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Learn the simplest ways to get things done with Windows 10\n\n\n\n \n\n Here's WHAT you'll learn\n\n\n\n * Navigate Windows 10 Fall Creators Update quickly, easily, and efficiently \n\n * Get online with the sleek Microsoft Edge web browser \n\n * Make the most of the Cortana personal assistant \n\n * Efficiently manage your email, calendar, photos, and more \n\n * Access your files from anywhere with Microsoft OneDrive \n\n * Help secure your computer and protect your data \n\n \n\n\n Here's HOW you'll learn\n\n * Jump in wherever you need answers \n\n * Follow easy steps and screenshots to see exactly what to do \n\n * Get handy tips for new techniques and shortcuts \n\n \n\n * Use Try This! exercises to apply what you learn right away

L'estate è trascorsa tranquillamente e, nonostante la morte di Al, Alfred e Arnette la vita, tra alti e bassi, ha continuato il suo corso. A fine novembre Barnaby torna a Dallas e si presenta a casa di Miller provocando una reazione a metà tra la sorpresa e la consapevolezza del perché del suo ritorno. Nonostante le obiezioni dei genitori di Michael il gruppo riparte per l'ultimo viaggio, alla ricerca dell'ultimo petalo, nella Roma di duemila anni fa. Sono necessari due viaggi per poter effettuare il recupero ma alla fine tutto va per il meglio. O almeno così sembra...

Appena rientrato dal primo viaggio nell'Honduras di settanta milioni di anni fa, Michael scopre che Sarandon, indaco malvagio che cerca sempre di impossessarsi dei petali, ha rapito i suoi genitori e minaccia di ucciderli se non gli verranno consegnati i petali una volta recuperati. Michael insieme a Barnaby e al resto della squadra riparte immediatamente per un'altra missione nel tentativo di recuperare il secondo petalo. Questa volta verranno catapultati nella Londra vittoriana del diciannovesimo secolo, visitando ben due periodi storici di quell'epoca. La prima volta si ritroveranno nel 1811, viaggio che servirà per programmare il secondo, che li vedrà protagonisti nel 1863, all'interno del nascondiglio più sicuro di tutta l'Inghilterra. Qui, infatti, sono conservati, oltre al petalo, altri tre oggetti potentissimi che, nel corso dei secoli, hanno consentito all'Inghilterra di primeggiare su ogni altra nazione Europea. Il recupero è più complicato di quello che si possa pensare e solo grazie al contributo di Mirek, la giovane primitiva che Michael ha salvato da morte sicura portandola con sé nel ventunesimo secolo...

Ernest Barnaby professore dell'università di Dallas è da anni alla ricerca del trasponder, uno strumento che consente alle persone indaco di viaggiare nel tempo e, avendo a disposizione i petali di diamante, si può cambiare la storia e modificare il presente. Barnaby viene contattato da Michael, un ragazzo di 17 anni, che ha trovato uno strano oggetto nella sua cantina. Il trasponder ha già cambiato due volte la storia. Alla fine dell'anno 1000 durante la prima crociata e nel 1945 durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Barnaby insieme a Michael, Pamela Anderson e Al Newman partono per un viaggio per tentare di recuperare uno dei sei petali di diamante sparsi in vari luoghi e varie epoche. Viaggio che li porterà nel giurassico, dove incontrano Mirek e ad affrontano un T-Rex .Al loro rientro scopriranno che Sarandon, indaco malvagio che vuole impossessarsi del trasponder, ha rapito la famiglia di Michael.

Ernest Barnaby professore dell'università di Dallas è da anni alla ricerca del trasponder, uno strumento che consente alle persone indaco di viaggiare nel tempo e, avendo a disposizione i petali di diamante, si può cambiare la storia e modificare il presente. Barnaby viene contattato da Michael, un ragazzo di 17 anni, che ha trovato uno strano oggetto nella sua cantina. Il trasponder ha già cambiato due volte la storia. Alla fine dell'anno 1000 durante la prima crociata e nel 1945 durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Barnaby insieme a Michael, Pamela Anderson e Al Newman partono per un viaggio per tentare di recuperare uno dei sei petali di diamante sparsi in vari luoghi e varie epoche. Viaggio che li porterà nel giurassico, dove incontrano Mirek e ad affrontano un T-Rex .Al loro rientro scopriranno che Sarandon, indaco malvagio che vuole impossessarsi del trasponder, ha rapito la famiglia di Michael.

