A dictionary is a guide to a language This dictionary is for the distinctive language that The School of Life speaks' that of emotions It is an alphabetical selection of some 200 words & phrases that shed light on our feelings about ourselves other people & the workings of the modern world Too often we struggle to find the right words to explain what we mean; The School of Life's dictionary is a tool to help us convey our true intentions with economy & precision The School of Life
- an organisation dedicated to making sense of our emotional lives
- offers us a complete vocabulary with which to understand some of our key emotional states & ideas & to express them succinctly & successfully to the world

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LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 Observer & Daily Telegraph Book of the Year 2016 David is the small boy who is always asking questions Simon & Ines take care of him in their new town Estrella He is learning the language he has begun to make friends & he has the big dog Bolivar to watch over him But he'll be seven soon & he should be at school & so David is enrolled in the Academy of Dance It's here in his new golden dancing slippers that he learns how to call down the numbers from the sky But it's here too that he will make troubling discoveries about what adults are capable of The Schooldays of Jesus is a mesmerising tale about growing up & about the choices we are forced to make in our lives ...

This book is longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016 It is selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Observer & Daily Telegraph When you travel across the ocean on a boat all your memories are washed away & you start a completely new life That is how it is There is no before There is no history The boat docks at the harbour & we climb down the gangplank & we are plunged into the here & now Time begins David is the small boy who is always asking questions Simon & Ines take care of him in their new town Estrella He is learning the language; he has begun to make friends He has the big dog Bolivar to watch over him But he'll be seven soon & he should be at school & so David is enrolled in the Academy of Dance It's here in his new golden dancing slippers that he learns how to call down the numbers from the sky But it's here too that he will make troubling discoveries about what grown-ups are capable of In this mesmerising allegorical tale Coetzee deftly grapples with the big questions of growing up of what it means to be a parent the constant battle between intellect & emotion & how we choose to live our lives ...

This enlightening guide addresses all aspects of a dog's life including nutrition socialisation exercise reducing stress when visiting the vet & canine mental health The Science Behind a Happy Dog is the ultimate training book aimed at teaching owners how to raise a well-behaved well-adjusted & happy dog 272 pages Grigg Emma ...

Exploring more than 80 of the world's most scientific theories & big ideas across the fields of physics chemistry biology astronomy geology & maths this book offers a fascinating look at the history of science Discover how Galileo worked out his scientific theories of motion & inertia why Isaac Newton gets the credit for them & what the discovery of DNA meant All the big scientific ideas are brought to life with quirky graphics pithy"es & step-by-step mind maps
- from evolution & continental drift to black holes & genetic engineering
- using eye-catching artworks to show how the ideas of famous scientists have affected our understanding of the world Whether you are a science student a historian or just have an interest in scientific ideas The Science Book is a perfect way to explore this fascinating subject

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Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry The Science Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality The fundamental questions are answered leaving only the details to be filled in In this book (published in the US as Science Set Free) Dr Rupert Sheldrake one of the world's most innovative scientists shows that science is being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas The 'scientific worldview' has become a belief system All reality is material or physical The world is a machine made up of dead matter Nature is purposeless Consciousness is nothing but the physical activity of the brain Free will is an illusion God exists only as an idea in human minds imprisoned within our skulls Sheldrake examines these dogmas scientifically & shows persuasively that science would be better off without them freer more interesting & more fun In The God Delusion Richard Dawkins used science to bash God but here Rupert Sheldrake shows that Dawkins' understanding of what science can do is old-fashioned & itself a delusion ' Rupert Sheldrake does science humanity & the world at large a considerable favour' The Independent' Certainly we need to accept the limitations of much current dogma & keep our minds open as we reasonably can Sheldrake may help us do so through this well-written challenging & always interesting book' Financial Times ...

The fantastic first book in the Sunday Times bestselling Science of Discworld series When a wizardly experiment goes adrift the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands Roundworld where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic The Universe of course is our own & Roundworld is Earth As the wizards watch their accidental creation grow we follow the story of our universe from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the internet & beyond Through this original Terry Pratchett story (with intervening chapters from Cohen & Stewart) we discover how puny & insignificant individual lives are against a cosmic backdrop of creation & disaster Yet paradoxically we see how the richness of a universe based on rules has led to a complex world & at least one species that tried to get a grip of what was going on Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series the first of which The Colour of Magic was published in 1983 Raising Steam is his fortieth Discworld novel His books have been widely adapted for stage & screen & he is the winner of multiple prizes including the Carnegie Medal as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature After falling out with his keyboard he now talks to his computer Occasionally these days it answers back wwwterrypratchettcoukterryandrob Professor Ian Stewart is the author of many popular science books He is the mathematics consultant for New Scientist & a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick He was awarded the Michael Faraday Prize for furthering the public understanding of science & in 2001 became a Fellow of the Royal Society Dr Jack Cohen is an internationally-known reproductive biologist & lives in Newent Gloucestershire Jack has a laboratory in his kitchen helps couples get pregnant by referring them to colleagues invents biologically realistic aliens for science fiction writers & in his spare time throws boomerangs Jack who has more letters to his name than can be repeated here writes lectures talks & campaigns to promote public awareness of science particularly biology He is mostly retired ...

The original guide to creating wealth! With this seminal book Wallace Wattles popularized the Law of Attraction the powerful concept that inspired The Secret The Science of Getting Rich explains how to attract wealth overcome emotional barriers & apply foolproof methods to bring financial success into your life This special 100-year edition contains the complete original text along with never-before published biographical information on Wattles & a foreword by Catherine Ponder the doyenne of modern prosperity writers It also features an introduction from personal development authority Tom Butler-Bowdon plus another Wattles classic The Science of Being Great ...

The step-by-step scientific approach to attracting financial & spiritual wealth 112 pages Wattles Wallace D ...