A. J. Liebling, born in Manhattan in 1904, joined the staff of the New Yorker in 1935 and contributed innumerable articles to the magazine throughout his lifetime, on subjects ranging from food to boxing and France to horse racing. As a war correspondent during the Second World War, he reported from France, England and Algeria, and participated in the Normandy landings. In later life he married the writer Jean Stafford, his third wife. He died in 1963.

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A. J. Rosen is an author of YA fantasy and is known as @agatharoza on Wattpad.

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A. O. Scott has been a film critic at the New York Times since 2000. His writing has appeared in many other publications, including the New York Review of Books, Slate, the New Yorker and the Nation. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism in 2010, Scott is currently Distinguished Professor of Film Criticism at Wesleyan University. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. 
 
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A.S. Byatt (1936-2023) was a novelist, short-story writer and critic of international renown. Her novels include Possession (winner of the Booker Prize 1990), the Frederica Quartet and The Children’s Book, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999, and was awarded the Erasmus Prize 2016 for her ‘inspiring contribution to life writing’ and the Pak Kyongni Prize 2017. In 2018 she received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award.

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A. T. Williams won the George Orwell Prize for Political Writing in 2013 for his book A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa. He lives in Warwickshire.

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Dubbed ‘The new queen of spy fiction’ by the Guardian newspaper, and ‘the real thing’ by the Washington Post, A.C. 'Ava' Glass is the CWA Dagger-shortlisted author of Alias Emma (The Chase), The Traitor and The Trap. The Traitor was a 2023 Richard and Judy Bookclub pick. Alias Emma was a Barnes and Noble book of the month. A former crime reporter and communications consultant, for five years Ava worked closely with spies. Her time in that world fascinated her, and the people she met back then inspire every book she writes.

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Arthur Edward Waite was the designer and co-creator of the now famous Rider Waite Tarot deck. 
 
An American-born British poet and scholarly mystic, his strong interest in all esoteric matters - divination, magic, Kabbalism, alchemy and Freemasony - led to him penning a number of books. These include the Key to the Tarot, The Book of Ceremonial Magic and A New Encyclopedia of Freemasony.

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A.E. Warren is the author of the Tomorrow's Ancestors series, which consists of Subject Twenty-One, The Hidden Base, The Fourth Species and The Final Rising. 
 
After spending eight years working as a lawyer, she began to write in the evenings and early mornings as a form of escapism from life in a very small cubicle with lots of files. She self-published her first novels in her spare time, which were picked up by Del Rey UK which is the science fiction/fantasy imprint of Penguin Random House. 
 
 She is an avid reader, occasional gamer and fair-weather runner. She lives in the UK with her husband, daughter and hopefully, one day, a wise border terrier named Austen.

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A K Benedict writes crime and speculative fiction in a room filled with clowns, mannequins and Doctor Who figures. Her first novel, The Beauty of Murder, was nominated for an eDunnit award and is in development for a major 8-part TV series by Company Pictures. Her second, Jonathan Dark or The Evidence of Ghosts, came out in February 2016. She's written Torchwood audio dramas for Big Finish and her short stories have featured in anthologies including Great British Horror and Best British Short Stories. She lives in St Leonards-on-Sea with her dog, Dame Margaret Rutherford.

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A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards – including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.

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A.M. Ellis is a speculative fiction author and lover of everything steeped in myth and mystery. Her stories often lean into diverse voices, not only in her identity as a Black woman, but in exploring neurodivergence and mental health. A proud introvert and nostalgic gamer, she lives in Maryland, USA, with her husband and three children. Angelica is also the author of Hunt A Killer, a PERFECT SCORE novel, under the pen name A.M. Ellis, which she wrote as an IP for Scholastic in the US.

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A.N. Wilson was born in 1950 and educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is an award-winning biographer and a celebrated novelist, winning prizes for much of his work. He lives in North London.

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A.B.C. Merriman-Labor was a barrister, writer and munitions worker born in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1877. His published works include A Series of Lectures on the Negro Race and The Story of the African Slave in a Nutshell. He also edited two editions of the Handbook of Sierra Leone. He arrived in the UK in 1904 to study law. In 1907, he organised a centenary commemoration of the abolition of the slave trade in Westminster Abbey. He later embarked on an 'entertainment-lecture' tour called Life and Scenes in Britain, travelling across thousands of miles of West, South West and Central Africa, which he expanded on to create Britons Through Negro Spectacles.

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Aabria Iyengar is an American actress and author.

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Aaliya Jaleel is a freelance illustrator, designer, and visual development artist, currently majoring in Animation at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is also the illustrator of Under My Hijab and Muslim Girls Rise. You can visit her online at www.aaliyamj.com.

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Aaron Allston

After more than fifteen years of experience as a clinical psychotherapist, Dr Aaron Balick has taken the amazing insights from psychology and psychotherapy out of the consultation room and made them accessible to the wider world. 
 
