Why take a self-portrait but obscure your face with a lightbulb (Lee Friedlander Provincetown Cape Cod Massachusetts (1968)? Or deliberately underexpose an image (Vera Lutter Battersea Power Station XI July 13 2004)? & why photograph a ceiling (William Eggleston Red Ceiling 1973)? In Why It Does Not Have To Be In Focus Jackie Higgins offers a lively informed defence of modern photography Choosing 100 key photographs with particular emphasis on the last twenty years she examines what inspired each photographer in the first place & traces how the piece was executed In doing so she brings to light the layers of meaning & artifice behind these singular works some of which were initially dismissed out of hand for being blurred overexposed or badly composed The often controversial works discussed in this book play with our expectations of a photograph our ingrained tendency to believe that it is telling us the unadorned truth Jackie Higginss book proves once & for all that theres much more to the art of photography than just pointing & clicking ...

Addresses critical issues in contemporary education reform & shows how cherished truisms about education & child development have led to unintended & negative consequences The author argues that a carefully planned knowledge-based elementary curriculum is essential to providing the foundations for children's life success 280 pages Hirsch E D ...

John Berger broke new ground with his penetrating writings on life art & how we see the world around us Here he explores how the ancient relationship between man & nature has been broken in the modern consumer age with the animals that used to be at the centre of our existence now marginalized & reduced to spectacle Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves
- & each other They have inspired debate dissent war & revolution They have enlightened outraged provoked & comforted They have enriched lives
- & destroyed them Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals & visionaries whose ideas shook civilization & helped make us who we are

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Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in the early years & how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future emotional & physical health This second edition follows on from the success of the first updating the scientific research covering recent findings in genetics & the mindbody connection & including a new chapter highlighting our growing understanding of the part also played by pregnancy in shaping a baby's future emotional & physical well-being Sue Gerhardt focuses in particular on the wide-ranging effects of early stress on a baby or toddler's developing nervous system When things go wrong with relationships in early life the dependent child has to adapt; what we now know is that his or her brain adapts too The brain's emotion & immune systems are particularly affected by early stress & can become less effective This makes the child more vulnerable to a range of later difficulties such as depression anti-social behaviour addictions or anorexia as well as physical illness Why Love Matters is an accessible lively account of the latest findings in neuroscience developmental psychology & neurobiology
- research which matters to us all It is an invaluable & hugely popular guide for parents & professionals alike
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This visually stunning investigation of natural & man-made materials will change the way you look at the world around you while ...

The authors of the international bestsellers WHY MEN DON'T LISTEN & WOMEN CAN'T READ MAPS & THE DEFINTIVE BOOK OF BODY LANGUAGE teach strategies for happier more fulfilled relationships Allan & Barbara Pease are the world's foremost experts in personal relationships Their books seminars & TV programmes have made them household names from Australia to the UK & from the USA to Japan In their follow-up to the multi-million selling WHY MEN DON'T LISTEN & WOMEN CAN'T READ MAPS Allan & Barbara use the same combination of startling observation of people's actions towards one another humour & practical advice to teach the reader more about what men & women want from relationships & how to get it ...

Why Mummy Drinks is the brilliant novel from Gill Sims the author of the online sensation Peter & Jane It is Mummy's 39th birthday She is staring down the barrel of a future of people asking if she wants to come to their advanced yoga classes & polite book clubs where everyone claims to be tiddly after a glass of Pinot Grigio & says things like Oooh gosh are you having another glass?' But Mummy does not want to go quietly into that good night of women with sensible haircuts who live for their children' & stand in the playground trying to trump each other with their offspring's extracurricular activities & achievements & boasting about their latest holidays Instead she clutches a large glass of wine muttering FML' over & over again Until she remembers the gem of an idea she's had ...

Shortlisted for the Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012 Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question with a compelling & elegantly argued new theory that it is not down to climate geography or culture but because of institutions Drawing on an extraordinary range of contemporary & historical examples from ancient Rome through the Tudors to modern-day China leading academics Daron Acemoglu & James A Robinson show that to invest & prosper people need to know that if they work hard they can make money & actually keep it
- & this means sound institutions that allow virtuous circles of innovation expansion & peace Based on fifteen years of research & answering the competing arguments of authors ranging from Max Weber to Jeffrey Sachs & Jared Diamond Acemoglu & Robinson step boldly into the territory of Francis Fukuyama & Ian Morris They blend economics politics history & current affairs to provide a new powerful & persuasive way of understanding wealth & poverty
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Mindy Kaling has found herself at a turning point So in Why Not Me? she shares her ongoing journey to find fulfilment & adventure in her adult life be it falling in love at work seeking new friendships in unlikely places or attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behaviour modification whatsoever In How to Look Spectacular she reveals her tongue-in-cheek solutions for guaranteed on-camera beauty Player tells the story of Mindy being seduced then dumped by a female friend in LA & in Soup Snakes she spills some secrets on her relationship with ex-boyfriend & close friend B J Novak Mindy has put the anxieties the glamour & the celebrations of her second coming-of-age into this book to which anyone can relate (And if they can't they can skip to the parts where she talks about meeting Bradley Cooper) ...

Why do some people heal while others do not Caroline Myss has studied this question for many years working with hundreds of people & motivating them to examine their souls & change their lives Now in Why People Don't Heal & How They Can Dr Myss builds on her earlier teaching to reveal the cultural & individual contexts in which people become physically & spiritually ill With her practical approach to healing readers will learn to overcome the mental & emotional blocks to becoming well Why People Don't Heal & How They Can
- Brings together Dr Myss's breakthrough views on energy medicine & the development of human consciousness & spirituality over the ages
- Teaches you how to perceive the seven different energy centres of the body & interpret the spiritual challenges they present
- Provides healing rituals & prayers that will help you to get & stay on the path to wellness Through her characteristic no-nonsense style & high-voltage storytelling Caroline Myss provides non-stop insights & practical advice that will enable you to disconnect from a culture of wounds & reconnect with an inner & outer spiritual energy & purpose


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