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Be Glorious, Be You: How to build compassion and be kinder to yourself
by Alison DaviesThis practical, pretty book is all about boosting the feel-good factor and sharing the love. It doesn't matter who you are, or where you are in your life right now, there is no one quite like you and that is worth celebrating! This book shows you how to shine your light by building empathy for others, developing a deep well of compassion and being kind to yourself and those you meet.Be Glorious, Be You offers tips, techniques and exercises based on mindfulness, meditation and self-care that will boost your esteem, so that you feel truly nourished and cared for. Consider it your essential guide to thinking and feeling fabulous.
Banners of Hell: Hugh Corbett 24
by Paul DohertySummer 1312. The brutal murder of King Edward II's favourite, Peter Gaveston, unleashes a horde of demons . . .Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, hastens to the Dominican Priory at Blackfriars where Gaveston's corpse awaits burial. But, on arrival, Corbett discovers that a series of macabre murders has turned the priory into a mansion of death, and a killer is roaming free.Meanwhile, rumours spread that the pirate ships of the Black Banner Fleet are intent on entering the River Thames and, if the Sea Beggars succeed in their mission, they will weaken the king's power throughout the city. Once again, Corbett must employ his wit and ingenuity to navigate the dangerous and deadly challenges ahead and bring the culprits to justice before matters turn grave indeed.What readers say about Paul Doherty:'Paul Doherty's depictions of medieval England are truly outstanding''Another brilliant story in the excellent Hugh Corbett series by a superb historical author''Good plots, clever twists and mostly impossible to work out'
D. O. DOUBLE G: The Og Since 1993 (The\little Book Of... Ser.)
by Orange Hippo!America's Original Gangsta. Snoop Doggy Dogg fired up the burgeoning U.S. rap scene in 1993 with his outstanding debut, Doggystyle. It not only revolutionised a genre, it also put West Coast ganstas at the top of the charts for the first time ever. With producer Dr Dre, Snoop lit the spark for many other famous rappers to find fame and built a global apparel empire and brand that now branches out into multiple bestselling products, all available on his online 'Snoopermarket'.This little guide is the pick-me-up every Snoop fan deserves. With more than 175 whip smart wisecracks from America's highest pop culture power, The Little Guide to Snoop Dogg is the best way to celebrate 30 years of Doggystyle without putting your back out.'I felt like I was out of pocket. I apologised to him, and let him know and I'm just bettering myself. I make mistakes. I ain't perfect. I'm Snoop Dogg.'
The Happy Nomad: Live with less and find what really matters
by Charlotte Bradman'Extraordinary . . . a glimpse into a future of endless possibility.'- Martin Dorey, travel writerA truly inspirational memoir for anyone who dreams of leading a different life.Vivid, self-confessional and darkly humorous, The Happy Nomad is the story of how Charlotte Bradman breaks free from her turbulent past, mounting debts and the nine-to-five treadmill, and finds a simpler way of life living full-time in her beloved campervan. Freed from the burden of a thirty-year-old boiler on the edge, temperamental ceilings that don't like heights, and letterboxes that mercilessly allow bills and arrest warrants through, Charlotte finds joy in a life lived closer to nature. Stripped back to the very basics, no longer weighed down by material possessions, she discovers the precious gift of time, enabling her to connect with both herself and the people she meets, and to re-evaluate what it truly means to thrive.The Happy Nomad is a gripping account of how one woman lost her house and found peace and contentment in her campervan home.'Proof that water in the form of driving rain, wild river, icy lake, or turquoise ocean can build back a body, mend a tattered mind, heal a broken heart, and soothe a weary soul.'- Dr Wallace J Nichols, marine biologist and author of Blue Mind
The Little Book of Cocktails: Shaken to Perfection (The\little Book Of... Ser.)