He has been an ‘agony uncle’ for many years for both CBBC and BBC Radio 1, as well as on television, including BBC Worldwide, BBC 3 and BBC Learning.

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Aaron Dignan is the founder of The Ready--a global organizational transformation and coaching practice--that helps companies large and small adopt new forms of self-organization and dynamic teaming. Clients include Johnson &amp; Johnson, Microsoft, Lloyds Bank, Citibank, Boeing, Mailchimp, Airbnb, Dropbox, and charity: water. 
 
He is also the founder of Murmur--a SaaS startup that helps teams scale culture through the magic of working agreements. The Murmur platform will allow every team on the planet to define and share their ways of working. 
 
Dignan is the author of Brave New Work (2019) and Game Frame (2011), co-host of the Brave New Work podcast, and a friend to misfit toys.

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Aaron Edwards is a senior lecturer in defence and international affairs at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, specialising in terrorism and counter-insurgency. He is the author and editor of several books, including Defending the Realm: The Politics of Britain’s Small Wars Since 1945, and has lectured all over the world on aspects of national and international security. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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Aaron Robertson is a writer, an editor, and a translator of Italian literature. His translation of Igiaba Scego’s Beyond Babylon was short-listed for the 2020 PEN Translation Prize and the National Translation Award, and in 2021 he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, Foreign Policy, n+1, The Point, and Literary Hub, among other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Eric Swanson

For millennia, Buddhists have enjoyed the limitless benefits of meditation. But how does it work? And why? The principles behind this ancient practice have long eluded some of the best minds in modern science. Until now. 
 
This groundbreaking work, with a foreword by bestselling author Daniel Goleman, invites us to join in unlocking the secrets behind the practice of meditation. Working with neuroscientists, the author provides clear insights into modern research, which indicates that systematic training in meditation can enhance activity in areas of the brain associated with happiness and compassion. 
 
With an infectious joy and insatiable curiosity, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche weaves together the principles of Tibetan Buddhism, neuroscience, and quantum physics in a way that will forever change the way we understand the human experience. And using the basic meditation practices, he offers readers a chance to recognize the unlimited potential of our own minds.

The Joy of Living

Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness

Louann Brizendine

In this groundbreaking book, Dr Louann Brizendine describes the uniquely flexible structure of the female brain and its constant, dynamic state of change - the key difference that separates it from that of the male - and reveals how women think, what they value, how they communicate, and whom they'll love. She also reveals the neurological explanations behind why... 
* A woman remembers fights that a man insists never happened... 
* Thoughts about sex enter a woman's brain perhaps once every couple of days, but mayenter a man's brain up to once every minute... 
* A woman's brain goes on high alert during pregnancy - and stays that way long after giving birth... 
* A woman over 50 is more likely to initiate divorce than a man... 
* Women tend to know what people are feeling, while men can't spot an emotion unless someone cries or threatens them with bodily harm! 
 
Accessible, fun and compelling, and based on more than three decades of research, The Female Brain will help women to better understand themselves - and the men in their lives.

The Female Brain

Raj Persaud

As psychology advances its understanding of the mind and brain, perhaps the last remaining bastion of mystery about why we do what we do relates to love and attraction. However, recent research suggests that even the mysteries of attraction are being revealed - which is great news for those amongst us who would rather not leave seduction to chance. 
 
In this illuminating follow-up to his acclaimed bestseller, The Motivated Mind, Dr Raj Persaud draws on the very latest research to show not only how to increase your attractiveness generally, but how to become absolutely irresistible to anyone. For example, do you know... that experiments on dating can predict with over 80% accuracy who will be attracted to who by whether just a few simple conversational strategies are used on a date? why abnormally low lighting is strongly associated with romance, why women wear blusher on their cheeks, or lipstick to enhance their pouting lips? Or that seeking to be agreeable on a date is not actually the most attractive or successful strategy to use. And for anyone out there who is looking for that rare combination of brains and beauty, there is reassuring news: current research reveals that it is indeed perfectly possible to guess a person's IQ from the way they look. Frank, witty and packed with useful questionnaires and invaluable advice, Simply Irresistible is the essential guide on how to catch - and keep - your perfect partner.

Simply Irresistible

The Psychology Of Seduction - How To Catch And Keep Your Perfect Partner

Spencer Johnson

This concise and brilliantly readable parable can teach you how to live in the present and reset your approach to life to achieve happiness and contentment. 
 
From the multimillion-bestselling author of WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? and perfect for fans of Derren Brow, Mark Manson and Glennon Doyle. 
 
What Readers are saying: 
***** - 'A wonderful book which makes you appreciate life and what we have.' 
***** - 'I have certainly found a way that might help me to find my purpose in life and regain my enthusiasm again.' 
***** - 'What a great little book... makes you feel good all the way through. I feel so much better already with issues at work.' 
 
