25th Anniversary Edition Over 3 Million Copies Sold'I couldn't give this book a higher recommendation' BILLY CONNOLLYWritten by the Buddhist meditation master & popular international speaker Sogyal Rinpoche this highly acclaimed book clarifies the majestic vision of life & death that underlies the Tibetan Buddhist tradition It

Includes:: not only a lucid inspiring & complete introduction to the practice of meditation but also advice on how to care for the dying with love & compassion & how to bring them help of a spiritual kind But there is much more besides in this classic work which was written to inspire all who read it to begin the journey to enlightenment & so become 'servants of peace'

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Written by the Buddhist meditation master & popular international speaker Soygal Rinpoche this highly acclaimed book clarifies the majestic vision of life & death that underlies the Tibetan Buddhist tradition 464 pages Rinpoche Sogyal ...

The most graceful English translation of this masterpiece of world literature
- prepared with the participation of the Dalai Lama
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The Ticking is the story of Edison Steelhead a boy who at birth takes his mother's life & his father's deformed face Secreted away by his father to be raised in a remote island lighthouse Edison relates to his surroundings in the only way he knows how--by capturing them in his sketchbook Able to find beauty in even the most grotesque of things Edison embraces his own unsettling appearance & sets out to confront the rest of the world Waiting for him on its alien shores are the sights & experiences that will give shape to both his future & his past Written & illustrated by acclaimed artist Ren French The Ticking is a compelling work of graphic literature a reminder that before we can appreciate the beauty around us we must first find it within ourselves A gorgeous 216-page hardcover graphic novel designed by Jordan Crane ...

Look out
- there's a Ticklemonster about! & he's off to tickle all his animal friends from the pigs on the farm to penguins at
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Adam is a stay-at-home dad who is also working on a history of the bombing & rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral He is a good man & he is happy But one day he receives a call from his daughter's school to inform him that for no apparent reason fifteen-year-old Miriam has collapsed & stopped breathing In that moment he is plunged into a world of waiting agonising not knowing The story of his life & the lives of his family are rewritten & re-told around this shocking central event around a body that has inexplicably failed In this exceptionally courageous & unflinching novel of contemporary life Sarah Moss goes where most of us wouldn't dare to look & the result is riveting
- unbearably sad but also miraculously funny & ultimately hopeful The Tidal Zone explores parental love overwhelming fear illness & recovery It is about clever teenagers & the challenges of marriage It is about the NHS academia sex & gender in the twenty-first century the work-life juggle & the politics of packing lunches & loading dishwashers It confirms Sarah Moss as a unique voice in modern fiction & a writer of luminous intelligence
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Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler's classic picture book is brought to life as a glorious sound book with ten exciting sounds Press the buttons to play the sounds as you read along with the story Every day Tiddler is late for school & every day he has another tall tale for his teacher But did he really ride a seahorse? Did he really meet a mermaid? & who will believe him when he really does get captured in a net? ...

Stunning reissue in a beautiful new cover-look of this second novel in the critically acclaimed Ingo Chronicles "I can't go back in the house I'm restless prickling all over The wind hits me like slaps from huge invisible hands But it's not the wind that worries me It's something else beyond the storm" Sapphire & Conor can't forget their adventures in Ingo the mysterious world beneath the sea They long to see their Mer friends Faro & Elvira & swim with the dolphins once more But a crisis is brewing far below the ocean's surface where the wisest of the Mer guards the Tide Knot & soon both Sapphire & Conor will be drawn into Ingo's troubled waters ...

The Tides of Change previously published as Platinum explores the glamorous world of the super-wealthy in all its excess From Moscow to Marrakesh & Los Angeles to London the reach of the super-elite stretches far & wide Within this glamorous world where wealth means everything three women are brought together Frankie Willis who fled her home in South Africa for a new life working in the Caribbean as a stewardess on the luxury mega-yacht Pushkin; Peaches Gold who has established herself as the most influential madam in the city of angels Los Angeles & holds many secrets on the city's famous inhabitants; & Emma Harvey the English socialite whose respectable married life hides a much darker past Hailing from very different worlds they have every reason to distrust each other when their lives unexpectedly collide but their hatred for one man will unite them forever That man is Yuri Khordinsky a newcomer to the ranks of the world's super-rich who desperately craves acceptance in high society & will stop at nothing to get it ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play All 13 episodes of the animated series about the eccentric colourful creatures whose mission in life is to care for the world & the things that live in it Featuring the voices of Susan George & Robert Powell Episodes are ' In the Beginning'; ' Traveller Takes a Trip'; ' To Catch a Net'; ' Sun Sea & Sand'; ' The Hedgehog's Adventure'; ' Sunny's New Friend'; ' Firecrackers'; ' The Breakfast Story'; ' The Runaway Rock'; 'A Scary Night For Mr Tree'; ' When Hally Met Sally'; ' Happy Birthday World' & 'A Song & a Dance in the Forest of Lap' Directors Les Orton Format PALRegion Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...