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 Amazing Body Machine takes kids on a unique & exciting journey through all the working parts of human anatomy From our intricately wired brain to our squeezing squelching guts & relentlessly pumping heart renowned scientist Robert Winston exlores each part of this living machine through incredible original papercraft artworks by Owen Gildersleeve With clear text & fascinating bite-size facts about the human body My Amazing Body Machine is a body book that makes learning about biology fun Up-close photography shows how your body works in an immediate & ingenious way My Amazing Body Machine by Robert Winston is a fabulous colourful book & makes understanding the most complex machine on Earth both simple & enjoyable the human body ...

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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' 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
- from dealing with family & friends to managing schoolwork & extracurricular activities
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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 ...

200 built-in nostalgic games bring back the fun of the arcade 5 inch colour display handheld gaming cabinet Features joystick & button controls for authentic arcade feel Full colour hi-res LCD screen makes all of the games come alive Play in your hands for convenience or on a table or desk for gaming stability

Includes:: 200 Built In Games

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A celebration of South East Asian cooking in 100 healthy flavour-packed traditional & modern dishes 256 pages Joyce Jennifer ...