Martin Smith

Neurocritical care is a multidisciplinary specialty that provides comprehensive management for all life-threatening disorders of the central nervous system and their complications. Increased understanding of the pathophysiology of acute central nervous system disorders and their impact on systemic organ systems, in association with advances in neuromonitoring and neuroimaging techniques, has led to the introduction of more effective and individualised treatment strategies that have translated into improved outcomes for critically ill neurological patients. As well as treatments targeted to the acute neurological disorder, critically ill neurological patients require meticulous general intensive care support to maintain systemic physiological stability and optimize neurological outcomes. The second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Neurocritical Care brings together international experts from various disciplines to provide a comprehensive global perspective on this field. In 33 updated or new chapters, the book discusses the pathophysiology of acute neurological conditions, advancements in monitoring and imaging techniques, evidenced-based treatment strategies, prognostication, patient outcomes, and ethics. Each chapter highlights advancements within specific areas and underscores the critical attention to detail that is the basis of neurocritical care practice. While primarily designed for those in the neurocritical care field, this textbook also serves as a valuable resource for other clinical professionals who encounter patients with acute neurological conditions in their practice. It is also a useful resource for trainees from many disciplines

‘Daniel’s Uncle’ is a Middle Grade children’s book that adults will also enjoy, is the story of a thirteen-year-old boy whose parents are tragically killed in a skiing accident. He ends up spending his summer holidays at an uncle’s in Scotland on the banks of Loch Ness. His uncle is a bit eccentric but extremely clever and Daniel slowly begins to enjoy his time there. He discovers more and more out about his uncle and thus a mad adventure begins where he finds a lost City, a nineteenth-century explorer, an alien race and the joys of technology. The blend of whimsical adventures with underlying themes of personal growth and healing makes the story both engaging and emotionally resonant. Daniel’s life will never be the same again as he finds his brain gaining untold powers! ‘Daniel’s Uncle’ is the first book to be published by the author, Martin Smith. Martin lives close to the beautiful Peak District and has worked in engineering in various forms since leaving school. He enjoys a quiet life with his dog in a quaint stone cottage. Martin also enjoys riding his motorbikes and strongly believes life is for living.

Dies ist die dritte Geschichte ber Gundula G nsebl mchen. Gundula ist eine ltere Dame, die in der Bachstra e 65a, in Menden, wohnt. Das ist ein kleiner Ort mitten im Sauerland in Deutschland. Ihr Haus ist klein und rot. Es liegt an einem gluckernden Bach. Sie liebt es, Kuchen zu backen und l dt alle Freunde ein, mitzuhelfen. Ein Bilderbuch zum Vor- und Selberlesen Zweisprachig deutsch/englisch. This is the third story about Gundula G nsebl mchen. Gundula is an old lady who lives at 65a Bach Street in Menden, which is in the middle of the Sauerland in Germany. Her house is small, red and lies right next to a gurgling stream. She loves to bake cakes and she invites all her friends' round to help. A picture book to read aloud and by yourself. Bilingual german/english:

Who is the Worst Football Team in the world? Your search is over. Lane FC Meerkats U7s are a truly terrible football team. Coach Mark knows his players can't tackle, pass or shoot. They can run - but often not in the right direction.The team - Bolo, Brendan, Hildy, Stevie, Dribbler, Pellie and Dazza - think they're budding superstars.They are the exact opposite of that. However, hang on for a moment. The Meerkats' next game will be against Trundle FC, a side almost as useless as them. Hold on. Can the team do the impossible and win? No. Calm down. But with a little luck, they might score - and double their goals total. Has the Meerkats' big moment finally arrived? * This funny football book for kids aged 4-8 is the third part of The Worst Football Team Series, a football comedy for kids. The laugh-out-loud series has been a worldwide hit, providing much-loved children's football stories for soccer-mad youngsters, aged 4-8. The World's Worst Football Team series is the latest work by Martin Smith, author of the bestselling Charlie Fry series.His children's soccer books have fans worldwide and are critically acclaimed. If you like Matt Oldfield's or Marcus Rashford's books, then Martin's stories are perfect for you

Edward Prescot has a boring job in a boring office, and every day is much like another. Except, as it turns out, Thursdays, which are becoming increasingly unlike every other day.Then he is introduced to the enigmatic Mr Pycroft, who explains that everything we do - past, present and future - has far-reaching consequences. Normally these are irreversible, but it appears that Ed has the rare ability to manipulate these consequences to fashion a different future - especially on Thursdays.At the London Traveller Centre he meets his similarly gifted companion Tony Curtis (not that one) and finds himself thrust into an unsettling world of speculative time travel. Will a better world emerge? Will post-Brexit become past-Brexit? Will Tony Become less irritating? Will Ed finally win Maggie's heart?In this fast-moving story, Will Adams and Martin Smith pay homage to their old university friend and co-writer the late Douglas Adams. of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy fame. Consequences is by turns exciting, funny and a tad satirical.

