Best Selling Books by Peter Ford

A comprehensive guide to buying, raising, and breeding farm animals successfully.

This is the story of the state of the health of inhabitants of Hay on Wye, a small rural town in the Welsh Marche. Life was hard but did it really need the 50 or so doctors who worked there over the last 200 years. Was it a hotbed of disease, a famous centre for healing, or just full of hypochondriacs? Charles Dickens would have us believe that life expectancy was short in Victorian times, with the spectre of disease, ill-health, infirmity and death ever present. Is this right? Read about the medieval folklore and traditional healing, the diseases inhabitants were exposed to, the healthcare they received, and the evolution of medical practice from the apothecaries to pharmacists and the early surgeons and doctors. What was the range of the doctors work, and how did the towns counsellors try to look after the health of its inhabitants? Here are its workhouse, isolation hospital, almshouses, surgeries, nurses, dentists and chemists. The doctors are listed, together with stories around their medical practice and incidents in which their services were required, a cross section of life in a typical market town.

There has been a building on the bluff in the middle of Hay on Wye for 900 years. This is the story of the people associated with it - owners, residents and visitors. In the early days it was a fortified castle attacked by King John and Llewellyn the Great, and occupied briefly by Simon de Montfort. After the union of England and Wales in 1542 domestic buildings replaced the military structures. First the Boyle Mansion built by the sheriff of Hereford and then the imposing Jacobean mansion built by the Gwynne family. This formed the main structure for a procession of occupiers, amongst whom were the successful mercers the Wellingtons, Archdeacon Bevan who used it as a vicarage for 56 years, the Dower House of Lady Glanusk and finally the home of the King of Hay Richard Booth. This is their story.

Third book in a series of five books presenting music theory for college students. This book is most suited for first year, second semester music theory.

Twelve recreated medical cases--from Robert Bruce to the Marquis de Sade--demonstrate how doctors throughout history have had to become detectives to track down the elusive causes of infectious diseases and unexplained deaths

"Girl Boss Notebook Journal" 6 x 9 , premium white paper , sleek matte cover ,strong book spine, lined notebook journal. This is a wonderful keepsake, perfect for note taking, organizing tasks or lists, any kind of planning. This makes for the perfect gift. check out Modern Chill for more notebook designs.

Follows the life of Joseph Merrick, called the Elephant Man because of a deformity, from his early years as a sideshow attraction to his death in a London hospital in 1890.

Collins Home Farm Handbook is a comprehensive guide to keeping animals and livestock in your garden, paddock or small-holding, whether it''s on a small scale with a few chickens or ducks for eggs, or more adventurous with some goats for milking.

"This report has been written by Dr. Ben Box and Michael Wooller in collaboration with Metra Consulting Group and J.P. Ford"--p. following t.p.