Cases of dementia, depression and anxiety are on the rise. Years of research into the connection between nutrition and brain health has shown the author that the best thing we can do to maintain brain function is to eat a diet rich in the right nutrients. In Part 1 of Feed Your Brain Delia outlines her 7-step program, explains how the brain works, and shows how nutrients affect its function. Part 2 features delicious, easy recipes to form the basis of your new diet and inspire your own ide...

Mindfulness is increasingly being used in educational environments as a way to help students learn more effectively, develop personally, enhance their physical and emotional health, and deal with study and exam-related demands. In Mindful Learning, the authors provide practical insights and exercises on how to apply mindfulness in the educational setting, resulting in a book that clearly sets out how we can manage stress, improve performance and create better communication and relationship...

The eternal question 'Who am I?' must be weighed against an even deeper question: 'Who are we?' We are writing each other's stories as much as we are writing our own.In his bestselling book, The Good Life, Hugh Mackay argued that kindness and respect for others are the hallmarks of a life well lived. Now in The Art of Belonging Mackay shows how strong communities develop our moral sense and build our emotional security. H...

In The Power of the Second Question, popular psychologist and author Chris Skellett clearly shows how you can easily harness the power of your personal reflection to capture the simple truths about your world. Each concise chapter suggests ideas, gives examples and reviews the importance of personal insight and celebrating the aha moments. You are then invited to reflect upon your own wisdom in key areas of your life and to consolidate what you have learned from life so far. At th...

We are experiencing what is being called ‘the mindfulness revolution’, as increasingly people become aware of the benefits of mindfulness in all aspects of daily life. Mindful Relationships, now reissued in the bestselling Empower series, focuses on individuals, couples, families, groups and businesses to provide a practical guide for using mindfulness to enrich relationships and more effectively manage the stresses associated with dispute resolution and conflict. The authors clearly and e...

Everything you ever wanted to know about cats can be enjoyed in this magnificent compendium of a book. It is a delight from beginning to end to be read with one on your lap.

Whatever your skill level, Everyone Can Write will help you to become a better writer. Covering all the structural approaches to non-fiction writing, it will enable you to: impart facts in a report; develop an argument in an essay; tell a story through narrative; and, add a human touch to emails and blogs.Along the way, you will discover a set of simple rules that will allow you to write rapidly and clearly. Deadline stress will become a thing of the past as you learn how ...

**“Dan Jones is an entertainer, but also a bona fide historian. Seldom does one find serious scholarship so easy to read.” – The Times, Book of the YearA New York Times bestseller, this major new history of the knights Templar is “a fresh, muscular and compelling history of the ultimate military-religious crusading order, combining sensible scholarship with narrative swagger" – Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of JerusalemA faltering war in the midd...

This isn't love. This is business. For fans of Zoe Foster, Lauren Weisberger and Mhairi Macfarlane.Clementine, a psychologist specialising in couples counselling, is reeling from the discovery that her boyfriend is married. Annabel, an ex-model, only seems to attract men who want her as a trophy. Daniela, a civil engineer, is stuck in the friend-zone. The evidence is adding up: true love as we know it is a hoax.Abandoning the romantic daydreams that have gotten them nowhere...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Happiness Project and “a force for real change” (Brené Brown) examines how changing our habits can change our lives.“If anyone can help us stop procrastinating, start exercising, or get organized, it’s Gretchen Rubin. The happiness guru takes a sledgehammer to old-fashioned notions about change.”—ParadeMost of us have a habit we’d like to change, and there’s no shortag...

Creativity is open to us all. Each one of us can discover and nurture a new, exciting dimension in our life! Whether you are already involved in some form of creative expression, a raw beginner or well established, this book provides a host of strategies to keep you inspired and on track in living your creative dream. Through a combination of case histories, questions and exercises, The Creative SEED will: help your identify the creative interest you would like to explore; enable you to di...

'MR WIGG captivates to the end' Good Reading MagazineIt’s the summer of 1971, not far from the stone-fruit capital of New South Wales, where Mr Wigg lives on what is left of his family farm. Mrs Wigg has been gone a few years now and he thinks about her every day. He misses his daughter, too, and wonders when he'll see her again.He spends his time working in the orchard, cooking and preserving his produce and, when it's on, watching the cricket. It's a full life. Things are...