Anthony David

We cannot know how to fix a problem until we understand its causes. But even for some of the most common mental health problems, specialists argue over whether the answers lie in the person’s biology, their psychology or their circumstances. As a cognitive neuropsychiatrist, Anthony David brings together many fields of enquiry, from social and cognitive psychology to neurology. The key for each patient might be anything from a traumatic memory to a chemical imbalance, an unhealthy way of thinking or a hidden tumour. Patrick believes he is dead. Jennifer's schizophrenia medication helped with her voices but did it cause Parkinson’s? Emma is in a coma – or is she just refusing to respond? Drawing from Professor David’s career as a clinician and academic, these fascinating case studies reveal the unique complexity of the human mind, stretching the limits of our understanding.

A neuropsychiatrist's notes on troubled minds

Into the Abyss

neuropsychiatra i tajemnice ludzkich umysłów

Spojrzenie w otchłań

Sari Nusseibeh

A Palestinian Life

Once Upon a Country

"An Improbable Friendship is the dual biography of Israeli Ruth Dayan, now ninety-seven, who was Moshe Dayan's wife for thirty-seven years, and Palestinian journalist Raymonda Tawil, Yasser Arafat's mother-in-law, now seventy-four. It reveals for the first time the two women's surprising and secret forty-year friendship and delivers the story of their extraordinary and turbulent lives growing up in a war-torn country. Based on personal interviews, diaries, and journals drawn from both women-Ruth lives today in Tel Aviv, Raymonda in Malta-author Anthony David delivers a fast-paced, fascinating narrative that is a beautiful story of reconciliation and hope in a climate of endless conflict. By telling their stories and following their budding relationship, which began after the Six-Day War in 1967, we learn the behind-the-scenes, undisclosed history of the Middle East's most influential leaders from two prominent women on either side of the ongoing conflict. An award-winning biographer and historian, Anthony David brings us the story of unexpected friendship while he discovers the true pasts of two outstanding women. Their story gives voice to Israelis and Palestinians caught in the Middle East conflict and holds a persistent faith in a future of peace. "--

the remarkable lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and their forty-year peace mission

An improbable friendship

A Neuropsychiatrist's Notes on Troubled Minds

DIVORCE WASN'T ENOUGH FOR THESE WOMEN, THEY WANTED MURDER IN THIS TRUE CRIME ANTHOLOGY Gaile Owens Gaile Owens was not a very good murderer. In fact, few people could have made a worse job of hiring a killer to dispose of their abusive husband. She may have ended years of violence - physical and sexual but Owens, though, would pay a huge price for her inability to plan an undiscovered crime - a death sentence, a quarter of a century in prison and estrangement from her children. Mary Winkler Mary Winkler, at first appearances, would seem to be an altogether normal woman. So too did her family, with a husband who was a Church minister and three young children, girls aged just eight, six and one. But in 2006, Mary sparked a border-crossing manhunt, and a court case followed nationwide. She had killed her husband with a shot to the back from the family's shotgun. What followed was a gripping and bizarre court case which gripped the attention of the nation. Tracey Grissom Claiming to be a victim of rape and other abuses, a distraught Tracey Grissom would travel to her ex-husband Hunter's workplace and shoot him six times in the back, receiving a twenty-five-year life sentence for his murder. Her defense attorney would argue that Tracey was motivated by post-traumatic stress disorder caused by her Hunter's constant abuse and sexual assaults. One jury member had even asked the judge to be lenient in her sentencing as they were not allowed to hear details of her Hunter's alleged abuses (beatings, rape, sodomy). But what really happened in the years that led up to May 15th, 2012? Was she in fact the victim of years of abuse by a psychotic husband? Or did she want to cash in on his $100,000 life insurance policy? Wendi Andriano A dying husband needs a devoted wife. But when love runs out, marriage becomes a burden. On October 8, 2000, Wendi Andriano snapped. She had played the part of devoted wife to her terminally ill husband, Joe Andriano, for years, but when the love left their marriage, so did Wendi's patience for her husband's eventual demise. Wendi had a plan to help nudge nature along, and when her plan b expired, she took matters directly into her own hands... Shari Tobyne When it comes to female killers, the most common type of crime is mariticide or murdering their husbands. There are many motivations behind taking someone's life but killing a person so close to you is often fueled by passion, financial gain, jealousy, or betrayal. The case of Shari Tobyne is the perfect example of a woman scorned. Her husband of thirty-five years wanted to divorce her due to the financial problems she caused by mishandling the couple's finances. So one day before he was set to leave their rented house and move on, Shari snapped. She simply couldn't allow him to leave after so many years they spend together. Shari continued to live her life normally, but Arizona police started uncovering body parts from counties surrounding the city of Phoenix and they couldn't determine the exact identity of the deceased man. Worried Tobyne children alerted the law enforcement that their father was missing and this is where the story started to unravel. It will soon be discovered that a loving mother and a grandmother murdered her husband in cold blood because leaving him was simply not an option.

