Family comedy-drama starring Joan Allen as Terry Wolfmeyer, an affluent & sharp-witted suburban Detroit wife & mother who goes from a paragon of sweetness to a volcano of rage in the wake of her husband's desertion; he has apparently jetted off to Sweden with his Swedish secretary. Barely holding it together for her four daughters, Terry fitfully adjusts to his absence, while trying to avoid romantic involvement with her neighbour Denny Davies (Kevin Costner), a retired baseball player & radio personality who shares her love of the all-day cocktail hour. ...

Behavioral economist & New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely returns to offer a much-needed take on the irrational decisions that influence our dating lives, our workplace experiences, & our general behaviour, up close & personal. In The Upside of Irrationality, behavioral economist Dan Ariely will explore the many ways in which our behaviour often leads us astray in terms of our romantic relationships, our experiences in the workplace, & our temptations to cheat. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms & other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities. Among the topics Dan explores are: * What we think will make us happy & what really makes us happy; * How we learn to love the ones we are with; * Why online dating doesn't work, & how we can improve on it; * Why learning more about people make us like them less; * Why large bonuses can make CEOs less productive; * How to really motivate people at work; * Why bad directions can help us; * How we fall in love with our ideas; * How we are motivated by revenge; & * What motivates us to cheat. Drawing on the same experimental methods that made Predictably Irrational such a hit, Dan will emphasize the important role that irrationality plays in our day-to-day decisionmaking-not just in our financial marketplace, but in the most hidden aspects of our lives. ...

Thousands of backyard poultry keepers are springing up all over the country, experiencing afresh the joys of their first hen, their first egg, their first happy chuckle in the morning garden. Keeping poultry in the city brings with it not only joys but responsibilities. The Urban Hen is the perfect companion for the city poultry keeper & shows you how to maintain a happy, healthy garden or backyard flock in towns & cities everywhere. In this book you'll discover how to: ï ½ Find the best poultry for the small garden
- & how to house them properly ï ½ Feed your birds, tune in to their daily needs & enjoy your own eggs ï ½ Avoid annoying the neighbours by showing that it is possible to keep poultry without attracting unwelcome pests ï ½ Recognise healthy happy birds & learn their daily routine ï ½ Recognise poorly hens
- & how to treat them or get help ï ½ Incubate & care for fertilised eggs & raise chicks

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This ultimate city gardener's guide to growing, harvesting & cooking

Includes:: lots of fantastic tips & more

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Provide the most safe & beautiful environments for insects like our precious bees, in this stunning book on Urban Wildlife!

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This is a new edition of this popular title, which provides a fantastic reference point for students studying for their SAT's & GCSE's in Physics, Chemistry & Biology. It is split into three sections, each covering the key aspects of the curriculum for Physics, Biology & Chemistry, & including important charts, tables & lists. It is brightly & clearly illustrated. It is also internet-linked to further online educational resources through the Usborne Quicklinks website. ...

This atlas introduces the basics of geography & mapping whilst facilitating the understanding of the relationship between countries & continents. A wealth of colourful maps, facts, diagrams & photographs introduce the continents & countries of the world & their peoples, physical geography & characteristics. ...

Help your child through the first stages of reading with this useful pack!
Includes:: • 8 levelled storybooks to share
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'I decided to talk to women about their vaginas, to do vagina interviews, which became vagina monologues.. . At first women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy. But once they got going, you couldn't stop them. Women secretly love to talk about their vaginas. They get very excited, mainly because no one has ever asked them before.' Eve Ensler A poignant & hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity & mystery. Hailed as the bible for a new generation of women, it has been performed in cities & colleges throughout the world, & has inspired a dynamic grassroots movement -- V-Day -- to stop violence against women. Read here by the author herself, it is witty & irreverent, compassionate & wise, & Eve Ensler's award-winning masterpiece gives voice to real women's deepest fantasies & fears, guaranteeing that no one who listens to it will ever look at a woman's body, or think of sex, in quite the same way again. ...

Details: The vampire love triangle that spawned hundreds of thousands of fans-and inspired a major new dramatisation shown
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