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Book SynopsisA guidebook to trekking the 560km (348 mile) GR131 across the Canary Islands. The island-hopping long-distance trail crosses Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro and can be hiked in around a month, or split into shorter sections. Most of the route uses quiet roads, tracks and old mule paths, but there are some remote stretches, as well as occasional steep and rocky mountain paths. The route is presented in 32 stages of between 7 and 30km (4–18 miles). Also included is an optional ascent of Spain’s highest peak, El Teide on Tenerife. Clear route description illustrated with 1:50,000 mapping GPX files available to download Notes on accommodation, refreshments and local transport Information on ferry transfers between the islands Sized to easily fit in a jacket pocket Table of ContentsMap key Overview map of the Canary Islands Route summary table Introduction Location Geology Brief history of the Canary Islands Plants and animals Travel to the Canary Islands Travel around the Canary Islands When to go Accommodation Language Money Food and drink Trekking the GR131 Using this guide Emergencies Lanzarote Stage 1 Órzola to Haría Stage 2 Haría to Teguise Stage 3 Teguise to Montaña Blanca Stage 4 Montaña Blanca to Yaiza Stage 5 Yaiza to Playa Blanca Fuerteventura Stage 6 Islote de Lobos Stage 7 Corralejo to La Oliva Stage 8 La Oliva to Tefía Stage 9 Tefía to Betancuria Stage 10 Betancuria to P#xe1;jara Stage 11 P#xe1;jara to La Pared Stage 12 La Pared to Barranco de Pecenescal Stage 13 Barranco de Pecenescal to Morro Jable Stage 14 Morro Jable to Faro de Jandía Gran Canaria Stage 15 Faro de Maspalomas to Ayagaures Stage 16 Ayagaures to Tunte Stage 17 Tunte to Cruz de Tejeda Stage 18 Cruz de Tejeda to Tamadaba Stage 19 Tamadaba to Puerto de las Nieves Tenerife Stage 20 La Esperanza to La Caldera Stage 21 La Caldera to El Portillo Optional route Ascent of El Teide Stage 22 El Portillo to Parador Stage 23 Parador to Vilaflor Stage 24 Vilaflor to Arona La Gomera Stage 25 San Sebasti#xe1;n to Chipude Stage 26 Chipude to Playa de Vallehermoso La Palma Stage 27 Faro de Fuencaliente to Fuencaliente Stage 28 Fuencaliente to Refugio El Pilar Stage 29 Refugio El Pilar to Roque de los Muchachos Stage 30 Roque de los Muchachos to Puerto de Tazacorte El Hierro Stage 31 Puerto de la Estaca or Tamaduste to Fuente de La Llanía Stage 32 Fuente de La Llanía to Embarcadero de Orchilla Appendix A Language notes Appendix B Useful contacts

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Book SynopsisNumber of players: 1-5Ages: 14+Playing Time: 30-50 minutesComponents: 6 Character cards, 9 Jungle cards, 56 Adventure cards, 2 Reference cards, 2 Playing pieces, 24 Health tokens, 24 Food tokens, 12 Ammo tokens, 2 Expedition leader tokensLegendary explorer Percy Fawcett marched deep into the Amazon in search of El Dorado. He was never seen again. Your team has gone in search of him, but now you hope to escape the jungle with the greatest treasure of all--your life.Make the best of your food, your ammunition and your health, as you plunge deep into the jungle. Choose your path carefully to ensure you''re ready for the pitfalls which may occur. Play solo or co-operatively to survive the expedition, or play in teams to see which group can escape the jungle first.From award-winning designer Peer Sylvester and acclaimed artist Garen Ewing, The Lost Expedition is a game of hard choices on the road to El Dorado.

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Book SynopsisSpanning Tom Waits'' extraordinary 40-year career, from Closing Time to Orphans, Lowside of the Road is Barney Hoskyns'' unique take on one of rock''s great enigmas. Like Bob Dylan and Neil Young, Waits is a chameleonic survivor who''s achieved long-term success while retaining cult credibility and outsider mystique. From his perilous jazzbo years in ''70s Los Angeles to the multiple-Grammy winner of recent years - by way of such shape-shifting ''80s albums as Swordfishtrombones - this exhaustive biography charts Waits'' life step-by-step and album-by-album. Affectionate and penetrating, and based on a combination of assiduous research and deep critical insight, this is a outstanding investigation of a notoriously private artist and performer - the definitive account to date of Tom Waits'' life and work.

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Book Synopsis''She sees, coming up a second time,Earth from the ocean, eternally green;the waterfalls plunge, an eagle soars above them,over the mountain hunting fish.''After the terrible conflagration of Ragnarok, the earth rises serenely again from the ocean, and life is renewed. The Poetic Edda begins with The Seeress''s Prophecy which recounts the creation of the world, and looks forward to its destruction and rebirth. In this great collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry, the exploits of gods and humans are related. The one-eyed Odin, red-bearded Thor, Loki the trickster, the lovely goddesses and the giants who are their enemies walk beside the heroic Helgi, Sigurd the Dragon-Slayer, Brynhild the shield-maiden, and the implacable Gudrun. New in this revised translation are the quest-poem The Lay of Svipdag and The Waking of Angantyr, in which a girl faces down her dead father to retrieve his sword.Comic, tragic, instructive, grandiose, witty and profound, the poems of the Edda have influenced artists from Wagner to Tolkien and a new generation of video-game and film makers.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Trade ReviewLarringtons version of The Poetic Edda has been beautifully translated, and the flow of each poem is perfect. * Kirsty Hewitt, Book Hugger *A 750-year-old haul of Icelandic verse might not sound like cutting-edge entertainment but these sinewy sagas include such modern elements as gutsy heroines and ultra-violence. * Christopher Hirst, Independent *these sinewy sagas include such modern elements as gutsy heroines and ultra-violence * Independent *

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Book SynopsisA gripping book from the bestselling author of hugely popular self-help book, The Road Less Travelled. Leading psychiatrist and self-help pioneer Dr M.Scott Peck reveals his encounters with evil, during sessions with patients of his psychiatric therapy.The patient suddenly resembled a writhing snake of great strength. . . More frightening than the writhing body, however, was the face. The eyes were hooded with lazy reptilian torpor. . . This is the second bestselling book by Dr M. Scott Peck. In this gripping psychology book, the leading psychiatrist describes his encounters during psychiatric therapy with patients who are not merely ill but manifestly evil - People of the Lie. This brilliant, disturbing book forces us to confront the darker side of our natures and to recogise that without spiritual and religious dimension, modern psychiatry cannot claim to understand human nature or behaviour. It is a worthy successor to The Road Less Travelled.

