Alex Danchev

Alex Dekker served as a member of the U.S. Army Special Forces 'Green Berets' for nearly 20 years, first with 5th Special Forces Group and then as a special operations team member assigned to the United States Army Special Operations Command. He has deployed multiple times to Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations worldwide, and has attended multiple advanced tactical and technical schools within the U.S. Special Operations community and interagency. Alex has traveled to dozens of countries for work and personal adventures and has spent years living abroad. He is an avid student of history who has participated as a volunteer in numerous archaeological digs, is an Arabic speaker, and holds a Masters in Applied Intelligence from Georgetown University. When not traveling, Alex lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Savannah, a former CIA Operations Officer, their children, and their German Shepherd Donovan.

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Alex Dimitrov is the recipient of the Stanley Kunitz Prize from the American Poetry Review and a Pushcart Prize and is the author of Begging For It (2013), Together And By Yourselves (2017), and Love and Other Poems (2021). His work has been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Atlantic, Poetry, and more. Formerly, he was the Senior Content Editor at the Academy of American Poets where he edited the popular online series Poem-a-Day and American Poets magazine. From 2009-2013, he founded and ran Wilde Boys, a queer poetry salon in New York. Currently, he teaches creative writing at NYU where he is Writer in Residence.

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Alex Evans is Campaigns Director at Avaaz.org, a Senior Fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC), and has nearly twenty years’ experience in climate and development policy. Alex has worked as Special Adviser to two UK Secretaries of State for International Development (Hilary Benn and Valerie Amos), as an expert on climate change in the UN Secretary-General’s office, and with think tanks including Chatham House and the Brookings Institution. He has also worked as a consultant on futures and foreign policy for organizations from Oxfam to the US National Intelligence Council. 
Alex lives in North Yorkshire and is married with two children.

Alex Evans

Alex Ferguson was born and brought up in Govan, Glasgow. He has always been a controversial figure, never far from the limelight, from the time he led an apprentices’ strike before entering full-time football. As a player with a reputation as uncompromising centre-forward his clubs included Glasgow Rangers, Dunfermline and Falkirk, and he became a spokesman for the player’s union. His first appointment as manager was with East Stirling, from where he moved to Love Street, where St Mirren’s crowds under his dynamic leadership rose from 3,000 to 12,000. He joined the Pittodrie set-up as manager in 1978.

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Alex Garland was born in London in 1970. He is the author of two novels, The Beach, The Tesseract and an illustrated novella, The Coma, in collaboration with his father. He has also written screenplays for films including 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Never Let Me Go and Dredd. In 2015, Garland made his directorial debut with Ex Machina.

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Dr Alex George was the UK’s Mental Health Ambassador for children and young people from 2021 until early 2025, and he currently hosts the Stompcast podcast. Dr Alex’s first children’s book A BETTER DAY was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, won a British Book Award and sold 42,000 copies through TCM. Dr Alex previously worked for the NHS as an A&amp;E doctor and is now passionate about helping to equip everyone – especially children and young people – with the tools needed to live a full, productive and meaningful life.

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Alex Grecian worked for an ad agency before returning to writing fiction full-time and raising his son. Alex is the author of the long-running and critically acclaimed comic-book series Proof, and the bestselling Scotland Yard Murder Squad series. He lives in Topeka, Kansas, with his wife and son.

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Alex Halberstadt is the author of the award-winning Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, GQ and The Paris Review. He is a two-time James Beard Award nominee and a recipient of fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. He works and lives in New York.

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Dr Alex Hanna is Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) and a former senior research scientist on Google's Ethical AI team. She is an outspoken critic of the tech industry and a proponent of community-based uses of technology.

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Professor Alex Hill is the co-founder and Director of The Centre for High Performance – a collaboration between the University of Kingston, Duke Corporate Education, London Business School and Green Templeton College, Oxford – which is dedicated to helping high-performing organizations develop a stronger and more robust economy, society and environment. The Centre has worked with organizations in sectors ranging from the arts and education to sport, technology and the military. 
 