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For over two decades, Spencer Johnson has been inspiring and entertaining millions with his simple, yet insightful stories of work and life that speak directly to the heart and soul. 
 
THE PRESENT is an engaging story of a young man's journey to adulthood, and his search for The Present, a mysterious and elusive gift he first hears about from a great old man. 
 
Later, when the young boy becomes a young man, disillusioned with his work and his life, he returns to ask the old man, once again, to help him find The Present. 
 
The old man responds, 'Only you have the power to find The Present for yourself.' So the young man embarks on a tireless search for the secret to his personal happiness and business acumen. 
 
It is only after the young man has searched high and low and given up his relentless pursuit that he relaxes and discovers The Present - and all the promises it offers. 
 
THE PRESENT will help you focus on what will make you happy and successful in your work and in your personal life. 
 
Like the young man, you may find that it is the best gift you can ever give yourself...

The Present

The Gift That Makes You Happy And Successful At Work And In Life

Paul Reizin

Paul Reizin is living proof that it is possible to find happiness through the lonely hearts column in a newspaper. So is his wife. And their baby. 
Date Expectations tells the hilarious true story of some of the most disastrous dates in the history of courtship, as Paul sets out on an increasingly fraught quest to leave singledom behind ... These include the date with the psycho hippy nutter; the date who didn't turn up; the world's shortest date; and the date with a face like a bag of spanners. 
Learn to interpret the secret language of the lonely hearts columns (e.g. 'bubbly' = fat). Learn how to read between the lines of a recorded message - fine tune your radar for those tell-tale references to cats and anger-management classes. And much, much more ... 
Remember - blind dating is like life. By the time you've learned how to do it properly, you no longer need to . . .

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- Do you make New Year resolutions? Almost everyone does, because we want to achieve positive personal change. But did you know that most resolutions are repeated five years in a row, and that the vast majority are broken by June. 
- Have you ever dieted? Yet if diets work, why do we need so many, and new ones all the time? The evidence shows that we persist in buying diet books and following fitness fads because we want to believe the new approach will be the one that works... Today, we seem to be obsessed with advantage and disadvantage, fairness and the level playing field, without realizing that in life, the ability to overcome obstacles is a key part of any success strategy - as is our inner drive and motivation. In The Motivated Mind, award-winning author and psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud investigates the latest research on this fascinating subject - and he comes to some surprising conclusions. Complete with fascinating case studies, The Motivated Mind offers fresh &amp; inspiring insights into understanding the key to success - the key to fulfilling your dream.

The Motivated Mind

How to get what you want from life

Shannon Mullen

Valerie Frankel

Shannon Mullen has been demystifying great sex for women in the comfort of their own homes with her popular Safina sex salons. 
 
In The Best You'll Ever Have, she shares intimate confessions from these women-only salons and answers all the questions women really want to ask about their sexuality.This groundbreaking book illuminates subjects from how to find that mysterious G-spot to how to use popular sex toys. With chapters including 'Claiming the Clitoris', 'Tush Talk', 'The Secrets of the P-Spot'and 'Toy Stories', the authors leave no area of sexual curiosity unexplored, revealing what's hot about different positions, accessories, and lots more, including elegant illustrations. 
 
The Best You'll Ever Have features the actual voices of real women who share what they truly think and have genuinely learned about their bodies, turn-ons, turn-offs, and ways to make sex as fabulous as it should be. Straight-talking, hilarious, and deliciously confessional, this is must-have bedtime reading.

The Best You'll Ever Have

Harvey Diamond

FIT FOR LIFE 
 
All diets work and all diets fail, but here at last is hope for anyone who wants to achieve - and maintain - permanent weight loss. 
 
Fit For Life is a revolutionary diet and lifestyle programme that allows you to eat unlimited portions of the foods you like and leads you to new levels of overall good health and wellbeing. As you finally put an end to all those years of boring calorie counting and damaging yo-yo dieting, this simple, natural Fit for Life reveals... 
 
* the three vital principles to bring permanent weight loss and high energy 
* the secrets of timing and food combining that work with your natural body cycles 
* a complete four-week meal plan, menus, delicious recipes and essential shopping tips. 
 
Fast, effective and easy to follow, the internationally acclaimed Fit for Life is your answer to a healthier, more vibrant life. Don't you owe it to yourself to begin today?

Fit For Life

Ronan Tynan

In Halfway Home, Ronan Tynan, a member of the enormously popular Irish Tenors, shares his moving life story - a story Barbara Walters calls 'so amazing you may find it hard to believe' - of overcoming adversity and attaining worldwide success in several different fields. 
 
