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Alan Pollock is a playwright, translator and screenwriter. His numerous plays include One Night in November, Pigs and All Tomorrow's Parties.

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Alan Root was born in London in 1937 but moved to Kenya as a young boy. He dropped out of school at sixteen but soon found himself behind the camera. He married Joan Thorpe in 1961 and together they produced an array of award-winning wildlife films including Baobab: Portrait of a Tree, commissioned by David Attenborough, Safari by Balloon, The Year of the Wildebeest and Castles of Clay, which was nominated for an Oscar. Alan won over sixty awards during his career, including an Emmy, three Lifetime Achievement Awards an OBE. Alan Root died in August 2017.

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Alan Shearer CBE  grew up in Newcastle, leaving home as a  teenager to pursue a career in professional football with his first  team, Southampton. He went on to  reach football stardom, winning the Premier League with Blackburn in  1995, breaking the world transfer record by signing to Newcastle United  in 1996 and achieving international success as the Captain of England.  Alan also holds the record for most goals scored in Premier League history.

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Alan Titchmarsh MBE is known to millions through his career as a television presenter of shows including Love Your Weekend, Love Your Garden, Ground Force, Gardeners' World, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Spring Into Summer. He has written more than forty gardening books, as well as twelve novels and three volumes of memoirs. He was made MBE in the millennium New Year Honours list and holds the Victoria Medal of Honour, the Royal Horticultural Society's highest award.

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Alan Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker who was best known for his expertise in Eastern philosophies including Zen Buddhism and Taoism. He wrote over 25 books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, the meaning of life, concepts and images of God and the non-material pursuit of happiness.

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Alan Warner is the author of eight novels: Morvern Callar, These Demented Lands, The Sopranos, The Man Who Walks, The Worms Can Carry Me to Heaven, The Stars in the Bright Sky, which was longlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize, The Deadman's Pedal and Their Lips Talk of Mischief. He is Writer in Residence at Edinburgh University.

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Alan Weisman is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including the global bestseller The World Without Us, which has been translated into 34 international languages and was nominated for numerous awards. His writing has appeared in Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair, The Los Angeles Times Magazine and many other places. Alan has worked on all seven continent and reported from 58 countries, and lives in western Massachusetts.

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Alanna Mitchell

Alasdair Fotheringham is a freelance journalist and writer based in Spain. He writes regularly on cycling for the ‘I’, The Independent.co.uk, The Express, ProCycling and Cyclingnews. He has been reporting on the Tour de France and other top road cycling events since 1992. His first book was The Eagle of Toledo, a biography of cycling’s greatest ever climber, Federico Martín Bahamontes. He has also written Reckless, a biography of the ill-fated Luis Ocaña, the 1973 Tour winner and considered Eddy Merck’s top Grand Tour rival, and The End of the Road, an account of the 1998 Tour de France.

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Alastair Campbell was born in Keighley, Yorkshire in 1957, the son of a vet. Having graduated from Cambridge University in modern languages, he went into journalism, principally with the Mirror Group. When Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party, Campbell worked for him first as press secretary, then as official spokesman and director of communications and strategy from 1994 to 2003. He continued to act as an advisor to Mr Blair and the Labour Party, including during subsequent election campaigns. He now splits his time between writing, speaking, politics in Britain and overseas, consultancy and charity, as chairman of fundraising for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, and a leading ambassador for the mental health campaign Time to Change. 
 
He lives in North London with his partner of thirty-five years, Fiona Millar. They have three children. His interests include running, cycling, bagpipes and Burnley Football Club. He has published six volumes of diaries, including the number one Sunday Times bestseller, The Blair Years, a memoir on depression, The Happy Depressive, and three novels.

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Alastair Nathan Cook was born in Gloucester, December 1984. He is an English cricketer. He plays for Essex County Cricket Club and previously for England. Cook is the fifth highest Test scorer of all time. 
 
He is regarded as England's most successful batsman ever and now he is an icon and role model in sport. 
 
Outside of cricket, Alastair has written columns in the Telegraph and Metro, he is a talented saxophone player and donates his time to raising money for cancer charities and the David Randall Foundation. He is now married with three children.

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Right now, be it great or dire, your life is the sum total of your thoughts, choices, actions and habits; everything in your life can be traced to the way you think and how this influences what you do. 
 