Appena rientrato dal primo viaggio nell'Honduras di settanta milioni di anni fa, Michael scopre che Sarandon, indaco malvagio che cerca sempre di impossessarsi dei petali, ha rapito i suoi genitori e minaccia di ucciderli se non gli verranno consegnati i petali una volta recuperati. Michael insieme a Barnaby e al resto della squadra riparte immediatamente per un'altra missione nel tentativo di recuperare il secondo petalo. Questa volta verranno catapultati nella Londra vittoriana del diciannovesimo secolo, visitando ben due periodi storici di quell'epoca. La prima volta si ritroveranno nel 1811, viaggio che servirà per programmare il secondo, che li vedrà protagonisti nel 1863, all'interno del nascondiglio più sicuro di tutta l'Inghilterra. Qui, infatti, sono conservati, oltre al petalo, altri tre oggetti potentissimi che, nel corso dei secoli, hanno consentito all'Inghilterra di primeggiare su ogni altra nazione Europea. Il recupero è più complicato di quello che si possa pensare e solo grazie al contributo di Mirek, la giovane primitiva che Michael ha salvato da morte sicura portandola con sé nel ventunesimo secolo...

Michael, Barnaby e compagni, appena rientrati dal viaggio nella Londra di fine ottocento, vengono informanti che uno dei due petali restanti ha cambiato posizione. Il petalo è stato spostato di alcuni chilometri e ora si trova nella zona del vecchio porto di Palos nella Spagna del 1492.Il terrore che lo spostamento possa essere legato al viaggio che da lì compirà Cristoforo Colombo è confermato il giorno successivo. Al momento della partenza il petalo si trova in viaggio verso le Canarie, l'arrivo nel 1492 avviene in pieno Oceano Atlantico, nel bel mezzo di una tempesta, a pochi metri da una delle tre caravelle.Una volta saliti a bordo, Barnaby e compagni, vengono fatti prigionieri e segregati nella stiva della Santa Maria, rendendo il recupero del petalo più complicato del previsto.Una volta rientrati nel presente Sarandon esce allo scoperto e vuole a tutti i costi che gli vengano consegnati i petali recuperati fino a quel momento, altrimenti a farne le spese saranno i genitori di Michael.La cosa degenera e si arriva allo scontro, Sarandon sembra inarrestabile e Michael mostra il suo vero potenziale.

Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Risk Management is a practical guide to modern financial risk management for both practitioners and academics.\n\n Now in its second edition with more topics, more sample problems and more real world examples, this popular guide to financial risk management introduces readers to practical quantitative techniques for analyzing and managing financial risk.\n\n In a concise and easy-to-read style, each chapter introduces a different topic in mathematics or statistics. As different techniques are introduced, sample problems and application sections demonstrate how these techniques can be applied to actual risk management problems. Exercises at the end of each chapter and the accompanying solutions at the end of the book allow readers to practice the techniques they are learning and monitor their progress. A companion Web site includes interactive Excel spreadsheet examples and templates.\n\n Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Risk Management is an indispensable reference for today’s financial risk professional.

The work of Jacques Lacan is associated more with literature and philosophy than mainstream American psychology, due in large part to the dense language he employs in articulating his theory – including often at the expense of clinical illustration. As a result, his contributions are frequently fascinating, yet their utility in the therapeutic setting can be difficult to pinpoint. Lacanian Psychotherapy fills in this clinical gap by presenting theoretical discussions in clear, accessible language and applying them to several chapter-length case studies, thereby demonstrating their clinical relevance. The central concern of the book is the usefulness of Lacan's notion that the unconscious is structured like and by language. This concept implies a peculiar manner of listening (\"to the letter\") and intervention, which Miller applies to a number of common clinical concerns – including including case formulation, dreams, transference, and diagnosis – including all in the context of real-world psychotherapy.

