Johnstone: 611 books

Handbook of Palliative Radiation Therapy is the first practical guide to palliative care in radiation oncology. The editors have assembled a team of leading radiation oncologists to write this how-to on planning and administering single-fractionated and hypofractionated radiotherapy for end-of-life cancer care.

As told in the “The Dunce At The Back Of The Class”, William was an unwanted child. He was mistreated, beaten, mentally abused by his father, his brother and by his teachers, and yet he fought back – not physically, but with a sold determination to succeed that led to him joining the Parachute...

This 1901 work of history traces the rise of Islam, by way of Muhammad. The author sketches the world Muhammad was born into, his public and private life, the early conquests of Islam, the Quran, Sunni and Shia, and Islam in politics, among other topics. In addition, it provides a window on how the religion was perceived during the Victorian era.

With the outbreak of the Second World War, Shropshire authorities immediately implemented pre-arranged plans to cope with the approaching conflict on the Home Front, including the building of air raid shelters and pillboxes and the renovation of redundant camps and disused airfields. Men not...

From the deserts of North Africa to the fever wards back home, this wartime love story charts the distant courtship between a young Wellington Bomber pilot and a probationer nurse. He sees action above the skies of Egypt in one of the most hazardous missions of the Desert Airforce, while she cares...

Vollgepumpt mit Rote-Beete-Schnaps und Pillen fahren Billy Blackmore, seine Freundin und sein Bruder von einer Party nach Hause. Es ist mitten in der Nacht, die kurvige Straße hoch über Edinburgh ist leer – bis auf einen Fußgänger, der ihnen plötzlich auf die Motorhaube knallt. Panisch beseitigt...

At the outbreak of hostilities, Oswestry and Whitchurch in rural north Shropshire were busy market towns that depended largely on agriculture for a living and justly famed for butter and cheese production. Within weeks of Lord Kitchener’s impassioned call for volunteers, scores of local men, many...

Ein vogelwilder Höllentrip durch die schottischen Highlands! Whisky morgens, mittags und abends – so stellen sich Adam und seine drei Freunde ihr Wochenende auf der schottischen Insel Islay vor. Schließlich ist das idyllische Eiland weltberühmt für seine erlesenen Single Malts. Doch als...

Deine Frau verschwindet. Dein Sohn braucht dich. Und die Polizei glaubt dir nicht. »Ihre Frau hat Nathan heute nicht aus der Schule abgeholt. Ich hoffe, es gibt kein Problem?« Als Mark diesen Anruf von der Lehrerin seines Sohnes bekommt, denkt er sich nichts dabei. Wahrscheinlich steckt Lauren...