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LITERARY LANDSCAPES Charting the Real-Life Settings of the World’s Favourite Fiction Some stories couldn’t happen just anywhere – often the setting, scenery or landscape are as central to the tale as any character – and just as easily recognised. Literary Landscapes brings together an eclectic collage of over 50 familiar literary worlds paired with original maps and archive material, as well as illustrations and photography. CHARTING THE REAL-LIFE SETTINGS O F T H E WO R L D ’ S FAVO U R I T E F I C T I O N
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¡ Brings together a host of over 50 literary landscapes and examines how their description is intrinsic to the stories that are told within them ¡ Draws on realist and fantasy landscapes from classic fiction and poetry – from Brontë’s Yorkshire moors, Joyce’s Dublin and Hardy’s Wessex to Milne’s 100 Acre Wood, and George R.R. Martin’s world of Fire and Ice General Editor John Sutherland is an English academic, newspaper columnist and author.
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Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929) A year in the troubled life of the ex-convict Franz Biberkopf as he tries and fails to go straight, the story is woven together through a panoramic montage of life in 1920s Berlin.
Born in Stettin Germany (now in Poland) to a Jewish family, Doblin moved to Berlin at the age of 10 where he lived for the next 45 years before the rise of the Nazi party drove him into exile, first in France then the United States. He returned to Europe at the end of the war. Alexanderplatz is located in the Mitte district of East Berlin. Today it is unrecognizable from the 1920s. Extensively damaged in the battle for Berlin in 1945, it was substantially remodelled by the German Democratic Republic in the 1960s. In 1980 the director Rainer Werner Fassbinder based a groundbreaking, fifteenhour television series on the novel.
Alfred Döblin (1878–1957) is today chiefly remembered for Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929), his sprawling, modernist novel of life in the German capital in the peak years of the Weimar Republic. It was the author’s most commercially and critically successful work. The novel sold around 50,000 copies before it was banned by the Nazis after they seized power in 1933. Döblin was not only a prolific novelist and essayist, but was also a psychiatrist who had practised in Berlin since 1911. In Berlin Alexanderplatz he was able to combine literary experimentation with an intimate knowledge of a milieu drawn from his professional experience. Berlin Alexanderplatz is one of the key examples of the modernist city novel. It is often compared to (but was not necessarily directly inspired by) Joyce’s Ulysses (1922) and Dos Passos’s Manhattan Transfer (1925). As with those works, the novel cannot be summed up by its ostensible ‘plot’. Yet it unquestionably does tell a compelling story of thwarted ambitions and human frailties. The hopelessly flawed protagonist is the ex-convict Franz Biberkopf, the setting the area around Alexanderplatz in working-class East Berlin, the year 1928. Franz fails miserably in his attempts to go straight, bouncing from job to job, and relationship to relationship. He loses his arm in a burglary that goes wrong, and his girlfriend, the prostitute ‘Mieze’, is murdered by his nemesis, the sociopathic Reinhold. Plagued by guilt and self-hatred, Franz suffers a total breakdown before, at the conclusion, it seems he has found a path to the light through the ‘dark avenue’ of his life. Like many other Berlin novels, the novel faithfully reproduces the Berlin dialect spoken by the locals in reported speech and thought. Yet in this novel the location represents more than mere local colour. Alexanderplatz is the beating heart of the narrative, both setting and symbol. The district’s geography is evoked in extraordinary detail by the omniscient, often playful narrator. At almost every point, the reader knows both where and when things are happening. The characters’ negotiation of the network of interconnecting streets and interchanges – Alexanderplatz, Rosenthaler Strasse, Elsasserstrasse, Münzstrasse – can be followed with little difficulty on a
‘ THE LANDSCAPES OF ENDURING FICTIONAL CHARACTERS AND LITERARY LEGENDS ARE VIVIDLY BROUGHT TO LIFE, EVOKING ALL THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE ORIGINAL WORKS.’
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LITERARY WONDERLANDS A Journey to the Greatest Fictional Worlds Ever Created
A JOURNEY THROUGH T H E G R E AT E S T F I C T I O N A L WO R L D S E V E R C R E AT E D LAURA MILLER, GENERAL EDITOR
General Editor Laura Miller is a journalist and critic living in New York. She is currently the books and culture columnist at Slate.com and co-founded Salon.com.
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Literary Wonderlands explores the most influential fictional worlds in literary history and delves into the captivating features of their formation. Entries are supported by archive material, illustrations and cartography, along with detailed investigation into the nature of the imaginary world created. ¡ A captivating guide to almost 100 imaginary realms from the world’s finest literary works – the ultimate experience for any book lover enthralled by the transportive powers of fiction ¡ International in breadth and scope, covering genres from mythology to 21st century epics, literary allegory to pulp fiction SPECIFICATION 234 x 171 mm (6.75 x 9.25 in) 320 pages 95,000 words 4 colour
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WORLDS OF WONDER The Greatest Imaginary Creations in Children’s Literature Leave the real world behind and join some of the greatest children’s writers on a journey through the depths of the human imagination. Beautifully illustrated throughout using originl artwork, film and television interpretations, archive material and author sketches, Worlds of Wonder is an enchanting read for children and adults alike. ¡ A beautiful collection of over 70 imaginary places in children’s literature, from authors old and new across the globe ¡ Beautifully illustrated throughout with original artwork, film and television stills, archive material and sketches and manuscripts
General Editor Julia Eccleshare is a writer, broadcaster and lecture. She is the Children’s books editor for the Guardian and the editor of 1001 Children’s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up and the BBC Women’s House Guide to Children’s Reading.
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OYSTER A Gastronomic History {with Recipes} Oysters have inspired writers, lovers, painters and cooks, sustained whole communities and shaped our history. Oyster: A Gastronomic History {with Recipes}, takes us on a fascinating journey from this legendary mollusc’s ancient beginnings right up to the present day, examining new evidence on how the world was colonised, how oysters have long been a nutritious food and how oysters are crucial to current ecological efforts.
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¡ A unique and beautifully illustrated global history of the role oysters have played in gastronomy and culture, from the earliest inhabitants to modern day connoisseurs ¡ 50 original oyster recipes , with traditional archive dishes as well as original, fresh takes from the best contemporary world restaurants Drew Smith is a former editor of The Good Food Guide, and restaurant writer for The Guardian. He is the translator of La Mère Brazier and has won the Glenfiddich Award three times. Drew is passionate about oysters, and hosts oyster and champagne evenings at top London venues.
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GRAND CENTRAL OYS T E R S T E W Sandy Ingber, Executive Chef at the Grand Central Oyster Bar, shares the restaurant’s classic recipe for oyster stew: “We make our stews and pan roasts behind the oyster bar, in silvery swivel pots that are heated by New York City steam. The pots get very hot, which means that [chef] Komor Uddin can make an oyster stew in just 2½ minutes — as he’s been doing since 1988.”
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it would translate as a ragoût — and insisted on grouping it with soups, which obviously take much longer to prepare: Is it possible that they never knew, when they were children, the cosy pleasures of Sunday night supper in wintertime, when crackers and the biggest tureen of steaming, buttery, creamy oyster stew stood on the table, and was plenty?
Combine the clam juice, butter, Worcestershire sauce, and celery salt in a saucepan over high heat. When the butter melts, add the oysters and their liquor and cook, stirring, until the edges of the oysters begin to ruffle. Remove the oysters with a slotted spoon and keep warm. Stir in the half-and-half (milk and single cream) and cook, stirring often, until it is just coming to a boil. Return the oysters to the pan and turn off the heat. Pour the stew into a warmed soup plate. Garnish with a shake of paprika and serve immediately, with oyster crackers.
Another great oyster institution, founded just after the height of this bonanza, was the Grand Central Oyster Bar and Restaurant in Manhattan. Built in 1913, not under the waves but appropriately perhaps under Grand Central Terminal, it still uses more than 283,000 oysters per year in its famous pan roasts and stews — 600 of which are made to order each day. Another 1.7 million oysters are served raw during the year; more than half are Blue Points.
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‘ TUCKED DARKLY IN THEIR CALCIFEROUS SHELLS, LISTENING WARILY FOR DANGERS, BREATHING OXYGEN INTO THE WATER, SIFTING THE SILT, CHANGING SEX, THE OYSTER HAS WITNESSED ALL OUR HISTORIES, ALL OUR STRUGGLES.’
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THE DUTCH STILL LIFE For 1,500 years or more, painters had dedicated themselves to religious iconography. Then, all of a sudden, in one small northern European country, they changed direction and devoted themselves to things secular. What was the trigger? The first half of the 1600s was still a period of religious passions and a formative era in Christianity. Amidst all this, one society began to accept that there were other things besides God that might be worth painting. But who was brave enough to commission the first nonreligious painting? Perhaps it was simply that
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domestically formal. Her meticulous visual descriptions continue to impress. In Still Life of Fish and Cat you can see the textures plainly: slippery fish scales, thickly glazed clay, the cat’s fur, the contrast between the rough shell of the open oyster and the gleaming pewter dish on which it rests. There are other hints to animation here too: the small fish on which the cat has firmly planted its front paws, the cat’s ears pointed back, alert to any potential interloper.
Caught in the act — Clara Peeters, Still Life with Carp, Oysters, Crayfish, Roach, and a Cat, 1615.
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THE CONQ UERORS’ FEAST A HISTORY OF GLOBAL EXPLORATION IN TWELVE INGREDIENTS Through the adventures of explorers such as Vasco da Gama, Hernan Cortés and Walter Raleigh, Drew Smith tells the fascinating story of how the ingredients we now consider to be household staples made their way to our shores, and the triumphs and disasters, heroes and villains, along the journey. ¡ Rare archive images and illustrations combined with historic recipes Drew Smith is a former editor of the UK’s Good Food Guide. He was a columnist for The Guardian for 12 years and has published widely on cooking and food. He is the author of Oyster: A Gastronomic History and translator of La Mère Brazier. He has won the Glenfiddich Award three times.
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Between them, the three sisters sustained Native American farming societies back into pre-history. Grown together, they could support village life. Corn provided a natural trellis for beans to climb. Beans fixed nitrogen into their roots. Shallow-rooted squash created a living mulch, shading emerging weeds and keeping the moisture in the soil. Nutritionally they also complemented each other: the corn for carbohydrates, the dried beans for protein, and squash for vitamins and oil for cooking. In southwest tribal lore there is sometimes a fourth sister – the chilli for spice. We will deal with her later (see page 123). These were not the long rows of today’s expanded plantation agriculture, but a chessboard of patchwork across a field with one to four totemic corn stakes at each square. The beans were planted to grow vinelike up the corn and provide the nitrogen. They are heliotropic: the leaves tilt to face the sun through the day. In the dark they fold in on themselves and sleep. The squash were planted between the squares, where they could get shelter from the sun from the overhanging leaves of corn. Their rough spidery shoots and leathery leaves made it difficult for deer and racoons to walk through or predatory birds to settle. We know that early people in South America were sophisticated farmers not just from the stone carvings and sculptures of corn they left behind – figurines of gods or priests are depicted holding corns of cob with look-what-I-got expressions – but also from the terracing they carved out in the high Andes for their crops. The Aztec empire was agrarian, and as sophisticated as early Rome. Much of it was inherited or developed from the Toltecs before them. Illustrations show they reclaimed the marshland with a unique approach to floating gardens (see right), weaving the bark from trees into large mats and staking them out on the wet ground. On to these they laid soil and fertilizer and grew their essential crops of amaranth, beans and corn. These rectangular grow-beds were lashed together, creating plantation-style islands known as chinampas. They fenced off their work with trees at each corner to keep the floating garden stable. Botanically speaking, the common bean can trace its lineage back to a cave in Guitarrero, Peru, dated to the second millennium BC. Most of what we call green beans today originated in the Andes. The New World
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Aztec people reclaimed marshland with a unique approach to floating gardens, large mats of woven bark that were staked out on wet ground. On these were grown their essential crops of amaranth, beans and corn.
offered kidney beans, black beans, cranberry beans, pinto beans, haricot (navy) beans and more. There are more than 40,000 varieties recorded, a great array of podded nutrients that have necessarily infiltrated the diets of many cultures around the globe. The squash – our word squash comes from the Narragansett word askutasquash, meaning a green thing eaten raw – was first documented by Roger Williams, theologian, founder of Rhode Island and student of indigenous American languages, in 1643. Archaeology shows they were being grown in perhaps 8,000 BC or earlier. The familiar gourd shapes are a feature of the striking early Moche culture, which flourished north of Lima at the same time as the Romans in Europe.