by Orange Hippo!"Why limit happy to an hour?"It's cocktail o'clock!Cocktails are more popular now than ever before in the history of drinking. It's boom time for cocktails, whether it's a wild night in with friends or charming a bartender with witty cocktail jokes. From Aperol Spritz to Zombie Punch and everything in-between, this drinking companion will never judge your cocktail order and is filled to the rim with enough cool trivia to make even your Martini shake in excitement. Intoxicated with loud-out-loud quips, classic recipes and delightful wit, The Little Book of Cocktails is a cosy compendium to up your cocktailing game and shake like a mixologist - behind the bar or on the dancefloor - and a perfect little pick-me-up for your evening unwinding. Just like a cocktail. Please read responsibly.'Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.' Oscar Wilde'One martini is alright, two is too many, three is not enough.' James Thurber'It's 4:58 on Friday afternoon. Do you know where your margarita is?' Amy Neftzger
The Bookshop Woman
by Nanako HanadaTHE BOOKSHOP WOMAN IS A LOVE STORY, A LOVE STORY ABOUT BOOKSNanako Hanada's life has not just flatlined, it's hit rock bottom... Recently separated from her husband, she is living between 4-hour capsule hostels, pokey internet cafes and bookshop floors. Her work is going no better - sales at the eccentric Village Vanguard bookstore in Tokyo, which Nanako manages, are dwindling. As Nanako's life falls apart, reading books is the only thing keeping her alive.That's until Nanako joins an online meet-up site which offers 30 minutes with someone you'll never see again. Describing herself as a sexy bookseller she offers strangers 'the book that will change their life' in exchange for a meeting. In the year that follows, Nanako meets hundreds of people, some of whom want more than just a book...Acerbic and self-knowing, The Bookshop Woman is a soul-soothing story of a bookseller's self-discovery and an ode to the joy of reading. Offering a glimpse into bookselling in Japan and the quirky side of Tokyo and its people, this is a story of how books can help us forge connection with others and lead us to ourselves.This is a story about the beauty of climbing into a book, free diving into its pages, and then resurfacing on the last page, ready to breathe a different kind of air...
Poo Jokes for Kids: Over 300 hilarious jokes! (Joke Books for Kids #2)
by Elle OwellWhy did the toilet paper roll down the hill?To get to the bottom!What do you call a poo in space?A POO-F-O!Entertain your friends and family with these side-splitting jokes, guaranteed to get everyone giggling.This totally poop-tastic book is packed with over 300 jokes about pongy poos, bottom burps and foul farts. This pooper-dooper collection of toilet humour will keep you giggling for hours - and drive grown-ups potty!
Korean Made Easy: Simple recipes to make from morning to midnight
by Seji HongBibimbap. Korean Fried Chicken. Kimchi. There's no doubt Korean food is delicious - made up of bold flavours and comforting dishes - but many people unfairly assume it's too difficult to cook at home.In Korean Made Easy, Seji Hong demonstrates the simplicity of the country's cuisine and reveals how to create some of its best-loved dishes by mix and matching just seven store cupboard ingredients: Gochujang, Doenjang, Ganjang (Soy sauce), Rice, Sesame oil, Fish sauce and Gochugaru, along with a few extras that can easily be found in supermarkets.All the recipes in this book are simple enough for kitchen novices but are also sure to excite more seasoned cooks, with classics including Beef Bulgolgi and Cold Spicy Noodles, as well as street-food favourites such as Tteokbokki, Gochujang Chicken Skewers and Korean Corn Dogs.
Gender Theory: 'A blazing new voice in Scottish fiction'
by Madeline Docherty'An incredible debut from a blazing new voice in Scottish fiction' Image'Beautifully captures the pain of growing into yourself, and the intensity of all-consuming female friendship' ROSE WILDING'I inhaled Gender Theory in one intoxicating sitting . . . a powerful and necessary novel' RACHEL DAWSONYou lose your virginity to a boy from your gender theory seminar, and the first person you tell is Ella.Ella's with you at the party when you first kiss a girl. And Ella takes you to the hospital the first time you're diagnosed. Over the next few years you have a string of relationships and jobs, but you can always count on Ella to be there for you - until the drinking and the parties, the hospital visits and late-night calls, blur the lines of your friendship into something unbalanced and fragile, at risk of breaking altogether.The worst part is you can see it coming. The worst part is you don't know how to stop.Gender Theory is an incisive, affecting debut about illness, identity and how we care for those around us.
