and reward practices. It considers the reasons for this and outlines the damaging consequences of it. By examining recent developments in human capital information and measurement...
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