The English language can be extremely confusing & illogical especially for people with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who interpret meaning in a very literal way. Why should an announcement that cats & dogs are falling from the sky indicate heavy rain? & what have chickens got to do with being a coward? It's Raining Cats & Dogs" is a witty & stylish insight into the mind of someone with an ASD. It beautifully illustrates why people with ASDs have problems understanding common phrases & idioms that others accept unquestioningly as part of everyday speech. The quirky drawings will entertain & inspire those on the spectrum giving them the confidence to recognise figures of speech feel less alienated & even use idioms themselves. The drawings will form instantly memorable references for those with ASDs to recall whenever they need to & will be helpful for anyone curious to understand the ASD way of thinking. They will enable people on the spectrum & their friends families teachers & colleagues to better understand & communicate with each other." ...

Dan & Sally Oliver & their friend Chloe Hennessey are lucky to be alive. Three years on after surviving one of the world's biggest natural disasters
- the Boxing Day tsunami
- their lives have changed dramatically. Dan & Sally are now parents. Dan is enjoying being a stay-at-home father taking care of their young son & Sally is the bread winner & loves her job as a partner in a Manchester law firm. The arrangement has so far worked well but when Dan starts to question whether Sally has got her priorities right the cracks in their marriage begin to appear. Dan & Sally have everything Chloe wishes for in life
- a happy marriage & a beautiful child. Dumped by her long term boyfriend just weeks after the tsunami she's been on a mission ever since to find the perfect father for the child she craves. When she meets Seth Hawthorne she thinks she may have hit the jackpot. But is Seth the man she thinks he is?


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When pharmaceutical scientist Dr David Hamilton observed the results of tests on new drugs he noticed that patients receiving the control placebo pills reported the same level of improvement as people receiving the actual drug. Seeing this result repeat itself time & time again he became fascinated by the mind-body connection & started to research the work of scientists mystics & healers working in this field. The result is this ground-breaking book in which Dr Hamilton explains how the mind & emotions can influence the wellbeing of our body & even the structure of our DNA. In this edition of David's influential book he has added information from recent scientific studies & the latest extraordinary evidence about: the physical impact of meditation on the body; why sending thoughts of healing to a person helps them to heal; how the power of love impacts the growth of cells in the body; & how our thoughts & feelings affect how quickly we heal. ...

If you're reading these words chances are that you like me are a fan of the great sport we call MMA. & if you're a fan then you probably recognize my face. Yeah that's right-I'm that guy you see at every UFC match spinning around & roaring into the microphone & getting up in fighters' grills. Okay so I might not be the most subtle or refined announcer in the business. But I hope I communicate my passion for the sport in a way no other announcer does. I'll say it again: Passion. Because that's what this book is about. In these pages I want to tell you about the passion that first led me to bet everything on this sport of ours way back when MMA was outlawed in half the country & there wasn't a dime to be made on it. I want to tell you how that passion all started with my larger-than-life father a former Marine Drill Sergeant who by the time I was ten had taught me to play poker & blackjack field-strip a Luger pistol blindfolded & recite poetry. He was a man who thought nothing of confronting a group of thugs armed with nothing but his fists-and who expected the same strength & honor from his sons. I want to take you inside the incredible brotherhood that makes up the UFC as nobody ever has before to tell you about the bond we all share & the crazy times I've had over the years with guys like Randy Couture Tito Ortiz Chuck Liddell BJ Penn & Jon Bones" Jones. I want to give you my Octagon-side insights on many of the big fights you remember & just maybe to tell you about a few memorable fights that took place outside of the octagon too-from my own sparring match with a youngster named Royce Gracie back before the phrase " Mixed Martial Arts" even existed to some other brawls you might've heard about. & I want to tell you about the remarkable late-life meeting with the celebrity brother I never knew I had-a brother whose existence my parents had never once breathed a word about!-that helped inspire me to chase my own dreams of standing up in the Octagon. Surprising stuff from the guy in the fancy tux right? & that's just the start. There's a lot you don't know about me yet. & now...IT'S TIME! I told you." ...

Will Holly find love in the city where dreams are made? Fielding calls from disgruntled customers on a crispbread telesales careline isn't exactly where Holly Collins saw herself in life. Living in a shoebox flat & working in a windowless building on an outer London industrial estate were never quite what she'd had in mind. So when Holly is picked from obscurity to take part in Street Scout a television series on the hunt for fashion's next big model life finally seems to be taking a turn for the better for the happy-go-lucky twenty-something. Surely this is her big moment? But Holly knows only too well that dreams are just that & when it feels like everything
- & everybody
- is conspiring against her Holly heads for New York with her best friend Meg. The magic of Manhattan has Holly in its grasp: strutting down 5th Avenue & drinking two too many cosmopolitans taking romantic carriage rides in Central Park & standing at the top of the Empire State building she can scarcely believe how far away the real world seems. But when Holly is faced with the biggest decision of her life can she make the fairy tale become a reality?

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Tried without success to learn Italian before? Cant find a learning style that suits you? Collins has teamed up with international best-selling author & inventor of Mind Maps (R) Tony Buzan to revolutionise the way language is learnt
- forever. Collins Language Revolution is: Flexible
- Whether you are a visual auditory or tactile learner you can learn in the way that works best for you with audio & online. Fun & easy
- All you need is your imagination a sense of humour & coloured pens. It works
- Mind Maps (R) are a system proven to successfully unlock your brains potential for learning & memory & are used by many of the worlds most successful politicians business leaders & educators.



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Lonely Planets Fast Talk" series provides you with all the basics for a short trip or weekend away in a practical pocket-sized format making sure your stay is fun easy & hassle free. This title features a food section with market & restaurant language plus quick menu decoder to indulge in local cuisine. It offers phrases to get you to tourist attractions in & out of the city. It also features browsing bargaining & buying language to make your shopping a success." ...

Towards the end of 1831 the authorities unearthed a series of crimes at Number 3 Nova Scotia Gardens in East London that appeared to echo the notorious Burke & Hare killings in Edinburgh three years earlier. After a long investigation three bodysnatchers were put on trial for supplying the anatomy schools of London with suspiciously fresh bodies for dissection. They later became known as The London Burkers & their story was dubbed The Italian Boy case. The furore which led directly to the passing of controversial legislation which marked the beginning of the end of body snatching in Britain. In The Italian Boy Sarah Wise not only investigates the case of the London Burkers but also by making use of an incredibly rich archival store the lives of ordinary lower-class Londoners. Here is a window on the lives of the poor
- a window that is opaque in places shattered in others but which provides an unprecedented view of low-life London in the 1830s.
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Katie has travelled the rice fields of Italy's northern provinces & the lemon groves of the south the richly diverse urban & rural terrains & patchwork regions. She has collated recipes techniques & ingredients to create this unique compendium of Italian food. The Italian Cookery Course will guide you through the vast collection of famous recipes & lesser-known regional dishes with clear instruction on how to replicate them at home. The book is broken down into straightforward chapters including ' Meat' ' Fish' ' Dolci' & ' Cheese'. Each chapter contains 'masterclasses' on technique revealing the practical secrets of Italian cooking & giving the reader new confidence in the kitchen. All this is interwoven with fascinating narration about the culinary influences that have created this wonderful cuisine. ...

Meticulously selected & artfully recreated the selection of stories in Italian is vast & ranges geographically from Corsica & Sicily to Venice & the Alps. Calvino is himself clearly captivated by the folkloric imagination & communicates this in what is a fascinating & rich addition to folk literature. ...