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Book SynopsisAnxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens.We all had the basic rules of punctuation drilled into us at school, but punctuation pedants have good reason to suspect they never sank in. Its Summer!' screams a sign that sets our teeth on edge. Pansy's ready', we learn to our considerable interest (Is she?') as we browse among the bedding plants.It is not only the rules of punctuation that have come under attack but also a sense of why they matter. In this runaway bestseller, Lynne Truss takes the fight to emoticons and greengrocers' apostrophes with a war cry of Sticklers unite!'Trade Review‘A punctuation repair kit. Passionate and witty…fresh and funny.’ Independent ‘If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic I’d nominate her for sainthood.’ Frank McCourt ‘I laughed, I howled, and I immediately wanted to join the militant wing of the Apostrophe Society. This is great stuff: genuine, heartfelt and rousing.’ Jenny Colgan ‘Enchanting, full of jokes and anecdotes and information. It makes you love punctuation; you want to conserve what is left and perhaps call for more of it.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘It can only be a matter of time before the government seizes the chance to appoint [Truss] minister for punctuation. The manifesto is already written.’ Guardian ‘Truss deserves to be piled high with honours.’ John Humphrys, Sunday Times ‘Worth its weight in gold.’ Independent

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Book SynopsisA collection of simple and cute mascots that can be made with felt fabric. This book contains s large number of various mascots such as sweets, matryoshka dolls, houses and vehicles, rabbits, cats, animals in zoos and aquariums

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgements xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Grow Big Profits Without Any Effort 7 Why Average Returns Aren’t Normal 11 When the Stock Market Beats Real Estate 12 What’s Inside a Global Stock Market Index Fund? 13 Undressing Stocks with 50 Shades of Gray 13 The Stock Market Stars as the Great Humiliator 17 Fast-Growing Economies Can Produce Weak Returns 19 Bonds Are Protective Nets for Jumpers 21 Can You Lose Money with Bonds? 23 Chapter Take-Away 25 Chapter 2: Don’t Start a Fight with an Escalator 27 Yes, the Financial District Loves You! 28 Global Investors Getting Fleeced 30 Chapter Take-Away 32 Chapter 3: Where Are the Customers’ Yachts? 33 Global Investors Bleed by the Same Sword 34 American Expatriates Run Naked 36 Why Brokers Want to Muzzle Warren Buffett 37 Financial Advisors Touting “The World Is Flat!” 38 Hedge Fund Money Spanked for Its Con 40 Why Most Investors Underperform Their Funds 42 Are Most Financial Advisors Bad People? 43 Chapter Take-Away and Tips 45 Chapter 4: Expats Should Avoid Snakes In Suits 49 The deVere Group Faces Trouble 57 British Expats: Can I Trade You That Diamond for a Big Lump of Coal? 58 The 10 Habits of Successful Financial Advisors . . . Really? 59 When Your Advisor is a Sales Commando 60 Welcoming Sharks into the Seal Pool 61 Masters of the Insured Death Benefit Illusion 65 Free Fund Switching Isn’t a Perk 66 Making Millions off the General Public 66 Fooling the Masses with Numbers 67 When High Fees Meet Gunslingers 68 Chapter Take-Away and Tips 69 Chapter 5: Self-Appointed Gurus and Neanderthal Brains 73 Why Most Investors Should Hope for Falling Markets 77 Are You Cheering for the Right Team? 77 If You’re Just Starting Out, Pray for Stocks to Sputter 79 Should You Worry When Stocks Hit All-Time Highs? 82 The Only Thing That Matters 82 It’s Not Timing the Market That Matters; It’s Time in the Market 84 High Unemployment and High Stock Returns 85 What Can You Miss by Guessing Wrong? 87 Should You Invest a Windfall All at Once? 89 When Investors and Advisors Sabotage Their Rides 89 Are Women Better Investors Than Men? 90 Collar Your Inner Neanderthal 91 Chapter Take-Away and Tips 92 Chapter 6: Investment Advisors with a Conscience 95 Do You Have a Ninja’s Discipline? 96 Qualities of a Good Financial Advisor 96 Investment Professionals Worth Considering 98 Why Many Global Expats are Naming Their Newborns Mark 111 Why are the Entry Points Often High? 113 Chapter 7: Thirty-four Questions Do-It-Yourself Investors Ask 115 1. How do I Purchase ETFs or Indexed Mutual Funds Through a Brokerage? 115 2. What’s the Best Brokerage To Use? 116 3. What’s the Difference Between an Exchange-Traded Index Fund (ETF) and an Index Fund? 117 4. Do Non-Americans Have to Pay US Estate Taxes upon Death if They Own US Index Shares? 118 5. What’s a Sector-Specific ETF? 119 6. Should I Buy an Index that’s Currency Hedged? 120 7. What’s the Scoop on Withholding Taxes? (For Non-Americans) 121 8. Will You Have to Pay Currency Conversions? 123 9. Should I Be Concerned about Currency Risks? 124 10. Do the Unit Prices of ETFs Show Which are Expensive or Cheap? 125 11. If I Have a Lump Sum, Should I Invest It All at Once? 126 12. I’m in Some Expensive Products, but They’re Currently Down in Value. Should I Sell Now or Wait? 126 13. What If I Find a Higher-Performing Bond Index? 127 14. What If I Find a Cheaper ETF? 128 15. Should I Be Most Concerned about Commissions, Annual Account Fees, Fund Costs, or Exchange Rate Fees? 128 16. How Little Can I Invest Each Month? 129 17. Stock Markets Are High. Should I Really Start Investing? 130 18. Should I Buy ETFs from Vanguard, iShares, Schwab or Another Low-Cost Provider? 131 19. Can Muslims Build a Portfolio of Shariah-Compliant Funds? 132 20. What Percentage Should You Have In Stocks and Bonds? 133 21. Could You Build a Portfolio of Socially Responsible Index Funds? 139 22. Why Doesn’t My Brokerage Offer the Funds I Want? 140 23. Why Hasn’t My Bond ETF Risen in Value? 141 24. What If My Bond ETF Is Priced in a Different Currency? 142 25. Are Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, Good Investments? 142 26. Should I Buy a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Index? 144 27. Should I Buy a Smart Beta ETF? 146 28. Should I Invest in Gold? 147 29. Don’t Small-Company Stocks Beat Larger-Company Stocks? 148 30. What If You and Your Spouse Represent Different Nationalities? 150 31. Why Should I Rebalance My Portfolio? 151 32. What Are The Best ETFs To Buy? 152 33. What’s the Difference Between an Accumulating ETF and a Distributing ETF? 153 34. Should I Buy An ETF or Index That Pays High Dividends? 153 Chapter 8: Couch Potato Investing 157 Don’t Bonds Tie You Down? 158 Are You Worried That Bond Interest Rates Are Low? 159 Where Do You Plan to Retire? 160 Are You Retiring in an Emerging-Market Country? 162 The Magic Of All-in-One Portfolio ETFs and Index Funds 162 Chapter 9: Model Portfolios for American Expats 167 Do You Currently Invest with Vanguard? 168 Couch Potato Investing with Vanguard 169 Simple Investing with a Vanguard Stick Shift 172 Vanguard’s Admiral Series Global Two-Fund Portfolio Solutions Socially Responsible Investing 174 Americans Using Interactive Brokers 176 ETF Portfolios with Interactive Brokers 176 Socially Responsible ETF Portfolios 176 Don’t Contribute Illegally to Your IRA 176 What Exactly Is an IRA? 179 Could You Retire And Never Pay US Taxes Again? 180 Chapter 10: Portfolio Models for Canadian Expats 183 Socially Responsible Investing for Canadians 185 Swap-Based ETFs—The Ultimate Legal Tax Dodge 186 What About RRSPs, TFSAs and RESPs? 188 Children’s Education Savings Plans 189 Canadians In Europe 191 European Country Residents not Affected By This Rule 191 For Most Canadians Living In an EU Country 192 One Drawback To Non-Canadian Listed ETFs 193 Repatriation: If You Decide To Move Back 194 Chapter 11: Portfolio Models for British Expats 197 Are The Extra Commission Fees Worth It? 200 The Downside of Vanguard’s LifeStrategy Index Mutual Funds 203 Portfolios of Individual ETFs: For Walking British Buddhas 204 How Important Is UK Stock And Bond Market Exposure? 206 Socially Responsible Investing For British Expats 208 Are You Really Ready To Do This? 210 Chapter 12: Portfolio Models for Australian Expats 213 Socially Responsible Investing For Australians 214 What If You Don’t Want High Exposure to Australian Shares? 217 The Repatriation Benefit of Aussie-listed Shares 218 Tax Laws: Created By The Rich For The Rich? 219 Now Look Deeply Into That Mirror 220 Chapter 13: Portfolio Models for Europeans and Other Nationalities 223 The Home Currency Bias 224 Investors Who Might Not Want Any Home Currency Exposure 226 Socially Responsible Investing 229 Chapter 14: Setting Your Bulls Eye 231 What’s a Better Definition of Wealth? 233 What’s This Ailment Expatitis? 233 Three Decades And Counting With The 4 Percent Rule 234 You and Your Money Can Both Last Longer 237 Part II Retirement or Semi-Retirement In A Low-Cost Country 239 This Personal Decision In Not For Everyone 240 When It’s Not About The Money 241 Chapter 15: Retire A Decade Early In Latin America 245 Mexico: Hot Beaches, Cool Mountains And The World’s Best Expat Social Scenes 246 Costa Rica: Happiest People, Best Wildlife And Environmental Leaders 252 Panama: Idyllic Islands, Popular Mountain Towns and Retirement Discounts Galore 256 Ecuador: Friendly People, Great Climate, And An Ultra-Low Cost Of Living 261 Chapter 16: Retire A Decade Early In Europe 267 Portugal: Crashing Surf, Gorgeous Scenery and Europe’s Best Weather 268 Home Sweet Home 270 From Canada to Portugal for an Easier Pace of Life 271 Spain: Spectacular Beach Walks and Skiing In The Same Day 274 Aerobatics Pilot Chooses To Fly 275 Couple Enjoys Life on Less Than €9000 a Year 275 If You Don’t Have A Pension, How Much Money Would You Need? 277 Eastern Europe: The World’s Best Low-Cost Secret 278 Climate and Safety 279 Why Georgia’s Becoming The New Hot Spot 280 Chapter 17: Retire A Decade Early In Southeast Asia 285 Retiring In Malaysia: Beauty In The Sun 286 Can You Handle The Heat? 286 Top Quality Medical 287 Retiring In Thailand: The Land of Smiles 289 Conclusion 295 Low-Cost Retirement Country Resources 297 Index 303