He is also a Professor at Kingston University (UK), Educator at Duke Corporate Education (US), and Visiting Professor at Cass Business School (UK), Gordon Institute of Business Science (South Africa), The Academy of National Economy (Russia) and KEDGE Management School (France). 
 
He has written a number of books, published articles in leading academic journals such as the Harvard Business Review, advised the UK Government on educational policy, appeared on BBC Newsnight, presented at the Global Economics and Skills Forum and has written for The Times and Schools Week.

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Alex Hoffler and Stacey O’Gorman’s motto is ‘Follow your dream’. Just a couple of year ago Alex and Stacey quit their 9 to 5 jobs and began their Meringue Girls journey. Now they have a bakery HQ in Broadway Market with a staff of eight, which sells to Selfridges, Fortnum &amp; Mason, Recipease and Harvey Nicholls, as well as fashion events, weddings and their weekly market stall. They run masterclasses rated by the Evening Standard as one of the best in London. They have had a huge media and social media response including numerous TV appearance and over 80,000 Instagram followers. They are in talks to open a franchise in Dubai. 
 
They also do weekly food styling for various publications including the Guardian. They live in east London. Alex has a new baby, and Stacey recently got married.

Alex Hoffler

Alex Holt is the Global Head of the multi-billion-dollar Technology, Media and Telecoms practice at KPMG. He leads a large team who work with all the major organisations across the sector on everything from multi-billion M&amp;A deals through to tax, audit and management consulting. As well as leading the TMT sector globally, Alex is also the Global Lead Partner for some of the largest tech companies in the world. 
 
 Alex also serves on the Board of the anti-poverty charity JobTrain.

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Alex Hughes is an online recipe creator who is committed to making reaching your weight goals not only delicious but fun. All her recipes are comforting, low-calorie and will help you feel full. She can be found doing a little dance in her kitchen (the recipes taste that good) at @alexskitchenbangers on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.

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Alex James is a writer, farmer, and the bass player with Blur. He lives in Oxfordshire with his wife and five children.

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Alex Kadis is half-British, half-Greek, and grew up in Leyton and Walthamstow, East London. She studied English Literature at Goldsmiths University before embarking on a music journalism career. She was Features Editor at Smash Hits in its heyday (RIP) and has also written for various newspapers and magazines, including Sunday Times Style and Q Magazine. She then went into artist management and now works as a consultant in the music industry. Alex suffers from delusions of grandeur and still believes she will, one day, headline Wembley Stadium.

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Alex Kantrowitz is a senior technology reporter at BuzzFeed News and one of the ten most cited technology reporters in the world. His work has been referenced by dozens of major publications, from the New Yorker to the Wall Street Journal to Sports Illustrated. He is the founder of the tech publication and podcast Big Technology, which focuses on analysing tech giants. Kantrowitz is a graduate of Cornell University's College of Industrial and Labor Relations. This is his first book.

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Relate

Babyshock! is for any parents who have forgotten what it's like to be a couple because their children have taken over their lives. The experiences of pregnancy, childbirth and caring for children are wonderful, but also put a great deal of pressure on a relationship. This book identifies the pressures and provides excellent practical and emotional strategies so that you can enjoy parenthood while also nurturing your own relationship with each other. 
 
This immensely practical guide will help you: 
- Create time for yourself 
- Improve your sex life 
- Manage the demands of work and family 
- Work through disagreements and agree on how you will bring up the children 
 
Packed with questionnaires, check lists and anecdotes, Babyshock! will help you keep your relationship alive and get the very best out of family life, together.

Baby Shock!

