Most Popular Books by D. J. Taylor

Nervously monitored from a twelfth-floor eyrie near Blackfriars, Scott Marshall’s world looks as if it’s falling apart. It’s late 1990 in the City of London, the Iraqis are in Kuwait, the Old Lady’s sick (Mrs Thatcher, not the Bank of England) and the wild times are over. The only thing a thirtysomething Anglo-American with a job at KLS, the legendarily predatory management consultants, an eating phobia and some exalted social connections can do is sit tight and weather the storm. Walham Town, the struggling fourth division football side (‘We’re not one of your glamour clubs’) now launched on an unlooked-for cup-run by their megalomaniac chairman, seems a safe bolt-hole. But Walham’s shattered finances harbour a nest of deceit and subterfuge. Meanwhile, secretive, anonymous Miranda is steadily rearranging Scott’s emotional life, his father’s plans to visit have released all kinds of ghosts from their shared past, and his boss’s intrigues with a brace of City cronies may or may not rebound to his advantage. As these parallel lines start to converge, Scott’s position turns ever less secure. The arrival of Scott’s ailing father, with some bizarre ideas on how to spend his vacation, could hardly come at a worse moment. . . Taking place on a pontoon bridge between America and England and supplying an insider’s view of how the City works, D. J. Taylor’s third novel is a penetrating examination of national identity (on both sides of the Atlantic), missed connections in family life, and the way we behave to the people we love.

"This book explores how schema theory and therapy might be used in work with clients who suffer from psychosis, bipolarity and related symptoms. The first part of the book features in-depth qualitative research fortified with first person testimonies examining the self-states or ''modes'' of a person with psychosis or bipolarity. These self-states involve a range of features such as emotions, thoughts, motivations, and behaviours, which manifest as a pattern. Part two proposes the adaptation and application of Schema Therapy, a transdiagnostic approach targeting emotion and interpersonal functioning directly, to clinical work with these two groups. Offering unique insights, this text will appeal to a range of practicing clinicians such as psychologists, therapists, psychiatrists and those with a special interest in psychosis or bipolarity"--

Poppyland moves on from D.J. Taylor''s Stewkey Blues (2022) to offer more pitch-perfect reportage from his native Norfolk (and beyond it), bringing together a succession of characters who are hanging on from the lives they lead, in an attempt to do for the world of Norwich, Cromer, Hunstanton and Bacton what Annie Proulx does for Wyoming.

Ichthyoplankton specimens are notoriously difficult to identify using morphology. DNA barcoding and real-time PCR utilize DNA to identify specimens, rather than morphology. However, no study has yet compared morphological identifications with DNA-based identification for Canadian freshwater fishes. Here, we both compare DNA barcoding with morphological identification of ichthyoplankton and design a multiplex TaqMan real-time PCR assay for the rapid and cost-effective identification of 3 important species in Lake Huron, lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis), deepwater sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsonii) and round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum). Unlike morphological identification, DNA barcoding was able to resolve specimens from the Catostomus genus and Cyprinidae family to the species. Contrarily, DNA barcoding was unable to differentiate some members of the Coregonus genus, whereas morphology identified these specimens to the species. Real-time PCR was able to accurately identify the target species 100% of the time and was the most cost-effective method.