Diagnosed with a lower-limb disability at birth, Tynan had his legs amputated below the knee when he was twenty years old. Eight weeks later, he was climbing the stairs of his college dormitory, and within a year, he was winning races in the Paralympic Games, amassing eighteen gold medals and fourteen world records. After becoming the first disabled person ever admitted to the National College of Physical Education, he served a short stint in the prosthetics industry and began a new career in medicine. He continued his studies at Trinity College, where he specialized in orthopaedic sports injuries. 
 
After earning his medical degree, Tynan chose music for the next act in his life. Less than one year after he began studying voice, he won both the John McCormack Cup for Tenor Voice and the BBC talent show Go For It. He went on to win the prestigious International Operatic Singing Competition in France, and in 1998 his debut Sony album, My Life Belongs to You, became a top-five hit in England within just two weeks and eventually went platinum. Later that year, he was invited to join The Irish Tenors, furthering a journey that started in a small Irish village and has brought him to the world's grandest stages.

Halfway Home

Adrian Webster

A fresh and innovative route to business and personal success - Polar Bear Pirates contains a whole new universe of characters and terminology that everyone will instantly recognize and relate to. Polar Bear Pirates, highly focused, successful, fun-loving people who truly believe in life before death, are on a quest to reach Fat City. But as we follow the fortunes of these highly motivated bears, we see how they must fight off some pretty ruthless and often highly elusive enemies - enemies who are determined to block their paths and shatter their dreams... 
 
Here's a brief sketch of just some of these treacherous characters... 
 
Sinkers...the bitter losers who, as disciples of the pear shape, despise anyone else's success and derive immense pleasure from torpedoing it... 
Head treads...those who block anyone coming up the success ladder; they are devoid of talent, having only got where they are through brown nosing, knife throwing and luck! 
Neg ferrets...the pessimistic warriors of doom with insatiable appetites for other people's problems... 
Molasses Man.. the sweet but slow, well-meaning people who are burdened by the beliefs of others... 
Bloaters...boasting, lazy, obnoxious and tediously egotistical reptilian saddos who are absolutely full of it! 
 
Written in the tradition of the bestselling, Who Moved My Cheese, Polar Bear Pirates is a uniquely entertaining and often hilarious look at business and personal development. A 'game book' of questions, answers, traps and signposts, this book delivers powerful, inspirational messages as it helps you to unravel a series of complex motivational issues on your journey to personal and professional success.

Polar Bear Pirates

Nick Williams

For some people the very mention of the word 'success' brings to mind memories of challenges met and ambitions realized; for others, in contrast, this simple word can trigger feelings of inadequacy and failure, of wasted energy and missed opportunities. Now, in Unconditional Success leading business consultant, Nick Williams, offers invaluable advice on how we can all achieve our goals and turn those damaging nightmares into dreams come true. 
 
Here, as he redefines the meaning of success, Nick shows us how to: 
 
* Overcome the stumbling blocks that inhibit our progress 
* Abandon our fear of failure that prevents us from pushing back the boundaries 
* Achieve success without sacrifice - and self-belief without conceit 
* Tap into our innate creative spirit in order to achieve all we desire 
 
Comprehensive and practical, this empowering step-by-step guide also encourages us to re-establish that unique relationship with ourselves - the relationship lost in the mists of time - which, once rekindled, will bring balance and harmony to our lives and lead us to achieve our ultimate goal - Unconditional Success.

Unconditional Success

David Taylor

According to David Taylor - one of Europe's most successful speakers on leadership and personal development - the most important discovery you can make is to discover who you really are. Everything you need to be, anything you want, you already have; there is no right or wrong, there is only what serves you, and what does not; what you think about, you are, what you focus on, you will become; and if you give yourself permission, you will achieve every dream and every ambition you've ever had. 
 
Here, as David Taylor invites you to join him on an amazing journey of discovery, he strips away myth and mystery, hype and jargon to reveal how we can turn dreams into reality by: 
 
* learning to trust ourselves and our instincts - and abandon the external motivations that limit our potential... 
* building on our successes to ensure personal development... 
* forging deep and lasting relationships both in the work place and in our personal lives... 
 
Inspiring, illuminating and completely practical, The Naked Leader is your passport to personal and professional success - and regardless of your age or circumstances, an incredible journey of discovery to a world of unlimited opportunity.

The Naked Leader

Olivia St Claire

Olivia St Claire returns to refine the art of driving him wild with the hottest techniques ever. In her inimitable straight-forward and no-holds-barred style, the author helps her readers aim for nothing less than a joie de vivre between the sheets. 
 
These proven methods are designed not only to perfect the reader's craft, but to refine her erotic state of mind, the starting point for turning on any man. Olivia St Claire helps you identify your Passion Triggers, safely guides you to the edge of your sexual boundaries, and lets you in on everything you ever wanted to know about the forbidden caverns, tidal waves and uncharted waters of passion. 
 
