Sooth away stress banish pain & share the language of touch with the healing powers of massage What reduces pain enhances athletic performance job efficiency improves the circulation raises immune efficiency promotes the healing of tissues increases the functioning of the skin enhances focus & emotional balance & improves appearance? Right massage! So what are you waiting for? Discover how to knead your way to relaxation & wellness with this fun guide to the art of massage. With the help of numerous step-by-step hands-on photos & illustrations Massage For Dummies 2nd Edition shows you move by move how to harness the healing power of touch. In no time you'll master the basics & learn how to give & receive a therapeutic massage.*25% new & expanded content in this edition* Covers an array of techniques from Swedish to Deep Tissue & sports massage to self-massage* The newest strokes & techniques that can relieve specific painful conditions Hands-on & extremely practical Massage For Dummies 2nd Edition shows you how to integrate massage & its benefits into your everyday life. ...

Set a solid foundation with the new edition of LWWs bestselling pathology text for manual therapists! This cornerstone book of the massage curriculum is the most comprehensive visually appealing & respected title to cover the pathologies that massage therapists must be familiar with. In the fifth edition Ruth Werners A Massage Therapists Guide to Pathology" the focus is on not only explaining the disease but also its applicability & indications in massage therapy. This text offers detailed information on the etiology signs symptoms & treatment of more than 500 diseases & conditions & also helps students discover how massage therapy influences the healing process. Organized by body system the text features case histories in which people living & coping with many of the disease conditions covered in the text share their stories. Key

Features: an enhanced art program featuring illustrations that capture the readers attention & make difficult concepts easier to grasp; a new Conditions at a Glance appendix to provide concise information on an additional 34 diseases; theres also a new table at the end of each disease condition summarizing the benefits risks & options for massage therapy; case histories share stories of people living with conditions covered in the text to draw a real-world connection between the classroom & the clinic; research literacy appendix addresses the need for evidence-based massage therapy; & compare & contrast charts present similar conditions side-by-side to help students discern the differences. This book provides comprehensive yet concise information on the etiology signs symptoms & standard treatment approaches for more than 500 diseases & conditions. At the end of each condition a " Risks Benefits Options" table provides guidance on the implications for massage. For this 5th edition the author has throroughly researched & updated each condition in the text. She has streamlined the information to focus on what is most useful to the massage therapy student while maintaining the friendly & accessible style that this text is known for. Included with each book is a code for access to a host of games exercises quizzes videos & animations all developed or selected by the author."

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In the early 1960s three groups of physicists working independently in different countries stumbled upon an idea that would change physics & fuel one of the greatest races science has ever seen. That idea was the God particle or Higgs boson
- to find it would be to finally understand the origins of mass the last building block of life itself. This is the gripping story of the quest to discover it. Massive" weaves together the personal stories & intense rivalries of the teams of scientists searching for the particle in a tale of grand ambition trans-Atlantic competition clashing egos & occasionally spectacular failures. From the giant particle colliders built to further the hunt to the political fallout of budget blowouts & debates over whether the search might destroy the universe
- & whether the particle even exists at all
- it is an epic story of imagination personal ambition sub-atomic exploration & global significance."


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In the early 1960s three groups of physicists working independently in different countries stumbled upon an idea that would change physics & fuel the imagination of scientists for decades. That idea was the Higgs boson
- to find it would be to finally understand the origins of mass
- the last building block of life itself. Now almost 50 years later that particle has finally been discovered. Award-winning science writer Ian Sample weaves together the personal stories & intense rivalries of the teams of scientists behind the Higgs boson. Massive" is a tale of grand ambition trans-Atlantic competition clashing egos & occasionally spectacular failures. From the giant particle colliders built to further the scientists' quest to the political fallout of budget blowouts debates over whether the search might even destroy the universe to the incredible discovery of the particle itself this is an epic story of imagination personal ambition sub-atomic exploration & global significance. Whichever way you look at it this story is massive."

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Set sail for the read of your life.. . Patrick O' Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Master & Commander is the first of Patrick O' Brian's now famous Aubrey/ Maturin novels regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN & Stephen Maturin who becomes his secretive ship's surgeon & an intelligence agent. It contains all the action & excitement which could possibly be hoped for in a historical novel but it also displays the qualities which have put O' Brian far ahead of any of his competitors: his depiction of the detail of life aboard a Nelsonic man-of-war of weapons food conversation & ambience of the landscape & of the sea. O' Brian's portrayal of each of these is faultless & the sense of period throughout is acute. His power of characterisation is above all masterly. This brilliant historical novel marked the debut of a writer who grew into one of our greatest novelists ever the author of what Alan Judd writing in the Sunday Times has described as 'the most significant extended story since Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time'. ...