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‘ IF COLUMBUS FOUND ONLY A TINY FRACTION OF THE FOODS THAT HE IS OFTEN CREDITED WITH THEN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE IN THE CULINARY HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD.’
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DE/CIPHER The Greatest Codes Ever Invented and How to Break Them
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Codes win wars, conceal state secrets, protect privacy, secure banks and transmit messages. Through 45 of the world’s most influential ciphers, De/Cipher presents a compelling insight into the art and science of cryptography. Structured chronologically, De/ Cipher uses scientific examples and provides practical tools for understanding, using and breaking fascinating codes and ciphers. ¡ A timely reference work in light of the rise of Wikileaks and recent political hacking activity ¡ Includes features on codebreakers from history, such as Etienne Bazeries and Alan Turing, as well as a discussion of the key techniques that represent the scientific and historical development of encryption Mark Frary is an award-winning technology and science writer, and the author of books such as Codebreaker: The History of Secret Communication (with Stephen Pincock), Better Living Through Science and Freaky Science.
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PHAISTOS DISC A clay disc found a century ago may contain the first example of movable-type printing, yet what the inscriptions actually mean has been intensely debated. On 3 July 1908, Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier, from Florence, was on a dig in the basements of buildings close to the Minoan palace of Phaistos in southern Crete. During the excavations, Pernier unearthed a small, clay disc measuring around 15 centimetres (6 inches) in diameter, marked on both sides with spirals of unknown characters. The setting in which the disc was found led Pernier to believe that it dated from the Middle Minoan period, around 1850 to 1600 BCE, although others argue that it could be from a few centuries later. Of particular interest is the manner in which the symbols have been placed on the disc: using premade stamps of the symbols rather than by carving. The stamps would have been impressed on the soft clay and the disc then hardened by firing. The method – not seen elsewhere in this era – leads some to suggest that it is the first example of movable-type printing.
Understanding the cipher The disc contains 242 symbols in total, of which 45 are unique. The symbols are pictograms representing a range of subjects, including women, children, weapons, birds and plants. They are remarkably distinct and detailed. The symbols are divided into groups, separated by vertical lines, assumed by some to be word breaks. There are also carved diagonal strokes that may indicate the end of a paragraph. Most scholars believe that each side of the disc was stamped from the outside edge toward the centre, since some of the central characters appear somewhat cramped. Several claim to have deciphered the Phaistos Disc, but the brevity of the script, and the fact that there are no other texts that use the same symbols,
The Phaistos Disc, currently on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete, has sparked debate among scholars; one suggestion is that it is a calendar.
means that there is unlikely ever to be consensus on its true meaning. Several scholars, both professional and amateur, have suggested that the disc is an astronomical calendar. In 1980, Andis Kaulins made a statistical analysis of the symbols and compared their frequency and distribution to texts in ancient Greek as well as Latvian and Lithuanian. Using a grid of syllabic values, he then argued that the text is actually a mathematical proof of two geometric postulates that are later attributed to Euclid. Scholars have put forward a wide range of possible linguistic origins for the symbols on the disc, including Old Estonian, Tatarish-Turkish and even Indian. Others believe that the language is more localized in origin, probably from Greece and, most likely of all, from Crete itself. However, others still dispute the Cretan origin, suggesting that the clay does not resemble others found on the island and that the symbols show a lack of similarity with known Cretan hieroglyphs. Pre-Columbian scholar Dr Michael Coe has suggested that a thermoluminescence dating test be carried out to determine its exact age. Until then, theories about the disc’s meaning will continue to proliferate.
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CODEBREAKERS OF HISTORY ALAN TURING AND THE ENIGMA MACHINE The pioneering English computer scientist, cryptanalyst and mathematician Alan Turing developed a number of inspired techniques for breaking German ciphers in World War II. By the mid-1930s, the German armed forces were using Scherbius’s machine regularly to encrypt their communications, unaware that it had been broken by Marian Rejewski at the Polish cryptography agency (see pages 128–129.) Yet, as the decade continued, the German military modified the machine to make it even more complex. They added a plugboard through which specific pairs of letters could be interchanged by inserting cables between the plugs (known as steckers). According to historians Frank Carter and John Alan Turing in 1951, a computer scientist and Gallehawk, the modifications mathematician whose codebreaking work at Bletchley Park is credited with shortening the meant there were 158 million World War II by years. million million possible different ways of setting up the machine. Events overtook Marian Rejewski and his colleagues. With the impending invasion of Poland, they shared their work with British intelligence. Britain’s codebreaking activities were spearheaded by the Government Code and Cypher School at a country house called Bletchley Park, staffed by mathematicians from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, who were joined later by colleagues from the allied countries, including the United States.
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Among those working at Bletchley Park was a young man who had been recruited from King’s College, Cambridge, Alan Turing. In his time at Cambridge, Turing had shown himself to be a hugely gifted mathematician, proving the so-called central limit theorem in his dissertation. He also produced a landmark paper on computable numbers, which included a description of theoretical devices which have become known as Turing machines. Turing machines subsequently provided the theoretical basis for the invention of computers. Using the work of the Poles to gain a headstart, Bletchley Park codebreakers Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman invented an electrical device known as a bombe to work through the initial rotor positions in turn. The name was derived from the Polish bomba, but was in fact a totally different device. Essential to the Bletchley Park approach was the ability to find a crib. Messages frequently began with the word ‘secret,’ while naval messages often included the weather and their position. One operator was particularly fond of using ist – the German word for ‘is’ – as his message setting. Breaking Enigma was as much about highlighting human frailties as technical ones. The design of the bombe allowed its operators to check the 26 possible stecker partners of a given input letter simultaneously for each of the nearly 18,000 possible rotor settings. As it ran through these settings, if it came across a series of settings that corresponded with the crib, it stopped. Manual techniques, such as frequency analysis (see pages 30–35), were then used to test the rotor settings. After the success of the bombe, Turing moved on to lead Bletchley Park’s Hut 8, which dealt with Germany’s naval Enigma code. There he invented a statistical technique known as Banburismus, similar to Friedman’s Index of Coincidence (see pages 85–87), which enabled Bletchley Park to break the naval code until 1943. By the end of the war, the Bletchley Park team had broken more than two and a half million Enigma messages and had made highly significant contributions to the Allied victory.
‘ THE CRYPTOGRAPHIC METHODS DEVISED BY THE ANCIENTS WERE USED LARGELY DURING WARFARE AND SOON LED TO A WAR ON A NEW FRONT- NOT A PHYSICAL ONE BUT ONE OF THE MIND.’
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THE STORY OF CODES The History of Secret Communication From the Bible code to the Voynich manuscript, from subtly altered hieroglyphs carved into ancient Egyptian monuments to clues hidden in Renaissance paintings, we are surrounded by mysterious codes bearing hidden messages from the past. Taking in the full history of code-making, from the scribes of ancient Egypt to modern-day computer programmers, The Story of Codes provides a fascinating insight into this most secret and mysterious of crafts. ¡ Details the genius behind the world’s most important mathematical breakthroughs ¡ Narrative includes detailed explanations of how each equation works and their significance Stephen Pincock is a news editor for The Scientist magazine and a science columnist for the Financial Times magazine. A trained biochemist and science journalist, Stephen’s work has given him a fascination for deciphering codes and interest in the history of espionage. 014
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‘ THIS BOOK SHOWS HOW THE TIDE OF HISTORY HAS OFTEN TURNED ON THE CODES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND BROKEN. IT IS LITTLE WONDER THAT THEY HAVE A STRONG GRIP ON OUR IMAGINATION.’
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THE STORY OF MATHEMATICS In 24 Glorious Equations Equations are the lifeblood of modern mathematics and science. The Story of Mathematics tells the story of mathematics through the people who have driven its progress over the last four millennia. It includes a combination of historical narrative, mathematical exploration and practical application. ¡ Details the genius and drama behind the world’s most important mathematical breakthroughs ¡ Narrative includes detailed explanations of how each equation works as well as their significance Dana Mackenzie is a renowned science and mathematics writer. A graduate of Princeton University, Dana has written for a number of scientific publications and is the author of How Our Moon Came to Be, Visualizing Geology and What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences.
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‘ I HOPE TO LIFT THE VEIL OF MYSTERY AND SECRECY THAT SURROUNDS MATHEMATICS AND EQUATIONS, SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED CAN SEE WHAT LIES UNDERNEATH.’
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FIBONACCI’S RABBITS And 49 Other Discoveries That Revolutionised Mathematics
FIBONACCI'S RABBITS AND 49 OTHER EXPERIMENTS THAT REVOLUTIONISED
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Mathematics is at the heart of almost all processes and patterns that occur in the modern world, yet many still find the discipline hard to fathom. Fibonacci’s Rabbits solves this problem in bite-sized ‘hops’, describing the 50 most critical discoveries and revolutionary moments in the history of mathematics from Ancient Greece to the present day. ¡ Lucid exploration of the story of mathematics covering a broad range of topical concerns. ¡ Thematic indexes allow the reader to follow the development of research in particular topic areas.
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‘ DISCOVER THE FASCINATING HISTORY BEHIND SOME OF MATH’S GREATEST DISCOVERIES.’
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PAVLOV’S DOG PAVLOV’S DOG AND 49 OTHER EXPERIMENTS THAT REVOLUTIONISED
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And 49 Other Experiments That Revolutionised Psychology Featuring clear explanations and first-rate scholarship, Pavlov’s Dog introduces the reader to iconic experiments , including Pavlov’s salivating dogs, Bandura’s Bobo doll, Milgram’s obedience studies and Zimbardo’s classic Stanford prison experiment. In each case, context, procedure, results and implications are carefully considered, allowing the reader to gain a strong sense of psychology as a living, breathing endeavour. ¡ Fully illustrated throughout, featuring clear explanations of the context, procedures, results and implications of each experiment ¡ Experiment case studies are organized by time period, demonstrating the narrative arc and development of the field of psychology Originally trained as a chemist at the universities of Oxford, York and Alberta, Adam Hart-Davis is a freelance writer and broadcaster. He has collected various awards for television and radio, as well as four medals and 14 honorary doctorates.
SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT And 49 Other Experiments That Revolutionised Physics From Gallileo’s stargazing to quantum teleportation, from Newton’s experiments with optics to the splitting of the atom, Schrödinger’s Cat tells the story of natural science through fifty of its greatest experiments. Featuring engaging writing and fully illustrated throughout, Schrödinger’s Cat introduces the reader to the scientific experiments that changed the world. ¡ Lucid exploration of the story of physics for the interested layperson ¡ Author is a well-known, award-winning science communicator and historian SPECIFICATION 210 x 152 mm (6 x 8.25 in) 176 pages 45,000 words 4 colour
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EINSTEIN’S RIDDLE Riddles, Paradoxes and Conundrums to Stretch Your Mind Riddles have been confusing and confounding people since the time of the Ancient Greeks. Einstein’s Riddle features 50 classic riddles, paradoxes and conundrums. ¡ Each riddle is clearly and wittily presented, possible solutions are discussed, and their implications are considered ¡ By turns both entertaining and infuriating, the puzzles challenge our preconceptions and teach us how we reason Dr Jeremy Stangroom is a social scientist with a PhD from the London School of Economics and has taught both psychology and sociology. He is the author of the bestselling Would You Eat Your Cat? and Is Your Neighbour A Zombie?
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‘ EINSTEIN’S RIDDLE IS A FIENDISHLY CLEVER LITTLE PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES THE COOLEST APPLICATION OF LOGIC AND LATERAL THINKING. BUT SOLVING IT IS JUST THE FIRST OF MANY CHALLENGES…’
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IS YOUR NEIGHBOUR A ZOMBIE? Philosophical Riddles, Paradoxes and Conundrums to Stretch Your Mind Is Your Neighbour a Zombie? presents logic puzzles, philosophical dilemmas and mind-bending paradoxes to challenge your preconceptions and test your brain. Each problem is presented clearly and wittily, introducing important issues and themes in an easily comprehensible way, while also giving an insight into key concepts in philosophical and psychological ideas.
Jeremy Stangroom is the author of numerous books on philosophy, including Would You Eat Your Cat? and the bestselling Einstein’s Riddle. He has a PhD from the London School of Economics, and now lives and works in Toronto. 024
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WOULD YOU EAT YOUR CAT? Key Ethical Conundrums, and What They Tell You About Yourself Academics have been devising fiendish thought experiments for more than two millennia. Would You Eat Your Cat? examines the classics of the genre, in order to challenge preconceptions on moral issues ranging from terrorism to euthanasia. The clear and witty presentation of each problem will broaden minds and engage the critical faculties, while offering a compelling introduction to key concepts in philosophy.
Jeremy Stangroom is the author of numerous books on philosophy, including Would You Eat Your Cat? and the bestselling Einstein’s Riddle. He has a PhD from the London School of Economics, and now lives and works in Toronto.
SPECIFICATION 197 x 140 mm (5.5 x 7.5 in) 144 pages 30,000 words 4 colour POPULAR CULTURE & SCIENCE
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LITTLE BOOK OF INQ UIRY SERIES
Secret Societies Joel Levy
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Conspiracies Joel Levy
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SPECIFICATION 190 x 133 mm (5.25 x 7.5 in) 128 pages 35,000 words 2 colour Also available: Battles, Mysterious Beasts
Frauds David Owen
Forensics David Owen
Forthcoming titles:
PANDEMICS 50 of the world’s most virulent and vicious infectious diseases
PETER MOORE
Pandemics Peter Moore
HAUNTINGS
PHENOMENA
50 of the world’s most perturbing haunted homes and suspected ghosts
50 of the world’s baffling natural phenomena and the science behind them
JOEL LEVY
MICHAEL BRIGHT
Hauntings
Phenomena
PHOBIAS
50 of the world’s most extreme fears and irrational aversions
JOEL LEVY
Phobias
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50 THEORIES IN 500 WORDS SERIES
J E R E M Y ST A N G R O O M
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J E R E M Y ST A N G R O O M
PSYCHOLOGY 50 IDEAS IN 500 WORDS
PETER MOORE
SCIENCE
PHILOSOPHY 50 IDEAS IN 500 WORDS
50 IDEAS IN 500 WORDS
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Economics
Jeremy Stangroom
Jeremy Stangroom
Dr Peter Moore
Mathew Forstater
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Anatomy
Environment
Leadership
Feminism
Susan Aldridge
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IN YOUR POCKET SERIES
SPECIFICATION 190 x 133 mm (5.25 x 7.5 in) 128 pages 30,000 words 4 colour Also available: Astronomy, Weather
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Infinity in Your Pocket
Math in Your Pocket
Universe in Your Pocket
Abigail King
Mike Flynn
Mark Frary
Joel Levy
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Forthcoming titles:
World in Your Pocket
Brain in Your Pocket
Planet Earth in Your Pocket
Ancient World in
Daniel Smith
Christopher M. Strange
Mark Frary
Your Pocket Paul Bahn
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THE ALGORITHMS OF EVERYDAY LIFE 31 Scientific Principles to Solve All Modern Problems Having trouble getting a piece of furniture around the corner in your flat? You just need a bit of simple geometry. Scientific principles underlie many of the things we do in daily life without our realising it. We ditch the white coats and skip the experiments to lay bare the fundamentals and teach you how to apply science to your home life to do things better, faster and more efficiently. ยก 31 practical techniques to apply to everyday tasks at home, packed with fun diagrams and easy-to-follow explanations ยก From wrapping the perfect present to removing red wine stains, this user-friendly introduction to scientific principles is ideal for the would-be science buff
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Mark Frary is an award-winning technology and science writer, and the author of books such as Codebreaker: The History of Secret Communication (with Stephen Pincock), Better Living Through Science and Freaky Science.
SPECIFICATION 222 x 165 mm (6.5 x 8.75 in) 144 pages 30,000 words 4 colour
‘ THIS BOOK WILL SAVE YOU TIME AND MONEY BY REVEALING THE MANY, UNEXPECTED WAYS IN WHICH SCIENCE AFFECTS OUR LIVES AND HOW YOU CAN TURN IT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.’
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FREAKY SCIENCE FREAKY SCIENCE 1001 AMAZING AND BIZARRE FACTS ABOUT OUR WORLD
MARK FRARY
Mark Frary is an award-winning UK-based technology and science writer. His titles include: Codebreaker: The History of Secret Communication (with Stephen Pincock), Freaky Science, Numbers in Your Pocket and Better Living Through Science. 034
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1001 Amazing and Bizarre Facts About Our World Freaky Science is the ultimate compendium of fantastic facts from the world of science. More than just a book of facts, figures and lists, the book contains weird and wonderful information about the nature of time, the vastnessnew of space, extraordinary experiments, the strangeness of the quantum world, and the genius of relativity theory, plus much, much more. Over 1001 facts are included – all of them surprising, informative, strange and sometimes rather disturbing.
SPECIFICATION 190 x 122 mm (4.75 x 7.5 in) 128 pages 30,000 words 4 colour
FREAKY PHENOMENA FREAKY PHENOMENA 1001 WEIRD AND WACKY FACTS ABOUT OUR WORLD
JOEL LEVY
Mark Frary is an award-winning UK-based technology and science writer. His titles include: Codebreaker: The History of Secret Communication (with Stephen Pincock), Freaky Science, Numbers in Your Pocket and Better Living Through Science.
1001 Weird and Wacky Facts About Our World Freaky Phenomena is the ultimate compendium of all things amazing, inexplicable and downright bizarre from this world, the next world and other worlds… More than just a book of facts, figures and lists, the book contains weird and wonderful information about the strangest people, animals, plants, food, weather, the paranormal, outerspace and much, much more. Over 1000 facts are included – and they are all astounding, enlightening, wacky and even a bit gross.
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JUMPED, FELL OR PUSHED How Forensics Solved 50 “Perfect� Murders A fascinating walk through the forensics lab, Jumped, Fell, or Pushed? takes a look at the major disciplines within forensic science. Criminalistics specialists look at statistics, splash patterns, fingerprints and distribution of material at the scene; forensic chemistry, toxicology, serology and retrospective death assessment. Packed with 50 case studies as well as day-in-the-life features on forensic professionals, this is your comprehensive handbook to the incredible world of forensic science.
Steven A. Koehler, MPh, PhD, is head of the Allegheny County Forensic Epidemiological Department. Peter Moore is a medical journalist and author, and Honorary fellow of Trinity College, Bristol. David Owen is a forensic science and technology author and journalist. 036
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CONSPIRACY FILES Evidence Behind the World’s Most Notorious Theories The Conspiracy Files examines the essentials of all the great mysteries, historical secrets and current conspiracies . With reviews of the important and sometimes overlooked facts and figures of the conspiracy world, expert Kenn Thomas assesses the facts that underlie the hype and talks in person to many who believe that all is not as it seems and that the truth is out there.
Kenn Thomas has been a notable presence in the conspiracy underground for almost two decades. He has written over a dozen books on various conspiracy topics, including NASA, Nazis and JFK, and has published a regular magazine on conspiracy topics called Steamshovel Press.
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SOURDOUGH Sourdough is a traditional style of bread that is healthy and tastes delicious, making it a favourite with artisan bakers. From showing you how to make your own starter yeast to successfully using different flours, Norwegian bakers Casper and Martin’s approach is basic and rustic – like sourdough itself. ¡ Shows the home baker how to make a stable starter and then over 15 varied recipes ¡ Includes extensive and clear step-by-step instructions ¡ Contains stunning 4 colour lifestyle photography throughout Casper André Lugg and Martin Ivar Hveem Fjeld are two young home bakers who have developed a passion for sourdough baking and have shared their enthusiasm with a growing number of Instagram followers. Their commitment to using time honoured techniques coupled with locally grown and harvested grains and flour is showcased in their first publication.
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‘ANYONE CAN BAKE GOOD SOURDOUGH BREAD. YOU JUST HAVE TO GIVE IT TIME AND ATTENTION AND USE THE BEST INGREDIENTS POSSIBLE... FLOUR, WATER AND SALT – THAT IS ALL YOU NEED. OUR METHOD DOES NOT REQUIRE MUCH PHYSICAL WORK AS IT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST ABOUT ALLOWING NATURAL PROCESSES TO TAKE PLACE.’ FOOD & DRINK
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SOUPOLOGY 60 Nourishing Soups from 6 Simple Broths From buying your basics and creating simple broths to crafting superlative, show-stopping soups, Soupology can transform your cooking and your health. Drew Smith will show you how to build different variations of soups from six basic broths ensuring you make the most of your leftovers and expand your kitchen repertoire. From the value of bone broth in your cooking to getting five to seven vegetables a day, this is a strategy that is both delicious and nutritionally optimal. ¡ A masterclass on how to prepare soups that are tasty, nutritious and waste-free. ¡ From French bouillabaisse to Thai Tom Yum Goong, there is a whole world of flavours and techniques to explore. ¡ Easy to follow with beautiful photography Drew Smith is a former editor of UK’s The Good Food Guide. He has published widely on cooking and food, including Oyster: A Gastronomic History and a translation of La Mère Brazier. He has won the Glenfiddich Award three times. 042
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CHUNKY VEGETABLE BROTH This is the second stage on from the vegetable tea. The difference here is that we are making soup. This means that your knife work needs to be neat and precise. However, we are using the same assembly of vegetables as the vegetable tea – with the addition of parsnip or sweet potato. We are not cooking this for as long, to ensure that we keep the nutrients in the vegetables.
