When neuroscientist Susan Barry was fifty years old she took an unforgettable trip to Manhattan As she emerged from the dim light of the subway into the sunshine she saw a view of the city that she had witnessed many times in the past but now saw in an astonishingly new way Skyscrapers on street corners appeared to loom out toward her like the bows of giant ships Tree branches projected upward & outward enclosing & commanding palpable volumes of space Leaves created intricate mosaics in 3D With each glance she experienced the deliriously novel sense of immersion in a three dimensional world Barry had been cross-eyed & stereoblind since early infancy After half a century of perceiving her surroundings as flat & compressed on that day she was seeing Manhattan in stereo depth for first time in her life As a neuroscientist she understood just how extraordinary this transformation was not only for herself but for the scientific understanding of the human brain Scientists have long believed that the brain is malleable only during acritical period in early childhood According to this theory Barry's brain had organized itself when she was a baby to avoid double vision-and there was no way to rewire it as an adult But Barry found an optometrist who prescribed a little-known program of vision therapy after intensive training Barry was ultimately able to accomplish what other scientists & even she herself had once considered impossible A revelatory account of the brain's capacity for change Fixing My Gaze describes Barry's remarkable journey & celebrates the joyous pleasure of our senses ...

Tracklist A1 Up For The Fight Written-By
- Johan Kalel Mike Stock 322 A2 Break The Ice Written-By
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Description below is for brand new sealed products & may not represent the item fully Images are for illustration only Contents & item condition may vary All items are sold in working condition Instruction manuals guides downloadable or online accessible content listed on the product are not guaranteed to be included Gamble away your soberness with the nerve jangling roulette wheel! Fill up the shot glasses with your chosen drink & let the games commence! Black or red this will surely go to your head!16 Glass shot glasses Plastic roulette wheel Ideal gift Drinking game Ideal for Stag & Hen parties & other social gatherings ...

Fizzlebert Stump's second adventure The bearded Barboozul family are the new stars of Fizz's circus Their act is full of magic mystery fear & fun & it's nice to have another boy around even if he is a bithairy round the chin But then things start going wrong The lion loses his dentures The clowns lose their noses The Ringmaster loses his temper & the circus is about to lose its licence Is the bearded boy to blame? Can Fizz save the day? ...

Is this is final hurrah for Fizzlebert Stump? Have the circus performers taken their final bow? Find out in the final book in this hilarious series that is perfect for fans of Mr Gum When the ringmaster sells Fizz's circus to the mysterious Mr Pinkbottle disaster strikes! All the acts who aren't fired are forced to work in his supermarket Not an easy task at all if your only skill is plate-spinning or being a trapeze artist or indeed a sea lion! Will the ex-circus performers adjust to their new lives as shop assistants or will Fizz find a way to save them all? ...

In Flag Dash you play as one of several childhood friends who promised to play their favorite pastime again after they "grew up" Secretly plan your moves to outmaneuver the opposing team in an exciting game of capture the flag! Will your opponents ruin your plans or will you return home victoriously with the flag? Choose from 6 fun characters with unique player powers & beautiful illustrations including the Wanna-be Ninja Modern Cowboy & Crazy Cat Lady! No two games are alike since there are many gameplay variations FEATURESTactical planning guessing & teamwork Simple to learn but great depth of gameplay Wooden game pawns carry wooden flags Family friendly board game of capture the flag Movement programming mechanic GAMEPLAYFlag Dash takes place over multiple rounds until one team returns home with the opposing team&s flag or collects a complete set of flags the opposing characters are wearing In every round each player plans two moves in advance & for each move chooses to move either the runner they control — with a unique special ability — or the defender they share with their teammate ROUND SUMMARYPHASE 1 PLAN MOVES
- Each player secretly plans two moves with an action card & priority token face-down for each move PHASE 2 RESOLVE MOVES (2X)
- Each player reveals their priority token for the first move Each player makes their first move in order from lowest to highest numbered token & discards their priority token Repeat for second move PHASE 3 CLEANUP
- Each player returns action cards to hand COMPONENTS6 wooden pawns 2 wooden flags 32 action cards 6 character cards 78 game tokens 7 other wooden pieces 4 player screens to hide tokens 1 double-sided game board Rulebook


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Hounded by political enemies & cut to the heart by the death of the man she loved Honor Harrington has retreated to the planet Grayson to take up her role as Steadholder while she tries to heal her bitter wounds But the People&s Republic of Haven is rising from defeat to threaten Grayson anew & the newborn Grayson Navy needs her Yet even as she accepts the duty powerful men who fear the changes she brings to their world are determined to reverse them They have a plan
- & for it to succeed Honor Harrington must die Two irresistible forces are rushing together to crush Grayson between them & only one woman
- uncertain of her capabilities weary unto death & marked for murder
- stands between her adopted planet & its devastation


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A practical guide to understanding & coping with anxiety depression addiction & suicide Flagging The Problem A New Approach to Mental Health investigates how the mood system in the brain & the body works & how problems in this system contribute to anxiety depression addiction & suicide Bestselling author & GP Dr Harry Barry reveals a pioneering system using a coloured flag which represents a particular mental state or area of concern
- Green Flag explains the normal mood system-The Red Flag deals with depression- The Yellow Flag addresses anxiety- The violet Flag deals with addiction
- The White Flag addresses the issue of suicide Using this system to help readers visualise the illness & its symptoms Dr Barry aims to provide hope to those suffering from depression addiction anxiety & suicidal thoughts & with it the possibility of a new life where the pain can be alleviated Previously published as Flagging the Problem A New Approach to Mental Health this edition has been fully revised & updated

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Learn all about flags from around the world in DK's amazing Flags Around the World Ultimate Sticker Book with more than 250 reusable stickers Travel through the continents & discover the colourful & symbolic flags that represent our world Create your own flag with colourful stickers & take the quiz to test your knowledge Fact filled & packed with reusable stickers about flags countries & the world Flags Around the World Ultimate Sticker Book is one that children will pick up time & time again ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Two war dramas directed by Clint Eastwood & Flags of Our Fathers& (2006) is based on the book by James Bradley & Ron Powers In February 1945 even as victory in Europe was finally within reach the war in the Pacific raged on One of the most crucial & bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the island of Iwo Jima which culminated with what would become one of the most iconic images in history five Marines & a Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi But the surviving flag raisers had no interest in being held up as symbols & did not consider themselves heroes; they wanted only to stay on the front with their brothers in arms who were fighting & dying without fanfare or glory & Letters from Iwo Jima& (2006) is based on the book & Picture Letters from Commander in Chief& by Tadamichi Kuribayashi The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force & the home islands of Japan Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands & providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) is given command of the forces on the island & sets out to prepare for the imminent attack General Kuribayashi however does not favour the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates & resentment & resistance fester among his staff ...