Heraxor the Fire Hawk: Series 31 Book 3 (Beast Quest #1131)
by Adam BladeFree the Beasts. Live the Adventure.Join the New Protectors as they battle Beasts and fight Evil in the bestselling adventure series for boys and girls aged 7 and up!In the land of Tangala, legend tells of the Metamorphia - a league of sorcerers who once defied the Emperor and used their magic to create mighty Beasts. Now the New Protectors are on the trail of four such Beasts, resurrected by the witch Zuba. Our brave young heroes must travel to the four corners of the kingdom to defeat Zuba's Beasts before the realm is destroyed for ever . . . but fortunately they are joined by powerful animal companions of their own. When Katya travels through a portal to a faraway part of Tangala, she and her companion, Veradu, find themselves in terrible danger from Heraxor, a gigantic hawk with feathers like blades!There are FOUR thrilling adventures to collect in the latest set of this beloved series - don't miss out!
Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins mysteries #17)
by Walter MosleyIN THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF THE ACCLAIMED EASY RAWLINS SERIES, EASY IS SENT DOWN MEMORY LANE... BLINDING HIM TO REASON AND RISK, MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE ANYTHING BUT BLACK AND WHITE. ****January 1970. Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, LA's premier Black detective, at 50 years of age despite all expectations. A loving family, a beautiful home, and a thriving investigation agency: all is right with the world.When Amethystine Stoller - his own personal Helen of Troy - arrives, seeking answers about her ex-husband's disappearance, Easy wants to believe he has a simple case on his hands.But the investigation sends him on a trip down memory lane: haunted by loss, love, and a hunger that has eaten at him since he was a Black boy on his own on the streets of Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas.As the case becomes personal, Easy faces a reckoning. A new decade brings with it new expectations: men and women, Black and White, and wrong or right. To save his soul and solve the case, Easy has a big choice to make... ****PRAISE FOR WALTER MOSLEY:'Simply the best crime writer around today.' GAURDIAN'There are few writers within the crime genre who recreate time and place with Mosley's effortless exactness, even fewer who can replicate his masterfully sustained sense of danger.' SUNDAY TIMES'This is classic noir territory, filled with unintentional heroes with the best intentions and dangerous dames . . . A class act.'TIME OUT 'It's Mosley's signature style-rough-hewn, rhythmic, and lyrical-that makes you ready and eager for whatever he's serving up...Let the good times roll.'KIRKUS REVIEWS'A mystery master.'WASHINGTON POST
The White Circle: A Black Forest Investigation VI (The Black Forest Investigations #7)
by Oliver Bottini"A fitting and frightening conclusion to a magnificent series" The TimesThe final instalment of the acclaimed Black Forest Investigations brings the series to a shattering close.Louise Bonì, Chief Inspector of the Freiburg criminal police, gets intelligence from an informer that two guns have been bought from a Russian criminal network. Desperate to prevent a fatal act of violence, Bonì is swift to investigate. Before long she identifies the vehicle used to collect the weapons, but the car's owner has a watertight alibi. The man driving that night was Ricky Janisch, a neo-Nazi and member of the extreme right-wing group, the Southwest Brigade."Bottini is one of the most sophisticated crime writers of our times" JOAN SMITH, Sunday TimesBonì and her team put Janisch under surveillance, and identify others belonging to the extreme right. The further they probe, the more shocking their discoveries. Could this be part of a much more powerful neo-Nazi network which will stop at nothing? And how will they prevent an attack when the perpetrators are always a step ahead and they don't know the target? By the time Bonì pinpoints the victim, it may already be too late . . .Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch
D is for Death: Meet Dora Wildwood, historical crime's brilliant new heroine!