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Book SynopsisVeuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamor and style, with tribute paid everywhere from Lord Byron to Casablanca. But who was this young widow - the 'Veuve' - Clicquot, whose champagne sparkled at the courts of France, Britain, and Russia, and how did she rise to celebrity and fortune? This book talks about widow Clicquot.Trade Review"Joan of Arc and Madame Clicquot were the two women heroes I knew when growing up in France. What a gift to have this new, well-researched biography of one of the world's first 'legitimate' businesswoman, our contemporary as a global business leader." -- Mireille Guiliano, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, French Women Don't Get Fat "The Widow Clicquot is someone we should all know about... Long a shadowy, legend-obscured figure, in Tilar Mazzeo's agile hands the widow sheds her weeds and takes form before our eyes as a distinctly modern entrepreneur...The result is narrative history that fizzes with life and feeling." -- Benjamin Wallace, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Billionaire's Vinegar "Told in a light and graceful style that is just right for its subject... [I]t's a fascinating trip, made even more so by Ms. Mazzeo's charming cameo appearances as a kind of tour guide... This example of Barbe-Nicole's voice is exceptional...an intoxicating business biography." -- Julia Flynn Siler, The Wall Street Journal "The Widow Clicquot, Tilar J. Mazzeo's sweeping oenobiography of Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, is the story of a woman who was a smashing success long before anyone conceptualized the glass ceiling." -- New York Times Book Review "Mazzeo's resulting book is an enticing stew of biography and history." -- USA Today "If you like champagne, "The Widow Clicquot" by Tilar J. Mazzeo is definitely worth a drink." -- Associated Press "Tilar J. Mazzeo's informed and enlightening biography of Madame Clicquot, the widow and, more important, the businesswoman, retrieves her vintage story as if looking for a rare bottle in one of the Champagne region's deepest caves." -- Newsday "This book is full of fascinating morsels of information." -- Canberra Times The Widow Clicquot is a miraculous feat of organization, one worthy of a doctoral thesis... [I]n its moments of action, this is actually a gripping story. And while the book appears to be a feminist history/business biography, it's also the appealing story of the author's odyssey. -- Austin Chronicle "Mazzeo's tale moves swiftly through Barbe-Nicole's many accomplishments, including her method for storing bottles nose-down-an innovation that allowed the second fermentation detritus to be cleared efficiently, setting her far ahead of her competitors." -- Los Angeles Times

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Book SynopsisLonely Planet's Egyptian Arabic Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Egyptian Arabic phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Book a camel ride around the Pyramids of Giza, visit the ancient monuments at Luxor, or take a relaxing cruise on the Nile; all with your trusted travel companion.Get More From Your Trip with Easy-to-Find Phrases for Every Travel Situation!Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meaningsOrder with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoderSave time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertipsNever get stuck for words with the 3500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionaryBe prepared for both common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminologyMeet friends with conversation starter phrasesGet your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guidesInside Lonely Planet's Egyptian Arabic Phrasebook and Dictionary:Full-colour throughoutUser-friendly layout organised by travel scenario categoriesSurvival phrases inside front cover for at-a-glance, on-the-fly cuesConvenient features5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go10 Ways to Start a Sentence10 Phrases to Sound like a LocalListen For - phrases you may hearLook For - phrases you may see on signsShortcuts - easy-to-remember alternatives to the full phrasesQandA - suggested answers to questions askedCoversBasics - time, dates, numbers, amounts, pronunciation, reading tips, grammar rulesPractical - travel with kids, disabled travellers, sightseeing, business, banking, post office, internet, phones, repairs, bargaining, accommodation, directions, border crossing, transportSocial - meeting people, interests, feelings, opinions, going out, romance, culture, activities, weatherSafe Travel - emergencies, police, doctor, chemist, dentist, symptoms, conditionsFood - ordering, at the market, at the bar, dishes, ingredientsThe Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Egyptian Arabic Phrasebook and Dictionary, a pocket-sized comprehensive language guide, provides on-the-go language assistance; great for language students and travellers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local culture.About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' New York Times'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' Fairfax Media (Australia)