Your Relationship Survival Guide

Dee Dawson

Anorexia nervosa is a condition in which sufferers diet continually and starve themselves. They may also use laxatives, vomiting or exercise excessively in order to control weight. Anorexia usually occurs in young women, starting in their teens, and it is estimated that about 2 per cent of all young women suffer from it. Bulimia is an eating disorder which is also on the rise among young people. They use the binge/purge cycle to extreme in their attempts to control their weight. This is a comprehensive, positive and practical guide to detecting the early signs of eating disorders and then curing them. Written with years of experience and expertise, it encourages parents to understand the illness, overcome their fears and take control of the situation, whether that means enforcing a strict meal plan or taking the decision to seek professional help. The book includes early signs to look out for; the possible effects of the illness, both physical and psychological; the treatments available and, most importantly, the plan, which helps parents to take positive action and really make a difference to their child's life.

Anorexia And Bulimia: A Parent's Guide To Recognising Eating Disorders and Taking Control

Sarah Key

Back in Action offers advice on all aspects of back pain and treatments that are available for it in an easy-to-read question-and-answer format. Clear line illustrations make explanations even easier to understand. Contrary to popular opinion, well-known physiotherapist Sarah Key maintains that most back pain is not caused by disc problems, but simply by joint stiffness. Manual manipulation reactivates the joints and improves flexibility, according to Key, which means that treatment using the hands is the most successful in relieving pain. Key's 'hands-on' method has put thousands of grateful patients back in action.

Back In Action

Do You Have Backache? This Book Will Put It Right

Lynda Field

What makes Lynda Field's major new work so different from those of her competitors is her unique voice. Accessible, humorous yet thought-provoking, she has an extraordinary ability to simplify new ideas and ensure you can put them into practice.Just Do It Now is about how to create the reality you want, overcome obstacles and realise the powerful effects of your own thoughts. It also shows how you can overcome a natural fear of change by going ahead anyway and just doing whatever you secretly would love to do. In this way you can transform yourself, your relationships, your body, your self image, your bank balance and your spiritual context.With the author's track record and high sales, her many fans will be waiting for this new book - which will appeal to mass market readers everywhere, and both women and men.

Just Do It Now!

How to become the person you most want to be

Suzie Hayman

One in three marriages ends in divorce. Cohabitation, marriage, divorce and re-marriage are becoming a normal part of the pattern of everyday life. However, the effects of such a pattern on the adults and children involved can be extremely detrimental if handled badly. 
 
In the Relate Guide to Moving On, Suzie Hayman draws on her many years experience as a Relate marriage counsellor and agony aunt and provides information, advice and practical strategies to help you cope, as positively as possible, with the stress of breaking up with your partner. You will learn how to manage negative feelings, help your children through the difficult process, communicate with your partner and children throughout, cope with shared parenting responsibilities and sort out financial issues. 
 
Sympathetic, sound and full of positive, practical advice, this is an invaluable guide for all those facing the breakdown of their relationship.

Moving on: Breaking Up without Breaking Down

Nicholas Perricone

The Wrinkle Cure is a unique anti-aging plan that combines cosmeceuticals with healthy nutrition to produce a flawless complexion and sense of vitality. Written by one of America's leading dermatologists this simple but phenomenally effective plan is taking America by storm, and is endorsed by many of Hollywood's best celebrity makeup artists. The essential ingredients include Vitamins C and E, and a number of other face-saving antioxidants and nutrients that soften, smooth and refine every skin type. All the advice in the book is supported by the latest and most credible research, which brings together nature and science in the battle against those fine lines.

The Wrinkle Cure

The Formula for Stopping Time

According to statistics, one in three people in the UK today is likely to be involved in a step-family at some point in their life. In Step-Families, Suzie Hayman looks at the problems that may arise as a result of this life-change and offers strategies for coping with them. 
 
It is common for a 'new' parent to suffer from feelings of isolation, guilt and anxiety while the established parent is concerned with balancing his or her needs with those of their partner, their children and possibly step-children. How do you also manage a sexual relationship if you are a single parent? Or accept the on-going role of the partner's 'ex' and the involvement of grandparents? 
 