by Harriet F. Townson'A little bit Margery Allingham with hints of Mitford, definite tones of Eva Ibbotson and as delightful as I Capture the Castle, D is for Death is an instant classic. I loved it so much' MARIAN KEYES'A charming and authentic ode to Golden Age crime fiction and to books in general. In a genre replete with world-weary cynicism, Dora Wildwood makes for an endearingly optimistic feminist sleuth' CHRIS BROOKMYREMeet Dora Wildwood: runaway bride, book lover, and aspiring detective. Likes: solving crimes, peppermint creams, trousers and her own independence.Dislikes: cracked book spines, tyrannical behaviour, beetroot.1935. Dora'son the first train to London, having smuggled herself out of the house in the middle of the night to escape her impending marriage. But unluckily for her, Dora's fiance is more persistent than most and follows.As Dora alights at Paddington station, she is immediately forced to run from the loathsome Charles Silk-Butters. She ducks into the London Library to hide and it is there, surrounded by books, where she should feel most safe, that Dora Wildwood stumbles across her first dead body.Having been thrown into the middle of a murder scene, it's now impossible to walk away. Indeed, Dora's certain she will prove an invaluable help to the gruff Detective Inspector Fox who swiftly arrives on the scene. For as everyone knows, it's the woman in the room who always sees more than anyone else: and no one more so than Dora herself...D is for Death heralds the launch of a brilliant historical crime series that marries the quality of Dorothy L. Sayers with the ingenuity of Janice Hallett - and in Dora Wildwood introduces a character with the spark and gusto of Enola Holmes and the detective skill of Miss Marple. It is the debut crime novel from bestselling author Harriet Evans, writing as Harriet F. Townson.'A glorious, stylish story of passion, poison and peril' LUCY DIAMOND'What a world, what a plot, what a cast - a masterpiece!' VERONICA HENRY'So good and funny ... bristling with loveable characters' LAURA WOOD'I am now a Dora addict ... so wonderful' NATASHA POLISZCZUK
What Would You Say to a Dinosaur?
by Adam Guillain Charlotte GuillainWhat would YOU say to a dinosaur, who's never been to town before . . ."Would you like a banana?" Stegosaurus has come to Dino Town to visit his Granny! But from the moment he steps off the train, nothing goes quite to plan.What would you say to a dinosaur who's never been to town before? Can you help him find his way? Or will Stegosaurus wind up covered in pants, socks and cake in a bit of a muddle . . .With hilariously nonsensical questions and answers, unpredictable dino drama and plenty to spot on every page, this picture book is huge fun to read aloud and is sure to become a repeat-read family favourite.Written by bestselling, award-winning author auo Adam & Charlotte Guillain, with vibrant comic-style illustrations by Gareth Conway, illustrator of Greg the Sausage Roll.
Raising Girls With ADHD: Secrets for Parenting Healthy, Happy Daughters
by Mary Anne RicheyThe second edition of the best-selling Raising Girls with ADHD features the latest information on research and treatment for girls with ADHD presented in an easily accessible format.The book is packed with expert information to empower parents to make decisions about identification, treatment options, behavioral strategies, personal/social adjustment, educational impact, and many other issues from preschool through high school. Featuring practical suggestions and interventions, this book is a comprehensive guide for parents interested in helping their daughters with ADHD reach their full potential. Based on the author’s years of personal and professional experience, this book covers topics not often found in other parenting guides, such as the preschool years and early diagnosis, a Dynamic Action Treatment Plan parents and their daughters can work on together, as well as guidance for teens on money management, getting their first job and post high school planning. In addition to expert guidance, this new edition also features interviews with girls and their mothers sharing their personal strategies for success in managing ADHD.Full of tactics, resources, and tools, this book will provide the support you need to build a positive relationship with your daughters while seeking the most appropriate treatments and support.
Sustainability and the Fashion Industry: Can Fashion Save the World? (Responsible Fashion)
by Annick Schramme Nathalie VerbovenThere is widespread rhetorical agreement that the fashion industry must get itself onto a more ethical and sustainable footing. What does this mean in practice, and how can this be achieved in different regions around the world?This book brings together expert scholars and reflective practitioners via a network of dialogue and exchange to help drive forward an ethical and sustainable future for the fashion industry. With insights from fashion design, management, sociology, philosophy, education, heritage studies and policy, the book asks whether or not fashion can save the world.Enriched with illuminating case interviews and the perspective of experts, this book will be of interest to researchers and scholars in the fields of sustainable business and the fashion industry, and provides a unique resource for readers seeking to understand more about the need for responsible fashion.