2L VEGETABLE TEA (p26)
Bunch of SPRING ONIONS
3 CARROTS
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Handful of PEAS, fresh or frozen
2 ONIONS
300G tinned CANNELLINI BEANS
1 LEEK
PARSLEY to garnish
2 POTATOES MAKES 2 LITRES
1 PARSNIP or SWEET POTATO
Bring the vegetable tea to a simmer in
Now dice the spring onions and add,
a large saucepan. Meanwhile, peel the
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along with the peas. Rinse the tinned
carrots and dice into small cubes. Peel
cannellini beans and, when the water
the onion and slice across. Top and tail
runs clear, add them to the pan. Warm for
the leek and slice into thin circles. Peel
a couple of minutes and serve garnished
the potatoes and the parsnip or sweet
with parsley leaves.
potato and dice in small cubes. Add
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everything to the vegetable tea and
COOK’S TIP: Stir in a little pistou (p22) as
simmer for 20 minutes.
an extra flourish.
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DALSTON BOUILLABAISSE
‘SOUP IS THE MAGIC IN COOKERY. SOUPS ARE FOUND AROUND THE GLOBE FROM JAPANESE MISO SOUP TO ITALIAN BRODO AND FROM VIETNAMESE PHO TO NEW YORK PENICILIN.’
Unless you live in Marseille or Sete you cannot find the kind of small warm-water fish like rascasse and grondin that give bouillabaisse its distinct accent. But other mixes of fish can work for fine soup too. The Ridley Road market in Dalston, London got me started on different approaches with its colourful array of mullets, parrot and declensions of prawns. This needs to be made ahead of time, so it is a leisurely afternoon assembly line. The great thing about this approach is that you don’t get any bones.
800ML MUSSEL BROTH (p135) 150G SMOKED FISH, COD or HADDOCK
150G HAKE 1 tbsp DOUBLE CREAM Chopped fresh PARSLEY to serve
1 GURNARD 1 MONKFISH TAIL
SERVES 4
Strain the mussel broth, reserving the
solid steaks of fish in there. Add the fish
mussels. Lay all the fish in a wide
and mussels to the broth. Bring the pan to a simmer; you don’t
saucepan. Cover with the broth and let the liquid come to a slow simmer over
want to boil it, just warm enough. Stir in
a medium heat. Cover and let it cook for a
the cream and garnish with the chopped
few minutes – not too long, just so the fish
parsley leaves.
changes complexion. Take off the heat. Pick over the mussels and throw away
COOK’S TIP: If you make more than you
the shells. Lift out and break the smoked
need, you can add different fish the next day,
fish into chunks, take the meat off the
such as scallops or even lobster for an upscale
bones of the gurnard watching out for
variation. Cod, haddock and coley are all
bones, the do the same with the hake and
contenders. It is a good way of using up
finally the monkfish tail; you want good
offcuts from the fishmonger’s slab.
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THE DRINKING GARDEN More than 80 Boozy Botanical Cocktails Made From the Freshest Herbs, Flowers and Fruit Infusions The Drinking Garden brings together fresh florals, garden herbs and exotic spices, as well as zesty and fruity flavours. Organized by main ingredient, the recipes are perfect for hazy summer days, winter warmers or any juicedup occasion. The recipes include superfood ingredients, from aรงai berry and blueberries to matcha and turmeric. ยก Raise your spirits and let the libations flow with 80 delicious recipes based on gardenfresh ingredients, including herbs, florals, berries, fruits and spices ยก Includes mixology know-how, essential cocktail-making equipment and tips on garnishing and presentation David Hurst is a drinks professional and founder of Cocktailmaker Ltd. In 2011, he created 200 non-alcoholic cocktails to represent every country for the 2012 Olympics. 044
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INGREDIENTS
20 ml elderflower cordial 10 ml fresh lime juice 75 ml freshly pressed apple juice Sparkling water Slice of apple and wedge of lime, to garnish
This fresh, floral and fragrant drink is perfect for a balmy summer evening outdoors. Homemade cordials are a fabulous way to
serve guests a drink that bears your personal flair. Yes, it takes a bit of time to prepare a homemade cordial (see page 29), but once
bottled, it keeps for ages. To make a stand-out drink, simply add sparkling water, tonic, soda water or lemonade to a long glass filled with ice and cordial.
ADD A TWIST
For a sophisticated twist, replace the sparkling water with prosecco or champagne.
METHOD
Add the elderflower cordial and the lime juice
to an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Pour in the apple juice. Shake well. Strain into an ice-filled
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highball glass. Top with sparkling water. Stir, add a straw, and garnish with a slice of apple and a lime wedge on the rim of the glass.
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‘EACH CREATION IN THE DRINKING GARDEN IS EXPERTLY CRAFTED AND INSPIRED BY SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING TRENDS IN BARTENDING AND MIXOLOGY.’
INGREDIENTS
10 fresh blackberries 10 fresh raspberries 15 ml blackberry cordial 15 ml raspberry cordial 75 ml cranberry juice 25 ml still water Juice of 1 lime Club soda 1 blackberry and 1 raspberry, to garnish
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Pimm’s No. 1 liqueur would be a lovely addition to this drink.
For many of us, childhood memories entail picking blackberries and raspberries and making jams, jellies or pies with them. Reminisce and relive those days with this fresh and fruity berry delight. Both berries are rich in vitamins C and K and omega-3, and help to give this drink a healthy kick. METHOD
Muddle the berries in the base of a cocktail shaker. Add the cordials, cranberry juice, water, lime juice and a generous handful of ice. Shake well. Strain into a highball glass half full of ice. Top with club soda. Float the raspberry and blackberry on the top of the drink.
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LA MÈRE BRAZIER The Mother of Modern French Cooking La Mère Brazier was the most famous restaurant in France from the moment it opened in 1921, and turned Lyon into France’s capital of gastronomy. A masterclass on how to cook, La Mère Brazier reveals over 300 of Eugénie Brazier’s recipes that stunned all of France – from her Bresse chicken in mourning (with truffles) to her lobster Aurora – as well as simple traditional recipes that anyone can easily follow at home.
WINNER AT THE WORLD RESTAURANT AWARDS 2019
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¡ Recipes from ‘the mother of French gastronomy’ ¡ Features a foreword and preface by celebrated chefs Paul Bocuse and Bernard Pacaud ¡ Beautifully designed with historic photographs and illustrations throughout Eugénie Brazier was born a peasant farmer’s daughter, but by the end of her career, she had earned six Michelin stars – the first French chef ever to do so. Translated by Drew Smith, former editor of UK’s The Good Food Guide, and the author of Oyster: A Gastronomic History.
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‘PLENTY OF CHEFS HAVE LEFT A MARK WITH MORE OR LESS BRIO, BUT FEW HAVE LEFT SUCH AN INDELIBLE IMPRINT ON THE WORLD OF COOKING AS LA MÈRE BRAZIER, WHOSE LEGACY – EVEN TODAY – REMAINS ONE OF THE PILLARS OF GLOBAL GASTRONOMY.’
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THE VEGETARIAN YEAR
365 Healthy, Seasonal Recipes
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THE VEGETARIAN YEAR 365 Healthy, Seasonal Recipes
JANE HUGHES foreword by Rose Elliot
Vegetarian diets have seen a sharp rise in recent years, however, becoming vegetarian does not necessarily mean wise choices or healthy meals. In The Vegetarian Year, author and vegetarian food expert Jane Hughes explores the possibilities of plant-based foods through 365 nutritionallybalanced and great-tasting dishes. Following natural seasonal rhythms, it provides an exciting and diverse menu of classic recipes, modern twists and authentic world cuisines, using the freshest produce available all year round.
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¡ 365 tasty, easy-to-follow recipes for every day of the year, using fresh seasonal produce ¡ Includes 135 recipes suitable for vegans ¡ Clear step-by-step instructions with over 75 4-colour, full bleed photographs
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Jane Hughes is the editor of Vegan Life magazine, and author of many vegetarian cookery books including the Collins Gem Guide to Vegetarian Food. Includes a foreword by Rose Elliot.
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LAZY VEGAN Fuss-free plant-based dishes to share with family and friends
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THE LAZY VEGAN Fuss-free Plant–based Dishes to Share with Family and Friends Whether you are a full-time vegan who can’t face another tofu scramble, or a flexitarian just looking to get more healthy meals incorporated into your weekly routine – this is the bible of fuss-free cooking without animal products. Perfect for a midweek meal with the family, or for sharing with friends on a special occasion, this is the cookbook to reach for if you’re craving a Quick Minestrone or Thai Green Curry, or if you want to find a quick and easy recipe for Raspberry Muffins or a Lemon-and-Lime Cheesecake. They are the recipes you already know you want, served with a vegan twist. ¡ Divided into chapters covering Soups, Salads, Starters, Sides, Mains and Desserts, discover more than 100 comforting and delicious plantbased meals from around the world.
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ENERGY BITES 100% NO-B AK RECIP E ES
ENERGY BITES CHRISTINE BAILEY
LOW-SUGAR, HIGH-PROTEIN BLISS BALLS TO MAKE AND GIVE
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High-Protein, Low-Sugar Bliss Balls to Make and Give Snack healthy and save time with this tempting collection of energy ball recipes. Energy bites are the perfect treat for when you’re on the go: energy-boosting and low-fuss, with minimal prep and no baking . With gluten-free, no-sugar and vegan recipe options, they’re also a healthy choice. Packed with superfood ingredients, these irresistible recipes are perfect to share with family and friends or to keep for yourself! ¡ A new, healthy snack idea – uniquely fuss-free and easy to make! ¡ Beautiful photography throughout provides prep and presentation inspiration ¡ 30 healthy and delicious recipes from our nutritional expert, including guest recipes by international health bloggers. Christine Bailey is an award-winning chef, journalist, nutritional therapist and broadcaster. Christine is the author of three books including The Raw Food Diet and Go Lean Vegan, and her many academic qualifications include two BSCs, an MSC as well as a PGCE in nutrition and cookery teaching.
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RED VELVET BITES MAKES 14 60g cooked beetroot (without vinegar) 60g pitted cherries, raspberries or strawberries – fresh or frozen 60g canned coconut cream 150g dark chocolate, broken into pieces 2 tsp acai berry powder Berry powder, crushed freezedried berries or raw cacao, to coat
PER BITE: Calories 80kcal, Fat 5.6g (saturates 3.8g), Carbohydrates 5.9g, Sugars 1.2g, Protein 1.5g
Beetroot and chocolate is a brilliant combination and very beneficial for training, too. Beetroot contains nitrates, which the body converts to nitric oxide, in turn boosting blood flow and improving oxygenation of the body, allowing you to exercise harder for longer. Dark chocolate is rich in a substance called epicatechin, a nutrient-rich flavanol that also increases nitric oxide production. Chocolate provides magnesium, too, which helps with energy production and reducing muscle cramps and soreness.
Place the beetroot, fruit and coconut cream in a blender and purée until smooth. Transfer to a small pan with the chocolate and heat gently, stirring all the time until the chocolate has melted. Pour the mixture into a bowl and chill in the fridge for 3–4 hours or freeze for 1 hour to harden. Once firm, roll teaspoonfuls of the mixture into small balls with your hands. Roll in berry powder, crushed freeze-dried berries or cacao powder to coat. Freeze or place the bites in the fridge to harden. They will keep in the fridge for 1 week or in the freezer for 3 months.
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CARROT CAKE BITES MAKES 24 50g raisins 1 tsp vanilla extract 30g ground almonds or flaxseed 1 tbsp xylitol or erythritol 60g unsweetened coconut flakes 1 tbsp coconut oil 75g walnuts 2 tbsp coconut flour 1 tsp ground cinnamon 75g carrot, finely grated Pinch of sea salt 2 tbsp apple purée
Inspired by carrot cake, these delicious little nuggets are creamy and sweet with the addition of apple purée and raisins. Walnuts provide essential omega-3 fats, known to lower inflammation and keep the skin glowing.
