A celebration of the drama & intensity of the mother-child relationship Margaret Drabble's The Millstone won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1965 It is the Swinging Sixties & Rosamund Stacey is young & inexperienced at a time when sexual liberation is well on its way She conceals her ignorance beneath a show of independence & becomes pregnant as a result of a one night stand Although single parenthood is still not socially acceptable she chooses to have the baby rather than to seek an illegal abortion & finds her life transformed by motherhood Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain When they were published some were bestsellers some were considered scandalous & others were simply misunderstood All represent their time & helped define their generation while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling' Rosamund is marvellous a true Drabble heroine what spirit is here' Sunday Times' One of our foremost women writers' Guardian' The novelist who will have done for late twentieth-century London what Dickens did for Victorian London' The New York Times Margaret Drabble was born in 1939 in Sheffield Yorkshire the daughter of barrister & novelist John F Drabble & sister of novelist AS Byatt She is the author of eighteen novels & eight works of non-fiction including biographies of Arnold Bennett & Angus Wilson Her many novels include The Radiant Way (1987) A Natural Curiosity (1989) The Gates of Ivory (1991) The Peppered Moth (2000) The Seven Sisters (2002) & The Red Queen (2004) all of which are published by Penguin In 1980 Margaret Drabble was made a CBE & in 2008 she was made DBE She is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd & lives in London & Somerset ...

A fugitive who will not be silenced It is a dark time for clairvoyants Scion is in league with the Rephaim an extraordinarily powerful otherworldly race that intends to make humans its slaves In an unprecedented feat of bravery Paige Mahoney has succeeded in leading a mass break-out from the brutal camp Sheol I where she & other clairvoyants were systematically imprisoned Paige is desperate to reach the safety of the London underworld but the ruthless leader of the Rephaim Nashira Sargas is not likely to let her escape so easily This new edition contains an exciting preview of the sequel The Song Rising ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The Mimic is centred around Martin Hurdle (Terry Mynott – ‘ Very Important People’) a seemingly unremarkable maintenance man who in fact conceals an exceptional talent… an uncanny ability to mimic voices Labouring without prospect at a large pharmaceutical company Martin’s options appear bleak His one true friend in life is a girl called Jean (Jo Hartley – ‘ This Is England’) who despite having the best intentions for Martin is also his live-in landlord The only other ‘friend’ Martin can really boast of is Neil (Neil Maskell – ‘ Utopia’) a newsagent petrified by the news Now in a huge revelation by a former lover Martin is about to discover that he could be the father of an eighteen-year-old son called Steven (Jacob Anderson – ‘ Adulthood’) With their first meeting on the horizon is this the news that will finally prompt Martin to escape his prolonged adolescence? & if it is just how will he use his voices to cope with this life-changing development? ...

The mind is more than just a game It&s an experiment a journey A team experience in which you can&t exchange information yet will become one to defeat all the levels of the game In more detail The deck contains cards numbered 1-100 & during the game you try to complete 12 10 or 8 levels of play with 2 3 or 4 players In a level each player receives a hand of cards equal to the number of the level one card in level 1 two cards in level 2 etc Collectively you must play These cards into the centers of the table on a single discard pile in ascending order but you cannot communicate with one another in any way as to which cards you hold You simply stare into one another&s eyes & when you feel the time is right You play your lowest card If no one holds a Card lower than what you played great The game continues! If someone did all players discard face up all cards lower than what you played & you lose one Life You start the game with a number of lives equal to the number of players Lose all your lives & you lose the game You start with one shuriken as well & if everyone wants to use a shuriken each player discards their lowest card face up giving everyone information & getting you closer to completing the level As you complete levels you might receive a reward of a shuriken or an extra Life Complete all the levels & you win! For an extra challenge play the mind in extreme mode with all played cards going onto the stack face down You don&t look at the cards played until the end of a level losing lives At that time for cards played out of Order For ages 8 for 2-4 players Spiel des Jahres 2018 nominee Can you beat the game before you run out of lives? Great for transportation Fun for all ages For 2-4 players For ages 8 ...