Seminal and subversive. Iconic and experimental. Radical and underground. This collection of over 500 vintage T-shirts has them all. \n\nSymbols of rebellion - worn by skaters, punks, metalheads and surfers alike - T-shirts have dominated pop culture for decades. Featuring stunning photographs of each tee, interviews from die-hard collectors and rare treasures from celebrated designers, Cult T-Shirts is a nostalgic dive into the world of 70s and 80s rebel subcultures.

Seminal and subversive. Iconic and experimental. Radical and underground. This collection of over 500 vintage T-shirts has them all. \n\nSymbols of rebellion - worn by skaters, punks, metalheads and surfers alike - T-shirts have dominated pop culture for decades. Featuring stunning photographs of each tee, interviews from die-hard collectors and rare treasures from celebrated designers, Cult T-Shirts is a nostalgic dive into the world of 70s and 80s rebel subcultures.

Now this \"classic in goal setting\" (Mehmet C. Oz, MD) is back, reissued with a new introduction, a new cover, and a fresh new interior design!\n For the first time, the science of positive psychology meets the science of goal accomplishment! Comprehensive and evidence-based, Creating Your Best Life breaks new ground in revealing how happiness and success are interconnected. With dozens of interactive exercises and quizzes, it helps readers identify their most cherished needs, ambitions, and wishes so they can take control of their environment and maximize their chances of success. The authors' unique \"life list coaching\" explains, step by step, how to set goals in 16 key areas-including love relationships, family, health, work, self-esteem, friendship, money, problem-solving, and creativity-that inspire people to live their lives more consciously, productively, and joyfully.

Hugh Miller was born in 1802 in Cromarty, North East Scotland. He started his working life as a stonemason's apprentice. A keen interest in fossil collecting followed and he was successful in arousing public interest in geological history. He later became a social commentator and crusader (he was one of the first writers to condemn the Highland Clearances) while his role as a serious religious journalist is highlighted in his discussions on the Disruption of the Church of Scotland and its consequences. As Hugh Miller, a tall man with a shepherd's plaid over his rough tweed suit, walked about Edinburgh he was pointed out with pride. His was a household name in his lifetime, not only in Scotland but also across the English-speaking world. After his death, by his own hand in 1856, his work was mined by historians and anthologists for its acute observations, and geologists continued to love the spirit which imbued his writings, as did the Free Church - but in the 20th century his thoughts on evolutionary biology were sorely obsolete.\n\n However, a recent revival in Scots history and culture, and a reassessment of the 19th century debates in science, geology and religion, have all led to a fuller appreciation of the rich and complex stories in which Hugh Miller played a part, and of the man himself. This biography follows the 2003 facsimile edition of Hugh Miller's \"The Cruise of the Betsey and Rambles of a Geologist\", which Michael Taylor edited. With the benefit of recent research for the 2002 centenary conferences, the book does full justice to a neglected figure whose work and writings continue to give enjoyment and inspiration.

Now this \"classic in goal setting\" (Mehmet C. Oz, MD) is back, reissued with a new introduction, a new cover, and a fresh new interior design!\n For the first time, the science of positive psychology meets the science of goal accomplishment! Comprehensive and evidence-based, Creating Your Best Life breaks new ground in revealing how happiness and success are interconnected. With dozens of interactive exercises and quizzes, it helps readers identify their most cherished needs, ambitions, and wishes so they can take control of their environment and maximize their chances of success. The authors' unique \"life list coaching\" explains, step by step, how to set goals in 16 key areas-including love relationships, family, health, work, self-esteem, friendship, money, problem-solving, and creativity-that inspire people to live their lives more consciously, productively, and joyfully.

