How to Relax is part of a new series of books from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh exploring the essential foundations of mindful meditation & practise This book guides us in achieving deep relaxation controlling stress & renewing mental clarity With sections on healing relief from non-stop thinking transforming unpleasant sounds solitude & more How to Relax will help you achieve the benefits of relaxation no matter where you are ...

Super-power your memory thanks to proven strategies & methods by bestselling psychologist Richard Wiseman in this fascinating accessible & necessary little book 64 pages Wiseman Richard ...

How to Research is a clear & accessible guide to the business of doing a research project It systematically takes the reader through from the planning to the writing up & finishing off 328 pages Blaxter Loraine ...

' This extraordinary book is the roadmap for a new kind of effective activism'
- Brian Eno This book is for people who are angry
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Billions of citizens around the world are frustrated with their governments Why is this? & what can we do about it? In this groundbreaking book Michael Barber draws on his wealth of international experience advising political leaders to show how those in power can make good on their promises ' Refreshingly ruthless has an uplifting brio to it' Economist' Michael Barber is a source of inspiration & wisdom' Andrew Adonis New Statesman' Excellent there is a lot of common sense & practical wisdom a breath of fresh air' David Willetts Standpoint' Barber is the global overlord of public policy a record around the world of actually achieving change' Philip Collins Prospect ...

Albie doesn't want to tidy his toys away but when a comic-book baddie snatches one away he has to chase after them! Follow Albie into a world of flying superheroes crazy contraptions & daring rescues in another fantastically fun adventure from the bestselling team of Caryl Hart & Ed Eaves ...

Learn to say 'I Love You' in French Japanese Mandarin English & Spanish with this press & listen board book! Meet a child from each country who loves a different person from George in England who loves his dog to Jia in China who loves her brother Buttons on the side of the book allow children to listen to the phrase in each language ...

In recent decades we have witnessed an explosion in the number of visual images we encounter as our lives have become increasingly saturated with screens From Google Images to Instagram video games to installation art this transformation is confusing liberating & worrying all at once since observing the new visuality of culture is not the same as understanding it Nicholas Mirzoeff is a leading figure in the field of visual culture which aims to make sense of this extraordinary explosion of visual experiences As Mirzoeff reminds us this is not the first visual revolution; the 19th century saw the invention of film photography & x-rays & the development of maps microscopes & telescopes made the 17th century an era of visual discovery But the sheer quantity of images produced on the internet today has no parallels In the first book to define visual culture for the general reader Mirzoeff draws on art history theory & everyday experience to provide an engaging & accessible overview of how visual materials shape & define our lives ...

Full of insights & very practical this important book by the Dalai Lama shows that self-knowledge is the key to personal development & creating positive relationships How to See Yourself As You Really Are is based on a fundamental Buddhist belief that love & insight work together to bring about enlightenment like two wings of a bird It provides a new perspective on the psychological problems of hurting ourselves through misguided exaggerated notions of self others events & physical things It shows how even our senses deceive us drawing us into unwise attachments & negative actions that can only come back to haunt us in the future Drawing on wisdom & techniques refined in Tibetan monasteries for more than a thousand years & adopting as its structure traditional Buddhist steps of meditative reflection How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Includes:: practical exercises & gives readers a clear path to assess their growth & personal development The book is enlivened throughout with warm personal anecdotes & intimate accounts of the Dalai Lama's experiences as a life-long student a meditator a political leader & an international figure working with other Nobel Peace Laureates to address crises around the world His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet Today he lives in exile in Northern India & works tirelessly on behalf of the Tibetan people as well as travelling the world to give spiritual teachings to sell-out audiences He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989

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Joe Girard was an example of a young man with perseverance & determination Joe began his working career as a shoeshine boy He moved on to be a newsboy for the Detroit Free Press at nine years old then a dishwasher a delivery boy stove assembler & home building contractor He was thrown out of high school fired from more than forty jobs & lasted only ninety-seven days in the US Army Some said that Joe was doomed for failure He proved them wrong When Joe started his job as a salesman with a Chevrolet agency in Eastpointe Michigan he finally found his niche Before leaving Chevrolet Joe sold enough cars to put him in the Guinness Book of World Records as 'the world's greatest salesman' for twelve consecutive years Here he shares his winning techniques in this step-by-step book including how to o Read a customer like a book & keep that customer for life o Convince people reluctant to buy by selling them the right way o Develop priceless information from a two-minute phone call o Make word-of-mouth your most successful tool Informative entertaining & inspiring HOW TO SELL ANYTHING TO ANYBODY is a timeless classic & an indispensable tool for anyone new to the sales market ...