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'If you want to read a book that moves you both at the level of
sentence and the quality of language and with the emotional depth
of its subject matter, then A Fortunate Woman is definitely the
book you should be reading' Samanth Subramanian, Baillie Gifford
Judge When Polly Morland is clearing out her mother's house she
finds a book that will lead her to a remarkable figure living on
her own doorstep: the country doctor who works in the same remote,
wooded valley she has lived in for many years. This doctor is a
rarity in contemporary medicine, she knows her patients inside out,
and their stories are deeply entwined with her own. In A Fortunate
Woman, with its beautiful photographs by Richard Baker, Polly
Morland has written a profoundly moving love letter to a landscape,
a community and, above all, to what it means to be a good doctor.
'Morland writes about nature and the changing landscape with such
lyrical precision that her prose sometimes seems close to poetry'
Christina Patterson, The Sunday Times 'Timely . . . compelling . .
. a delicately drawn miniature' The Financial Times 'This book
deepens our understanding of the life and thoughts of a modern
doctor, and the modern NHS, and it expands movingly to chronicle a
community and a landscape' Kathleen Jamie, The New Statesman
Key features: Evidence-based – summarises the evidence about the
effect of primary health care on mortality. Structured guidance –
presents a framework of 23 mechanisms responsible for this effect,
including funding, staffing, the clinical method and the
therapeutic relationship, that can be used by both practitioners
and policymakers to develop services. International perspective –
the mechanisms by which primary health care affects population
mortality apply worldwide.
This edition of Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics
in Accounting includes articles from a distinguished group of
authors. The topics covered explore many aspects of professional
responsibility and ethics in accounting, including Giving Voice to
Values, Whistleblowing, Earnings Management, and Materiality.
A colorful collection of iconic and quirky vintage cookbook covers
from artist and illustrator Richard Baker, a visual feast of a
puzzle for bibliophiles and foodies alike. Piece together your own
colorful collection of vintage cookbook covers! Classic Cookbooks
1000-Piece Puzzle features artist Richard Baker's amazing paintings
of beloved real cookbooks, both iconic like The Joy of Cooking,
Mastering the French Kitchen, and The Dooky Chase Cookbook and
quirky, like Fabulous Fondues and Love & Knishes. Each book
portrait captures the telltale signs of wear from years in the
kitchen. The perfect gift for foodies, home chefs, book lovers and
collectors everywhere.
The era of post-colonialism and globalisation has brought new
intensities of debate concerning the existence of diversity and
plurality, and the need to work in partnerships to resolve major
problems of injustice and marginalisation now facing local and
global communities. The Church is struggling to connect with the
significant economic, political and cultural changes impacting on
all types of urban context but especially city centres, inner rings
and outer estates and the new ex-urban communities being developed
beyond the suburbs. This book argues that theology and the church
need to engage more seriously with post-modern reality and thought
if points of connection (both theologically and pastorally) are
going to be created. The author proposes a sustained engagement
with a key concept to emerge from post-modern experience - namely
the concept of the Third Space. Drawing on case studies from Europe
and the USA primarily, this book examines examples of Third Space
methodologies to ask questions about hybrid identities and methods
churches might adopt to effectively connect with post-modern cities
and civil society. Particular areas of focus by the author include:
the role and identity of church in post-modern urban space; the
role of public theology in addressing key issues of marginalisation
and urbanisation as they impact in the 21st century; the nature and
role of local civil society as a local response to globalised
patterns of urban, economic, social and cultural change.
1000 PIECE PUZZLE: A fun challenge, this puzzle features iconic
books from across the literary canon and a mix of genres (poetry,
memoir, fiction and nonfiction). UNIQUE ART AND VINTAGE FEEL: The
artist, Richard Baker, paints paperback editions from the 1960s and
'70s, faithfully portraying not only the original front cover
details, but also signs of its passage through time - creases, worn
bindings, and all. GREAT GIFT: Bibliophiles, literary lovers and
art history enthusiasts alike will enjoy assembling this puzzle.