Hugh Miller was born in 1802 in Cromarty, North East Scotland. He started his working life as a stonemason's apprentice. A keen interest in fossil collecting followed and he was successful in arousing public interest in geological history. He later became a social commentator and crusader (he was one of the first writers to condemn the Highland Clearances) while his role as a serious religious journalist is highlighted in his discussions on the Disruption of the Church of Scotland and its consequences. As Hugh Miller, a tall man with a shepherd's plaid over his rough tweed suit, walked about Edinburgh he was pointed out with pride. His was a household name in his lifetime, not only in Scotland but also across the English-speaking world. After his death, by his own hand in 1856, his work was mined by historians and anthologists for its acute observations, and geologists continued to love the spirit which imbued his writings, as did the Free Church - but in the 20th century his thoughts on evolutionary biology were sorely obsolete.\n\n However, a recent revival in Scots history and culture, and a reassessment of the 19th century debates in science, geology and religion, have all led to a fuller appreciation of the rich and complex stories in which Hugh Miller played a part, and of the man himself. This biography follows the 2003 facsimile edition of Hugh Miller's \"The Cruise of the Betsey and Rambles of a Geologist\", which Michael Taylor edited. With the benefit of recent research for the 2002 centenary conferences, the book does full justice to a neglected figure whose work and writings continue to give enjoyment and inspiration.

This book is a practical, symptom-based, 'how-to' guide to neuro-ophthalmology and acquired strabismus for all trainee and practising ophthalmologists and optometrists. Each chapter focusses on a specific clinical symptom and includes an introduction to the clinical assessment of a symptom; an examination checklist; a management flowchart to be followed; clinical diagnostic criteria checklists; and further information on the diseases that can cause the symptom with a brief discussion of appropriate management.\n\n\n\n A practical and accessible handbook for the ophthalmologist or optometrist without a specialist interest in neuro-ophthalmology and acquired strabismus.\n The text simplifies a subject which is often a cause of litigation against practising ophthalmologists and exam failure for trainees and residents.\n The book aids diagnosis in a field in which mistakes may lead to medico-legal problems, e.g. brain tumours presenting with blurred or double vision.\n The book leads the reader from the symptom, through a series of simple but safe flowcharts and check-lists, to the diagnosis or the tests which need to be ordered.\n The first chapter presents 20 'golden rules' to keep you and your patients out of trouble.\n \n\n\n A revised text with some new illustrations brings this highly-praised book up to date.\n New online videos demonstrate abnormal eye movements, eyelid problems and pupil abnormalities.

This book is a practical, symptom-based, 'how-to' guide to neuro-ophthalmology and acquired strabismus for all trainee and practising ophthalmologists and optometrists. Each chapter focusses on a specific clinical symptom and includes an introduction to the clinical assessment of a symptom; an examination checklist; a management flowchart to be followed; clinical diagnostic criteria checklists; and further information on the diseases that can cause the symptom with a brief discussion of appropriate management.\n\n\n\n A practical and accessible handbook for the ophthalmologist or optometrist without a specialist interest in neuro-ophthalmology and acquired strabismus.\n The text simplifies a subject which is often a cause of litigation against practising ophthalmologists and exam failure for trainees and residents.\n The book aids diagnosis in a field in which mistakes may lead to medico-legal problems, e.g. brain tumours presenting with blurred or double vision.\n The book leads the reader from the symptom, through a series of simple but safe flowcharts and check-lists, to the diagnosis or the tests which need to be ordered.\n The first chapter presents 20 'golden rules' to keep you and your patients out of trouble.\n \n\n\n A revised text with some new illustrations brings this highly-praised book up to date.\n New online videos demonstrate abnormal eye movements, eyelid problems and pupil abnormalities.

