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  Life in the Victorian Asylum -...

  Mark Stevens

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  A vivid portrait of the day-to-day experience in the public asylums of nineteenth-century England, by the bestselling author of Broadmoor Revealed.  Life in the Victorian Asylum reconstructs the lost world of nineteenth-century public asylums. This fresh take on the history of mental health reveals why county asylums were built, the sort of people they housed, and the treatments they received, as well as the enduring legacy of these remarkable institutions.

   Mark Stevens, a professional archivist, and expert on asylum records, delves into Victorian mental health hospital documents to recreate the experience of entering an asylum and being treated there—perhaps for a lifetime. 

  Praise for Broadmoor Revealed

   “Superb.” —Family Tree magazine

   “Detailed and thoughtful.” —Times Literary Supplement

   “Paints a fascinating picture.” —Who Do You Think You Are? magazine

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  American Snakes

  Sean P. Graham

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  “A wonderful book to read because it is replete with snake stories, personal stories, and stories about other herpetologists . . . engaging.” —Copeia 
   
  Although many people fear them, snakes are as much a part of America’s rich natural heritage as redwoods, bald eagles, and grizzly bears. Found from the vast Okefenokee Swamp to high alpine meadows, from hardwood canopies to the burning bottom of the Grand Canyon, these ultimate vertebrates are ecologically pivotal predators and quintessential survivors. 
   
  In this revelatory and engaging meditation on American snakes, Sean P. Graham, a respected herpetologist and gifted writer,explains the everyday lives of American snakes, from their daily routines and seasonal cycles to their love lives, hunting tactics, and defensive repertoiresdebunks harmful myths about snakes and explores their relationship with humanshighlights the contribution of snakes to the American wildernesstells tales of “snake people”—important snake biologists with inspiring careers 
   
  Neither a typical field guide nor an exhaustive reference, American Snakes is instead a fascinating study of the suborder Serpentes. Brimming with intriguing and unusual stories—of hognose snakes that roll over and play dead, blindsnakes with tiny vestigial lungs, rainbow-hued dipsadines, and wave-surfing sea-snakes—the text is interspersed with scores of gorgeous full-color images of snakes, from the scary to the sublime. This proud celebration of a diverse American wildlife group will make every reader, no matter how skeptical, into a genuine snake lover. 
   
  “This thoroughly enjoyable book lets readers absorb the excitement of being a herpetologist who works with snakes while learning about the general and specific biology of the creatures.” —Quarterly Review of Biology

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  First Aid Handbook - How to Heal...

  Branda Nurt

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  Accidents happen every day, and sudden injuries can occur in the blink of an eye. Many people die daily from sudden illnesses like sudden cardiac arrests or breathing emergencies. Without immediate care, treatable illnesses can result in a fatality, leading to the loss of lives. Wounds result in scars, and preventable illnesses deteriorate badly. All of these can occur due to the lack of immediate care.  
  Knowing what to do and when to do it during a crisis is very important because it may mean the difference between life and death. With the comprehensive knowledge of first aid skills that this book offers, you will be adequately prepared to handle most emergencies that may come your way, like a sudden cardiac arrest or breathing problems.  
  This book is filled with practical and useable knowledge in simple and easy to follow steps that will provide you with the needed information to assist you in a crisis rather than wringing your hands helplessly, not knowing what to do as you watch the victim’s condition worsen.  
  This book will be of great benefit to parents, teachers, coworkers, and anyone who wants to be prepared. It is for those who want to help their neighbor and help preserve not just life but the quality of life for his or her neighbor, friends, and loved ones as well as themselves. This book is designed to explain, in detail, how to recognize a sudden illness in a victim even when they may not know it themselves.  
  By recognizing what is wrong, you can make it right. This book is filled with information on how and when to get help and what to do until help arrives. It also has information on how to protect yourself as a Good Samaritan. If you don’t want to be left unprepared, then grab your copy today!