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Book SynopsisHow the law harms sex workers - and what they want insteadDo you have to endorse prostitution in order to support sex worker rights? Should clients be criminalized, and can the police deliver justice?In Revolting Prostitutes, sex workers Juno Mac and Molly Smith bring a fresh perspective to questions that have long been contentious. Speaking from a growing global sex worker rights movement, and situating their argument firmly within wider questions of migration, work, feminism, and resistance to white supremacy, they make it clear that anyone committed to working towards justice and freedom should be in support of the sex worker rights movement.Trade ReviewWith fine, lucid discourse, Juno Mac and Molly Smith decline to engage in the typical back and forth that drones on between the would-be saviors, the scolds, and the glorifiers to go to the heart of the matter- sex work as labor, with a work force ready to speak their minds and fight for their rights. They avoid easy answers and ask the reader to rethink sex work. -- Susie Bright, author of Big Sex Little Death: A MemoirSmith and Mac are sharply honest about the emotional, social and political realities of sex work in all its forms and geographies, eschewing pearl-clutching or cheerleading for a laser-guided honesty and frankness about what can improve the lives and experiences of sex workers around the globe, regardless of social class. Revolting Prostitutes is key to understanding how important the rights of sex workers are, and what is at stake when policy is misguided or clouded in sentimentality and gut-feeling over straight evidence. A must-read for politicians, policy makers, and anyone keen to understand the realities of modern sex work. -- Dawn Foster, author of Lean OutRevolting Prostitutes will fuel the fight for sex workers' rights with fresh thinking on feminism, deep analysis of policing and the law, and a critical examination of sex work itself. Smith and Mac have drawn together a radically inclusive map for liberation. -- Melissa Gira Grant, author of Playing the WhoreEssential reading for feminists engaged in sex work and those studying it. By centering their analysis squarely on the issue of labor rights and upholding harm reduction as a critical benchmark, the authors take on entrenched positions in the feminist struggles over prostitution work and propose a subtle but powerful shift in the terrain of future debate. -- Kathi Weeks, author of The Problem with WorkRevolting Prostitutes is a book I have been waiting for. It is uniquely fit to address the destructive divisions that exist among feminists concerning prostitution. Rejecting the equally unacceptable alternatives of condemnation and glorification of sex work, the authors provide a powerful account of the work itself, the issues it raises, the institutional policy that shape it, all the while demonstrating that sex workers struggles are crucial to any movement for social justice. Well researched, beautifully written, Revolting Prostitutes should be widely read, especially, but non only, by feminists. -- Silvia Federici, author of Caliban and the WitchRevolting Prostitutes succeeds as a well-reasoned, grounded and stubbornly materialist defense of sex workers rights in a literature characterized largely by sex panic, voyeurism, and extrapolation. -- Jennifer McGibbon * Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research *An essential addition to the feminist canon and required reading for anyone who cares about equality and human rights. * Independent *[Revolting Prostitutes] tackles complex topics that even sex workers struggle with, criticizing issues like classism in the sex worker community, professional dominatrixes who distance themselves from full-service sex workers out of whorephobia, and why decriminalization isn't a one-size-fits-all solution. -- Ana Valens * The Daily Dot *Revolting Prostitutes is a thrilling and formidable intervention into contemporary discussions of sex work, and settles the debate in favor of full and immediate global decriminalization. It does so without insisting that there is nothing troubling about sex work: about the psychosexual forces that lead men to buy it, or the economic forces that compel women to sell it. ... It is a model of how to write about politics - or, indeed, anything. -- Amia Srinivasan * The Chronicle of Higher Education *[Revolting Prostitutes] advocates for the complete decriminalization of sex work all over the world. -- River H. Kero * Book Riot *One of the most important books about sex work ... Beautifully written and meticulously researched, this book will change what you think you know about sex work. -- Kate Lister * Guardian *

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Book Synopsis‘I don’t know how to write love letters. But I wanted to tell you that my whole being opened for you. Since I fell in love with you everything is transformed and is full of beauty . . . love is like an aroma, like a current, like rain’ Since her death Frida Kahlo has become an iconic cultural figure, renowned for her expressive, highly personal paintings. Her art drew on her often tumultuous private life and while painting was her main form of creative expression, she was also a prolific and moving letter writer.Though married to fellow artist Diego Rivera for most of her life, they both had numerous affairs, and Frida wrote frequently to her lovers. This book includes a selection of her letters, some of which were also decorated with small drawings. Many examples are reproduced here in facsimile, together with archival images and examples of her art.As well as examples sent to her first love, Alejandro Gomez Arias, and to her husband Diego Rivera, there are letters written to several other people, including Julien Levy, Nickolas Muray and Jose Bartoli. Taken together they create a very intimate portrait of her personal life as well as showing another side to her creativity.Beautifully designed and illustrated, this book makes the perfect gift for anyone looking for new insights into the life and work of Frida Kahlo or who simply find her an inspiring figure.

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Book SynopsisLonely Planet''s Experience Tokyo travel guide reveals exciting new ways to explore this iconic city with insider tips from our local experts and handy planning tools so you can create your own unique trip.Discover amazing local experiences from climbing the inimitable Mt Fuji, to eating traditional Japanese sweets called wagashi, and seeing what the cool kids are wearing when you stroll down fashion mecca Takeshita-dori.Build a one-of-a-kind trip with Lonely Planet''s Experience Tokyo travel guide: Our Experience guidebook format reveals exciting new ways to explore epic destinations and plan the ultimate 1-2 week adventure Local experts share their love for the real Tokyo, offering fresh perspectives

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Book SynopsisHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.''It happen''d one Day about Noon going towards my Boat, I was exceedingly surpriz''d with the Print of a Man''s naked Foot on the Shore.''Shipwrecked in a storm at sea, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a remote and desolate island. As he struggles to piece together a life for himself, Crusoe''s physical, moral and spiritual values are tested to the limit. For 24 years he remains in solitude and learns to tame and master the island, until he finally comes across another human being. Considered a classic literary masterpiece, and frequently interpreted as a comment on the British Imperialist approach at the time, Defoe''s fable was and still is revered as the very first English novel.

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Book SynopsisDr Hazel Wallace is a doctor, registered associate nutritionist and personal trainer, and host of The Food Medic podcast, which has run for 9 seasons. She is one of the UK's most followed and most engaged-with health influencers, with an online community of well over 850,000. Dr. Hazel is author of the Sunday Times bestselling books The Food Medic, The Food Medic For Life and The Female Factor: Making Women's Health Count and What it Means for You.

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Book SynopsisDoes America's pro-Israel lobby wield inappropriate control over US foreign policy? This book has created a storm of controversy by bringing out into the open America's relationship with the Israel lobby: a loose coalition of individuals and organizations that actively work to shape foreign policy in a way that is profoundly damaging both to the United States and Israel itself. Israel is an important, valued American ally, yet Mearsheimer and Walt show that, by encouraging unconditional US financial and diplomatic support for Israel and promoting the use of its power to remake the Middle East, the lobby has jeopardized America's and Israel's long-term security and put other countries including Britain at risk.

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Book SynopsisThe complete screenplay of Christopher Nolan''s space epicInterstellar, with over 200 pages of illustrated storyboards.In Interstellara group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.Written by Christopher Nolan and his frequent collaborator, Jonathan Nolan, the film stars Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, and Michael Caine. This edition includes the entire screenplay, over 200 pages of storyboards and an introduction featuring a conversation about the film with Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan.

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Book SynopsisFew launch vehicles are as iconic and distinctive as NASA's behemoth rocket, the Saturn V, and none left such a lasting impression on those who watched it ascend.Table of ContentsA new addition to our growing range of 'space' manuals, complementing: Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Soyuz, Lunar Rover, Mars Rovers, Gemini, Voyager 1 & 2, and Rockets.The detailed technical story of man's largest and most powerful rocket to date, available for publication ahead of, or to coincide with, the 50th anniversary of the first Saturn V launch.Featuring a wealth of imagery and technical drawings from the NASA archive.The recent re-release of both Airfix and Revell plastic model kits of the Saturn V are a pointer to continued interest in the rocket.

