Judy Garland the girl with the pigtails in THE WIZARD OF OZ was an entertainer of almost magical power. The woman of half a dozen comebacks & a hundred heartbreaks. To tell her story Gerald Clarke took ten years travelled thousands of miles across two continents conducted hundreds of interviews & combed through mountains of documents many of which were unavailable to other biographers. Combining a novelists skill & a movie directors eye Clarke re-creates the golden age of Hollywood with cinematic urgency: Louis B Mayer the patriarch of MGM; sexy Lana Turner Judys friend & idol who had a habit of trying to snatch away any man Judy expressed interest in; clarinettist Artie Shaw handsome Tyrone Power; boy genius Orson Welles & brilliant director Vincente Minnelli who fathered her first child Liza. Towards the end of her life Garland tried to tell her own story. With access to her tape recordings
- & her revelatory unfinished manuscript
- Clarke is able to tell Judys story as she herself might have told it.

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This is the first physician-authored vegan cookbook featuring 125 recipes for reversing diabetes improving cholesterol & blood pressure & permanent weight loss. In Dr. Neal Barnards Get Healthy Go Vegan Cookbook" the countrys leading diabetes team weighs in on Americas most popular dietary trend: veganism. The cookbook is based on a two-year study conducted by Dr. Barnard which showed that a vegan diet more effectively controls type-2 diabetes. In fact its also beneficial for weight loss reversing heart disease & many other conditions. Now Dr. Barnard & nutritionist Robyn Webb offer easy delicious vegan meals to improve your health. With the new dietary programme not only does diabetes come under better control than ever-sometimes even disappearing altogether-weight falls too. Cholesterol plummets & long lost energy returns. All this with a culinary approach that is quick easy & delicious. Featuring 125 flavourful recipes readers will find all-occasion dishes that use ordinary ingredients & take little effort. Theres plenty of familiar dishes emphasising vegetables fruits pasta beans & whole grains. Mediterranean influences will be strongly in evidence while meats dairy products & oils will be noticeably absent. All recipes are free of animal products are low fat & have a low-to-moderate glycemic index. There are recipes for breakfasts lunches dinners snacks desserts & entertaining. Recipes include: On-the-Go Breakfast Sandwiches Cinnamon Swirl Oatmeal Hummus Pizzas Pretty Stuffed Peppers Creamy White Bean & Artichoke Dip Sweet Potato Fries & Black Bean Cakes with Mango Salsa." ...

Written by experts in communication & medical recruitment this book explains what medical school admissions tutors are really looking for & how to get yourself noticed by writing a powerful & memorable personal statement. It will guide you through the process of writing a successful personal statement to help you win that coveted place at medical school describing effective writing techniques to enable you to convince the admissions tutors of your desire & motivation for a career in medicine whilst conveying your true personality. You will learn how to plan & prepare to write your personal statement & how to develop a structure & content to maximise impact within the strict character limit allowed. The book contains 100 real life personal statements from successful A level & graduate applicants to all medical schools including Oxbridge with critiques to highlight particular strengths & weaknesses. Details of medical schools that offered interviews to that candidate are given alongside each personal statement with a summary look up table at the back of the book for quick reference. Clearly laid out & written in an informal & engaging style this book is an essential read for anyone considering applying to medical school. ...

With over 400 BMAT practice questions & explanations this book constitutes an ideal preparation tool for the BMAT in 2012 (2013 entry) helping candidates save time retain focus & optimise their score. The book offers a substantial amount of material to practice all three sections of the BMAT & helps candidates familiarise themselves with the various styles of questions they may encounter at the exam & all the potential traps that can be laid by the examiners. The overwhelming range of exercises that it contains will enable all BMAT candidates to refine & optimise their technique to answer questions under strict time constraints. This book replicates the breadth & depth of the different types of questions that can be asked in the live BMAT test & the spectrum of difficulties that it covers (from normal to stretching) which makes it an ideal preparation tool for all those who want to achieve a high score & maximise their chances of getting into the medical school or veterinary school of their choice. ...

