Health & Wellbeing Books

Book SynopsisWith its 27 carefully selected cross-cultural articles, this book enriches the introductory psychology course, helping you to better understand the similarities and differences among the peoples of the world as you relate to psychological principles, concepts, and issues.Trade ReviewPart I: Psychological Research and Theory. 1. Culture, Values, and Social Thought. 2. The Use of Projective Tests in Non-Western Cultures. 3. How Universal Are Psychological Theories? Freud and Erickson in Global Perspective. Part II: Sensation. 4. How Much Is Too Much Kayaking? A Case of Kayak-Angst. Part III: Perception. 5. Depth Perception and Visual Illusions: Why Do Cultural Differences Exist? Part IV: States of Consciousness. 6. Dreams from Culture to Culture. 7. Alcohol, Drugs, and Religion. Part V: Conditioning and Learning. 8. The Ifaluk Ghosts of Micronesia. Part VI: Memory and Information Processing. 9. How Children Think: An Issue of Content and Measurement. 10. Who's Afraid of a Test? Part VII: Cognition and Language. 11. A World of Colors: Culture Influencing Linguistic Needs. Part VIII: Motivation. 12. Was Hunger the Motivation for Aztec Cannibalism? 13. Aggression: The Nonviolent Semai. 14. Individualism vs. Collectivism: Differences Between Chinese and American Value Orientations. Part IX: Emotion. 15. A Frown Is a Frown Is a Frown: Facial Expressions around the World. 16. Witch-Fear among the Aivilik Eskimo. Part X: Development Through the Lifespan. 17. The Elderly in Native American Culture. 18. Female Initiation Rites. Part XI: Intelligence and Individual Differences. 19. Race, Culture, and IQ. Part XII: Personality. 20. Leadership Characteristics: The Case of Moral Reasoning in a Rural African Community. 21. Age Differences in Personality Traits Among the Highland Maya. Part XIII: Health Psychology. 22. Witchcraft! 23. Coping Styles among German and Israeli Adolescents. Part XIV: Abnormal Psychology. 24. The AIDS Pandemic: Addressing Perceptions and Behaviors for a Solution. 25. "Call me Crazy!" Psychiatric Labeling among the Eskimos and the Yoruba. 26. Depression and Culture. 27. Koro-A Culture-Bound Depersonalization Syndrome. Part XV: Social Psychology. 28. Gimme a Break! Patterns of Cooperation Among Mexican-Americans, African-Americans, and Anglo-Americans. 29. Polyandry-Multiple Spouses in Tibet and Pahari, India. 30. Gender Stereotyping in Global Perspective. Part XVI: Sexuality. 31. The Berdache: Gender-Mixing Among Northern Native Americans. 32. Cross-Cultural Differences in Sexual Jealousy.Table of ContentsPart I: Psychological Research and Theory. 1. Culture, Values, and Social Thought. 2. The Use of Projective Tests in Non-Western Cultures. 3. How Universal Are Psychological Theories? Freud and Erickson in Global Perspective. Part II: Sensation. 4. How Much Is Too Much Kayaking? A Case of Kayak-Angst. Part III: Perception. 5. Depth Perception and Visual Illusions: Why Do Cultural Differences Exist? Part IV: States of Consciousness. 6. Dreams from Culture to Culture. 7. Alcohol, Drugs, and Religion. Part V: Conditioning and Learning. 8. The Ifaluk Ghosts of Micronesia. Part VI: Memory and Information Processing. 9. How Children Think: An Issue of Content and Measurement. 10. Who''''s Afraid of a Test? Part VII: Cognition and Language. 11. A World of Colors: Culture Influencing Linguistic Needs. Part VIII: Motivation. 12. Was Hunger the Motivation for Aztec Cannibalism? 13. Aggression: The Nonviolent Semai. 14. Individualism vs. Collectivism: Differences Between Chinese and American Value Orientations. Part IX: Emotion. 15. A Frown Is a Frown Is a Frown: Facial Expressions around the World. 16. Witch-Fear among the Aivilik Eskimo. Part X: Development Through the Lifespan. 17. The Elderly in Native American Culture. 18. Female Initiation Rites. Part XI: Intelligence and Individual Differences. 19. Race, Culture, and IQ. Part XII: Personality. 20. Leadership Characteristics: The Case of Moral Reasoning in a Rural African Community. 21. Age Differences in Personality Traits Among the Highland Maya. Part XIII: Health Psychology. 22. Witchcraft! 23. Coping Styles among German and Israeli Adolescents. Part XIV: Abnormal Psychology. 24. The AIDS Pandemic: Addressing Perceptions and Behaviors for a Solution. 25. Call me Crazy!" Psychiatric Labeling among the Eskimos and the Yoruba. 26. Depression and Culture. 27. Koro-A Culture-Bound Depersonalization Syndrome. Part XV: Social Psychology. 28. Gimme a Break! Patterns of Cooperation Among Mexican-Americans, African-Americans, and Anglo-Americans. 29. Polyandry-Multiple Spouses in Tibet and Pahari, India. 30. Gender Stereotyping in Global Perspective. Part XVI: Sexuality. 31. The Berdache: Gender-Mixing Among Northern Native Americans. 32. Cross-Cultural Differences in Sexual Jealousy."

