Presents more than fifty simple practices readers can do each day to wire the brain for increased happiness positive thinking & wisdom. Written by Rick Hanson author of Buddhas Brain" this pocket-sized book helps readers reap the benefits of meditation through simple five to ten-minute practices they can access anytime anywhere. Building on the success of " Buddhas Brain" each practice is grounded in neuroscience & positive psychology. The book offers information on why the practice is important & how it works guidance for performing the practice & additional resources readers can use to delve deeper into that particular type of practice. Some of the practices encourage readers to focus on gratitude for what they have while others offer guidance for taking refuge & slowing down in stressful times. All of the practices are designed to gradually change the way readers process their emotions & create new neural pathways for greater happiness & fulfillment." ...

A coming of age story about self-discovery & independence from the Queen of Tween Jean Ure. Ive always been the quiet one in my dramatic family. Not a drama queen or a genius composer or a twin but Just Peachy. Mum says Ive got my own thing going on...I just wish I knew what that was! When I decide I want to attend Sacred Heart school rather than Summerville where my family have always gone everyone finally stops to listen! Stepping out on my own is scary but I need space to find out who I am & what Im good at. A new novel from Jean Ure about a girl trying to find who she really is
- & maybe a friend along the way...
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The new blockbuster from one of the world's greatest storytellers continues where Unexpected Blessings left off in the latest act of the amazing Harte family story... Love passion duty & honour collide as the members of this extraordinary dynasty try to protect their family name at all costs. Linnet O' Neill heir apparent to Emma Harte & all she created is determined to bring the Harte empire into the twenty-first century. But she & her mother Paula head of the dynasty lock horns. When Paula falls dangerously ill Linnet is suddenly alone at the helm just as her great-grandmother Emma once was. Linnet finds herself following in the footsteps of the original woman of substance as she battles to save what Emma created
- upsetting her sister Tessa who believes herself to be the rightful heir in the process. Meanwhile Emma's American great-granddaughter Evan faces her own headache. Her adopted sister Angharad is making trouble in the family latching on to Jonathan Ainsley
- deadly enemy of the Hartes
- & so putting them all in danger. & when grief & heartbreak strike the family all of Emma's great-granddaughters are tested to the limit as the extraordinary story of the Harte family takes another astonishing turn.. .


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One snowy Christmas eve the king buys some soft red cloth to make a cloak for the princess
- little does he know that the left-over
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From Orlando Figes international bestselling author of A Peoples Tragedy" " Just Send Me Word" is the moving true story of two young Russians whose love survived Stalins Gulag. Lev & Svetlana kept apart for fourteen years by the Second World War & the Gulag stayed true to each other & exchanged thousands of secret letters as Lev battled to survive in Stalins camps. Using this remarkable cache of smuggled correspondence Orlando Figes tells the tale of two incredible people who swept along in the very worst of times kept their devotion alive. Orlando Figes was granted exclusive access to the thousands of letters between Lev & Sveta that form the foundation of Just Send Me Word & he was able to interview the couple in person then in their nineties. These real-time & largely uncensored letters form the largest cache of Gulag letters ever found. Reviews: " One is overcome with admiration for the kindness bravery & generosity of people in terrible peril... It is impossible to read without shedding tears". (Simon Sebag Montefiore " Financial Times"). " This powerful narrative by a distinguished historian will take its place not just in history but in literature". (Robert Massie). " Electrifying passionate devoted despairing exhilarating...a tale of hope resilience grit & love". (" The Times"). " Moving...a remarkable discovery". (Max Hastings " Sunday Times"). " The gulag story lacks individuals for us to sympathise with: a Primo Levi an Anne Frank or even an Oskar Schindler. " Just Send Me Word" may well be the book to change that". (Oliver Bullough " Independent"). " Immensely touching...a heartening gem of a book". (Anna Reid " Literary Review"). " The remarkable true story of a love affair between two Soviet citizens...as much a literary challenge as a historical one: the book can be read as a non-fiction novel". (" Telegraph"). " Remarkable... Figes selecting & then interpreting this mass of letters makes them tell two kinds of story. The first is a uniquely detailed narrative of the gulag of the callous slatternly universe which consumed millions of lives... The second is about two people determined not to lose each other". (Neal Ascherson " Guardian"). "A quiet moving & memorable account of life in a totalitarian state.. . The book often reads like a novel...captivating". (" Evening Standard"). " Orlando Figes has wrought something beautiful from dark times". (Ian Thomson " Observer"). "A heart-rending record of extraordinary human endurance". (" Kirkus Reviews"). "A remarkable tale of love & devotion during the worst years of the USSR... Figes fine narrative pacing enhances this moving memorable story". (" Publishers Weekly"). About the author: Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College University of London. He is the author of " Peasant Russia" " Civil War" "A Peoples Tragedy" " Natashas Dance" " The Whisperers" & " Crimea". He lives in Cambridge & London. His books have been translated into over twenty languages." ...

MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE WE WELCOMED THE FIRST STRANGERS INTO OUR HOME. I now feel qualified to comment on our experience & include information that we would have found helpful when we took what seemed at the time quite a brave step. My husband spent all his working life in the hospitality industry & we first met whilst studying hotel & catering management at the same college back in the late 50s. Now nominally retired we have gone full circle
- back to serving meals & making beds
- & enjoying it more than ever! The difference between then & now is that we fill our empty bedrooms with guests as a pleasure rather than solely through financial necessity. Tolerance flexibility & a sense of humour have been needed on occasions but our guests have been absolutely great & since starting our business our faith in humanity has soared. Read Helens book for guidance on:
- DOING YOUR INITIAL RESEARCH
- COMPLYING WITH THE LAW
- PREPARING THE ROOMS
- LOOKING AFTER YOUR GUESTS
- MARKETING YOUR B&B
- PRICING & BOOK KEEPING"







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How did a single 'genesis event' create billions of galaxies black holes stars & planets? How did atoms assemble -- here on Earth & perhaps on other worlds -- into living beings intricate enough to ponder their origins? This book describes the recent avalanche of discoveries about the universe's fundamental laws & the deep connections that exist between stars & atoms -- the cosmos & the microscopic world. Just six numbers imprinted in the 'big bang' determine the essence of our world & this book devotes one chapter to explaining each. ...

These witty stories were originally told by Rudyard Kipling to his own children. In them he gives fanciful accounts of how & why things came to be as they are. Generations of children have delighted to learn how the Leopard got his spots how the Elephant's Child on the banks of the great grey-green Limpopo acquired his trunk with the help of the Crocodile & the beginning of the Armadillos. ...

Kipling began these stories in Vermont to amuse his daughter when they were living in his wifes home town. The comic explanations such as how the camel got his hump" & "how the whale got his throat" are complemented by the authors illustrations with their extensive & ridiculous captions." ...

This book

Includes:: an introduction by Philip Pullman. Have you ever wondered how the leopard got his spots?

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