Everyone wants to be happy yet so many people are the opposite of that with increasing numbers of anti-depressants being dispensed each year. Clearly we need a new approach to life. Happy for No Reason presents startling new ideas & a practical programme that will change the way we look at creating happiness in our lives. Marci Shimoff combines the best in cutting-edge scientific research into happiness with interviews with over 100 genuinely happy people & lays out a powerful holistic seven-step formula for raising our happiness set point. Our happiness levels are like a neuro-physiological thermostat
- we can actually re-programme ourselves to a higher level of peace & wellbeing as happiness is dependent on internal not external factors. Happy for No Reason will set readers quickly & easily on a path to lasting joy.
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From inspired picture-book creator Polly Dunbar comes a colourful & charming new series following the escapades of Tilly & her friends. Hector is so happy sitting on Tillys lap
- until the others all join in & spoil it. But Tilly knows just how to show Hector how special he is to her...she has painted a picture just for him! Happy Hector" & " Hello Tilly" are the first in a new series of six picture books from Polly Dunbar the author & illustrator of " Dog Blue" (9781844285143) & " Flyaway Katie" (9781844285174). Bookshops & libraries can host " Tilly Tea Parties" using extra-special Tilly & Friends Event & Activity Packs. Delightful Tilly & Friends posters & bookmarks are also available! House-shaped FSDU available to display the fabulous range of Tilly titles. Major press & publicity campaign including features & competitions in parenting magazines. This title features high-profile consumer campaign to include covermount exclusives with parenting magazines & online activity with parenting & grandparenting websites."
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This title comes from inspired picture-book creator Polly Dunbar the colourful charming soon-to-be televised series following the escapades of Tilly & her friends. Hector is so happy sitting on Tillys lap
- until the others all join in & spoil it. But Tilly knows just how to show Hector how special he is to her...she has painted a picture just for him! Utterly charming artwork delicious palette gentle humour & winsome characters have deservedly made this a series of winners. Exciting news! Tilly & Friends" has been scheduled for TV transmission on CBeebies beginning autumn 2012.. .52 delicious episodes. This title comes from the bestselling author & illustrator of " Penguin" (9781844280650) which was the winner of the 0-5 Nestle Silver Award 2007 & the 2007 Booktrust Early Years Award in the pre-school category."
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The bestselling Happy Herbivore" brings no-fuss great-tasting international vegan cuisine to kitchens in her third book. In the last 10 years " Happy Herbivore" chef Lindsay S. Nixon has lived in eight states visited 43 spent a year as an expat on a Caribbean island & traveled to more than 35 places abroad. As a celebration of Nixon's vagabond lifestyle " Happy Herbivore Abroad" combines traditional comfort foods from home with international inspiration & stories of her adventures. A little of everything
- basics comfort food international cuisines & travelogue
- " Happy Herbivore Abroad" provides your palate with more than 125 of Nixon's crowd-pleasing vegan recipes low in fat & high on health. As they say in France bon appetit!"

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Key Words with Peter & Jane" uses the most frequently met words in the English language as a starting point for learning to read successfully & confidently. The Key Words reading scheme is scientifically researched & world renowned. In book "7a" Peter & Jane have fun on holiday in 67 new words including 'sand' 'blue' 'happy' & 'first'. Once this book has been completed the child moves on to book "7b". " The Key Words with Peter & Jane" books work because each of the key words is introduced gradually & repeated frequently. This builds confidence in children when they recognise these key words on sight (also known as the 'look & say' method of learning). Examples of key words are: the one two he. There are 12 levels each with 3 books: a b & c. " Series a": gradually introduces new words. " Series b": provides further practise of words featured in the 'a' series. " Series c": links reading with writing & phonics. All the words that have been introduced in each 'a' & 'b' book are also reinforced in the 'c' books." ...

RICE picked the name of their company because it is a basic survival product for many people in the world. They like to show people how the basics of everyday life can be made so much more enjoyable by bringing colour & a sense of fun to daily living whether by using colourful accessories in the kitchen or by introducing colourful fabrics textures & hints of humour in to the living room. Danish design is not all about cool & calm interiors. RICE Style is all about fun colour & enjoyment. RICE creates innovative homewares collections that are ethically sourced & produced. They are in stores all over the world from Liberty in London & John Lewis in the UK & Illum in Copenhagen to Huset in Malibu & So Perfect Eats in Denver USA. The book features RICE style applied to a variety of homes from a contemporary Copenhagen apartment to a simple country retreat a comfortable family home to an ultra modern studio space. Happy Home is a beautiful demonstration of the RICE ethos & how its warm & caring fun & funky aesthetic can be applied in living spaces kitchens bedrooms childrens rooms & outdoor areas. ...

Ive always been wilful... Ive always been stubborn & always determined One of our best-loved actresses Celia Imrie would rather have been a dancer. As a child she planned to join the Royal Ballet & marry Rudolf Nureyev. Now she has become one of our finest & funniest performers on stage TV & screen
- adored for her roles in Acorn Antiques & dinnerladies as well as films including Calendar Girls & Nanny Mc Phee. In her hugely entertaining autobiography Celia Imrie recounts a life hurtling (not always intentionally) into adventures both on stage & off. Whether its finding herself on stage with half the scenery stuck to her cardigan or being kidnapped on her way to location somehow she emerges from the chaos unscathed. Acting she admits is a mad chaotic profession & it is her refreshing honesty sense of mischief fun & almost unruffled determination in the face of it all that makes this autobiography a never-ending delight.
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Paul Theroux invites us to join him on one of his most exotic & tantalizing adventures exploring the coasts & blue lagoons of the Pacific Islands & taking up residence to discover the secrets of these isles. Theroux is a mesmerizing narrator
- brilliant witty keenly perceptive as he floats through Gauguin landscapes sails in the wake of Captain Cook & recalls the bewitching tales of Jack London & Robert Louis Stevenson. Alone in his kayak paddling to seldom visited shores he glides through time & space discovering a world of islands their remarkable people & in turn happiness. A sharp fascinating & highly entertaining book.. . Theroux at his best
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A fresh & practical guide to successfully managing children's behaviour
- from babies to young adults. Cathy Glass has been a foster
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Number 1 best-selling author Cathy Glass shares her experience & expertise gained across 25 years as a foster carer in this accessible & practical guide to establishing healthy & happy mealtimes. As well as bringing up three of her own children Cathy Glass has had to radically improve the diets of most of the seventy-five children she has fostered
- encouraging them to eat more healthily & helping them to understand the importance of mealtimes. As a result Cathy has become very good at producing simple but wholesome meals that appeal to children of all ages
- here for the first time she shares her knowledge. Children with bad diets are often under or over weight short in stature with dull skin & hair they can lack energy & often have difficulties concentrating. Cathy will help to explain what constitutes a bad diet & why foods heavy in sugar fat & salt should be limited. She will explore the effect a poor diet & food additives can have on a child's behaviour & intelligence. Most importantly she will suggest quick easy & straightforward ways of making a difference. From how to establish routines to what to feed your children for breakfast lunch & dinner the importance of mealtimes for family bonding to the impact of the recent UK legislation governing school dinners Cathy has compiled a comprehensive yet accessible guide to all you need to know about producing healthy & happy family mealtimes.

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