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Book SynopsisChambers Adult Learners'' Writing Guide is aimed at adults who are seeking to gain confidence in their writing skills. The book is spaciously laid out using a two-colour text with plentiful examples and exercises to reinforce key learning points. A simple and practical approach provides users with an understanding of the basic concepts and requirements of any writing task. The book also demonstrates how to negotiate real-world situations such as filling in forms or making an official complaint.Trade ReviewOn the Chambers Adult Learners' range:An excellent range of reference books from the respected publishers Chambers for adult learners and adults with dyslexia.These books are not just a re-hash of standard works, they have been developed specifically to meet the needs of the target audience. Chambers have clearly acted on advice received from the British Dyslexia Association and, for the large print books, also the RNIB.The books are very accessible and clearly laid out and should prove popular with anyone who finds a typical dictionary or thesaurus rather impenetrable. * thedyslexiashop.com *Well laid out, clear, simple, practical. Includes emails and a section on easily confused words. * The Language People, http://www.languagepeople.com.au/archive_pdf/Sep07.pdf *

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Book SynopsisThe Ancient Greeks called it trauma'. During the First World War it was known as shellshock'. Only since Vietnam have we begun to understand the symptoms and causes of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. And to realise that it threatens us all.From victims of 9/11 and the London bombings, to soldiers and civilians in the world's most devastating war zones and the victims and witnesses of violent crime at home, PTSD can affect anyone. Symptoms have been seen in those suffering bereavement, illness and infection, traffic accidents, house fires, and sexual assault and abuse. Thousands have become prisoners of their own devastated minds overwhelmed by flashbacks, nightmares and a terrible feeling of isolation. But in almost every case, there is a cure.Gordon Turnbull recognised PTSD as a serious clinical condition from the start of his career. Since then he has offered his care and counsel to hundreds of sufferers, including the mountain rescue teams at Locker

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Book SynopsisHuman beings can be so compassionate. They can also be shockingly cruel. What if there was a master control for human behaviour? Switch it on and people are loving and generous. Switch it off and they revert to violence and greed. Pioneering neuroeconomist Paul J. Zak has discovered just such a master switch: a molecule in the human brain.Zak's colleagues call him Dr Love. They also call him the vampire economist. He and his research team have travelled from his laboratory in California to the jungles of Papua new Guinea via a summer garden in Devon, taking blood from people as they attend a wedding, make decisions with money, play football on the field, even jump from an aeroplane. Their experiments to measure a chemical in the bloodstream called oxytocin reveal the answers to those mysteries about why we make the decisions we do: why we are sometimes rational, at other times irrational; why men cheat more than women; how the moral molecule operates in the market place, andTrade ReviewPaul Zak tells the remarkable story of how he discovered and explored the biochemistry of sympathy, love and trust with the narrative skill of a novelist. Philosophy, economics and biology have rarely been so entertaining. * Matt Ridley, author of Genome *An ancient mammalian molecule prods us to bond with others. Paul Zak offers a most engaging account of this important discovery, bound to overthrow traditional thinking about human behavior, including economics and morality. * Frans de Waal, author of The Age of Empathy *Paul Zak's investigations into the best things in life are inspired, rigorous, and tremendous fun. We need more daring economists like him. * Tyler Cowen, author of The Great Stagnation and the forthcoming An Economist Gets Lunch *an engaging read * BBC Focus *Engaging, entertaining and profound. * Kirkus Reviews *

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Book SynopsisThe Sun acclaimed her as ''the world''s number one healer''. The Independent admitted, ''Those who encounter Betty Shine''s supernatural powers find it hard to remain sceptical.'' Celebrated for her warmth and generosity of spirit, Betty Shine has for years helped and inspired people with her healing powers. Her study of the phenomenon of mind energy, as recounted in her two bestselling books, Mind to Mind and Mind Magic, has brought her a tremendous response. In Mind Waves, the third and final Mind book, Betty Shine explores the waves which we all project and which invade everything around us. By providing simple practical exercises, and by sharing with us personal anecdotes, experiences and feelings, she helps us gain the awareness needed to utilize mind waves in a positive manner. From that point, with a truer understanding of our fears and emotions, we can enhance our own lives and the lives of those about us. Mind Waves completes the psychic course started in MiTrade Review'Her third and most mind-bending book' * Books *

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Book SynopsisGloria Steinem, icon of the women''s liberation movement, is a co-founder of Ms magazine and author of the bestselling Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions.Revealing her own long quest for self-esteem, she explores the nature of this quality, showing how crippling a lack of it can be, and how recapturing it can transform our lives.Too many of us lose our sense of self-worth early on.Girls are especially vulnerable, often turning from free spirits into ''female impersonators'' by adolescence.Gloria Steinem describes how, by returning to her childhood self through techniques such as imagery, guided meditation and artistic expression, she rediscovered the strong, secure person every one of us is born to be.She states reassuringly that anyone can heal the inner child of the past through these and other means, and inspires us with case histories of people who came to know how valuable they are.Trade ReviewA clarion call...likely to be influential * New York Times Book Review *Frank and often painful... its thesis is powerful * The Times Saturday Review *Breaks new ground... the ultimate self-help book * Los Angeles Times *

