Stephen Begg

Dispelling the myth that the discipline is intimidating, Introduction to Epidemiology for the Health Sciences is approachable from start to finish, providing foundational knowledge for students new to epidemiology. Its focus on critical thinking allows readers to become competent consumers of health literature, equipping them with skills that transfer to various health sciences and other professional workplaces. The text is structured to take the reader on a journey: each chapter opens with a scientific question before exploring the epidemiological tools available to address it. A conversation tool with representative students clarifies common points of confusion in the classroom, encouraging learners to ask questions to deepen their understanding. Example boxes feature contemporary local and global cases, often with step-by-step workings, while explanation boxes provide further clarification of complex topics. Authored by epidemiology and public health educators, this engaging textbook provides all readers with the skills they need to develop their own epidemiology toolkit.

January 1310. Becket Bramble once again finds himself hurtling back in time, his magical pendant propelling him into the midst of the trials of the Knights Templar. His wicked arch-enemy Beaufort has gone back to the beginning to discover the riddle of the ancient Templar stones. Will further powerful runes finally give her the upper hand? Or will Becket once again thwart her power-lust and thereby save his own existence. This tale of times gone by drags him through jousts and tournaments, enlists him as an outlaw army sieging impregnable castles as he fights against impossible odds to keep the mystical Abraxas stones from Beaufort. A sword fight to the death within York cathedral sees him trussed in the knots of time. Will Becket succeed in keeping the Templar hoard from Beaufort's clutches and thereby save his ancient family line? Or will her wickedness win-over and alter the course of history forever?

November 1605. Becket Bramble once again finds himself thrust back to the past, his magical pendant propelling him into the midst of the Gunpowder Plot. When Becket saves the life of a persecuted boy, he is befriended by a Jesuit priest, Father Thomas, and is enlisted by the band of religious fanatics determined to send King James and his nobles to damnation. With only days until the infamous plot, Becket must find a way to thwart the plotters, dodge the vicious priest hunter, Red Ranter, outwit Cecil, the king's spymaster, and most of all defeat his time-travelling nemesis, Beaufort, and her odious sidekick, Levinus Munck. His adventure takes place against the iconic backdrop of 17th century London, an unrelenting journey, from torture at the Tower, to the dripping cellars below Parliament as Guy Fawkes prepares to blow the Houses to rubble. Will Guy Fawkes succeed and exterminate Becket and his family and blast the throne of England to smithereens or will his mystical pendant once more come to his rescue, saving history from the grasp of Beaufort's evil desire?