Justin Sterling is a loner. Formerly Justinian, Lord Sterling, he has lived for centuries in, but not of, our world, serving an ancient entity known only as the Dragon. Justin's reward is immortality, but to keep it he must keep killing. He has grown to hate his interminable life, soaked in blood, almost as much as he fears the hideous death that will be his if he refuses to do the Dragon's bidding.
Sandra McCormick is also a loner. A dedicated Chicago cop, fleeing a twisted past as a victim of abuse, McCormick devotes her scant free time to studying the martial arts--and occasionally cruising the grunge and punk nightclubs for anonymous one-night stands.
These two loners are about to meet. 
Lieutenant McCormick has been assigned a high-profile case. Two men are dead. One a lawyer, one a cop. Both murdered in a mysterious and particularly gruesome manner--their still-beating hearts literally torn from their chests. 
It was Justin who killed the cop, after another disciple bungled the lawyer's death. Now Justin must eliminate the second cop assigned to the case. It little matters that she's a woman. He has done the Dragon's bidding for so long that the slaughter has become routine.
But there is something different about this assignment--for both the cop and the disciple. It is a difference they both reject, and then embrace more and more passionately as the closing circle of Destiny draws them together.
For these two dedicated killers, these two confirmed loners, each assigned to stalk the other . . . are falling in love.
And love is the one vice the Dragon does not allow.

Dark Heart: Volume One of Dragon's Disciple

Literature & Fiction

WEIS, MARGARET

Baldwin, David

United States

Harper/Voyager

Banished to the Nether Realm for their occult powers, the Disciples of the Dragon pledge their fealty to their fantastic dragon king in exchange for eternal youth and wealth--all except one Judas in their midst

Margaret Weis' Testament of the Dragon: An Illustrated Novel

Harper Prism

Someone, or something, is ripping the hearts from living men.
Justinian, Lord Sterling, has lived for centuries, serving an ancient entity known only as the Dragon. Immortality is Justin's reward. But to keep it, he must keep killing. Lt. Sandra McCormick is a dedicated cop, a loner whose job is her refuge from a twisted past. But to keep it, she must stop the killing.
Two loners, each stalking the other. Each destined to be the other's savior--and downfall. For love, unexpected, unstoppable, draws them together. And love is the one vice the Dragon will not allow . . .

Dark Heart: Book I of Dragon's Disciple (Dragon's Disciple, 1)

Literary

Psychiatric Emergencies (Oxford Handbooks in Emergency Medicine)

Psychiatric disorders are common in general medical practice. This handbook is a practical guide intended for all health care professionals frequently required to treat patients with acute psychiatric disorders. An accessible and authoritative guide to the immediate management of the full range of psychiatric problems presented in emergency departments, it is arranged by symptoms rather than diagnoses. The authors offer the reader a systematic guide through assessment and diagnosis, immediate investigations and management, and treatment as far as transferal to specialist departments. They cover assessment and management of the emergency, and guide the reader, in a step-by-step synthesis, to the point at which the patient is stabilized and consideration can be given to the planning of definitive treatment. The authors include an introductory section on eliciting and recording the psychiatric history of a patient and then consider--in alphabetical order--the management of common psychiatric presentations. A final section looks at legal matters, including the use of common law and the Mental Health Act and liaison with other statutory agencies, in particular the police and social services.

Science & Math

Merson, Stephen

Biological Sciences

Oxford University Press

This accessible guide covers the management of a range of psychiatric problems encountered in emergency departments. Arranged by symptom rather than diagnosis, the handbook describes assessment, investigation and treatment. The authors include an introductory section on eliciting and recording the psychiatric history of a patient. They then consider, in alphabetical order, the management of common psychiatric presentations. A final section examines legal issues, including the use of common law and the Mental Health Act, and liaison with other statutory services, in particular the police and social services.

Panic disorder is characterized by sudden, unexpected attacks of intense fear and anticipatory anxiety. Panic attacks include symptoms such as palpitations, dyspnoea, dizziness, trembling, gastrointestinal discomfort and fear of dying. Therefore, patients with panic disorder often assume physical illnesses may underly their symptoms. They frequently consult psychiatrists and psychologists, but also general practitioners, cardiologists, neurologists and other medical specialists. Part of the Oxford Psychiatry Library series, this pocketbook will serve as a concise and practical manual for the management of patients with panic disorder in clinical practice. It provides a user-friendly guide to the diagnosis, etiology, and treatment of patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia.

Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia (Oxford Psychiatry Library)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Bandelow, Borwin

Domschke, Katharina

Mental Health

My name is David Baldwin and I'm a songwriter with over 1,000 TV/Film music placements. I wrote this guide for all my fellow independent artists looking to get their music licensed. This is a clear, short, easy to read guide explaining the practical steps you can take RIGHT NOW to get in contact with music supervisors and licensing companies. It also explains publishing rights, royalties, knowing what songs work, and the mental aspect that comes along with this process. If you gain anything from this book, pass it on. Information was never meant to be held in secret. Share it!

Mind Over Music: A Guide to Music Licensing

Arts & Photography

Music

Steady Chasin

The first edition of the Handbook for Housemen proved a huge success with newly qualified doctors, bridging the gap between the knowledge required to pass finals and the skills needed to survive the reality of ward work. This new edition has been expanded to embrace new attitudes and new areas of emphasis: career planning, communication, and financial aspects of house jobs. Elsewhere, the text has been updated to take account of current medical practice and organisational changes.

A Handbook for Housemen

Medical Books

Hopcroft, K.

Medicine

Wiley/Blackwell

This is the first new account of Elizabeth's life for over fifty years and David Baldwin sets out to reveal the true story of this complex and intriguing woman. Hers was certainly a dramatic life with dizzying reversals of fortune; from poverty in 1461 to queenship in 1464, followed by deposition, restoration, and conflicts with Richard III and Henry VII before spending her final years in religious seclusion. There is also the issue of her two sons, the infamous 'Princes in the Tower', and the controversy surrounding their disappearance.

Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

The History Press

Elizabeth Woodville is a historical character whose life no novelist would ever have dared invent. She has been portrayed as an enchantress, as an unprincipled advancer of her family's fortunes and as a plucky but pitiful queen in Shakespeare's histories. She has been alternatively championed and vilified by her contemporaries and five centuries of historians, dramatists and novelists, but what was she really like? In this revealing account of Elizabeth's life over fifty years David Baldwin sets out to tell the story of this complex and intriguing woman. Was she the malign influence many of her critics held her to be? Was she a sorceress who bewitched Edward IV? What was the fate of her two sons, the 'Princes in the tower'? What did she, of all people, think had become of them, and why did Richard III mount a campaign of vilification against her? David Baldwin brings this misunderstood character back to life.

Community & Culture

Sutton

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Books by Baldwin, David

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Dark Heart: Volume One of Dragon's Disciple

Margaret Weis' Testament of the Dragon: An Illustrated Novel

Dark Heart: Book I of Dragon's Disciple (Dragon's Disciple, 1)

Psychiatric Emergencies (Oxford Handbooks in Emergency Medicine)

Psychiatric Emergencies (Oxford Handbooks in Emergency Medicine)

Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia (Oxford Psychiatry Library)

Mind Over Music: A Guide to Music Licensing

A Handbook for Housemen

Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower

Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower