Its time to sit back & relax Based on scientific research this book reveals why the speed at which we live affects our energy & longevity. The authors
- both former (and reformed) champion athletes
- explain how: too much exercise can make you ill being relaxed & even-tempered makes you more intelligent fasting delays the ageing process & lengthens your life sun & heat are the fountains of youth doing nothing actually does a great deal of good And theres no hard work involved With their practical realistic approach backed up by solid medical credentials the authors methods involve making a few easy changes to our outlook & lifestyle. To help you the book

Includes:: a series of self-assessment tests practical summaries easy-reference tables lists of what to eat & what to avoid & suggestions for easy exercises. The Joy of Laziness also

Includes:: a foreword by Professor Cary Cooper bestselling author & international expert on stress.





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As a champion of trusting loving relationships this groundbreaking book advocates mutual respect & tenderness between lovers. A bestseller since it was first published in 1972 Alex Comfort's classic work celebrated human physical intimacy with such authority & clarity that a whole generation felt empowered to enjoy sex. No other book has come close in providing such an imaginative uninhibited & entertaining guide to lovemaking. The reasons for unfulfilling sexual relations today are different to those of Alex Comfort's original audience. This new edition of The Joy of Sex fully revised & updated by respected sex expert & relationship psychologist Susan Quilliam contains over 40 new entries bringing Comfort's original frank advice up to date for the modern readership. ...

Maths is everywhere often where we least expect it. Award-winning professor Steven Strogatz acts as our guide as he takes us on a tour of numbers that
- unbeknownst to the most of us
- form a fascinating & integral part of our everyday lives. In The Joy of X Strogatz explains the great ideas of maths
- from negative numbers to calculus fat tails to infinity
- & shows how they connect to everything from popular culture & philosophy to current affairs & business practice. He is the maths teacher you never had & this book is perfect for the smart & curious the expert & the beginner.



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We all have the potential for self-transformation & a limitless capacity for the growth of good qualities but to fulfil this potential we need to know what to do along every stage of our spiritual journey. With this book Geshe Kelsang Gyatso offers us step-by-step guidance on the meditation practices that will lead us to lasting inner peace & happiness. With extraordinary clarity he presents all Buddhas teachings in the order in which they are to be practised enriching his explanation with stories & illuminating analogies. Following these practical instructions we shall come to experience for ourselves the joy that arises from making progress on a clear & structured path that leads to full enlightenment. ...

An omnibus of two of Doris Stokes' extremely successful books JOYFUL VOICES & VOICES OF LOVE bestsellers in the early 1980s. Doris Stokes was a celebrated medium who confounded sceptics by the uncanny accuracy of her readings. In Australia she filled the Sydney Opera House & was mobbed in the streets. In America ' Charlie's Angels' was moved from its primetime slot to make way for her. In Britain she filled the Albert Hall & radio phone-ins caused blocked lines & an avalanche of mail. Doris Stokes possessed an amazing gift
- exceptional psychic powers that over the years of her extraordinary life brought joy & comfort to thousands of people...
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JPR Williams won his first cap for Wales in 1969 & until his retirement in 1981 was the mainstay of Welsh teams that won six Triple Crowns three Grand Slams & six Five Nations Championships. Renowned for his power & bravery on the pitch JPR is a hero to the Welsh & a respected icon of the rugby world. In his autobiography JPR recalls his childhood in Bridgend & the early signs that he was destined for sporting greatness. He showed initial promise as a tennis player beating David Lloyd at the age of seventeen to win Junior Wimbledon but in 1968 decided to abandon any plan of becoming a professional tennis player in order to combine his medical career with amateur rugby. That year he was selected for the Welsh tour of Argentina & this marked the beginning of his rugby adventure. He relives his early rugby career & remembers the most exciting matches of his playing days both for Wales & for the British & Irish Lions including the 1971 win against the All Blacks
- the only time the Lions have ever beaten New Zealand in a series
- a team in which he was an integral player. His love of rugby was so strong that he was unable to tear himself away from the game & played amateur rugby well into his fifties with Tondu the Welsh junior side.

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If you've turned to the j Query library to simplify common client-side Java Script tasks this pocket reference will help you quickly locate what you need from j Query's vast array of functions & properties to complete your web project. j Query Pocket Reference provides a series of tutorials on various j Query features along with a quick reference to the entire library. It's an ideal book for beginners & experienced Java Script developers alike. ...

Its 1977 the day of the Queens Silver Jubilee when a photographer captures a moment forever: a festive street party with bunting & Union Jacks fluttering in the breeze & right in the centre of the frame a small Asian boy staring intensely at the camera. The photo becomes infamous when it is adopted as a symbol of everything that is great & good about Britain but what is the real story behind it? Relationships between the neighbours on Cherry Gardens are far from easy & minor frictions threaten to erupt as the street party begins... Fast forward to the present & that boy Satish is now a successful paediatric heart surgeon saving lives & families every single day. But hes living with a secret
- hes addicted to controlled prescription drugs. A message about a proposed reunion of the children in the photograph throws his life into turmoil as he thinks back to Jubilee Day & the events that changed his life for ever.
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Photographs & the stories behind the visits & engagements undertaken by the Queen & Members of the Royal Family. During the Year the events included memorable visits to parts of the United Kingdom & the Commonwealth. Covers aspects of a remarkable year that disproved the tabloid medias claim that the public had lost interest in the Queen & the Royal Family with more than a million people taking to the streets of London on every ceremonial occasion. Covering events including the Thames river Pageant. A record of a Royal Year quite unlike any other. ...

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth IIs accession to the throne Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy brings together a dazzling array of contemporary poets (sixty in fact) to write about each of the sixty years of Her Majestys reign. An all star line up
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Includes:: such celebrated writers as Simon Armitage Gillian Clarke Wendy Cope Geoffrey Hill Jackie Kay Michael Longley Andrew Motion Don Paterson & Jo Shapcott alongside some of the newest young talent around
- address a moment or event from their chosen year be it of personal or political significance or both. Through a series of specially commissioned poems Jubilee Lines" offers a unique portrayal of the country & times in which we have lived since 1953 culminating in an essential portrait of today: the way we speak the way we chronicle the way we love & fight the way we honour & remember. Brilliantly introduced by Carol Ann Duffy " Jubilee Lines" is an unforgettable commemoration: not only a monarchs reign but of a way of life."



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