WINNER OF THE WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR & SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN/ACKERLY PRIZE. Several months after the death of poet Dannie Abses wife Joan in a car accident he began to write a diary which is both a record of present grief & a portrait of a marriage that lasted more than fifty years. It is an extraordinary document painful but celebratory funny yet often tragic bursting with joy as well as sorrow & full of a deep understanding of what it means to be human. ...

The difficult task of making peace with an often tumultuous world is made simple with this unique spiritual guide to the human soul. Through deeper understanding of the soul & its purpose inherited beliefs can be understood & overcome. A number of practical exercises are provided to help cleanse the mind of these inhibiting loyalties. The novel process of connecting with the souls of ancestors is also explained in-depth & is shown to produce a remarkable healing power. Ultimately a carefully transformed set of values will lead to an enhanced attitude towards life as a whole. ...

For over two decades Spencer Johnson has been inspiring & entertaining millions with his simple yet insightful stories of work & life that speak directly to the heart & soul. The Present" is an engaging story of a young mans journey to adulthood & his search for The Present a mysterious & elusive gift he first hears about from a great old man. This Present according to the old man is the best present a person can receive. Later when the young boy becomes a young man disillusioned with his work & his life he returns to ask the old man once again to help him find The Present. The old man responds Only you have the power to find The Present for yourself. So the young man embarks on a tireless search for this magical gift that holds the secret to his personal happiness & business acumen. It is only after the young man has searched high & low & given up his relentless pursuit that he relaxes & discovers The Present
- & all the promises it offers. " The Present" will help you focus on what will make you happy & successful in your work & in your personal life. Like the young man you may find that it is the best gift you can ever give yourself."
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MI5 officer Liz Carlyle is posted to Northern Irel&. From the moment she lands in Belfast danger follows. She soon discovers that the peace process in the province is precarious. Then a source reports strange goings-on at a house on the Irish Sea owned by the Fraternity an organisation Liz suspects of being a front for renegade former IRA men. Its head is Seamus Piggott an Irish-American with a gun-running past. When another informant reports a plot is being hatched against the security forces Liz & her colleague Dave Armstrong suspect Piggott is involved along with a former French Intelligence officer. Moving from London to Belfast to the South of France the latest Stella Rimington Liz Carlyle novel is a propulsive thriller filled with action & nail-biting suspense. ...

Pleasure wants to buy her baby brother a present but when she lets go of her dads hand in the busy market suddenly she cant see him anywhere. Where has her dad gone? Pleasures baby brother is teething & he just cries & cried all day. Pleasure wants to buy him a present to make him happy & she gets her chance when she goes to the market with her dad. Pleasure loves going to the market with all the brightly coloured stalls. While her dad is buying fish Pleasure spots a toy stall & she lets go of Dads hand for just one minute! Suddenly she cant see her dad at all he has completely disappeared & Pleasure is surrounded by stangers hurrying here & there. But it isnt long before she sees her dad through the crowd & he helps her buy the best ever present for Paul. ...

The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs reveals the operating system behind any great presentation & provides you with a quick-start guide to design your own passionate interfaces with your audiences." Cliff Atkinson author of Beyond Bullet Points & The Activist Audience Apple CEO Steve Jobss wildly popular presentations have set a new global gold standard--and now this step-by-step guide shows you exactly how to use his crowd-pleasing techniques in your own presentations. The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs is as close as youll ever get to having the master presenter himself speak directly in your ear. Communications expert Carmine Gallo has studied & analyzed the very best of Jobss performances offering point-by-point examples tried-&-true techniques & proven presentation secrets that work every time. With this revolutionary approach youll be surprised at how easy it is to sell your ideas share your enthusiasm & wow your audience the Steve Jobs way. Watch Carmine Gallo describe how you can inspire motivate & lead your team to do "insanely great" things. " No other leader captures an audience like Steve Jobs does & like no other book The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs captures the formula Steve uses to enthrall audiences." Rob Enderle The Enderle Group " Now you can learn from the best there is both Jobs & Gallo. No matter whether you are a novice presenter or a professional speaker like me you will read & reread this book with the same enthusiasm that people bring to their iPods." David Meerman Scott bestselling author of The New Rules of Marketing & PR & World Wide Rave" ...

