Richard S. K. Barnes Libros

The majority of undergraduate texts in invertebrate zoology (of which there are many) fall into one of two categories. They either offer a systematic treatment of groups of animals phylum by phylum, or adopt a functional approach to the various anatomical and physiological systems of the better known species. The Invertebrates is the first and only textbook to integrate both approaches and thus meet the modern teaching needs of the subject. This is the only invertebrate textbook to integrate systematics and functional approaches.The molecular systematics sections have been completely updated for the new edition.Strong evolutionary theme which reflects the importance of molecular techniques throughout.Distills the essential characteristics of each invertebrate group and lists diagnostic features to allow comparisons between phyla. New phyla have been added for the new edition.Stresses comparisons in physiology, reproduction and development.Improved layout and illustration quality.Second edition has sold 14000 copies. Nature of the first edition: 'Students will like this book. It deserves to succeed.'

One afternoon in 1989, Karen Overhill walks into psychiatrist Richard Baer’s office complaining of vague physical pains and depression. Odder still, she reveals that she’s suffering from a persistent memory problem. Routinely, she “loses” parts of her day, finding herself in places she doesn’t remember going to or being told about conversations she doesn’t remember having. Her problems are so pervasive that she often feels like an impersonator in her own life; she doesn’t recognize the people who call themselves her friends, and she can’t even remember being intimate with her own husband. Baer recognizes that Karen is on the verge of suicide and, while trying various medications to keep her alive, attempts to discover the root cause of her strange complaints. It’s the work of months, and then years, to gain Karen’s trust and learn the true extent of the trauma buried in her past. What she eventually reveals is nearly beyond belief, a narrative of a childhood spent grappling with unimaginable horror. How has Karen survived with even a tenuous grasp on sanity?Then Baer receives an envelope in the mail. It’s marked with Karen’s return address but contains a letter from a little girl who writes that she’s seven years old and lives inside of Karen. Soon Baer receives letters from others claiming to be parts of Karen. Under hypnosis, these alternate Karen personalities reveal themselves in shocking variety and with undeniable traits—both physical and psychological. One “alter” is a young boy filled with frightening aggression; another an adult male who considers himself Karen’s protector; and a third a sassy flirt who seeks dominance over the others. It’s only by compartmentalizing her pain, guilt, and fear in this fashion—by “switching time” with alternate selves as the situation warrants—that Karen has been able to function since childhood.Realizing that his patient represents an extreme case of multiple personality disorder, Baer faces the daunting task of creating a therapy that will make Karen whole again. Somehow, in fact, he must gain the trust of each of Karen’s seventeen “alters” and convince them of the necessity of their own annihilation.As powerful as Sybil or The Three Faces of Eve, Switching Time is the first complete account of such therapy to be told from the perspective of the treating physician, a stunningly devoted healer who worked selflessly for decades so that Karen could one day live as a single human being.From the Hardcover edition.

In 1989 stapt een verwarde vrouw de praktijk van psychiater Richard Baer binnen. Ze heet Karen en staat op het punt om in te storten. Ze verteld dat ze door haar man wordt geslagen, dat haar moeder geld van haar steelt, dat ze pijn heeft en dat ze wil sterven. Richard neemt haar in behandeling en na enkele sessies vertelt Karen dat ze af en toe stukken tijd mist, alsof ze er niet bij was. Na een paar weken begint het Richard te dagen: Karen heeft meervoudig persoonlijkheidsstoornis. Gedurende de daaropvolgende vijf jaar werken Richard en Karen samen aan haar herstel: ze ontdekken zeventien verschillende persoonlijkheden, die al sinds haar jeugd in Karen wonen en haar beschermen tegen haar ondraaglijke leven