But all too often our thoughts and feelings seem to have a mind of their own, with negative beliefs and emotions running amok in our nervous system, making it difficult, if not impossible, to make positive changes in our lives. Until now. 
 
Un-train Your Brain is an adventurous guide to freedom from the neurons that hold you back. It will enable you to choose how you feel and experience each moment, transforming your daily patterns and habits into actions that lead you to being your very best. 
 
READ THIS BOOK, APPLY ITS METHODS AND BEGIN CREATING THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE.

Un-train Your Brain

A formula for freedom (from the neurons that hold you back)

Marina Fogle

Chiara Hunt

"This is one of the best books I have read on the subject" The Sun 
"Fresh, witty and reassuringly down-to-earth" You Magazine 
 
Fed up with advice that did not take into account a less than perfect pregnancy, Dr Chiara Hunt and Marina Fogle set up their pregnancy course, The Bump Class, in London in 2013. They wanted to help prepare new mothers thoroughly for the birth of their babies and instil in them the joy and happiness of birth, no matter what the method, time or setting of the labour. 
 
This book is a pragmatic and honest look at pregnancy, giving pregnant women and new mothers sensible and practical advice on what is to be expected (as well as the often unexpected!) in a friendly and open manner. Chiara and Marina believe that there is no such thing as a “normal” pregnancy or birth – every woman is different and that should be celebrated, not ignored. 
 
The Bump Class is filled with charming illustrations, impartial advice, style tips and hilarious anecdotes from both of the authors, as well as personal stories from the women who have been welcomed onto their course. This book will provide every pregnant woman with the support and reassurance that is so essential at the most crucial time in any woman’s life.

The Bump Class

An Expert Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

Meg John Barker

Jacqui Gabb

The Secrets of Enduring Love focuses on what couples actually do to maintain, nurture and nourish their relationships. The reader will be taken on a journey through different ways of doing relationships, focusing on the key themes which came out of the research: everyday acts of kindness and appreciation; the importance of home; communication and conflict management; sex and intimacy; incorporating others into the relationship (children, pets, friends, hobbies); and telling your own love story. 
 
One of the key messages from the research is that different things work for different people, and at different times in the relationship. For this reason the book focuses on the differnt practices that we might bring into our own relationships, helping us to recognise the small things which we may be already doing but which ordinarily go by unnoticed, and offering a helping hand to find out what works best for us.

The Secrets of Enduring Love

How to make relationships last

Jeffrey J Fox

With only about half of small businesses still trading after the first three years, setting up and surviving as an entrepreneur can be a tough game. Bestselling author Jeffrey Fox has come up with a winning formula for small-business owners to guarantee themselves commercial success and, what is more, how to make big money in the process. 
 
This book offers simple, practical and unique advice on every aspect of running a small business, from how to get start-up money to staying in profit. Fox also provides more creative and quirky insights into how to be successful such as why you should: 
--not to work from home 
--hire an ex-paperboy instead of a Harvard graduate 
--pick up paperclips but overspend on your customers. 
 
Whether you're already a small-business owner or are simply contemplating becoming one, this guide is essential reading.

How To Make Big Money In Your Own Small Business

Unexpected Rules Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know

Richard Emerson

Do you know the difference between 'Use by' and 'Best before'? Or what is meant by 'Farmhouse' or 'Home-made'? And did you know that 75% of the salt we consume each day is added by food manufacturers during preparation or processing? 
 
Read the Label! is a must-have reference book that exposes the reality of food labelling and provides comprehensive information on how food manufacturers can manipulate the facts. With an in-depth examination of the common ingredients found in our foods, information on how far you can trust the food label and clear guidance on how to make an informed decision about the products you buy, this book will change the way you shop forever.

Read the Label!

Discover what's really in your food

Scott Barry Kaufman

Carolyn Gregoire

Is it possible to make sense of something as elusive as creativity? 
 
Creativity works in mysterious ways, with inspiration often arising out of nowhere - and then failing to show up when we need it most! 
 
Combining the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology with original research, Dr Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire dig deeper than ever before into the creative mind. Taking us on a fascinating journey that unpacks the creative genius layer by layer, they reveal what creativity is, what creative people do differently and what we can all learn from this. 
 
With insights from some of the greatest creative minds in history, including Pablo Picasso, Marcel Proust, David Foster Wallace and Frida Kahlo, Wired to Create shows that we all have access to creative achievement and that, in essence, we are all wired to create.