The Consciousness Network: How the Brain Creates our Reality
by Cyriel PennartzWhat is the relationship between consciousness and our brain? Are they one and the same? Who are we really? The Consciousness Network presents a novel account of one of the greatest scientific challenges of the twenty-first century: understanding the connection between brain and mind.The book explores remarkable cases of patients who demonstrate how our impression of reality is created by the brain. Age-old questions about dreams, colour perception, phantom sensations and hallucinations are illuminated by surprising discoveries from the latest brain research. How does consciousness differ from memory, emotions and behaviour? How did it develop during the evolution of life on earth, and does it serve a purpose? Does the brain leave room for free will? In this unique blend of philosophy, history, psychology and neuroscience, Cyriel Pennartz breaks new ground by presenting an original theory of brain and mind, substantiated by brain research in patients and healthy people. This theory, inspired by the seventeenth-century philosopher Spinoza, goes significantly deeper than current thinking based on computer models or artificial intelligence.The Consciousness Network is essential reading for students working at the interface of neuroscience, cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind and cognitive science, as well as anyone interested in consciousness and the brain.
Artificial Intelligence Enabled Signal Processing based Models for Neural Information Processing
by Ram Bilas Pachori Rajesh Kumar TripathyThe book provides details regarding the application of various signal processing and artificial intelligence-based methods for electroencephalography data analysis. It will help readers in understanding the use of electroencephalography signals for different neural information processing and cognitive neuroscience applications. The book: Covers topics related to the application of signal processing and machine learning-based techniques for the analysis and classification of electroencephalography signals Presents automated methods for detection of neurological disorders and other applications such as cognitive task recognition, and brain-computer interface Highlights the latest machine learning and deep learning methods for neural signal processing Discusses mathematical details for the signal processing and machine learning algorithms applied for electroencephalography data analysis Showcases the detection of dementia from electroencephalography signals using signal processing and machine learning-based techniques It is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and communications engineering, and biomedical engineering.
Routledge Handbook of African Social Work Education (Routledge International Handbooks)
by Susan Levy, Uzoma Odera Okoye, Pius T. Tanga and Richard IngramThis timely Routledge Handbook creates a much-needed space to explore what makes social work uniquely African, as well as shaping, informing, and influencing a new culturally relevant era of social work. The specific focus on social work education offers approaches to transition away from the hegemony of Western literature, knowledge, and practice models underpinning African social work education. The authors identify what is relevant and meaningful to inform, influence, and reconceptualise culturally relevant social work curriculum. Covering Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the Handbook comprises both empirical and conceptual chapters, multiple approaches, case studies, and key debates on social work education. It is structured in four parts:• Approaches to Indigenising, Decolonising and Developing Culturally Relevant Social Work Education• Social Work Education: Evolution across Contexts• Embedding Field Practicum into Social Work Education• Knowledge Exchange between the Global South and Global North.The range of indigenous, local knowledge that the Handbook presents is crucial to social work evolving and facilitating for reciprocal learning and knowledge exchange between the Global South and Global North. Whilst the context of the Handbook is Africa, the topics covered are relevant to a global audience engaged in social justice work across social work, social welfare, social development, and sustainability.
Infidelity: A Practitioner’s Guide to Working with Couples in Crisis (Family Systems Counseling: Innovations Then and Now)
by Paul R. Peluso Taylor J. IrvineThis second edition brings together an impressive array of experts to discuss and provide understanding to the treatment of infidelity.Bringing together voices from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, including couples therapy, family therapy, evolutionary psychology, relational research, and more, Peluso and Irvine help therapists understand and practically treat this common and complex issue. Divided into three parts, chapters begin by laying the foundations for understanding why couples commit infidelity before looking at different treatments, such as Gottman Method Couples Therapy, models of fidelity and forgiveness, and other integrative approaches. This new edition includes brand-new material on topics such as nonmonogamy, teletherapy, cyber-infidelity, and the impact of infidelity on couples and families from different social, cultural, generational, and sexual perspectives.With revised referrals and resources at the end of each chapter; additional infidelity treatment methods; and examinations of gender, race, and power, this guide is essential reading for all practicing and training marriage and family therapists, counselors, psychotherapists, and social workers.