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Book SynopsisLeslie Kenton's New Cura Romana Weightloss Plan is a major advance on her original Cura Romana book. It reveals her powerful new Consolidation process which makes it easier than ever for weight lost during Essential Spray+Food Plan to remain lost. This New Cura Romana Weightloss Plan book shares Kenton's hands-on experience with thousands of men and women who have done Cura Romana in recent years then merges this with important, up-to-the-minute, research. It guides you step-by-step through Kenton's ground-breaking second-generation protocol. You learn how to banish addictions and clear food cravings. You discover secrets for staying healthy and lean for life. Many who have already experienced Cura Romana's new three step process say it is little short of life-changing.Trade ReviewThe latest craze to obsess New Yorkers * The Sunday Times *If you want to make a start on changing the way you approach your weight as a life-changing exercise, and not just a quick fix, then reading this book would be an excellent place to start * Health and Wellness Times *Cura Romana is a truly holistic approach to weight loss, health, good looks and great energy. Thousands who have followed the program report far-reaching benefits verified in medically measurable ways * San Francisco Chronicle *

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Book SynopsisArguably the most gifted artist of her generation, Amy Winehouse died tragically young, aged just 27. Packed with exclusive material, such as extracts from Amy's teenage diaries, photos and notes, this book offers a new and intimate perspective on the life and death of the phenomenon that is Amy Winehouse.Trade ReviewAn authentic, poignant and gut-wrenchingly sad tale... An insightful, honest and often uplifting account of a life cut tragically short -- Isabelle Broom * Heat *Deeply personal... Insightful, offering rare glimpses behind the maelstrom of Amy's public life -- Charlotte Oliver * Jewish Chronicle *Poignant * The Independent *

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Book SynopsisOver thirty different examples of situations and ideas to show you how you can change your approach and change your life . . .Looking to nail an INTERVIEW? Want to make a better first impression on a DATE? Trying to make your MONEY go further? Bet you never thought being a bit more PSYCHOPATH could be the answer.Time to grab that bullsh*t by the horns!Dr KEVIN DUTTON studies psychopaths and his latest subject is SAS hero ANDY MCNAB. Andy's a bit different, he's a GOOD PSYCHOPATH. He can control qualities like decisiveness, ruthlessness and fearlessness to get the BEST out of himself and life. Together, this unlikely duo has established what they call the SEVEN DEADLY WINS, the good psychopathic quirks that can help make you more SUCCESSFUL. And now it's time to put their theories to the test.SORTED! THE GOOD PSYCHOPATH'S GUIDE TO BOSSING YOUR LIFE offers a new approach to the everyday to help you get more out of life than it gets out of you.

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Book Synopsis''Completely compelling and powerful, and hard to put down.'' Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, prize-winning author of Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain- Who are we if our brain fails?- How do we think?- How do we feel?- How do we move, if we move at all? - What happens when we lose our mind?When renowned neuroscientist Barbara Lipska''s melanoma spread to her brain it started to play tricks on her. The expert on mental illness - a specialist in how the brain operates - experienced what it is like to go mad. Analyzing the science of the mind and the biology of the brain alongisde Dr Lipska''s own extraordinary story, this is a fascinating account of what happens when the brain goes awry.''Oliver Sacks-meets-When Breath Becomes Air ... Barbara Lipska''s remarkable story illuminates the many mysteries of our fragile yet resilient brains.'' Lisa Genova, bestselling author of Still Alice and Every Note PlayedTrade ReviewFascinating and irresistibly page-turning, The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind is an Oliver Sacks-meets-When Breath Becomes Air account of insanity caused by over a dozen brain tumors. Barbara Lipska's remarkable story illuminates the many mysteries of our fragile yet resilient brains and through her harrowing journey of recovery, she shows us that nothing is impossible. * Lisa Genova, bestselling author of Still Alice and Every Note Played *In this fascinating book, a neuroscientist describes the terrifying symptoms she suffered as a result of multiple brain tumours. We learn about how the brain can produce bizarre and bewildering symptoms from the point of view of someone who has personal experience of aspects of the mental illness that she spends her life studying... Completely compelling and powerful, and hard to put down. * Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, author of Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain *A spellbinding investigation into the mysteries of the human brain, led by a scientist whose tenacity is as remarkable as her story. * Amanda Ripley, New York Times bestselling author of The Smartest Kids in the World and The Unthinkable *A superb memoir from a highly respected neuroscientist ... [a] remarkable account of sanity lost and regained. * Dr Frank Vertosick, author of When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery *A riveting science story about how brains go bad, interwoven with the remarkable personal story of one brain going spectacularly bad. A total nail-biter. * Lisa Sanders, New York Times bestselling author of Every Patient Tells a Story *

