‘I would watch him preparing it. He’d sit at the table, or kneel down on the floor with a tray upside down in front of him and that reverential expression would settle onto his face and I’d be reminded of a priest setting out the bread and wine for a communion. Chop-chop-chop with the edge of the razor-blade, his pale fingers delicate as a dancer’s, his silver puzzle-ring glinting in the light. The repetitive movements were mesmerising. Chop-chop-chop until the speed was as fine as sieved icing-sugar...’ On a warm afternoon in 1975, Anna trips while strolling along a Fulham Street. Fiery-haired Fitz, buzzing along under the effects of amphetamines, rushes to her rescue. So begins their deep and fervent relationship. At first Anna fails to realise the depth of Fitz’s addiction – until she moves in with him. Although she loves him intensely, there are times when she questions whether she can cope with the effects that the drug has on Fitz – the mood swings, the hyperactivity and the paranoia that turn him into someone she barely recognises. Dependence is a revealing novel about the destructive effects of drug addiction. It is a bittersweet love story, recounting the joys and sorrows of a poignant and loving relationship and how even the strongest love can be cruelly tested by the realities of drugs.
‘I would watch him preparing it. He’d sit at the table, or kneel down on the floor with a tray upside down in front of him and that reverential expression would settle onto his face and I’d be reminded of a priest setting out the bread and wine for a communion. Chop-chop-chop with the edge of the razor-blade, his pale fingers delicate as a dancer’s, his silver puzzle-ring glinting in the light. The repetitive movements were mesmerising. Chop-chop-chop until the speed was as fine as sieved icing-sugar...’ On a warm afternoon in 1975, Anna trips while strolling along a Fulham Street. Fiery-haired Fitz, buzzing along under the effects of amphetamines, rushes to her rescue. So begins their deep and fervent relationship. At first Anna fails to realise the depth of Fitz’s addiction – until she moves in with him. Although she loves him intensely, there are times when she questions whether she can cope with the effects that the drug has on Fitz – the mood swings, the hyperactivity and the paranoia that turn him into someone she barely recognises. Dependence is a revealing novel about the destructive effects of drug addiction. It is a bittersweet love story, recounting the joys and sorrows of a poignant and loving relationship and how even the strongest love can be cruelly tested by the realities of drugs.
Thoroughly revised and updated for today’s clinicians, Wasserman & Whipp’s Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation, Sixth Edition, provides a comprehensive, practical overview of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) ideally suited for pulmonologists, cardiologists, anesthesiologists, and others with an interest in clinical exercise testing. Written by authors who are uniquely positioned to convey relevant aspects of research and apply them to clinical contexts, this volume offers in-depth coverage of essential information for conducting CPET, or for utilizing data from this discipline in clinical practice or research.
The winner of four Academy Awards for directing, John Ford is considered by many to be America’s greatest native-born director. Ford helmed some of the most memorable films in American cinema, including The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and The Quiet Man, as well as such iconic westerns as Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. In The John Ford Encyclopedia, Sue Matheson provides readers with detailed information about the acclaimed director’s films from the silent era to the 1960s. In more than 400 entries, this volume covers not only the films Ford directed and produced but also the studios for which he worked; his preferred shooting sites; his World War II documentaries; and the men and women with whom he collaborated, including actors, screenwriters, technicians, and stuntmen. Eleven newly discovered members of the John Ford Stock Company are also included. Encompassing the entire range of the director’s career—from his start in early cinema to his frequent work with national treasure John Wayne—this is a comprehensive overview of one of the most highly regarded filmmakers in history. The John Ford Encyclopedia will be of interest to professors, students, and the many fans of the director’s work.
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