Features a story about a journey to develop emotional resilience This book describes the behaviour of monsters who each have different ways of relating to others & the world around them It is about how a child's needs can sometimes become distorted so that the needs we see expressed mask the true hidden emotional needs that go unmet 28 pages 20 Halftones color Ttofa Juliette ...

Your brain is shrinking Does it matter? How Much Brain Do We Really Need? challenges us to think differently about the brain Rather than just concentrating on the many wonderful things it can do this entertaining insight into the complexities & contradictions of the human brain asks whether in fact we can live satisfactorily without some of it The bad news is that our brains start to shrink from our mid-thirties But the good news is that we still seem to generally muddle along & our brain is able to adapt in extraordinary ways when things going wrong Alexis Willett & Jennifer Barnett shed light on what the human brain can do
- in both optimal & suboptimal conditions
- & consider what it can manage without Through fascinating facts & figures case studies & hypothetical scenarios expert interviews & scientific principles they take us on a journey from the ancient mists of time to the far reaches of the future via different species & lands Is brain training the key to healthy ageing? Do women really experience 'baby brain'? Is our brain at its evolutionary peak or do we have an even more brilliant future to look forward to? We discover the answers to these questions & more

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Norman Foster & his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design Portrayed are emblematic projects such as the largest building in the world Beijing Airport the Reichstag the Hearst Building in New York & works such as the tallest bridge ever in Millau France In the very near future the majority of mankind will abandon the countryside & live entirely in cities Foster offers some striking solutions to the problems that this historic event will create Architecture comes alive Fosters projects are photographed in a cinematic style that seeks to bring the spectacular nature of their size & scale to the big screen But is fracking safe? ...

This large Guess How Much I Love You activity playmat is suitable from birth & packed with activities to help stimulate babies senses as they grow

Includes:: detachable baby safe mirror 2 removable shaped teethers a cute peek a boo flap crinkle & a squeaky frog! This mat is extra large in size to easily fits two babies & is hand washable Baby safe detachable mirror Squeakercrinklepeek a boo flap X2 removable teethers Machine washable 100 x 143xm

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' Although he feared death he could not stop ' If I stopped now after coming all this way
- well they'd call me an idiot!'A pair
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' Nobody has ever measured not even poets how much the heart can hold' Zelda Fitzgerald Love is not a singular concept In this collection seven award-winning authors explore seven concepts of love from Philautia self-love to Agape love for humanity; & from Storge a natural affection for family to Mania a frenzied obsessive love Seven authors; seven short stories; seven flashes of love This paperback edition of How Much the Heart Can Hold

Includes:: the winning short story from the Sceptre Loves short story Prize

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What links Taylor Swift to a factory worker? Kanye West to a German engineer? Beyonce to a boardroom mogul? They've all changed the face of the music business in the most unexpected ways How Music Got Free is the incredible true story of how online piracy & the MP3 revolutionised the way our world works one track at a time This brilliant book tells you exactly how the perfect storm that forever changed the way we consume music took shape Like many great works of investigative journalism it makes it clear that this is one of those stories you think you know Until you realise you don't' John Niven The Spectator Reads like an underworld crime story concise & very funny The most remarkable thing about Witt's book is that virtually none of the names is familiar Witt finds unlikely heroes in unlikely places' New Statesman ...

How Music Works is David Byrne's bestselling buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about Drawing on his own work over the years with Talking Heads Brian Eno & his myriad collaborators
- along with journeys to Wagnerian opera houses African villages & anywhere music exists
- Byrne shows how music emerges from cultural circumstance as much as individual creativity It is his magnum opus & an impassioned argument about music's liberating life-affirming power

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Have you ever listened to an incredible piece of music & wondered exactly why it makes you want to dance or cry? Are you mystified by how musicians just 'know' what notes to play next when they're improvising? Or why certain notes sound great together & others clash? This title lets you discover the answers to these questions 272 pages B&W integrated Powell John ...

Musicals are the most popular form of stage entertainment today with the West End & Broadway dominated by numerous long-running hits But for every Wicked or Phantom of the Opera there are dozens of casualties that didn't fare quite so well In this book Julian Woolford explores the musical-theatre canon to explain why & how some musicals work why some don't & what you should (and shouldn't) do if you're thinking of writing your own Drawing on his experience as a successful writer & director of musicals & as a lecturer in writing musicals at the University of London Woolford outlines every step of the creative process from hatching the initial idea & developing a structure for the work through creating the book the music & the lyrics & on to the crucial process of rewriting He then guides the reader through getting a musical produced with invaluable advice about generating future productions & sustaining a career The book

Includes:: dozens of exercises to assist the novice writer in developing their craft & detailed case studies of well-known musicals such as Les Miserables The Sound of Music Miss Saigon Little Shop of Horrors Godspell & Evita An essential guide for any writers (or would-be writers) of musicals How Musicals Work is a fascinating insight for anyone interested in the art form or who has ever wondered what it takes to get from first idea to first night

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