What does it mean to be a Catholic in todays world? What distinguishes the modern Catholic from anyone else? At a time when the Vatican provokes hostility by its opposition to contraception abortion & the use of condoms in fighting AIDS how many Catholics share its views? & if they dont how can they in good conscience stay in the Church? These are among the many questions that writer & broadcaster Peter Stanford has addressed to some of Britains best-known Catholics. There is a whole spectrum of response in this entertaining & enlightening collection. Fascinating...a surprisingly uplifting book. Sunday Telegraph A hard-hitting book which criticises as much as it praises...it should be read by anyone interested in the phenomenon of organised religion. Spectator ...

A heartwarming book featuring children's own words & animal illustrations this is the perfect book to say I love you Daddy!" 'I love my daddy because...' Everyone's daddy is the best. & who better to tell the world than children themselves? This charming book combines endearing things said by children about their fathers with gentle illustrations of familiar animals. The text is amusing & insightful with reasons why daddies are loved by their children ranging from 'because he tickles me' to 'because he is my best friend'. With beautiful pictures & charming words from children all about daddies it's just right to give to Dad & to read together!" ...

-Create your own book means that you can make your very own book by including a photo of your very own grandma on the front cover. -Personalise the last two spreads in the book with your own stories & drawings. -Features six spreads of delightfully funny & quirky text by Alison Reynolds. -Lively & colourful illustrations by Serena Geddes capture grandma's hilarious antics. -Other titles in the series ' Why I Love My Mum' ...

-Create your own book means that you can make your very own book by including a photo of your every own mum on the front cover. -Personalise the last two spreads in the book with your own stories & drawings. -Features six spreads of delightfully funny & quirky text by Alison Reynolds. -Lively & colourful illustrations by Serena Geddes capture mums hilarious antics. Other titles in the series Why I Love My Grandma ...

Featuring children's own words & heart-warming pictures this book can be given by boys or girls to their mummy on mothers' day. Or at any time! 'I love my mummy because...' Everyone's mummy is the best. & who better to tell the world than children themselves? This charming book combines endearing things said by children about their mothers with gentle illustrations of familiar animals. With beautiful pictures & charming words from children all about mummies this is the perfect book to share with Mum! ...

Originally published in 2012 to wide acclaim this updated edition Why It's STILL Kicking Off Everywhere

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Scientific evidence has proven that kindness changes the brain impacts the heart & immune system & may even be an antidote to depression. Were actually genetically wired to be kind. In this book inspirational ex-scientist David Hamilton shows that kindness has evolved in us & thus its effects are felt daily throughout our nervous systems. When were kind our bodies are healthiest. This groundbreaking book is filled with fascinating new discoveries including: how kindness developed in our genes; that love & kindness can make a damaged heart regenerate faster; how kindness & compassion alter the neural structures of our brains; & that gratitude can make you at least 25 per cent happier. This unique book fuses scientific research around being kind with inspirational real life examples of kindness from ordinary people. Reading these stories will nourish your soul & leave you with renewed optimism for the future & this book will help you see the many levels on which taking the time to make a difference could transform your health
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On August 7 1974 Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the New York World Trade Centre's twin towers where he danced for nearly an hour. Since then he has walked (legally) over the Louisiana Superdome; over Amsterdam Avenue to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine; & between the Palais de Chaillot & the Eiffel Tower in Paris. In all of his high wire walks knots have been the essential components of each the guardian angels protecting his life in the sky. Why Knot? explains how to tie more than sixty useful knots. All the knots included have been put to task during one wire walk or another & each passed the ultimate test: to contribute in holding a man's life. The drawings are by Petit himself & are beautifully wrought works of art some of which have been exhibited in Clic Gallery in New York. After years of research Philippe presents a how to guide to what he considers to be the essential knots--which include the safest the easiest & fastest to tie & untie the most ingenious the most simple & much more. The book will also include photographs of the knots being used by Petit while performing high wire walks & a red rope that will allow readers to practice their new knot skills. If you're not already nuts for knots with the help of this book you will be transformed into a knot aficionado. ...

You see there was a time when Lion wasn't like a king. You could say that Lion had no roar.. . Brilliantly colourful Tingatinga artwork tells the story of how when the other animals asked Lion to make snappy Crocodile share the waterhole Lion traveled to the Great Cave of Tinga Tinga to find his roar. Roarrr! ...

Why Love Matters explains why love is essential to brain development in the early years of life particularly to the development of our social & emotional brain systems & presents the startling discoveries that provide the answers to how our emotional lives work. Sue Gerhardt considers how the earliest relationship shapes the baby's nervous system with lasting consequences & how our adult life is influenced by infancy despite our inability to remember babyhood. She shows how the development of the brain can affect future emotional well being & goes on to look at specific early 'pathways' that can affect the way we respond to stress & lead to conditions such as anorexia addiction & anti-social behaviour. Why Love Matters is a lively & very accessible interpretation of the latest findings in neuroscience psychology psychoanalysis & biochemistry. It will be invaluable to psychotherapists & psychoanalysts mental health professionals parents & all those concerned with the central importance of brain development in relation to many later adult difficulties. ...