\"Miller's terrific book reminds that Russia made moves toward the East five hundred years ago, and explains why ignoring the Russian factor in Asian geopolitics today would be a big mistake.\"\n-Michael McFaul, author of From Cold War to Hot Peace\n\n\"Miller presents a Russia little known in the West: a Eurasian power that treats its eastern calling as seriously as it does its western one. Exceptionally well written and argued, We Shall Be Masters helps us understand Russia on its own terms and offers historical insight into the future of its relations with China, its main rival and occasional ally.\"\n-Serhii Plokhy, author of The Gates of Europe\n\n\"Challenges the conventional view that [Russia] has enduring interests in the Far East...For Russia, Miller argues, Asia has been a land of unfulfilled promises.\"\n-Foreign Affairs\n\n\"Captures the immensity, complexity, and importance of Russia's eastern borderlands through the eyes of its explorers...Comprehensive and fluidly written.\"\n-Publishers Weekly\n\nEver since Peter the Great, Russian leaders have been lured by the promise of the East. But from the tsars to Stalin and beyond, Russia's ambitions have repeatedly outstripped its capacity. In We Shall Be Masters, Chris Miller explores why these expansionist dreams so often ended in disappointment. With the heart of the nation in the European borderlands, Russia's would-be pioneers struggled to maintain public interest in their far-flung pursuits. But its leaders never stopped setting their sights on the riches of the East. Today, as Vladimir Putin seeks to cement his strategic partnership with Xi Jinping's China, the East remains as elusive and attractive to Russia as ever-and is likely to be as unattainable.

\"Miller's terrific book reminds that Russia made moves toward the East five hundred years ago, and explains why ignoring the Russian factor in Asian geopolitics today would be a big mistake.\"\n-Michael McFaul, author of From Cold War to Hot Peace\n\n\"Miller presents a Russia little known in the West: a Eurasian power that treats its eastern calling as seriously as it does its western one. Exceptionally well written and argued, We Shall Be Masters helps us understand Russia on its own terms and offers historical insight into the future of its relations with China, its main rival and occasional ally.\"\n-Serhii Plokhy, author of The Gates of Europe\n\n\"Challenges the conventional view that [Russia] has enduring interests in the Far East...For Russia, Miller argues, Asia has been a land of unfulfilled promises.\"\n-Foreign Affairs\n\n\"Captures the immensity, complexity, and importance of Russia's eastern borderlands through the eyes of its explorers...Comprehensive and fluidly written.\"\n-Publishers Weekly\n\nEver since Peter the Great, Russian leaders have been lured by the promise of the East. But from the tsars to Stalin and beyond, Russia's ambitions have repeatedly outstripped its capacity. In We Shall Be Masters, Chris Miller explores why these expansionist dreams so often ended in disappointment. With the heart of the nation in the European borderlands, Russia's would-be pioneers struggled to maintain public interest in their far-flung pursuits. But its leaders never stopped setting their sights on the riches of the East. Today, as Vladimir Putin seeks to cement his strategic partnership with Xi Jinping's China, the East remains as elusive and attractive to Russia as ever-and is likely to be as unattainable.

Reveals the previous underexplored influence of religious thought in building the foundations of the CIA.\n\n Michael Graziano's intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller's Errand into the Wilderness (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts colonists, and David Martin's Wilderness of Mirrors (1980), about the dangers and delusions inherent to the Central Intelligence Agency. Fittingly, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors investigates the dangers and delusions that ensued from the religious worldview of the early molders of the Central Intelligence Agency. Graziano argues that the religious approach to intelligence by key OSS and CIA figures like \"Wild\" Bill Donovan and Edward Lansdale was an essential, and overlooked, factor in establishing the agency's concerns, methods, and understandings of the world. In a practical sense, this was because the Roman Catholic Church already had global networks of people and safe places that American agents could use to their advantage. But more tellingly, Graziano shows, American intelligence officers were overly inclined to view powerful religions and religious figures through the frameworks of Catholicism. As Graziano makes clear, these misconceptions often led to tragedy and disaster on an international scale. By braiding the development of the modern intelligence agency with the story of postwar American religion, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors delivers a provocative new look at a secret driver of one of the major engines of American power.