From the author of the hilarious The Llama Who Had A Hole Through His Head and In Finite Jest comes a third book of stories of humour. Martin Smith and his motley troupe of players return yet again to present The Cannibal's Guide to Health and Wellbeing, a collection of thirteen startlingly original stories filled with astute satire, wondrous imagination and outrageous black humour.A waiter awaits a famous last leap. A disgruntled fictional antagonist attends an AA meeting. A young man brings home a "special someone" to meet his parents. A South American beauty aids the POTUS in overcoming his insomnia. An infomercial spruiks the only self-help guide you'll ever need. And a Greenlander struggles when raising a progressive child in a modern world. Oscillating between farce and tragicomedy, these stories-some darkly funny, some deeply moving, others profoundly wise, but all ridiculously hilarious and hilariously ridiculous-prove that the best medicine to aid one's health and wellbeing is, and always will be, laughter.Buy The Cannibal's Guide to Health and Wellbeing today.Cos you can't beat red meat.

The Llama Who Had A Hole Through His Head heralds an exciting new voice in the world of comic writing. Filled with quirky surrealism and inspired buffoonery, this debut collection of fantastical tales takes lives on the fringe of the familiar and, with an inventive and inimitable brand of humour, pushes them to the brink of the absurdly ridiculous and beyond.A young Peruvian sheep laments his unhappiness. A thespian experiences the highs and lows of Tinseltown. A bullied boy is granted three wishes by a fallen star. A famous detective is called upon to solve a curious and colourful case. A manicurist confronts a biblical colossus. A squirrel receives taxation advice from an unexpected source. And an infamous athlete seeks to have history rewritten. Each of the thirteen stories in this book shows that when the uncanny and the real collide, the world can be a truly weird, wonderful and exceedingly funny place.

Collected here in this volume are the wickedly witty Martin Smith's first three books of stories of humour. From a llama stepping upon the path to happiness to a grandfather explaining how he won a leave pass from Heaven by defeating God in a game of football, these forty brilliant and outrageously hilarious tales showcase a writer whose comedic flair, wondrous imagination and absurd surrealism*bring uncanny yet familiar worlds vividly to life.The Llama Who Had A Hole Through His HeadStories of HumourA young Peruvian sheep laments his unhappiness. A thespian experiences the highs and lows of Tinseltown. A bullied boy is granted three wishes by a fallen star. A famous detective is called upon to solve a curious and colourful case. A manicurist confronts a biblical colossus. A squirrel receives taxation advice from an unexpected source. And an infamous athlete seeks to have history rewritten.In Finite JestStories of Humour IIA woman unlucky in love purchases a micro-husband on-line. A snobby wine enthusiast applies for a grant from the Arts Council, then seeks to enhance his chances of success through his "lived experience". A young lamb comes of age, only to struggle to find his true place in the world. A garbo attempts to win a much-coveted gold medal. Two brothers setting off to the Great War make a solemn promise to their new brides. A lonely hippopotamus finds friendship and fame when she becomes a comedian. And the first couple are in therapy.The Cannibal's Guide to Health and Wellbeing(TM)Stories of Humour IIIA waiter awaits a famous last leap. A disgruntled fictional antagonist attends an AA meeting. A young man brings home a "special someone" to meet his parents. A South American beauty aids the POTUS in overcoming his insomnia. An infomercial spruiks the only self-help guide you'll ever need. And a Greenlander struggles when raising a progressive child in a modern world.