Wired to Create

Discover the 10 things great artists, writers and innovators do differently

Michelle Brody

Relationship woes are complex and destructive, and often deeply hurtful. Over years of research, clinical psychologist Dr Michelle Brody has found that the same 12 fights play out time and time again between couples, such as the ‘Partner Improvement’ Fight, the ‘You Don’t Care About Me’ Fight, and the ‘Difficult Relatives’ Fight. By addressing these areas, couples can immediately grasp the destructive cycles in their relationships. 
 
 But advice and strategies alone aren't enough to help couples solve their relationship problems: they need to see with their own eyes why they are trapped in damaging cycles of behaviour in order to find a way back to each other. Dr Brody has already used her illustrations to help thousands of couples in her clinics, and this unique book presents her psychological findings through playful yet pertinent illustrations. 
 
It’s a one-of-a-kind relationship manual – fresh, concise, easy to use, and results oriented.

Stop the Fight!

How to break free from the 12 most common arguments and build a relationship that lasts

Rebecca Chicot

Child development expert Dr Rebecca Chicot shares with you the secrets to calm and stress-free toddler parenting. Based on her unique parent–toddler approach, she reveals that by understanding how your toddler thinks and what changes he is going through, you can respond with confidence and stop sweating the small stuff. Whether you need help with tantrums, night waking, potty training or fussy eating, inside you’ll find: 
 
 · A toddler toolkit to help you cope with every toddler scenario 
 · A fire-fighting guide to hand-hold you through the classic toddler challenges; No! Now! Mine! Yuk! 
 · A toddler development map to show you how your toddler is changing, what stage they are at, and how to best to enjoy and encourage their mental, social and emotional development 
 
 The Calm and Happy Toddler is the ‘how to’ and ‘why’ of toddler parenting: read this book to understand your toddler, get on the same team and thrive together.

The Calm and Happy Toddler

Gentle Solutions to Tantrums, Night Waking, Potty Training and More

Nigma Talib

For years, world renowned naturopathic practitioner, Nigma Talib, has been solving skin problems and answering the million dollar question, ‘what can I do to look and feel younger?’ From every day patients with chronic skin conditions such as acne and psoriasis, to high profile names who need to look picture-perfect on the red carpet, Nigma has seen the powerful results of her inside-out approach that starts with the gut. Now, for the first time, she shares the secrets to youthful-looking skin in her complete, 360-degree guide that everyone can adopt into their everyday life and enjoy. 
 
 In this effortless, but eye-opening journey, you’ll discover how to make a remarkable difference to: 
 
 Rejuvenate ageing skin 
 Reduce the appearance of fine line, wrinkles and sagging skin 
 Solve persistent skin problems 
 Control hormones that could be wreaking havoc on skin 
 
 This is not just an anti-ageing plan. This is a new life plan. We can’t stop the clock, but we can tip the scales in our favour.

Reverse the Signs of Ageing

The revolutionary inside-out plan to glowing, youthful skin

Chireal Shallow

The Gentle Sleep Solution shows you the powerful yet gentle way to help your baby enjoy a good night's sleep. Drawing on CBT and mindfulness, this new book moves away from outdated approaches to ensure that your child feels comforted, reassured and loved as they drift off to sleep. 
 
This supportive guide, written by psychologist and CBT psychotherapist Chireal Shallow, teaches parents how to become experts in resolving their child's sleep problems. You'll first learn how to identify the underlying reason for your child's troubled sleeping by reading their behaviour, then apply new techniques for communicating and responding to reduce their anxiety and allow them to fall asleep independently. Offering an alternative to controlled crying, this approach gives your family a calm, happy and gentle bedtime. 
 
Positive, uplifting and nurturing, The Gentle Sleep Solution will give you and your baby the confidence you need to sleep soundly.

The Gentle Sleep Solution

The Naturally Nurturing Way to Help Your Baby Sleep

Linda Main

Baldeesh Rai

4 Steps to Lower Cholesterol is a practical, comprehensive and easy-to-use guide for anyone worried about their cholesterol. Written by two experts from HEART UK (the UK’s leading cholesterol charity) and including the latest scientific research, this book gives you the information you need to understand cholesterol and make simple lifestyle changes to improve your health, including: 
 
1) Motivation: learn how to change your mindset to meet your goals and establish healthy habits 
2) Diet: enjoy tasty, cholesterol-busting foods and make heart-friendly food swaps 
3) Exercise and de-stress: have fun being active and reduce tension and stress 
4) Medication: understand your options to make informed decisions about your medicines 
 
You will also find 40 delicious recipes, case studies, and answers to common questions. Packed with information, tips and advice, this is the essential, empowering handbook for anyone looking to make lasting changes to their life and health.

