Want to sleep better, work better & feel better in yourself? Well, this guide will help create the best personal routine for you, using the science of the body clock… Nowadays, we increasingly push our daily routines into the night, carrying out work, exercise & our social lives long after dark. But we have forgotten that our bodies are governed by a 24-hour biological clock which guides us towards the best time to sleep, eat & think. Using personal studies, as well as insights from an international community of sleep scientists & biologists studying circadian rhythms, Professor Russell Foster illustrates the sur-prising effects the time of day can have on our health. Enjoy this fascinating & surprising journey through the science of our body clocks & understand how it can revolutionise your sleep & health today!   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780241529317 •†Author:†  Russell Foster •†Publisher:†  Penguin Life •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 480 •†Dimensions:† 12.9 x 2... ...

Stay organised in 2013 with this great Life Underwater themed 30cm x 30cm calendar & A5 week to view diary set with plenty of space to write down birthdays, anniversaries & other important dates as well as selected public holidays & religious celebrations. ...

The young painter Francoise Gilot met Picasso in a Parisian cafe when he was 62. During the next ten years they were lovers, worked together & had two children, Claude & Paloma. In an account filled with intimate revelations, the author paints a portrait of her turbulent life with Picasso. ...

Like most people in London in the impoverished 1920s, Joan Baldwin has her crosses to bear. Her biggest one by far is her husband: a good-for-nothing drinker & gambler, but one day he perishes in a fire of his own drunken making & Joan is set free. As a maid, her talents at sewing are noticed & encouraged & when her kindly employer dies leaving her ?200, she takes another plunge
- setting up Distinct Designs, which soon becomes a thriving fashion establishment. But will she ever be successful in love? When she meets Eric Roussel, a charismatic businessman it looks like happiness will finally be hers. Is he everything he's cracked up to be? With an exotic, foreign background, he's certainly different. Just how different is something that Joan is only just beginning to learn...
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Argues that progress & increasing complexity are not inevitable features of the evolution of life on Earth. This book states that if we wish to see grandeur in life, we must discard our selfish & anthropocentric view of evolution & learn to see it as Darwin did, as the unfathomably rich source of 'endless forms most beautiful & wonderful'. ...

This gem of a memoir was first published in hardback in November 2006. Two printings sold out in a year to critical acclaim. Born in Hatfield but raised in Eire & educated at Eton & Cranwell, 1940 found Tim Vigors flying Spitfires & seeing frantic & distinguished service over Dunkirk & then during the dangerous days of The Battle of Britain, when he became an ace. Transferred to the Far East in January 1941 as a flight commander on 10th December he led a flight of Buffaloes to cover the sinking Prince of Wales & Repulse. Dramatically shot down, burnt & attacked on his parachute, he was evacuated to Java, & from there to India. & this is where his h&-written account ends. Throughout, the author describes his experiences in an honest, refreshing way. It is a fascinating & valuable record, one which is now regarded as a classic. The book has 320 pages & measures at 23.8 x 15.6 x 3.4 cms ...

This text seeks to act as a "map" to guide people through their everyday lives & help them retain their individuality while co-operating in joint endeavours. It also explores the nature of competition & sportsmanship, of humour in relation to health, & of change & how to cope with it. ...

A collection of reflections on three things that make us human
- our longing to know the meaning of life, our capacity for love,
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In  Life, the Universe & Everything, the third title in Douglas Adams' blockbusting sci-fi comedy series, The Hitchhiker's

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Discover awesome Life-Size  Bugs across giant fold-out pages.

How big is a giant African land snail? How did the banana

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