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Understanding Housing Defects provides a concise, coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of defects in domestic buildings. For this new edition, many of the chapters have been substantially updated and new photographs have been added. There are four...

The essays and commentaries in this collection were presented at a Con­ ference on Problems of International Law in the Western Hemisphere, the Second Conference on Problems of Regional International Law under the joint sponsorship of the American Society of International Law and the Graduate Faculty...

Water, Crime and Security in the Twenty-First Century represents criminology’s first book-length contribution to the study of water and water-related crimes, harms and security. The chapters cover topics such as: water pollution, access to fresh water in the Global North and Global South, water...

There is a growing awareness of the need to address the psychological distress associated with physical ill health; however, current resources are limited and difficult to access. The best way to tackle the issue is by enhancing the skills of those professionals who have routine contact with them....

This is a true account of my childhood and my family seen through my eyes and told as I remember it, in my own words (not always complimentary.) Its about growing up in the North East of Scotland in a small, rural community; how we amused ourselves and used our imaginations to invent play and adventure....

In Michel Azama’s extraordinary play, the characters are caught in the crossfire, tumbling through the checkpoint between life and death. First performed in English at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.

Hollywood. Songwriter Ernie Case has an Oscar on the shelf, an aspiring actress in his bed, and a screenplay getting the green-light from Studio. Life, it seems, is looking up. Only two hurdles lie ahead: he needs the mysterious Diva as his leading lady and he needs to keep well clear of Senator...

A village boy is sent to watch the sheep and to call if he sees the wolf. The boy tests the villagers by crying "Wolf!" They come running. He does it again, and again, but the third time the villagers don't believe him - and there really is a wolf this time.

You ARE a magnificent, spiritual being. What is stopping you from fully living this? Perhaps you feel trapped or confused—knowing there must be something more, but you can’t quite figure it out? Or you sense a more-powerful YOU, just waiting to break free, but you’re not sure how to proceed? Your...

Waking up in a hospital bed is bad enough, but realising you have amnesia is worse. Add to that, what this man is told just doesn't ring true. Later the memories return to shatter a deception; that car crash wasn't an accident. Aha, maybe his chequered past has caught up with him. Assisted...

Charlie Lupton and his friends are hunting for treasure buried somewhere in Heatherbridge. But what does the Cavalier’s mysterious clue mean? With a helicopter mission, a nerve jangling climb and a runaway monster truck - Charlie will be tested like never before.

Charlie Lupton refuses to walk without crutches after a downhill run in his go-kart ends in disaster. But a Sherpa from Nepal gives Charlie new courage. With a night in a storm, an avalanche, and the challenge of getting the school pennant to the top of Everest - this is one adventure Charlie will never forget. "A fantastic adventure that kids will love." (The Pembrokeshire Herald)

This new edition of the Holt and Lewis AQA Psychology textbook offers comprehensive coverage of the new AQA syllabus. Written by two experienced teachers, examiners and textbook authors, this revised edition accommodates the changes to the English AQA specification, with thorough coverage of both...

The book is designed as an introduction to the scientific study of speech. No prior knowledge of phonetics is assumed. As far as mathematical knowlege is concerned, all that is assumed is a knowledge of simple arithmetic and as far as possible concepts are dealt with on an intuitive rather than mathematical...