Invisible habits form without you noticing, taking root while you're thinking about other things and gradually transforming your life. The task is not to fight them. It is to understand them and reprogram them with precision. Because change doesn't have to be difficult. It just has to be smart.

Why do millions of people choose to permanently mark their skin? What do tattoos say about who we are, what we believe, what we have experienced? ‘Il Significato Segreto dei Tatuaggi’ (The Secret Meaning of Tattoos) is the first comprehensive Italian guide that explores tattooing from every angle—historical, psychological, artistic, cultural, and practical.From the frozen mummies of antiquity to the futuristic trends of artificial intelligence, this encyclopedic manual reveals the h...

Yet the mathematics of compound interest reveals a surprising truth: those who grow by one percent a day become thirty-seven times better over the course of a year. The 1% Method explores this principle in depth, showing how big changes never come from sudden revolutions, but from the patient accumulation of small daily steps.Through fifteen chapters ranging from the science of habits to personal finance management, interpersonal relationships to organizatio...

The classic chronicle of life and self-reliance in the great Northern Forest, reissued for its many fans“Cache Lake Country is a gem for many reasons—a simple narrative, the ways in which it conveys the work-a-day joys and exertions of life in the wilderness, the woodscraft techniques it illustrates, and the slow and pleasurable way in which the soul of a serene man is revealed.” —The New York TimesOver half a century ago, John Rowlands se...

A concise summary of vital information on drug targets and current therapy regimes for all of the major viral infections. The book brings together in a single volume aspects of antiviral therapy from diverse areas of research and practice, providing up-to-date coverage of recent developments. Starting from an overview of the history of antiviral chemotherapy, the book goes on to describe the development of drugs against HIV, herpesvirus, respiratory viruses, papillomaviruses and hepatitis ...

It is April 1920 and 8 year old Henry Harvey is now the master of the Harvey Estates at Long Halls and he is about to go off to school in the stead of his Father and Grandfather before him. When he is eighteen he elects to go to the University College at Nottingham to study Engineering as opposed to Oxford or Cambridge and there he meets Amy Watkinson who he eventually marries. This is not a successful marriage because Amy is rather a simple girl who has led a sheltered life and she cannot...

It is 1912 and Richard Harvey is the heir the Longhalls Estate; the youngest member of a family that has owned and farmed the Estate since it was granted to his ancestors by William the Conqueror. During a journey on horse-back through a severe Winter storm he becomes lost, and finally exhausted he staggers and collapses in the court yard of a small farm. He is found covered in snow and hauled into the farmhouse by Mary Ayres. So begins a courtship of the two young people, one that sees th...

This series on the treatment of cancer is sponsored by the UICC. The editors and authors feel strongly that more standar dization in cancer therapy is needed on a worldwide basis. This, of course, is only possible if experts from all countries subscribe to a joint policy of making their treatment designs available 'to practising oncologists all over the world. Current Treatment of Cancer discusses all the equipment and methods now in use in cancer therapy. It covers all types of cancer, th...

This book is about the last few weeks in the life of Richard Henry Harvey, a gentleman farmer and naval officer whose estate, Long Halls, and its range of woods and farms are situated near the village of Branworth in Lincolnshire. Richard Harvey was born in March 1936 and inherited Long Halls on the death of his father in September 1945. The Harvey family descend directly from a member of the knights array, who fought with William of Normandy in 1066, and there has been a continuous line o...

The classic chronicle of life and self-reliance in the great Northern Forest, now available in audio"Cache Lake Country is a gem for many reasons—a simple narrative, the ways in which it conveys the work-a-day joys and exertions of life in the wilderness, the woodscraft techniques it illustrates, and the slow and pleasurable way in which the soul of a serene man is revealed." —The New York TimesOver half a century ago, John Rowlands set ou...

Elpsis Boo is part one of an ongoing series of 'Erogements' being written by Michael J Rowland. Through literary experimentation and Dadaist word play, Michael is telling the eternal story of man in search of a soul and a soul mate. Elpsis Boo was written in Prague over a period of three years and incorporates many local scenes which helped inspire the creation of the book. For Michael there is a strong mystical element to the novel as well as one of profound logic. The obscurity of meanin...

The Refusal of Silence (Erogements – book 2) is a novel in three parts.It is a triptych of the same soul as seen in three of its incarnations.Each portrait was written using different literary methods.For the first portrait, 'Riptiles and Viverids', the author traveled to and lived in the country in which the story is set to better understand the people and their history.An American Third World War draft dodger shelters in Vietnam and recalls his past lives as ...