Fact catches up with fiction when the secret of telepathic communication is discovered. But the device at the centre of the mystery is in the possession of two schoolboys & whether they stole it or invented it there are powerful interests who will kill to get hold of it. Albert Campion faces as deadly a challenge as any in his career. ...

Popular music has always attracted the kind of morally bankrupt individuals who are too unhinged to hold down a proper job. & thats just as well. After all if your local fishmonger told you hed just snorted his fathers ashes you might think twice about doing business with him. But when Keith Richards says it you think Nice one Keef! & have a flick through your iPod to find Honky Tonk Women. From deeply suspect sexual politics to crackpot religions Musicians elevated position in popular culture allows them to hold forth freely on subjects about which they know precious little. For the first time Mind The Bollocks collects some of the finest stools of wisdom ever to fall from their foul ill-educated mouths. Mind The Bollocks also digs beneath the culture of nonsense surrounding popular music & asks: Are the X-Factor auditions all they appear to be? Is there really a musical frequency that can make you soil yourself? & which world-renowned rock guitarist sliced his own penis off? All is revealed herein with bonus satanic messages included if you read it backwards. Word count: 40 000 ...

Kids Company a leading London charity supported by Prince Charles Helen Mirren & Stephen Fry presents the voices of some of Londons children in partnership with the charitys founder Camila Batmanghelidjh
- part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground as Tfl celebrates 150 years of the Tube with Penguin. It is also available in a boxset. A powerful heartbreaking read". (The Times). "A moving exposition of why the work Kids Company does is necessary complete with first-person testimony from those the charity has helped". (Evening Standard). "[ Mind the Child is] impossible to read without being moved to tears.. . Every Londoner should read this book for a glimpse into a side of the capital too many of us turn a blind eye towards.. .". (Londonist). " Authors include the masterly John Lanchester the children of Kids Company comic John OFarrell & social geographer Danny Dorling. Ranging from the polemical to the fantastical the personal to the societal they offer something for every taste. All experience the city as a cultural phenomenon & notice its nature & its people. Read individually theyre delightful small reads pulled together they offer a particular portrait of a global city. (Evening Standard). " Exquisitely diverse". (The Times). " Eclectic & broad-minded.. .beautifully designed". (Tom Cox Observer). "A fascinating collection with a wide range of styles & themes. The design qualities are excellent as you might expect from Penguin with a consistent look & feel while allowing distinctive covers for each book. This is a very pleasing set of books". (A Common Reader blog). " The contrasts & transitions between books are as stirring as the books themselves.. .A multidimensional literary jigsaw". (Londonist). "A series of short sharp city-based vignettes
- some personal some political & some pictorial.. .each inimitable author finds that our city is complicated but ultimately connected full of wit & just the right amount of grit". (Fabric Magazine). "A collection of beautiful books". (Grazia). Camila Batmanghelidjh founded Kids Company in 1996. In 2009 The Women in Public Life Awards named her businesswoman of the year. Kids Companys services reach over 36 000 children & young people every year & they provide intensive support for over 18 000. These include the most deprived & at risk whose parents are unable to care for them due to their own practical & emotional challenges. For many the roles of adult & child are reversed & despite profound love both struggle to survive. The children are assisted through a recovery programme which is assessed designed & delivered according to the individual service user which helps them achieve their full potential. Their supporters include Prince Charles Richard Branson Stephen Fry & Helen Mirren."

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Imagine life without the London Underground... The iconic Tube has been transporting Londoners around Britain's capital for 150 years & today 150 000 passengers use the Underground every hour. This fascinating miscellany takes us on a round-trip through every aspect of the London Underground from the history of its construction to its many appearances in books films & popular music giving a glimpse into the technical marvels beneath our feet & the many human stories that play out in its trains & tunnels every day. 1845: A pamphlet is published in which Charles Pearson a London lawyer pushes the idea of an underground railway to transport both passengers & goods to the city centre. 1863: On 10 January the Metropolitan Railway goes down in the history books when it opens the first subterranean railway in the world. 1998: A previously undiscovered breed of mosquito adapted to life underground is discovered living in the Tube network. 2012: Close to one million people use the Northern line alone every day. ...