Suzie Hayman uses personal stories to suggest ways in which you can come to terms with feelings, resolve problems and anticipate trouble before it starts. She takes a candid look at family politics - from an adult's point of view as well as a child's - and also addresses the relationship issues which arise if you and your partner decide to have children of your own.

Relate Guide To Step Families

Sarah Litvinoff

When a relationship finishes it can feel like the end of the world - but it is also a new beginning. In Starting Again, Sarah Litvinoff looks at the lessons that can be learnt from a relationship that has ended and helps you to deal with your feelings of separation, grief and recovery. Through self-assessment questionnaires, tasks and discussion points you will reach a greater understanding of yourself and your relationships and be able to start looking to a positive future. This book will help you to come to terms with your divorce, separation or break up and assess what went wrong, become aware of and break patterns you have unconsciously repeated, enabling you to move on, meet new people and build a fresh social life.

The Relate Guide To Starting Again

Learning From the Past to Give You a Better Future

Ben Renshaw

Power struggles - Lack of communication - Unconscious needs - Fear of rejection - Different interests - Out of date habits - Fear of intimacy - High expectations - Too busy.If even one of these issues causes problems in your relationships, then this book is for you.  As Britain's top personal development guru  - and married himself - Ben Renshaw is able to throw strong light on what we can all do to improve our relationships, no matter what the problem.  In his view there are ten principles of a successful partnership or marriage:  Letting go of the past. Knowing what you want to say 'Yes' to. Realising that Now is New. Deciding how you want to be. Fearing less, talking more. Sexual healing. The inevitability of change. Living a life of gratitude. Making love more important than the relationship. Remembering the spirit zone. Full of thoughtful, realistic advice, this is the book no caring, sharing person can afford not to read.

Together But Something Missing

How to create and sustain successful relationships

Carole Stone

With more than 14,000 entries in her electronic address book, Carole Stone is a self-confessed people addict who has turned networking and making friends into an art form. Packed with top tips and real-life scenarios, this is your essential guide to getting on with people in all aspects of life. 
 
You might be working your way up the career ladder, or have already reached the top; perhaps you're at home looking after the children or you want to liven up your social life. Whatever your situation, this funny, frank and practical guide will help you mix, match and multiply your friends and contacts. You'll soon discover many new ways to expand your network, from approaching the art of small talk to throwing the perfect party. 
 
Carole's no-nonsense approach will inspire you to seize the moment, and the right opportunities, so that you not only make more friends, but also make the most of them. 
 
For ten years Carole Stone was the producer of the BBC's radio flagship programme Any Questions? Carole is now a television and radio broadcaster, writes for national newspapers and magazines and runs her own media consultancy business.

Networking

The Art of Making Friends

Sex is part of a loving relationship. However, really loving someone doesn't always mean the sex will be wonderful - it might be as routine and dull as brushing your teeth, it might be difficult, or it might just hardly ever happen. The good news is that you can turn a disappointing sex life into one that is enjoyable and fulfilling, and a satisfying sex life can be made even better. 
 
In The Relate Guide to Sex in a Loving Relationship, Sarah Litvinoff guides you through practical tasks, quizzes and talking points to help you discover the sexual person you are, with unique likes, dislikes and needs. You will: --Build your own unique sexual profile --Draw up your own 'better sex' plan --Separate sexual fact from fiction --Tackle common sexual difficulties --Learn simple sex-enhancing techniques. 
 
The inspirational yet down-to-earth methods highlighted in this book will make a satisfying love life possible for any loving and committed couple.

The Relate Guide to Sex in Loving Relationships

Mosaraf Ali

While conventional medicine has disease as its focus, integrated medicine concentrates on the powers of the body that promote health. Central to Dr Ali's philosophy is this concept of self-help and the fact that 80 per cent of illness can be cured without drugs. He believes the majority of illnesses are caused by the emotional, psychological and physical strain we put ourselves under. The Integrated Health Bible shows you how to reverse this by helping the body heal itself and to restore vitality and well-being. This is done by following the Lifestyle Programme, which consists of a regimen of diet, exercise, yoga, relaxation and meditation. And for when things go wrong, there is a diagnosis and treatment programme for up to 40 common ailments - including asthma, back problems, infertility, migraine, sinusitis and stress - combining specific treatments (such as homeopathy, acupuncture, ayurveda), exercises and tips for each problem.

