For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to this universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at history, philosophy, economics, art and politics and reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries.
Keep fit, tone-up and lose weight - walking is the perfect way to achieve optimum health, hassle free. Power-walking expert Nina Barough reveals there is a world of difference between a casual stroll and an energising, body-sculpting power walk. Founder of the annual Moonwalk, Nina explains how this low-impact form of exercise can be done by anyone, anywhere at anytime and her total walking programme will help you achieve health, vitality and weight-loss.
Offers essential day-by-day advice for your baby's exciting first year. Covering every single day of the first twelve months and various aspects of baby care and development, this book details everything from breast feeding to bonding all provided by a team of experts including paediatricians, midwives, psychologists and nutritionists.
The Night Sky Month by Month offers charts for observing stars and constellations in both the northern and southern hemispheres at any time of the year. Positions of stars and planet locations for each month are included, plus get tips on what equipment to use and how.
Packed with specially-commissioned artworks and photography with illustrated overviews introducing each month with a guide to the main attractions, such as bright stars and prominent constellations, this will inspire both beginners to star-gazing as well as amateur astronomers.
Learn how to manage your diet with the Diabetes Cookbook Managing your diet is the key to good diabetes control. With recipes for lunch, dinner and healthy snacks, The Diabetes Cookbook is guaranteed to tempt your taste buds and contribute to the health and well-being of everyone with diabetes. Featuring over 250 delicious recipes, from tempting curries to delicious puddings, each one suitable to help manage type 2 diabetes. Each recipe has a simple points system that allows users to track their glucose, saturated fat and cholesterol intake to balance their diet - the key to staying healthy.
Published in association with Neal's Yard, Cook, Brew & Blend Your Own Herbs taps into the healing power of plants, showing how easy it is to grow and use a wide range of safe, effective medicinal herbs at home. Discover how to treat everyday ailments with home-made tinctures and syrups and how to use food as medicine with delicious, seasonal herb-based soups, juices and salads that will calm and heal.
Includes an A-Z directory of over 100 herbs with tips on how to source them - whether by growing your own, foraging in the wild or buying from a herbalist. Step-by-steps techniques and illustrations demonstrate how to grow, care for and use herbs, whether you want to make a smoothie to boost immunity or a herbal balm to soothe aching muscles.
Showing you how to treat someone suffering from over 100 medical conditions and injuries, whether a minor burn or a heart attack, this latest edition of the best-selling American College of Emergency Physicians First Aid Manual gives you the knowledge you need instantly if someone becomes ill or gets hurt.
A practical guide to growing and cooking with herbs. From basil to vervain, it offers you the information you need to know about nurturing, harvesting and cooking with herbs. It includes notes on herb flavours, the best growing conditions, storage and how to use them in the kitchen.
A guide to the Earth's natural wonders, covering over 5,000 species. It offers a survey of the Earth's natural history. From granites to grape vines, from microbes to mammals, it introduces and explains each geological and biological grouping in an informative way.
A visual guide to the great engineers who have built our world. Including great tales of achievement and ingenuity, it celebrates 80 of the greatest engineers that ever lived and the stamp they have left on the world. It is suitable for those who are intrigued by the power of the pioneering mind.
600 incredible photos, precise annotations and detailed descriptions - from the distinguishing features of rocks to which crystal system a mineral belongs to - will help you identify different rocks and minerals quickly and easily. Covers everything from what rocks or minerals are, how they are classified to how to start a collection.
Perfect for rocks and mineral lovers - a comprehensive guide for collectors.
Get under your skin with this access-all-areas guide to the human body Discover a breathtaking portrait of the human body as it's never been seen before, using the latest medical and microscopic imaging. The Complete Human Body covers the development, form, function and disorders of the human body, all brought to life by incredible state-of-the-art 3D computer-generated artworks. Take a detailed look at how your respiratory system works, discover the anatomy up-close and learn about over 200 diseases and how they afflict the human body. Perfect for students, families and health professionals.
A guide to various magical stages of pregnancy, from pre-conception planning to the first days of life. It offers advice on fertility treatment, antenatal care, nutrition, exercise and your choices in childbirth. It also contains sections on working mothers and expectant fathers.
A guide to pregnancy that features photographs, 3D scans and illustrations which reveal exactly what is happening to you and your baby every single day. It offers advise on a baby's development, medical matters, diet, fitness and more.
A guide to pregnancy and babycare during the first year. It offers coverage ranging from what happens during pregnancy and birth, through to day-to-day babycare including feeding, washing and dressing. It provides guidance on adapting to parenthood and features on common issues such as maintaining your relationship and going back to work.
The Rough Guide to the iPad is the ultimate companion to the revolutionary Apple iPad. Making sure you get the most out of your newest toy, the guide provides full coverage of the latest Apple software and hardware advances, including the iPad's multitouch screen, the new iBookstore and the iPad's unique email system. There's also comprehensive coverage of all those Apple features you already can't live without: web surfing, movie and music downloading and the hundreds of apps in the Apple app store. The Rough Guide to the iPad is the very first Rough Guide to be published in full colour - helping you from buying the right model of iPad and getting the best deal to customising your settings and spending safely online. Whether you were first in line at the Apple store on release day or are simply fantasising about buying your own, The Rough Guide to the iPad is the book for you.
From a month-by-month development guide, to the latest on fertility, antenatal testing, diagnostic procedure, labor choices and caring for your newborn, this book offers reassuring, practical advice on various aspects of your antenatal care.
Guides parents through the essentials of baby and childcare, including bathing a newborn and choosing a preschool. This book includes case studies, which give insights on topics including single parenting and dealing with sibling rivalry. It also provides first aid guidelines and healthcare advice.
Packed with an advice on looking after your baby from feeding, first aid and childhood immunisations to tips on sleeping, crying, bathing, hygiene, playing and more, this stage-by-stage guide to your baby's physical, emotional and intellectual development means makes you to help your children reach their potential during the first three years.
This collection of Feynman's best short works includes uproarious tales of Feynman's student experiments, his famous report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, his experiences on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos during World War II, and stories of the physicist as a child.
One night the author notices that the few items she's grabbed from the Korean grocery store are the very ingredients for Potage Parmentier, as described in Julia Childs' legendary cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking". She begins to cook - every one of the 524 recipes in the book, in the space of just one year. This is her story.
The Rough Guide Website Directory is an essential companion to the bestselling Rough Guide to the Internet and will save you hours of online frustration.
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