Happiness is of course the number one feeling we all want because when we are happy our minds are clued up bright ebullient funny creative hope-full and all the other good things.Happiness is a choice, it’s a way of life not a destination. Its positivity embraced without endless excuses or stupid politically correct nonsense. It’s all about you feeling great no matter what.

Pickering has a long, continuous history, reaching back to prehistoric times. This new book traces the story of the town down the ages from prehistoric times to Saxon village, the coming of the Normans and the building of the castle to modern times when the town's economy changed from serving farming to light industry and tourism.

This second volume of the history of Tudor Yorkshire is a detailed study of the county from1558 to 1603, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth never visited Yorkshire but had she done so, she would have found a vibrant, young society, searching for its religious values yet determined to enjoy itself. Life was lived at the local level for all but the privileged few, yet Yorkshire contributed fully, and often uniquely, to the nation’s wealth and defence. The book is a fascinating ...

John Rushton's book is a study of Yorkshire from 1485 to 1558. The early Tudors found Yorkshire a troublesome county, but drew forces from the shire to frequently campaign against a no less troublesome Scotland. Daily life for most was more ordinary and less changeful than for the nobility and the emerging middle classes.

This history of Pickering reproduces the Gordon Home 1905 edition and has taken the opportunity for local historian John Rushton to bring the town's story from its beginnings down to 2009.

The Ryedale district of North Yorkshire holds many picturesque villages and the historic market towns of Malton, Pickering, Kirby Moorside and Helmsley set amidst a beautiful countryside. Heather moors, chalk downland, small dales and broad vales offer a contrasting scene of open land and gentle hills. In this setting, from country mansions to cottages, castles to cruck houses people have lived for thousands of years. The local historian John Rushton, traces the changing experience...

Though provoking, interesting, factual, your life is yours to live no matter what that might be. If others don’t like you or can’t understand or get upset – remember that’s about them and NOTHING to do with you. We migrate to those who love us unconditionally, we remove ourselves from those that don’t, this is life. We decide our future not parents or others never forget that your life is yours.

Everything we do or thing about emanates from within our mind. It’s how we perceive life, love, cry, shout, smile, enjoy and all the rest, it happens nowhere else. No excuses as to background, circumstances, situations etc, all rubbish. We can be anything if we want, frequently the biggest problem we will ever have to face is ourselves.

Many people are living a life that is steeped in unhappiness, it is steeped in regret and unwholesome feelings and thoughts that it is controlled by parents or religious or culturally based family entities.It's a sad situation to be in, but if love was there in its full force this would not have happened. It is imperative to live your own life and break free from the shackles of selfish and narrow stupidity.

It is important to feel fulfilled. Being fulfilled is not the same as everything being OK, it's a feeling that whatever you are doing whether it is voluntary work, making your business grow, being a mom, whatever is giving you a feeling of purpose.It is different things to different people, but whatever it is we need to feel that there is something in life that has a value that resonates well within, even if it is just for ourselves.

Suppose life had no barriers what would you do? Well life hasn't any barriers unless you are in prison, so why aren't you doing it? Have you given yourself duties and responsibilities to others so you can't or won't go any further in life and if so do you now hide behind them as an excuse as to why you can't do what you would like in this life?Life can be a bit of a 'bitch' it can also be fabulous too. You do have choices - granted they are not easy, but sometimes there are alterna...

Strange as it may seem loneliness is one of the biggest problems facing western society. You can have lots of friends and a great family and still feel so lonely.The audio explains many areas where we “let go” and don’t feel connected or seemingly don’t have the right people around us.