For thousands of years people have been fascinated by birds, & today that fascination is still growing. In 2007 bird-watching is one of the most popular pastimes, not just in Britain, but throughout the world, & the range of interest runs from the specialist to the beginner. In The Wisdom of Birds, Birkhead takes the reader on a journey that not only tells us about the extraordinary lives of birds
- from conception & egg, through territory & song, to migration & fully fledged breeder
- but also shows how, over centuries, we have overcome superstition & untested 'truths' to know what we know, & how recent some of that knowledge is. It was only in the nineteenth century that the ancient belief that swallows hibernated under water (!) finally gave way to general acceptance of the facts of migration. In the same century of dazzling experimental science, even Darwin chose not to dwell on the sexual promiscuity of female birds to spare the blushes of his daughter, who was helping to correct the proofs of The Descent of Man. Conceived for a general audience, & illustrated throughout with more than 100 exquisitely beautiful illustrations, many of them rarely, if ever, seen before, The Wisdom of Birds is a book full of stories, knowledge & unexpected revelations.

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The Wisdom of Compassion offers rare insights into the Dalai Lamas life as he interacts with remarkable people from all walks of life. In these deeply engaging behind-the-scenes stories we see not only the Dalai Lama at his most human, & most humane, but also the way he approaches the world with humour & optimism. As he empathizes with those who are suffering, & demonstrates the tangible benefits of practising forgiveness & compassion, the Dalai Lama reveals the many lessons he has learned, including how: * His collaborations with leading neuroscientists, psychologists, teachers & students from around the world have taught him how to educate the heart; * His inspiring friendship with a blind Irishman, the only person he calls his hero, has taught him how one can overcome adversity; * Through his encounters with illiterate grandmothers learning how to harness solar power for their communities, a beggar girl, & his soulmate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, he has discovered how compassion can be translated into action. Enhanced by the Dalai Lamas seven decades of practice & illuminated through captivating anecdotes, The Wisdom of Compassion can help readers to lead more fulfilling lives. The Dalai Lama also shows how, when we open our hearts & minds to others, we are on the surest path to true happiness. ...

Channel the magical guidance of unicorns & discover their powers of positivity, spiritual healing & general awesomeness.


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Passion & betrayal fuse in this powerful novel of Tudor Engl&. Alys joins the nunnery to escape poverty but finds herself thrown back into the outside world when Henry VIII's wreckers destroy her sanctuary. With nothing but her looks, her magic & her own instinctive cunning. Alys has to tread a perilous path between the faith of her childhood & her own female power. When she falls in love with Hugo, the feudal lord & another woman ...

There are six months left of Emma Reisss twenties...and she has some unfinished business. Emma & her friends are about to turn thirty, & for Emma its a defining moment. Defined, that is, by her having achieved none of the things shed imagined she would. Her career is all wrong, her love life is a desert & that penthouse apartment she pictured herself in simply never materialised. Moreover, shes never jumped out of a plane, hasnt met the man shes going to marry, has never slept under the stars, or snogged anyone famous
- just some of the aspirations on a list she & her friends compiled fifteen years ago. As an endless round of birthday parties sees Emma hurtle towards her own thirtieth, she sets about addressing these issues. But, as she discovers with hilarious consequences, some of them are trickier to tick off than shed thought?
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Whizz off on three magical adventures in one bumper illustrated book from the world’s best-loved children’s author, Enid Blyton.

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Little Brown Mouse & Little Grey Mouse are the very best of friends. When, one night, they see a sparkling

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When her unfaithful husb&, Craig, dies in a car accident, shortly after moving out of the family home, Laura Wells decides to leave Australia & go back to her native Lancashire to help nurse her ailing mother.

After all, Laura’s two children, Ryan & Deb, are grown up now, & Deb has made it plain that she holder her mother responsible for her father’s desertion & death.

Laura has an uphill struggle to face as she starts to rebuild her life. Desperate to find a job & a place to live, a simple wish at a wishing well leads her to Kit Mallinder – a man in heed of a live-in housekeeper.

Kit is a former journalist, who is convalescing after a car accident & he’s still finding it hard to come to terms with a slight disability that prevents him from running or leading an active life.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781788636162
• Author: Anna Jacobs
• Publisher: Canelo
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 357
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm













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Whizz off on three magical adventures in one bumper book from the worlds best-loved childrens 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! Enid Blyton is arguably the most famous childrens 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. ...

When Mollie & Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present, they discover the most extraordinary thing: a chair that can fly

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