Now available in B format, Overcoming Addictions shows how to escape dependency on the many mood-altering, & potentially ...

Dyslexia is a common diagnosable condition that is estimated to affect at least one child in ten. In its most usual form it is manifested as a difficulty in learning to read & write, but it is widely misunderstood & often mistaken for low intelligence or even laziness.

Dr Beve Hornsby combines her experience as a psychologist, teacher & speech therapist in this informative & reassuring book for parents & teachers of children suffering from a disability no-one can see or underst&, & offers advice on how to identify, tackle & eventually overcome dyslexia.

Includes:: up-to-date information on Attention Deficit Disorder & the relevance of the latest Education Act.



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Do you feel compelled to eat when you're not hungry? Do you feel guilty & worthless after a binge? Would you like to: * Lose weight naturally? * Enjoy the food you most desire? * Forget your preoccupation with eating & weight? * Discover the freedom of no restraints? * Give up dieting forever? OVERCOMING OVEREATING makes all this possible, returning eating to its natural place in life, so that food becomes something to be enjoyed rather than feared. OVERCOMING OVEREATING will help you to break out of the lonely cycle of diet, binge, recrimination & self-loathing. Both pratical & reassuring, it offers realistic guidance on how to conquer an obession & restore your self-esteem. ...

This gripping memoir by a former American intelligence operative is a vivid portrait of a spy at every stage of his life & career.

Raised in various countries around the world as the son of an American spymaster, Larry Kolb tells how his father taught him to think, look & listen like a spy, & how a friend & colleague of his father attempted to recruit him to the CIA. Kolb declined, choosing instead to become an international businessman. His early success
- in his mid-twenties he became an agent for several professional athletes, including Muhammad Ali
- brought him into contact with many of the world's wealthiest & most powerful men, making him irresistible to master spy & CIA co-founder, Miles Copel&. When Copeland later tried to recruit him, Kolb accepted, & soon he was involved in covert intrigues in Beirut, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Nicaragua, Pakistan & India.

Peopled by larger than life characters such as Adnan Khashoggi, Imelda Marcos, Rajiv Gandhi & Ronald Reagan, OVERWORLD is a real-life adventure story of the highest order which offers compelling insights into the danger, glamour & psychology of espionage
- as well as an extraordinary glimpse into the real corridors of global power.






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' The desire shown in the editorial policy to get under the skin of a county is a welcome antidote to popularisation & pseudo-Hertmiage. The texts, although informed by genuine knowledge of documents & places, are written in an accessible way. ' T. L. S. Oxfordshire, a l&-locked county, is rich in geology, varied in landscape, steeped in history. Through it run the tranquil of the Thames. To the north are the golden stone villages & upland sheep pastures of the Cotswolds. The River Cherwell winds through peaceful cattle meadows & past the walls of the oldest & most celebrated university city in Britain. Great country houses like Blenheim & Chastleton contrast with the car assembly works at Cowley. From the rounded hills in the north to the Chiltern beechwoods in the south, John Steane provides a richly informative guide & an unrivalled sense of place. With an area of 1, 007 square miles, a population of 560, 000 & towns such as Oxford, Abingdon, Banbury, Henley, Witney & Woodstock, Oxfordshire is one of the most literate
- & visited counties in Britain.
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An inspiring introduction to French wine with a unique travel angle, tied in to a primetime 6-part BBC2 series, Oz & James's ...

While holidaying with his friend Felix on the island of Innis na Ri in South West Irel&, Chris meets Kaia who belongs to a travelling family. Kaia was friendly with Mr O' Driscoll, the last owner of the big house where Felix's mother is caretaker. He claimed to be descended from the last kings of Ireland & was rumoured to be very rich. When O' Driscoll's descendants decide to sell the island to developers, so depriving Felix's family of a home, the children are determined to search for O' Driscoll's treasure
- but they face a race against time.
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