For the first time, here is straightforward advice that covers everything from the art of the blindfold to the ecstasies of oriental lovemaking; from 21st century toys to ancient love rituals. 302 stunning secrets, potent tips and devastating techniques that are accessible, easy-to-follow, and erotic to read. 
 
Any woman - whether romantic, shy, innovative or adept - can use this dazzling selection of sex techniques to ignite her deepest passions and bring any man to his knees.

302 Advanced Techniques for Driving a Man Wild in Bed

Barbara Keesling

Imagine a world where you were as sexually confident, physically uninhibited and as intensely orgasmic as you have always wanted to be... 
 
Now, acclaimed sex therapist Dr Barbara Keesling tells you how. Based on the understanding that inside every good girl is a bad girl struggling to get out, THE GOOD GIRL's GUIDE TO BAD GIRL SEX teaches women how to express their natural impulses with dignity and panache. Bad girls know no shame. Bad girls are comfortable in their bodies. Bad girls always feel gorgeous and desirable! 
 
Learn how to optimize your sexual power with this frank, funny and all-embracing book. Packed with practical exercises, THE GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE includes insider information on the sex toys you never knew you had, how to seduce a man by simply walking into a room, how to enjoy your G-spot and how to give (and receive!) mind-blowing orgasms. 
 
THE GOOD GIRL's GUIDE TO BAD GIRL SEX is the key to your sexual future - an indispensable guide to pleasure and seduction for the modern woman.

The Good Girl's Guide To Bad Girl Sex

Caroline Myss

The author of the international bestsellers Anatomy of the Spirit and Why People Don't Heal and How they Can presents an exciting, highly original programme in this fascinating book. As a medical intuitive, Myss has found that people generally don't understand their purpose in life, which has led to a spiritual malaise of epidemic proportions. This metaphysical disease in turn leads to depression, anxiety, fatigue and eventually, physical illness. 
 
But our purpose - our individual Sacred Contract - is often difficult to comprehend. Caroline Myss has developed an enjoyable and ingenious process for deciphering your own Contract that builds on the works of Jung, Plato and contemporary thinkers. With her signature motivational style, Myss explains how you can identify your own spiritual energies, or archetypes, and use them to help you find out what you are here on earth to learn and whom you are meant to meet. In coming to know your archetypal companions, you will also begin to see how to live your life in ways that make the best use of your personal power and lead you to fulfil your greatest - in fact, your divine - potential.

Sacred Contracts

Elizabeth Kim

I don't know how old I was when I watched my mother's murder, nor do I know how old I am today.' 
 
The illegitimate daughter of a peasant and an American GI, Elizabeth Kim spent her early years as a social outcast in her village in the Korean countryside. Ostracized by their family and neighbours, she and her mother were regularly pelted with stones on their way home from the rice fields. Yet there was a tranquil happiness in the intense bond between mother and daughter. Until the day that Elizabeth's grandfather and uncle came to punish her mother from the dishonour she had brought on the family, and executed her in front of her daughter. 
 
Elizabeth was dumped in an orphanage in Seoul. After some time, she was lucky enough to be adopted by an American couple. But when she arrived in America she found herself once again surrounded by fanaticism and prejudice. 
 
Elizabeth's mother had always told her that life was made up of ten thousand joys as well as ten thousand sorrows, and, supported by her loving daughter, and by a return to her Buddhist faith, she finally found a way to savour those joys, as well as the courage to exorcise the demons of her past.

Ten Thousand Sorrows

Ingrid Bacci

Most of us believe that in order to achieve anything worthwhile, whether in our careers, family life, health or even on the sports field, we have to work hard and apply a lot of effort. In fact, just the opposite is true. In The Art of Effortless Living, Dr. Ingrid Bacci offers compelling evidence that the most productive, creative and healthiest individuals are those who practice effortless living. By doing less, paradoxical as it may seem, they achieve more. In this book you will meet individuals who have transformed their lives in radically simple ways: 
The executive whose influence over her colleagues increased dramatically after she began a deceptively simple relaxation 
The patient who eliminated thirty years of suffering from migraines after ten training sessions in releasing unconscious muscle tension. 
The golf player who corrected his golf swing in one brief session, using a series of visualization exercises. 
This book shows you how to dissolve conscious and unconscious stress through simple techniques that replace effort with effortlessness. The result is a more rewarding lifestyle that leads to physical vitality, increased productivity, creative relationships and the freedom to express your best self.

The Art Of Effortless Living

Susan Forward

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Bestselling author and psychologist Dr Susan Forward offers effective alternatives for achieving inner peace and freeing yourself from frustrating patterns of relationships with your parents. 
 
 Millions of lives are damaged by the legacy of parental abuse: 
· Parents who ignored their children's needs or overburdened them with guilt. 
· Parents who were alcoholic or addicted to drugs. 
· Parents who were exploitative and cruel, or simply indifferent and inadequate. 
 