Reveals the previous underexplored influence of religious thought in building the foundations of the CIA.\n\n Michael Graziano’s intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller’s Errand into the Wilderness (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts colonists, and David Martin’s Wilderness of Mirrors (1980), about the dangers and delusions inherent to the Central Intelligence Agency. Fittingly, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors investigates the dangers and delusions that ensued from the religious worldview of the early molders of the Central Intelligence Agency. Graziano argues that the religious approach to intelligence by key OSS and CIA figures like “Wild” Bill Donovan and Edward Lansdale was an essential, and overlooked, factor in establishing the agency’s concerns, methods, and understandings of the world. In a practical sense, this was because the Roman Catholic Church already had global networks of people and safe places that American agents could use to their advantage. But more tellingly, Graziano shows, American intelligence officers were overly inclined to view powerful religions and religious figures through the frameworks of Catholicism. As Graziano makes clear, these misconceptions often led to tragedy and disaster on an international scale. By braiding the development of the modern intelligence agency with the story of postwar American religion, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors delivers a provocative new look at a secret driver of one of the major engines of American power.

Reveals the previous underexplored influence of religious thought in building the foundations of the CIA.\n\n Michael Graziano’s intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller’s Errand into the Wilderness (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts colonists, and David Martin’s Wilderness of Mirrors (1980), about the dangers and delusions inherent to the Central Intelligence Agency. Fittingly, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors investigates the dangers and delusions that ensued from the religious worldview of the early molders of the Central Intelligence Agency. Graziano argues that the religious approach to intelligence by key OSS and CIA figures like “Wild” Bill Donovan and Edward Lansdale was an essential, and overlooked, factor in establishing the agency’s concerns, methods, and understandings of the world. In a practical sense, this was because the Roman Catholic Church already had global networks of people and safe places that American agents could use to their advantage. But more tellingly, Graziano shows, American intelligence officers were overly inclined to view powerful religions and religious figures through the frameworks of Catholicism. As Graziano makes clear, these misconceptions often led to tragedy and disaster on an international scale. By braiding the development of the modern intelligence agency with the story of postwar American religion, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors delivers a provocative new look at a secret driver of one of the major engines of American power.

“This book is clear, well-written, evidence-based, and timely. Combined with the authors’ decades of practice-based research and clinical experience, it describes a way helping professionals of all stripes can improve the results of psychological care.”    \n\nScott D. Miller, Ph.D., International Center for Clinical Excellence, USA\n\n“A must-read for every therapist, supervisor, researcher, manager – and client  –  in the field of mental health.”\n\nHelene A. Nissen-Lie, Professor in Clinical Psychology and Therapist, University of Oslo, Norway\n\n“The depth and breadth of these authors’ knowledge about progress monitoring shine through on every page.”\n\nJacqueline B. Persons, Director, Oakland Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center and Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, USA\n\n“I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to work with a routine outcome monitoring (ROM) and feedback system in psychological therapies.”\n\nProfessor Mike Lucock, Centre for Applied Research in Health, University of Huddersfield, UK.\n\n\n\n\nBased on the authors’ own varied and extensive experiences as practitioners, this clear and practical guide shows therapists and trainees how feedback can best be used to inform treatment decisions and, ultimately, improve patient outcomes. \n\nKey features include:\n\n• An up-to-date analysis of the current evidence base about the effectiveness of progress feedback\n\n• Advice on how to effectively implement Routine Outcome Monitoring in teams, services, and healthcare systems\n\n• Instructive clinical vignettes and examples of therapist-patient dialogue\n\n• Advice on how to deal with negative feedback\n\n• Clinical guidelines for therapists and guidance on translating theory into practice.\n\nRoutine Outcome Monitoring and Feedback in Psychological Therapies brings together the collective wisdom of research leaders in the field and experienced therapists and patients to provide the go-to guide on how to integrate Routine Outcome Monitoring and feedback into psychological therapies.\n\n\n\n\nKim de Jong, Ph.D. is Senior Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at Leiden University, the Netherlands and a cognitive behavioural therapist. She is one of the leading researchers on ROM and feedback and has implemented ROM in a wide variety of settings.\n\nJaime Delgadillo, Ph.D. is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield, UK, and is trained as a psychoanalyst and cognitive behavioural therapist. He is known for the development and evaluation of feedback systems, digital health and AI technologies in the field of mental health.\n\nMichael Barkham, Ph.D., FBPsS is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield, UK and was previously Professor of Counselling and Clinical Psychology at the University of Leeds, UK. He is a well-known developer of outcome measures and has encouraged their use in routine practice over the past 35 years.

'Hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking, Launch Code brings to mind the classic thrillers of Alister Maclean and Jack Higgins. A well-crafted ingenious mystery, tightly plotted, compelling and contemporary, this could well be Michael Ridpath's best novel yet.' - Stav Sherez, author of the Carrigan & Miller series\n\n1983: Three hundred feet beneath the Atlantic, submarine Lieutenant Bill Guth receives the order he's been dreading: a full nuclear strike against the USSR. Crisis is soon averted, but in the chaos that follows, one crew member ends up dead...\n\n2019: Bill's annual family gathering is interrupted when a historian turns up, eager to uncover the truth about the near-apocalyptic Cold War incident. Bill refuses to answer, but that night the man is brutally murdered.\n\nWhat happened all those years ago? How much is Bill to blame for events in the past? And who will stop at nothing to keep the secrets of 1983 where they belong?\n\n'Deadly state secrets and deadlier family secrets - perfectly crafted, scrupulously researched Launch Code weaves an ingeniously dark and tangled web that will keep you gripped and guessing to the very end. Ridpath is one of the best thriller writers around.' - Craig Russell, author of The Devil Aspect

Alone in his isolated, windswept chapel on the edge of Dartmoor, who could blame the young priest, Mark, for seeking affection from the local miller's daughter, Mary? But when Mary's body is found brutally stabbed, Mark is the obvious suspect, and the discovery that she was pregnant seems to confirm his guilt. Called in to investigate, Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock soon begin to have their doubts. Could it not have been one of Mary's many admirers who murdered her in a fit of jealousy? Or her father, the miller, who is acting in an increasingly disturbed manner? And what exactly is the local Baron trying to hide? Will they be able to find the murderer before he strikes again?

Alone in his isolated, windswept chapel on the edge of Dartmoor, who could blame the young priest, Mark, for seeking affection from the local miller's daughter, Mary? But when Mary's body is found brutally stabbed, Mark is the obvious suspect, and the discovery that she was pregnant seems to confirm his guilt. Called in to investigate, Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock soon begin to have their doubts. Could it not have been one of Mary's many admirers who murdered her in a fit of jealousy? Or her father, the miller, who is acting in an increasingly disturbed manner? And what exactly is the local Baron trying to hide? Will they be able to find the murderer before he strikes again?

Reveals the previous underexplored influence of religious thought in building the foundations of the CIA.\n\n Michael Graziano's intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller's Errand into the Wilderness (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts colonists, and David Martin's Wilderness of Mirrors (1980), about the dangers and delusions inherent to the Central Intelligence Agency. Fittingly, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors investigates the dangers and delusions that ensued from the religious worldview of the early molders of the Central Intelligence Agency. Graziano argues that the religious approach to intelligence by key OSS and CIA figures like \"Wild\" Bill Donovan and Edward Lansdale was an essential, and overlooked, factor in establishing the agency's concerns, methods, and understandings of the world. In a practical sense, this was because the Roman Catholic Church already had global networks of people and safe places that American agents could use to their advantage. But more tellingly, Graziano shows, American intelligence officers were overly inclined to view powerful religions and religious figures through the frameworks of Catholicism. As Graziano makes clear, these misconceptions often led to tragedy and disaster on an international scale. By braiding the development of the modern intelligence agency with the story of postwar American religion, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors delivers a provocative new look at a secret driver of one of the major engines of American power.

