Most Popular Books by Sean Stewart

Contemporary neuroscience, infant research, and relational psychotherapy make clear that we are a relational species-that our brain and neurological systems actually organize in the first year of life depending on the relationships that are and are not available. By the second year of life a symbiotic interaction, characterized by mutual affect regulation and mutual attachment experiences, is becoming established. In Terror in Psychotherapy, Dr. Lawrence Hedges demonstrates how trauma experienced during these "organizing" and "symbiotic" levels of relational development stimulate fear, anxiety, and terror that have consequences for later relationships-in extreme forms laying the foundation for suicide and homicide. A series of case vignettes illustrate how early relational intrusive trauma produce terror in transference and countertransference experiencing.

Few topics combine mystery and danger like the shadowy world of spies. Send readers undercover to relive the tales of spies throughout history. Each title recounts the dangerous missions of secret agents and how their actions changed history. Exciting photos and text driven by primary sources paint a vivid picture of these courageous men and women.

Describes the life of Henry VIII, from his childhood and ascension to the throne to his infamous multiple marriages and conflicts with the Catholic church.

An exciting, first-person, diary/journal approach to historical biographies and (primarily) ancient civilizations. Readers will also be given valuable tips and ideas for writing their own life stories!

Trapped gases of ultracold metastable helium atoms are a unique experimental system. The trapped cloud''s low temperatures, the ability to selectively trap and manipulate individual atomic states and the isolation provided in a vacuum chamber are all conducive to the measurement of precision atomic parameters, such as atomic transition rates. Due to its atomic structure helium - the simplest multi-electron atom - is a favourite test-bed for precision QED theoretical calculations compared to experimentally determined parameters. This thesis reports on a number of transition rates measured for the first time with high accuracy, including the first excited metastable state lifetime, found to be 7870(510)s, the longest of any neutral atomic species yet measured. Transition rates from the 23 P level to the ground state were also measured for the first time and found to be in excellent agreement with theory. Further cooling of helium produces a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), where all atoms are in an identical quantum state, the analogue of an optical laser. One particularly interesting property a BEC posesses is long-range coherence to all orders, meaning all component particles are described by a single wavefunction. While first order coherence is measured in an interference experiment like Young''s double slit, higher order coherence is the ability for correlations to exist between groups of two, three or more particles, quantified by the measurement of correlation functions. Prior to the work in this thesis correlation functions for atoms had only been measured for second order. Here we develop a new technique which we use to show that a BEC is coherent to second and third order to 0.1% accuracy, compared to a thermal cloud which we show is incoherent. At small inter-particle spacings, there is an enhanced probability of measuring double and triple events in the thermal cloud (termed bunching). A drawback of all previous atomic correlation measurements is that the small de-Broglie wavelengths compared to the detector resolution leads to a significant reduction in the measured bunching amplitudes compared to theory. By altering our trapping configuration and temperature we are able to measure a two-particle bunching amplitude which is 88% of the theoretical maximum. This system also allowed the measurement of correlations up to 5th order in thermal gases. The near ideal bunching allowed us to demonstrate perturbations to the correlation functions due to the 1D nature of the system. These advances should lead to correlation measurements being used as a probe to characterise more exotic system properties such as low dimensionality, engineered quantum states and paticle pairing. Finally, a waveguide was created using a dipole laser beam and used to guide atoms in analogy to an optical laser in a fibre. Guided ''atom lasers'' are likely to be important components for practical devices such as precision sensors. We demonstrate that a guided atom laser has a gaussian profile matching the lowest transverse mode of the waveguide and is first and second order coherent. In contrast guided thermal atoms show matter-wave speckle and are incoherent.

This thesis seeks develop a programmatic strategy that integrates seniors into existing communities by identifying the existing amenities and public services offered, understanding the gaps in services for seniors, and then filling those gaps through a new seniors congregate living facility. It also seeks to understand the impacts of retiring Baby Boomers on the seniors care industry, and to integrate new ideas about healthy living and aging-in-place. Victoria BC, which has a significant seniors population, will be the testing ground for this proposed strategy.

Are robots smarter than humans? Where are they used? How are they built? Why do they work? Can kids build them? Find the answers in this fascinating look at all things robots. These books are perfect for your STEM instruction.