The Integrated Health Bible

Healing, Vitality and Well-Being The Ultimate Reference Guide

Tracy Hogg

Melinda Blau

A unique program for understanding and communicating effectively with your baby from infant expert Tracy Hogg. The combination of interactive self-questioning and expert, friendly advice will change how you approach parenting, leading to transformative results. 
 
'Miracles are her business' -- Jodie Foster 
'The honest truth is that Tracy Hogg has provided me with more insight into the things that matter than anyone else' -- Observer Review 
'She achieves what, to hard-pressed parents, seem like miracles' -- Mail on Sunday 
'...in a different league than all other 'how to manage as a parent' books' -- Daily Mail 
'A book that changed our lives' -- ***** Reader review 
'This book is amazing' -- ***** Reader review 
'Great book, full of easy tips and tricks for new parents. I would highly recommend it!!!!' -- ***** Reader review 
'The BEST baby advice book, EVER!!' -- ***** Reader review 
'A God Send!' -- ***** Reader review 
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Tracy Hogg knows babies. She can calm even the most distressed or difficult infant, because she understands their language. Hence, her clients call her 'The Baby Whisperer'. 
 
In this remarkable parenting book, Tracy demystifies the magic she has performed with some five thousand babies. 
 
She teaches parents how to work out what kind of baby they have, what kind of mother or father they are, and what kind of parenting plan will work best for them. 
 
Believing that babies need to become part of the family - rather than dominate it - she has developed a practical programme that works with infants as young as a day old. 
 
Full of questionnaires, clearly explained theories and easy-to-follow, practical, expert advice - this book is guaranteed to set you on the path to calm and confident parenting.

Secrets Of The Baby Whisperer

How to Calm, Connect and Communicate with your Baby

Susan Quilliam

For some people, an argument with a loved one is a catastrophe, a sign that a relationship must surely be over, for others a heated discussion is a way of letting off steam, a way of ensuring that passion is kept alive. But what is 'normal' communication for couples? How can you get past the raised voices or silent disapproval, to listen and understand what is really being said by your partner? 
 
Relationships change over time, and the way we communicate does too. This practical, readable and sometimes humorous book, based on over 60 years of cumulative experience from Relate, the marriage guidance experts, will help couples to break free of old patterns of behaviour and avoid using words as weapons when the going gets tough. It will help encourage upfront discussion rather than resorting to nagging, and will give you the skills you need to understand what your partner is really trying to say to you - to bring discussion rather than confrontation back into your relationships.

Stop Arguing, Start Talking

The 10 Point Plan for Couples in Conflict

'When I fall in love it will be forever...' or so goes the song. The reality can be different and the truth is that the nature of relationships will change over time. Few things can be more distressing than finding that you and your partner are no longer communicating the way you used to, that problems have developed, or that your relationship seems to have broken down. With 60 years cumulative experience of marriage guidance, the experts at Relate know better than most how to overcome relationship difficulties and in so doing create a strong, long-lasting partnership. This highly practical guide is packed full of relationship advice, exercises and guidelines to help you better understand yourself and your partner: 
 
- discover what makes your partner tick 
- test your compatibility 
- learn how to talk, listen and hear what each other is saying 
- improve your sex life 
- deepen your love through tackling problems together.

