Search Results: Titles starting with O from DASHbooks

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The aim of this module is to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to effectively manage obstetric, gynaecological and neonatal paediatric emergencies.

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In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The fourth volume in the Broken Bough saga opens in the summer of 1932 with Ed Hallam and the beautiful Maisie celebrating their marriage in great style at Ryland Castle. Peg Hallam, once the gardener's daughter, is now apparently secure in her new role as Lady Ryland, mother of the future heir. However Jenny, Addie's daughter, shows signs of becoming a troublesome adolescent as the mystery about her parentage is revealed.The bewitching Maisie, formerly a night-club dancer, seems with her marriage to a naval officer about to cross the class barrier and achieve respectability. But will she? Or will the siren call of her former glamorous but dissolute life threaten not only her and Ed's new found happiness, but send shockwaves through the entire family so that a dark cloud hangs ominously over the future.

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In good condition - has yellowing to ends - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Long before anyone would christen the Dust Bowl, Nola Merrill sense the destruction. She's been drying up bit by bit since the day her mother died, leaving her with a father who withholds his affection by way God keeps a grip on the Oklahoma rain. A hasty marriage to Russ, a young preacher, didn't bring the escape she desired. Now, twelve years later with two children to raise, new seeds of dissatisfaction take root.When Jim, a long-lost friend from her husband's past, takes refuge in their home, Nola slowly springs to life under his attentions until their reckless encounters bring her to commit the ultimate betrayal of her marriage. For months, Nola withers in the wake of the shame she so desperately tries to bury, burning to confess her sin but wondering whether Russ's love will be strong enough to stand the test.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Postwar newlyweds Chic and Diane Waldbesser are determined to carve out a life for themselves and their son, Lomax, in Middleville, Illinois. But when ten-year-old Lomax dies, Chic and Diane take refuge in religion, haiku poetry, doll collecting, food and bowling as they try to make sense of their overwhelming grief and guilt.Meanwhile Chic's older brother, Buddy, struggles to make a life with his exotic, naïve wife Lijy - who is hiding a devastating secret of her own - while attempting to introduce the residents of Middleville to vegetarianism and Ayurveda. (An unusual endeavour in mid-century Middle America.)

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.In this novel from Thorne, one woman's whole world is about to change. After Eleanor is involved in a near-fatal car crash, her daughter returns home to care for her. Under these most difficult of circumstances, the two women are forced to reassess what they mean to each other.

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout."A popular guest at many of the town's finer homes, he particularly enjoyed participating in the somber discussions about Martha's disappearance that still came up from time to time over the dinner table. I could tell you all about it, every little detail, he said to himself with a self-satisfied smile as he strolled the boardwalk, exchanging pleasantries with good friends he met along the way. But of course I won't. That's our secret - mine and Martha's."

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.You Can Live Your Whole Life not realising that what you're looking for Is Right In Front Of You.15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that?And every year that follows?

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Paris, 1978. A group of idealistic young doctors join Médecine Internationale on a mission of mercy. Two of them, Matthew and Silvia, fall in love.After a year together in Africa, they are swept apart by bloodshed and violence. Silvia suddenly vanishes and Matthew Hiller has been mourning ever since.He is a neurosurgeon at the very top of his field, a pioneering specialist who has developed a radical technique for treating brain tumours. He is the obvious choice for Italian industrialist Niccolo Rinaldi to contact when his wife's condition has been declared inoperable by every other expert.Imagine Matthew's shock when he discovers his new patient is none other thanthe long-lost Silvia. When she walks through the door, as beautiful as ever - "a poem without words..." - Matthew is once again smitten. But first, he must save her life.And if he does...then what?

In very good condition - dust jacket has slight wear on spine - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Here, for the first time, is the full and dramatic story of one of the most hazardous operations in modern history.From August, 1941, escorted merchant convoys gathered in Scottish ports or at Reykjavik in Iceland and crossed the glacial Arctic Ocean, carrying war materials and Red Cross supplies to the Russian ports of Murmansk and Archangel.Each journey was a perilous struggle for survival. Navigating through mountainous seas, fog, ice-packs, snowstorms and Arctic darkness, the merchantmen fought to somehow reach their objective. Their route took them to within three hundred miles of shore-based German torpedo-bombers, and in addition the full frenzy of German might encircled them in a gauntlet of continuous attack: high altitude bombers, dive bombers, U-boat packs, destroyers, and the ever present menace of the battleship Tirpitz, one of the… Read More

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.A memoir of Stuart Patterson.

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Large print - in good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Ellie and Dan are proof that opposites attract. He follows instructions and she throws the manual away. He loves sport whereas Ellie's allergic to exercise. Ellie doesn't have a mother. And Dan does - a mother who wants to take over...EVERYTHING.At first Ellie is thrilled to be part of the close, loving Cooper family. But when she and Dan decide to get married and wedding plans progress, she starts to wonder: is it normal for Linda and Dan to speak on the phone twice a day? How on earth do they come to be having a large reception when all she wanted was a quiet register office do? In fact, is she marrying Dan...OR HIS MOTHER?And Ellie's problems have only just begun. When she discovers she's pregnant she realizes that Linda's only been rehearsing for the real takeover. Linda seems to want to live her life through Ellie and, in the words of the immortal Princess… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.'Under the dazzling glare of the electric lamp, Tartaglia saw the naked body of a young woman. She was kneeling down in the snow, head bent right over touching the ground, her face almost hidden beneath a tangle of pale blonde hair. He felt cold just to look at her.'The young woman was Rachel Tenison, a wealthy West End art dealer, who led what appeared to be a normal, fulfilled life. But as DI Mark Tartaglia and DS Sam Donovan scratch away at the surface, a darker, secret side emerges.Then a tip-off sends their investigation spinning in an entirely different direction.Still haunted by the 'Bridegroom' case from three months before, which they were lucky to survive, Tartaglia and Donovan are forced to confront their own demons as they struggle to pin down the elusive of killers.

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In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Would you be wary if someone gave you the assignment of delivering five million dollars to a Philippine terrorist - never mind from whom or why? Booth Stallings, a terrorism expert just fired from his job at a bashful organization that never admitted its mount in the Washington merry-go-round, is wary. So wary that he cuts in con man "Otherguy" Overby, who in turn involves Artie Wu, pretender to the throne of China, and his partner, Quincy Durant. Obviously, good patriots don't want to hand over all that money to bad guys. Better they keep it for themselves. Which inevitably raises the question: Who among them will end up with the money?