'Till Murder Do Us Part

Ami Ayalon

FINALIST -- The National Jewish Book Award In this deeply personal journey of discovery, Ami Ayalon seeks input and perspective from Palestinians and Israelis whose experiences differ from his own. As head of the Shin Bet security agency, he gained empathy for "the enemy" and learned that when Israel carries out anti-terrorist operations in a political context of hopelessness, the Palestinian public will support violence, because they have nothing to lose. Researching and writing Friendly Fire, he came to understand that his patriotic life had blinded him to the self-defeating nature of policies that have undermined Israel's civil society while heaping humiliation upon its Palestinian neighbors. "If Israel becomes an Orwellian dystopia," Ayalon writes, "it won't be thanks to a handful of theologians dragging us into the dark past. The secular majority will lead us there motivated by fear and propelled by silence." Ayalon is a realist, not an idealist, and many who consider themselves Zionists will regard as radical his conclusions about what Israel must do to achieve relative peace and security and to sustain itself as a Jewish homeland and a liberal democracy.

How Israel Became Its Own Worst Enemy and the Hope for Its Future

Friendly Fire

The Secret Friendship Between Yasser Arafat's Mother-in-Law and the Wife of Israel's Top General

Improbable Friendship

Dawn Baker

Elaine Hunter

Emma Lawrence

Depersonalization Disorder is when a person experiences a feeling of being detached from life around them and sometimes emotionally numb. It is often a symptom of another disorder such as anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder and particularly panic disorder, or of an illness like epilepsy or migraine, but also occurs in its own right and among users of certain drugs. CBT is an effective treatment. PRAISE FOR THE SERIES: 'The best consumer-friendly CBT-based books&All are very thorough.' Observer 'The Overcoming series just keeps getting better and better.' The Psychologist

A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques

Overcoming Depersonalisation and Feelings of Unreality

»Es war einmal ein Land« – wie der Anfang eines Märchens klingt der Titel von Sari Nusseibehs Autobiografie, der Chronik eines Lebens in Palästina, einem »zerrissenen, geschändeten Land«, die sich wie ein unvollendeter Roman aus dem 19. Jahrhundert liest. Der von Schurken und Opfern handelt, von Patrioten und Betrogenen, Krieg und Frieden, Verrat und Korruption und von einer Liebesgeschichte. Wird es – wie im Märchen – gut ausgehen? Man weiß es nicht. Aber man versteht nach dieser bewegten und bewegenden Lebensgeschichte Sari Nusseibehs, der heute Rektor der al-Quds-Universität in Jerusalem ist, etwas ganz Einfaches: nämlich dass die Kenntnis des Lebens der »anderen« eine Voraussetzung für die Lösung des israelisch-palästinensischen Konflikts ist. Sari Nusseibeh, Jahrgang 1949, wuchs im arabischen Teil von Jerusalem auf, in einer alteingesessenen, wohlhabenden Familie, die von dem Kalifen Omar im Jahre 638 zu den Wächtern der Grabeskirche gemacht wurde. Ein Amt, das sich bis heute in der Familie befindet. Seine Eltern erzogen ihn im Geist der Ökumene, und er war sich stets bewusst, dass auch die jüdischen Propheten durch die engen Gassen Jerusalems gewandelt waren. Als er in England studierte, eroberte die israelische Armee den Ostteil Jerusalems. Und anders als die Kinder der gebildeten und privilegierten Palästinenser, die in Scharen das Land verließen, entschloss er sich, zurückzukehren und die Zukunft seiner Heimat mitzugestalten. Ein »leidenschaftliches, wunderbar erzähltes Buch« (Amos Elon), eine »bemerkenswerte Chronik des Israel-Palästina-Konflikts aus einem ganz und gar ungewöhnlichen Blickwinkel« (Washington Post) – ein »Gegenleben« zu Amos Oz’ großartigem autobiografischem Roman »Eine Geschichte von Liebe und Finsternis«.

