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Waking Up Dead

A Mystery

by Nigel Williams ...

One of internationally bestselling author Nigel Williams' best books to date, Waking Up Dead is both a screamingly funny cozy mystery and startlingly strange ghost story asking the question: What would you do if you could bear witness to your own demise?Retired bank manager George Pearmain is, apparently, dead. According to the behavior of everyone around him, it would seem that he is no more. Not ... Read more

$14.99 USD

One of internationally bestselling author Nigel Williams' best books to date, Waking Up Dead is both a screamingly funny cozy mystery and startlingly strange ghost story asking the question: What would you do if you could bear witness to your own demise?Retired bank manager George Pearmain is, apparently, dead. According to the behavior of everyone around him, it would seem that he is no more. Not
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HR: The Complete Series 1-5

A BBC Radio 4 comedy

by Nigel Williams ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Jonathan Pryce, Nicholas Le Provost ...

Unabridged

13 hours 52 min

Jonathan Pryce and Nicholas le Provost deliver first-class performances in this comedy drama series, which charts the misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague.Lazy HR officer Sam (Nicholas le Provost) and his equally useless workmate Peter (Jonathan Pryce) realise they are in trouble: Peter for lateness and abusive phone calls to clients, and Sam for his over ... Read more

$19.11 USD

Jonathan Pryce and Nicholas le Provost deliver first-class performances in this comedy drama series, which charts the misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague.Lazy HR officer Sam (Nicholas le Provost) and his equally useless workmate Peter (Jonathan Pryce) realise they are in trouble: Peter for lateness and abusive phone calls to clients, and Sam for his over
... Read more
Mapping Social Memory

A Psychotherapeutic Psychosocial Approach

by Nigel Williams ...

Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
This book is grounded in psychosocial research that explores the complex intergenerational transmission of memories within families and the transgenerational social issues that form a part of those memories. The author demonstrates that the organising framework of moving back and forth between inter- and transgenerational processes is key to mapping those relationships leading to the ideas of ... Read more

$98.09 USD

This book is grounded in psychosocial research that explores the complex intergenerational transmission of memories within families and the transgenerational social issues that form a part of those memories. The author demonstrates that the organising framework of moving back and forth between inter- and transgenerational processes is key to mapping those relationships leading to the ideas of
... Read more
The Ethics of Remembering and the Consequences of Forgetting

Essays on Trauma, History, and Memory

by Michael O'Loughlin, Claude Barbre, Ricardo Ainslie, Marilyn Charles, Naama de la Fontaine, Minh Truong-George, Hannah Hahn, Tom Hennes, Luis Martin-Cabrera0, Nirit Gradwohl Pisano1, Reinhold Stipsits2, Kate Szymanski3, Graham Toomey4, Norma Tracey5, Ross Truscott6, Clara Valverde7, Nigel Williams8, Justina K. Dillon9, Mari Ruti0, Angie Voela1, Scott Boehm2, Billie A. Pivnick3 ...

Series series New Imago
The Ethics of Remembering and the Consequences of Forgetting: Essays on Trauma, History, and Memory brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines that draw on multiple perspectives to address issues that arise at the intersection of trauma, history, and memory. Contributors include critical theorists, critical historians, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and a working artist. The authors ... Read more

$105.29 USD

The Ethics of Remembering and the Consequences of Forgetting: Essays on Trauma, History, and Memory brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines that draw on multiple perspectives to address issues that arise at the intersection of trauma, history, and memory. Contributors include critical theorists, critical historians, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and a working artist. The authors
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The Uses of Psychoanalysis in Working with Children's Emotional Lives

by Devra B. Adelstein, Ann Alaoglu, E. James Anthony, Gail Boldt, Marilyn Charles, Bertram Cohler, Vincent Del Balzo, Nathaniel Donson, Enid Elliot, Richard C. Fritsch, Paul Gedo, Colette A. Granger, Richard Imirowicz, Karol Kullberg, Hillary Mayers, Lauren Mazow, Alex Moore, Judith L. Pitlick, Billie Pivnick, Arie Plat, Rebecca E. Rieger, Aileen Schloerb, Erika Schmidt, Burton Seitler, Silvia Silberman, Nigel Williams, Eileen Brennan, Andrew Carroll, Jonathan Cohen, Leon Hoffman, Almas Merchant, John Samuel Tieman, Sue Wallace ...

Series series New Imago
This volume offers very specific illustrations of psychoanalytic ways of thinking and working in both clinical and pedagogical contexts with children. It is designed for professionals who work with infants, children, and adolescents, and who are seeking modes of working that respects emotions, that embrace context, and that privilege imagination and possibility. For professionals who already ... Read more

$105.29 USD

This volume offers very specific illustrations of psychoanalytic ways of thinking and working in both clinical and pedagogical contexts with children. It is designed for professionals who work with infants, children, and adolescents, and who are seeking modes of working that respects emotions, that embrace context, and that privilege imagination and possibility. For professionals who already
... Read more
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The Price of Oil

7 BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas

by Jonathan Meyerson, Nigel Williams, Rex Obano, Joy Wilkinson, Tamsin Oglesby ...

Narrated by Anna Maxwell-Martin, Raad Rawi, Nicholas Le Provost, Nadine Marshall, Alun Armstrong, Faye Marsay, Jemma Redgrave, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

5 hours 31 min

A collection of factual dramas exploring the history of oil - and the price we pay for itEver since it was first drilled over 150 years ago, oil has been both a blessing and a curse. It has enabled economic growth; provided an efficient energy source; fuelled our entire infrastructure - and caused wars, pollution and global warming. These seven dramas, set between 1951 and 2045, and taking us from ... Read more

$12.28 USD

A collection of factual dramas exploring the history of oil - and the price we pay for itEver since it was first drilled over 150 years ago, oil has been both a blessing and a curse. It has enabled economic growth; provided an efficient energy source; fuelled our entire infrastructure - and caused wars, pollution and global warming. These seven dramas, set between 1951 and 2045, and taking us from
... Read more
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Black Like Who?

