How to Lift Depression]]is the most startling stimulating & uplifting book about depression ever written. It explains in a straightforward way why worrying about things going wrong in your life unbalances the sleep cycle & leads to exhaustion & lack of motivation & therefore the sense that life is meaningful. ...

How to get on well with people how to deal with violence how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92) who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought & experience unlike anything written before. Into these essays he put whatever was in his head: his tastes in wine & food his childhood memories the way his dogs ears twitched when it was dreaming events in the appalling civil wars raging around him. The Essays was an instant bestseller & over four hundred years later readers still come to him in search of companionship wisdom & entertainment
- & in search of themselves. This first full biography of Montaigne in English for nearly fifty years relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed & the answers he explored.
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This inspirational yet practical book proves that small spaces can be both inclusive & flexible which is perfectly in tune with the relaxed & informal way we want to live now. Part One Making the Most of Small Spaces discusses how design & spatial planning are the key to maximizing space as every square metre counts. Decoration & Furnishing discusses how to adopt various strategies to make your space look & feel larger from creative use of colours & textures to lighting & furniture. The ultimate way to enhance a small space is to physically make it bigger; Branching Out discusses the ways in which this can be done from conversions to extensions. Part Two Area by Area Solutions presents a room by room breakdown demonstrating space-saving ideas storage solutions & strategies for compact layouts specific to each room. From kitchens bedrooms & bathrooms to small gardens & second homes each chapter is full of intelligent functional & sometimes quirky ways in which to make the most of living space. Finally international case studies demonstrate how good design principles have been applied in real terms. ...

Off-grid: a place building or person without mains water or power. Static or mobile
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Which of us in the presence of a painting has not felt that we lack the keys to decipher it? We feel an emotional response but the work still seems to evade our understanding. Francoise Barbe-Gall combines a nuanced understanding of the way viewers respond to paintings with a rich knowledge of their context & circumstances of their creation. The result is like a tour of an extraordinary museum in the company of a gentle yet authoritative guide. A fascinating range of works are grouped in six thought-provoking chapters that examine our different responses to the ways in which paintings define reality. The author takes as her point of departure the impressions that we all feel when confronted by a canvas & takes us on a voyage of discovery fired by her own passionate enthusiasm for the subject. What is the painting's relationship with the real world? Has the artist idealized nature or distorted it? Did they want to shock the viewer or provide consolation? With a clear approach & straightforward yet subtle analysis the meaning of each work slowly becomes clear. From Raphael's penetrating character study of Castiglione through Hopper's cinematic take on the wee small hours of the morning Barbe-Gall begins by covering a number of ostensibly realistic works made from the stuff of everyday life. Going in quite the other direction she then looks at the way paintings can express moments of heightened reality from the perfection of Boticelli's Primavera to the arresting glance of Vermeer's Girl with the Pearl Earring. She discusses paintings that distort the visible world (Parmigianino's Madonna with an improbably long neck Dali's melting clocks) & those that sow confusion to make us pay closer attention to the real world (Cezanne's depiction of a forest glade a mysterious fifteenth century altarpiece). Questions of history style iconography & composition are dealt in context of the paintings she discusses. Lavishly illustrated & featuring thirty-six fascinating works from Raphael to Rothko Breughel to Bacon this is also a magnificent art book. ...

This easy-to-follow guide shows how you can achieve that flawless & pretty look but stay natural & real at the same time. This book will show you how to:
- Look after your skin so that it looks healthy & beautiful
- Apply your foundation perfectly to contour your face
- Emphasise your eyes for a natural or a smokey evening look
- Choose your lip colour & apply your lipstick
- Match your make-up to your prom dress or party clothes It also

Includes:: make-up tips & must-haves for your handbag. Author Emily says: I have written this book to teach you the art of applying perfect makeup & to help you create the right look for you your skin & most importantly your age.






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This book shows you how to attract birds to your garden by creating nesting sites & feeding stations illustrated with 380 photographs. It also shows how to encourage birds to your garden with instructions for making feeders tables birdbaths nest boxes shelves & roosts from simple wooden designs hanging from trees to ornamental & decorative birdhouses mounted on posts. It explains what to feed garden birds from seeds grains & live food to fruits nuts & fat balls & suggests the best places to position your feeders & boxes. Each project is presented in step-by-step detail with a photograph of the finished structure & a list of the typical visitors that it may attract. Birds are a joy in the garden not only for their beauty & birdsong but also because they eat many harmful garden pests. To encourage birds to set up home you also need to provide nest boxes making sure you choose the right type for the birds you want to attract. This book contains over 40 inspirational ideas from simple tables birdbaths & nest boxes to more complex ornamental birdhouses & roosts that will both enhance your garden & attract a range of bird species. With its easy-to-follow instructions & 380 photographs this book is a must for everyone who wants to help their local feathered community. ...

Cooking can be fun & easy! Follow these simple photographic instructions to learn how to make a delicious healthy pizza. * Lilac/ Band 0 books wordless that tell a story through pictures & are designed to develop understanding about how stories work. * Text type: A wordless instruction text. * Ideas for guided reading at the back of the book provide practical support & stimulating activities. * Curriculum links: Physical Development ...

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-11 edited by Cliff Moon. Top childrens authors & illustrators have created fiction & non-fiction books that your children will love to read banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book. * Orange/ Band 6 books offer varied text & characters with action sustained over several pages. * Text type
- An information text. * A wordless flow-chart on pages 22 & 23 summarises the process & helps children remember the sequence of events. * Curriculum links
- Design & Technology: Investigating & using materials different joining techniques; Science: Structures; RE: Celebrations. * This book is paired with a story on a similar theme: Arthurs Fantastic Party by Joseph Theobald.

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