Rudy Baylor is a newly qualified lawyer: he has one case & one case alone to save himself from his mounting debts. His case is against a giant insurance company which could have saved a young man's life but instead refused to pay the claim until it was too late. The settlement could be worth millions of dollars but there is one problem: Rudy has never argued a case in court before & he's up against the most expensive lawyers that money can buy. ...

Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Glass half-full or half-empty? Do you look on the bright side or turn towards the dark? These are easy questions for most of us to answer because our personality types are hard-wired into our brains. As pioneering psychologist & neuroscientist Elaine Fox has discovered our outlook on life reflects our primal inclination to seek pleasure or avoid danger--inclinations that in many people are healthily balanced. But when our fear brain or pleasure brain is too strong the results can be disastrous as those of us suffering from debilitating shyness addiction depression or anxiety know all too well. Luckily anyone suffering from these afflictions has reason to hope. stunning breakthroughs in neuroscience show that our brains are more malleable than we ever imagined. In Rainy Brain Sunny Brain Fox describes a range of techniques--from traditional cognitive behavioural therapy to innovative cognitive bias retraining exercises--that can actually alter our brains circuitry strengthening specific thought processes by exercising the neural systems that control them. The implications are enormous: lifelong pessimists can train themselves to think positively & find happiness while pleasure-seekers inclined toward risky or destructive behavior can take control of their lives. Drawing on her own cutting-edge research Fox shows how we can retrain our brains to brighten our lives & learn to flourish. With keen insights into how genes life experiences & cognitive processes interleave together to make us who we are Rainy Brain Sunny Brain revolutionises our basic concept of individuality. We learn that we can influence our own personalities & that our lives are only as sunny or as rainy as we allow them to be. ...

Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Glass half-full or half-empty? Do you look on the bright side or turn towards the dark? These are easy questions for most of us to answer because our personality types are hard-wired into our brains. As pioneering psychologist & neuroscientist Elaine Fox has discovered our outlook on life reflects our primal inclination to seek pleasure or avoid danger-inclinations that in many people are healthily balanced. But when our 'fear brain' or 'pleasure brain' is too strong the results can be disastrous as those of us suffering from debilitating shyness addiction depression or anxiety know all too well. Luckily anyone suffering from these afflictions has reason to hope. stunning breakthroughs in neuroscience show that our brains are more malleable than we ever imagined. In Rainy Brain Sunny Brain Fox describes a range of techniques
- from traditional cognitive behavioural therapy to innovative cognitive bias retraining exercises
- that can actually alter our brains' circuitry strengthening specific thought processes by exercising the neural systems that control them. The implications are enormous: lifelong pessimists can train themselves to think positively & find happiness while pleasure-seekers inclined toward risky or destructive behavior can take control of their lives. Drawing on her own cutting-edge research Fox shows how we can retrain our brains to brighten our lives & learn to flourish. With keen insights into how genes life experiences & cognitive processes interleave together to make us who we are Rainy Brain Sunny Brain revolutionises our basic concept of individuality. We learn that we can influence our own personalities & that our lives are only as 'sunny' or as 'rainy' as we allow them to be.

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Encourage kids to get in touch with their creative side with this fun-packed book. Full of inspiring rainy-day activities here youll find an exciting range of creative alternatives to endless hours in front of the computer or TV screen. All the classic crafting techniques are covered from printing to jewellery-making sewing decoupage modelling stencilling & much more along the way. Every project can be completed using readily available materials so just follow the step-by-step instructions. The Rainy Day Book of Things to Make & Do features more than 56 fun & inspiring projects designed especially to appeal to boys & girls aged between 3 & 10 years. Each section is crammed full of colourful ideas for cool crafting activities including Top Toys Great Gifts Dazzling Decorations Funky Fashions & other activities that are sure to keep kids entertained on rainy days. ...

A tidal wave of pounding excitement from the first page to the last.. . Two & a half miles beneath the icy North Atlantic the mighty Titanic holds the key to the safety of the free world. The Americans want it. So do the Russians. Ace maritime troubleshooter Dirk Pitt faces one of the most stupendous tests of courage & ingenuity ever. Raise the Titanic is a spellbinding blockbuster of action & suspense. ...

First published in 1980 Saramago's prizewinning novel Raised from the Ground" follows the changing fortunes of the Mau-Tempo family
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Having a backyard garden just got a lot easier! Framed raised beds & a modular approach to growing vegetables means more production in less space & with less work. Whether you live on a small city lot or a multi-acre country estate this book has something for you. Nones shows you how to set up the raised-bed modular system & then gives in-depth descriptions of all gardening procedures: sowing seeds thinning transplanting cultivating mulching watering harvesting pest control composting crop rotation & seed saving. It s a complete gardening book for both the beginner & the experienced gardener. ...

Author Mary Lou Sullivan sat with Johnny Winter for hours of exclusive no-holds-barred interviews covering the guitar slingers entire career. From toughing it out in Texas to his appearance at Woodstock his affair with Janis Joplin his stadium-filling tours & washing out on drugs & the temptations of the road before finally fulfilling his dream of becoming a 100-per cent pure bluesman resurrecting the career of Muddy Waters & winning a Grammy Award for his effort this is a raucous roller coaster of a story. Rolling Stone" magazine has called Johnny Winter one of the greatest guitar players of all time. Ripped off & beaten down by unscrupulous managers strung out living the extreme highs & extreme lows of an uncompromising musician Johnny is a true rock n roll survivor. He has jammed with guitar heavies Hendrix Clapton & the Allman Brothers & paved the way for fellow Texas superstars Stevie Ray Vaughn & ZZ Top. Still on the road playing hundreds of gigs a year to his devoted adoring fans Johnny like this book is the real deal." ...

A sudden death: In Godwin Honors Hall the walls are draped in black. The college is in mourning for Nicole Werner a blonde & beautiful prom queen who died in a car crash last semester. She was a straight-A student & a prized member of the Virgin Sisters the most powerful sorority on campus. A feverish obsession: Nicoles boyfriend Craig was at the wheel that night. He has no memory of the crash but he is plagued by guilt. For as winter sets in & the nights darken Nicoles death dominates college life. Candlelit vigils & fetishistic rituals become nightly events -and then the hauntings begin. A flicker of suspicion: Craigs roommate Perry doesnt believe in ghosts. A no-nonsense type who always thought Nicole was as manipulative as she was charming he refuses to be swept up by the hysteria. But when he & his fellow sceptics join forces he too sees Nicoles spirit in the crumbling college halls. Something very strange is going on..."" ...

One of the biggest lessons we have learnt in the last few decades is that it is valuable important & effective to praise children. Children respond much better to encouragement than they do to punishment which is why praising them is considered fundamental in helping them develop self-esteem & strong self-belief. However the wrong kind of praise can do more harm than good creating children who lose all sense of rational judgement & are too readily wrong-footed when they meet difficulty. In this practical common-sense guide Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer shows parents why understanding & acknowledging boys' sensibilities is the key to knowing how to award their sons with the right sort of praise. Using insightful accessible tips she reveals: why boys need regular but small doses of positive feedback to prevent them from becoming distracted or losing focus in their work
- what makes the father/son relationship instrumental in ensuring boys receive the right praise
- why female approval may have less value in the eyes of young boys than male approval

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