When these children reach adulthood the damage done by their toxic parents manifests itself in depression, or difficulties with relationships, careers and decision-making. In Toxic Parents, Dr Susan Forward shows why it is so difficult to put the past behind you and helps readers to confront this painful legacy with tested self-help techniques. 
 
With this book as your guide, you will discover an exciting new world of self-confidence, inner strength and emotional independence.

Toxic Parents

Thomas J Stanley

The Millionaire Mind targets a population of millionaires who have accumulated substantial wealth and live in ways that openly demonstrate their affluence. Exploring the ideas, beliefs, and behaviours that enabled these millionaires to build and maintain their fortunes, Dr Thomas J Stanley provides a fascinating look at America's financial elite and how they got there. For example: 
* What were their school days like? 
* How did they respond to negative criticism? 
* What are the characteristics of the millionaire's spouse? 
* Is religion an important part of their lives? 
The author uncovers surprising answers, showing readers just what it is that makes the wealthy prosper while others feel dejected or beaten. The Millionaire Mind delves deep into the minds of America's wealthy and answers universal questions with solid statistical evidence in an approachable, anecdotal style.

The Millionaire Mind

Lama Surya Das

'Life is about relationships - the relationship we have with ourselves, with each other, with the world, as well as the connection to that which is beyond any of us. WHen our relationships are food, we feel good; when they are bad, we feel awful. Let's accept it:we need each other. We need to feel connected; we need to feel each other's presence and love.' 
 
With his first bestseller, Awakening the Buddha Within, Surya Das, the American-born lama, gave the Western world a primer for Tibetan Buddhism. Now, he continues to share this ancient wisdom as he shows us how to integrate all the experiences of our lives, both positive and negative, into our spiritual search. 
 
How happy we are with our relationships - with others, the world and ourselves - largely determines how joyous and fulfilled we will be. In Awakening the Biddhist Heart, Lama Surya Das shows us how to use our innate Spiritual Intellgence to build more loving and satisfying connections. As he helps us to increase our self-awareness and sensitivity towards others, making us better mates, parents, friends and members of society, Surya Das demonstrates how we can make our relationships more meaningful as he guides us through Buddhist practices that release negative emotions which enable us to learn from those we love, and those we don't.

Awakening The Buddhist Heart

Deepak Chopra

A revised edition the perennial international bestseller that has helped millions achieve physical and mental healing, rejuvenation and balance from Deepak Chopra, the undisputed master of modern spirituality. 
 
'A brilliant and exhilarating book' -- Sunday Telegraph 
'I could not put this book down, beautifully and clearly written' -- ***** Reader review 
'Inspirational' -- ***** Reader review 
'Deepak is the ultimate guru' -- ***** Reader review 
'Absolutely love this book!' -- ***** Reader review 
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Instead of considering it as something solid, Chopra sees the body as interweaving systems of energies that are constantly being consumed and renewed - the balance of these energies determines the mind-body type. Combining ancient Ayurvedic healing practices with modern Western medicine, this unique book offers a step-by-step program of mind - body medicine that can be tailored to the individual's needs, based on the individual's mind-body type. 
 
 A comprehensive guide, explaining the various body types, Perfect Health explains how we can heal the mind and reduce stress via meditation, healing sounds, music and aromatherapy and how we can nurture the body by optimising diet and exercise. 
 
Originally published in 1990, this revised edition - complete with questionnaires and the latest scientific and medical research studies - is destined to appeal to the millions of Chopra devotees around the world and all those in search of balance, harmony and perfect health.

Perfect Health (Revised Edition)

a step-by-step program to better mental and physical wellbeing from world-renowned author, doctor and self-help guru Deepak Chopra

Many of us long to connect with something greater than ourselves to experience the sacred in our daily lives, and to enhance our sense of spiritual enlightenment - yet often we don't know where to begin. Now, in Awakening to the Sacred, Lama Surya Das integrates essential Buddhist practices with a variety of other spiritual philosophies, wisdoms and traditions to show how we can create a personalized spiritual practice based on our own individual beliefs, aspirations and needs. Here, as he examines common themes that lie at the heart of any spiritual path, including faith, doubt, love and compassion - and explores rituals such as prayer, yoga and meditation - he provides practical advice on how we can nurture our inner spirit every day of our lives. 
With his unique and accessible approach, Surya Das emphasizes that we are all, by nature, spiritual beings and that our lives are naturally filled with sacred moments. Awakening to the Sacred illuminates the natural meditations already present in daily life, and shows how we can use them to awaken our hearts and minds, and progress towards inner peace, happiness and enlightenment.

Awakening To The Sacred

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Never before has so much weight been placed on mindfulness, self-care and mental health. By embracing this empowering guide to self-discovery by the #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Ban Breathnach, you'll be joining the millions of people giving themselves permission to take time out, simplify their lives and see beauty in little things surrounding us. Perfect for readers of Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. 
 