Psychoanalysis as Radical Hospitality: Six Perspectives on Turning-to versus Turning-Away (Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series)
by Dana AmirThis book focuses on different forms of turning-to versus turning-away from speech across a range of experiences in clinical treatment and general life.The chapters of this volume deal with the entrapment involved in exile from mother tongue, the parasitic language that uses the other's language as a linguistic prosthesis, the language of blank mourning which separates the mourner from their mourning, the adhesive identification of the voice and the psychotic split between voice and meaning, the mental hypotonia associated with an internalized object that turns away, and the spectrum between revenge and forgiveness. Each chapter sheds light on a different angle of the psyche's ability to spot its own leverage point and use it to transcend the infinite varieties of helpless victimhood: from the position of the victim to the position of the witness, from being the object of the narrative to being its subject, and from the position of righteousness to the willingness to forgive and be forgiven.This book is a must read for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and literary scholars, as well as philosophers of language and of the mind.
Modern Hybrid Machining and Super Finishing Processes: Technology and Applications (Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies)
by Ankit Sharma Chander Prakash Atul Babbar Amrinder Singh Uppal Bhargav Prajwal PathriThis book captures the recent breakthroughs in subtractive manufacturing and difficult-to-machine, material-based, modern machining techniques. It illustrates various combinations of hybrid machining and super finishing, and outlines the critical area profile accuracy, high-precision machining, high tolerance, surface quality, chipping, and cracking for converting into new applications.Modern Hybrid Machining and Super Finishing Processes: Technology and Applications provides scientific and technological insights on subtractive manufacturing routes. It covers a wide range of micromachining parts, electronic components, metrological devices, and biomedical instruments on materials such as titanium, stainless steel, high-strength temperature-resistant alloys, fiber-reinforced composites, and ceramics, refractories, and other difficult-to-machine alloys. The book emphasizes machined surface accuracy and quality of surface, productivity, and automatization. It also covers creating complex, intricate, and complicated shapes for difficult-to-machine materials. The book goes on to offer an investigation on electrochemical discharge machining, abrasive-based nano-finishing, and rotary ultrasonic machining-based parametric combination, as well as discuss the latest trends in hybrid machining combined processes.This book is a firsthand reference for commercial organizations mimicking modern hybrid machining processes by targeting difficult-to-machine, materials-based applications. By capturing the current trends of today’s manufacturing practices, this book becomes a one-stop resource for scholars, manufacturing professionals, engineers, and academic researchers.
Creative Sound Play for Young Learners: A Teacher’s Guide to Enhancing Transition Times, Classroom Communities, SEL, and Executive Function Skills
by Hayes GreenfieldThis fun and engaging guide invites you to use sound-making as a collaborative, play-based practice in your early childhood classroom—first to transform tricky transition times and ultimately to support your children’s executive functioning development and social-emotional learning. The book offers techniques and ideas for every teacher to reach every child in their classroom including verbal, nonverbal, and special needs children. Easy to integrate into all standard early years curricula, it focuses on three basic elements of sound: pitch, volume, and duration. The book features an "overview of the school year" calendar and an implementation guide, in addition to a variety of suggested sound-making activities that start out simply and, through the course of the book, expand to engage children’s creativity in more dynamic ways. Creative Sound Play for Young Learners is key reading for any preschool teacher, leader, or parent.
Art and Modernism in Socialist China: Unexplored International Encounters 1949–1979 (Routledge Research in Art History)
by Shuyu Kong Julia F. Andrews Shengtian ZhengThis edited volume will be the first book examining the art history of China’s socialist period from the perspective of modernism, modernity, and global interactions.The majority of chapters are based on newly available archival materials and fresh critical frameworks/concepts. By shifting the frame of interpretation from socialist realism to socialist modernity, this study reveals the plurality of the historical process of developing modernity in China, the autonomy of artistic agency, and the complexity of an art world conditioned, yet not completely confined, by its surrounding political and ideological apparatus. The unexpected global exchanges examined by many of the authors in this study and the divergent approaches, topics, and genres they present add new sources and insights to this research field, revealing an art history that is heterogeneous, pluralistic, and multi-layered.The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, art and politics, and Chinese studies.