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“robert hayward”

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  • Killing Pain

    Understanding the Opioid Pandemic and the American Obsession with Oxycontin, Heroin, and Other Painkillers

    by Robert Hayward ...
    In 1996, the FDA approved and endorsed Perdue Pharmaceutical’s new drug, "Oxycontin" as a non-addictive pain reliever.Since 1996, the CDC reported 841,000 drug overdose deaths nationwide.In the 12 months ending in April of 2021, over 103,000 Americans died from a drug overdose.The Center for Disease Control and Prevention tells us that Americans 50 years old and younger are more likely to die of a ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Penelope Saves The Environment

    by Robert Hayward ...
    Penelope is a bright and curious young girl with an adventurous spirit. With wide, inquisitive eyes, she is always eager to explore the world around her, constantly seeking out new places, people, and experiences. Whether she's wandering through the woods, examining tiny insects in her backyard, or reading books about faraway lands, Penelope's curiosity knows no bounds and hates pollution. She has ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • The Jewish Temple

    A Non-Biblical Sourcebook

    by Robert Hayward ...
    Robert Hayward offers a careful analysis of surviving accounts of the Temple and its service. All the central texts are provided in translation, with a detailed commentary. While descriptions of the Temple and its service are available, discussions of the meaning of these things are less easily found. This study clearly illustrates how the Temple was seen as a meeting point between heaven and ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Asylum Years: Back to the Future?

    Glimpses of Institutional Life in the 1970s

    Edited by Robert Hayward, Andrew Heenan ...
    Has the legacy of the asylum era impacted on the thinking that underpins health policy today? Evidence gathered here from a number of people who worked in an asylum 50 years ago suggests that there is considerable inheritance from the institutional times that reinforce current mental health policy and mode of provision.This book begins with a historical overview of mental health care and provides ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • From the Mental Patient to the Person

    by Dr Peter Barham, Peter Barham, Robert Hayward ...
    The aim of contemporary mental health policy is to enable people who have had a severe mental illness to lead relatively independent lives in the community, rather than be sequestered permanently in the large mental hospitals. In recent years plans to hasten the closure of many of these hospitals have become controversial and generated sharp debate about community care. From the Mental Patient to ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • The Night Ocean

    Enriched edition. Echoes of the Eldritch: Lovecraftian Horrors Unveiled

    by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Robert Hayward Barlow, Hudson Redwick ...
    'ÄúThe Night Ocean'Äù encapsulates the eerie and enigmatic underpinning of cosmic horror and psychological unease within a literary context, drawing together a spectrum of stories that spellbind the reader with their atmospheric intricacies and unsettling themes. This anthology showcases a compelling tapestry, ranging from vividly wrought narratives of dread to introspective ponderings on the ... Read more

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    A Memoir Of Madness In Our Times

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    In July 1988, Canadian-born historian Barbara Taylor was admitted to Friern Hospital, a once-notorious asylum for the insane. Her journey there began when, overwhelmed by anxiety as she completed her doctoral studies in London, England, she found relief by dosing herself with alcohol and tranquillizers. She then embarked on what would turn out to be a decades- long psychoanalysis.The analysis ... Read more

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  • The Last Asylum

    A Memoir of Madness in our Times

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    The Last Asylum is Barbara Taylor's haunting memoir of her journey through the UK mental health system.A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKSHORTLISTED FOR THE RBC TAYLOR PRIZEIn July 1988, Barbara Taylor, then an acclaimed young historian, was admitted to what had once been England's largest psychiatric institution: Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, later known as Friern Hospital.This searingly honest, thought ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Selfish Whining Monkeys

    How we Ended Up Greedy, Narcissistic and Unhappy

    by Rod Liddle ...
    With a sharp eye for the magnificently absurd, Rod Liddle sets light to modern-day Britain.‘One of Britain’s funniest, most daring columnists. If he weren’t so offensive you’d almost call him a national treasure’ Mail on Sunday‘I, and my generation, seem feckless and irresponsible, endlessly selfish, whining, avaricious, self-deluding, self-obsessed, spoiled and corrupt and ill.’What is it that ... Read more

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  • The Episode

    A True Story of Loss, Madness and Healing

    by Mary Ann Kenny ...
    'A must-read: it hits you right in the heart' Katriona O'Sullivan, author of Poor'Written in beautifully honest prose, and illuminated throughout by something rare and invaluable: the notes kept by those who dealt with her…. A gripping and important book’ Horatio Clare, The Telegraph'Compelling' Irish Examiner‘A story of tenacity and bravery … visceral’ Irish Times</em... ... Read more

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  • Come What May

    An uplifting guide to navigating hard times from the UK's leading expert on recovery

    by Lucy Easthope ...
    The inspirational new book from the bestselling author of When the Dust Settles'A shining beacon of sense and wisdom. We can all benefit from reading this brilliant book about how to respond with resilience.' RACHEL CLARKE'An unlikely superhero' SUNDAY TIMES'An amazing woman' JAMES O'BRIENWe all experience uncertainty, change and loss. How can we weather the storms, and cope with whatever comes ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • The Knife Went In

    Real-Life Murderers and Our Culture

    by Theodore Dalrymple ...
    More than half a century ago, George Orwell wrote an essay about the decline of the English murder. Since the 1990s, Theodore Dalrymple has witnessed its modern variety in real life. For over a quarter of a century he has treated and examined many more murderers than most as a prison doctor, psychiatrist, and court expert in some of Britain's most deprived areas. Here, he delves deep into his life ... Read more

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