In The Heart of the Buddhas Teaching Thich Nhat Hanh brings his gift of clear & poetic expression to an explanation of the Four Noble Truths the Noble Eightfold Path & other basic Buddhist teachings. Thich Nhat Hanhs extraordinary contribution to Buddhism & to life is the way he makes these teachings & practices accessible to everyone showing us how the very suffering that is holding us down can be the path to our liberation. ...

The Heart of the Dales" is the fifth volume in Gervase Phinn's bestselling " Dales" series. A teacher was reprimanding a child who had drawn a very wobbly line freehand across his exercise book. ' Don't you know what the word "straight" means?' the teacher asked crossly.' ' Yes miss ' came the reply ' "without water"'. Awkward teachers pompous school governors & fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make Gervase Phinn's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult. But for Gervase the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children. The new school year doesn't get off to a good start after a teacher suggests that Gervase has let him & his school down. Called up in front of his new boss the formidable Miss de la Mare Gervase fears he is going to be in hot water. To add to his woes he is given another 'little job' by the Chief Education Officer which inevitably means liaising with the infuriating & interfering Mrs Savage! Meanwhile away from the pressures of school Gervase's life with his wife Christine & their baby son is blissful
- until noises in the attic start to disturb their nights..." The Heart of the Dales" is Gervase Phinn at his story-telling best. " Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms". (" Daily Telegraph"). Gervase Phinn is an author & educator from Rotherham who after teaching for fourteen years in a variety of schools moved to North Yorkshire to be a school inspector. He has written autobiographies novels plays collections of poetry & stories as well as a number of books about education. He holds five fellowships honorary doctorates from Hull Leicester & Sheffield Hallam universities & is a patron of a number of children's charities & organizations. He is married with four adult children. His books include " The Other Side of the Dale" " Over Hill & Dale" " Head Over Heels in the Dales" " The Heart of the Dales" " Up & Down in the Dales" & " Trouble at the Little Village School"."
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The much-loved author of ACROSS THE MERSEY tells of Liverpool under bombardment as never before
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Heart of the Hero gives a compelling insight into the lives of some of the worlds most famous explorers through the eyes of the women who inspired them to achieve great things. Author Kari Herbert explores the unpredictable often heartbreaking stories of seven remarkable women who were indispensable companions intrepid travellers & sometimes even the driving force behind our best-loved polar heroes such as Scott & Shackleton. Drawing on her own unique experience as the daughter of a pioneering polar explorer & using extracts from previously unpublished historic journals & letters Herbert blends deeply personal accounts of longing betrayal & hope with tales of peril & adventure. ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD. Scobie a police officer serving in a wartime West African state is distrusted being scrupulously honest & immune to bribery. But then he falls in love & in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in with drastic & tragic consequences. ...

The first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to viniyoga--yoga adapted to the needs of the individual.
- A contemporary classic by a world-renowned teacher.
- This new edition adds thirty-two poems by Krishnamacharya that capture the essence of his teachings. Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya who lived to be over 100 years old was one of the greatest yogis of the modern era. Elements of Krishnamacharyas teaching have become well known around the world through the work of B. K. S. Iyengar Pattabhi Jois & Indra Devi who all studied with Krishnamacharya. Krishnamacharyas son T. K. V. Desikachar lived & studied with his father all his life & now teaches the full spectrum of Krishnamacharyas yoga. Desikachar has based his method on Krishnamacharyas fundamental concept of viniyoga " which maintains that practices must be continually adapted to the individuals changing needs to achieve the maximum therapeutic value. In " The Heart of Yoga" Desikachar offers a distillation of his fathers system as well as his own practical approach which he describes as "a program for the spine at every level--physical mental & spiritual." This is the first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to the age-old principles of yoga. Desikachar discusses all the elements of yoga--poses & counterposes conscious breathing meditation & philosophy--and shows how the yoga student may develop a practice tailored to his or her current state of health age occupation & lifestyle. This is a revised edition of " The Heart of Yoga.""

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If you're serious about your sport you're serious about heart rate training. Now with one small device you can apply the latest technology science & research to take the guesswork out of training monitor progress & see results. Heart Rate Training" will show you how! From functions features & operational advice for your device to interpreting & applying the results " Heart Rate Training" is a step-by-step guide to optimizing performance. You'll learn how when & why monitors can & should be incorporated into your workouts training & conditioning programme to produce maximum results." ...

A Heart so White" is the breathtaking international bestseller & IMPAC Award-winning masterpiece by Javier Marias whose highly-anticipated new novel " The Infatuations" is published in 2013. This Penguin Modern Classics edition features a new Introduction by Jonathan Coe. "A Heart so White" begins as In the middle of a family lunch Teresa just married goes to the bathroom unbuttons her blouse & shoots herself in the heart. What made her kill herself immediately after her honeymoon? Years later this mystery fascinates the young newlywed Juan whose father was married to Teresa before he married Juans mother. As Juan edges closer to the truth he begins to question his own relationships & whether he really wants to know what happened. Haunting & unsettling "A Heart So White" is a breathtaking portrayal of two generations two marriages the relentless power of the past & the terrible price of knowledge." ...

Left with her stepfathers relatives on Cape Cod following his sudden death Melody feels utterly marooned. The wealthy tight-lipped Logans harbour dark secrets & no one but their good-hearted son Cary will breathe a word. Then her mother dies in a car accident & Melody is left feeling more alone than ever. Forced to live in the room & wear the clothes that belonged to Careys dead twin sister Melody sometimes feels she has no identity at all. She manages to escape from the family by taking a summer job with Kenneth Childs the man she believes might be her real father. & from the moment she learns that she & Carey arent real cousins the tender affection she feels for him matures into something much stronger. But although Carey has pledged his love for her she knows she cannot echo his words until she discovers the buried truth about her past. ...

A highly acclaimed collection of short stories set in the great outdoors of New England by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ' The Shipping News' & ' Brokeback Mountain'. Just outside town beyond the drugstore & the diner there's another world
- a wilderness
- waiting to be explored. On the high wooded hillsides there are deer to be stalked; far upriver there are quiet pools of trout & grouse to be shot & traplines to be laid for fur. In the far-flung settlements of New England life revolves around hunting. Whether they are yuppies from the town who think that country life is improving or natives who know all too well that it isn't the men & women of these stories are all hunting for something better
- though getting by at all is hard enough. These are men & women who live love & lose; men & women who fall apart & who pick up the pieces who dream useless dreams & go on dreaming whatever the disappointments. Tough & tender & irresistibly humorous this unforgettable book takes its reader on a trail through the great outdoors to the innermost places of the heart.


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