The Arms Of Morpheus

The devastating news of the impending death of their only child shatters the otherwise idyllic lives of Amelia Jarvis and Noel Maher forever. 'The Arms of Morpheus' tells the desperate story of two parents as they fight to come to terms with - and battle against - this, the most terrifying ordeal any parent could imagine. The book examines their different coping mechanisms and pits the power of dreams and belief in ancient mythology against the data driven world of science. When five year old Blake inherits an incredibly rare and totally untreatable form of fatal insomnia, her parents embark on two very different personal journeys, the enormity of their circumstance causing their lives to spiral out of control. Noel - an atheist and scientist - seeks solace in the world of facts and figures, theories and hypothesis; whilst Amelia - a classics teacher - seeks a more spiritual path, believing in the power of the strange repetitive dreams that plague her subconscious. But can they work together and find a cure for their daughter before time runs out?

An illustrated social history of drug use - opium and its derivatives - in the 19th century. The various drugs and the quackery that surrounded them was omnipresent and had a devestating influence.

An English language dictionary, in two volumes, that provides definitions, spellings, and pronunciations to more than 225,000 terms.

The social history of early medicine and the evolution of British retailing are two areas that have attracted considerable attention from academics in recent years. That said, little work has been done either by medical or business historians on the actual retailing of drugs. This book merges the two themes by examining the growth in the retailing of medicinal drugs from the sixteenth into the twenty-first centuries.

In The Arms of Morpheus is a philosophical romance of poetry written in the form of an ancient Greek play. Its main characters are Ioannis, the lover, seeker and main speaker in the narrative and Iris, The Lady Innocence who is the object of his affections.

Sylvia has always harboured a solitary obsession with Morpheus, the Greek God of Dreams. She's brought it with her from her adolescence in a village of Northern England where she grew up, to the university in Manchester where she now studies. Nyx is the Goddess of Night, and has spent the centuries stewing in an ancient, unrequited love. Not easily pleased, her attention is drawn to a voice chanting its devotion and desire for her, and she seeks the source of it. She is not the only god playing in the realms of men, however. When the God of Death and Morpheus himself become aware of this new devotee, the stage is set for the gods to secure their worship, or for a mortal to become one of them.

This collection of approaches focuses on the dynamics of James Joyce’s Ulysses and some of its nuances with the aim of enhancing its enjoyment.