Hold onto your sides The author of the uproarious The Llama Who Had A Hole Through His Head is back with a second book of stories of humour. Martin Smith and his motley troupe of players return to present In Finite Jest, a collection of fourteen madcap tales filled with absurd surrealism, sharply observed insight and, above all else, endlessly entertaining fun.A woman unlucky in love purchases a micro-husband on-line. A snobby wine enthusiast applies for a grant from the Arts Council, then seeks to enhance his chances of success through his "lived experience". A young lamb comes of age, only to struggle to find his true place in the world. A garbo attempts to win a much-coveted gold medal. Two brothers setting off to the Great War make a solemn promise to their new brides. A lonely hippopotamus finds friendship and fame when she becomes a comedian. And the first couple are in therapy. These hilarious stories are sure to have the reader laughing out loud and leave them wanting more.

The Worst Football Team - a brand new football comedy from bestselling Football Boy Wonder author Martin Smith. This is a football story with a difference. A funny football book that children will love .. and will make the adults reading with them laugh out loud too. Because who doesn't love an underdog soccer story?Meet Pellie, Hildy, Dribbler, Bolo, Stevie, Dazza, and Brendan.These are the players for Lane FC Meerkats Under-7s.Once you've seen Meerkats play, you won't forget - because they're the worst football team the world has ever seen.I know. I know.They can't be that bad.I'm being harsh. Or too dramatic.Trust me.I'm not.They are TERRIBLE. No, they're even worse than that.Most of the team can't kick the ball, or run in the right direction.Half of them don't even like football.One of the team does like spiders, though.And he talks about them - ALL OF THE TIME.Coach Mark is great. He's been training Meerkats for a year.And he has high hopes for them.They still can't attack, defend or pass.But they are great at causing trouble in all sorts of different ways.The football season is here, and the first big match is nearing close.Can Coach Mark inspire the Meerkats to glory?HA HA HA Good one.No, just no.Don't be so silly.But Coach Mark hopes they might score a goal - someday. ABOUT THE BOOK: The Worst Football Team is aimed at children aged 5-8. It is a hilarious story of being part of a team, fun, poop, football, and spiders. Children will love the crazy characters - and parents will chuckle at poor Coach Mark's despair as they read along with their kids. So many kids' football books are serious. Not this book. In fact, it is the exact opposite. Funny soccer books for children are hard to find. This, I hope, fills the gap. An absurd number of boys and girls play football every week. They're all better than Lane FC Meerkats Under-7s, I assure you. But it's not always about the result, is it? Half the time, it's the adventures that a team has before, during and after a match. And I hope - in some small way - everyone, whether child or adult, can relate to The Worst Football Team. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Martin Smith wrote The Football Boy Wonder, the first part of the bestselling Charlie Fry Series. It tells the story of a boy with cystic fibrosis who becomes the world's greatest footballer after a freak accident.Aimed at children 8-11, the series has fans across the world - raising awareness about living with cystic fibrosis with every copy sold.Now a retired journalist with advanced CF himself, Martin writes kids' stories in his spare time, mainly to keep away from the fridge.

Elves are naughty. Troublemakers. Pranksters. Tinkers. But you've never met elves like this. Stanky, Planky, and Cranky are forever causing trouble in the Gibbs' house - and they always get away with it too. However, the Gibbs family has a new pet - a beautiful puppy called Archie - who rumbles the elves' horrible games straight away. So the rotten elves hatch a terrible, stinky plan to get rid of the innocent dog once and for all: The Christmas Poop Plan. It's a plan so evil and foul that it will ruin Christmas for the entire family. However Stanky, Cranky and Planky are about to find out what happens when you are meanies all of the time... The Christmas Poop Plan is a funny Christmas book aimed at children aged between four and eight. Written by bestselling author Martin Smith and his seven-year-old daughter Emily, it is a festive story about hope, being brave, never giving up and ... lots of poop. The story behind The Poop Plan. Martin has cystic fibrosis and wrote the bestselling Charlie Fry Series after retiring from work due to a deterioration in his condition. Emily has always wanted to write a book with her dad - and came up with the characters and plot herself. All Martin did was transform the wonderful ideas into a story for primary school children to be able to enjoy. Why The Christmas Poop Plan? The book was originally called The Christmas Miracle - except that had already been taken. We had the same problem with The Christmas Angel. Yet the book is centred around the elves' dastardly plan to ruin Christmas through poop - so The Christmas Poop Plan seemed the logical choice Who will the book appeal to? It is aimed at children aged between four and eight. If you like an elf on the shelf with a dose of David Walliams too, then this will be right up your street