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Book SynopsisA rare, intimate account of a world-renowned Buddhist monk’s near-death experience and the life-changing wisdom he gained from it.'Generous, beautiful, and essential' - George Saunders, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the BardoIn In Love With the World, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, one of the world's most respected leaders of Tibetan meditation, shares his personal story of how he explored the deepest, most hidden aspects of his being, and the near-death experience that came to define his meditation practice and teaching forever. Moving, beautiful and suffused with local colour, Rinpoche shares the invaluable lessons learned during his four-year wandering retreat and the meditation practices that sustained him, showing how we can all transform our fear of dying into joyful living.Trade ReviewOne of the most generous, beautiful, and essential books I’ve ever read – thoroughly engaging, so clear, so honest, so courageous and full of wisdom. This book has the potential to change the reader’s life forever. -- George Saunders, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the BardoI loved this book. It is moving and inspiring, profound and utterly human. It will certainly be a classic. Mingyur’s life-changing adventure carries us with him and teaches us how to find the unshakable heart amidst it all. -- Jack Kornfield, author of A Path With Heart One of the most inspiring books I have ever read. -- Pema Chödrön, author of When Things Fall ApartOne of the most inspiring books of our times. An extraordinary testimony and a profound teaching that keeps you reading with wonderment, page after page. -- Matthieu Ricard, author of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill and Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the WorldThis is an extraordinary book. A gripping narrative of how the process of dying, letting go of our fixed selves and constraining habits, can liberate the human spirit and promote flourishing, this book has something profoundly important to teach each of us. -- Richard J. Davidson, best-selling author of Emotional Life of Your Brain, co-author of Altered Traits, and Founder and Director, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-MadisonIn this vivid, compelling account, Mingyur Rinpoche reveals his own struggle and awakening as he faces the loss of worldly identity and the threat of dying itself. This book is a rarity in spiritual literature: Reading the intimate story of this wise and devoted Buddhist monk directly infuses our own transformational journey with fresh meaning, luminosity and life. -- Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and True RefugeThis book will change many lives. -- Tara Bennett-Goleman, author of Emotional AlchemyThis artfully told spiritual adventure casts a spell—you can’t put it down, and you don’t want it to end. I recommend it without reservation: I bet you’ll love it, too. -- Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional IntelligenceIn his book, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche gifts us with more than just a mesmerizing read. As Rinpoche narrates his spiritual journey, he lays bare his early hopes and aspirations, his doubts, indignities, bodily and emotional suffering, and his vulnerabilities. He offers these with great skill, clarity, and love to encourage and inspire us to travel our own spiritual journeys. -- Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real LoveA rollicking travelogue...this slim book also moved me, and left me with a better appreciation of Tibetan Buddhism than so many weightier tomes that I’ve struggled to understand. -- Barbara Demick, Baillie Gifford award-winning author of Nothing to Envy

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Book SynopsisExplores and appreciates the small pleasures found in everyday life. So often we exhaust ourselves and the planet in a search for very large pleasures, while all around us lies a wealth of small pleasures, which if only we paid more attention could bring us solace and joy at little cost and effort. This is a book to guide us to the best of life’s small pleasures: the distinctive delight of holding a child’s hand, having a warm bath or the joy of the evening sky. It is an intriguing, evocative mix of small pleasures to heighten the senses and return us to the world with new-found excitement and enthusiasm. Small pleasures are points of access to the great themes of our lives. Every chapter puts one such moment of enjoyment under a magnifying glass to find out what’s really going on and why it touches, moves and makes us smile.Trade ReviewReader Reviews: ‘Small Pleasures is a book I read before bed and it helps cultivate appreciation and a generally happier life in noticing the little things. I would recommend it to all.’ ‘Such a lovely and unusual book summing up in a simple and unpretentious way the joys of things like driving late at night, a beloved’s wrist, swimming in the sea... A book to dip into and delight in.’

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Book Synopsis- Pay brand-new employees $2,000 to quit- Make customer service the responsibility of the entire company-not just a department- Focus on company culture as the #1 priority- Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business- Help employees grow-both personally and professionally- Seek to change the world- Oh, and make money too . . .Sound crazy? It''s all standard operating procedure at Zappos, the online retailer that''s doing over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales annually. After debuting as the highest-ranking newcomer in Fortune magazine''s annual Best Companies to Work For list in 2009, Zappos was acquired by Amazon in a deal valued at over $1.2 billion on the day of closing.In Delivering Happiness, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh shares the different lessons he has learned in business and life, from starting a worm farm to running a pizza business, through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more. Fast-paced and down-to-earTrade ReviewThis book is awesome. How Tony and Zappos grew to $1 billion in gross revenue in 10 years is just the beginning. From fundraising to finding happiness, from actual e-mails to checklists, it covers it all. Intensely personal and intensely practical. -- Tim Ferriss, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Of The 4-Hour Workweek In this fascinating (and often hilarious) account, Tony explains how he turns his beliefs into actions that really do deliver happiness. -- Gretchen Rubin, Author Of The Happiness Project

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Book SynopsisWith a new foreword by Ken BlanchardHow management can effectively rid themselves of monkeys' other people's responsibilities that cling to them and prevent them managing efficiently.This book explains in simple-minded if abstract terms how to achieve a balance between supervision and delegation for reduced tension and improved productivity in the workplace.There is a high correlation between self-reliance and morale,' stress the authors. With humour and logic they describe the delicate business of assigning monkeys to the right masters and keeping them healthy, i.e., fed and cared for: if monkeys are managed properly, you don''t have to manage people so much.'

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Book SynopsisC.S. Lewis's famous work on the nature of love divides love into four categories: Affection, Friendship, Eros and Charity. The first three are loves which come naturally to the human race.Charity, however, the Gift-love of God, is divine in its source and expression, and without the sweetening grace of this supernatural love, the natural loves become distorted and even dangerous.Trade Review‘He has never written better. Nearly every page scintillates with observations which are illuminating, provocative and original.’ Church Times

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Book SynopsisThe central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares the way for this, or results from this.'This is the key statement of Miracles', in which C. S. Lewis shows that a Christian must not only accept but rejoice in miracles as a testimony of the unique personal involvement of God in his creation.Using his characteristic lucidity and wit to develop his argument, Lewis challenges the rationalists, agnostics and deists on their own grounds and provides a poetic and joyous affirmation that miracles really do occur in our everyday lives.Trade Review‘…a brilliant book, abounding in lucid exposition and illuminating metaphor.’Observer ‘This is Dr Lewis’s most substantial and persuasive essay in Christian apologetics, and it is all the more impressive because it is the work of a poet as well as a philosopher.’Church Times