4 Steps to Lower Cholesterol

The practical guide to a healthy heart

Marie Kondo

Marie Kondo will help you declutter your life with her new major Netflix series Organise the World with Marie Kondo. 
 
This is a beautiful hardback edition of Marie Kondo's classic book. 
 
Transform your home into a permanently clear and clutter-free space with the incredible KonMari Method. Japan's expert declutterer and professional cleaner Marie Kondo will help you tidy your rooms once and for all with her inspirational step-by-step method. 
 
The key to successful tidying is to tackle your home in the correct order, to keep only the things you really love and to do it all at once – and quickly. After that for the rest of your life you only need to choose what to keep and what to discard. 
 
The KonMari Method will not just transform your space. Once you have your house in order you will find that your whole life will change. You can feel more confident, you can become more successful, and you can have the energy and motivation to create the life you want. You can also find the courage to move on from the negative aspects of your life. For example, you can recognise and finish a bad relationship, stop feeling anxious or finally lose weight. 
 
Marie Kondo's method is based on a 'once-cleaned, never-messy-again' approach. If you think that such a thing is impossible then you should definitely read this compelling book. Alternatively, if you want to share The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying with your friends and family this lovely edition is the perfect gift.

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying

The Japanese Art

A simple, effective way to banish clutter forever

Jodi Berg

This gorgeous cookbook from the Vitamix chefs shows you how to make the most of your blender, improve your health and enjoy delicious meals. Using nutritious whole foods, you'll find new ideas for mouthwatering healthy dishes, including: 
 
* Smoothies, juices, nut milks and cocktails 
* Soups and sides 
* Filling meals for the whole family, most of which take under 30 minutes to make 
* Sauces and dressings 
* Desserts including ice cream, sorbets and even baking 
 
Combining flavour and nutrition, as well as tips and inspiring stories, The Vitamix Cookbook makes living healthily easy and enjoyable.

The Vitamix Cookbook

Over 200 delicious whole food recipes to make in your blender

Steve Biddulph

'Most men are not fully alive' is the dramatic opening to Steve Biddulph's bestseller, Manhood, which has now been fully revised and updated in this 2015 edition. Exploring two critical social issues: how to establish a healthy masculinity and how men can release themselves from suffocating and outdated social moulds, Biddulph addresses the problems and possibilities confronting men in their daily lives. Women have found the book to be a profoundly moving and revealing read, while men acquire recognition and a sense of hope that life can be different. Topics include: 
 
- Your relationship with your father 
- Getting sex right 
- Being a true dad 
- Real male friends 
- Finding a job with heart 
 
This edition has been revised and updated to meet the needs of younger men, who are struggling with these issues in the twenty-first century.

Manhood

Revised & Updated 2015 Edition

Brené Brown

The powerful and inspiring book from the bestselling author of Dare to Lead and The Gifts of Imperfection, showing you how to have the courage to embrace fear, failure and vulnerability to create a life you love. 
 
'Thanks to Brené Brown I learned how to be vulnerable’ Miranda Hart, actress, comedian, and bestselling author of I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You 
 
‘A life-changing read’ Red Magazine 
 
Struggle can be our greatest call to courage. 
 
The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. This is a book about what it takes to get back up. 
 
Building on Brené’s groundbreaking research on vulnerability and daring, Rising Strong presents an inspiring process to rise from falls, overcome mistakes and face hurt in a way that brings more wisdom and meaning into your life. 
 
Walking into our stories of hurt can feel dangerous. But the process of regaining our footing in the midst of struggle is where our courage is tested and our values forged. Our stories of struggle can be big or small, but regardless of their magnitude or circumstance, the rising strong process is the same: We reckon with our emotions and get curious about what we’re feeling; we rumble with our stories until we get to a place of truth; and we live this process, every day, until it becomes a practice and creates nothing short of a revolution in our lives. 
 