The Relate Guide to Better Relationships

Practical Ways to Make Your Love Last from the Experts in Marriage Guidance

Julia Cole

This guide shows how self-esteem affects the quality of one's relationships. Relate counsellor Julia Cole suggests that low self-esteem -no matter whether due to one's character, upbringing or adult experiences - is one of the main reasons that people fail to have satisfying relationships. This book shows what makes people choose a particular partner, and includes advice on how to: 
 
-manage a difficult relationship where one partner withdraws or suffers from depression or aggression 
-identify what is a healthy relationship 
-build strong 'couple esteem' for a healthy, long-lasting relationship 
-and improve sex through exercises and advice

Loving Yourself Loving Another

Packed with relationship advice from Relate, the marriage guidance experts, Staying Together offers guidelines to help couples survive and grow through their relationship problems so that they need not separate and may maintain their commitment to each other. Case histories, quizzes and questionnaires show how this is possible and even how to make a partnership stronger. The book covers how to: --confront difficulties --understand your partner --re-negotiate an improved relationship --develop skills to make improvements last --assess when problems first appeared and how they developed --face changes --communicate and meet a partner's needs --create good times --build on commitment and happiness.

Relate Guide To Staying Together

From Crisis to Deeper Commitment

Vanessa Lloyd Platt

Divorce figures are at an all time high.  In this provocative book Vanessa Lloyd Platt ponders who is to blame for this.  Is it women who fail to balance work and home, turning it into a battle-ground, or men, who fail to help at home or communicate effectively?                  With quotes and anecdotes from both men and women Secrets of Relationship Success suggests how to reverse the bad habits which can destroy relationships, and provides tips and strategies for coping with adultery, stress, men's childishness and violence.  By spotlighting these repeated behaviour patterns, Vanessa Lloyd Platt believes that relationships can be saved and set on the  right path to lasting happiness.

Secrets of Relationship Success

Steve Bodansky

Vera Bodansky

Couples who know how to give each other extreme intimate pleasure enjoy plenty of other benefits, including reduced stress and increased closeness. 
 
In this hands-on guide to getting it right, behavioural scientists Steve and Vera Bodansky describe how to give and receive remarkable orgasms, taking the experience of sex to a new level of enjoyment. Focusing primarily on women but addressing the needs of men as well, they cover anatomy in detail, address inhibitions and fears, suggest useful exercises, recommend the best positions, and most of all offer insightful advice for every technique covered. While the authors include emotional and psychological components of a relationship, they focus on how and where to touch a partner to produce the most pleasure. No matter how long a couple has been together, it's never too late - or too early - to greatly enhance sexual response. 
 
Boldly written and clearly illustrated, this book offers information that has previously been known only to specialised researchers. As background to the techniques they teach, the Bodanskys explain: 
 
- The capacity of the human nervous system to sustain orgasm 
- Detailed positions for optimum and extended orgasm 
- How to overcome personal resistance to deep pleasure 
 
This book will convince any couple that it is never too late - or too early - to make each other ecstatic in the bedroom.

Extended Massive Orgasm

Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer

SELF-ESTEEM FOR BOYS is an essential guide for helping parents and tea chers support boys through the difficulties of growing up. Self-esteem is what every parent wishes their son to have. It is his passport to a happier, more fulfilled life. The quiet confidence that self-respect gives to boys ensures that they learn to learn, play, love and commun icate better. This practical book suggests ways to handle difficult stages in boys' lives, and when they are likely to occur, so that those who deal with them may help them to gain self-esteem. Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer shows how to: --Understand the challenges and opportunities that boys face today; --Help boys develop the inner strength to resist peer group demands; --Manage boys' behaviour in a way that preserves and promotes their self -esteem; --Respond sensitively when boys suffer setbacks;

Self Esteem For Boys

Self-Esteem for Girls is an essential guide for helping parents and teachers support girls through the difficulties of growing up. Self-esteem is what every parent wishes their daughter to have. It is her passport to a happier, more fulfilled life. The quiet confidence that self-respect gives to girls ensures that they learn to learn, play, love and communicate better. This practical book explains when difficult stages are likely to occur in girls' lives, and suggests how parents and teachers can handle them in ways that will build confidence and promote self-esteem. Elizabeth Harley-Brewer shows how to: 
 