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Book SynopsisBuckle up for the next installment in our 'Epic' series and the follow-up to Epic Bike Rides of the World. Epic Drives of the World, a beautiful hardback, showcases 50 of the greatest road trips on Earth, from classic routes in America, Australia and Europe, to incredible adventures in Asia and Africa. Organised by continent, each route features a first-hand account, awe-inspiring photographs, illustrated maps and practical advice on when to go, how to get there, where to stay and what to eat. From Hawaii's Hana Highway and Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Road, to Utah's National Park Circuit and Germany's Black Forest High Road, Epic Drives of the World will inspire any motorist to hit the open road. African and Middle East drives include: The self-drive Safari (Zambia) Crossing the Kalahari (Botswana) Passing over the Panorama Route (South Africa) Marrakesh to Taroudannt (Morocco) Cruising Clarence Drive (South Africa) The Americas drives include: The Highway to Hana in Hawaii (USA) The Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia) The Pacific Coast Highway (USA) Crossing the Carretera Austral (Chile) Canada's Icefields Parkway Asia drives include: On the trail of Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) Crossing the Kathmandu Loop (Nepal) Hightailing from Thimphu to Gangtey (Bhutan) South Korea: From top to toe The road from Srinagar to Manali (India) Europe drives include: Black Forest High Road (Germany) The Wilds of Abruzzo (Italy) Croatia's Adriatic coast Norway's west coast The Magic Circle (Iceland) Oceania drives include: Southern Alps explorer (New Zealand) The Great Ocean Road (Australia) Northland & the Bay of Islands (New Zealand) Following the Captain Cook Highway (Australia) Alice Springs to Darwin (Australia) About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) Trade Review"In 'Epic Drives of the World' (328 pages, $35), Lonely Planet serves up a collection of journeys through geography, geology and cultures of astonishing grandeur, from the Belfast loop to the Captain Cook Highway to Iceland’s Ring Road. Each story is flanked by gorgeous images for inspiration, as well as practical information for those inspired enough to go." * SF Chronicle *"The Lonely Planet has put together this gorgeous guide of the best road trips across the world" * Marie Claire *"The pit crew at Lonely Planet have put together a terrific new gift book for roadtrip-loving readers...[it] details 50 sensational car trips on six continents. There’s just a single, simplified map offered for each drive (no need to print detailed driving directions anymore), but loads of evocative description and photographs that capture the essence of the adventures." * Passport Magazine *"Lonely Planet's driving special is a feast for the eyes, with both fantastic photography and endearing illustrations accompanying 200 great drives across six continents. As a book to inspire, there isn't much quite like it. You'll conclude you absolutely must visit Zambia in a Toyota Landcruiser." * Classic Car Weekly *"4 stars ... will inspire motorists with its spectacular road trips and beautiful photography" * South China Morning Post *"This is a dreamer's book. The pictures are beautiful and you will feel compelled to start planning your trip before ou close the book." * The Manly Daily *"Lonely Planet's driving special is a feast for the eyes, with both fantastic photography and endearing illustrations accompanying 200 great drives across six continents" * Classic Car weekly *"Epic Drives of the World caught my attention. It's a new, beautiful book issued by Lonely Planet, one of the best travel-oriented publishers. What's inside is a collection of 50 journeys, another 200 ideas for great motoring and hundreds of breathtaking photographs from across the globe... For those compiling a travel bucket list or for for those simply interested in other cultures and landscapes, this book is inspiring and well worth the time to peruse stunning photographs and read fascinating stories and facts. And for those eager to hit the road, this book is a wonderful temptation." * News Tribune *

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Book SynopsisThe Harvard-educated physician and New York Times bestselling author of The Hormone Cure shows you how to grow new receptors for your seven metabolic hormones, making you lose weight and feel great fast!When it comes to weight loss, most people don’t think about hormones.Trade Review"The Hormone Reset Diet may be just what we need to end dieting for women." -- Mark Hyman, New York Times bestselling author of The Blood Sugar Solution Praise for The Hormone Reset Diet: "The Hormone Reset Diet is a breakthrough hormone guide?entertaining, persuasive, hilarious. I've not seen this content anywhere! Get to the root of your issues: low energy, fatigue, low sex drive, anxiety, weight gain. This book is gold." -- Marci Shimoff, author of Love for No Reason Praise for The Hormone Reset Diet: "The Hormone Reset Diet is a breakthrough hormone guide?entertaining, persuasive, hilarious. I've not seen this content anywhere! Get to the root of your issues: low energy, fatigue, low sex drive, anxiety, weight gain. This book is gold." -- Danielle LaPorte, author of The Fire Starter Sessions "Never before have I read a book and shouted, 'Oh my God, that's ME!' Managing hormones is the most important issue of women my age. I don't just want to read Sara Gottfried, I want her to be my doctor, my friend, and my sister." -- Ayelet Waldman, author of Red Hook Road and Bad Mother "This wonderful book transforms how we approach women's health issues, and will help you understand how to achieve hormonal equilibrium if you suffer from fatigue, depression and other endocrine-based neuropsychiatric symptoms." -- Jay Lombard, DO, author of Balance your Brain, Balance your Life "Dr. Sara is smart, she's hip, and yet she's pure Harvard! Learn how to make your hormones hum. Run, don't walk, to buy this book-for yourself and your friends. The life you save may be your own." -- Hyla Cass, MD, author of 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health "A magnificent book! Every woman needs to read it, and every doctor." -- Louann Brizendine, MD, Author, The Female Brain and The Male Brain "Don't accept the hormonal hell of being tired, stressed, fat, never in the mood for sex. Dr. Gottfried gives you an effective, easy-to-follow plan to balance your hormones and become lean and energetic. Stop settling, reclaim your sexy!' -- JJ Virgin, author of Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy "Occasionally a book comes along that's perfect for its time-on topic, written with authority. Such is the book by Sara Gottfried, MD. It is a definitive integration of safe and effective approaches to the management of menopause." -- Jeffrey Bland, PhD, author of The 20 Day Rejuvenation Diet Program "Gottfried's premise is simple: when a woman's hormones are in sync, she's a powerhouse, but when they're out of whack, they wreak havoc on her body and mind. The book is both fun and an informative read [and] Gottfried's take on the female body is eye-opening and empowering." -- Spirituality and Health magazine "Gottfried, a beautiful Harvard Medical School graduate, board-certified gynecologist, and yoga teacher, looks like an advertisement for healthy living and convincingly pushes women to make lifestyle changes rather than immediately asking for conventional prescription drugs to treat problems such as depression." -- Booklist "The Hormone Reset Diet shows us what to eat to feel and look our absolute best. No matter your age, size, or state of health, Dr. Sara Gottfried delivers sound, science-proven advice that I stand behind wholeheartedly." -- Dr. Alejandro Junger, author of the New York Times bestsellers Clean, Clean Gut, and Clean Eats "Dr. Sara Gottfried lays out all the reasons you feel like crap (hormones!) and how to get a handle on them. This is not the usual stuff you've heard over and over again, but easy, doable advice that will save you time, energy and money." -- Leanne Ely, New York Times bestselling author of the Saving Dinner series "Dr. Sara Gottfried's The Hormone Reset Diet walks you through your body's unique processes with a personalized plan for mastering your metabolism for optimal weight loss." -- Mark MacDonald, New York Times bestselling author of Body Confidence "You don't need to check your sexy in the door as you grow older. This new book is genius: Dr. Sara Gottfried redefines aging gracefully to stay lean, vibrant, and fabulous at any age!" -- JJ Virgin, New York Times best-selling author, The Virgin Diet and The Virgin Diet Cookbook "If you're tired of storing the fat you should be burning-or simply tired of stumbling through your day-then you need to read this book. Dr. Sara has the simple solutions that make lasting changes from the inside out to get you lean and give you your life back." -- Dr. Pedram Shojai, OMD, Founder, Well.Org, Author, Rise and Shine, and Producer, Vitality "When it comes to breaking new ground in understanding how to harness our hormones, nutrition, mind, and body for optimal health, Dr. Sara is out front leading the way, and thankfully, taking us along with her on this life-changing journey to better health." -- Mary Shomon, New York Times best-selling author, The Thyroid Diet Revolution "Straight from the mind of top hormone guru Dr. Sara Gottfried, The Hormone Reset Diet contains new biohacking secrets about how to eat and move to control your top seven metabolic hormones." -- Dave Asprey, bestselling author of The Bulletproof Diet Book "Dr. Sara Gottfried understands the extremely complex interplay between hormones, food and environment like no one else I know. This book is a real eye opener and I can't recommend it highly enough." -- Jon Gabriel, best selling author of The Gabriel Method and Visualization For Weight Loss "Allow the wisdom of Dr. Sara and functional medicine to come to your rescue, and heal your food addiction once and for all. It's time to reset your hormones with your fork and learn to be lean naturally." -- Mark Hyman, New York Times bestselling author of The Blood Sugar Solution "In this practical guide, Dr. Sara Gottfried teaches you what your hormones are telling you, and how to respond, so that you can be guided by the innate intelligence of your female body, to sustainable, peaceful balance with food and your weight." -- Jena la Flamme, author of Pleasurable Weight Loss: The Secrets of Feeling Great, Losing Weight and Loving Life Today. "In a world where so many have lost their way and hope when it comes to their health and body, The Hormone Reset Diet is a helpful guiding light. It's filled with great insights, helpful self-assessments, and simple tools to bring your body back to life." -- Yuri Elkaim, BPHE, RHN, NY Times best-selling author, The All-Day Energy Diet "Sara's book is just what we as women need most - a woman's perspective on what it really means to feel overwhelmed, overweight, tired, and hopeless - and a woman doctor as your guide on how to reset not just your body, but your entire relationship with food and your self." -- Aviva Romm, MD, The UltraWellness Center of Dr. Mark Hyman, Author, Botanical Medicine for Women's Health "The Hormone Reset Diet will not only allow you to lose weight, but with the right hormonal balance, you will think more clearly and feel better than ever." -- Daniel Amen, CEO of Amen Clinics and New York Times bestselling author of The Daniel Plan and Change Your Brain, Change Your Life "Feeling cranky, exhausted, and stressed shouldn't be the norm. With Sara Gottfried's practical advice, you can balance your hormones naturally-without a bunch of pills-and feel at home in your body once again. The Hormone Reset Diet holds the keys to total transformation." -- Cynthia Pasquella, founder and director of the Institute of Transformational Nutrition "Dr. Sara shares her personal journey of regaining her own health while juggling her family's needs and a demanding career. Not only does she show you that rejuvenation is possible, she gives you the insights and the recipes that will make it happen for you." -- Alan Christianson, NMD, author of The Adrenal Reset Diet "Gottfried's chatty, encouraging, woman-to-woman tone makes a very challenging diet plan seem quite doable, as does an appealing layout with boxes, illustrations, and tables. This diet guide seems certain to hit bestseller lists." -- Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisThe wittiest introduction to the life of a social anthropologist ever written. Studying in the Cameroons for his first experience of fieldwork, Barley discovers that the society of the Dowayo people refuses to conform to the rules of his new discipline. Although set amongst a little-known tribe in the Cameroons, this slim volume reaches out to a vast audience who would otherwise never look at a travel book about West Africa, let alone an anthropological field study. A seminal text for any student in search of a laugh. Witty, hilarious and unconventional, but also a remarkable intellectual achievement; Barley manages to turn the western science of anthropology on its head, so that for once the laugh is on the professional practitioners not the observed.

