Mike Sharpe Books

Unsure how to 'do' psychiatry? Wondering what psychiatry is all about? Want just the key facts? Lecture Notes: Psychiatry provides essential, practical, and up-to-date information for students who are learning to conduct psychiatric interviews and assessments, understand the core psychiatric disorders, their aetiology and evidence-based treatment options. It incorporates the latest NICE guidelines and systematic reviews, and includes coverage of the Mental Capacity Act and the new Mental Health Act. Featuring case studies throughout, it is perfect for clinical preparation with example questions to ask patients during clinical rotations. Each chapter features bulleted key points, while the summary boxes and self-test MCQs ensure Lecture Notes: Psychiatry is the ideal resource, whether you are just beginning to develop psychiatric knowledge and skills or preparing for an end-of-year exam.

THERE ARE SOME BOUNDARIES THAT SHOULD NEVER BE CROSSED Midgard is a funeral pyre. Ragnarök, the doom of the gods, has brought the Empire of the Heavens to ruin.For some, the harrowing promises a new beginning. Mother Jörð will rise again, and new gods will return to the golden tables of old. But Iðunn Lind, keeper of the great World Tree Yggdrasil, no longer believes in ancient prophecy or the hand of fate. Across the veil, Churchwarden Michaels is stuck dealing with his own personal Ragnarök - and just how to save his neck now that three Viking crosses have appeared overnight at St. Mary's. When the boundaries between realities fracture, the two guardians discover that the gods not only play dice with the Vikingverse, they are rolling snake-eyes.In this new chapter of the Vikingverse, the tapestry of time unfurls in deadly new THE RESURRECTION IS AT HAND, AND HEAVEN ON EARTH AWAITS THE FAITHFUL - BUT WILL THE FUTURE BE KRISTIN OR ÆSIR?

This series looks at the cutting edge of war, and deals exclusively with units capable of operating independently in the forefront of battle.

Initially Hitler's personal bodyguard-a 120-man SS guard that formed a cordon around him at the Nuremberg rallies, it became the Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler in 1933 under SS-Obengruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. It took a leading role in internal affairs but also took on a military role during the war, as a motorized regiment during the invasion in Poland, the Low Countries, and France; a brigade during the conquest of the Balkans; a motorized division during Operation "Barbarossa"; and an SS-Panzergrenadier Division during 1942. In 1943 it reformed in Italy becoming 1st SS-Panzerdivision Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, and fought in Italy and Russia before being transferred to Normandy. Destroyed in the Falaise Pocket, a further refit saw it in action again in the Ardennes, before moving to Hungary. What was left of the division finally surrendered to US forces at Linz.

The most influential fighters and bombers of WWII - from the well-known Spitfires, Mustangs, Flying Fortresses and Zeros, to the lesser-known Soviet, French and Italian warplanes. Complete with spec tables detailing manufacturer, type, engine, span, wing area, length, height, weight, max speed, ceiling, range, crew, and armament. Detailed text delivers the design and development history of each aircraft.

The essential guide to Birmingham's family and local history sources which brings together all the relevant local and national archives for the first time.

Steam trains and Scottish highland scenery make a powerful combination, but is an experience that virtually disappeared fifty years ago. From the early 1980s though, as the railway preservation movement went from strength to strength, the return of steam traction to the Highlands proved to be one of the movement's most elusive goals. After the first tentative steps with the occasional steam train over the Highland main line though, steam returned with a vengeance in 1984, to the West Highland line to Mallaig on almost a daily basis. Packed with evocative colour images, this book shows the full story of the steam revival on every surviving route in the Highlands, from the Strathspey Railway, through the regular 'West Highlander' and 'Jacobite' trains to Mallaig, to the one-off specials to Oban, Kyle of Lochalsh and the Far North, and including the multi-day, multiengine land cruises of recent years. With the accent on sunshine, scenery and steam, this is a comprehensive tribute to the men and machines which have conquered the Highlands for a second time in steam's Highland revival.

Essential handbook for anyone researching the local and family history of the Potteries.