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Mango Media Management: du chaos au succès: 30 défis pour
Book Synopsis30 challenges faciles à mettre en place pour développer vos compétences managériales et devenir un leader performantVos compétences managériales sont sur le point d’évoluer. Être un manager performant n’est pas toujours évident et Scott Jeffrey Miller en a fait les frais. Du chaos au succès, il nous partage ses clés pour devenir un leader inspirant et efficace.Vous pouvez devenir un grand Team leader. Ce guide changera définitivement votre façon de manager et vous permettra d’instaurer un management opérationnel et stratégique. Devenez le manager que vous auriez aimé avoir, inspirez vos collaborateurs, instaurez le bien-être au travail et développez une vraie culture d’entreprise grâce à ce guide au ton décontracté et à ses 30 challenges applicables au quotidien!Ces 30 défis vous permettront: De devenir un vrai leader inspirant D’améliorer la performance au travail De créer une vision d’équipe De développer la culture d’entreprise Et d’obtenir des résultats concrets Si vous êtes à la recherche d’un livre sur le management ou le leadership tels que Dream Team ou Manager+ et si vous avez été séduit par l’ouvrage incontournable de Stephen Covey, Les 7 habitudes, alors laissez-vous inspirer par Management Mess!Trade Review« Pourquoi devrait-on vous suivre ? C’est la question au cœur du nouveau livre de Scott Miller, percutant de vérité. Il y expose 30 principes puissants qui vous aideront à répondre à cette question afin d’incarner le leader que vous êtes destiné à devenir. Il s’y livre avec une authenticité et une vulnérabilité qui forceront votre respect. »—Daniel H. Pink, auteur de When To Sell Is Human et Drive « Avec l’esprit et l’honnêteté qui le caractérisent, Scott Miller assume ses propres errements en matière de leadership et illustre combien il est facile de se laisser prendre au piège d’un management centré sur soi. Non seulement ce livre est bourré d’humour à chaque page, mais il regorge de conseils concrets – exercés par tous ceux qui réussissent en management dans le monde entier – et qui vous aideront à abandonner vos anciennes pratiques pour devenir un leader que tout le monde a envie de suivre. » —Liz Wiseman, auteure de Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter « Honnête, sincère et généreux, voici le nouvel incontournable pour un leadership authentique. » —Seth Godin, auteur de This Is Marketing
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Mango Media Restoring Our Girls
Book SynopsisNavigate Teen Challenges with Clarity. Follow therapist and parenting coach Cathy Cassani Adam’s empowering advice to help your teenager follow their happiness in an evolving society.Help your teenage girl prepare to face the world. So many girls are facing challenges every day, with the next generation seeing more skyrocketing diagnoses of depression and anxiety than ever before. While we might not be able to stop every trial that comes their way, we can still help our daughters persevere with strong self-confidence in themselves. Restoring Our Girls is an empowering book for girls ages 12-25 and their parents to use when facing tough situations in today’s world. With professional insight on society’s impact on young womanhood and ways to recognize and process it, you can help your child use their mental and emotional skills to achieve the fulfilling life they deserve.Become the role model that she needs. Teenage mental health can feel isolating for both you and your teenager. Oftentimes, they will feel uncomfortable bringing up serious struggles to you for fear of being unseen or rejected. That is why author Cathy Cassani Adams is here on how to engage in uplifting communication through compassion and a willingness to learn. Using her methods for meaningful listening and action, your daughter will see how being genuine can open so many doors to true happiness.Each chapter inside Restoring Our Girls covers all the complexities your teenager will face, including: A Guide for Navigating Real Conversations: Learn how to engage in meaningful conversations with your daughter while minimizing conflict Insights from Our Girls: Discover what your daughters wish we understood better The Power of Prioritizing Your Relationship: Understand how focusing on connection can ease challenges and ensure a healthy and trusting relationship now and as they grow So if you’re looking for books for parents and their daughters like Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen, The Emotional Lives of Teenagers, or The Sleep-Deprived Teen, you’ll love Restoring Our Girls.