Afflicted by classic paranoia the self-styled Master & God sees enemies everywhere. As he vents his suspicions no one is safe. A reluctant hero Gaius Vinius Clodianus is h&-picked for high rank in the Praetorian Guard a brave man striving for decency in a world of corruption & deceit. Flavia Lucilla tending the privileged women at court hears the intimate secrets of a ruler who plays with the lives of his subjects as if he were indeed a careless god. In the dark shadow of Domitian's reign Clodianus & Lucilla play out their own complex tale of resilience friendship & love. Unwilling witnesses to Domitian's descent into insanity these ordinary people must choose between their sworn duty to protect the Emperor & an act of courage that will change the future of Rome. ...

In a book of unprecedented scope--now available in a larger format--Iain Mc Gilchrist presents a fascinating exploration of the differences between the brains left & right hemispheres & how those differences have affected society history & culture. Mc Gilchrist draws on a vast body of recent research in neuroscience & psychology to reveal that the difference is profound: the left hemisphere is detail oriented while the right has greater breadth flexibility & generosity. Mc Gilchrist then takes the reader on a journey through the history of Western culture illustrating the tension between these two worlds as revealed in the thought & belief of thinkers & artists from Aeschylus to Magritte.A landmark new book.... It tells a story you need to hear of where we live now."--Bryan Appleyard " Sunday Times""A very remarkable book.... Mc Gilchrist who is both an experienced psychiatrist & a shrewd philosopher looks at the relation between our two brain-hemispheres in a new light not just as an interesting neurological problem but as a crucial shaping factor in our culture... splendidly thought-provoking.... I couldnt put it down."--Mary Midgley " The Guardian" Named one of the best books of 2010 by " The Guardian"" ...

Moscow 1929: a city that has lost its way amid corruption & fear inhabited by people who have abandoned their morals & forsaken spirituality. But when a mysterious stranger arrives in town with a bizarre entourage that

Includes:: a giant talking cat & a fanged assassin all hell breaks loose. Among those caught up in the strange & inexplicable events that transpire in the capital are the Master a writer whose life has been destroyed by Soviet repression & his beloved Margarita. Their adventures reveal a story that began two thousand years ago in ancient Jerusalem
- & its resolution will decide their fate. Considered one of the finest creations of Russian literature in the 20th century The Master & Margarita is an amazing work of fantasy a love story a biting satire on Soviet life & a lot more. Mikhail Bulgakovs last book & crowning achievement it has been written in secrecy burned & restored & banned for decades. Its author who worked on it until his final days never saw it in print. This new translation faithfully reproduces the style & idiomatic flow of the text so that English-speaking audiences may fully enjoy Bulgakovs masterpiece.


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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WILL SELF. The devil makes a personal appearance in Moscow accompanied by various demons including a naked girl & a huge black cat. When he leaves the asylums are full & the forces of law & order in disarray. Only the Master a man devoted to truth & Margarita the woman he loves can resist the devil's onslaught. ...

Mikhail Bulgakovs The Master & Margarita" is a fiercely satirical fantasy that remained unpublished in its authors home country for over thirty years. This " Penguin Classics" edition is translated with an introduction by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky the acclaimed translators of Tolstoys Anna Karenina. In Soviet Moscow God is dead but the devil
- to say nothing of his retinue of demons from a loudmouthed gun-toting tomcat to the fanged fallen angel Koroviev
- is very much alive. As death & destruction spread through the city like wildfire condemning Moscows cultural elite to prison cells & body bags only a madman the " Master & Margarita" his beautiful courageous lover can hope to end the chaos. Written in secret during the darkest days of Stalins reign & circulated in samizdat form for decades when " The Master & the Margarita" was finally published it became an overnight literary phenomenon signalling artistic freedom for Russians everywhere. This luminous translation from the complete & unabridged Russian text is accompanied by an introduction by Richard Pevear exploring the extraordinary circumstances of the novels composition & publication & how Bulgakov drew on carnivalesque folk traditions to create his ironic subversion of Soviet propaganda. This edition also contains a list of further reading & a note on the text. After finishing high school Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) entered the Medical School of Kiev University graduating in 1916. He wrote about his experiences as a doctor in his early works " Notes of a Young Country Doctor". His later works treated the subject of the artist & the tyrant under the guise of historical characters but " The Master & Margarita" is generally considered his masterpiece. If you enjoyed " The Master & Margarita" you might like Jonathan Swifts " Gullivers Travels" also available in " Penguin Classics". " One of the great novels of the 20th century a scary darkly comic allegory". (" Daily Telegraph")."

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