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Book SynopsisNow a major motion picture called The Mauritanian 'A vision of hell, beyond Orwell, beyond Kafka' JOHN LE CARRÉThe first and only diary written by a Guantánamo detainee during his imprisonment, now with previous censored material restored.Mohamedou Ould Slahi was imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay in 2002.There he suffered the worst of what the prison had to offer, including months of sensory deprivation, torture and sexual assault.In October 2016 he was released without charge.This is his extraordinary story.Trade ReviewAn extraordinary account . . . the global war on terror has found in a Mauritanian captive its true and complete witness * * Guardian * *A vision of hell, beyond Orwell, beyond Kafka -- JOHN LE CARRÉUnnerving yet ultimately magnificent . . . there is something special about Guantánamo Diary that lifts it from human rights polemic to the realm of literary magic * * Sunday Times * *The work is a kind of dark masterpiece, a sometimes unbearable epic of pain, anguish and bitter humour * * New York Times * *Heartbreaking . . . there has never been a book quite like this . . . extraordinary and overwhelming * * New Statesman * *This Guantánamo detainee's harrowing memoir is a tremendous achievement - and a grave warning against ignoring the rule of law * * Observer * *This is a necessary book. It reminds us that the evil we're fighting can be found in ourselves as well as our enemies * * Daily Telegraph * *A sobering, often chilling, read. Slahi's story deserves to be widely read * * Independent * *Slahi's book offers a reminders that the struggles we face in these difficult times involve real individuals, not faceless creatures who are to be characterised as members as one or other hated group. That he has resorted to words, the mightiest of weapons, even as his incarceration continues, makes his experience all the more relevant today * * Financial Times * *A harrowing account of [Mohamedou Ould Slahi's] detention, interrogation, and abuse . . . One of the most stubborn, deliberate and cruel Guantánamo interrogations on record * * Slate * *

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Book SynopsisTempted to try your hand at vegan food but don't know where to start? Or even just to make meat-free Monday a regular thing? Long gone are the days of vegan food being dull and worthy: Vegan 100 is bold, vibrant and gorgeous.Going vegan was the best decision Gaz Oakley ever made. Gaz, aka Avant-Garde Vegan, was once a meat eater and often didn't feel well. Overnight, he decided to go vegan for the health benefits, for his love of animals and to do his part in looking after the planet. He found that, as a trained chef, it was surprisingly easy to get big tastes and colours into vegan dishes without compromise, and he also noticed an improvement in the way he felt.The emphasis in Gaz's 100 amazing vegan recipes is first and foremost on FLAVOUR. From Kentucky Fried Chick'n and Fillet 'Steak' Wellington to Chocolate Tart and Summer Berry Mousse Cake, it's all incredible-tasting food that just happens to be vegan. Delectable, beautiful and packed with dishes that are good for you, this is like no other vegan cookbook.

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Book SynopsisHigh fashion unquestionably goes hand-in-hand with sartorial and stylistic perfection. A driving force behind the entire fashion and garment industry, it represents the search for new solutions concerning fabrics, style, or patterns. In this context, the patternmaker is an essential figure, bringing the stylist's ideas into reality. In our richly illustrated new volume of the Fashion Patternmaking series, the prolific author Antonio Donnanno, an offspring of a tailor family, patternmaking teacher, and director of a fashion school network, describes in detail the methods and techniques used in high-fashion patternmaking in an understandable and step-by-step way.

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Book SynopsisThis is an invaluable study guide and practice book for learning basic Japanese kanji.Learning Japanese Kanji Practice Book is intended for beginning students or experienced speakers who need to practice their written Japanese. Kanji are an essential part of the Japanese language and together with kana (hiragana and katakana) comprise written Japanese. This book presents the kanji characters that are most commonly used. All the kanji and related vocabulary words in this book are those that students are expected to know for Level 4 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). Characters that appear in the AP Japanese Language and Culture Exam are flagged. Readings, meanings, and common compounds are presented. The correct method of writing each character is clearly indicated, and practice boxes with strokes that can be traced are provided, along with empty boxes for freehand writing practice. Lots of exercises are included to give students the opportunity to practice writing sentences containing the kanji. Indexes at the back allow you to look up the characters by their readings and English meanings.This kanji book includes: Step-by-step stroke order diagrams for each character. Special boxes with grid lines to practice writing characters. Words and phrases using each kanji. Romanizations (romanji) to help identify and pronounce every word.