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Melville House Publishing Whos Allowed to Protest
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Homie and The Dude Ltd Sky Zephyrs
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Hardie Grant Books Family Camping Games
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Murdoch Books Magical Christmas Cookbook
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Greystone Books,Canada Oaklore
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Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Small Blue World: Little People. Big Adventures
Book SynopsisA stunning and quirky collection of underwater photography, with miniature figures posing in an inventive aquatic world.Created by world-renowned underwater photographers, this gorgeous book takes an alternative look at mankind’s journey by using models of miniature people placed in beautiful and humorous situations undersea.Providing an alternative perspective on life, Small Blue World is a clever and thought-provoking collection of impressive imagery that tackles some of the wider ecological issues facing our oceans. Ultimately, it poses the question: how can humans and nature exist in harmony?Playful, perceptive and visually striking, this impressive and often humorous book uses photography and the power of the imagination to entertain, inspire and offer a different outlook on our lives.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Twelve Apostles
Book SynopsisIreland, 1919: When Sinn Féin proclaims Dáil Éireann the parliament of the independent Irish republic, London declares the new assembly to be illegal, and a vicious guerilla war breaks out between republican and crown forces. Michael Collins, intelligence chief of the Irish Republican Army, creates an elite squad whose role is to assassinate British agents and undercover police. The so-called 'Twelve Apostles' will create violent mayhem, culminating in the events of 'Bloody Sunday' in November 1920. Bestselling historian Tim Pat Coogan not only tells the story of Collins' squad, he also examines the remarkable intelligence network of which it formed a part, and which helped to bring the British government to the negotiating table.Trade ReviewA compelling work... this tale of murder and mayhem is also a labour of love. Written with pace and clarity, this is an important work that shows how desperate measures taken in desperate times don't easily go away' * Irish Independent *
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Cornerstone Eat Right 4 Your Type: Fully Revised with 10-day
Book SynopsisEat Right 4 Your Type harnesses the power of our own amazing bio-chemistry to help you to cast aside the fad diets for good!*Kick start the New Year with your own personalised plan to suit your body type*Dr Peter D'Adamo and Catherine Whitney are back with a fully updated and revised edition of their sensational book to demonstrate how working with your blood type plays a key role in losing weight, avoiding disease and promoting fitness and longevity.After selling over a 7 million copies worldwide, this revised edition of the global phenomenon blood-type diet is packed with even more material – including a 10-Day Jump-Start Plan – to help you tailor your diet to suit you and your blood type, enabling you stay to healthy, live longer and achieve your ideal weight.Trade ReviewThe global phenomenon blood-type diet is back and even better with a new revised edition offering even more guidance – including 10-day Jump Start Plan – to help you harness the power of your own amazing bio-chemistry and cast aside the fad diets for good! * Publisher *
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Orion Publishing Co Think Like a Street Photographer
Book Synopsis'Never does that old maxim "the harder I practice, the luckier I get" ring truer.' - Matt StuartStreet photography may look like luck, but you have to get out there and hone your craft if you want to shake up those luck vibes. Matt Stuart never goes out without his trusty Leica and, in a career spanning twenty years, has taken some of the most accomplished, witty and well-known photographs of the streets.From understanding how to be invisible on a busy street, to anticipating a great image in the chaos of a crowd, Matt Stuart reveals in over 20 chapters the hard-won skills and secrets that have led to his greatest shots. He explains his purist and uniquely playful approach to street photography leaving the reader full of ideas to use in their own photography. Illustrated throughout with 100 of Stuart's images, this is a unique opportunity to learn from one of the finest street photographers around.