Place all the ingredients in a food processor and process to form a dough. Do not overprocess – we want to keep some texture in the mixture. Take bite-size pieces of the dough and roll into balls. Store in the fridge for up to 1 week.
‘ENERGY BITES ARE PRETTY MUCH THE PERFECT SNACK. THEY HAVE A GREAT COMBINATION OF PROTEIN, CARBOHYDRATES AND HEALTHY FATS.’
PER BITE: Calories 66kcal, Fat 4.8g (saturates 2.1g), Carbohydrates 3.6g, Sugars 2.2g, Protein 1.2g
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LOVE, AIMEE 50 Beautiful Sweet Gifts for Friends and Family Love, Aimee features 50 original, creative desserts featured on Aimee’s popular blog, Twigg Studios. We are not talking plain old vanilla cupcakes here – but violet and lemon éclairs, chocolate quail’s eggs and refreshing kiwi lime popsicles. All of the recipes are inexpensive and fun projects that anyone can make. Recipes include easy-to-follow instructions with step-by-step pictures. Aimee also gives crafty tips for beautifully wrapping and presenting her creations to make perfect edible treats for any occasion.
Aimee Twigger is a young baker from Torquay, Devon, who has transformed her ideas into an internet blog sensation – creating beautiful, inspired recipes which she personally styles and photographs. 052
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SPECIFICATION 241 x 190 mm (7.5 x 9.5 in) 192 pages 21,000 words 4 colour photos throughout
AIMEE’S PERFECT BAKES Over 50 Beautiful Bakes and Cakes for Friends and Family A gorgeous approach to baking, with recipes for making and presenting delicious baked creations.Forget gifting your love ones a plain old tray bake – Aimee shows you how to create gorgeous biscotti, cute pumpkin pecan cinnamon buns, a rustic stencilled buttermilk loaf and many more fabulous bakes and cakes.
Aimee Twigger is a young baker from Torquay, Devon, who has transformed her ideas into an internet blog sensation – creating beautiful, inspired recipes which she personally styles and photographs.
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CALM BELLY COOKBOOK Delicious Food for Sensitive Stomachs The Calm Belly Cookbook shows that food suitable for sensitive stomachs can be varied, comforting and delicious. Working out what to eat and cooking tasty dishes on a limited diet is difficult and time-consuming. Fortunately, Cecile has done all the hard work and provided an accessible, tried-and-tested cookbook with over yummy 80 recipes that are low in FODMAP. ¡ Contains over 80 recipes designed to calm the stomach– including breakfasts, snacks, simple sauces, comforting mains and sweet treats ¡ Based on low FODMAP principles and suitable for anyone who suffers from symptoms such as bloating, indigestion, cramps and irregular digestion Cecilie Hauge Agotnes was diagnosed with IBS 10 years ago. Through her blog, www. lavFODMAP.no, Cecilie has documented her battle with IBS and other chronic illnesses. She regularly speaks at conferences and to hospital patient groups on the low FODMAP diet. 054
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chocolate dream cake ‘Can you make the good chocolate cake?’ is a question I often get asked by friends and family. This is the recipe they’re talking about. It’s a hit with most people! makeS 1 x 25-cm cake:
SPECIFICATION
Cake: 2 eggs 150g caster sugar 150g plain gluten-free flour 2 tablespoons cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking powder 175g oil or butter, melted 125ml coconut milk or lactose-free cream
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Chocolate topping: 125ml lactose-free cream 100g lactose-free baking chocolate
Preheat the oven to 180˚C/Gas Mark 4. Beat the eggs and sugar together until smooth. In a separate bowl, sift the flour, cocoa and baking powder. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and stir in the oil or melted butter and the coconut milk or cream.
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Grease a 25-cm spring-form cake tin with butter and pour in the mixture. Bake the cake for 20–25 minutes on the centre rack. Allow to cool completely.
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To make the chocolate topping, first place the cream in a small saucepan and warm over a low heat. Remove it from the heat and stir in the chocolate until it is fully melted. Occasionally stir the chocolate mix, while waiting for it to reach room temperature. When the topping has reached room temperature, gently pour it over the cake while it is still in the tin. Allow the cake to cool for 1 hour before removing it from the tin. tIP
Serve with a dollop of lactose-free cream and a cup of coffee, if you can tolerate it: this is a real ‘coffee cake’.
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home-made pasta When I began making home-made gluten-free pasta, I was not sure if I’d be able to do it. I was worried that gluten-free pasta dough might not be elastic enough or if it would clump together. To my surprise, it was actually quite easy to make. seRVes 2:
115g gluten-free flour, plus extra for kneading and coating
1 large egg 1 tablespoon oil
Put the flour into a large bowl. Make a small well in the centre and pour the egg and oil into the middle. Fold the flour into the liquid, mixing in a little at a time, while stirring in the middle. Don’t give up, even if the flour does not become fine and smooth; if you have lumps, they can be kneaded out. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead it for a few minutes into a smooth but quite compact dough. Transfer the dough to a plastic bag and leave it for 20 minutes. Set up the pasta machine. Take a section of the dough, press it flat, put it into the machine and crank away. Begin on the most ‘open’ setting and then move to the next setting and run the dough through. Continue until the dough is as thin as you like. I stop at setting No. 6. Then run the dough through the cutting part of the machine to make tagliatelle. Use plenty of gluten-free flour to coat the dough as it goes through the machine. The cooking time for fresh pasta is about 2–4 minutes, depending on how thick the pasta is and your preference for consistency. tIps
If you do not have a pasta machine, roll out the dough with a rolling pin and cut it with a knife. Leftover uncooked pasta can be dried for 1 hour on the work surface and stored in a sealed container in the fridge. It will keep for 2 to 3 days.
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‘AS IBS IS A CHRONIC ILLNESS I NEEDED TO ACCEPT THAT WHAT AILED ME WAS SERIOUS AND I WOULD NEED TO LEARN TO LIVE WITH MY STOMACH AS BEST I COULD…I SOON REALISED THAT I WAS NOT ALONE IN MISSING RECIPES FOR SIMPLE THINGS LIKE SAUCES, DESSERTS AND GOOD “SUBSTITUTES”.’
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THE SUGAR DETOX PLAN The Essential 3-Step Plan for Breaking Your Sugar Habit Excessive consumption of sugar can lead to a range of conditions including Type 2 diabetes and cancer, as well as neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Through a motivational 3-step programme, The Sugar Detox Plan helps you to identify hidden sugars and reduce your intake. ¡ Clearly explains the science behind our sugar addiction and the health repercussions ¡ Contains 38 easy-to-follow, delicious, sugar-free recipes Alternative Cover Dr Kurt Mosetter is a leading physician and medical practitioner. Dr Wolfgang Simon is a biochemist with degrees from Berlin and THE California. Thorsten Probost is a MichelinSUGAR starred chef and president of the Association of DETOX Young Restaurateurs. Journalist Anna Cavelius Plan has written widely on the dangers of excessive sugar consumption. Set yourself sugar-free in 12 weeks with this essential 3-step plan
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THE INTERMITTENT FASTING DIET PLAN The Essential 14-Day Programme for Sustained Weight Loss and a Healthy Metabolism The Intermittent Fasting Diet Plan combines the proven health benefits of both intermittent fasting and a plant-based diet to boost the metabolism and maximise weight loss. Recipes cover everything from breakfast, soups and salads, mini meals, and mains. ÂĄ An accessible, illustrated introduction to a 14-day interval fasting and plant-based diet programme with exercises .
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Libby Limon is a nutritional therapist and yoga teacher who shares her passion for creating optimal health on her website, www.libbylimon. com. Her work has been featured in Glamour, the Telegraph, Women’s Health, the Sun, Huffpost Lifestyle, and the Sunday Times. FOOD & DRINK
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keto CURE The Essential 28-Day Low-Carb High-Fat Weight-Loss Plan
Professor Jürgen Vormann with Nico Stanitzok
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THE KETO CURE The Essential 28-Day Low-Carb High-Fat Weight Loss Plan The keto diet is being hailed as the breakthrough diet: train your body to burn fat instead of sugar and watch the pounds melt away. Here Professor Jürgen presents his 28-day eating plan for achieving rapid and sustained weight loss with delicious and easy recipes. He explains the science behind the diet and works out the vital rations of fat to carbs to protein. ¡ Includes informative text explaining how the diet works and how to get the most out of the keto diet ¡ Fully illustrated with recipe photography throughout
Professor Jürgen Vormann studied the Science of Nutrition at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, where he also earned his Doctorate in the Pharmacology and Toxicology of Nutrition. He is head and founder of the Institute for Nutrition (IPEV) in Ismaning near Munich, Germany.
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KETO HIGHFIBRE COOKBOOK More than 70 High-fibre Recipes for the Essential High-fat, Low-carb Diet The ketogenic diet is one of the fastest growing diets in popularity, but when cutting out carbs such as grains and fruits, it is easy to worry about digestive health. In this book, experienced nutritionist and chef Libby Limon, offers the perfect solution, demonstrating how simple it can be to make delicious keto-friendly, highfibre meals without sugary fruits and starchy carbohydrates.
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¥ This book is beautifully illustrated with inviting photographs of the food and each recipe containing a full nutritional breakdown and macro details per serving. Libby Limon is a nutritional therapist and yoga teacher who shares her passion for creating optimal health on her website, www.libbylimon. com. Her work has been featured in Glamour, the Telegraph, Women’s Health, the Sun, Huffpost Lifestyle, and the Sunday Times. MODERN GASTRONOMY
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THE ALKALINE CURE The Amazing 14 Day Diet and Mindful Eating Plan More than just a diet, The Alkaline Cure is about enhancing all aspects of your mental and physical health. An alkaline lifestyle results in optimum digestive health, giving you an overall feeling of wellbeing, better skin, and more energy, slowing the signs of ageing as well as preventing chronic illnesses associated with age. Extra benefits of the alkaline approach include: clearer skin, increased energy, stronger immune system, reduced signs of ageing, improved metabolism and better digestive health. ยก The clinically-approved diet plan includes 40 simple recipes to provide all you need to complete the 14 day cure Dr Stephan Domenig is fully trained in Mayr theory with certifications in orthomolecular medicine, applied kinesiology, chronobiology and chiropractics.
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What Is the Alkaline Cure?
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As every farmer knows, you cannot get high yields from a field with acidic (or sour) soil. Just as in nature, so for the human body. At The Original F.X. Mayr Health Center we know that in order for the body to be healthy, it needs to have an acid-alkaline balance. How do we know this? One of the most important methods that is used at the clinic for evaluating health is testing the body’s pH to determine whether a patient’s body is acid or alkaline, using the same pH scale that is employed by doctors around the world. It is the single test that gives us an indication of the general health of the body and its systems because the pH of body’s fluids, especially of blood, affects every cell in the body. Keep the body’s pH in balance and it will stay healthy. The beauty of using pH to evaluate health is that it’s as simple as reading numbers. The pH range is numbered from 1 to 14. The higher the pH number, the more alkaline the substance; 7 is considered neutral. Numbers below that are in the acid range; the lower the number, the higher the acidity. Although 7 is the neutral reading, for optimal health you should be slightly alkaline – ideally around 7.4. This is to counter the increase in acidity that comes with ageing and diet. Be Your Own Doctor By purchasing pH-testing litmus strips, you can monitor your body’s pH during the cure. Test yourself on a daily basis at home every morning shortly after you wake up and before eating anything. Don’t worry if your initial readings are 6 or below, in the acid range. After two weeks of the cure you will notice a marked improvement. If your reading is already close to 7, that’s great. You should still test yourself every day to track changes. Don’t be tempted to test yourself more often than once a day. If you would like to purchase test strips you can order these online from Micro Essential Inc. (www.microessentiallab.com).