“This book is clear, well-written, evidence-based, and timely. Combined with the authors’ decades of practice-based research and clinical experience, it describes a way helping professionals of all stripes can improve the results of psychological care.”    \n\nScott D. Miller, Ph.D., International Center for Clinical Excellence, USA\n\n“A must-read for every therapist, supervisor, researcher, manager – and client  –  in the field of mental health.”\n\nHelene A. Nissen-Lie, Professor in Clinical Psychology and Therapist, University of Oslo, Norway\n\n“The depth and breadth of these authors’ knowledge about progress monitoring shine through on every page.”\n\nJacqueline B. Persons, Director, Oakland Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center and Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, USA\n\n“I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to work with a routine outcome monitoring (ROM) and feedback system in psychological therapies.”\n\nProfessor Mike Lucock, Centre for Applied Research in Health, University of Huddersfield, UK.\n\n\n\n\nBased on the authors’ own varied and extensive experiences as practitioners, this clear and practical guide shows therapists and trainees how feedback can best be used to inform treatment decisions and, ultimately, improve patient outcomes. \n\nKey features include:\n\n• An up-to-date analysis of the current evidence base about the effectiveness of progress feedback\n\n• Advice on how to effectively implement Routine Outcome Monitoring in teams, services, and healthcare systems\n\n• Instructive clinical vignettes and examples of therapist-patient dialogue\n\n• Advice on how to deal with negative feedback\n\n• Clinical guidelines for therapists and guidance on translating theory into practice.\n\nRoutine Outcome Monitoring and Feedback in Psychological Therapies brings together the collective wisdom of research leaders in the field and experienced therapists and patients to provide the go-to guide on how to integrate Routine Outcome Monitoring and feedback into psychological therapies.\n\n\n\n\nKim de Jong, Ph.D. is Senior Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at Leiden University, the Netherlands and a cognitive behavioural therapist. She is one of the leading researchers on ROM and feedback and has implemented ROM in a wide variety of settings.\n\nJaime Delgadillo, Ph.D. is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield, UK, and is trained as a psychoanalyst and cognitive behavioural therapist. He is known for the development and evaluation of feedback systems, digital health and AI technologies in the field of mental health.\n\nMichael Barkham, Ph.D., FBPsS is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield, UK and was previously Professor of Counselling and Clinical Psychology at the University of Leeds, UK. He is a well-known developer of outcome measures and has encouraged their use in routine practice over the past 35 years.

Hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking, Launch Code brings to mind the classic thrillers of Alister Maclean and Jack Higgins. A well-crafted ingenious mystery, tightly plotted, compelling and contemporary, this could well be Michael Ridpaths best novel yet.' - Stav Sherez, author of the Carrigan & Miller series\n\n1983: Three hundred feet beneath the Atlantic, submarine Lieutenant Bill Guth receives the order he's been dreading: a full nuclear strike against the USSR. Crisis is soon averted, but in the chaos that follows, one crew member ends up dead...\n\n2019: Bill's annual family gathering is interrupted when a historian turns up, eager to uncover the truth about the near-apocalyptic Cold War incident. Bill refuses to answer, but that night the man is brutally murdered.\n\nWhat happened all those years ago? How much is Bill to blame for events in the past? And who will stop at nothing to keep the secrets of 1983 where they belong?\n\n'Deadly state secrets and deadlier family secrets - perfectly crafted, scrupulously researched Launch Code weaves an ingeniously dark and tangled web that will keep you gripped and guessing to the very end. Ridpath is one of the best thriller writers around.' - Craig Russell, author of The Devil Aspect

With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John Wood and Markus Zusak\n\n'This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book...' So begins the essay by Robert Macfarlane that inspired this collection.\n\n In this cornucopia of an anthology, you will find essays by some of the world's most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayists and poets.\n\n 'You will see books taking flight in flocks, migrating around the world, landing in people's hearts and changing them for a day or a year or a lifetime.\n\n 'You will see books sparking wonder or anger; throwing open windows into other languages, other cultures, other minds; causing people to fall in love or to fight for what is right.\n\n 'And more than anything, over and over again, you will see books and words being given, received and read - and in turn prompting further generosity.'\n\n Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of global literacy non-profit, Room to Read, The Gifts of Reading forms inspiring, unforgettable, irresistible proof of the power and necessity of books and reading.\n\nInspired by Robert Macfarlane\n\n Curated by Jennie Orchard