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Cicerone Press 15 Short Walks in the Forest of Dean
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Cornerstone The Book of Joy. The Sunday Times Bestseller
Book SynopsisTwo spiritual giants. Seven days. One timeless question.'The ultimate source of happiness is within us.' DALAI LAMA'We grow in kindness when our kindness is tested.' DESMOND TUTUArchbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama have been friends for many, many years. Between them, they have endured exile, violence and oppression. And in the face of these hardships, they have continued to radiate compassion, humour and above all, joy.To celebrate His Holiness's eightieth birthday, Archbishop Tutu travelled to the Dalai Lama's home in Dharamsala. The two men spent a week discussing a single burning question: how do we find joy in the face of suffering?This book is a gift from two of the most important spiritual figures of our time. Full of love, warmth and hope, The Book of Joy offers us the chance to experience their journey from first embrace to final goodbye.Trade ReviewI want to wish all of you joy—because there is no better gift. Two spiritual masters, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, share their wisdom in this uplifting book. I promise you, it’s the best $26 you can spend. -- Oprah WinfreyA wonderful and uplifting book from two inspirational spiritual leaders. * Frost Magazine *Absolutely incredible - lasting happiness in a changing world. -- Gaby RoslinI read the most amazing book last year called The Book of Joy. It’s the most wonderful book of two old men, with beautiful photographs of them laughing together, just talking about stories about humans and how they’ve been uplifted in their life. It really is the book of Joy. I’d just have to take that [to the desert island] because it would make me smile all the time. * Desert Island Discs *An extraordinary read from two global spiritual giants […] The topics they cover, from the nature of true joy to its obstacles, as well as joy-boosting practices, offer a heartfelt and uplifting read, with practical advice on bringing more joy into each day. * Wellbeing Magazine *
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Watkins Media Limited Attracting Abundance
Book SynopsisThe universe is alive with powerful, positive and loving energy - energy that can help bring about all that you desire in your life. The Law of Attraction states that thoughts, both conscious and unconscious, can have powerful effects; the more positive your thoughts, the more you attract positive energy. The steps to harnessing this law are: first, to know what you want and ask the universe for it; then, to believe and behave as if the object of your desire is on its way; and finally, to be truly open to receiving. This beautifully designed deck of 52 meditation cards offers practical wisdom to help harness this abundance and bring it into your life. The cards are divided into four suits, each focused on an area of life - Love and Relationships; Career and Prosperity; Creativity; and Spiritual Growth. Each suit features an inspiring illustration inspired by the heavens and appropriate to that theme. On the reverse you will find a key word to help bring each card into focus along with a visualisation, meditation, exercise, technique or inspiring quotation. With a wealth of inspirational practices, this deck will be an essential companion for everyone seeking abundance in their life.Trade Review'[The cards] are hauntingly beautiful pieces of artwork in their own right [and] includes an extremely well written and useful guidebook). As befits a product from Watkins, the presentation and finish are first class.'- Phenomena Magazine'The subheading of this set of sub-tarot oracle cards just about says it all, ‘52 Cards to Help You Manifest Gratitude, Abundance and Success’ and they may well do, but even if they do not, they are hauntingly beautiful pieces of artwork in their own right. What the deck (which includes an extremely well written and useful guidebook) is all about, is attracting positive energy from the universe, a variation on ‘cosmic ordering’ in fact, a process much beloved of the TV presenter Noel Edmunds. The author is a professional astrologer who teaches at the London School of Astrology and this shows in the non-technical way in which the included guide book is laid out, because without it the would-be seeker is left with a set of pretty picture cards. One rather clever feature is the box that the cards and book come in, this can be folded to serve a kind of easel to hold the cards while the reader meditates on the images: nifty! Actually the way in which the process of using the cards, i.e. the visualisation and meditation techniques to initiate the ‘Law of Attraction’ is used, has much in common with both sympathetic magic and chaos magic, where like is thought to attract like, although in the case of chaos magic this has been succinctly described as, ‘fake it till you make it’. As befits a product from Watkins, the presentation and finish are first class, and help to make this set of cards a worthwhile addition to the serious collector (and user) of esoteric forms of self-help and divination.'- Phenomena Magazine
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Watkins Media Limited The Watkins Book of English Folktales