- Understand the challenges and opportunities that girls face today 
- Help girls develop the inner strength to cope with the demands of school, friends and society 
- Manage girls' behaviour in a way that preserves and promotes their self-esteem 
- Respond sensitively when girls suffer setbacks

Self Esteem For Girls

100 Tips for Raising Happy and Confident Children

Katharina Dalton

Wendy Holton

This is the book that introduced the world to premenstrual syndrome (PMS), proving that it is a real - and treatable - condition. Since its publication, hundreds of thousands of women have found help for the symptoms of PMS including tension, mood swings, water retention and headaches and it has sold over 300,000 copies worldwide. In this latest edition, the author introduces PMS to a new generation of women. 
 
Fully updated, the highlights include how PMS affects school performance, especially in teenage girls, 
information on contraception options for women who may respond badly to the Pill, how PMS was 'hijacked' by psychologists and the pros and cons of this development. Dr Dalton also addresses the whole range of possible treatments - from self-care methods such as the three-hourly starch diet and relaxation techniques to the newest medical options. She even includes a chapter for men, to help them understand and support their partners who suffer from PMS.

The PMS Bible

The first book showing how, in easily followed steps, you can treat your own back pain. Unlike the author's previous book Back In Action, which gives information on the range of treatments available for different back problems, The Back Sufferer's Handbook places emphasis on the contribution the sufferer can make putting the problem right. 
 
In language that every back pain sufferer will find completely understandable, it describes each spinal disorder and what causes the pain. It gives helpful back exercises with information about what they will achieve and how frequently they should be done. There is also advice on back pain management, the role of medication, the use of bed rest and how to return to work. 
 
This book is essential reading both for the patient confined to bed with acute back pain, and for someone with less severe back problems, but still having to cope with back pain or discomfort on an everyday basis.

The Back Sufferer's Bible

You Can Treat Your Own Back!

Adele Puhn

The New 5 Day Miracle Diet is a weight-loss and high-energy programme that changes your body chemistry so you will never have to diet again. Based on the simple idea that the reason we gain weight is because we cannot control food cravings, this programme alters our body's biochemistry so that we don't crave sugary, fatty foods. In just five days, Adele Puhn teaches you how to control these cravings by learning to eat certain foods at certain times. You begin the morning 'in low blood sugar'; by noon, you have raised your blood sugar level; throughout the afternoon and evening you will maintain it. The result is that you will not only lose weight, but you will have more energy than you have ever had before. The New 5 Day Miracle Diet is a diet that really works. Try it today and change your life for ever.

The New 5 Day Miracle Diet

Maryon Stewart

Published research now supports the fact that menopausal symptoms can be overcome without having to resort to HRT, and in a way which still offers protection from both heart disease and osteoporosis in the long term. Despite this, the alternative approach is not widely known and is certainly not widely practised.  Over the last thirteen years, the WNAS has pioneered an exceedingly simple, workable and enjoyable programme to help alleviate symptoms of both the perimenopause and the menopause, no matter how severe. This includes making specific dietary changes including adding to the diet those foods that are rich in phytoestrogens; taking nutritional supplements; moderate weight-bearing exercise and a regular relaxation programme. Cruising Through the Menopause explains this programme clearly and also describes the pros and cons of taking HRT so that women everywhere can make informed choices about how they wish to tackle the menopause. It also includes numerous menu plans as well as over 80 delicious recipes.

Cruising Through The Menopause

Hilary Jones

Recognising symptoms of illness at an early stage is often vital to achieving a cure. But how do you know when something is trivial or really serious? Here at last is a book that can help you decide if and when you should consult a doctor. In this invaluable family health guide, popular doctor Hilary Jones, with the help of charts and illustrations, enables you to diagnose your symptoms and gives practical advice on the sorts of treatment you may need to seek. He answers questions such as: * How long should a headache last before it becomes abnormal? * What is the difference between a twinge of chest pain and a heart attack? * How can you tell if a child's rash indicates measles? If you have ever worried about your own or you family's health, this comprehensive and reassuring book, with its clear and commonsense approach, will make you feel a great deal better.