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Book Synopsis''Face to Face is not just a brilliant introduction to one of the most exacting areas of modern medicine, it''s a humbling glimpse of humans at their best.'' Sunday TimesSo much of our identity and sense of self is vested in the face we see in the bathroom mirror every morning. Now imagine that face so ravaged by cancer, an accident, a gun shot wound or a car crash that it is barely recognizable. Think how it might feel if, after surgery, the person you remember, but had given up all hope of seeing again, is looking back at you from the mirror once more.Over the years, maxillofacial surgeon Jim McCaul has helped countless people make this journey. His extraordinary book follows the stories of some of the patients he has saved from terrible illness and life-changing injuries and some he wasn't able to help. We follow the epic and complex surgical procedures his job requires him to perform daily, where the margin for error is to all intents and puTrade ReviewThe face is our window on the world. In his powerful and moving account McCaul describes how it feels to take it apart and put it back together again, in the battlefield and on the operating table. This is often scary stuff, but always inspiring. * Professor Stephen Westaby, bestselling author of Fragile Lives *There's a vicarious thrill to being let into this insider zone... Inspires wonder at all that modern medicine can achieve. * TLS *Fascinating and life-affirming ... Jim McCaul confides in us the joys and the agony of facial surgery. * Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes *Face to Face is not just a brilliant introduction to one of the most exacting areas of modern medicine, it's a humbling glimpse of humans at their best. * Sunday Times *Enjoyable and compelling. * Mail on Sunday *

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Book SynopsisAS HEARD ON RADIO 4''S ''ABILITY''''A truly eye-opening book from a fantastic comedian.'' ADAM KAY''Comedy genius... The funniest book I''ve read in years.'' DAVID WALLIAMS_______________Lee Ridley won the hearts and minds of the nation on Britain''s Got Talent. Now the much-loved comedian opens up about what it''s like to be him.I''m Only In It for the Parking is a wonderful romp through Lee''s extraordinary life, by way of the people who like to pray for him, the comparisons with Stephen Hawking, some perilous falls, some epic fails and more information about Lee''s private life than you probably need.This is the wickedly funny story of the stand-up who struggles to stand up, but who learns to finds his feet. The Geordie without the accent. The entertainer who really can''t speak at all, but who has something important to say._______________What readers are saying:Trade ReviewA unique and brilliant comic voice. * ROSS NOBLE *Comedy genius... The funniest book I've read in years. * DAVID WALLIAMS *A truly eye-opening book from a fantastic comedian. * ADAM KAY *The reader gets to know him as a good-natured, sometimes mischievous bloke - a real person and not just the comic with the electronic voice. * Chortle *Funny, charming and full of unique insights. * FRANCESCA MARTINEZ, author of What the **** is Normal? *

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Book Synopsis''A raw, honest rollercoaster that touches the heart'' *****''Kate and her family''s courageous battle is told with such candour'' *****''Written from the heart with the will never to give up hope'' *****........................In March 2020, Kate Garraway''s husband, Derek Draper, contracted Covid-19 and was placed in a medically-induced coma. Thought to be the UK''s longest-fighting Covid-19 patient, he spent more than a year in hospital before returning home to be with Kate and their children, Darcey and Billy. However he continued to suffer the devastating after-effects of COVID and passed away at the start of January 2024.In this intimate book, Kate shares her deeply personal story. As well as recounting how the illness took hold of their lives, she writes about coping with uncertainty, how she''s supporting her children through this traumatic time, how she has found strength in community and how she strives to hold on to hope

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Book Synopsis''A practical and positive guide to using tech to change women''s lives for the better'' -Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women: exposing data bias in a world designed for men''A powerful and inspiring call to action from one of Britain''s brightest minds''- Yomi Adegoke, award-winning journalist, author of Slay in Your Lane etc.Why are women so under-represented in the tech world?Why does this matter?What can we do about it? A book that asks essential questions and provides long-overdue practical solutions. Perfect for readers of Invisible Women.Why do so many of us - particularly women - feel the tech world is beyond reach? Women are woefully under-represented in tech - they represent roughly a mere quarter of the UK STEM workforce. This means an ever-increasing series of big decisions are made by a small number of people, mainly men.So what are the chalTrade ReviewAn exceptional person. * Guardian *An energetic presence with no-nonsense impact. * Telegraph *A powerful and inspiring call to action from one of Britain's brightest minds - She's In Ctrl asks all the right questions about women in tech and Imafidon sets about providing practical, long overdue solutions. -- Yomi Adegoke, award-winning journalist, author of Slay in Your Lane etc.A practical and positive guide to using tech to change women's lives for the better -- Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women: exposing data bias in a world designed for menAnne-Marie is one of the UK's brilliant minds and has been at the forefront of tackling the STEM gender gap by demystifying the subject and making it accessible and fun for all, regardless of gender or background. Her's is a voice to be listened to. -- June Sarpong, author of The Power of Women: why gender equality works for everyone

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Book SynopsisBased on the Simontons'' experience with hundreds of patients at their world-famous Cancer Counseling and Research Center, Getting Well Again introduces the scientific basis for the 'will to live.'In this revolutionary book the Simontons profile the typical 'cancer personality': how an individual''s reactions to stress and other emotional factors can contribute to the onset and progress of cancer -- and how positive expectations, self-awareness, and self-care can contribute to survival. This book offers the same self-help techniques the Simonton''s patients have used to successfully to reinforce usual medical treatment -- techniques for learning positive attitudes, relaxation, visualization, goal setting, managing pain, exercise, and building an emotional support system.

