Timing is everything But we don't know much about timing itself Timing it's often assumed is an art; in When Pink shows that timing is in fact a science Drawing on a rich trove of research from psychology biology & economics Pink reveals how best to live work & succeed How can we use the hidden patterns of the day to build the ideal schedule? Why do certain breaks dramatically improve student test scores? How can we turn a stumbling beginning into a fresh start? When should you have your first coffee of the day? Why is singing in time with other people as good for us as exercise? & what is the ideal time to quit a job switch careers or get married? In When Pink distills cutting edge research & data on timing & synthesizes them into a fascinating readable narrative packed with irresistible stories & practical takeaways that give readers compelling insights into how we can live richer more engaged lives ...

When a dragon comes to stay will she behave herself? Why of course she will Obviously she knows she must share her toys eat daintily & skip happily upstairs at bathtime Well not quite Like all toddlers this little dragon finds good manners a tiny bit tricky It's lucky she has some friends to help her 32 pages Hart Caryl ...

San Francisco couple Michael (Andy Garcia) & Alice Green (Meg Ryan) have a happy marriage until the latter&s secret drinking binges become a problem While Michael is away on business a drunken Alice hits their daughter
- an act which convinces her to enrol at a clinic & dry out Michael does not find coping without his wife easy & when Alice returns sober but irritable their relationship continues to suffer
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Five women out for justice One ruthless killer A secret that's sure to get out In this elite investment club the stakes are literally life or death Founder of an exclusive society with a hidden agenda Madison Benson has carefully handpicked her members choosing the four most fearless & skilledintelligent women she knows But when one member is found dead & another goes missing it seems like the club may finally have taken one risk too many Now it won't be long before the rest of them are hunted down & silenced Into this secretive world steps Charlotte Sawyer who is desperate to find her step-sister the beautiful brilliant
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- Jocelyn & deliver the terrible news that one of her closest friends has been murdered Yet Jocelyn is nowhere to be found & slowly Charlotte begins to realise that her step-sister is involved in something terrible Running out of time & unable to trust the police Charlotte joins forces with Max Cutler a struggling PI whose previous career as a criminal profiler went down in flames Burned out divorced & almost broke Max needs the job When her uneasy alliance with Max turns into a full-blown affair Charlotte has no choice but to trust him with her life For the shadows of Jocelyn's past are threatening to consume her
- & anyone else who gets in the way The New York Times bestselling author of Secret Sisters Jayne Ann Krentz delivers a thrilling novel of the deceptions we hide behind the passions we surrender to & the lengths we'll go to for the truth


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THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERTHE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 ' Finishing this book & then forgetting about it is simply not an option Unmissable' New York Times At the age of thirty-six on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer One day he was a doctor treating the dying the next he was a patient struggling to live When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous & meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity
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- & finally into a patient & a new father What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when when life is catastrophically interrupted? What does it mean to have a child as your own life fades away? Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book yet his words live on as a guide to us all When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality & on the relationship between doctor & patient from a gifted writer who became both

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The first Christians to meet Muslims were not Latin-speaking Christians from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speaking Christians from Constantinople but rather Christians from northern Mesopotamia who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac Living under Muslim rule from the seventh century to the present Syriac Christians wrote the first & most extensive accounts of Islam describing a complicated set of religious & cultural exchanges not reducible to the solely antagonistic Through its critical introductions & new translations of this invaluable historical material When Christians First Met Muslims allows scholars students & the general public to explore the earliest interactions between what eventually became the world's two largest religions shedding new light on Islamic history & Christian-Muslim relations ...

A major new edition of the book that revolutionised international business & communicating across cultures 576 pages Lewis Richard D ...

Before he wrote 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' before the Baudelaires became orphans even before the invention of Netflix Lemony Snicket asked all the wrong questions Four to be exact This is the account of the second question In the fading town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea young apprentice Lemony Snicket has a new case to solve when he & his chaperone are hired to find a missing girl Is the girl a runaway? Or was she kidnapped? Was she seen last at the grocery store? Or could she have stopped at the diner? Is it really any of your business? In the tradition of great storytellers from Dickens to Dahl comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary & irreverent You'll laugh only if you find humour in gothic & mysterious things involving detectives & crime solving Lemony's other literary outings in A Series of Unfortunate Events' have sold 60 million copies worldwide & been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey & a Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris These regrettable developments mean that millions of fans have found out about the dreadful plight of the Baudelaire orphans but you do not have to You have been warned Have you read all four mysterious titles in the Wrong Questions series? Who Could That Be at the This Hour?' When Did You See Her Last?' Shouldn't You Be in School?' Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?' Author Lemony Snicket was born before you were & is likely to die before you as well He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious & prone to riot He grew up near the sea & currently lives beneath it Until recently he was living somewhere else He is a broken man wracked with misery & despair as a result of writing 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' He spends his days wandering the countryside weeping & moaning & his evenings eating hastily-prepared meals Artist Seth has portrayed suspicious circumstances & shady characters in much of his work He is a multi-award-winning cartoonist author & artist whose works include Palookaville & Clyde Fans ...

A New York Times bestseller A Goodreads Choice YA finalist' Get ready to fall in love with Dimple Shah & Rishi Patel' Hello Giggles The arranged marriage YA romcom you didn't know you wanted or needed Meet Dimple Her main aim in life is to escape her traditional parents get to university & begin her plan for tech world domination Meet Rishi He's rich good-looking & a hopeless romantic His parents think Dimple is the perfect match for him but she's got other plans Dimple & Rishi may think they have each other figured out But when opposites clash love works even harder to prove itself in the most unexpected ways As joyfully refreshing as Rainbow Rowell Jenny Han & Nicola Yoon When Dimple Met Rishi is a frothy funny contemporary romance told from the dual perspectives of two Indian American protagonists While Dimple is fighting her family traditions Rishi couldn't be happier to follow in the footsteps of his parents
- could sparks fly between this odd couple or is this matchmaking attempt doomed to fail?' Menon wrote an utterly delightful novel & broke my heart by writing an ending because I want nothing more than to keep reading about Dimple & Rishi forever I'm looking forward to it being a huge hit of 2017' Book Riot' Funny warm & utterly charming Sandhya Menon is a welcome & needed new voice in YA' Katherine Webber
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An excellent resource for children when they try to grasp the concept of death & understand grieving recommended for children who have faced or are facing loss but also for any child even before an urgent need presents itself Presented in a respectful & unthreatening manner this book will prove immensely valuable for children & their familes ...