Choosing a partner is one of the most consequential & tricky decisions we will ever make The cost of repeated failure is immense & yet we are often so alone with the search Partners used to be found for us by parents & society Now we are expected to follow our feelings
- & so locate people by ourselves according to intuition This should be an improvement but our emotions often pull us towards hugely problematic characters & dynamics How to Find Love explains why we have the 'types' we do
- & how our early experiences give us scripts of how & whom we can love The book provides a crucial set of ideas to help us make safer more imaginative & more effective choices in love

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' Romantic & utterly heartwarming' Jenny Colgan Emilia has just returned to her idyllic Cotswold hometown to rescue the family business Nightingale Books is a dream come true for book-lovers but the best stories aren't just within the pages of the books she sells
- Emilia's customers have their own tales to tell There's the lady of the manor who is hiding a secret close to her heart; the single dad looking for books to share with his son but who isn't quite what he seems; & the desperately shy chef trying to find the courage to talk to her crush & as for Emilia's story can she keep the promise she made to her father & save Nightingale Books?
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'HOW TO FIX A BROKEN HEART PROVIDES THE VALIDATION COMFORT & HOPE ANYONE WHO IS HEARTBROKEN DESPERATELY NEEDS' ESTHER PEREL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE STATE OF AFFAIRS & MATING IN CAPTIVITY Every one of us has or will have our heart broken at some point in our lives Heartbreak whether it comes in the form of romantic love or through loss is universal yet we know so little about how to deal with it Psychologist Dr Guy Winch imagines how different our lives & our society would be if we paid more attention to this unique emotional pain Heartbreak can last for days weeks months & even years Yet while we wouldn't expect someone to go to work or function well with a broken limb heartbroken people are expected to function in their lives despite the emotional pain they feel How to Fix a Broken Heart argues that if we don't understand how heartbreak works we won't be able to heal it & we are likely to make it worse which we do & regularly Dr Winch reveals how & why heartbreak impacts our brain & our behaviour in dramatic & unexpected ways regardless of our age Emotional pain lowers our ability to reason to think creatively to problem solve & to function Recovering from heartbreak always starts with a decision a determination to move on when our mind is fighting to keep us stuck We can take control of our lives & our minds & put ourselves on the path to healing Dr Winch offers a toolkit on how to handle & cope with a broken heart & how to eventually move on 'A great read for anyone going through heartbreak anyone trying to help someone go through heartbreak or anyone who simply wants to understand humans better' Tim Urban creator of Wait But Why? ...

Andrew Keen has been described as 'the Christopher Hitchens of the internet' His provocative new book describes his urgent worldwide search for ways in which humanity can protect itself from the dark side of the digital future 368 pages Keen Andrew ...

How do you fly a Sop with Camel? Or a Bristol Bulldog? Captain Horatio Barber the first man to make a cargo flight in the world tells you how 160 pages 20 Illustrations unspecified Barber Captain Horatio ...

Half-American & half-Singaporean Max West grew up in Singapore without having ever heard of the Naval Diving Unit Upon graduating from high school however he was conscripted for two years of mandatory military service He found himself thrust into NDU Singapore's elite naval special forces formation as one of just two Eurasians in his enlistment class In this candid firsthand account West recounts the grueling training he endured & the deep camaraderie he & his teammates forged throughout their journey West offers an accurate unrestrained depiction of life as a trainee revealing what it takes to succeed as a combat diver in the Singapore Armed Forces National Service is a shared crucible borne by every Singaporean son Unrestrained in its frankness & compellingly told How to Forge a Frogman is a true coming-of-age tale set in a uniquely Singaporean setting Named a nonfiction bestseller by Books Kinokuniya in July 2017 ...

How to Get a Grip on Grammar is packed full of amazing activities to get your grammar skills up to speed! Have fun with terrific tenses awesome adverbs & super sentence structure! For useful tips & inspiring ideas How to Get a Grip on Grammar is jam packed full of outrageous activities that will have you mastering the world of grammar in no time! ...

Mohsin Hamid's How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is a bold new novel for the modern world This book is a self-help book Its objective as it says on the cover is to show you how to get filthy rich in rising Asia & to do that it has to find you huddled shivering on the packed earth under your mother's cot one cold dewy morning Your anguish is the anguish of a boy whose chocolate has been thrown away whose remote controls are out of batteries whose scooter is busted whose new sneakers have been stolen This is all the more remarkable since you've never in your life seen any of these things ' Even more intriguing compelling & moving than The Reluctant Fundamentalist A marvellous book' Philip Pullman ' This brilliantly structured deeply felt book is written with the confidence & bravura of a man born to write Hamid is at the peak of his considerable powers here & delivers a tightly paced preternaturally wise book about a thoroughly likable thoroughly troubled striver in the messiest most chaotic ring of global economy Completely unforgettable' Dave Eggers ' Mohsin Hamid is one of the best writers in the world period Only a master could have written this propulsive tale of a striver living on the knife's edge a noir Horatio Alger story for our frenetic violent times' Ben Fountain Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist & Moth Smoke His fiction has been adapted for the cinema translated into over 30 languages received numerous awards & been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize He has contributed essays & short stories to publications such as the Guardian The New York Times Financial Times Granta & the New Yorker Born & mostly raised in Lahore he spent part of his childhood in California studied at Princeton University & Harvard Law School & has since lived between Lahore London & New York ...

Within minutes of reading this book you will want
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With competition to get into Oxbridge now so fierce this book goes beyond standard application technique to focus on long-term development of intellectual potential including insight into the power of positive decision-making; how to practise independent & critical thinking skills; & how you can develop extra-curricular knowledge in genuine & impressive ways to stand out from the crowd The book

Includes:: practical & insider knowledge that can't be found elsewhere
- like how to strategically choose your college to boost your chances of admission & how to interpret & respond to interview questions in a way that demonstrates your intellectual curiosity & academic potential You'll find sample personal statements; examples of interview questions for all subjects; practical advice on fees & funding; & how to manage parents & peers There is also a chapter dedicated to International Students Online supporting resources for this book include a table including collect selectors for Oxford & Cambridge


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