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  Kensington in the Great War

  G. I. S. Inglis

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  How the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Kensington were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. A record of the growing disillusion of the people, their tragedies and hardships and a determination to see it through. The Royal Borough of Kensington was an area of huge contrasts: vast riches in the south, but marked poverty in the north. It was close enough to the heart of London that national and London-wide affairs often impinged on local life, while local residents might have national reputations. Thus enormous crowds attended the interment at Brompton Cemetery of one of Britain's finest air heroes, Sub-Lieutenant Warneford, striking London policemen left an indelible impression as they marched their way through the Borough, while Kensington resident Mrs Dorothy Peel attempted to teach the nation how to make food economies in answer to the submarine threat, but there are also quirky magistrates, stroppy butchers, Mr Bushman the ultra-patriotic cartoon character, dangerous dog-walkers who would sweep your feet from under you in the dark nights and some vivid first-hand accounts such as watching the first Zeppelin come down. The man who turned Kensington into a Borough at war was undoubtedly William Davison (later Sir William) - Kensington's Mayor throughout the war years. He helped complete the local territorial battalion (the 13th Kensingtons), threw his weight behind recruiting a second battalion, and finally raised a Kitchener battalion from scratch, the 22nd Royal Fusiliers, with all their clothing and accoutrements, and even a fully-fitted hutted camp. He was obliged to display enormous organising energy in the in early years and thereafter seemed to be involved in almost everything, from getting food parcels to POWs to serving on Tribunals.We are fortunate that the Mayor left behind 7 volumes of wartime cuttings, while the local Kensington News was an outstanding source

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  The Physics of Wall Street - A...

  James Owen Weatherall

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  A look inside the world of “quants” and how science can (and can’t) predict financial markets: “Entertaining and enlightening” (The New York Times).   After the economic meltdown of 2008, Warren Buffett famously warned, “beware of geeks bearing formulas.” But while many of the mathematicians and software engineers on Wall Street failed when their abstractions turned ugly in practice, a special breed of physicists has a much deeper history of revolutionizing finance. Taking us from fin-de-siècle Paris to Rat Pack–era Las Vegas, from wartime government labs to Yippie communes on the Pacific coast, James Owen Weatherall shows how physicists successfully brought their science to bear on some of the thorniest problems in economics, from options pricing to bubbles.   The crisis was partly a failure of mathematical modeling. But even more, it was a failure of some very sophisticated financial institutions to think like physicists. Models—whether in science or finance—have limitations; they break down under certain conditions. And in 2008, sophisticated models fell into the hands of people who didn’t understand their purpose, and didn’t care. It was a catastrophic misuse of science. The solution, however, is not to give up on models; it’s to make them better.   This book reveals the people and ideas on the cusp of a new era in finance, from a geophysicist using a model designed for earthquakes to predict a massive stock market crash to a physicist-run hedge fund earning 2,478.6% over the course of the 1990s. Weatherall shows how an obscure idea from quantum theory might soon be used to create a far more accurate Consumer Price Index. The Physics of Wall Street will change how we think about our economic future.   “Fascinating history . . . Happily, the author has a gift for making complex concepts clear to lay readers.” —Booklist

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  Unmasking the Social Engineer -...

  Paul Ekman, Christopher Hadnagy,...

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  Unmasking the Social Engineer: The Human Element of  Security digs into nonverbal human communications and how it  affects social engineering.  This book delves deep into how  attacks against companies and individuals use nonverbal  communications every day.  It explains nonverbal  communications and demonstrates with visuals, the connection of  non-verbal behavior to social engineering and scamming. The reader  will gain the knowledge needed to help protect their organization.  The book clearly combines both the practical and technical  aspect of the social engineer revealing all the various dirty  tricks that scammers use as well as pinpoints what to look for on  the nonverbal side to detect the social engineer.    What is nonverbal communication?  What is Social Engineering?  Understanding the Language of the Hands  Science Behind the Torso, Legs and Feet  The Science Behind the Face - Understanding the 7 base emotions  and how they are displayed  The Limbic System and social Engineering  The Moral Molecule - Trust and the Social Engineer  The Power of Empathy in Social Engineering  Using Nonverbals as a Social Engineer

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