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. ...

A century after his death Gustav Mahler is the most important composer of modern times. Displacing Beethoven as a box-office draw heard in Hollywood films & on state occasions his music inspires particular devotion. Some believe it helps heal emotional wounds others find intellectual fascination in its contradictory meanings & many feel that the music captures the yearnings & anxieties of our post-industrial society. In this highly original account of the composers life & work Norman Lebrecht explores the Mahler Effect asking why Mahlers music has become the soundtrack to our twenty-first-century lives. ...

Psychologist & top marriage guru John Gottman has spent twenty years studying what makes a marriage last
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Robin Norwoods international bestseller Women Who Love Too Much" changed forever the way we think about love. Now in " Why Me Why This Why Now?" she takes her readers
- women & men
- on a deeper journey into the realm of the Spirit & offers a revolutionary perspective on adversity that addresses our deepest & most disturbing questions like why is this happening to me? or what is the point of pain? or what is my body trying to tell me? By teaching us to recognize the souls purpose behind our encounters with adversity Robin Norwood empowers us to co-operate with our own destiny live a far more effective life & heal even the deepest wounds of the heart."

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The audio of the book thats taking Britain by storm! Bestselling authors Allan & Barbara Pease spotlight the differences between the way men & women think. They travelled the world collating the dramatic findings of new research on the brain investigating evolutionary biology analysing psychologists research studying social change & annoying the locals. The result is a sometimes shocking always illuminating frequently hilarious look at where the battle line is drawn between the sexes why it was drawn & how to cross it. Revealed: Why men really cant do more than one thing at a time. Why women make such a mess of parallel parking. Why men should never lie to women.. Why women despair about mens silences. Why men want sex & women need love. ...

Do you feel like you are too nice? Sherry Argov's Why Men Love Bitches delivers a unique perspective as to why men are attracted to a strong woman who stands up for herself. With saucy detail on every page this no-nonsense guide reveals why a strong woman is much more desirable than a yes woman" who routinely sacrifices herself. The author provides compelling answers to the tough questions women often ask: Why are men so romantic in the beginning & why do they change? Why do men take nice girls for granted? Why does a man respect a woman when she stands up for herself? Full of advice hilarious real-life relationship scenarios "she says/he thinks" tables & the author's unique " Attraction Principles " Why Men Love Bitches gives you bottom-line answers. It helps you know who you are stand your ground & relate to men on a whole new level. Once you've discovered the feisty attitude men find so magnetic you'll not only increase the romantic chemistry-you'll gain your man's love & respect with far less effort." ...

Why Men Marry Bitches is a sharp-witted manifesto that shows women how to transform a casual relationship into a committed one. Brings something altogether new to the relationship-advice shelves & explains why being extra nice doesn't necessarily mean he'll be more devoted. The guide shares real-life 'no holds barred' interviews with men who answer to questions such as: Do men deliberately push women's motional buttons? Whether you are single married recently separated or just fed up this is the must-have guide that will show you how to exude confidence win his heart & get the love & respect you deserve. ...

You see there was a time when Monkeys didn't swing in the trees. They used to stay on the ground & play.. . And they loved to wind Crocodile up! Join the mischievous Monkeys for a gloriously colourful adventure through Tinga Tinga & find out what happens when Crocodile gets cross & goes snap! ...

This is a provocative new theory of political economy explaining why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail" sets out to answer this question with a compelling & elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate geography or culture but because of institutions. Drawing on an extraordinary range of contemporary & historical examples from ancient Rome through the Tudors to modern-day China leading academics Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson show that to invest & prosper people need to know that if they work hard they can make money & actually keep it
- & this means sound institutions that allow virtuous circles of innovation expansion & peace. Based on fifteen years of research & answering the competing arguments of authors ranging from Max Weber to Jeffrey Sachs & Jared Diamond Acemoglu & Robinson step boldly into the territory of Francis Fukuyama & Ian Morris. They blend economics politics history & current affairs to provide a new powerful & persuasive way of understanding wealth & poverty. They offer a pragmatic basis for the hope that at critical junctures in history those mired in poverty can be placed on the path to prosperity
- with important consequences for our views on everything from the role of aid to the future of China."

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This is a provocative bestseller that explains why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail" sets out to answer this question with a compelling & elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate geography or culture but because of institutions. Drawing on an extraordinary range of contemporary & historical examples from ancient Rome through the Tudors to modern-day China leading academics Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson show that to invest & prosper people need to know that if they work hard they can make money & actually keep it
- & this means sound institutions that allow virtuous circles of innovation expansion & peace. Based on fifteen years of research & answering the competing arguments of authors ranging from Max Weber to Jeffrey Sachs & Jared Diamond Acemoglu & Robinson step boldly into the territory of Francis Fukuyama & Ian Morris. They blend economics politics history & current affairs to provide a new powerful & persuasive way of understanding wealth & poverty."
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