'This book is pure joy to read' -- ***** Reader review 
'Thought provoking and inspiring; a comforting read' -- ***** Reader review 
'Interesting, inspiring and comforting' -- ***** Reader review 
'This book has given me such a sense of peace and inspiration' -- ***** Reader review 
'This is one of the best books that I have ever read!' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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By providing a meditation for each day of the year, Simple Abundance illuminates our journey of self-discovery and shows us that simplicity does not imply doing without - true simplicity illuminates our lives from within. 
Teaching us how to reorder our priorities, this enduringly positive handbook for living helps readers: 
 
- carve out time for the personal pursuits that bring contentment 
- savour the joy of simple pleasures 
- restore serenity to daily endeavours 
- delight in the everyday elegies of home and garden 
- nurture creativity 
- nourish the imagination 
 
Simple Abundance is a book of daily meditations, quotations, poems, extracts and reflections - perfect for those who want to create a simple, more abundant way of living by bringing more simplicity, harmony, beauty, order and joy into their lives.

Simple Abundance

the uplifting and inspirational day by day guide to embracing simplicity from New York Times bestselling author Sarah Ban Breathnach

James Hillman

Plato and the Greeks called it 'daimon', the Romans 'genius', the Christians 'Guardian Angel' - and today we use terms such as 'heart', 'spirit' and 'soul'. For James Hillman it is the central and guiding force of his utterly unique and compelling 'acorn theory' which proposes that each life is formed by a particular image, an image that is the essence of that life and calls it to a destiny, just as the mighty oak's destiny is written in the tiny acorn. 
 
Highly accessible and imaginative, The Soul's Code offers a liberating vision of childhood troubles and an exciting approach to themes such as freedom, and, most of all, calling - that invisible mystery at the centre of every life that voices the fundamental question, 'What is in my heart that I must do, be and have? And why?'

The Soul's Code

James Redfield

The insights found in The Celestine Prophecy and The Tenth Insight have touched the lives of many millons of people; they are not theoretical. When we become aware of how they work, coincidences and serendipitous encounters increase for us. 
 
As our level of consciousness expands, our vision of the world is transformed, and we get a glimpse into the heart of creation. And as we learn how thought and visualization precede reality, we can begin to harness them to benefit our own future and the future of the earth. 
 
The perfect companion volume for The Tenth Insight, this hands-on guide was written to help individuals and groups implement the ideas found in that book. It provides detailed explanations and exercises on Tenth Insight topics: previous lifetimes, soul groups, birth visions, the use of dreams and prayers, the afterlife, and the World Vision. It helps us experience firsthand how our own lives fit into the eternal cycles...teaches us how to discover our own personal missions...and reveals how we can call take part in the ultimately joyful world changes described in The Tenth Insight.

The Tenth Insight

An Experiential Guide

This extremely readable and addictive parable has become a breakout word-of-mouth hit for its uncanny ability to renew your understanding of life, connections and perspective with fresh vigour. From the multimillion-bestselling author, James Redfield, and perfect for fans of Paulo Coelho and Eckhart Tolle. 
 
'The Celestine Prophecy has already reached cult status... It homes in on the deepest, most urgent search of our times - the search for meaning... This is a book like no other.' - THE TELEGRAPH 
 
'If you've ever wondered what the formula is for an "inspirational" bestseller, with promising potential for cult status, look no further' ? GUARDIAN 
 
'A spiritual classic... A book to read and reread, to cherish, and to give to friends' - JOAN BORYSENKO, author of Fire in the Soul 
 
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You have never read a book like this before... 
 
The Celestine Prophecy contains secrets that are currently changing our world. Drawing on the ancient wisdom found in a Peruvian manuscript, it tells you how to make connections between the events happening in your own life right now...and lets you see what is going to happen to you in the years to come. 
 
The story it tells is a gripping one of adventure and discovery, but it is also a guidebook that has the power to crystalize your perceptions of why you are where you are in life...and to direct your steps with a new energy and optimism as you head into tomorrow. 
 
A book that comes along just once in a lifetime to change lives forever.

The Celestine Prophecy

how to refresh your approach to tomorrow with a new understanding, energy and optimism

Josh Axe

Will Cole

From New York Times bestselling authors Dr Josh Axe and Dr Will Cole, the essential guide to reversing your physical decline and regaining energy 
 
Did you know that nearly all your organs regenerate within a year? 
The stomach lining can heal in as little as two to nine days. 
Red blood cells, one hundred and twenty days. 
The kidneys, three to six months. 
Bones, six to eight weeks. 
 
Our bodies are intricately designed with an extraordinary ability to heal and renew. Yet we face chronic disease and shortened life and health spans because we are not helping the body at the root level—creating new, healthy cells. 
 
Thanks to chronic stress, digital overload, consuming diets high in ultra-processed foods and being bombarded by environmental toxins, our cells are breaking down and so are we. 
 
