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Oakley Books Ltd How to Study and Learn: Your Practical Guide to Effective Study Skills
Are you thinking of studying or training for an important qualification? Do you know the best techniques for studying and learning to ensure you achieve the best results as quickly as possible? Whether you are at college or university, doing projects or assignments, writing essays, receiving continuous assessment or preparing for exams this is the book for you. Now in its third edition, this practical book covers getting your thinking right, organising yourself properly, finding and processing the information you need, reading effectively, developing good writing skills, thinking creatively, motivating yourself, and more. Whatever your subject, age or background, start now and turn yourself into a winning candidate.
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Oakley Books Ltd Introduction to Psychology: Exploring and Understanding Human Behaviour
Psychology can be a bewildering subject of study - so many theories, so much factual knowledge to acquire. This book makes a really great starting point for newcomers to the subject. Rather than just presenting lumps of psychological knowledge, it will teach you the skill of thinking like a psychologist. Never again will you be stuck for something worthwhile to say in a tutorial or to add value to an essay. Whether you are an undergraduate, A-level, or open access student, this reader-friendly companion, now in its second edition, will set you on the right path.
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Oakley Books Ltd The Great Memory Show of 1943: A Spoof of the Secret Army of Usk
The Home Guard and Women's Home Defence compete for a role in the Secret Army. A break out from a POW camp is thwarted in the nick of time preventing knowledge of the bouncing bomb getting back to Germany. Throughout the story the Narrator, who is reporting the memory of his wartime experiences, is describing his dodgy dealings and erotic capers.
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Oakley Books Ltd Educating a Gifted Child: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
It is generally accepted today, and also UK government policy, that educational authorities must make provision for meeting the needs of gifted children. But how should they go about it? There is so much lack of agreement about what is the best strategy, about how to identify the gifted youngsters and even about what the concept of giftedness means. The author is a leading expert, who holds a doctorate from Manchester University in this subject and is a former Research Director of the Mensa Foundation for Gifted Children. In plain English, in a balanced way and in a logical order, he covers everything a teacher, or a parent needs to know to meet the challenge of educating a gifted child.
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Oakley Books Ltd Unlocking Your Potential: How to Master Your Mind, Life and Destiny
If you really want to unlock your potential and become master of your own life, you will need to remove the barriers to success, including your own narrow expectations and those imposed by others. This book will introduce you to techniques for overcoming the limiting effects of past conditioning, misguided or obsolete teachings and repressed conflicts. You will learn how to develop your creativity, improve your ability to solve problems and manage your social contacts to facilitate success.
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Oakley Books Ltd A Handbook of Hypnotherapy: A Practitioners' Guide
In simple, plain English style, this book will guide you through the entire subject - the theories underlying hypnosis, the disorders it can be used to treat, the wide range of procedures and the protocols for treating different conditions. You will find step-by-step guidance on how to conduct a course of hypnotherapy, from the initial consultation, through establishing rapport with the client, taking a case history, deciding on the appropriate techniques to use, setting realistic therapy aims and objectives, psycho-education, gathering of therapy resources, induction, deepening, therapeutic intervention, ego strengthening to wakening the patient. There is even a chapter that deals with all aspects of managing a successful therapy practice.
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Oakley Books Ltd Research Methods: How to Choose and Use the Right Methods
All social science courses offered at universities or colleges include a research methods module, for which students are expected to purchase a research methods book. These are invariably weighty and expensive at a time when student funds are stretched. Dr Marshall has produced a reader-friendly, plain English and value-for-money solution. In this second edition, he explains the various methods available to social researchers and the basic principles, strengths and weakness involved in the use of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Whether you are new to the subject or an established practitioner this book should prove valuable. Dr Marshall has had many years experience in research and teaching in universities and colleges.
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Oakley Books Ltd Understanding Human Memory: What it is and How it Works
This book explores the subject of human memory in all its dimensions - how it works physiologically and chemically, how it develops by conditioning and training, how it sometimes plays tricks on us to protect us, how it can fail through physiological damage and what we can do if it does. Now in its second edition, it will be essential reading for students of psychology, nursing, medicine and other disciplines concerned with understanding and management of human behaviour.
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Oakley Books Ltd Improving Your Memory: The Unique 5 X 5 System
In the 21st century people live on their wits. What determines how successful they are in whatever they do is their mental ability and, to a large extent, that depends on their memory quality. The author and colleagues of London University discovered that memory quality has even replaced IQ as the dominant predictor of school outcomes. Deriving from such research, this book, now in its third edition, contains a powerful system for enhancing memory quality. Written in plain, concise language, it is simple, effective and comprehensive in its application. It has been tested over and over again on the young, the old, the bright and the not so bright and it can be mastered in just 7 - 10 hours.
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Oakley Books Ltd Maximising Your Memory: How to Train Yourself to Remember More
A powerful memory brings obvious advantages in educational, career and social terms. At school and college those certificates that provide a passport to a career depend heavily on what you can remember in the exam room. In the world of work, being able to recall details which slip the minds of colleagues will give you a competitive edge. In addition, one of the secrets of being popular with customers and friends is to remember their names and the little things that make them feel they matter to you. This popular book, now in its second edition, explains clearly how you can maximise your memory in order to achieve your academic, professional and personal goals.
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