People who don't take any nutrition or drinks except water after six p.m. until the next morning are keeping their bodies healthy and lose weight at the same time. Maybe you've tried before or been told by somebody that they've achieved an added value in their livings by displaying these eating habits. All too often, these healthy eating habits break down of the necessary consequence. How would it be to live this consequent behavior? Surely, you would not only lose several dispensable poun...

In nearly two decades since Samuel P. Huntington proposed his influential and troubling 'clash of civilizations' thesis, nationalism has only continued to puzzle and frustrate commentators, policy analysts and political theorists. No consensus exists concerning its identity, genesis or future. Are we reverting to the petty nationalisms of the nineteenth century or evolving into a globalized, supranational world? Has the nation-state outlived its usefulness and exhausted its progressive and...

This Element addresses the illiberal challenge facing public administration amidst the rise of authoritarian populism and democratic backsliding. It investigates how populist governments seek to reshape state bureaucracies, often undermining liberal democratic principles such as pluralism, expertise, and constitutional safeguards, and examines how public administration must respond to safeguard democratic integrity. Drawing on global examples, the Element identifies strategies of populist ...

"There's no easy way to put this, so I'll say it straight out. It's time I faced up to the truth. I'm fourteen years old and I have Ishmael Leseur's Syndrome. There is no cure." And there is no instant cure to not fitting in. But that won't stop Ishmael and his intrepid band of misfits from taking on bullies, bugs, babes, the Beatles, debating, and the great white whale in the toughest, the weirdest, the most embarrassingly awful ... and the best year of their lives. By the award-winning a...

Ishmael has made it to the Senior School and things are really looking up. His nemesis and chief tormentor Barry Bagsley has finally decided to leave him alone, while his dream girl and chief goddess Kelly Faulkner has finally decided not to. Has he broken free of Ishmael Leseur's Syndrome at last? Could his remaining two years at St Daniel's College actually be described as 'normal'? Absolutely not. Ishmael's mates critique the Ishmael books: Ignatius Prindabel: I found 37 factual errors....

Tom Leyton, a reclusive Vietnam veteran, has been the subject of rumour and gossip for thirty years. When his young neighbour is asked to draw a portrait of him, an uneasy relationship unfolds, one that will force each of them to confront his darkest secrets.

The digital revolution has greatly influenced communication, meaning a current, analytical examination of changing literacy skills is needed. Becoming literate in today’s world requires an understanding of traditional and electronic messaging venues in order for communications to not be misled by unrecognized influences.This book examines changes in the concept of literacy, including, the specific characteristics of evaluation literacy, predictors of literacy efficiency, the nature...

Mr Mosely isn't a pedigreed dog, but he is just the dog Corey and his family want: he is loyal, protective and loving. And he is much more than that. He might well be the one thing that holds them all together.

Scobie, Zorzotto, Prindabel, Kingsley and Leseur are back at St Daniel's for Year Ten. Ishmael is feeling confident that he is over the worst of Ishmael Leseur's syndrome and, with Barry Bagsley neutralised for the time being, is hoping for a smooth ride. Instead, it's a seriously gut-wrenching struggle against social humiliation on a scale undreamt of before when he and the Razzman discover girls. His world is now seriously changed, and suddenly Ishmael needs a list to help him make a pho...

To achieve a better performance in sports is the dream of every sportsman. Top athletes report that while a record performance they are totally in tune with themselves, the exertion of this sport and the specific goal! Complete dedication, merging of the being in the Here and Now! This hypnosis by Michael Bauer makes you over think your basic setting towards sports! Through targeted suggestions and multi-emotional visualizing in trance you experience the flow! Discover your very personal a...

A lot of people have a weakly developed sense of self-confidence. Often the self-confidence to dedicate oneself to the matters of life filled with verve is missing. There's some inhibiting threshold... Do you feel personally addressed? Are you suffering from some kind of lack of self-confidence? Let this comfortable state of trance takes it over to clear this blockade and to walk the path to a more self-confident life of yours, filled with self-esteem! Learn to take yourself as you are and...

Day by day, the "human system" is regenerating and repairing itself! The self-healing energies within us make sure in a wonderful way that healing or cell regeneration is happening. Actually, the body is helping itself by interior repair mechanisms to leverage itself again and again. This hypnosis by Michael Bauer is instructing you to activate, mobilize and strengthen these self-healing powers! Use the power of your subconscious to strengthen your very own self-healing energies. Discover ...