Children throughout the developed world are suffering: instances of obesity dyslexia ADHD bad behaviour & so on are all on the rise. & it's not simply that our willingness to diagnose has increased; there are very real & growing problems. Sue Palmer a former head teacher & literacy expert has researched a whole range of problem areas from poor diet lack of exercise & sleep deprivation to a range of modern difficulties that are having a major effect: television computer games mobile phones. This combination of factors added to the increasingly busy & stressed life of parents means that we are developing a toxic new generation. TOXIC CHILDHOOD illustrates the latest research from around the world & provides answers for worried parents as to how they can protect their families from the problems of the modern world & help ensure that their children emerge as healthy intelligent & pleasant adults. ...

Millions of lives are damaged by the legacy of parental abuse. Parents who ignored their children's needs or overburdened them with guilt. Parents who were alcoholic or addicted to drugs. Parents who were exploitative & cruel or simply indifferent & inadequate. When these children reach adulthood the damage done by their toxic parents manifests itself in depression or difficulties with relationships careers & decision-making. This landmark book by bestselling author & psychologist Dr Susan Forward confronts this painful legacy & shows why it is so difficult to put the past behind you. She offers effective alternatives for achieving inner peace & for freeing yourself from the frustrating patterns of your relationships with your parents. Filled with vivid case histories & testimony from adult children of toxic parents this remarkable book also offers the self-help techniques Dr Forward has developed to change the lives of her patients. With this book as your guide you will discover an exciting new world of self-confidence inner strength & emotional independence. ...

The Toy Robot" is an enchanting picture book adventure from " Ben & Hollys Little Kingdom". Fairy Princess Holly Ben Elf & their friends have found an old broken robot in the Little Forest. Holly wants to mend it with her magic wand but Ben & Barnaby want to fix it with their elf skills. Holly decides to make a magical key to wind up the robot but it has some very strange results... Read this wonderful little story to find out what happens! There are many different " Ben & Hollys Little Kingdom" picture books & activity books to choose from including " Ben & Hollys Little Kingdom Wipe-Clean Game Book" " Elf School Shiny Sticker Book" " The Royal Picnic Magnet Book" & " The Lost Egg" why not collect the series?" ...

Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement focuses on the skills & techniques practiced inside Toyota Motor Corporation during the past decades. This workbook focuses on the actual training course concepts & methods used by Toyota to develop employee skill level a core element of Toyota's success. It is not a book about holding Western-style five-day Kaizen events which were in reality quite rare during the development of Toyota's production system & are virtually nonexistent today inside Toyota. Written by two of Toyota's most revered & experienced trainers the book
- Traces the origins of Kaizen since the inception of Toyota Motor Corporation Articulates the basic six-step Kaizen improvement skills pattern taught inside Toyota Helps practitioners of Kaizen improve their own skill level & confidence by simplifying concepts & removing any mystery in the process Provides homework assignments & a wealth of forms for analyzing work processes If you take the time to study the concepts detailed here you will be reviewing the same methods & techniques that were harnessed by generations of Toyota supervisors managers & engineers. These techniques are not the secret ingredient of Lean manufacturing; however mastery of these timeless techniques will improve your ability to conduct improvement in almost any setting & generate improvement results for your organization.
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In this classic text Taiichi Ohno--inventor of the Toyota Production System & Lean manufacturing--shares the genius that sets him apart as one of the most disciplined & creative thinkers of our time. Combining his candid insights with a rigorous analysis of Toyota's attempts at Lean production Ohno's book explains how Lean principles can improve any production endeavor. A historical & philosophical description of just-in-time & Lean manufacturing this work is a must read for all students of human progress. On a more practical level it continues to provide inspiration & instruction for those seeking to improve efficiency through the elimination of waste. ...

Adorable soft & colourful -- & just the right size for little hands -- knitted toys are the ideal gift for children of all ages. The collection of wonderful knitted toys in this book
- many of them complete with their own alternative outfits or additional accessories -- will be a welcome addition to any childs cuddly collection. As well as imaginative dolls traditional animals & a cute teddy Tracy Chapman has included a selection of nursery toys for the very young child
- a ball blocks with intarsia lettering & a rattle with a bell for example. The projects range from the simple to more complex & utilize a wide variety of knitting skills. Each pattern is carefully explained with clear charts & detailed instructions so even the less-experienced knitter will find them easy to follow. Whether you want an easily-made gift or a more complex knitting project to really get into Tracy Chapmans exciting new patterns will inspire you to pick up your needles & get started. Toys to Knit is the companion volume to the forthcoming Toys to Sew which

Includes:: a range of desirable projects to stitch from author Claire Garl&. (25 000 words.)



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Since Postmortem garnered critical acclaim & a record-breaking five awards for a first crime novel the Scarpetta novels have often been imitated but never bettered. Against her own judgement & the advice of Benton Wesley & her niece Lucy Scarpetta agrees to return to Virginia as a consultant pathologist on a case involving the death of a fourteen-year-old girl. Accompanied by Pete Marino she finds the once familiar territory of her morgue & her department much changed & the new Chief Medical Examiner treats her with disdain despite the obvious fact that he is in desperate need of her expertise. But professional as ever she re-examines the evidence & proves the girl was murdered. She also finds trace evidence which matches that found on an accident victim & at the scene where one of Lucy's operatives was attacked. It is not only a forensic puzzle but opens up the probability that someone is after those closest to Scarpetta. Visit the author's website at www.patriciacornwell.com ...

Two renowned watercolour artists show how to paint beautiful & convincing landscapes. Pull-out outlines are provided for the many step-by-step demonstrations so that readers can bypass the drawing stage & get straight on to painting. There are 14 watercolour landscapes incorporating rocky Irish coastal scenes farms & beaches from the Mediterranean & beautiful pastoral & riverside landscapes. Based on the Search Press titles Ready to Paint Watercolour Barns Ready to Paint Ireland in Watercolour Country Landscapes in Watercolour & Mediterranean Landscapes in Watercolour. People who want to learn to paint watercolour landscapes without relying on their drawing skills have everything they need in this book. ...

This book offers critical engagements with four objects from the nineteenth century: The ruins of the Crystal Palace in Sydenham & the dinosaurs that remain the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens Oxfords Pitt Rivers Museum & the short novel by H.G. Wells
- The Time Machine. These provide very different forms of encounter but are bound by the shadow of the Great Exhibition of 1851. This immense spectacle helped forge our understanding of display surveillance & commodity. This legacy can be detected in the development of the modern museum & gallery as well as the shaping of spaces & structures of trade commerce & political display denying any possibility of conceptually separating these sites. Linked by a cumulative narrative that binds the mid nineteenth century to the early twenty first these four objects are identified as formative traces of the past within the present. They provide models for critical thought & suggest answers to the problematic conditions that they present as ideologically specific relics from a previous age.
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History leaves traces of the people
- Byron Shakespeare Rimbaud Leonardo
- living through it in portraits documents & books.

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