Ein Leben in Palästina

Es war einmal ein Land

An Improbable Friendshipis the dual biography of Israeli Ruth Dayan, now ninety-seven, who was Moshe Dayan's wife for thirty-seven years, and Palestinian journalist Raymonda Tawil, Yasser Arafat's mother-in-law, now seventy-four. It reveals for the first time the two women's surprising and secret forty-year friendship and delivers the story of their extraordinary and turbulent lives growing up in a war-torn country. Based on personal interviews, diaries, and journals drawn from both women-Ruth lives today in Tel Aviv, Raymonda in Malta-author Anthony David delivers a fast-paced, fascinating narrative that is a beautiful story of reconciliation and hope in a climate of endless conflict. By telling their stories and following their budding relationship, which began after the Six-Day War in 1967, we learn the behind-the-scenes, undisclosed history of the Middle East's most influential leaders from two prominent women on either side of the ongoing conflict. An award-winning biographer and historian, Anthony David brings us the story of unexpected friendship while he discovers the true pasts of two outstanding women. Their story gives voice to Israelis and Palestinians caught in the Middle East conflict and holds a persistent faith in a future of peace.

The story of Yasser Arafat's mother-in-law, the wife of Israel's top general and their 40-year mission of peace

An Improbable Friendship

A True Story of Friendship and Faith in the Face of Insurmountable Hatred An Improbable Friendship is the dual biography of Israeli Ruth Dayan, now over one hundred, who was Moshe Dayan's wife for thirty-seven years, and Palestinian journalist Raymonda Tawil, Yasser Arafat's mother-in-law, now seventy-eight. It reveals for the first time the two women’s surprising and secret forty-year friendship and delivers the story of their extraordinary and turbulent lives growing up in a war-torn country. Based on personal interviews, diaries, and journals drawn from both women—Ruth lives today in Tel Aviv, Raymonda in Malta—author Anthony David delivers a fast-paced, fascinating narrative that is a beautiful story of reconciliation and hope in a climate of endless conflict. By experiencing their stories and following their budding relationship, which began after the Six-Day War in 1967, we learn the behind-the-scenes, undisclosed history of the Middle East's most influential leaders from two prominent women on either side of the ongoing conflict. An award-winning biographer and historian, Anthony David brings us the story of unexpected friendship while he discovers the true pasts of two outstanding women. Their story gives voice to Israelis and Palestinians caught in the Middle East conflict and holds a persistent faith in a future of peace.

The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and Their Forty-Year Peace Mission

'The first of its kind, this self-help book will offer guidance, help and solace to the many sufferers of depersonalization disorder.' Daphne Simeon, Depersonalisation and Dissociation Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York Depersonalization disorder can make you feel detached from life and many people describe feeling 'emotionally numb', unreal or even as if their body doesn't belong to them. It can be a symptom of another problem such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and, particularly, of panic disorder, or of an illness like epilepsy or migraine. It can also occur in its own right and/or as a side effect of certain drugs. This self-help book, written by leading experts, will help you to understand what causes depersonalization disorder and what can keep it going, and will introduce you to effective strategies to overcome it: Based on clinically proven cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques Clear and accessible step-by-step exercises and tools, including diary-keeping and problem-solving Overcoming self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical. Many guides in the Overcoming series are recommended under the Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme. Series Editor: Professor Peter Cooper

Overcoming Depersonalisation and Feelings of Unreality, 2nd Edition

Julie Cogill

10 stimulating interactive puzzles and problems for the whole-class or groups linked to the resource book. Embed a range of problem-solving strategies with opportunities to listen, speak and think about maths Covers the strands and objectives of the Renewed Maths Framework. 'Teacher Zone' provides planning grids, objectives and links to the Renewed Framework. Extensive bank of printable follow-up problems on CD-ROM.