20th anniversary edition

by Rinaldo Walcott ...

Narrated by Nigel Williams ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

Rinaldo Walcott’s groundbreaking study of black culture in Canada, Black Like Who?, caused an uproar upon its publication. With its incisive readings of hip-hop, film, literature, social unrest, sports, music, and electronic media, Walcott’s book not only assesses the role of black Canadians in defining Canada, it also argues strenuously against any notion of an essentialist Canadian blackness. As ... Read more

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Rinaldo Walcott’s groundbreaking study of black culture in Canada, Black Like Who?, caused an uproar upon its publication. With its incisive readings of hip-hop, film, literature, social unrest, sports, music, and electronic media, Walcott’s book not only assesses the role of black Canadians in defining Canada, it also argues strenuously against any notion of an essentialist Canadian blackness. As
... Read more
Gerald's War

by Nigel Davies-Williams ...

Gerald is 'Missing Feared Killed!' Would he ever get home now he'd lost his lucky mascot, but did he even want to?Gerald Davies, the eponymous hero of the book has a difficult childhood. His mother, suffering from epilepsy, is forced into an asylum by his father who has taken up with a woman half his age. Unknown to Gerald, the person he knows as his aunt is his real mother.It's 1936 and to escape ... Read more

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Gerald is 'Missing Feared Killed!' Would he ever get home now he'd lost his lucky mascot, but did he even want to?Gerald Davies, the eponymous hero of the book has a difficult childhood. His mother, suffering from epilepsy, is forced into an asylum by his father who has taken up with a woman half his age. Unknown to Gerald, the person he knows as his aunt is his real mother.It's 1936 and to escape
... Read more
Studying Generations

Multidisciplinary Perspectives

by Ali Somers, Matthew Hall, Tatjana Buklijas, Ben Little, Alison Winch, Andrew King, Nigel Williams, David Amigoni ...

Series series Generations, Transitions and Social Change
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.The concept of ‘generations’ has become a widely discussed area, with recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic revealing our dependence on intergenerational relationships both within and beyond the family. However, the concept can often be misunderstood, which can fuel divisions between age groups rather than generating solutions.This ... Read more

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Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.The concept of ‘generations’ has become a widely discussed area, with recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic revealing our dependence on intergenerational relationships both within and beyond the family. However, the concept can often be misunderstood, which can fuel divisions between age groups rather than generating solutions.This
... Read more
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This Little Piggy

30 Favourite Songs And Rhymes

by BBC ...

Narrated by Nigel Williams, Bronwyn Baud ...

Unabridged

41 min

A collection of classic nursery rhymes and songs brought to you by the BBC.Join in with over 40 minutes of fun with familiar favourite rhymes including This Little Piggy, Incy Wincy Spider and Baa Baa Black Sheep. Pre-schoolers will love to sing, dance and learn with this traditional compilation of 30 cheerful songs. Head down to the farm with Old McDonald, count with One Potato Two Potato and ... Read more

$8.19 USD

A collection of classic nursery rhymes and songs brought to you by the BBC.Join in with over 40 minutes of fun with familiar favourite rhymes including This Little Piggy, Incy Wincy Spider and Baa Baa Black Sheep. Pre-schoolers will love to sing, dance and learn with this traditional compilation of 30 cheerful songs. Head down to the farm with Old McDonald, count with One Potato Two Potato and
... Read more
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The Write Stuff

40 Episodes from the Panel Game of Literary Correctness

by James Walton ...

Narrated by James Walton, Sebastian Faulks, Stephen Fry, Simon Brett, Natalie Haynes, Sue Limb, Lynne Truss, John O’Farrell, Mark Billingham, Nigel Williams0 ...

Unabridged

18 hours 38 min

Highlights from the light-hearted literary quiz chaired by James WaltonThe Write Stuff is the book-based panel show that takes a witty and whimsical look at well-known authors and their work. Host James Walton challenges the erudite contestants with tricky literary teasers, which they endeavour to answer using a combination of knowledge and guesswork.Each episode is themed around an ‘Author of the ... Read more

$21.84 USD

Highlights from the light-hearted literary quiz chaired by James WaltonThe Write Stuff is the book-based panel show that takes a witty and whimsical look at well-known authors and their work. Host James Walton challenges the erudite contestants with tricky literary teasers, which they endeavour to answer using a combination of knowledge and guesswork.Each episode is themed around an ‘Author of the
... Read more
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Defeat Into Victory

Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945

by Field-Marshal Viscount William Slim ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

23 hours 32 min

Field Marshal Viscount Slim (1891-1970) led shattered British forces from Burma to India in one of the lesser-known but more nightmarish retreats of World War II. He then restored his army's fighting capabilities and morale with virtually no support from home and counterattacked. His army's slaughter of Japanese troops ultimately liberated India and Burma.The first edition of Defeat Into Victory, ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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Field Marshal Viscount Slim (1891-1970) led shattered British forces from Burma to India in one of the lesser-known but more nightmarish retreats of World War II. He then restored his army's fighting capabilities and morale with virtually no support from home and counterattacked. His army's slaughter of Japanese troops ultimately liberated India and Burma.The first edition of Defeat Into Victory,
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