PUZZLE DIMENSIONS: The completed puzzle measures 25 x 20"
Key features: Evidence-based – summarises the evidence about the
effect of primary health care on mortality. Structured guidance –
presents a framework of 23 mechanisms responsible for this effect,
including funding, staffing, the clinical method and the
therapeutic relationship, that can be used by both practitioners
and policymakers to develop services. International perspective –
the mechanisms by which primary health care affects population
mortality apply worldwide.
This textbook develops a coherent view of differential equations by
progressing through a series of typical examples in science and
engineering that arise as mathematical models. All steps of the
modeling process are covered: formulation of a mathematical model;
the development and use of mathematical concepts that lead to
constructive solutions; validation of the solutions; and
consideration of the consequences. The volume engages students in
thinking mathematically, while emphasizing the power and relevance
of mathematics in science and engineering. There are just a few
guidelines that bring coherence to the construction of solutions as
the book progresses through ordinary to partial differential
equations using examples from mixing, electric circuits, chemical
reactions and transport processes, among others. The development of
differential equations as mathematical models and the construction
of their solution is placed center stage in this volume.
The era of post-colonialism and globalisation has brought new
intensities of debate concerning the existence of diversity and
plurality, and the need to work in partnerships to resolve major
problems of injustice and marginalisation now facing local and
global communities. The Church is struggling to connect with the
significant economic, political and cultural changes impacting on
all types of urban context but especially city centres, inner rings
and outer estates and the new ex-urban communities being developed
beyond the suburbs. This book argues that theology and the church
need to engage more seriously with post-modern reality and thought
if points of connection (both theologically and pastorally) are
going to be created. The author proposes a sustained engagement
with a key concept to emerge from post-modern experience - namely
the concept of the Third Space. Drawing on case studies from Europe
and the USA primarily, this book examines examples of Third Space
methodologies to ask questions about hybrid identities and methods
churches might adopt to effectively connect with post-modern cities
and civil society. Particular areas of focus by the author include:
the role and identity of church in post-modern urban space; the
role of public theology in addressing key issues of marginalisation
and urbanisation as they impact in the 21st century; the nature and
role of local civil society as a local response to globalised
patterns of urban, economic, social and cultural change.
Take literary inspiration with you everywhere you go with the new Classic Paperbacks Notebook, featuring artist Richard Baker's remarkable paintings of vintage paperback books. Interspersed throughout the notebook and displayed on the cover are Baker's near-photographic paintings of beloved real books from the most iconic writers from the nineteenth century to the modern era, from Emily Dickinson to Zora Neale Hurston and Herman Melville to James Baldwin. Each "book portrait" includes the marks of a treasured favorite with covers softened and edges frayed from countless readings. The lined journal is a perfect companion for readers and book lovers.
This latest volume of Studies in the Development of Accounting
Thought, edited by Martin E. Persson, contains ten manuscripts,
seven being previously unpublished, authored by C. Richard Baker
during an academic career that spans four decades. Historical
Developments in the Accountancy Profession, Financial Reporting,
and Accounting Theory is divided into two thematic sections. The
first covers developments in accounting thought on financial
reporting and the accountancy profession, whereas the second
section covers developments related to accounting measurements and
theory. The historical examination of the development of accounting
thought serves as a unifying theme throughout this edited volume,
which attempts to pick up on various understudied threads of
academic and professional initiatives over the past several hundred
years. The material is of value to anyone interested in the
intellectual history of the accounting discipline.
This edition of Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics
in Accounting includes articles from a distinguished group of
authors. The topics cover many aspects of professional
responsibility and ethics in accounting, including whistleblowing,
professional skepticism, earnings management, cognitive style and
ethics.
Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting is
devoted to publishing high-quality research and cases that focus on
the professional responsibilities of accountants and how they deal
with the ethical issues they face. The series features articles on
a broad range of important and timely topics, including
professionalism, social responsibility, corporate responsibility,
ethical judgments, and accountability. The professional
responsibilities of accountants are broad-based; they must serve
clients and user groups whose needs, incentives, and goals may be
in conflict. Further, accountants must interpret and apply codes of
conduct, accounting and auditing principles, and securities
regulations. Compliance with professional guidelines is
judgment-based, and characteristics of the individual, the culture,
and situation affect how these guidelines are interpreted and
applied, as well as when they might be violated. Interactions
between accountants, regulators, standard setters, and industries
also have ethical components. Research into the nature of these
interactions, resulting dilemmas, and how and why accountants
resolve them is the focus of this journal.
This textbook develops a coherent view of differential equations by
progressing through a series of typical examples in science and
engineering that arise as mathematical models. All steps of the
modeling process are covered: formulation of a mathematical model;
the development and use of mathematical concepts that lead to
constructive solutions; validation of the solutions; and
consideration of the consequences. The volume engages students in
thinking mathematically, while emphasizing the power and relevance
of mathematics in science and engineering. There are just a few
guidelines that bring coherence to the construction of solutions as
the book progresses through ordinary to partial differential
equations using examples from mixing, electric circuits, chemical
reactions and transport processes, among others. The development of
differential equations as mathematical models and the construction
of their solution is placed center stage in this volume.
Every book lover's collection includes a few treasured favorites
with frayed edges and covers soft from wear. Richard Baker's
remarkable paintings of vintage paperback books capture these
intimate details. The "book portraits" feature titles by some of
the most iconic writers of the modern era, from Emily Dickinson and
Mark Twain to George Orwell and Susan Sontag.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE A The Times Book of
the Year 2022 'Morland writes about nature and the changing
landscape with such lyrical precision that her prose sometimes
seems close to poetry' - Christina Patterson, The Sunday Times A
Fortunate Woman is a compelling, thoughtful and insightful look at
the life and work of a country doctor. Funny, moving and not afraid
of the dark, it will speak to readers everywhere. Polly Morland was
clearing her late mother's house when she found a battered
paperback fallen behind the family bookshelf. Opening it, she was
astonished to see an old photograph of the remote, wooded valley in
which she lives. The book was A Fortunate Man, John Berger's
classic account of a country doctor working in the same valley more
than half a century earlier. This chance discovery led Morland to
the remarkable doctor who serves that valley community today, a
woman whose own medical vocation was inspired by reading the very
same book as a teenager. A Fortunate Woman tells her compelling,
true story, and how the tale of the old doctor has threaded through
her own life in magical ways. Working within a community she loves,
she is a rarity in contemporary medicine: a modern doctor who knows
her patients inside out, the lives of this ancient, wild place
entwined with her own. Revisiting Berger's story after half a
century of seismic change, both in our society and in the ways in
which medicine is practised, A Fortunate Woman sheds light on what
it means to be a doctor in today's complex and challenging world.
Interweaving the doctor's story with those of her patients,
reflecting on the relationship between landscape and community, and
upon the wider role of medicine in society, a unique portrait of a
twenty-first century family doctor emerges. Illustrated throughout
with photographs by Richard Baker. 'Contains a profound message for
the future at a critical moment for general practice and us all' -
Wendy Moore, TLS 'I was consoled and compelled by this book's
steady gaze on healing and caring. The writing is beautiful' -
Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater and Ghost Wall 'A vibrant and
authentic portrait of the rural family doctor in these difficult
contemporary times' - Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Care
at the University of Oxford
Every book lover's collection includes a few treasured favorites
with frayed edges and covers soft from wear. Richard Baker's
remarkable paintings of vintage paperback books capture these
intimate details. The "book portraits" feature titles by some of
the most iconic writers of the modern era, from Emily Dickinson and
Mark Twain to George Orwell and Susan Sontag.
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