James Thomas

Is your baby struggling to feed? Are you exhausted, in pain, and wondering why something that should feel natural feels impossible? You are not alone. Many parents face babies who will not latch, painful feeds, and a constant sense that something is wrong. Those instincts matter. Feeding difficulties are often early warning signs of tongue tie, lip tie, or tethered oral tissues, also called TOTs. These conditions affect more babies than most parents are told and they are frequently missed, misdiagnosed, or dismissed. In Why Babies Suck, pediatric dentist Dr. James Thomas explains infant feeding challenges with clarity, compassion, and evidence-based guidance. This is not just a breastfeeding book. It is a practical roadmap for parents and professionals who want answers and options. Inside this guide, you will learn: Why painful feeding, poor latch, and clicking sounds matter Why reflux, colic, and gas may relate to oral function How to recognize signs of tongue tie, lip tie, and tethered oral tissues How body tension can affect feeding, head shape, comfort, and settling The therapy-first approach, including feeding support and bodywork before surgery When a frenotomy evaluation may help and when it may not How to build a care team that may include IBCLC, PT, OT, CST, and a pediatric dentist What questions to ask your pediatrician or lactation consultant How to advocate for your baby within the healthcare system Real stories from families who found answers after months of struggle This book is for you if: Your baby struggles to latch or stay latched Feeding is painful despite good positioning Your baby has reflux, colic, or excessive gas You have been told this is normal, but your intuition says otherwise You are considering tongue tie release and want clear information You support families as a clinician or therapist What makes this book different is its whole-child, therapy-first perspective. Dr. Thomas combines clinical expertise with respect for parental intuition and collaborative care. You will learn how professionals can work together to support feeding, function, and comfort. Feeding your baby should not feel this hard. With the right support, it often does not have to be. Your baby is communicating. This book helps you listen. Perfect for parents, expectant families, lactation consultants, pediatricians, dentists, ENTs, therapists, doulas, midwives, and public health educators.

Modern loneliness and the absence of intimacy amongst London's millions are the ills suffered by the quirky yet deeply melancholic 30-something, Joseph Bogart. Weighed down with emotional baggage and feeling lost amidst a mass of failed relationships, Joseph uses his sharp wit and tragicomedy to fight the hopelessness gnawing at him. Through his trials, we discover if Joseph is able to find a successful way out of his life of 'quiet desperation'.

Tervetuloa Pohjoismaiden suurimpaan verkkokirjakauppaan! Adlibris kannattaa sananvapautta, ja haluamme edistää kirjallisuuden ja tiedon saatavuutta.

Tervetuloa Pohjoismaiden suurimpaan verkkokirjakauppaan! Adlibris kannattaa sananvapautta, ja haluamme edistää kirjallisuuden ja tiedon saatavuutta.

Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers, Seventh Edition, teaches the skills of script analysis using a formalist approach that examines the written part of a play to evaluate its potentials for performance and production. This new edition features new and revised content, including an analysis of two new plays, Kalidasa’s Shakuntala and Federico Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba; information for the theatre designer integrated in chapters throughout the book; and an expanded appendix on critical approaches to script analysis. Explorations of both classic and unconventional plays are combined with clear examples, end-of-chapter summaries, and stimulating questions that will allow actors, directors, and designers to immediately incorporate the concepts and processes into their theatre production work. An excellent resource for students of acting, script analysis, directing, playwriting, and stage design courses, this book provides the tools to effectively bring a script to life on stage.

Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers, Seventh Edition, teaches the skills of script analysis using a formalist approach that examines the written part of a play to evaluate its potentials for performance and production. This new edition features new and revised content, including an analysis of two new plays, Kalidasa’s Shakuntala and Federico Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba; information for the theatre designer integrated in chapters throughout the book; and an expanded appendix on critical approaches to script analysis. Explorations of both classic and unconventional plays are combined with clear examples, end-of-chapter summaries, and stimulating questions that will allow actors, directors, and designers to immediately incorporate the concepts and processes into their theatre production work. An excellent resource for students of acting, script analysis, directing, playwriting, and stage design courses, this book provides the tools to effectively bring a script to life on stage.

Modern loneliness and the absence of intimacy amongst London's millions are the ills suffered by the quirky yet deeply melancholic 30-something, Joseph Bogart. Weighed down with emotional baggage and feeling lost amidst a mass of failed relationships, Joseph uses his sharp wit and tragicomedy to fight the hopelessness gnawing at him. Through his trials, we discover if Joseph is able to find a successful way out of his life of 'quiet desperation'.

From Muddy Creek to the Long Leaf Pine chronicles the life of a remarkable man as he grows from a precocious child in rural North Carolina to a career as an academic in theatre history and literature, founder and artistic director of a professional theatre, academic dean of fine arts at two universities, and recipient of a lifetime achievement award in drama. In 2013, Jim was made Ambassador Extraordinary of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest civilian honor for the state of North Carolina.

Temple of DagonA notorious treasure-hunter seeks brave adventurers to assist him in acquiring valuables from a recently discovered ruined temple in the middle of the sea. The ancients of Atrotiri were said to have incredible knowledge, power, artifacts, magic, and more ... before the sea swallowed their civilization. It was said they made pacts with evil beings and reaped tremendous rewards, now lost to history. Can your heroes retrieve the lost treasures - or will they and their belongings add to a future archaeologist's find?

Temple of DagonA notorious treasure-hunter seeks brave adventurers to assist him in acquiring valuables from a recently discovered ruined temple in the middle of the sea. The ancients of Atrotiri were said to have incredible knowledge, power, artifacts, magic, and more ... before the sea swallowed their civilization. It was said they made pacts with evil beings and reaped tremendous rewards, now lost to history. Can your heroes retrieve the lost treasures - or will they and their belongings add to a future archaeologist's find?