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. ...

Barbara & Allan Pease 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 WHY MEN DON'T LISTEN & WOMEN CAN'T READ MAPS the 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 can't 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 talk so much & men so little WHAT MEN & WOMEN REALLY WANT A must-read for everyone
- you will learn as much about yourself & how to improve your relationships as you will about the opposite sex.
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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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Mandy Mc Millan was not a fighter. She was ordinary: a hairdresser a party girl a bit of a coward when it came to all things medical. The worst shed ever fought was a cold. Then she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27
- the second in her group of five friends to be struck down by the disease. Shed had a one in 1 900 chance of getting it. Her cancer was incurable; chemotherapy almost killed her her body was so ravaged that she almost gave up but Mandy battled on. Her one stroke of good fortune? The arrival of new wonder-drug Herceptin. Then a miracle happened: Mandy gave birth to Britains first Herceptin baby a little girl conceived carried & born to a mum on long-term treatment. A drug saved Mandy Mc Millan now a daughter called Holly is keeping her alive. & she will fight every single day to see her child grow up.
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