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Encourages Weight Loss You will lose weight – or, more importantly, achieve your natural body weight or body mass index (BMI). Strictly speaking, the alkaline cure is not a slimming diet. It often helps weight loss because many of us are overweight, but the aim is a healthier you, a better functioning you, a more capable you. Your clearer digestive system and efficient metabolism will lead to weight loss as you eliminate the toxic load you have been carrying. Your renewed energy levels will also motivate you to exercise more so you will become fitter. Reduces Bloating and Constipation You will be able to move your bowels regularly and in comfort because you are working with your body, not against it. One very positive sign of good health is passing clear urine and soft faeces. Constipation is bad for you as it stresses your system. An alkaline diet is better than any laxative. If you eat well, you will have a bowel movement every morning. If you drink enough, your stools will be softer. If you chew properly, then the stomach’s workload is eased. Improves Mood and Brain Function Your mood will improve and you will start to feel more positive and less stressed. In 1987, Rudolph Wiley (PhD), conducted a study in which he postulated that acid imbalance is often a major, and sometimes sole cause of disorders routinely classified as psychological, stress-related, psychosomatic or psychogenic. His study found that an alkaline diet reduced and eliminated the symptom severity in more than 85 per cent of participants. A broader choice of properly digested food should reduce peaks and troughs in the availability of amino acids and vitamins. Without vitamins such as B6 (from fresh herbs, nuts, legumes, fish), you are likely to experience mood swings and sleeping troubles. The cure also encourages a favourable work-life balance, taking gentle exercise, and the avoidance of alcohol, caffeine and processed food. In addition to alleviating physical and mental stress, the alkaline cure can help support brain function because it encourages you to eat a diverse range of vitamin- and mineral-rich foods.
MEASURING PH You can measure your body’s pH by using litmus strips to test your saliva or your urine. The above pH chart illustrates the colour range between very acidic and very alkaline results. It will take longer for the alkalising effect of the cure to reach your urine, so you can generally expect a higher alkaline reading from your saliva. However, testing your urine will give you a more accurate reading as it is a better indicator of how well your kidneys are eliminating acid. Always follow the manufacturer's instructions, and do not put the paper in direct contact with your body.
Saliva
The pH of your saliva is affected by what you have eaten or drunk recently. It is best to wait about two hours after a meal before you test, and then activate and swallow saliva several times to ‘rinse’ the mouth. Spit some saliva onto a spoon and dip the litmus paper in the liquid, then compare the resulting colour with a pH colour chart.
Urine
The pH of your urine is affected by how much water you have consumed and the amount of acid-forming foods you have eaten. For this reason, it is best to test urine first thing in the morning. Pass a small amount of urine into a cup and dip the litmus paper briefly into the liquid. Compare the result with a pH colour chart.
‘PACKED WITH APPROACHABLE, HELPFUL INFORMATION AND DAILY MEAL PLANS TO KEEP YOU ON TRACK.’
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THE ALKALINE COOKBOOK 100 Delicious, Life-Changing Recipes The Alkaline Cookbook is a pioneering new collection of recipes that draws upon the nutritional practice of the F X Mayr Health Center to provide over 100 revitalising dishes that will reboot your body and increase your health, energy and well being. Organised by season, The Alkaline Cookbook suggests meals for every time of day: energising breakfasts, delicious salads and soups, side dishes, satisfying main courses and sumptuous desserts.
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ALKALINE JUICES & SMOOTHIES Over 75 Rebalancing Juices and a 7-day Cleanse to Boost your Energy and Restore your Glow Kick-start your health makeover with Alkaline Juices & Smoothies, a fast track to weight loss, increased energy, and a balanced body and mind. A clean, lean and delicious menu of over 75 smoothies, fresh juices and satisfying drinks. Including a 7-day detox plan, Alkaline Juices & Smoothies will be the beginning of a lifetime change to a healthier diet. Alternative Cover
Dr Stephan Domenig is fully trained in Mayr theory with certifications in orthomolecular medicine, applied kinesiology, chronobiology and chiropractics.
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CHANGE YOUR LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME 365 Simple Ways to be Happier, Healthier and Smarter Written by a team of experts, Change Your Life One Day at a Time includes 365 achievable ways to take control of your lifestyle choices and become healthier, happier and smarter. Divided into four seasons with inspirational quotes woven throughout, there is a new piece of positive advice every day of the year. ยก Practical and accessible information with beautiful full-colour photographs ยก Written by leading experts covering the fields of health, the psychology of happiness and intelligence
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Dr Patricia MacNair specialises in active ageing and has been regular contributor to BBC Radio and BBC Online, Guardian, ELLE, GP and Geriatric Medicine. Ilona Boniwell founded the European Network of Positive Psychology. She is the author of 100 Ways to Happiness.
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‘HAPPINESS IS NOT SOMETHING READY MADE. IT COMES FROM YOUR OWN ACTIONS.’ DALAI LAMA XIV
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100 simple ways to fill your life with joy
Bridget Grenville-Cleave and Dr Ilona Boniwell
100 Simple Ways to Fill Your Life with Joy Part self-help book, part psychology primer, Live Happy features 100 pieces of advice on taking positive steps to increase your happiness level.This distillation of the latest research into happiness is a guide to the actual strategies most likely to make you happy. Written by two positive psychologists, Live Happy offers advice based on research for medical and psychological studies. ¡ Features useful, practical and proven pieces of advice to help you live more happily. Bridget Grenville-Cleave has an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and is a consultant specialising in the use of positive psychology to improve business performance.
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Dr Ilona Boniwell is an academic psychologist and practitioner, specialising in Positive Psychology. She has been a consultant to the BBC, and is a regular contributor to Psychologies magazine.
LIVE WELL 100 Simple Ways to Live a Better and Longer Life Part health advice, part self-help, part survival guide, Live Well targets numerous areas to improve on including, emotional well-being, physical, environmental well-being, coping with diseases and risk factors that affect the choices we make in our lives. With Live Well you will discover 100 simple ways to add years to your life and improve your quality of living along the way. Based on the latest scientific research, this book is an inspiring guide for positive action.Boxed information throughout contains statistics, extra information and other selfassessments (such as calculating Body Mass Index to check obesity).
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Dr Trisha Macnair, M.B. (Bachelor of Medicine), Ch.B. (Bachelor of Surgery), Dip Anaesthetics, M.A. qualified as a doctor at the University of Bristol Medical School, UK, in 1982. She divides her time between working as a physician specializing in Medicine for the Elderly at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, and working as a medical journalist. HEALTH & BEAUTY
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MAKE YOUR OWN SKINCARE Over 75 homemade beauty balms, oils, cleansers and concoctions for natural radiance Make Your Own Skincare offers an array of natural beauty balms, body scrubs and cleaners you can make at home to feel radiant and refreshed. Create delicious and effective treatments and products while knowing exactly what you are putting onto your body. From homemade shampoo to natural deodorant, these eco-friendly recipes provide a pampering beauty routine that’s easy to make at home and naturally kind to skin. ¡ Simple projects to beautify at home using all-natural ingredients, with chapters structured by ingredient type ¡ Specially commissioned beautiful illustrations by Arielle Gamble Janet Hayward co-founded the beauty and health industry bible, beautydirectory.com.au. Susie Prichard-Casey is a well-respected natural beauty guru with over 20 years experience. 070
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Citrus Body Wash
This zesty lemon body wash is a great way to wake up the
‘DITCH THE CHEMICAL COSMETICS AND GET THE GLOW OF ORGANIC BEAUTY!’
senses during a morning shower.
You will need: 4 tablespoons liquid Castile soap 1 tablespoon honey of lemon essential oil
glass jar with lid
1 tablespoon jojoba oil
20 drops
5 drops of spearmint essential oil
4 vitamin E capsules
To prepare: Pour the liquid Castile soap into the glass jar and add the honey, jojoba oil, lemon essential oil and spearmint essential oil. Swirl to mix, then break open and add the vitamin E capsules.
To use: Screw on the lid and shake well to combine the ingredients. Pour a little body wash onto a loofah and enjoy the lather’s cleansing, moisturising properties.
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LEMONS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND Super Fruity Beauty for Glowing Health Inside and Out
Super fruity beauty food for glowing health inside and out
This compact, illustrated guide offers advice on 30 superfoods and beneficial ingredients, with tips on why they will boost your beauty routine. From apricots to olives, avocados to pomegranate, find out how each natural wonder product boosts well-being and nurtures healthier skin, hair, body and nails. This book is packed with beauty treatments and easy-to-follow recipes that will help you eat yourself to a more beautiful you.
Janet Hayward
¡ Contains 60 simple, all natural, make-at-home recipes: 30 beauty treatments and 30 healthy treats to nourish your skin from the inside out ¡ Young, modern, fun gift-book with fun and fresh illustrations for pick-up appeal Janet Hayward co-founded the beauty and health industry bible, beautydirectory.com.au.
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COCONUTs
This tropical superfruit is loaded with vitamins — predominantly C and B — plus minerals and is high in antioxidant, anti-ageing compounds
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with anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antiviral benefits for all areas of the body. When young, coconuts have an outer green
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husk and softer, more creamy ‘meat’. As they mature, they develop a brown husk and the meat is much firmer. Green coconut ‘meat’ is
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rich in calcium and important fatty acids, while coconut oil has great antioxidant power that is retained even when heated during cooking.
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Although green and mature coconuts both contain coconut water, the level of beneficial nutrients is much higher in the green coconut.
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With good levels of iron, calcium, manganese, magnesium, copper and phosphorus and impressively rich in potassium, green coconut water is ideal for restoring electrolyte levels during hot weather. It is also hugely hydrating, which is great news for skin and muscles. The water also makes an effective treatment for stomach upsets and can help regulate blood sugar levels.
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‘BEAUTY-CARE TIPS AND EASY-TOFOLLOW RECIPES TO ENSURE YOU CAN LITERALLY EAT YOURSELF TO A MORE BEAUTIFUL YOU.’
Crisp, juicy cherries are at their best during the summer months. Mainly grown in the temperate climates of Europe and North America, these fleshy stone fruits feature in a wide range of delicious recipes both sweet and savoury.
The cherry’s beautiful, deep-red colour comes from a powerful antioxidant, anthocyanin, which acts as an anti-inflammatory and helps keep the entire body fit and healthy. Cherries are particularly rich in the minerals potassium, magnesium and iron, as well as the B vitamins folic acid, niacin and riboflavin. Vitamins A and C are present, too. Assisting in collagen production, these useful nutrients help maintain the elasticity of the skin, keeping it looking young and fresh.
This superfruit also contains sleep-regulating melatonin, which could suggest that cherries can contribute to a good night’s rest. What could be a better boost for all-round beauty than that?