Rising strong after a fall is how we cultivate wholeheartedness. It’s the process that teaches us the most about who we are. 
 
Written with Brown’s trademark mix of research, storytelling and honesty, Rising Strong is the powerful, personal and practical guide to embracing fear and failure and creating the life that we love. 
 
Praise for Brené Brown 
 
‘Brené empowers us each to be a little more courageous’ The Huffington Post 
 
‘Practical and insightful’ Sheryl Sandberg, former Facebook COO and bestselling author of Lean In 
 
‘Brené cuts through the noise and speaks to what makes us human’ Brigadier General Brook J. Leonard, United States Air Force 
 
‘Brené has profoundly inspired our product leaders to design in and embrace vulnerability, rather than engineer it out' Danielle Krettek, founder, Google Empathy Lab 
 
‘The master of hope’ Metro

Rising Strong

Cate Campbell

Sex and intimacy are what make couple relationships special and different. We may even measure the quality of the relationship by how intimate we feel or how good the sex is. This can be wonderfully reassuring when it goes well, but we all have times in our lives and relationships when we don’t feel so close. When sex isn’t working well or isn’t happening, confidence in the relationship can ebb away too. Yet there is plenty you can do to turn things around and recapture the fading intimacy. 
 
In The Relate Guide to Sex and Intimacy, Cate Campbell takes a realistic look at modern relationships, steering you through practical exercises, examples, quizzes and talking points to help give your sexual self and your relationship an intimacy makeover. Comprehensively tackling the issues that challenge sex and intimacy, this book will both equip you to understand and manage problems when they arise and to make a good sex life even better.

The Relate Guide to Sex and Intimacy

Henrietta Norton

Drawing on over a decade of work with mothers-to-be, expert nutritionist Henrietta Norton provides you with clear and practical advice on what to eat during preconception, pregnancy and the early stages of motherhood. You’ll find out: 
 
· What to avoid and which supplements to take 
· Ways to eat a healthy vegetarian or vegan pregnancy diet 
· Which nutrients are important at each trimester 
· How to manage symptoms such as morning sickness and fatigue 
· Pregnancy and preconception superfoods and recipes 
· How to allergy-proof your baby and optimise their development 
 
With meal planners for each trimester, a handy list of food to access on your smart phone and with chapters on preconception, breastfeeding and labour nutrition, let Your Pregnancy Nutrition Guide be your close companion on this precious journey.

Your Pregnancy Nutrition Guide

What to eat when you're pregnant

Edward de Bono

The Mechanism of Mind presents Edward de Bono’s original theories on how the brain functions, processes information and organises it. It explains why the brain, the ’mechanism’, can only work in certain ways and introduces the four basic types of thinking that have gone on to inform his life’s work, namely ‘natural thinking’, ‘logical thinking’,’ mathematical thinking’ and ‘lateral thinking’. De Bono also outlines his argument for introducing the word ‘PO’ as an alternative to the word ‘NO’ when putting lateral thinking into practice. 
Drawing on colourful visual imagery to help explain his theories and thought-processes, from light bulbs and sugar cubes to photography and water erosion, The Mechanism of Mind remains as fascinating and as insightful as it was when it was first published in 1969. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to gain a greater understanding of how the mind works and organises information – and how Edward de Bono came to develop his creative thinking tools.

The Mechanism of Mind

Understand how your mind works to maximise memory and creative potential

Laura Markham

Popular parenting expert Dr Laura Markham has garnered a large and loyal readership around the world, thanks to her simple, insightful approach that values the emotional bond between parent and child. However, as any parent of more than one child knows, it’s challenging for even the most engaged parent to maintain harmony and a strong connection when competition, tempers, and irritation run high. In this highly anticipated guide, Dr Markham presents simple yet powerful ways to cut through the squabbling and foster a loving, supportive bond between siblings, while giving each child the vital connection that he or she needs. 
 
 
Calm Parents, Happy Siblings presents hands-on, research-based advice on: 
 
Creating deep connections with each one of your children, so that each truly believes that you couldn’t possibly love anyone else more. 
 
Fostering a loving family culture that encourages laughter and minimizes fighting. 
 
Teaching your children healthy emotional self-management and conflict resolution skills – so that they can work things out with each other, get their own needs met and respect the needs of others. 
 
Helping your kids forge a close lifelong sibling bond, as well as the relationship skills they will need for a life of healthy friendships, work relationships, and eventually their own family bonds.

