A brilliant compendium of psychological discoveries that will truly make you wiser The Wisest One in the Room is an accessible & pragmatic summary of how we perceive & misperceive the world around us especially the world of other people As a users' guide to living on earth it is concise yet comprehensive practical & inspiring enabling us to better understand how to communicate with others & take steps to resolve conflicts both social & political ...

Meg Finn is in trouble unearthly trouble Cast out of her own home by her stepfather after her mother's death Meg is a wanderer a troublemaker After a botched attempt to rob a pensioner's flat Meg & her partner in crime Belch end up in a very sticky situation Meg's soul is up for grabs as the divine & the demonic try every underhand ploy imaginable to claim it Her only chance of salvation is the Wish List But how can she persuade the pensioner Lowrie to help her when she has wronged him? Even if she can persuade him will she really have enough points to face up to St Peter? ...

Whizz off on three magical adventures in one bumper illustrated book from the world's best-loved children's author Enid Blyton The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair When Mollie & Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present they discover the most extraordinary thing a chair that can fly & grant wishes! The Wishing-Chair takes them on some marvellous adventures
- to a castle where they narrowly escape from a giant & rescue Chinky the pixie to the Land of Dreams & to a disappearing island! The Wishing-Chair Again Mollie & Peter are home for the holidays & they long to see their friend Chinky & their magic Wishing-Chair Together they have wonderful adventures but what happens when the Wishing-Chair is stolen & then gets its wings cut off by the naughty Slipperies? More Wishing-Chair Stories Mollie & Peter & Chinky the pixie have more amazing adventures on their Wishing-Chair They find gold at the end of the rainbow they meet brownies & they visit the Land of Wishes Best of all they get to help Santa Claus deliver presents for Christmas! Short chapters & illustrations make The Wishing Chair Adventures perfect bedtime reading for children aged five & up For grandparents & parents it is a chance to introduce Blyton to the next generation Also look out for the New Adventures of the Wishing Chair The Island of Surprises The Land of Mythical Creatures Winter Wonderland Giantland Spellworld Enid Blyton is arguably the most famous children's author of all time thanks to series such as The Wishing-Chair The Faraway Tree- The Mysteries The Famous Five & The Secret Seven Her fantasy books are among her most popular creations & they promise to enchant boys & girls for generations to come
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This book showcases the best & most humorous"es from George RR Martin's favourite character Tyrion Lannister the worldly jaded funny highly intelligent cynical womanizing star of the books A perfect stocking-filler for every fan of the books & of HBO's award-winning television series I only need half my wits to be a match for you' Short & to the point That's Tyrion Here are the finest funniest rudest & wisest sayings of the miniature Machiavelli; the dwarf with a brain the size of a planet & a heart of (tarnished) gold Sleep is good Books are better' Drawn from George RR Martin's bestselling A Song of Ice & Fire books the basis for the HBO original series Game of Thrones Illustrations are by artist & caricaturist Jonty Clark ...

'A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores' From THE FIFTH ELEPHANT' Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened' From MOVING PICTURESThe Wit & Wisdom of Discworld is a collection of the wittiest pithiest & wisest"ations from this extraordinary universe dealing one-by-one with each book in the canon Guaranteed to transport you back to your favourite or forgotten Discworld moments it is the perfect book for die-hard Pratchett fans as well as anyone coming to the Discworld for the first time ...

From parenting to prosecco mums are jolly smashing & this tip-top collection of retro photos & frightfully funny captions capture everything to love about motherhood The Wit & Wisdom of is a series of terrifically humorous books brought to you by the rip-roaringly funny folks behind the best-selling On-the-Ceiling greetings cards Perfect as a birthday Christmas or Mother's Day gift for long-suffering mums everywhere Also available The Wit & Wisdom of Dad The Wit & Wisdom of the Husband & The Wit & Wisdom of the Wife ...

From marital bliss to margaritas wives are awfully wonderful & this tip-top collection of retro photos & frightfully funny captions capture everything to love about marriage The Wit & Wisdom of is a series of terrifically humorous books brought to you by the rip-roaringly funny folks behind the best-selling On-the-Ceiling greetings cards Perfect as a birthday Christmas Valentine's Day or Mother's Day gift for long-suffering wives everywhere Also available The Wit & Wisdom of Dad The Wit & Wisdom of Mum & The Wit & Wisdom of the Husband ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play New England 1630 William & Katherine lead a devout Christian life homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness with five children When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes & their crops fail the family begins to turn on one another " The Witch" is a chilling portrait of a family unraveling within their own fears & anxieties leaving them prey for an inescapable evil ...

Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context beliefs & origins in Europe's history The witch came to prominence-and often a painful death-in early modern Europe yet her origins are much more geographically diverse & historically deep In this landmark book Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the early-modern stake This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest & deepest possible perspective & traces the major historiographical developments of witchcraft Hutton a renowned expert on ancient medieval & modern paganism & witchcraft beliefs combines Anglo-American & continental scholarly approaches to examine attitudes on witchcraft & the treatment of suspected witches across the world including in Africa the Middle East South Asia Australia & North & South America & from ancient pagan times to current interpretations His fresh anthropological & ethnographical approach focuses on cultural inheritance & change while considering shamanism folk religion the range of witch trials & how the fear of witchcraft might be eradicated ...