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CLEANSE
DETOX PURIFY
CLEANSE DETOX PURIFY Revitalise Your System & Feel the Difference in 7 Days If you want to improve your overall health inside and out Cleanse Detox Purify is your guide to looking and feeling refreshed and revitalised. Cleanse Detox Purify will show you how to detox and improve your overall health. Cleanse your system, boost your immunity and enjoy a glowing complexion using these straightforward plans and therapies. Includes several detox programmes of varying length, as well as recipes for drinks and home-beauty treatments and exercise suggestions.
Charmaine Yabsley
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WALNUTS
YOGHURT
For: rich hair colour
For: dry, cracked lips
Your beauty boosting eating plan
If your hair colour is fading, then try adding some
If you suffer from sore lips, particularly in the colder
walnuts to your diet. Walnuts contain copper, which
months, it may indicate a lack of riboflavin, or vitamin
is needed by the body to produce melanin pigments.
B2. This deficiency can cause an inflammation
Melanin gives hair its colour, and it also helps thicken
of cells in the lips, causing swelling and cracks.
and add shine to hair. Eating walnuts may also help
Prolonged periods of constipation can lead to
reverse the graying of hair. Including walnuts in your
spots around the mouth. Eating a bowl of natural
diet can also increase blood flow to the head and
unsweetened organic yoghurt every day can help
scalp, which means that your hair will grow faster.
maintain a healthy gut and prevent constipation.
Also eat: legumes, seafood
Also eat: chicken, cranberries
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KIWI FRUIT
For: white spots on nails
For: cellulite
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This may indicate that you are lacking in vitamin E.
The ‘orange peel’ appearance affects around
Try adding some oats to your diet, to make sure you
95 per cent of women. Eating kiwi fruit, which is
get sufficient levels. Vitamin E helps to keep nails
extremely high in vitamin C, not only helps you
healthy and strong. Oats also contain iron; a
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achieve your five-a-day fruit and vegetable goal, but
deficiency can lead to thin, brittle nails, with a
eating just one means you’ve achieved more than
concave shape.
your recommended daily intake of vitamin C. This
Also eat: pine nuts, sesame seeds, cashew nuts
vitamin is required to help strengthen capillary walls,
SCALLOPS
tiny thread veins. Strong capillary walls also ensure
For: oily skin
a good supply of oxygen and nutrients can reach the
Scallops are high in protein, yet very low in fat.
skin, helping it appear plumper and smoother and
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This eating plan can (and should) be accommodated as much as possible into your everyday life. Sure, there’s room for a glass of wine or two, and yes, you can indulge in (dark) chocolate every couple of days too. Remember, it’s how you live most of the time that counts – the occasional indulgence in your favourite treat won’t hurt you or your skin. BEFORE YOU EAT A glass of warm water and lemon juice will do wonders not only for your liver, but also your skin. Use a fresh lemon and add to warm, boiled water and drink before eating every day.
which, when ruptured, can cause skin bruising and
They contain significant amounts of omega-3 fat,
more elastic.
which helps prevent heart disease and counteracts
Also try: celery, berries, papaya
inflammation. They are also good sources of minerals including the antioxidants selenium and zinc. If
Foods to avoid
you suffer from excessively dry or oily skin, or you
If you really want to look your best, then taking
break out in spots on a regular basis, you could be
a firm hand to your diet will pay dividends to
deficient in zinc, which is vital for skin repair and
your appearance. Avoid all processed and fast-
renewal.
foods, as they tend to be loaded with salt, sodium,
Also try: prawns, anchovies, mussels
monosodiumglutamate, sugars and fats, none of which are needed by your skin (or the rest of your body for that matter). Sugar is believed to be more aging than smoking, so if you want to look as young as possible, for as long as possible, cut out all sugary snacks.
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Detox home facial
Home treatments The best products you can use on your skin are natural ones. Take a look at any product in your
Spending time at home taking care of yourself can be a pampering treat in itself – imagine the luxury of having the place to yourself. (It happens so rarely that you should cherish every moment.) So go on, unplug the telephone, light some candles, and put on your favourite music. This time is for you and you alone.
beauty cabinet, and undoubtedly it’ll contain vitamins A and E or fruits or vegetables such as pomegranate or carrots. Even green or white tea is utilised for its calming and antiaging properties. So Mother Nature does know best when it comes
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to using natural ingredients. The following beauty
BEFORE YOU START
It’s important to know your skin type, as this can determine the type of products you should use – to the extent that even certain sunscreens are formulated for various skin types. I would highly recommend that you visit a beauty counter or dermatologist for confirmation. Here’s a brief breakdown of the various skin types to help you find out which category your skin fits into: Dry skin is thin and usually free of blemishes. It can feel tight, particularly after showering or swimming. It can burn or peel easily, in both hot and cold weather. With dry skin you probably have wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, no matter what your age. Quick test: Press an area on your face hard with your finger and hold it for 15 seconds. Release. If the red spot doesn’t disappear for a long time, your skin is most likely dry.
treatment recipes are designed for either dry, normal or oily skin (and are marked accordingly) and should Oily skin often looks shiny and unhealthy because
last you at least four weeks, unless otherwise stated.
of its greasy appearance and the large, open
Most of the ingredients can be found in your fridge or
pores which are a major signifier (especially
cupboard, so before you start your detox day, make
around the nose and cheek area). You probably
sure you’re stocked up with all you need so that you
already know whether or not you have oily skin,
don’t have to run to the store in your pyjamas with a
as an unfortunate side effect is that you may have
face mask on!
suffered from pimples or acne. CLEANSERS Quick test: Take a clean mirror and press it to your
Cleansers . . . clean the skin. They really do what they
nose, forehead, and cheeks. If you notice greasy
say, although most of us only cleanse our skin once a
prints on the mirror, your skin is oily.
day. When you think of all the dirt and grime our skin
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MILK AND TOMATO JUICE CLEANSER The high acid content in the recipe – lactic acid in the milk and fruit acid in the tomato – gives this lotion a gentle peeling action. Test on the inside arm or wrist for any possible allergic reactions before using on the face.
‘THIS PLAN IS PRACTICAL AND EASY AND HEALTHFUL –A RARE COMBINATION. IT’S JAM-PACKED WITH WAYS TO HELPYOUR BODY HEAL ITSELF.’
Recommended for: normal and oily skin types 1 medium very ripe tomato 150 ml fresh whole milk filtered water Juice or blend the tomato. Strain through a piece of muslin or tea towel, and discard the pulp. Add the tomato juice to an equal amount of fresh milk. Store in a covered container or bottle in the refrigerator. Keep for no longer than five days. Apply to the face and neck, using cotton pads, once or twice a day. Leave on for 10 minutes and rinse with filtered water and pat dry.
is confronted with each day, it’s ridiculous that we Mixed skin type is the most common. If you
don’t take better care and time to clean away the day
are unsure, a normal characteristic is that while
every evening. I would recommend cleaning your skin
the T-zone (nose, forehead and chin) is oily, the
as soon as you get home – that way your skin has the
cheeks are dry. One-in-five women have a mixed
evening to breathe.
skin-type.
When cleansing your skin, make sure to use lukewarm water only – too hot and you risk scalding
Normal skin is certainly the most sought-after skin
the top layer, too cool and you may dry it out. Pat the
type. You probably suffer very little from blemishes
mixture in gently and remove with either organic cotton
and have only small signs of aging. In fact, you can
pads or by splashing water onto your face. Avoid
probably use any beauty product and it doesn’t
using a facecloth – mainly because these drag your
make much of a difference. You are very lucky –
skin, which can encourage the formation of wrinkles.
most people would kill for this skin type!
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HOT YOGA THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ALL 26 ASANAS Bring the transforming effects of hot yoga into your life to re-energise and revitalise your body. Practise hot yoga regularly, and you’ll discover that it is an effective treatment for a wide variety of complaints that include insomnia and stress. Hot yoga will improve your muscle tone and help you enjoy vibrant good health and wellbeing. Includes step-by-step instructions and variations on hot yoga’s 26 traditional postures for those with reduced flexibility or strength. ¡ An exploration of one of the most powerful and fastest growing yoga practices, including over 26 poses designed to re-energise and revitalise the body ¡ Clear step-by-step instructions and fullcolour photographs capture the moving sequences of poses
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BALANCING
STANDING BOW PULLING POSE D A N D AYA M A N A DHANURASANA
The next challenge in your pursuit of standingstrength and balance is a backward bend-dhanura refers to the archer’s bow that your spine begins to resemble in the ideal pose. Work toward this ultimate goal by standing and balancing on one leg while holding the opposite foot behind you, arching and then twisting the upper back while kicking your leg up to a standing split. As in the previous pose, progress is best developed by breaking down the posture into stages: only by doing this will you be able to work out and eventually resolve your unique personal combination of imbalances. STARTING POSITION: standing at the center of
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‘HEAT AIDS THE STRETCHING PROCESS WHILE CHALLENGING THE FOCUS OF THE MIND, ENHANCING THE EXPERIENCE OF YOGA.’
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TRIANGLE POSE TRIKONASANA
the left, arms back to your sides in Tadasana for two breaths. Repeat a second set. A blend of several standing postures, known in traditional hatha yoga as the Extended Triangle (Utthita Trikonasana), Warrior II (Virabhadrasana II), and Extended Side Angle poses (Utthita Parsvakonasana), this position, with its external rotation of the legs and forward rotation of the pelvis, creates a stretch in the inner thighs as the hips open up. There are many opposing factors to bear in mind while you work, and it really puts your overall strength and hip flexibility to the test. Setting up the foundations well will equip you to overcome this pose’s multiple obstacles, and will allow you to enjoy stretching into the angles, leaving you feeling as powerful as a warrior. STARTING POSITION: turn the mat lengthwise to
the mirror so you see the front-view alignment; start at the left end of the mat facing the mirror.
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EASY YOGA Easy Yoga provides a beginner’s introduction to yoga and includes a summary of the different branches of yoga including their characteristics and applications. The book navigates through 25 different yoga postures and movements, highlighting varying styles, techniques and levels of difficulty to help treat specific conditions.
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EASY PILATES Easy Pilates is a complete beginner’s introduction to developing a stronger core through Pilates. This concise, easy-to-read guide details the background, equipment and the basic principles of Pilates followed by a series of 25 key exercises. Each exercise is fully illustrated with full-colour, step-by-step instructions on how to position and move each part of the body.
Marilyn Barnett is a certified Bikram method yoga instructor and co-owner of Yoga Connection Tribeca in New York City.
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PREGNANCY YOGA Stay Positive and Focused with these Gentle and Effective Techniques for a Healthy Pregnancy and Happy Postnatal Period Pregnancy Yoga offers breathing, meditation and mindful movement techniques to help you accept change, maintain a positive outlook and deepen your connection with your unborn baby. Focuses on the best postures from the early stages of pregnancy through to birth and into the first months of motherhood. With easyto-follow photographs to guide you through every posture and sequence and advice on breathing and meditation, discover positive ways to prepare body and mind for your new arrival. Samantha Magee is a Bikram yoga teacher and writer with 13 years’ experience. She trained under Bikram Choudhury in 2003, and studied Vinyasa yoga with Max Strom and pre/postnatal training in Singapore with Dev Kapil. 080
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TOTAL PILATES Become Stronger, Leaner and Fitter to the Core Once the best-kept secret of dancers and celebrities, Pilates is now one of the fastest growing exercise programmes in the world and your key to core fitness. Total Pilates takes the best stretches, poses, and workouts from the Pilates method, including stability ball exercises and weight training, to offer an all-round workout for your core muscles. With low-impact techniques that engage body and mind, Pilates is about the quality of your exercise, not the quantity. A series of precise, focused exercises strengthen, lengthen and tone your core and teach your body good habits that last a lifetime.