Doctors Josh Axe and Will Cole draw on their combined four decades of clinical experience in functional medicine and cellular nutrition to uncover the threats behind cellular decline and share the lifestyle approaches, diet tips and mindset shifts that can restore energy, reverse disease, and promote longevity for all ages. 
 
Heal Your Cells distils complex science of into clear, practical principles and actionable protocols that challenge readers to take ownership of their cellular well-being. Using personal anecdotes, patient testimonials and scientific evidence, the authors reveal how to fuel the body with the right building blocks, eliminate environmental, nutrient, and emotional toxins, and energize cells for regeneration.

Heal Your Cells

Reversing the Irreversible – A Proven Plan to Heal Faster, Reclaim Energy, and Unlock Longevity

Shell Rowe

This story began because I was dying to live. It ends with having learned how. 
 
Wise beyond her years, Shell Rowe's life took an abrupt turn when, aged 20, instead of being able to follow her dream and continue her film studies in America, she discovered a lump on her throat that turned out to be Stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. She was given a slim chance of survival. 
 
Three diagnoses later, facing extreme challenges and hardship each time, yet always managing to win the battle, Shell shares the life lessons she learned along the way. 
 
From realising that life doesn't always work out the way you planned but may turn out even better, to making your own luck, giving yourself time, being brave as the jump is worse than the fall, embracing the chaos and realising that growing old is a privilege, this is an uplifting and humorous guide to making the most of whatever life throws at you. 
 
The lessons are intended to help you defy the odds and transform the adversities you may face, whether that's losing a loved one, facing a diagnosis, receiving a rejection from University, not getting the job you want or struggling in a relationship. 
 
It is a testament of hope and a confirmation that we all possess the power within us to shape our own reality, despite the hardships we each face.

Dying to Live

How to Thrive, Not Just Survive

Sandra Kooij

Jacqueline van de Sande

Women are being diagnosed with ADHD at unprecedented rates. Historically overlooked, ADHD in girls often presents less conspicuously than in boys, leading to late diagnoses. With growing awareness, more women are seeking help. Yet, waiting lists are soaring, and there is a pressing need for female-specific guidance that considers how hormonal changes throughout life—puberty, pregnancy, and menopause—impact ADHD symptoms. 
 
Enter specialists Professor Sandra Kooij and family therapist Jacqueline van de Sande, who bring decades of experience and ground-breaking research to this brilliantly practical and refreshingly relatable guide for women with ADHD and ADD. Drawing on their extensive expertise, they offer an engaging, conversational resource filled with tips for every stage of life—from navigating studies and work to managing relationships and key transitions like the menopause and perimenopause. 
 
It doesn’t matter whether you have an official diagnosis or simply recognize yourself in the symptoms. This book is filled with tips and tricks to help you get through the day with a little less chaos, no matter what stage of life you’re in. 
 
Presented in an ADHD-friendly format, Mastering ADHD for Women combines the latest scientific insights with true stories - sometimes hilarious, sometimes moving - to explore common challenges, offering succinct, actionable advice for harnessing your unique talents and living life well.

Mastering ADHD for Women

Milly Goldsmith

Growing up in a world where conditional love was the norm, Milly struggled to break free from the cycle of seeking validation through male attention. Her life revolved around relationships and desiring romantic pursuits, yet this only led to further heartbreak. In a drastic attempt to change, Milly began asking herself what she truly wanted from life. 
 
Comprised of short, honest reflections on everything from self-worth to the impact of male validation, Things I Told My Notes App is the essential guide on how to choose yourself. Through personal stories and raw honesty, Milly shares how freeing it is to start appreciating the beautiful things that make you unique. 
 
This passionate guide to living life on your own terms celebrates the beauty of being single and finding happiness within yourself. It encourages women on a healing journey to live authentically and embrace their true selves. In Things I Told My Notes App, Milly redefines what it means to be single and empowers women to seek more for themselves than just romantic love.

Things I Told My Notes App

Love, Likes and Other Addictions I Never Meant to Share

A Private Thriller

A series of children's modern classic novels by renowned 20th century children's writers. All the titles in this series have the A Puffin Book logo, contemporary-style covers, and child-friendly endnotes.

A Puffin Book

A Ripley Novel

A Slice of the Moon

A Victorian Mystery

A Walk in...

A Women’s Murder Club Thriller

A chef Paul Delamare Mystery

Aberrations

Across the Universe

Actiphons

Adelia Aguilar

Adrian Mole

Adventures in Time

Aftermath

Against War

Age of X

Agent 21

Agent Z

Detective Aidan Waits is a troubled junior detective haunted by his past. Facing an uncertain future, and disconnected from his history, DC Waits and his partner, Detective Inspector Peter 'Sutty' Sutcliffe work on Manchester's streets to uncover the city's worst criminals among the grime of the underworld.

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