The Mind Extreme functions like The Mind with players trying to play cards from their hand in ascending order without consulting one another! so that they can complete a certain number of levels & win The higher the level the more cards you have in hand giving you more to juggle but also more information to use during play The Mind Extreme offers a more complex challenge as now instead of a deck of cards from 1-100 you have two decks each numbered 1-50 Now you'll have two discard piles in play with cards from one deck needing to be played in ascending order & cards from the other being played in descending order What's more some levels must be played blind that is with the cards discarded face down so that no one sees what you've played Can all players get in the right groove & discard everything in the proper order? Players 2-4 Playing time 20 mins Ages 8 ...

From the people who brought you the Mindapples "5-a-day for your mind" campaign The Mind Manual is an accessible guide to what's going on in your head From understanding how your own mind works to making sense of the behaviour of others this is a practical guide to managing your mind & using it to get the life you want The book uses proven insights from neuroscience & psychology filtered through the wisdom & experience of thousands of people in Mindapples' global community to give you a crash-course in understanding your own mind It will improve your well-being your ability to cope with stress & your understanding of yourself & others & give you the tools you need to be your best self with chapters including How to Be Yourself How to Keep Calm How to Be Happy How to Have a Healthy Mind How to Be Wise How to Be Productive How to Be Resilient How to Be Kind How to Fall in Love ...

Tony Buzan is the inventor of Mind Maps & The Mind Map Book is the original & best book on how to use them effectively in your own life Often referred to as the Swiss army knife for the brain Mind Maps are a ground-breaking note-taking technique that have already revolutionised the lives of many millions of people around the world & taken the educational & business world by storm This practical full-colour book will transform the way you plan & organise your life At school they re perfect for taking notes revising for exams & planning essays; at work they re great for improving your organisational skills preparing & running meetings & planning strategy; & in your personal life no matter what you re trying to plan be it a wedding a garden or even your own future Mind Maps can help Discover how Mind Maps can boost your memory unlock your creativity improve your concentration revolutionise how you think & learn Discover today how Mind Maps can change your life ...

It's well known that if you want to keep your body fit you must do some regular exercise But when it comes to our mental health few of us take the time to maintain & improve it For some reason we expect to be in great mental shape without doing any work & when we realise we're struggling we look for a quick & easy fix instead of developing the skills that will help us in the future Enter The Mind Workout
- a home exercise programme for improving your mental health & fitness Developed as a result of Mark Freeman's own recovery from mental illness The Mind Workout combines mindfulness Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) & Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) It outlines twenty easy-to-follow steps you can take to free yourself from the ways of thinking & behaving that cause mental health challenges in your life
- from cutting out the compulsions that cause uncertainty anxiety & distress to relieving stress & distraction The Mind Workout is the key to making the switch from a frenetic anxiety-driven life to one that's based on your core values It will leave you feeling mentally stronger fitter & better equipped to navigate the complexities of everyday life

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Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity His writing turns brains & minds transparent' Observer How does the brain perceive & interpret information from the eye? & what happens when the process is disrupted? In The Mind's Eye Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world & communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses & abilities the capacity to recognize faces the sense of three-dimensional space the ability to read the sense of sight For all of these people the challenge is to adapt to a radically new way of being in the world
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In these turbulent times just about every solution you can think of has been put forth by someone somewhere as a way to calm the waters & live with more happiness & ease But the fact is you cannot think your way to a better life Change isn't something your mind can accomplish alone It calls for mind & body to work together in a deeper unity than you may ever have imagined Neuropsychologist Mario Martinez is a pioneer in the science of the mindbody-his term for that essential oneness of cognition & biology-and a passionate advocate for its power to reshape our lives if we work with it consciously In The Mind Body Self he builds on the foundation he laid in his critically acclaimed The Mind Body Code to explore the cultural conditions that coauthor our reality & shape every aspect of our lives from health & longevity to relationships & self-esteem Then he offers practical tools we can use to shed outworn patterns & create sustainable change You'll read about How our cultural beliefs affect the diagnosis prognosis & treatment of disease The difference between growing older (which we all do) & "aging" by our culture's standards (which we can learn not to do) What happens when we move "beyond the pale" of our tribe's expectations How to navigate adversity using uncertainty as a guide Biocognitive tools for a healthy life The Mind Body Self presents groundbreaking ideas derived from rigorous scholarship-but you don't need a background in science to use what you find here Each chapter concludes with exercises & experiential processes that make complex scientific discoveries not only accessible but applicable The result is a paradigm shift in which the myths of doom are shattered by the science of hope survival takes a back seat to meaning & fear gives way to love ...