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Book SynopsisIncreased stress and traumatic events in our lives have resulted in many millions of people who suffer from insomnia, nightmares, anxiety attacks, depression, and tension headaches. ACUPRESSURE FOR EMOTIONAL HEALING offers relief at your fingertips, quickly and safely, for a wide range of emotional problems. It explains how emotional distress becomes lodged in the body as muscular tension and blocked energy, and shows how acupressure can relieve not just the resulting physical symptoms, but also their emotional source--often without the need for extensive talk therapy or medication.Acupressure stimulates the same points used in acupuncture, but instead of needles, firm finger pressure is used on the surface of the skin. The pressure releases neurochemicals called endorphins that relieve pain. As in acupuncture, specific pressure points are connected with internal organs and energy pathways in the body (called meridians) that regulate the flow of electrical energy to all systems. Unlike acupuncture, acupressure can be used safely by anyone, with only the hands as equipment. ACUPRESSURE FOR EMOTIONAL HEALING offers a comprehensive A-Z guide to emotional ailments (from abandonment to worry and obsessive thinking), with fully-illustrated instruction on dozens of precise acupressure point locations and how to activate them, combined with yogic breathing, stretching, and movement routines. Case histories from the authors'' practice further illuminate each condition and the path to emotional balance and healing. Most routines can be used independently for self-care and on-the-spot relief. There are also sections on how to use the techniques to help others, with appropriate safeguards.

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Book SynopsisThe definitive book of yoga therapy, this groundbreaking work comes to you from the medical editor of the country’s premier yoga magazine, who is both a practicing yogi and a Western-trained physician. Beginning with an overview of the history and science of yoga, Dr. McCall describes the many different techniques in the yoga tool kit; explains what yoga does and who can benefit from it (virtually everyone!); and provides lavishly illustrated and minutely detailed instructions on starting a yoga practice geared to your fitness level and your health status. Yoga as Medicine offers a wealth of practical information, including how to: •Utilize yogic tools, including postures, breathing techniques, and meditation, for both prevention and healing of illness•Master the art of becoming more in tune with your body•Communicate more effectively with your doctor•Adopt therapeutic yoga practices as either an alternative or a complement to surgery and to expensive, sometimes dangerous medications•Practice safely Find an instructor and a style of yoga that are right for you. With twenty chapters devoted to the work of individual master teachers, including such well-known figures as Patricia Walden, John Friend, and Rodney Yee, Yoga as Medicine shows how these experts have applied the wisdom of this ancient holistic practice to twenty different conditions, ranging from arthritis to chronic fatigue, depression, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, infertility, insomnia, multiple sclerosis, and obesity. Defining yoga as “a systematic technology to improve the body, understand the mind, and free the spirit,” Dr. McCall shows the way to a path that can truly alter your life. An indispensable guide for the millions who now practice yoga or would like to begin, as well as for yoga teachers, body workers, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals.

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Book SynopsisPerfect for expecting parents who want to prepare themselves for the challenging toddler years (which starts around eight months of age), this essential guide, a national bestseller by respected pediatrician and child development expert Dr. Harvey Karp, not only helps reduce tantrums but makes happy kids even happier by boosting patience, cooperation, and self-confidence.This streamlined revision of the breakthrough bestseller by renowned child-development expert Dr. Harvey Karp will do even more to help busy parents survive the “terrible twos” and beyond....In one of the most revolutionary advances in parenting of the past twenty-five years, Dr. Karp revealed that toddlers often act like uncivilized little cavemen, with a primitive way of thinking and communicating that is all their own. In this revised edition of his parenting classic, Dr. Karp has made his innovative approach easier to learn—and put into action—than ever be

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Book SynopsisThe definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D.  into their ideal job   Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration.   Those who do make it share an important asset that separates them from the pack: they have a plan. They understand exactly what they need to do to set themselves up for success.  They know what really moves the needle in academic job searches, how to avoid the all-too-common mistakes that sink so many of their peers, and how to decide when to point their Ph.D. toward other, non-academic options.

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Book SynopsisBarbara Keesling, Ph.D., is an acclaimed sex therapist and the author of seven self-help books. She writes regularly for American magazines including Men's Health, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Playboy and Esquire. Dr Keesling lives in Los Angeles.Trade ReviewThe best sex book I've read in years...a must-buy -- Tracey Cox, author of Hot SexMeet a woman who can seduce any man! * Woman's Own *Table of ContentsImagine a world where you were as sexually confident, physically uninhibited and intensely orgasmic as you have always wanted to be... Now, acclaimed sex therapist Dr Barbara Keesling tells you how. Based on the understanding that inside every good girl is a bad girl struggling to get out, The Good Girl's Guide to Bad Girl Sex teaches women how to express their natural impulses with dignity and panache. Bad girls know no shame. Bad girls are comfortable in their bodies. Bad girls always feel gorgeous and desirable! Learn how to optimize your sexual power with this frank, funny and thoroughly comprehensive book. Packed with practical exercises, The Good Girl's Guide includes insider information on the sex toys you never knew you had, how to seduce a man by simply walking into a room, how to enjoy your G-spot and how to give (and recelve!) mind-blowing orgasms. THE GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE is the key to your sexual future - an invaluable resource for the modern woman.

