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An expertly annotated edition of Joe Penhall's compelling drama: a dark, exhilarating tale of race, madness and power in the midst of a struggling National Health Service.
This work is a vital set of insights and guidelines that will contribute to more aware and meaningful practice for mental health professionals. Focusing equally on theoretical concepts, culturally valid assessment methods, and cultural adaptation in trauma and resilience, an array of experts present the cutting edge of research and strategies. Extended case studies illustrate an informative range of symptom profiles, comorbid conditions, and coping skills, as well as secondary traumas that can occur in asylum seekers.
Cecily Harrington's fiance is in the Sudan when she wins a sweepstake prize and decides to postpone her wedding and spend the money on a European trip. She meets, falls in love with, and marries a stranger-- a homicidal maniac who sweeps her off to his cottage with plans to murder her as he's murdered several women before her. When Cecily gets wind of her new husband's plans, she finds she is trapped with no way to escape.
The renowned British primatologist continues the “engrossing account” of her time among the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania (Publishers Weekly). In her classic, In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall wrote of her first ten years at Gombe. In Through a Window she continues the story, painting a more complete and vivid portrait of our closest relatives. On the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Gombe is a community where the principal residents are chimpanzees. Through Goodall’s eyes we watch young Figan’s relentless rise to power and old Mike’s crushing defeat. We learn how one mother rears her children to succeed and another dooms hers to failure. We witness horrifying murders, touching moments...
COLUMNS FROM "THE LAKOTA OF DAILY LIFE ON THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION.
Warhol: Bullet Karma looks at Warhol's early life and his obsessive determination to "become famous". Warhol is obsessively self conscious, so much so that he finds it impossible to have meaningful physical sexual intimacy. His father left him a contribution toward his education to go to college. This Warhol excelled at and was recognised by his tutor to be "the most gifted and talented student I've ever seen.." We see Andy moving to New York and gets his dream job as a commercial artist. The factory explodes into life with ideas, concepts, wild parties, and the shooting by Valerie Solanas that shook the pop art world. Roost really brings these characters to life "his Solanas bitter and spiteful, his Francis Bacon, hilariously pompous ", he unfolds the story, the lives and tragic losses of those who lived and died in the factory. A darkly witty take on the American icon of pop art. Take a trip back in time to The Factory, Warhol and other important figures, a lesson in pop culture history!"A tour de force!" - Brian Ritchie - Violent Femmes - MONA Tasmania 2019 "Astonishing written and performative skill." - Syke On Stage ***** - MONA 2019
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Vivid . . . engagingly lucid and disarmingly funny' GUARDIAN 'Beautifully done . . . witty and poignant' THE TIMES 'Brilliant' OBSERVER Welcome to Mike Engleby's world. Deep in the hallowed halls of an esteemed English university, Mike is one of the only working-class boys, amongst the privileged masses. He's also different, starkly so, but able to observe it all. But observation soon tips into obsession when his fixation, fellow student Jennifer, goes missing. What has Mike Engleby overlooked? A cult classic and an exemplar of the campus novel, Engleby is a beguiling portrait of an outsider, told in an unforgettable voice. 'Remarkable . . . intensely exhilarating' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'A tour-de-force . . . a great novel' DAILY MAIL 'Compelling, disturbing and significant' SCOTSMAN
Based on the British Book Awards Biography of the Year, Toast is the story of Nigel Slater's childhood, told through the tastes and smells he grew up with. From making the perfect sherry trifle to waging a war over cakes and from the pressured playground politics of sweets to the rigid rules of restaurant dining, this is a story of love, loss and...toast.