Goals: Red Blotch disease (RB) is a recently discovered malady which is impacting grape growing regions in the United States. It is important for growers and winemakers to know the effects the disease may have on grape and wine composition in order to make informed decisions. This study made wines to imitate what might be found as field blends in vineyards affected to different degrees by RB disease. The goal is to determine at what incidence of RB infection will overall wine composition and quality be affected. Key findings: In the grapes at harvest the major differences were a decrease in Brix and significantly higher concentrations of tannins and non-tannin phenolics, in the RB affected fruit. Phenolic analyses found anthocyanins to be significantly higher in all wines made with inclusion of fruit from healthy vines and tannin concentrations were significantly higher in wines made with more fruit from RB affected vines. Many of the volatile differences found may be attributable to fermentation and harvest Brix level. Four mouthfeel and taste sensory attributes were found to be significantly different among the wines, all of which could be the result of ethanol differences. Impact and significance: This study is the first to investigate the impact of making wine with RB affected fruit. Previous studies have focused on the disease’s effect on grape composition. The largest impact on wine composition was ethanol concentration due to decreased sugar accumulation in grapes from RB diseased vines resulting in lower sugar content at harvest compared to grapes coming from healthy vines. The difference in ethanol concentration among the wines was also the main driver for sensory differences in the final wines. Findings can help vineyard managers and winemakers make harvest and winemaking decision such as whether sequential harvesting is a viable option and to what extent inclusion of RB affected fruit can impact wine style.

Victor, mon richissime copain, est ruiné, Denny, mon éventuel futur copain, est en ruine, Des types flippants rôdent autour de ma meilleure amie, Et il y a trois cadavres qui traînent sous ma fenêtre. Il ne me reste plus que mon carnet de croquis, une palette de rouges à lèvres de toutes les couleurs, et une sacrée dose de trouille.

Jeune trentenaire installée dans le sud des Etats-Unis, Toni Beauchamp vient d''enterrer sa mère Elena, fameuse dans la région pour sa réputation de sorcière et sa propension à voir son esprit investi par quelques divinités mineures peu adaptées aux arcanes de notre monde contemporain. Rien de grave dans tout cela, sinon qu''enfant, Toni ne supportait pas de voir sa mère constamment montrée du doigt, et qu''elle a fini par développer un véritable blocage vis-à-vis de son ascendance. Comment, réagir, dès lors, en découvrant qu''avec le décès d''Elena, c''est à elle-même qu''échoient ces talents pour le moins singuliers ? Comment admettre, enfin, son héritage ? Par cette œuvre sensible et douce-amère, métaphore subtile de l''acceptation de ses racines, Sean Stewart s''impose en digne héritier des maîtres du réalisme magique, Calvino, Pynchon ou Garcia Marquez. Mais l''Oiseau Moqueur nous offre aussi le portrait magnifique d''une femme d''aujourd''hui face aux mystères de la maternité.

Il y a six mois, j''ai découvert que mon copain est immortel. Il y a trois jours, une inconnue m''a volé ma vie. Il me reste une chance de la récupérer...

Si tu n''es pas Emma, repose immédiatement ce carnet ! Emma, je sais que cette histoire parait dingue. Maman et toi, vous devez vous demander où je suis passée et quand je reviendrai. Voilà pourquoi je te laisse ce carnet, au cas où il m''arriverait quelque chose et qu''on ne me revoit plus jamais. Regarde bien tout ce qu''il y a là-dedans. Appelle les numéros de téléphone. Va sur les sites internet. Mais surtout pas un mot à personne, sauf si tu as envie de finir impliquée jusqu''au cou comme moi. Ne t''en fais pas, je m''en sortirai (enfin j''espère). Après tout, c''est peut-être le début d''une nouvelle vie pour moi. Ce qui est sûr, c''est que plus rien ne sera comme avant. Appelle-moi. Bisous. Cathy.

Depuis plus de mille ans, les plus valeureux des champions ont échoué à vaincre le maléfice qui ronge le bois des Spectres, au cour du royaume de Swangard. Jusqu''au jour où Mark Forgeron, paysan sorti de nulle part, vient réclamer la récompense promise par le roi Astin... Il devient alors un héros célébré à travers le royaume, obtient gloire, titres et fortune. Tous ses rêves d''enfance semblent près de se réaliser... mais les anciens maléfices sont tenaces, et vivre heureux jusqu`à la fin de ses jours est plus difficile qu''il n''y paraît. Il avait demandé l''amour et avait récolté le chagrin, il avait désiré le pouvoir et n''avait obtenu que les responsabilités. Quelque chose avait mal tourné, terriblement mal tourné.