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Book SynopsisRobert Winston is one of the country's best-known scientists. As Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College, University of London, and Director of NHS Research and Development and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Hammersmith Hospital, he has made advances in fertility medicine and been a leading voice in the debate on genetic engineering. His television series, including Your Life in Their Hands, Making Babies, The Human Body, Superhuman and A Child Against All Odds have made him a household name across Britain. He became a life peer in 1995.Trade ReviewWide-ranging and thoroughly entertaining * New Scientist *Devastaingly good...Every chapter bursts with clear logic, style, wit and imagination. * Brian May, Guitarist for Queen *

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Book SynopsisAccording to David Taylor - one of Europe''s most successful speakers on leadership and personal development - the most important discovery you can make is to discover who you really are. Everything you need to be, anything you want, you already have; there is no right or wrong, there is only what serves you, and what does not; what you think about, you are, what you focus on, you will become; and if you give yourself permission, you will achieve every dream and every ambition you''ve ever had.Here, as David Taylor invites you to join him on an amazing journey of discovery, he strips away myth and mystery, hype and jargon to reveal how we can turn dreams into reality by:* learning to trust ourselves and our instincts - and abandon the external motivations that limit our potential...* building on our successes to ensure personal development...* forging deep and lasting relationships both in the work place and in our personal lives...Inspiring, illuminTrade Review'The Naked Leader brings fun, adventure and inspiration back into business and personal success' -- Adrian Gilpin, Institute of Human Development'The One Minute Manager for a new generation' -- Nigel Risner, co-author of Chicken Soup for the UK'The business books bestseller executives are taking a holiday!' * Financial Times *

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Book SynopsisFIT FOR LIFEAll diets work and all diets fail, but here at last is hope for anyone who wants to achieve - and maintain - permanent weight loss.Fit For Life is a revolutionary diet and lifestyle programme that allows you to eat unlimited portions of the foods you like and leads you to new levels of overall good health and wellbeing. As you finally put an end to all those years of boring calorie counting and damaging yo-yo dieting, this simple, natural Fit for Life reveals...* the three vital principles to bring permanent weight loss and high energy * the secrets of timing and food combining that work with your natural body cycles * a complete four-week meal plan, menus, delicious recipes and essential shopping tips. Fast, effective and easy to follow, the internationally acclaimed Fit for Life is your answer to a healthier, more vibrant life. Don''t you owe it to yourself to begin today?Trade ReviewA phenomenally successful health regime * Mail on Sunday *

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Book SynopsisA fresh and innovative route to business and personal success - Polar Bear Pirates contains a whole new universe of characters and terminology that everyone will instantly recognize and relate to. Polar Bear Pirates, highly focused, successful, fun-loving people who truly believe in life before death, are on a quest to reach Fat City. But as we follow the fortunes of these highly motivated bears, we see how they must fight off some pretty ruthless and often highly elusive enemies - enemies who are determined to block their paths and shatter their dreams...Here''s a brief sketch of just some of these treacherous characters... Sinkers...the bitter losers who, as disciples of the pear shape, despise anyone else''s success and derive immense pleasure from torpedoing it...Head treads...those who block anyone coming up the success ladder; they are devoid of talent, having only got where they are through brown nosing, knife throwing and luck! Neg ferrets...thTrade ReviewA motivating and inspiring guide on how to succeed in life and how to deal with various characters you may meet along the way, whether they prove to be friend or foe * Evening Standard *[He] warns that you must have certain qualities to get there (Fat City)... Using a highly original omelette metaphor he suggests that you can have all the ingredients but unless you have an egg you really should 'think along the lines of cheese and toast'. Quite * The Herald (Glasgow) *You'll be guaranteed to smirk a bit at Webster's wise-crack filled prose * www.tuc.org.uk *A self help career book for the Nintendo generation * www.worksmart.org.uk *... lighthearted yet meaningful... an inspirational book... should st on the shelf of any line manager who wants to inspire the sceptics * Personnel Today *

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Book SynopsisAs psychology advances its understanding of the mind and brain, perhaps the last remaining bastion of mystery about why we do what we do relates to love and attraction. However, recent research suggests that even the mysteries of attraction are being revealed - which is great news for those amongst us who would rather not leave seduction to chance.In this illuminating follow-up to his acclaimed bestseller, The Motivated Mind, Dr Raj Persaud draws on the very latest research to show not only how to increase your attractiveness generally, but how to become absolutely irresistible to anyone. For example, do you know... that experiments on dating can predict with over 80% accuracy who will be attracted to who by whether just a few simple conversational strategies are used on a date? why abnormally low lighting is strongly associated with romance, why women wear blusher on their cheeks, or lipstick to enhance their pouting lips? Or that seeking to be agreeable on a date isTrade Review'He is the most eminent psychiatrist of the age ... the guru of common sense' SpectatorSome of the most fascinating relationship tips you'll discover this year * Daily Mail *Revealed: the lost art of seduction. Today's wannabe lotharios have a host of advice on how to lure the object of their desire, but the real answers are timeless according to Simply Irresistible -- The ScotsmanSimply Irresistible explores the laws of seduction by examining how best to behave on a date and the ways in which we can physically improve our chances of finding a partner. -- Scotland on Sunday