Calm Parents, Happy Siblings

How to stop the fighting and raise friends for life

Amber Hatch

This unique book shows parents how to break free from nappies and tricky toilet training. By recognising and responding to their baby's natural reflexes, parents can help them to stay clean and dry from birth, while reducing the cost to the family budget and the environment. Baby-led potty training can help to: 
 
- avoid nappy rash 
- prevent constipation 
- calm fussy babies 
- reduce landfill 
- save time and money 
 
Families have been using baby-led potty training all over the world and now the approach is growing in the UK. In this book, Amber Hatch guides parents through the method, explaining the practical things you need to know from getting started to completion. You'll also discover how to adapt the approach to your own family's needs and routines, how to overcome common problems and how to encourage confidence and independence in your child. 
 
The Nappy Free Baby is a flexible, no-pressure approach to potty training that will benefit any family and strengthen the bonds between parents and child.

Nappy Free Baby

A practical guide to baby-led potty training from birth

Kathryn Mewes

- Does your toddler refuse to go to bed at night or keep waking up? 
- Do you battle over getting into the car seat or push chair? 
- Is your child fussy about food or refuse to sit down at mealtimes? 
- Is getting dressed in the mornings a daily ordeal? 
- Does your child tantrum when things don't go his or her way? 
 
TV's trusted nanny Kathryn Mewes, as seen on Channel 4's series The Three Day Nanny, can help you with all these parenting challenges and many others too, so you can spend more time sharing the fun and wonder of the toddler years with your child and less time getting worn down by constant battling, negotiating or protesting. 
 
In this highly practical book Kathryn demystifies your growing toddler's needs as he or she tries to make sense of the world. She also offers clear guidance on how to solve 100 common parenting challenges within the key areas of sleeping, eating, behaviour, potty training and relationships. 
 
With the help of practical tools and advice on how to approach a challenge, including suggestions of what to say and do, Kathryn will help you lovingly and firmly resolve whatever it is within three days. She also offers concrete support for you as a parent to help you stay calm and in control, empowering you to parent your toddler with greater confidence and ease. 
 
Accompanies Channel 4's TV series, The Three Day Nanny.

The Three Day Nanny: Your Toddler Problems Solved

Practical advice to help you parent with ease and raise a calm and confident child

Amanda Gummer

Play is a fantastic way to promote family cohesion, enhance child development, reduce stress and encourage parents and children to enjoy their family life. 
 
 Play is a practical and inspiring book for all parents who want to support their child’s development in a fun and pressure free way. Written by a child development expert and play psychologist, it’s packed with activities and insights to help parents support their child through the critical first five years of life. 
 
 Find out: 
 
 · Why babies love peekaboo and how to promote attachment through laughter 
 · What toys to buy and what games to play at each developmental stage and why 
 · How to use musical play to lay the foundations for learning languages and maths 
 · Ways to manage sibling rivalry, tantrums, ADHD and fussiness through games 
 · Activities to increase mobility, creativity, confidence, cognitive and social skills 
 
 Giving the confidence back to parents, and showing them that the tools they need are already at their fingertips, Play is for every parent who wants a playful and stress-free solution to helping their child to reach their full potential.

Play

Fun ways to help your child develop in the first five years

Kelly McGonigal

What if everything you thought you knew about stress was wrong? 
 
Over the years we've grown to see stress as Public Enemy No.1, responsible for countless health problems, relationship troubles, unhappiness and anxiety, and to be avoided at all costs. But what if changing your mindset about stress could actually make you healthier, happier and better able to reach your goals? 
 
In this new book, health psychologist Dr Kelly McGonigal reveals the new science of stress, showing that by embracing stress and changing your thinking, your stress response could become your most powerful ally. Drawing on the latest research and practical brain-training techniques, The Upside of Stress shows you how to do stress better, to improve your health and resilience, focus your energy, build relationships and boost courage. Rethink stress, and watch your life change for the better.

The Upside of Stress

Why stress is good for you (and how to get good at it)

Lisa Clegg

Trusted maternity nurse Lisa Clegg is on-hand to gently guide you through your child’s toddler years. In this book, you’ll learn everything you need to know to support your toddler’s development, including: 
 
 · Potty training – when and how to start 
 · Behaviour – avoiding and coping with tantrums 
 · Feeding – introducing new foods and avoiding fussy eating 
 · Learning – encouraging language and movement 
 · Next steps – preparing your toddler for nursery and pre-school 
 
 With practical advice, answers to common questions and confidence-boosting tips, The Blissful Toddler Expert is the essential handbook for all parents with toddlers.