Book SynopsisThis is a golden treasury of over one hundred English folktales captured in the form they were first collected in past centuries. Read these classic tales as they would have been told when storytelling was a living art – when the audience believed in boggarts and hobgoblins, local witches and will-o’-the-wisps, ghosts and giants, cunning foxes and royal frogs. Find “Jack the Giantkiller”, “Tom Tit Tot” and other quintessentially English favourites, alongside interesting borrowings, such as an English version of the Grimms’ “Little Snow White” – as well as bedtime frighteners, including “Captain Murderer”, as told to Charles Dickens by his childhood nurse. Neil Philip has provided a full introduction and source notes on each story that illustrate each tale’s journey from mouth to page, and what has happened to them on the way. These tales rank among the finest English short stories of all time in their richness of metaphor and plot and their great verbal dash and daring.Trade Review"A treasure-trove of living stories, and enormously fun to read. Enjoy!""Shivery, creepy, melancholy, funny, fantastic and very real ... Neil Philip’s classic collection offers us an overflowing cauldron of marvellous stories.’"Collections of folktales as good as this should be bound in gold and brought out on ceremonial occasions as national treasures.""A profound influence on me and Hookland.""This is the best collection of English folktales since Katharine Briggs's assemblage in four volumes, and perhaps the best ever in a single volume.""A superb anthology of more than one hundred extraordinary tales that reveal the exquisite nature of the English storytelling tradition. This is a dazzling book.""Never was a better time for such a knowing, appreciative volume of our shared tales.""An expertly chosen selection of English folktales that is highly readable, endlessly entertaining, and intellectually enlivened. If by some mysterious goblin’s spell I was condemned to give away all the books in my library but one, this is undoubtedly the book I would keep.""Buckle up and prepare for close encounters with ghouls and boggarts, witches and merry-maids, talking cats and roaring bulls.""The generally admitted and admired glories of English literature rest on a much more neglected popular tradition of story-telling. This collection brings that tradition back to life, in a wonderfully accessible form.""A truly beautiful collection of over one hundred English stories . . . collated with true wonder and love for the magic of storytelling."
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O'Brien Press Ltd The Players Advice
Book SynopsisWith advice from over 100 of the top footballers, hurlers and camogie players in a range of areas such as gym, nutrition, routine, lifestyle, skill development, mindset and preparation.
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Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Sweet Treats
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Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP) AS and ALevel Geography Edexcel Complete Revision
Book SynopsisThis Edexcel A-Level Geography Complete Revision & Practice book contains everything students need to know for both years of the A-Level course. It''s packed with clear study notes, lots of case studies and plenty of exam-style practice for every Edexcel topic - with full answers included.There''s also a section of in-depth advice on the skills needed for the exam, plus a breakdown of the exam papers to help students secure top marks on the day!What''s more, we''ve thrown in a free Online Edition that lets you read the entire book on a PC, Mac or tablet. When the book arrives, just use the unique code printed inside the cover to gain full access.
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Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Living Young
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Chronicle Books The Beatles Anthology 25th Anniversary Reissue
Book SynopsisThe landmark international bestsellerThe Beatles' own story, in their own wordsreissued on the 25th anniversary of its first publication.
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Crecy Publishing Railways Remembered The Western Region 19621972
Book SynopsisBlake Paterson was both a career railwayman and a railway enthusiast who worked for the Western Region, based at Paddington and Reading. He was also a passionate and very accomplished photographer. Aware of the great changes to the railway network which were underway, even before the publication of Dr Beeching''s notorious report, he resolved to record as much of the changing railway scene, as was possible. To do this, he set himself demanding schedules and would often travel great distances, sometimes using overnight trains, to reach the more remote corners of the network. During this intense period of photographic activity he took thousands of images, normally only taking a photo when the sun was shining and aiming to capture the trains in picturesque settings. He sought innovative angles and unlike many railway photographers of the era, he made a particular point of including people, particularly railway employees, in his photographs. It is believed that none of the images in this
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Last Days of Budapest
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Luath Press Ltd Iona with Love
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Canelo When Women Ran Fifth Avenue
Book SynopsisA New York Times BestsellerA Cosmopolitan Best Nonfiction Book of 2024Compulsively readable: I found myself dashing through it like a novel' The Wall Street Journal Riveting' Financial Times The New York Times bestselling story of the golden age of luxury department stores, and the trailblazing women who ran them.The twentieth century department store: a wonderland of consumption where every wish could be met under one roof. Dropping off the baby at nursery; an afternoon tea; a stroll through the latest fashions. A wedding (or funeral) could be planned. A Bengal Tiger cub could be purchased.Inside these towering price-tag palaces, anything was possible. They were beacons of modernity, and within this atmosphere of glamour and luxury, women dominated. Men may have owned the buildings, but inside women ruled.<
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Cornerstone How To Build a Body That Lasts
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Black Crown
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APA Publications Rough Guides France Travel Guide with eBook
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Bonnier Books Ltd Magical Creatures
Book SynopsisDiscover an all-in-one introduction to neon watercolour paints with this beginner''s guide to the essential techniques. Put your skills to the test and paint the beautiful collection of fantastical beasts and bring the extraordinary creatures from worlds far from our own to life.Follow the simple, step-by-step instructions to learn everything from brush positions and blending colours to adding fine detail. Use the brush and paint palette to apply your new skills across 25 pages of wondrous illustrations from myth and legend.