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Book Synopsis**NOW INCLUDING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DEMON COPPERHEAD**TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHORWith the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet, Barbara Kingsolver explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world. Defiant, funny and courageously honest, High Tide in Tucson is an engaging and immensely readable collection from one of the most original voices in contemporary literature.''Possessed of an extravagantly gifted narrative voice, Kingsolver blends a fierce and abiding moral vision with benevolent and concise humour. Her medicine is meant for the head, the heart, and the soul.'' New York Times

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Book Synopsis''An excellent book, the most objective short account I know of all the various approaches to depression.'' Anthony Storr Several years ago, Lewis Wolpert had a severe episode of depression. Despite a happy marriage and successful scientific career, he could think only of suicide. When he did recover, he became aware of the stigma attached to depression - and just how difficult it was to get reliable information. With characteristic candour and determination he set about writing this book, an acclaimed investigation into the causes and treatments of depression, which formed the basis for a BBC TV series.This paperback edition features a new introduction, in which Wolpert discusses the reaction to his book and BBC series, and recounts his own recurring struggle with depression.Trade Review"'An excellent book, the most objective short account I know of all the various approaches to depression.' Anthony Storr 'Erudite, scholarly, sober and stylish.' Anthony Clare, Sunday Times"

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Book SynopsisAsha Phillips writes as both a child psychotherapist and a mother, using case studies as well as informal anecdotes from family and friends as illustrations. She strips away the negative associations surrounding the word ''no'' and celebrates change and setting limits as essential ingredients in development. In a new introduction, Asha Phillips explains why the idea of limits and boundaries have become ever more pertinent since the book was first published. Now with a new chapter on illness in the family, Saying No can continue to build confidence and self-esteem in both children and parents.

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Book SynopsisIn Ulysses and Us, Declan Kiberd argues that James Joyce''s Ulysses offers a humane vision of a more tolerant and decent life under the dreadful pressures of the modern world. As much a guide to contemporary life as it is virtuoso work of literary criticism, Ulysses and Us offers revolutionary insights to the scholar and the first-time reader alike.Leopold Bloom, the half-Jewish Irishman who is the hero of James Joyce''s Ulysses, teaches the young Stephen Dedalus (modelled on Joyce himself) how he can grow and mature as an artist and an adult human being. Bloom has learned to live with contradictions, with anxiety and sexual jealousy, and with the rudeness and racism of the people he encounters in the city streets, and in his apparently banal way sees deeper than any of them. He embodies an intensely ordinary kind of wisdom, Kiberd argues, and in this way offers us a model for living well, in the tradition of the literature upon which Joyce drew i

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Book SynopsisWe are the product of our evolutionary history and this history colours our everyday lives - from why we kiss to how religious we are. In How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Robin Dunbar explains how the distant past underpins our current behaviour, through the groundbreaking experiments that have changed the thinking of evolutionary biologists forever. He explains phenomena such as why ''Dunbar''s Number'' (150) is the maximum number of acquaintances you can have, why all babies are born premature and the science behind lonely hearts columns. Stimulating, provocative and highly enjoyable, this fascinating book is essential for understanding why humans behave as they do - what it is to be human.

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Book SynopsisAS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4A searingly honest depiction of raising a disabled child . . . Intimate, sometimes heartbreaking and often funny, this letter of love is essential reading.' Mail on SundayIt's so good a beautiful piece of writing that really did have me gripped from the first page. What an achievement.' Cathy Rentenbrink, bestselling author of The Last Act of LoveHeartbreaking . . . beautifully written . . . in equal measure, admirable, uplifting, terrifying.' Louise Doughty, ObserverThis is a memoir about hope hope in others, hope in systems, and hope for the future.I've never quite known where to begin when someone asks me what I've been up to. I've never quite known how to explain what our daily life is like. I wanted to write how it is in order to give others a greater understanding of disability and caring. And to be totally honest, I wanted to write something t

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Book SynopsisAn intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents.''As perfect a portrait of friendship as I''ve ever read.''STEPHEN FRY''Lucid, lyrical, loaded . . . A love letter to friendship.''JACKIE KAY''A lovely book: bright and heartfelt, funny and refreshing.''ANDREW O''HAGAN''A beautiful, moving, life-affirming book.''IAN RANKINFriendships might just be the greatest love affairs of our lives . . .In 2018 poet and author Michael Pedersen lost a cherished friend, Scott Hutchison, soon after their collective voyage into the landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Just weeks later, Michael began to write to him. As he confronts the bewildering process of grief, what starts as a love letter to one magical, coruscating human soon becomes a paean to all the gorgeous male friendships that have transformed his life.''Boy Friends sees Pedersen illuminate these companions with a poet's eye, a comedian's timing and a lover's care.''OBSERVER''Written with enough electricity that it seems to jolt off the page . . . Boy Friends opens up conversations about . . . the brunt of suicide, the circumstances of certain types of Scottish masculinity and where friendships fit into that.''SUNDAY TIMES

