Psychologist, teacher & therapist, John Selby, shows how the non-stop chatter of our minds & our own fear-based thoughts so easily catch us up in negative, destructive mindsets such as irritation, worry, impatience, guilt, inadequacy, hostility, shame & despair. Quiet Your Mind provides an easily-accessible toolbox for rising above harmful thoughts & regaining inner peace, by shifting at will into a special 'quiet mind' state of awareness where reflective thinking stops & true, spontaneous enjoyment of life begins. ...

Cleverly appropriated old-fashioned animation imagery & advertising styles of the 1920s & 1930s are put to use in Quimby the Mouse ...

Will the universe continue to expand forever, reverse its expansion & begin to contract, or reach a delicately poised state where it simply persists forever? The answer depends on the amount & properties of matter in the universe, & that has given rise to one of the great paradoxes of modern cosmology; there is too little visible matter to account for the behaviour we can see. Over 90 percent of the universe consists of 'missing mass' or 'dark matter'
- what Lawrence Krauss, in his classic book, termed 'the fifth essence'. In this new edition of The Fifth Essence, retitled Quintessence after the now widely accepted term for dark matter, Krauss shows how the dark matter problem is now connected with two of the hottest areas in recent cosmology: the fate of the universe & the 'cosmological constant.' With a new introduction, epilogue & chapter updates, Krauss updates his classic & shares one of the most stunning discoveries of recent years: an antigravity force that explains recent observations of a permanently expanding universe.
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When Arsene Wenger was appointed as manager by Arsenal Football Club in 1996, football fans everywhere gave a puzzled look & asked, 'who?'
They were soon to find out just what kind of man had become a part of English football, as Wenger added to Arsenal's first Double win by leading them to another in 1998 & a third in 2002. Since then, he has amused & entertained with his erudition & always pertinent evaluations of Arsenal's merits & those of the game in general.
Here are the most diverting & most intriguing comments of manager Arsene Wenger.

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Eighteen-year-old Ram Mohammed Thomas is in prison after answering twelve questions correctly on a TV quiz show to win one billion rupees. The producers have arrested him, convinced that he has cheated his way to victory. Twelve extraordinary events in street-kid Ram's life
- how he was found in a dustbin by a priest; came to have three names; fooled a professional hitman; even fell in love
- give him the crucial answes.

In his warm-hearted tale lies all the comedy, tragedy, joy & pathos of modern India.



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Former tiffinboy Ram Mohammad Thomas has just got twelve questions correct on a TV quiz-show to win a cool one billion rupees. But he is brutally slung in prison on suspicion of cheating. Because how can a kid from the slums know who Shakespeare was, unless he is pulling a fast one.

In the order of the questions on the show, Ram tells us which amazing adventures in his street-kid life gave him the answers. From orphanages to brothels, gangsters to beggar-masters, & into the homes of Bollywood's rich & famous, Ram's story is brimming with the chaotic comedy, heart-stopping tragedy & tear-inducing joyousness of modern India.

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Former tiffinboy Ram Mohammad Thomas has just got twelve questions correct on a TV quiz-show to win a cool one billion rupees. But he is brutally slung in prison on suspicion of cheating. Because how can a kid from the slums know who Shakespeare was, unless he is pulling a fast one.

In the order of the questions on the show, Ram tells us which amazing adventures in his street-kid life gave him the answers. From orphanages to brothels, gangsters to beggar-masters, & into the homes of Bollywood's rich & famous, Ram's story is brimming with the chaotic comedy, heart-stopping tragedy & tear-inducing joyousness of modern India.

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Former tiffinboy Ram Mohammad Thomas has just got twelve questions correct on a TV quiz-show to win a cool one billion rupees. But he is brutally slung in prison on suspicion of cheating. Because how can a kid from the slums know who Shakespeare was, unless he is pulling a fast one.

In the order of the questions on the show, Ram tells us which amazing adventures in his street-kid life gave him the answers. From orphanages to brothels, gangsters to beggar-masters, & into the homes of Bollywood's rich & famous, Ram's story is brimming with the chaotic comedy, heart-stopping tragedy & tear-inducing joyousness of modern India.

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This is an extraordinary new approach to healing by an extraordinary physician-writer
- a book filled with the mystery, wonder,
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