The Blissful Toddler Expert

The complete guide to calm parenting and happy toddlers

Jill Shaw Ruddock

'The most positive advice on menopausal life you will ever read' Daily Mirror 
 
'This is the book that encourages you to get off your oestrogen free backside and grab life with both hands' The FT 
 
'...(Ruddock) has written a ground-breaking book. Hugely liberating, empowering and transforming' The Independent on Sunday 
 
The Second Half of Your Life has been heralded as 'one of the most important women's books for a decade' and 'the manual for women in the second half of their life'. First published in 2011, and revised and updated in 2015, The Second Half of Your Life is one of the first books written on the hormonal changes around menopause as a positive springboard to the rest of a woman's life. Based on the science of hormones, Jill Ruddock provides advice to create a second life of limitless possibilities. 
 
All proceeds from this book go to The Second Half Foundation. The Second Half Foundation funds The Second Half Centre (created and opened in 2012) in the NHS St Charles in North Kensington, a place where both men and women can go and live Jill's 'Five A Day', the five components of successful ageing as written in her book.

The Second Half of Your Life

If you want to be the best, focus on your most valuable asset: the power of your creative mind 
 
As competition and the pace of change intensify, companies and individuals need to harness their creativity to stay ahead of the field. Under pressure, people often think they can't be creative; many more are convinced they are not creative at all because they have never been 'arty'. Creative genius Edward de Bono debunks these common notions in this remarkable book. He shows how creativity is a learnable skill - one that everyone can use to improve their performance. He then explains how you can unlock your own creativity to reap the personal and professional rewards it will bring. Learn how to: 
 
be creative on demand with de Bono's step-by-step approach 
 
add value to ideas and turn them into financial assets 
 
boost creativity with the power of lateral thinking 
 
break free from old ways of thinking with creative challenging

Serious Creativity

How to be creative under pressure and turn ideas into action

Annabel Karmel

Annabel Karmel MBE is proof-positive that you don’t need a business degree to build a successful business and brand. After growing her business empire from scratch at her kitchen table, Annabel has become a bestselling author and trusted food expert with 40 books, food ranges, weaning equipment and a vast online following. 
 
 In Mumpreneur, Annabel reveals the secrets of her success. Drawing on her own extensive experience in juggling motherhood with building a thriving enterprise, she will equip you with the confidence, skills and practical tools to turn your own start-up dreams into a reality. Chapters include: ‘Believe in Your Idea’, ‘Believe in Yourself’, ‘Learn by Doing, Asking and Listening’, ‘Master the Juggling Act’ and ‘Persist, Trust Your Instincts and Embrace Your Failures’. 
 
 Annabel also brings together a smart combination of practical advice and inspiring stories from top business leaders and working mothers, including Chrissie Rucker MBE, Thomasina Miers, Liz Earle, Thea Green and Jacqueline Gold. 
 
 The difference between dreaming of starting a thriving business and actually doing it is the right combination of passion, planning, commitment and good advice. Successful entrepreneur Annabel Karmel will empower you to take that first step to start your own flourishing business in this informative and motivating book.

Mumpreneur

The complete guide to starting and running a successful business

Janet Kennedy

Cry it out or co-sleep? Silence or Mozart? Darkness or night lights? Exhausted parents have tried everything to get their children to sleep through the night so they can too. Overwhelmed by complicated and conflicting advice, many mums, dads and babies still struggle to get a good night's sleep. 
 
In The Good Sleeper, sleep expert Dr Janet Kennedy presents the clear, concise and straightforward information parents have been missing. In a simple plan, she teaches parents to put their baby’s needs ahead of his or her wants, explaining how to read the early signs of tiredness so children can be put to bed before they become overtired and start to fight sleep. Includes: 
 
 • The basics of infant sleep patterns 
 • How to make sure your child is well rested 
 • Soothing techniques for fussy babies 
 • How to help your child learn to put herself to sleep 
 • How to avoid excessive crying 
 • How to address sleep problems as they arise 
 • Transitioning from crib to bed 
 • Early wakings 
 • Night wakings and wanderings 
 • Bedtime routines and battles 
 • Sharing a room with a sibling 
 • …and how to keep the whole family well rested! 
 
