One of the most important chess books ever written reissued in celebration of a chess genius Bobby Fischer The American takes the reader through 60 of his games describing his thoughts the intricacies behind his & his opponent's strategies the tactical justification of moves & the psychological battle in each one You''ll find beautifully simple positional play next to out-of-this-world combinations that are just breathtaking Fischer played nearly all of these games as a grandmaster so they are at the very highest level but his lucid commentary makes every move & idea both accessible & understandable Every player will learn huge amounts from this book It is essential for each chess enthusiast competitor & professional The controversial alterations that were made to Bobby Fischer's words in the last edition have been omitted in this book so only the author's own words are expressed giving a true insight into one of the most gifted troubled & controversial minds of the 20th century ...

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A METRO BOOK OF THE YEAR The year's must read novel' The Times One of the most important books you'll pick up this decade' Harper's Bazaar An outstanding book that could be this year's A Little Life' Guardian You think you're invincible You think you won't ever miss We need to put the fear on you You need to surrender yourself to death before you ever begin & accept your life as a state of grace & then & only then will you be good enough' At 14 Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall; That chaos is coming & only the strong will survive it; That her daddy loves her more than anything else in this world And he'll do whatever it takes to keep her with him She doesn't know why she feels so different from the other girls at school; Why the line between love & pain can be so hard to see; Why making a friend may be the bravest & most terrifying thing she has ever done And what her daddy will do when he finds out Sometimes strength is not the same as courage Sometimes leaving is not the only way to escape Sometimes surviving isn't enough This book has challenged me like no other It's a masterpiece A work of art on a page I guarantee this book will take your breath away' Joanna Cannon author of The Trouble with Goats & Sheep Brutal yet beautiful My Absolute Darling has floored me Dear Turtle a heroine amidst the horror Exceptional unflinching storytelling' Ali Land author of Good Me Bad Me An incandescent novel with an extraordinary unforgettable heroine both deeply contemplative & utterly thrilling' Observer
- Thriller of the month There are echoes of Ma's bravery in Emma Donoghue's Room or the resilience of Cormac Mc Carthy's protagonists as they struggle to stay alive Tallent's world is shocking in the truest sense of the word' Irish Times An utterly fantastic read Every page is brimming with energy & Turtle Alveston is as enthralling a character as I've encountered in a good long while' Kevin Powers author of The Yellow Birds
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2015 As recently as thirty-five years ago anxiety did not exist as a diagnostic category Today it is the most common form of officially classified mental illness Scott Stossel gracefully guides us across the terrain of an affliction that is pervasive yet too often misunderstood Drawing on his own long-standing battle with anxiety Stossel presents an astonishing history at once intimate & authoritative of the efforts to understand the condition from medical cultural philosophical & experiential perspectives He ranges from the earliest medical reports of Galen & Hippocrates through later observations by Robert Burton & Soren Kierkegaard to the investigations by great nineteenth-century scientists such as Charles Darwin William James & Sigmund Freud as they began to explore its sources & causes to the latest research by neuroscientists & geneticists Stossel reports on famous individuals who struggled with anxiety as well as the afflicted generations of his own family His portrait of anxiety reveals not only the emotion's myriad manifestations & the anguish it produces but also the countless psychotherapies medications & other (often outlandish) treatments that have been developed to counteract it Stossel vividly depicts anxiety's human toll
- its crippling impact its devastating power to paralyse
- while at the same time exploring how those who suffer from it find ways to manage & control it My Age of Anxiety is learned & empathetic humorous & inspirational offering the reader great insight into the biological cultural & environmental factors that contribute to the affliction

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From Smriti Prasadam-Halls & Tom Mc Laughlin the creator of The Accidental Prime Minister comes My Alien & Me Children will laugh out loud at this funny & touching picture book that presents humans as aliens & delivers important messages about seeing past differences ...

A brilliantly entertaining A-Z of Nick Hewer's life from The Apprentice to Countdown & beyond 336 pages 2 x 8pp colour photographs Hewer Nick ...

My Animals & Other Family by Clare Balding is a funny brave tender story of self-discovery'I had spent most of my childhood thinking I was a dog & suspect I had aged in dog years' Clare Balding grew up in a rather unusual household Her father a champion trainer she shared her life with more than 100 thoroughbred racehorses mares foals & ponies as well as an ever-present pack of boxers & lurchers As a toddler she would happily ride the legendary Mill Reef & take breakfast with the Queen She & her younger brother came very low down the pecking order Left to their own devices they had to learn life's toughest lessons through the animals & through their adventures in the stables & the idyllic Hampshire Downs From the protective Candy to the pot-bellied Valkyrie & the frisky Hattie each horse & each dog had their own character & their own special part to play The running family joke was that women ain't people Clare had to prove them wrong to make her voice heard
- but first she had to make sure she had something to say' Moving funny & larger than life' Michael Morpurgo' Magical enchanting riotously eccentric' Daily Mail' Funny & unexpectedly wise Balding has lots of good stories to tell It is impossible not to admire her honesty Mail on Sunday' The reading equivalent of snuggling by the fire with a labrador' The Guardian Clare Balding is an award-winning broadcaster & writer She has been a lead presenter for the Olympics Paralympics Winter Olympics & Commonwealth Games For more than twelve years she has hiked across the countryside for the BBC Radio 4 series Ramblings Clare has presented Countryfile Britain's Hidden Heritage Britain By Bike Crufts & Famous & Fearless & has appeared on QI Have I Got News for You & Sport Relief She has been voted RTS Sports Presenter of the Year & Racing Broadcaster of the Year She lives in West London with her partner Alice their wayward Tibetan Terrier Archie & a cat who couldn't give a damn called Itty My Animals & Other Family is Clare's first book
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During that burning day when we were crossing Iowa our talk kept returning to a central figure a Bohemian girl whom we had both known long ago More than any other person we remembered this girl seemed to mean to us the country the conditions the whole adventure of our childhood His mind was full of her that day He made me see her again feel her presence revived all my old affection for her'MY ANTONIA is the unforgettable story of an immigrant woman's life on the Nebraska plains seen through the eyes of her childhood friend Jim Burden The beautiful free-spirited wild-eyed girl captured Jim's imagination long ago & haunts him still embodying for him the elemental spirit of the American frontier ...

' As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country as the water is the sea The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed somehow to be running' My Antonia (1918) depicts the pioneering period of European settlement on the tall-grass prairie of the American midwest with its beautiful yet terrifying landscape rich ethnic mix of immigrants & native-born Americans & communities who share life's joys & sorrows Jim Burden recounts his memories of Antonia Shimerda whose family settle in Nebraska from Bohemia Together they share childhoods spent in a new world Jim leaves the prairie for college & a career in the east while Antonia devotes herself to her large family & productive farm Her story is that of the land itself a moving portrait of endurance & strength Described on publication as 'one of the best novels that any American has ever done' My Antonia paradoxically took Cather out of the rank of provincial novelists as the same time that it celebrated the provinces & mythologized a period of American history that had to be lost before its value could be understood ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

Anxiety can make everything seem unmanageable
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Released in 1988 this classic arcade asks one simple question Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President? The ninja fighting duo Bad Dudes are now cult legends still popular in todays arcades around the world Features Full color 275" screen Features artwork inspired by the original Bad Dudes arcade cabinet Removable joystick Built-in speaker with volume control 35mm headphone jack to connect your headphones Powered by either 4 AA batteries or by any Micro-USB cable (not included) Perfect for any game room office or display case! Perfect for travel Take your games anywhere ...