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Lonely Planet Global Limited Lonely Planet Experience Great Britain
Book SynopsisLonely Planet's Experience Great Britain is your guide to unforgettable experiences and local surprises. Wander the Cotswolds' ancient market towns, roam the Tower of London, tour Scotland's famous whisky distilleries - all guided by local experts with fresh perspectives. Uncover Great Britain's best experiences and get away from the everyday!
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Lonely Planet Global Limited Lonely Planet Pocket Edinburgh
Book SynopsisLonely Planet's Pocket Edinburgh is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Meander your way up the Royal Mile, experience the views and history from Edinburgh Castle and sample the finest whisky; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Edinburgh and make the most of your trip!
£9.49
Hardie Grant Books The Light in the Dark Tarot Oracle Deck
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Quadrille Publishing Ltd Pickled
Book SynopsisIt's so easy to make your own pickles and ferments!Pickling and fermenting are age-old culinary processes that use seasonal produce so you can enjoy the flavours all year round, but they are also incredibly beneficial to your gut microbiome; and Freddie Janssen makes it fun and fuss-free with 60 simple recipes that you can master in your home kitchen. With imaginative recipes like Szechuan-pickled Watermelon, Shiso Quickles, DIY Sriracha, Elderflower Vinegar, and Rhubarb Water Kefir, as well as all the classics including variations for Sauerkraut and Kimchi this is an inspirational way to add flavour bombs to any dish. Ferments preserve the natural levels of bacteria, vitamins, and enzymes in the ingredients, cleverly converting them into probiotics that are crucial to good gut health. With this fresh package, Pickled teaches home cooks how to reap these health benefits while transforming their everyday meals with a lip-smacking assortment of traditional and modern pickled delights.
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Trigger Publishing Surviving Solo Motherhood: How to Look After Your
Book SynopsisWhether you're single by choice or not, becoming a single mother is mentally exhausting. And in a world where negative stereotypes are still rife, it can be difficult to ask for help. This is where Surviving Solo Motherhood steps in, offering emotional support to single mothers of any aged child. Journalist Amy Rose and clinical psychologist Dr Emma Cotterill draw upon the lived experiences of the single parent community and look closely at the effect single-parent life can have on your mental health. Each chapter focuses on a different emotional state, and includes personal, lived experience an array of single mothers from various backgrounds, as well as psychological support and tools. Topics covered within the book include:Anxiety - a look at various triggers single mothers experience and discussion of the different types of anxiety, de-mystifying what it is (a physical response to threat real or perceived) and what it isn't (a sign that you are failing as a parent). Shame - unpicking the broader theme of stereotyping single mothers, while sharing personal experiences of shame from women of various backgrounds. Cover the difference between shame and remorse and how our body processes shame. Grief - understanding how to recognise and process your grief, unlearning everything you knew about your and your child's future and reconstructing what your idea of family looks like. Joy - how to find Joy once more, in the small moments and creating a life you're proud of. Strategies to find joy in hard times By working through the book you will become more resilient and feel stronger, allowing you to be more present for your child. This is the book to reach for when you need somewhere to turn.Table of Contents Introduction 1. Where you are 2. Grief 3. Rage 4. Shame 5. Guilt 6. Anxiety 7. Depression 8. From Powerless to Powerful 9. Joy 10. Finding Romance 11. Love 12. Your New Normal Further reading/resources
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APA Publications Insight Guides Ireland Travel Guide with eBook
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£18.90
Octopus Publishing Group Run with the Wolves
Book Synopsis In a world full of flamingos and unicorns, it can be hard to be a warrior. Mediations and mindfulness might work for the mermaids, but some of us need to prowl on the wild side...Take guidance from the mighty wolf, a successful predator who doesn''t take no for an answer. Why be cuddly when you can be cutthroat? Why be friendly when you can be fierce?Follow the guiding principles of the wolf for a happy and successful life:- WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH DONT LET GO. Wolves have a 1,500 psi biteforce and when they clamp their jaws on something, they aint messin''- DIVERSIFY TO SURVIVE. If there is no moose, eat a badger, or a snake. Or a pizza.- STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD. Be the alpha of your wolf pack. If you are not the alpha - start a new pack.- MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. Howl like a wolf to let ''em know who''s boss.Be more WOLF and excel in every area of your life.