A piercing scream shattering the evening calm brings Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh hurrying from his literary party to the nearby Steen Psychiatric Clinic where he discovers the body of a woman sprawled on the basement floor a chisel thrust through her heart. As Dalgliesh probes beneath the apparently unruffled calm of the clinic he discovers that many an intrigue lies hidden behind the Georgian terrace's unassuming facade. Professionally he has never known the taste of failure. Now for the first time he feels unsure of his own mastery as he battles to unmask a cool killer who is proving to be his intellectual equal & who is poised to strike again. ...

Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains & minds transparent Observer How does the brain perceive & interpret information from the eye? & what happens when the process is disrupted? In The Minds Eye Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world & communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses & abilities: the capacity to recognize faces the sense of three-dimensional space the ability to read the sense of sight. For all of these people the challenge is to adapt to a radically new way of being in the world -- & The Minds Eye is testament to the myriad ways that we as humans are capable of rising to this challenge. The Minds Eye is about the possibility of recovery & the inexorable decline of the ageing individual. From this collision of incompatible truths tragedy is made.. .making this Sackss most powerful book to date Sunday Telegraph Packed with wisdom humour extraordinary human stories & reflections on how we all perceive the world.. . He ends with a brilliant discussion of blindness & the ways in which blind people develop visual concepts. Heartily recommended Readers Digest ...

Mindfulness is a way of paying attention to the present moment helping us become more aware of our thoughts & feelings so that instead of being overwhelmed by them were better able to manage them. Mindful Coaching is the complete resource to using mindfulness in coaching. It helps coaches work with clients on a range of issues including work-life balance; stress management; decision-making; coping with ambiguity; dealing with crises; employee engagement; heightening focus & clarity; communication; increasing presence; enhanced listening & more. It also helps them become more resilient themselves particularly helpful in the current climate in which many coaches are facing increasing challenges. The book helps coaches appreciate the benefits of mindfulness work out with which clients & in which situations it could be useful & illustrates how it can be applied with case studies & resources. ...

Losing weight & maintaining a healthy body is not simply a matter of exercising more & eating less. It is the awareness of the present moment the realisation of why we do what we do that enables us to stop feeling bad & start changing our behaviour. With Mindful Eating" world-renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh & Harvard nutritionist Dr Lilian Cheung show us how to end our struggles with weight once & for all. Offering practical tools including personalised goal setting a detailed nutrition guide & a mindful living plan the authors help us to uncover the roots of our habits & then guide us as we transform our actions. " Mindful Eating" teaches us how to easily adopt the practice of mindfulness & integrate it into eating exercise & all facets of our daily life so that being conscious & present becomes a core part of our being. " Mindful Eating" not only helps us achieve the healthy weight & well-being we seek but it also brings to the surface the rich abundance of life available to us in every moment." ...

Stress is endemic in our culture. We live in a restless world & there often seems little time to really appreciate our lives. Rather than constantly trying to keep up perhaps it's time for us to slow down pay attention & notice what we need for our well-being. For thousands of years Eastern traditions have taught meditation to help people lead healthier happier lives. Now scientific research is confirming that mindfulness can help us cultivate our mental & physical well-being. Written by Dr. Jonty Heaversedge & Ed Halliwell this revised & updated edition of The Mindful Manifesto integrates the very latest scientific & medical research on mindfulness with meditation's historical context. We will see how mindfulness can help us: work with mental health problems such as depression & anxiety; cope with the busyness of everyday life; bring our bodies into balance & manage chronic illness; & let go of addictions & relate more skillfully at home & at work. & why stop there? With examples of how the mindfulness movement is already well underway we will see how encouraging governments & other powerful institutions to take a mindful approach could make a real difference to health & happiness in our society. ...

Winner of the Association for Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Self-Help Seal of Merit! Over 160 000 in print! The Mindful Way through Depression draws on the collective wisdom of four internationally renowned mindfulness experts including bestselling author Jon Kabat-Zinn to provide effective relief from the most prevalent psychological disorder. This authoritative easy-to-use self-help program is based on methods clinically proven to reduce the recurrence of depression. Revealing the hidden psychological mechanisms that cause chronic unhappiness the authors gently guide readers through a series of exercises designed to break the mental habits that lead to despair. Kabat-Zinn lends his calm familiar voice to the accompanying CD of guided meditations making this a complete package for anyone looking to regain a sense of balance & contentment. ...