Star Maths Puzzles and Problems Year 1

Get Set GO! Sustainability covers a wide range of sustainable options that Children's Centres and early years setting can pick up and start with. Ithis book is aimed at those who are new to sustainability and those who are looking to enhance their sustainable status with some new ideas. Set out in an accessible style, you can dip into the book at any page, as each page is set out in a range of helpful headings to get you going as soon as possible.

A step-by-step guide to creating a sustainable early years setting

Get, Set, GO! Sustainability

JOHN P CUTTING

Schizophrenia is being increasingly viewed as a neurological disorder. The Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia addresses the key questions in modern schizophrenia research. How do abnormalities of the brain produce the characteristic signs and symptoms of this most severe and mysterious mental malady? Where are these abnormalities? How do they develop? How can we detect them? What clinical and cognitive effects do they have? This new book is the first of its kind to tackle these questions in a systematic way from a number of allied perspectives: from phenomenology to physiology, animal behaviour to metacognition and from PET scans to paper and pencil tests. A number of authors from the United Kingdom and the United States have made contributions; all are acknowledged experts in the field. The chapters each contain a concise review of the particular topic, empirical data and also a theoretical overview. The Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia will be required reading for all serious students of schizophrenia from both medical and psychology backgrounds.

The Neuropsychology Of Schizophrenia

The rags-to-riches story of one of Europe's great entrepreneurs and a founding father of modern Jewish secular culture The name "Schocken"--now primarily associated with the prestigious publishing house--was once emblazoned over a vast commercial empire; across Europe, it stood for quality consumer goods and uplifting culture made available for working people. A sweeping, colorful saga, The Patron is the first biography of Salman Schocken, founder of a large department store chain and Jewish philanthropic titan. We follow Schocken's transformation from an impoverished migrant selling textiles door-to-door to a captain of German industry, at once media magnate, collector, talent scout, and patron. The merchandizing millionaire then harnessed his fortune to a vision: to disseminate Jewish secular culture to the Jewish masses, in much the same way as he marketed well-designed coffeepots to the working class. His task, as he saw it, was not to spread culture but to create it, through publishing houses, newspapers, and the patronage of such influential modern thinkers such as Martin Buber and Thomas Mann. But as the Nazi regime closed in on Schocken's empire, the resilient tycoon transferred his energies and passions to Palestine and New York. In The Patron historian Anthony David fills in a missing piece of twentieth-century history, the towering life of a self-made man who, with courage and tenacity, helped fashion a people's national and cultural renaissance.

The Patron: A Life of Salman Schocken, 1877-1959

Niezwykła historia sekretnej czterdziestoletniej przyjaźni między dwiema kobietami, które choć pochodziły z wrogich obozów, miały wspólną pokojową misję Ta podwójna biografia przedstawia burzliwe życie Rut Dajan – założycielki słynnego izraelskiego domu mody i Raymondy Tawil – palestyńskiej dziennikarki i feministki. Połączyła je przyjaźń, która pokonała wszelkie uprzedzenia i przezwyciężyła wiele przeciwności w kraju rozdartym wojną. Autor Anthony David, nagradzany biograf i historyk, w oparciu o wywiady z bohaterkami, a także o ich pamiętniki i dzienniki w wartki i fascynujący sposób opowiada piękną historię pojednania i nadziei rozgrywającą się w atmosferze niekończącego się konfliktu bliskowschodniego. Opowieść ta pozwala zagłębić się w zakulisowe, nieznane dzieje najsłynniejszych przywódców Bliskiego Wschodu, widziane oczami dwóch wybitnych kobiet stojących po obu stronach sporu a jednocześnie usłyszeć głos Izraelczyków i Palestyńczyków uwikłanych w konflikt. Niesie przy tym nadzieję na pokojową przyszłość.

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