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Octopus Publishing Group Japurrnese Cats
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Ebury Publishing The Pictorial Key To The Tarot: An Illustrated
Book SynopsisPicture your fate, forecast your future and transform your fortune An illustrated guide to the world famous Original Rider Waite Tarot - the most popular deck in the world.Unlock the secrets of the tarot with renowned scholar of the occult, A E Waite. Featuring the original card artwork by Pamela Colman Smith, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot is an insightful card-by-card analysis of the 78-card Rider Waite Tarot deck featuring both regular and reverse meanings. This illuminating book is the ultimate guide to mastering the art of tarot.
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Headline Publishing Group Power Skills: A masterclass for women in body
Book SynopsisA masterclass for women in communication and body language, this book offers a toolbox of practical exercises that will help you communicate with ease and confidence.Covering core areas such as posture, movement, gesture, eye contact, facial expression and voice, communications expert Juliet Erickson explores body language in a range of contexts – during meetings, giving presentations, difficult conversations, speeches, networking, gatherings and other high-stakes situation. This ground-breaking book offers practical ways to re-calibrate so that the body can discover clarity and focus.Table of ContentsIntroduction • Communication style • Posture, gesture and movement • Eye contact • Facial expression and voice • Confrontation • Cultivating presence.
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Elmwood Education Limited Essential Maths 9 Higher: 9
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Sandstone Press Ltd East of West, West of East
Book SynopsisThis extraordinary book tells the story of a remarkable family caught in Japan at the outbreak of the Second World War in the Pacific. With letters, journal extracts and notes from Hamish Brown’s parents, as well as his own recollections, it brings the era to life: not only life in the dying days of the British Empire, but also the terrible reality of the invasion of Singapore into which they escaped.Trade Review`An insight into history before it became history.’-Michael Pye;` Hamish Brown is a legendary figure.’-Alistair Moffat
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Scribe Publications The Power of Discord: why the ups and downs of
Book SynopsisHow can we create more meaningful and intimate connections with our loved-ones? By using moments of discord to strengthen our relationships, explains this original, deeply researched book. You might think that perfect harmony is the defining characteristic of a good relationship, but the truth is that human interactions are messy, complicated, and confusing. The good news, however, is that we are wired to deal with this from birth — and even to grow from it and use it to strengthen our relationships, according to renowned psychologist Ed Tronick and paediatrician Claudia Gold. Scientific research — including Dr Tronick’s famous ‘Still-Face Experiment’ — has shown that working through mismatch and repair in everyday life helps us form deep, lasting, trusting relationships; resilience in times of stress and trauma; and a solid sense of self in the world. This refreshing and original look at our ability to relate to others and to ourselves offers a new way for us to think about our relationships, and will reassure you that conflict is both normal and healthy, building the foundation for stronger connections. Trade Review‘This profoundly wise book sets out how the dance of connection and disconnection with attachment figures molds our nervous system, our emotional lives, our sense of self, and our ability to dance in tune with others. When we miss each other is when we truly learn to turn, reach, and connect. There are no slick tips for perfect relationships with your kids or lovers here. Just a deep understanding of how the imperfections of life and love can make us strong.’ -- Sue Johnson, author of Hold Me Tight‘In this fabulous book, which everyone must own, Ed Tronick and Claudia Gold give all of us a scientifically-based compass for negotiating the messiness of social interaction. Rather than searching for perfection, in this book they teach us that it is the messiness and the mistakes we inevitably make as parents, friends, and lovers, and the repair of our mistakes that really matters. For in repair we ‘co-create a new meaning,’ and relationships thrive and proceed, full of life and good enough. Get this book!’ -- John Gottman, author of Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work‘Lively and riveting — Human connections have the power to heal by engaging us in a new set of moment-to-moment mismatches ... as long as we are open to repair and reconnect.’ -- Dr Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score‘A brilliant overview of our contemporary relational landscape that argues that what people — both children and adults — need most is the messiness of real relationships, with their conflicts, partial resolutions, and imperfect efforts at repair. In trying to make these things work, we practice attention, connection, and listening. We practice our humanity. We learn to put technology in its place. A book for thinking and for practical action. A must-read.’ -- Sherry Turkle, author of Alone Together: why we expect more from technology‘Our relationships with attachment figures are often innately ‘messy’ and filled with discord as mismatches rupture the attuned, resonant alignments that are possible in our relational world. The reconnection established in the mismatch-repair process illuminated in this important work enables us to develop resilience in the face of the inevitable disconnections in these important self-defining close connections in our lives. This wise book will help many to reframe such ruptures as opportunities rather than troublesome burdens, painful yet important challenges that can actually afford us the interactive reconnection experiences that serve as the foundation for flourishing in life.’ -- Dr Daniel J. Siegel, author of Mindsight, and clinical professor at UCLA School of Medicine‘The Power of Discord reveals the secrets to forming deep, lasting, trusting relationships; developing resilience in times of stress and trauma; and nourishing a solid sense of yourself in the world. The book, which naturally begins with the parent-child relationship, offers the key to unlocking better connections with romantic partners, family, friends and colleagues alike.’ -- Hannah Van Sickle * The Berkshire Edge *
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Great Northern Books Ltd Let Me In
Book SynopsisAn eye-opening odyssey that combines the surprising Brontë history of key houses with their sometimes glorious, sometimes heartbreaking, always fascinating afterlives.Beautifully produced with excellent photography.
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Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd Venetian Disegno: New Frontiers
Book SynopsisVenetian Disegno: New Frontiers circa 1420 to 1620 offers a fresh perspective on the art of Venice and the Veneto. The volume brings together the contributions of scholars and curators specialist on a wide variety of artists and art forms including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and architecture. Venetian Disegno: New Frontiers circa 1420 to 1620 takes disegno as its central theme, that in its plurality of meaning allows for a consideration of the conceptual role of design and the act of drawing. The relationship between disegno and Renaissance Venetian art has historically been a problematic one, with emphasis instead being placed on the Venetian predilection for colore. This volume is reflective of an ongoing challenge to this perspective and draws attention to the importance of Venetian disegno and the study of drawings for understanding various art forms. The book commences with a critical study of what constitutes disegno in Venetian art. It does so through questioning the historiography of Venetian artistic scholarship and the restrictive framework and preconceptions that have emerged before setting out the merits of a broader, more inclusive approach. Disegno is applied in its multifaceted nature to address the physical act of drawing, the tangible drawn object and the role of design in artistic practice. The term 'Venetian' is taken to encompass both Venice and its mainland territories not least because of the mobility of artists across and beyond the region. Contributions are divided into five thematic sections. The first, entitled 'Peripheries', frames the art of Venice within a wider discourse on the movement of ideas across and beyond the Veneto in locations including Padua, Verona and Rome. A section on Media considers the origins and innovations that took place in the use of materials such as blue paper, oil and coloured chalks. In another, the theories that have developed on Venetian notions of disegno are brought under scrutiny, addressing topics such as the long upheld perspective that Venetian artists did not draw, the role of sculpture in Tintoretto's drawing practice and the interrelation between the written and drawn line in Palma Giovane's draftsmanship. The section on Invention reflects on the technical innovations that were facilitated through the uptake of printmaking and the intellectual freedom granted by humanist patrons. Finally, Function gets to the heart of the practical purpose of disegno. Contributions focus on the workshops of the Bellini family and Titian to consider the diverse ways they used drawing within their artistic practices with an emphasis on technical analysis. These sections are all preceded by introductions that provide an overview on each theme while the volume is bookended by two reflections on the state of research into Venetian disegno and the potential for further progress. Sumptuously illustrated with over 100 images with a comprehensive bibliography, Venetian Disegno: New Frontiers circa 1420 to 1620 represents a significant contribution to scholarship on the art of Venice, Renaissance workshops and drawing studies.
£38.00
School of Life PR How to Understand Yourself
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