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Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a connection between the ability to express emotions and Alzheimer’s disease? Is there such a thing as a ‘cancer personality’? Drawing on deep scientific research and Dr Gabor Maté’s acclaimed clinical work, When the Body Says No provides the answers to critical questions about the mind-body link – and the role that stress and our emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases. When the Body Says No: - Explores the r...

Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based – and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition. Gabor Maté is a revered physician who specializes in neurology, psychiatry and psychology – and himself has ADD. With wisdom gained through years of medical practice and research, Scattered Minds is a must-read for parents – and for anyone interested how experiences in infancy shape the biology and psycho...

Does happiness have a colour and how does it taste? Why is waiting for someone not the same as missing someone? Can curiosity cause rumbling in your head? How bad can fear make things look, and what happens if they are really bad? Why is revenge always the worst counsellor? Can one weep with gratitude? A sensitive boy in various stages of his life experiences the twelve most important human emotions. He tries to express his feelings in his childish manner and most of al...

Hat Glück eine Farbe und wie schmeckt es? Warum ist Warten nicht das Gleiche wie Vermissen? Kann es vor Neugier im Kopf rumoren? Wie groß können die Augen der Angst sein und was passiert, wenn sie zu groß werden? Warum ist Rache immer der schlechteste Ratgeber? Kann man vor Dankbarkeit weinen? Ein sensibler Junge erlebt in verschiedenen Augenblicken seines Lebens die 12 wichtigsten Emotionen und versucht, auf seine kindliche Weise davon zu erzählen. Und vor allem: zu v...

2 new tough board books featuring everyone's favourite pig, who celebrates her 10th birthday in 2014. Both books have simple text and pictures and a focus on learning. Ages: 2+.

Bursting with colourful photography, Ottolenghi SIMPLE showcases Yotam’s standout dishes that will suit whatever type of cooking you find easy – whether that’s getting wonderful food on the table in under 30 minutes, using just one pot to make a delicious meal, or a flavoursome dish that can be prepared ahead and then served when you’re ready. These brilliant, flavour-forward dishes are all SIMPLE in at least one (but very often more than one) way: S – short on time: less th...

Powieść Pollyanna z podręcznym słownikiem angielsko-polskim (Pollyanna) powstała w roku 1913, jej autorką jest Eleanor H. Porter. Akcja książki rozgrywa się w Stanach Zjednoczony na przełomie XIX i XX wieku. Opowiada historię dziewczynki, która po śmierci ojca trafia do domu surowej i despotycznej ciotki Polly, która uważa za swój obowiązek opiekę nad siostrzenicą. Pollyanna jest miła i sympatyczna, pomimo tragedii znajduje radość nawet w najtrudniejszych sytuacjach. Książka ...

In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. We shiver when Pandora opens her jar of evil torments and watch with joy as the legendary love affair between Eros and Psyche unfolds.

Mythos captures these extraodinary myths for our modern age - in all their dazzling and deeply human relevance.

HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.
Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH

Niczego nie zakładaj. Podczas lektury pomyślisz, że to książka o zazdrosnej byłej żonie. I że ma obsesje na punkcie swojej następczyni - pięknej i młodej kobiety. Nic nie jest takie, jakie się wydaje. Czytaj między kłamstwami... Vanessa Thompson zrezygnowała ze wszystkiego – pracy i nowojorskich przyjaciół, by wieść bajkowe życie u boku „zbyt dobrego, by mógł być prawdziwy” męża Richarda, menedżera w funduszu hedgingowym. Gdy jednak ich z pozoru idealne małże...

Szósty tom BIBLIOTEKI PRZEKŁADÓW ROSYJSKICH XVII–XVIII WIEKU Z LITERATURY STAROPOLSKIEJ został poświęcony nie zachowanemu do naszych czasów staropolskiemu romansowi o Henryku i Melendzie. Tłumaczenie rosyjskie z przełomu XVII i XVIII stulecia pozwoliło zrekonstruować fabułę zabytku. Interesująca okazała się również recepcja romansu na gruncie rosyjskim: doczekał się on kilku redakcji, a w latach 1720-tych, podobnie jak Historyja o Meluzynie i inne romanse tłumaczone z języka ...

Gli strani ospiti (A2, A2+) Ogni anno Paolo va a Ronchi, un piccolo paesino di montagna, per trascorrere le vacanze estive e ritrovarsi con i suoi amici. Quest'anno, pero, le loro vacanze saranno turbate da una scoperta che rischia di metterli in serio pericolo... Primiracconti per ragazzi e la collana di Edilingua di letture semplificate e didattizzate per studenti adolescenti. Gli strani ospiti, che tiene conto della progressione grammaticale e lessicale del secondo volume ...

Tickle Teddy's tummy and stroke Peppa's glittery golden boots in this gorgeous touch-and-feel book. The perfect gift for little piggies who love Peppa! Based on the hit preschool animation Peppa Pig, shown daily on Five's Milkshake and Nick Jnr.

Packed with 150 things to make and do with Peppa Pig and her little brother, George, this book will keep your little piggies busy for days! With fancy dress costumes, recipes, seasonal crafts, indoor and outdoor games and much more, this book will become your essential go-to guide for fun days with Peppa.

As you climb into bed, let me give you a hug. Settle down little bunny. You're warm, safe and snug. This whimsical board book takes you into the world of Beatrix Potte's animals as they gently fall asleep. It's a charming introduction to the world of Peter Rabbit. With beautiful line artwork and pastel colours, this is a must-have for any baby or toddler's bookshelf.

This book is about worms. I can only draw worms. You might think worms are boring - but you'd be wrong. These worms have INCREDIBLE adventures! I can't draw those bits, though, so you'll have to imagine them. A hilarious and superbly silly book that will have children in stitches and begging for more.

Join Spot for a busy, bouncy day from waking up to bedtime, as he has lots of fun at nursery, the park and just playing at home. Spot's everyday adventures fill the pages of this big puppy-shaped board book children will love.

"I was wowed and moved." (Tracy Chevalier). Anne Bronte is the forgotten Bronte sister, overshadowed by her older siblings - virtuous, successful Charlotte, free-spirited Emily and dissolute Branwell. Tragic, virginal, sweet, stoic, selfless, Anne. The less talented Bronte, the other Bronte. Or that's what Samantha Ellis, a life-long Emily and Wuthering Heights devotee, had always thought. Until, that is, she started questioning that devotion and, in looking more closely at E...

It is a time of revolts and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the teeming metropolis to the brink. In the midst of this turmoil, a mysterious masked figure spurs strange rebellion, while treachery and violence incubate in unexpected places. In desperation, a small group of renegades escapes from the city and crosses strange and a...

Why do: Dutch babies seem so content, and sleep so well? Dutch parents let their kids play outside on their own? The Dutch trust their children to bike to school? Dutch schools not set homework for the under-tens? Dutch teenagers not rebel? What is the secret of bringing up the happiest kids in the world? The secret of bringing up the happiest kids in the world. In a recent UNICEF study of child well-being, Dutch children came out on top as the happiest all-round. In Growing ...

Lets you count 1,2,3 with Peppa Pig. With simple text and colourful pictures, this chunky board book is suitable for little hand.

This book is intended for everybody fascinated by Egyptian pyramids or excited by stories about Atlantis. It takes you on a fantastic journey through the Solar System and back in time, o­ffering a brand-new glance at the history of people and the Earth. This is the first book in a series planned by Filip Ambria. Nurtured since the age of 17, the idea has now reached maturity with the author and has been put on paper – to carry readers away into the depths of the Universe....

Why do human beings behave as they do? We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other? Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species. In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justic...