With over 600 UKCAT practice questions (including a full mock exam) in-depth explanations & comprehensive tips & techniques spanning over 400 pages this book constitutes an ideal preparation tool for the UKCAT in 2013 (2014 entry) helping candidates save time retain focus & optimise their score. The book shows how to approach each type of question (abstract verbal & quantitative reasoning together with decision analysis) & helps candidates familiarise themselves with all the potential traps that can be laid by the examiners. The overwhelming range of exercises that it contains will enable all UKCAT candidates to refine & optimise their technique to answer questions under strict time constraints. This book replicates the breadth & depth of the different types of questions that can be asked in the live UKCAT test & the spectrum of difficulties that it covers (from normal to stretching) which makes it an ideal preparation tool for all those who want to achieve a high score & maximise their chances of getting into the medical school of their choice. ...

For years I have watched people in their millions inflict more illness & suffering on themselves than any war has ever done. What is this biblical plague this monstrosity of suffering? Self inflicted illness. The fat guy smoking a cigarette. The thin woman flayed raw by alcohol. The kid jamming another fat laden time bomb into its face. The millions & millions of couch potatoes who havent done a minutes decent exercise since they passed puberty. & what happens to all these millions upon millions of people? Nothing for most of the time. But then. But then it all changes. Sometimes suddenly
- a heart attack a stroke cancer. Life changing irrevocable events that stuff their lives & the lives of everyone around them. Or not so suddenly
- the slow suffocation of emphysema the long autumn of health related unemployment the desperate loneliness of congestive cardiac failure. & that doesnt half wreck the lives of everyone around them. Is it preventable? Not all of it no. Some diseases just happen even with the best will in the world. But is most of it preventable? Yes absolutely yes. If you dont like plain English dont read it. If you arent prepared to apply it to yourself & take responsibility for your own health dont read it. It isnt a book full of references & science. Its just a book about being healthy!

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Teenagers are tough & anyone who has their own needs help. Here it is: a witty enjoyable & genuinely helpful guide that breaks the mould. Get Out Of My Life" offers practical alternatives to anger nagging & frustration & specific recommendations for developing better relationships with even the most difficult teenagers. This is the best survival manual for parents who find themselves marooned among volatile & incomprehensible aliens on Planet Teen. It looks at all the difficult issues of bringing up teenagers
- school sex drugs & even suicide. But it's the title of the second chapter ' What They Do & Why' that best captures the book's spirit & technique explaining how to translate teenage behaviour into its true often less complicated meaning. One key mistake for instance is getting involved in no-win conflicts instead of having the wisdom to shut up when shutting up would be the most effective
- albeit least satisfying
- thing to do."


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This work features step-by step mindfulness & acceptance exercises for effective relief from emotional pain. This book develops acceptance & commitment therapy (ACT) a revolutionary & exciting new direction in psychotherapy into step-by-step exercises that readers can use to get relief from emotional pain. Written by ACTs founding theorist it offers a self-help programme proven to be effective for coping with a range of problems from anxiety to depression eating disorders to poor self-esteem. ...

Rewire your brain & overcome the 20 key time drains that diminish productivity For anyone whos felt valuable time frittered away in checking emails or answering wrong phone numbers or listening to a coworker giving you a minute-by-minute account of their previous nights date help is finally here. Your time is indeed your own. & this handy guide written by a leading executive coach shows you how to retool your brain reclaim your schedule become a master of each minute & make yourself more productive. Using a method that is intuitive easy to remember & simple to use this book will help you transform how you think what you focus on & what you do so that you can begin to create tangible results.

Includes:: exercises that help you learn important thinking skills--essential to tackling important projects & attaining all those once elusive goals Features highly visual exercises that are quick to complete allowing you to change your habits & see improvements right away Identifies the 20 key time drains that interfere with productivity & happiness Full of creative fun & proven solutions to the common bugaboos of procrastination feeling overwhelmed & a general dissatisfaction with results Get Productive! offers concrete steps toward rethinking how you work & reworking how you think.

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* Builds the core skills students will need for success at GCSE. * Engages students through use of content & activities known to work with 14-year-old students. * Motivates students by making clear links between what they are learning & why this will benefit them when they start GCSE. * Results Plus features provide a fun way for students to start thinking about how to improve their own answers. ...