Is your workload overwhelming? Does it just keep mounting up while your stress levels reach fever pitch? In Getting Things Done David Allen teaches you how to keep a clear head relax & organise your thoughts while implementing the methods that he has introduced at organisations like Microsoft Lockheed & the US Department of Justice: Learn the 'do it delegate it defer it drop it' principle to empty your in-tray. Handle e-mail paperwork & unexpected demands in a system of self-management. Plan & progress projects. Reasses goals & stay focused. Apply the two minute rule when deciding what to do now & what to defer. Overcome feelings of anxiety & being overwhelmed. With clear & specific methods & advice David Allen's tried & trusted formula for business efficiency could transform the way you operate & your experience of work. ...

In 1996 former Country Living garden editor Miranda Innes decided to change her life completely. Tired of urban living bored of her career out of love with her long-standing partner she & her son spied a romantic ruin in Andalusia amid its own olive groves & made an offer. What happened next
- selling her London house & handing in her notice at the magazine
- was going to be straightforward or so she thought. She had not counted on the sudden emergence of a New Man in her life the plans of Arsenal football ground to purchase her back garden a badly slipped disc & the logistics involved in moving a lifetime's possessions. Nor had she realised what a struggle re-building the house room by room or planting a garden in the hostile terrain of southern Spain would be. But helped by her new husband Dan & an assortment of eccentric locals not least by the worldly wisdom of Juan the builder she made it & over the ensuing four years the house & pool were built & the garden began to take shape. This is the story of how Miranda got to manana of her love affair with Spain & a countryside where 'great jagged peaks range above little fields white villages tumble like sugar cubes down the sides of hills & white houses grow room by room in a puzzle of rectangles topped by corrugated cinnamon-brown terracotta tiles moulded on a man's thigh'. Illustrated throughout with line-drawings by Dan Pearce Getting to Manana is a book to read & treasure.

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The world's bestselling guide to negotiation. Getting to Yes has been in print for over thirty years & in that time has helped millions of people secure win-win agreements both at work & in their private lives. Including principles such as: Don't bargain over positions Separate the people from the problem & Insist on objective criteria Getting to Yes simplifies the whole negotation process offering a highly effective framework that will ensure success. ...

Have you ever wondered how its possible to walk down a street with your thoughts on what youre going to have for lunch? Whats telling your legs to move while your mind is on other things? & how are you reading these words right now? The simple answer: its your brain. By answering these questions & more Getting Your Head Around the Brain is your first stop for understanding human behaviour. It provides intriguing insight into the brains awesome abilities & covers fascinating topics like sensation memory & emotion. Whether youre studying for your psychology degree or whether you just want to learn more about human behaviour Getting Your Head Around the Brain is a fun-&-friendly guide to this mysterious & often misunderstood organ. Key

Features: * no nonsense
- its written in language that you dont need a Ph D to understand; * eye-catching illustrations & cartoons; * fascinating examples throughout. Let this book guide your curiosity for the intricacies & surprises of the brain & the behaviour it produces.


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Gettysburg fought over three days at the beginning of July 1863 is the subject of the third of Mark Adkins magisterial Battle Companions which have been universally acclaimed as definitive works distinguished by their superb illustrations completeness & attention to detail. The Gettysburg Companion is the complete guide to the greatest & most decisive battle of the American Civil War. Adkins unique approach to the events of July 1-3 1863 is what sets it apart from the plethora of rival accounts. The text does far more than simply describe the events of the battle instead acting as a comprehensive guide to the armies their weapons equipment & tactics the plans & problems of the rival commanders
- not only during the three-day battle but before & afterwards
- as well as including a detailed study of the ground over which the battle was fought. Divided into twelve sections & illustrated throughout this 500-page large format book presents its impressive array of technical data statistics & information on military procedure in a logical & visually accessible format -with over 70 maps 140 diagrams & illustrations 52 paintings of uniforms & a range of contemporary photographs. In each section Adkin

Includes:: discussion & commentary on a selection of controversies that continue to provoke fierce argument today
- the authors relative impartiality from the history & legacy of the Civil War serving to bolster the credibility of this already authoritative text. The Gettysburg Companion is an absolute must-have for anyone hoping to further their understanding of this seminal moment in US military & political history.




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Culture Smart! Ghana provides essential information on local attitudes beliefs & behaviour. This concise guide will tell you what to expect & how to behave. This inside knowledge will enable you to avoid embarrassing faux pas feel confident in unfamiliar situations & develop trust friendships & successful relationships. Culture Smart! provides rare insights & practical guidance into cultures. The values behaviour & customs of peoples have been formed over centuries which is why the unique information in Culture Smart! guides do not date in the same way as ordinary travel guides. Culture Smart! enables you to step into a world untouched by other guidebooks. ...

A stunning novel spanning generations & continents Ghana Must Go by rising star Taiye Selasi is a tale of family drama & forgiveness ...

1929. A girl is strangled in a London alley the mangled corpse of a peeping Tom is found in a railway tunnel & the details of the latest trunk murder are updated hourly in the evening papers. Into this world steps Dora Strang doctors daughter & filing clerk to the countrys pre-eminent pathologist Alfred Kemble. Thrilled by the post-mortems & court cases Dora is further fascinated by Kemble himself a glamorous & enigmatic war hero. But her job holds several surprises & as things take a distinctly ghastly turn the tabloid journalists sharpen their pencils in morbid anticipation... ...

When Spurs legend John White was killed by a bolt of lightning in 1964 the football world was rocked by the tragedy. He was just 27 years of age. Nicknamed the Ghost for the way that he could drift into space undetected White played an inspirational role in the great double-winning Tottenham Hotspur side of the early 1960s. Every fan has a story about him. When White died his son Rob was only six months old & so never knew his father. The man who was revered by hundreds of thousands of football fans across the country was a stranger to him. Beyond the grainy Cup Final footage & yellowed newspaper articles there was so much Rob didnt know questions he had never had an opportunity to ask. To find answers he set out to speak to Whites former teammates his family & followers & built up a touching portrait of a gifted young footballer & of a lost era. Had John lived he could have been one of the greatest footballers of all time
- Jimmy Greaves. With a new afterword for the paperback.
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Sarah finds herself responsible for freeing the soul of a frustrated ghost who will punish her severely if she fails. Everything depends on her unlocking the strange silver box that appeared in her room one night. But will freeing the ghost turn out to be a huge mistake? & why is Matt her weird Goth stepbrother so interested in the box? Supernatural tale that will make readers want to leave the light on
- A cracking ghost story.
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