How to use the insights of neuroscience and the techniques of mindfulness to get a good night\'s sleep. Everyone\'s familiar with the consequences of lost sleep: you\'re groggy and irritable, your focus is off, you don\'t perform at your best, and you\'re likely to dump sugary foods and caffeine into your system for an energy boost. But the effects of poor sleep go way beyond these concerns. Indeed,

This interactive board book series features the classic touch-and-feel concept but with a fun, stylish Wee Gallery twist! Each spread features an intriguing textile and a different animal character to spark the curiosity of babies and toddlers. In Wee Gallery: Touch and Feel Scales, meet seven incredibly cute animals who all feature super special scales! Little ones will love feeling the different

An unconventional approach to gaining the competitive advantage All the War They Want presents counterintuitive problem-solving techniques, using as its case in point one of the most existential threats to our national security and American way of life: cyber warfare. Informed by Jeffrey Engle\'s experience as a member of the U.S. military\'s elite special ops community, his Brazilian jiujitsu training,

Western culture has a long and fraught history of cultural appropriation, a history that has particular resonance within performance practice. Patrice Pavis asks what is at stake politically and aesthetically when cultures meet at the crossroads of theatre.? A series of major recent productions are analysed, including Peter Brook\'s Mahabharata, Cixous/Mnouchkine\'s Indiande, and Barba\'s Faust. These

Even during the artist\'s lifetime, contemporary art lovers considered Rembrandt van Rijn to be an exceptional artist. In this revelatory sequel to the acclaimed Rembrandt: The Painter at Work, renowned Rembrandt authority Ernst van de Wetering investigates precisely why the artist, from a very early age, was praised by prominent connoisseurs. He argues that Rembrandt, from his very first endeavors

The heart-rending and inspiring novel from the critically acclaimed author of NOT IF I SEE YOU

The twelfth-century abbot and contemplative known to history as \'The Mellifluous Teacher\' wrote sermons for the entire Christmas liturgical cycle \'from the first Sunday of Advent (four weeks before Christmas) to the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (25 January). As he reflects on the wonder of the Incarnation, he reminds Christians still today that Christmas celebrates the awesome condescension

Essential quotations from renowned artist and pop icon Keith Haring Keith Haring remains one of the most important and celebrated artists of his generation and beyond. Through his signature bold graphic line drawings of figures and forms dancing and grooving, Haring\'s paintings, large-scale public murals, chalk drawings, and singular graffiti style defined an era and brought awareness to social issues

When novelist Sophie Carr rescues a man from a group of paparazzi, she finds that her new neighbour is ageing pop star Jez Winter. She has loved his music for years and knows he has had a tough time lately, with a violent intruder and then a car accident putting his ability to play music at risk.Life\'s not been easy for Sophie either, losing her husband just as she was taking off as a novelist and

Cat Lover\'s A to Z is a charming, illustrated guide for cat fans everywhere. Mixing cute illustrations with fun observations and facts, it\'s a pawsome celebration of the special, and often very funny, relationship between our favorite pets and their devoted human servants. Combining a mix of interesting cat trivia, feline idiosyncracies, a scattering of quotes and new playful language from social

Illustrated revision and practiseCovers Paper 3Over 200 marks worth of examination style questionsAnswers provided for all questions within the bookIllustrated topics to improve memory and recallSpecification references for every topicExamination tips and techniquesAbsolute clarity is the aim with a new generation of revision guide for the 2020s. This guide has been expertly compiled and edited by

A timely look at the economic revolution that took place in the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance.The rise of the monetary economy transformed every aspect of medieval Europe, including its values and culture. Medieval Money explores the ways art reflected and reinforced the complex ethical discussions that developed from the widespread role of money in everyday life in the Middle Ages. It traces

A love letter to the beautiful city of Lviv, by the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey

In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls her youth \"surrounded by some of the most famous creative minds of the seventies and eighties...James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Nina Simone\" (New York magazine)--in a vibrant, lost era of New York City.In the Technicolor glow of the early seventies, Jessica B. Harris debated, celebrated, and danced her way

Written by an experienced tutor, Savoir-Faire Plus is specifically designed to meet the requirements of today\'s generation of language undergraduates. Focusing on the life of an Anglophone first year undergraduate studying French in the UK and sharing a house with four francophone students, this engaging textbook provides: a clear, logical structure a blend of communicative, research-based and

In this edited volume, Jean Petrucelli brings together the work of talented clinicians and researchers steeped in working with eating disordered patients for the past 10 to 35 years. Eating disorders are about body-states and their relational meanings. The split of mindbody functioning is enacted in many arenas in the eating disordered patient\'s life. Concretely, a patient believes that disciplining

Looking for some jokes that will never go extinct? Look no further. . .101 Silly Dinosaur Jokes for Kids is filled with funny, delightful Jurassic-era puns, knock-knocks, and gut-busters that dinosaur-obsessed kids will love reading, sharing, and telling. This dino-mite joke book is filled to the brim with hilarious jokes, funny riddles, and side-splitting puns that are all about DINOSAURS! Whether