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Book SynopsisAn intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents.''As perfect a portrait of friendship as I''ve ever read.''STEPHEN FRY''Lucid, lyrical, loaded . . . A love letter to friendship.''JACKIE KAY''A lovely book: bright and heartfelt, funny and refreshing.''ANDREW O''HAGAN''A beautiful, moving, life-affirming book.''IAN RANKINFriendships might just be the greatest love affairs of our lives . . .In 2018 poet and author Michael Pedersen lost a cherished friend, Scott Hutchison, soon after their collective voyage into the landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Just weeks later, Michael began to write to him. As he confronts the bewildering process of grief, what starts as a love letter to one magical, coruscating human soon becomes a paean to all the gorgeous male friendships that have transformed his life.''Boy Friends sees Pedersen illuminate these companions with a poet's eye, a comedian's timing and a lover's care.''OBSERVER''Written with enough electricity that it seems to jolt off the page . . . Boy Friends opens up conversations about . . . the brunt of suicide, the circumstances of certain types of Scottish masculinity and where friendships fit into that.''SUNDAY TIMES

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Book Synopsis''Urgent, compelling and lyrically, luminously beautiful . . . a brilliant, heart-rending read.'' Psychologies MagazineBrown constellates the subjects that define her inside and out: a disabled and conspicuous body, a religious conversion, a missing twin, a life in poetry. As she does, she depicts vividly for us not only her own life but a striking array of sites and topics, among them Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the world's oldest anatomical theater, Eugenics, and Jerry Falwell's Liberty University. Throughout, Brown offers us the gift of her exquisite sentences, woven together in consideration, always, of what it means to be human: flawed, potent, feeling.Trade Review'These remarkable essays invite us to look long and hard at our own interior landscapes, and to negotiate exterior ones with as much grace and gratitude as we can muster.' - Eliza Griswold, Pulitzer Prize winning author of AMITY & PROSPERITY'Her writing is sensitive, intelligent, and above all, clear-eyed and curious about her own experience as a writer, a traveler, and a disabled person. This is an important and beautiful rethinking of how bodies move through the world.' - Claire Dederer

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Book Synopsis''Caulfield wittily breaks down everyday dilemmas that might frazzle you . . . Relax encourages you to make decisions informed by evidence, in the hope that you might stop overthinking them.''PANDORA SYKES, THE TIMES''A handbook that is informed as well as wise.''OBSERVERA surprising, liberating and scientifically informed guide to overcoming the anxiety that permeates modern life.How many cups of coffee should I drink?Are work meetings really worth the time?Do I really have to floss?Award-winning public-health expert Timothy Caulfield tackles our daily dilemmas from the moment we wake up to when we go to sleep and the innumerable cultural, social and psychological forces shaping the decisions we make. Too often these decisions are dictated by concerns or beliefs about our world that simply aren't true. Caulfield shows that these misperceptions unnecessarily stress us out

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Book SynopsisOne of the finest accounts of the mysterious workings of grief I have ever read.' Helen MacdonaldCompletely compelling.' Olivia Laing''Read it with awe and sorrow.'' Fatima BhuttoAfter the sudden death of his father, Nick Blackburn embarks on a singular, labyrinthine journey to understand his loss. How do you create an existence when all you can see is a void?The Reactor is a memoir about absence and creative possibilities, assembled like the pieces of a puzzle. Through philosophy, music, fashion, psychology, art and film, Blackburn travels a vast panorama of ideas and characters to offer an entirely new exploration of grief. This is a book about looking for and finding chain reactions and human connection a work of enduring fragmentary beauty.

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Book SynopsisFocuses on healthy eating for a well-toned body. This title features a diverse range of recipes that provides a completely fat-reduced, calorie-controlled lifestyle. It provides the answer for weight-watching families.Table of ContentsIntroduction, 7; A Healthy Balance, 8; Good Diet Tips, 9; Sneaky Eating Tips, 10; Using this Book, 11; No-effort Calorie Counting, 12; Drinks, 13; A Typical 1000-calorie Day, 14; Notes on the Recipes, 15; Big Breakfasts, 17; 150 Calories or Less, 17; 250 Calories or Less, 26; Stunning Soups and Starters, 41; 100 Calories or Less, 41; 150 Calories or Less, 61; Light Lunches or Suppers, 85; 200 Calories or Less, 85; 300 Calories or less, 98; Memorable Main Meals, 115; 350 Calories or Less, 115; 450 Calories or Less, 161; 550 Calories or Less, 214; Easy Meals, 263.

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Book SynopsisJane, an employee at the big tech company (you know the one), has been placed on leave after becoming the subject of a viral video. She arrives in the office of a crisis therapist Loyd determined to be reinstated to the job that gives her life meaning. A psychological thriller, JOB zooms in on two careerists of different generations, genders and political paradigms to examine what it means to be a citizen of the internet and our obligation to help the people who need it most.

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