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Book SynopsisWith a Haynes Manual, you can do it yourself, from simple maintenance to full repairs. Every Manual is based on a complete stripdown of the bike. Our authors and technicians work out the best methods to do a job and present this with the home mechanic in mind. Our Manuals have clear instructions and hundreds of photographs that show each step. Whether you're a beginner or a competent mechanic, you can save money with Haynes., Each Manual includes:, Clear and easy to follow page layout, Full procedures written from hands-on experience, Easy-to-follow photos, Faultfinding information, How to make special tools, Colour wiring diagrams (where available)

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Book SynopsisNew from Bradt, Greenland is the first standalone travel guidebook to the country from a mainstream publisher. Targeted at independent travellers, but equally serving those visiting on organised tours or cruises, this guide combines essential information - such as getting around on an island lacking roads connecting the major settlements - with advice on what to see and do, and where to stay and eat. Every chapter is infused with Greenland''s remarkable combination of pristine nature and traditional culture, which sets it apart from Arctic neighbours - and which makes a trip so rewarding.The world''s twelfth-largest country, but also part of the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland sits near the top of the world, a vast expanse of white in a planet full of green, blue and brown. Today''s visitors relish opportunities for close encounters with immense icebergs and glaciers. The epic scenery provides the backdrop to the numerous activities on offer - from visiting the world''s second-largest ic

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Book SynopsisIn the middle of the night on 2nd August 2016, Neale Donald Walsch found himself drawn into a new and totally unexpected dialogue with God in which he suddenly faced two questions: Is the human race being offered help by Highly Evolved Beings from Another Dimension? Is there a key role that humans are being invited to play in advancing their own evolution by joining in a mutual mission to assist the planet during the critical times ahead? He was told the answer to both questions is yes. Then he was given 16 specific examples of how Highly Evolved Beings respond to life differently than humans and how adopting even a few of those behaviours could forever change the course of world history for the better. This information makes up the body of this work. The extraordinary explorations in this inspirational book will breathtakingly expand your view of both your personal and our collective future.

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Book SynopsisAn acclaimed nutrition educator reveals how the foods you’re eating to get healthy might be making you sick.   “Sally Norton’s well-researched book makes a truly important contribution to the literature in revealing just how much oxalates can damage the human body.”—Nina Teicholz, author of The Big Fat Surprise   If you’re eating a healthy diet and you’re still dealing with fatigue, inflammation, anxiety, recurrent injuries, or chronic pain, the problem could be your spinach, almonds, sweet potatoes, and other trusted plant foods. And your key to vibrant health may be quitting these so-called superfoods. After suffering for decades from chronic health problems, nutrition educator Sally K. Norton, MPH, discovered that the culprits were the chemical toxins called oxalates lurking within her “healthy,” organic plant-heavy diet. She shines light on how our modern diets are overload

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Book SynopsisA Sherlock Holmes Escape Book: The Adventure of the Analytical Engine is a unique form of puzzle book, in which the reader must solve the riddles to escape the pages. The third title in this ingenious series of Sherlock Holmes Escape Books, The Adventure of the Analytical Engine is an exhilarating combination of escape room, puzzle book and adventure story. Inspired by the urban craze for escape rooms, where players tackle puzzles while trapped in a locked room, it is an escape room in the form of a locked book, filled with codes, ciphers, riddles and red herrings, and a clever Code Wheel set into the cover. In this new adventure, readers will take on the role of the world’s foremost consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, snared at the centre of a cunning plot, after receiving a mysterious letter from beyond the grave. Intrigued by an invitation from mathematician Charles Babbage to view his newly completed pioneering contraption, Holmes becomes imprisoned in a magnificent London villa, where tricks, traps and illusions aim to divert him from uncovering the true purpose of the reimagined Analytical Engine. Combines riddles, logic puzzles, timed challenges, mathematical brain-teasers, maps and mazes.

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Book SynopsisBurning thighs and lungs aside, cycling shouldn''t be a painful or uncomfortable experience. If you suffer from numb hands, hot-spots on your feet, back pain or saddle discomfort when you''re riding, chances are something isn''t right with your bike set-up, your body or how they interact.But not all cyclists can afford a professional bike fit. This accessible manual contains all the information you need to find your perfect cycling position, revealed by one of the world''s leading authorities on bike fit.This new edition includes brand new material on:- why almost all cyclists would benefit from shorter cranks- an in-depth look at saddle health, with special attention and advice for female cyclists- watt-saving advice for time trialists and triathletes- how to make indoor cycling more tolerable. Let Phil Burt guide you through your own Bike Fit, to ensure your bike and body work in harmony.Trade ReviewPhil is world class at what he does and I trust him with my bike position * Jonny Brownlee, Olympic champion triathlete *Table of ContentsForeword: Sir Chris Hoy Foreword: Chris Boardman 1 Introduction 2 Bike-related human anatomy 3 The bike fit window 4 The three pillars of fit 5 When problems occur 6 Time trial and triathlon 7 Indoor cylcing 8 Off-the-bike work to help cycling and bike position 9 Case studies 10 Recording your position

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Book SynopsisQuick-reference summary to French grammar.

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Book SynopsisOffers a look at witchcraft, and gives readers a prescription for happiness. This book unlocks the secrets of the Wicca universe, explaining what it means to become a 'simply fabulous' twenty-first century witch. It helps newfound witches learn how to tap into magic, re-empower themselves and realise their dreams through a little witchy know-how.

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Book SynopsisThis famous book, the inspiration behind Kate Bush's 1985 hit song 'Cloudbusting', is the extraordinary account of life as friend, confidant and child of the brilliant but persecuted psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich. Peter, his son, shared with his father the revolutionary concept of a world where dream and reality are virtually indistinguishable, and the sense of mission which set him and his followers apart from the rest of the human race. Here, Peter Reich writes vividly and movingly of the mysterious experiences he shared with his father: of flying saucers; the 'cloudbuster' rain-makers and the FDA narks; and of the final tragic realization of his father's death, which woke him up to the necessity of living out his life in an alien world. Already regarded as a modern classic, A Book of Dreams is not only a beautifully written narrative of a remarkable friendship and collaboration, but a loving son's heartfelt tribute to a loving father.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for school use.The perfect English reference for all students aged 11 and above. A combined dictionary and thesaurus, in the best-selling Gem format, shows both dictionary and thesaurus texts on the same page to make it the perfect tool for both school work and homework.With up-to-date definitions relating to Covid-19 (coronavirus, lockdown), environmental issues (biodegradable, deforestation, global warming, sustainable), and technology (cloud computing, stream, virtual), this is an invaluable two-in-one reference book in a handy, portable and durable format.Clear, straightforward definitions with matching thesaurus entries provide a generous choice of synonyms and antonyms.The Get It Right supplement addresses the main points in the 3 key curriculum areas of Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling.

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Book SynopsisHow to fly the legendary fighter plane in combat using the manuals and instructions supplied by the RAF during the Second World War. An amazing array of leaflets, books and manuals were issued by the War Office during the Second World War to aid pilots in flying the Supermarine Spitfire, here for the first time and using the original 1940s setting, they are collated into a single book. An introduction is supplied by expert aviation historian Dilip Sarkar. Other sections include aircraft recognition, how to act as an RAF officer, bailing out etc.Trade Review'As a reminder of times as a fighter pilot in WWII this book is a must' -- Aircrew Association

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