Before You Call The Doctor

Jack Canfield

These intimate, inspiring and true stories pay tribute to love's ability to endure beyond time, distance, difficulty, and even death. You will be touched and uplifted as you read about these couples who disclose the secrets of finding love and making it last. Each heartfelt story captures the defining moments of love from tender beginnings and deepening intimacy to overcome challenges and saying good-bye. Some stories will help you renew the passion in your relationship; others will help you appreciate how love has enabled you to grow; others will reassure you that although love challenges and blesses each of us in unique ways, you are never alone in your experience. These stories will leave and indelible imprint on your heart and inspire you to live a life filled with joy, hope and gratitude.

Chicken Soup For The Couple's Soul

Jonathan Savill

Richard Smedley

Before Jonathon Savill met Richard Smedley he weighed 19 stones. He was 42, lazy and incredibly unhealthy with a 42' waist. A year and a half leter, he boasted a 34' wasit and could run for an hour without stopping. NO MORE MR FAT GUY shows howy YOU an turn your life around in the same way. What makes his programme so different is that it shows you how to acquire a healthier lifestyle through sensible eating and exercise that will keep your weight down infefinately. Now fully updtaed, it advises on what type of foods are most suited to your body's physiology; what to eat when; how to calculate how much you need each day; rules you have to observe such as eating all your carbohydrates early; how to use exercise as a tool to help you loose weight, how to cope when eating out or in a social situation and even contains mouthwatering recipe suggestions. If you would like to feel fitter and younger, wear clothse that look like they did on the rail, you can. Even the longest journey begins with a single step. In this case, it begins with a single book.

No More Mr Fat Guy

The Nutrition and Fitness Programme for Men!

Jane Hirschmann

Carol Munter

Do you feel compelled to eat when you're not hungry? Do you feel guilty and worthless after binge eating? Would you like to: 
 
* Lose weight naturally? 
* Enjoy the food you most desire? 
* Forget your preoccupation with eating and weight? 
* Discover the freedom of no restraints? 
* Give up dieting forever? 
 
OVERCOMING OVEREATING makes all this possible, returning eating to its natural place in life, so that food becomes something to be enjoyed rather than feared. OVERCOMING OVEREATING will help you to break out of the lonely cycle of diet, binge, recrimination and self-loathing. Both practical and reassuring, it offers realistic guidance on how to conquer an obession with food and restore your self-esteem.

Overcoming Overeating

Conquer Your Obsession With Food

Allison England

Every mother-to-be approaches pregnancy differently; some are excited and positive in their outlook, while others feel apprehensive stressed and worried. One of the most popular forms of complementary treatment, aromatherapy is an ideal way to help you through the stresses, strains and discomforts of pregnancy, birth and into the first six months of motherhood. 
 
Fully updated, Aromatherapy and Massage for Mother and Baby shows you how to choose and use the fragrant, gentle essential oils. It shows you how the recipes, made up simply and safely at home, can alleviate the discomforts of pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period, as well as problems with your baby such as nappy rash and teething. In addition, it provides clear instructions on how to treat yourself and your baby to soothing massage. 
 
Comprehensive and easy-to-follow, with an A-Z reference guide to essential oils, Aromatherapy and Massage for Mother and Baby ensures a happier, healthier, more relaxed pregnancy and motherhood.

Aromatherapy And Massage For Mother And Baby

Hetty Feather was left at a foundling hospital when she was a tiny baby. Having grown up in a loving foster family until she was five, and then finding herself returned to the hospital, she begins to question who her actual family are, and is determined to stop at nothing to find out where she came from. Jacqueline Wilson’s acclaimed series follows Hetty and her friend Diamond as they work their way up from their lowly backgrounds to become stars, overcoming loss, unkind bosses and flirtatious boys.

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