By learning how to understand your baby's signals, you'll be able to ensure that the whole family enjoys a calm bedtime and a restful night's sleep. A good night's sleep doesn't have to be a dream.

The Good Sleeper

The Essential Guide to Sleep for Your Baby - and You

Zana Morris

Helen Foster

This groundbreaking new book rewrites the rules of effective weight loss to reveal the real secret to rapid and sustained weight loss: quite simply, to burn fat, you need to eat fat. 
 
Over the last 12 years leading trainer Zana Morris has helped thousands of clients get the results they want with her unique diet and exercise plan. Now in this book she makes it available to everyone for the very first time. Backed by the latest science showing that the right fats are healthy and aid weight loss not weight gain, The High Fat Diet presents a unique nutrition plan and a targeted 12-minute, high intensity workout, which together will enable you to get the results you want - and fast! www.highfatdiet.co.uk 
 
- 14-day diet plan filled with delicious, healthy fats. You'll never feel hungry and will fuel your body with the nutrients it needs to burn fat and shed weight. Includes easy-to-prepare recipes and indulgent meal suggestions. 
 
- Unique 12-minute, high intensity exercise programme you can do in the gym or at home. Includes stylish photographs, tips on technique and answers to common questions. 
 
- 14-day maintenance plan after completing the initial 14 days to keep you on track. 
 
- Advice on motivation, visualisation and goal-setting so your mind and body work together. 
 
Simple and highly effective, The High Fat Diet will ensure you burn fat, not muscle, as you get rid of your unwanted pounds. It is the only book you need to get the body you want.

The High Fat Diet

How to lose 10 lb in 14 days

Kathie Madonna Swift

The health world is abuzz with the very latest research into the role your gut plays in overall health. In this book, the first of its kind, you'll discover how to easily adapt your diet to unlock the healing power of food, optimise gut health and see lasting results. The Swift Diet has been designed to: 
 
- aid permanent weight loss 
- banish bloating 
- regulate digestion 
- clear your skin 
- improve concentration 
- increase energy 
- eliminate stomach pain 
 
You'll find simple-to-follow guidelines, a 4-Week Clean Slate Plan, advice on supplements and a guide to complementary lifestyle changes, including how to think more mindfully about food. By eating to improve your gut bacteria, you'll start noticing a difference in the way you look and feel from day one.

The Swift Diet

Heal the gut and lose weight fast – get a flat tummy in 28 days!

Five Minute Mum

Flaptastic

Fluffy

Folk Art

Football Academy

Football Skills

Forbidden Spaces Trilogy

Foul Play

DICK FRANCIS was one of the most successful post-war National Hunt jockeys and author of forty-three bestselling novels, a volume of short stories (Field of 13), the biography of Lester Piggott and his own autobiography (The Sport of Queens). He was rightly acclaimed as one of the greatest thriller writers in the world. 
 
 Since his death, his son FELIX FRANCIS has taken over the literary reigns from his father and Dick's legacy lives on through the Dick Francis novels. The Francis flair is clear for all to see in these national treasure thrillers, and readers will appreciate the sporadic reappearance of beloved series characters Sid Halley and Jeff Hinkley.

Francis Thriller

Frank Behr

Once a Detective Inspector in the Nottinghamshire Force, Frank Elder has retired to an isolated cottage in Cornwall, and is trying to live the quiet life. The past, however, is never far behind him.

Frank Elder

Fred

Free Collars Kingdom

Jean Plaidy combines imagination with facts to bring the French Revolution alive in this dynamic historical fiction series. From Louis XV’s debauchery to Marie Antionette’s demise, it is clear there was only one way this was going to end.

French Revolution

French Vintage Classics

Frieda Klein

Fright Club

From Scratch

Frontline Nurses Series

Frostheart

Fun With Ladybird

Funnybones

G.F. Newman’s The Corrupted

Gabriel's Inferno

The Roman grip on Britain is growing weaker and Druids are on the rise. Emperor Nero has turned away. Boudicca is preparing to lead tribes to war. 
 
Standing in her way is Gaius Valerius Verrens, commander of the veterans legion. In this battle he earns the accolade of Hero of Rome - but where will that title lead him next?

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