Books by Brian Taylor

Planning, designing and laying the track for a model railway layout can be challenging, especially if you have never done it before.  Track and Track Laying in Railway Modelling provides a step-by-step guide to the techniques required and methods used in track design and layout. With content suitable for those who are new to the hobby through to the more experienced modeller, and some 200 images, it includes an overview of the various forces that act on prototype railways and which determine the design of trackwork. The planning and designing of layouts, including the pros and cons of different domestic locations are covered along with baseboard construction for both portable and permanent layouts. There is a review of the track systems available and how to lay tracks, the tools and skills required, and problem solving. Wiring up both analogue (DC) and digital layouts (DCC), with diagrams are given and scales and gauges are discussed. Finally, there are hints and tips on ballasting and weathering track.

This is an introductory book written for ENTs, prospective hearing instrument specialists studying to obtain their state license, audiology assistants, and speech pathologists working with hearing impaired adults. It also is an excellent introduction for Au.D. students or practicing audiologists just beginning work with hearing aid dispensing.

A sample of intuitive Projects, Poems and Talks to support the practice of insight meditation in daily life and the treading of the Noble Eightfold Path to Nibbana, the end of Suffering.Oh ye inheritors of immortal bliss,hearken to this!Guardians of the eternal fire,if to higher truths you do aspire,NOTHING needs building any higher.THIS IS THE TRUTH.

"Between fear & love is hope." __________________________________ Cole is a powerful young psychic, unknowingly involved in a conspiracy to end a mental war with a mysterious consciousness, taking place within a drug-induced dream. Last Human Being is a science fiction mystery, written and presented as a novella for a film. Praise for Last Human Being: English Professor and Author of Forge, Kevin Macpherson Eckhoff has said, "Fast and shadowy, Last Human Being pits instinct against philosophy. This book, part somnambulist allegory, part speculative psychosomatic thriller, renders shifting dream-scapes in which impassioned characters confront not only one another's fears, but also the haunting vacuity of their own interiors. Fans of MTV's original Aeon Flux series or George Lucas's THX 1138 will easily be consumed by the ink-whether electric or chemical-within Brian Taylor's first novella." For more information please visit www.lasthumanbeing.com

Provides a unique, in-depth look into all facets of marketing specific to running an audiology practice as a business.

Consultative Selling Skills for Audiologists outlines a specific system that blends several innovative clinical tests - such as the QuickSIN and Acceptable Noise Level test - with proven interpersonal communication strategies that enhance the audiologist's persuasiveness in a commercial working environment.

This book provides a detailed road map for how audiologists can apply various management principles and other quality initiatives to improve both the delivery of services to patients and the overall performance of their practice. It provides tools as well as a step-by-step plan for improving quality across all facets of a practice.

This book is a study of commercially unsuccessful writer Forrest Reid (1875-1947), whose life of provincial obscurity stands in stark contrast to his rich imaginative life. Reid was obsessed with boyhood, and childhood was the recurrent theme in his work. This book, first published in 1980, was the first study of the author for twenty-five years.

Based on research looking at gendered assumptions about rationality and men's mental health, this book looks at postmodern theory in relation to masculinities and madness, and discusses key contemporary debates in political uses of risk, dangerousness and so on. It is useful for academics and students of sociology and allied disciplines.

This important book provides an invaluable guide to the establishment of Scotland's Parliament. First published in 1999, this revised and updated edition follows the road to devolution - with fresh detail of the obstacles which stood in the way.