The importance of presenting design ideas with the maximum clarity & precision is the central theme of this manual which describes the principles of perspective drawing & colouring techniques with chapters on marker airbrush & coloured paper rendering & special finishes. All types of line & descriptive drawing are explored including cutaways & exploded views; & step-by-step drawings show how to build up a product visual following the entire sequence to the finished drawings. Illustrated throughout with more thanj 300 colour illustrations including examples by some of the most interesting & imaginative designers working today as well as the authors own drawings Presentation Techniques will give designers confidence in presenting their ideas in the most visually exciting way. ...

Have you ever been enthralled by a masterful presenter or trainer? Have you longed to effortlessly entertain & motivate your audience just as they seemed to do? At one time it was considered that such captivating performances were possible only if you were one of the fortunate natural-born" presenters. Now with the application of advanced human communication technologies such as NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) & Accelerated Learning everyone can learn to present magically. Whether you are a newcomer or a seasoned professional this book sets out to provide you with masterful tips & techniques that could transform your presenting skills. Introducing you to the secrets of many of the worlds top presenters this book explores: how to adopt the beliefs & attitudes of master presenters; how to become calm balanced & centred; how to connect with your audience; how to structure your language for optimum effect; how to handle hecklers; how to use metaphor; how to use gesture to access the unconscious mind of the viewer; how to use & own the stage; how to elicit stares from your audience & anchor them; how to structure presentations to fit everyones learning style; & how to grab the audiences attention
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Praise for the previous editions.. .a wonderfully readable overview of the developmental principles underlying psychodynamic counseling." Jan Grant Ph.D. senior lecturer Edith Cowan University Western Australia " This book is a wonderfully readable overview of the developmental principles underlying psychodynamic counselling. Theories of Freud Klein Winnicott Kohut & others are organized into three broad developmental themes
- dependency autonomy & interdependence & illuminated with rich clinical examples. Jacobs' lucid lively style makes the connection between theory & practice clear & accessible. This outstanding book will appeal to established clinicians as well as students training in counselling & psychotherapy." Jan Grant Ph.D. Senior Lecturer Edith Cowan University Western Australia " Michael Jacobs is a free spirit who roams purposefully in the often contentious world of the rival psychoanalytic traditions." Professor Brian Thorne Centre for Counselling Studies University of East Anglia " An original & reliable approach to the development of personality that every therapist & student therapist should possess. Jacobs one of the founders of psychodynamic therapy & counselling avoids the twin perils of unimaginative meaningless causality on the one hand & indifferent irresponsible reference to fate on the other." Andrew Samuels Professor of Analytical Psychology University of Essex A person's past is ever present from infancy to old age & it always affects the dynamics of therapy & the therapist-patient relationship. Written by one of the most-cited counselling authors in Europe the bestselling The Presenting Past gives practicing therapists & students keen insight into the subject. The theories of Freud Winnicott Klein & others are organized into three main categories: trust & attachment; authority & autonomy; & cooperation & competitiveness. Known for his straightforward & accessible writing style in this new edition Michael Jacobs provides new clinical examples of issues concerning the past as they are presented to clients in counselling & psychotherapy & makes the connection between theory & practice even more seamless. Michael's commitment to explore the value of attachment theory for the psychodynamic practice continues with references to the latest cutting edge advances in this field being written into the text. The book's new structure takes the reader into the main themes more quickly & seeing them in practice in therapy. A series of sessions beginning middle & end is then introduced before we proceed to look at the way past experience influences presenting issues. This is part of the evolution of the book & reflects Michael Jacobs' assertion the development of the text reflects 'the dynamic part of the term 'psychodynamic" & his commitment to draw on his lifetime's experience to enable psychodynamic counselling & therapy to have a truly human face."
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