Birmingham: 111 books

This humorous romp of a novel introduces readers to one Lalage Beresford, one of the most delightful female characters of early twentieth-century literature. Spirited and independent, Lalage forces herself into every firestorm and controversy she can, and ultimately finds herself a key figure in a closely watched campaign for Parliament.

Eating disorders are known to affect between 1 and 4% of all women, and a smaller proportion of men. This text is designed to provide all health professionals with the practical information they need to treat patients with anorexia nervosa and related eating disorders. A user-friendly structure allows...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), also known as Children of the 90s, is a world-leading birth cohort study that uniquely enrolled participants in utero and obtained genetic material from a geographic population. It instigated...

Der Tag, an dem die USA verschwanden ... Es ist ein Tag wie jeder andere … scheinbar! Denn an diesem Tag geschieht – ohne jede Warnung – das Unvorstellbare: Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika verschwinden in einem gigantischen Energieblitz. Alles weist auf einen perfiden Terroranschlag...

n 1914 there were not twenty men in England who had ever heard of the island of Salissa. Even now - I am writing in the spring of 1917 - the public is very badly informed about the events which gave the island a certain importance in the history of the war...

This highly eclectic volume of tales will please connoisseurs of wit and satire. The first half of the book is dedicated to one-off short stories that skewer the pretensions and airs of various characters. The second half is dedicated to an interlinked series of sharply satiric tales following the triumphs and tribulations of a deposed king.

From Dublin to Chicago: Some Notes on a Tour in America

Wie sähe die Welt ohne die USA aus? Der 14. März 2003 hatte die Welt in ihren Grundfesten erschüttert: Die USA sowie Teile Kanadas und Mexikos wurden durch einen gigantischen Energieblitz restlos vom Erdboden getilgt. Die Welt ist in Aufruhr, denn egal ob Freund oder Feind, das Verschwinden...

"An exciting adventure with unique characters navigating their way through fantasy and reality. . . [Words on a Plate is an] easy read, writing is crisp, and the mystical characters are interesting with creative powers." ~Katie Cotter, former news editor, The Advocate Panda and Mitzi Fowler,...

In 1914 there were not twenty men in England who had ever heard of the island of Salissa. Even now—I am writing in the spring of 1917—the public is very badly informed about the events which gave the island a certain importance in the history of the war.

In 1914 there were not twenty men in England who had ever heard of the island of Salissa. Even now—I am writing in the spring of 1917—the public is very badly informed about the events which gave the island a certain importance in the history of the war.