Atkinson: 684 books

First Steps is a new series of short, affordable self-help on a range of key topics. Depression is wide-spread in today's world, with statistics suggesting that 1 in 5 of us will experience it at some stage in life. In First Steps out of Depression, successful author Sue Atkinson draws on her experiences...

Teddy a vingt ans lorsqu’il s’enrôle en 1940 comme pilote de bombardier. Vite promu commandant d’Halifax, lui et son équipage vont connaître quatre années d’horreur et d’héroïsme où chaque mission risque d’être la dernière. Il va pourtant vivre jusqu’à plus de quatre-vingt-dix...

Published in 1994, this book gathers together a series of original studies on occupational socialization and the everyday realities of work. It includes detailed, empirically based accounts of a variety of occupational settings. Included are: social workers; trainee midwives; prison officers; accountants;...

This second edition, published in 1997 follows the original edition from 1981 which was the only published ethnography of medical education in the UK. The theoretical, methodological and substantive issues continue to be of importance to the sociology and anthropology of medicine and medical knowledge....

"What a helpful book! This will be a 'friend ' to many undergraduate students looking for clarification." - Helen Hazelwood, St Mary's University College "This is a great book that really helps the students understand research and the complex processes that can often daunt even...

The Family is the most ancient and the most sacred of human institutions; the least likely to be overthrown by revolutionary attacks. In epochs of change the Family naturally invites the attentions of impetuous reformers, like Shelley (who advocated a scheme more than any other apt to shock the conscience...

After the sudden death of my friend Emily, I, a Nova Scotia Social Worker and business person, find myself the sole executrix of what turns out to be a very complicated estate, compounded by mystery and wrapped in layers of lessons learned. Like many of life's episodes and occurrences experienced...

The first of three volumes of the landmark, award-winning series The Europeans in Australia gives an account of early settlement by Britain. It tells of the political and intellectual origins of this extraordinary undertaking that began during the 1780s, a decade of extraordinary creativity and the...

Covering everything from how to change a nappy, bonding with your baby and registering for nursery, this book takes a down-to-earth look at everything a dad might need to know. Much of the information about children and childcare is written with mums in mind. Dads might get a paragraph or...

NUGGETS OF NEW THOUGHT Several Things That Have Helped People By William Walker Atkinson Synopsis From the first chapter: '"I Can and I Will"—The recognition—Equal to any task—A feeling of calm confidence—An abiding sense of power, reserve force and security —The Something within—The...

This is the second volume in our New Thought Movement series. The New Thought Movement paved the way for the modern prosperity movement. It was the New Thought writers who first brought attention to the concept of manifesting wealth, right thinking, and the power of positive thinking. Without their...

Are you fed up with the way you feel? Are fear, anger, low self-acceptance or other negative emotions holding you back from living the life you want? If, like so many others, you are unable to recognise what you really feel or want, this book will be invaluable. In THE MOOD DOCTOR'S GUIDE TO HAPPINESS,...

Human Nature expresses itself in two general phases, i.e., (1) the phase of Inner States; and (2) the phase of Outer Forms. These two phases, however, are not separate or opposed to each other, but are complementary aspects of the same thing. There is always an action and reaction between the Inner...

The Short Story by W. Patterson Atkinson, A.M.