Kim Davies – författare

The Murder Book: Understanding Homicide Today provides comprehensive coverage about the theories explaining homicide. Discussions of high-profile cases, as well as details of the day to day work of investigators and the courts, provide a complete treatment of homicide.

The Murder Book: Understanding Homicide Today provides comprehensive coverage about the theories explaining homicide. Discussions of high-profile cases, as well as details of the day-to-day work of investigators and the courts, provide a complete treatment of homicide.

This title shows you how to raise your baby and child the way nature intended, with non-invasive remedies, healthy eating strategies and workable daily routines. It looks at every aspect of a growing child - physical, developmental and emotional - and gives constructive advice on ways to enjoy and cope with each stage. It offers sensitive advice on learning to be a parent and handling the responsibility of looking after a new baby. It gives guidance on how to deal with everyday issues and minor complaints, including early nutrition, childhood illnesses, first-aid situations and sleep routines. It combines intelligent, thoughtful text with 650 specially shot photographs and clear step-by-step sequences. This inspiring and practical book provides reassuring answers to the complex questions that parents of babies and young children ask. Beginning with the initial few days of a new baby's life the first three sections of the book deal with general care and feeding, crying and sleeping, and how to encourage development and play.Guidance is given on changing, feeding, weaning, healthy eating, bathing, natural skin care, coping with tantrums, sleep patterns, stimulating your child and encouraging social skills. The last section offers a wealth of advice on illness, first aid, eating plans and recipes, with natural therapies and modern approaches interwoven with the best traditional advice. Illustrated throughout with images that reflect the adventure of bringing up children, this is a valuable, practical guide for new parents.

Everyone wants to be happy - but what do we mean by happiness? No life is blessed throughout with good fortune. All of us face setbacks and sorrows. It follows that we cannot depend solely on external factors, on things going well, we have to look within. This inspiring and insightful book is a guide, one that includes lots of routes and byways. It draws on views and ideas from all kinds of places - spiritual thinkers, modern science and research - and it presents the information in a practical, helpful way. As with any guidebook, you can either go straight to the chapters that seem relevant to your path, or you can open at random just to see what you might find. Five key chapters explore how you can create your own happiness habit; find meaning in life; develop a happiness toolkit; explore qualities of happiness; and keep connected.

Rebalance and harmonize your life with 50 easy exercises.Pausing means taking a step back from the busy-ness, allowing yourself a moment of calm and clarity. It means reflecting on what is happening, noticing what you are doing and how you are feeling. The small but mighty pause is the reset button you need to take a breath and renew yourself.Drawing on a wide range of proven psychological techniques, cognitive behavioural therapy and emotional brain training Love Your Self Pause will help you find respite and refreshed focus in an always-on world.Full of quick, reviving solutions, discover within:How to use the power of pause to enjoy more calm, clarity, energy, joy, gratitude, rest and recoveryWhen to include pauses in your day-to-day, even when your diary is fullTried-and-tested tips to secure your boundaries and gain perspectiveStep-by-step exercises and positive affirmations to make your pause your sanctuary, find your inner calm and know yourselfThe perfect size to keep in your bag or pocket, this guide is designed to be a tool that you keep close by.The Love Your Self series is designed to help you achieve well-being and feel full of life. Look out for the other titles in the Love Your Self series: Energy, Calm, Sleep.

Its an urban jungle out there, and if its not the survival of the fittest, its certainly the survival of the most practical. But hows a boy or girl supposed to learn lifes essential practicalities in these days of hustle, bustle, and laid-back parenting? How to Avoid Being Struck By Lightning is the solution. Its a mentor, a tutor, a driving instructor, a mom, a dad, a grandparent, a scout instructor, and a coach rolled into one. Dividing life into four sections, and then subdividing its challenges into manageable chapters, its the most practical manual on the planet, offering step-by-step guides to the essential skills required for every practical challenge. If theyre not essential theyre not here. If they are, they are.

The holistic nature of Eastern systems – with the emphasis on integrating the mind, body, and spirit – has become a focal point for more and more people. Tai chi offers a route to inner peace as well as developing real health benefits and scientific research has found that regular practice can reduce stress levels, improve physical balance, and help muscular flexibility. This book – suitable for the beginner or the experienced practitioner – tells you everything you need to know about establishing a tai chi practice at home.