Kathy Corey is a Master Teacher of the Pilates Method in the US. She travels from coast to coast designing Pilates programmes and certifying teachers for the country’s most prestigious health clubs and Pilates studios.
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IKIGAI & Other Japanese Words to Live By In a world of noise and commotion, the Japanese language offers us insights into a reflective culture whose concepts can enrich our own daily philosophy and light the way to living more contentedly. This book is an introduction to the intricacies and value of Japanese phrases and concepts.
生 き が い
ikigai
LOGO
Mari Fujimoto
& other Japanese words to live by
¡ A different type of language book: a unique look at the way that the Japanese language underpins its culture and philosophy ¡ Illustrated by the meditative images of internationally acclaimed photographer Michael Kenna Mari Fujimoto is the Director of Japanese Studies at Queens College, New York and teaches all levels of Japanese language and linguistics. David Buchler Is a South African artist and Japanophile . He started his blog Collecting Space after moving to Japan in 2009.
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Wakei-seijyaku
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The sum of its four individual characters, this word brings together harmony (wa), respect (kei), purity (sei) and tranquillity (jyaku) to create
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a Zen concept of serenity and appreciation. It is about taking the time and care to create a moment of inner calm: to live by wakeiseijyaku is to linger, to notice, to be present. The traditional tea ceremony best exemplifies how this quiet, attentive peace might be achieved. The word’s four elements translate into a teaching: ‘A pure and tranquil mind fosters respect for and appreciation of all people and all nature; hereby we can understand the meaning of harmony.’
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‘IKIGAI IS TO COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS REWARDING AND WORTH FOCUSING ON FOR YOU, AS OPPOSED TO THOSE FORCES THAT ARE DISTRACTING.’
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NATURE MEDITATION 25 simple exercises to soothe and heal Susannah Marriott Photographs Michael Kenna
N AT U R E
M E D I TAT I O N S
25 simple exercises to soothe and heal
Nature is the perfect restorative to soothe a stressed mind.Taking the principles of forest bathing a step further, Nature Meditations encourages you to experience the therapeutic effects of nature, introducing you to the benefits of meditation. The style is minimalist with meditative photography intended to work as a visualization aid for experiencing the calm of the natural world. ยก Contains 25 easy-to-follow exercises, including breathing practices, sitting positions and visualization techniques. ยก Written by an experienced practitioner who expertly highlights how meditation can reduce stress and bring inner peace. Susannah Marriott is thethe author of more than 10 books on wellness specialising in yoga and meditation. She was the health editor for DK for many years and has contributed to The Times and The Guardian.
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Connecting with nature
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This fresh-air meditation has the power to shift ‘stuck’ thoughts. You don’t have to leave the city to connect with nature: it’s always present, in the wind and rain and the weeds that break through a crack in the sidewalk.
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Go for a walk outdoors. Walk briskly for a few minutes to rid your mind and senses of stale impressions from previous activities. Take a few deep breaths; try to exhale all your mental worries and physical aches and pains.
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• Start to notice the world around you. Look down at the earth and up at the sky. Feel the temperature of the air.
• Now start to slow your pace, making it more deliberate. Quiet your mind and heart; as thoughts come, note them, then let them pass, until you find yourself doing nothing but moving in nature.
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Try to see, hear and experience the natural world: see birdsongs, smell the sky, feel the horizon. Then connect the exterior with your interior: contemplate how you have inside you the same water, minerals and heat. Transcend the differences. Work for a total of five minutes.
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‘INCREASING SELFAWARENESS LETS US HESITATE ON THE EDGE OF ANGER, HARNESS OUR DIFFICULT EMOTIONS AND WITHDRAW FROM PATTERNS OF NEGATIVE THINKING. THE MORE WE MEDITATE, THE MORE WE NEAR AN UNDERSTANDING OF OURSELVES.’
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Meditation with a flame
Focusing on a flower
Trataka is a candle-gazing meditation which uses the physical focus of a flame to help calm the mind. This type of ‘one-pointed’ or single-focus meditation can be particularly helpful at times of stress.
Whether you select a perfect rose from the flower shop or work with a weed such as a daisy or dandelion plucked from the backyard, picking a flower can be the first step toward meditation. The focus of a single bloom not only entices your mind with sensual delight to remain in the present, it links you with the life of the natural world.
• Sit comfortably upright on the floor, hands resting on your knees or thighs. Place a candle or nightlight on a low table, level with your eyes. • Watch your breath moving in and out for a moment, then focus your gaze on the tip of the flame, at the point at which its form and colour disappear.
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Keep your gaze on the flame steady and uninterrupted for up to 60 seconds, trying not to blink. Then close your eyes and visualise the flame in your mind’s eye. Feel as if it is cleansing your mind, burning off thoughts and turning them into vapour.
• When the image fades, open your eyes and repeat the gaze. When thoughts intrude, just let them burn away and return to the flame. Practise for 3 minutes, using the image of the flame to cleanse your mind. Feel yourself becoming purer and more able to radiate your own light.
• Sit or kneel comfortably upright (pages 34-45), holding the flower. Without slouching, bring the flower to eye level. Examine it using all your senses. Turn the bloom around and look at its form and color, savor its scent, however faint, brush the petals across your cheek, and think about how its constituent parts come together to create this unique form. • Close your eyes, steady and deepen your breathing, and try to conjure up the essence of the flower. Think not just of its tangible qualities, such as its physical form and scent, but also of its life force, its “flowerness.” • Imagine yourself as the flower–a starting point might be to consider how many characteristics you share with the flower: its vulnerability, perhaps; its short period of blooming. When your mind wanders, constantly bring yourself back to the flower.
• Now consider how at the molecular level you and the flower are composed of the same building blocks. Think about the fact that everything in the universe is made up of the same atoms. Go beyond this knowledge to merge yourself with the essence of the flower, and thus with the entire universe. • Work for three to five minutes, then come to gently. Keep the flower in a glass of water somewhere prominent in the home or on your office desk as a physical prompt to still the mind.
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YOGA WHILE YOU WAIT YOGA While You Wait
YOGA While You Wait
Finding Purpose in Each Pointless Pause
Find ing eac h pur pos e in poin tles s pau se.
Pairing Markus Abele’s photography with yoga poses that perfectly compliment a life all-too-often spent waiting around, Yoga While You Wait has the ideal pose for every pointless pause. From the half moon (ardha
with helpful posture tips and humour in equal measure. Judith Stoletzky
with photos by Markus Abele
¡ Contains more than 30 yoga poses reinvented for modern life, complimented by quirky photography from Markus Abele. ¡ A refreshingly down-to-earth take on current mindfulness trends Judith Stoletzky is a designer, journalist and author. She attended her first yoga class at the age of 12 and completed Ashtanga Vinyasa teacher training in India in 2016.
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virabhadrasana 1
210 x 150 mm (6 x 8.25 in) Waiting for the song of the sirens.
The legend goes that Virabhadra, who this position is
Strengthens the legs,
common with the handsome and chiseled firefighters of
stretches the groin and hip f lexors, strengthens the
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created from a lock of Shiva’s hair and that he looked
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himself useful during his lifetime, but he contributed
shoulders and arms, and widens the chest. Provides self-conf idence, courage, and stability. Keeps the inner f ire burning.
impressive form. How to become Superman. From tadasana (p. 32), jump into a wide stance. The feet are parallel, facing straight forward. Rest your hands on your hips. Turn the left foot 90° outward, the right foot 45° inward. Turn your torso— including the pelvis—to the left and align your upper body with the front leg, both facing straight forward. Press the back foot firmly into the ground and straighten the knee. Bend the front leg until the knee is aligned with the ankle. Don’t let the knee fall to the inside. Lift the pubic bone toward the belly button to avoid compression in the lower back. Lift the chest and pull in the lower ribs. Inhaling, raise your arms straight up over your head, while pulling the shoulders down and away from the ears. Look up between your hands. Hold for at least three deep breaths (or until you’ve got more important things to do) and then switch sides.
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‘YOGA WHILE YOU WAIT DOES NOT REQUIRE A STUDIO OR A YOGA MAT TO PRACTICE YOGA, NOR FANCY YOGA PANTS. ALL THAT IS NEEDED IS NORMAL, EVERYDAY LIFE AND A LITTLE BAD TIMING.’
Waiting to go up. Strengthens shoulders,
define your goals, you also need strength and stamina. out a round. Verify what floor you’re on, and see if the
arms, abdominals, and legs. Opens the heart and hips. Produces courage and clarity.
mobility. Now you are guaranteed to push the right buttons and rise to the occasion as you sink deeper into the pose. To the top. Stand in mountain pose (p. 32). With a deep breath, jump into a wide stance, feet parallel. Stretch your arms to the side at shoulder height. Turn your right foot 90° so that your heel points at the arch of your left foot. Bend your right knee until it is in line with the ankle. Be careful not to let the knee shift to the inside, but make sure the second toe is visible right under the kneecap. Press the outer rim of your left foot into the ground. Pelvis and shoulders are stacked and aligned with the legs. Feel a stretch in your inner thighs and groin. Tuck your tailbone, lift the pubic bone, and lift the chest. Move your shoulders away from the ears. Sink deeper into the pose. Your third eye focuses on the imaginary goal you see beyond your right hand. Hold for 60 seconds. Switch sides.
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WE ARE FEMINIST An Infographic History of the Women’s Rights Movement Foreword by
HELEN PANKHURST
WE ARE FEMINIST An Infographic History of the Women’s Rights Movement
The perfect introduction to the women’s movement that looks at how far women have come, celebrating both collective and individual achievements. Organised into feminist waves, the story is told through graphically represented statistics, key dates and events, quotes and short biographies. ¡ A joyful visual timeline celebrating the achievements of women’s fight for rights from the mid-19th to 21st century ¡ Accessible and inspiring content for anyone who feels they don’t know enough about the origins of feminism Foreword by Helen Pankhurst, author and women’s rights activist, and greatgranddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst . Illustrator Rebecca Strickson is a UK-based women’s rights activist with a degree in Fine Art and History of Art from Goldsmiths University.
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‘I have no rights, therefore, I have no taxes; I do not vote, I do not pay.’
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WHEN WOMEN WON THE RIGHT TO VOTE ACROSS THE WORLD
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Wyoming is the first US state to grant
New Zealand is the first country to
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grant women equal
Europe
N. America
Africa
Asia
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Australasia
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1918
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Finland is the first
women the vote, with some restrictions
country in Europe to grant women the vote
In Russia, the fall of the monarchy leads to
Germany, Canada and Austria
Full equal voting rights for women in
universal suffrage
UK and Ireland
voting rights
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1932
1944
Spain
Brazil
France
1930 South Africa gives the vote to white women; black women do not win the vote until 1994
1945 Italy, Croatia, Indonesia, Hungary and, with restrictions, Japan
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1956
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Canada grants full suffrage but still excludes Native women who can’t vote until 1960
Egypt, Tunisia and Mauritius
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Jordan
Portugal (with some restrictions)
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‘FIRST-WAVE FEMINISM IS MARKED BY THE LEGAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND POLITICAL EVENTS THAT FOCUSED ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AS A COLLECTIVE… WOMEN’S VOICES WERE FINALLY BEING HEARD EN MASSE…’
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An Infographic Timeline of LGBTQ+ Rights Queerstory is an accessible and fully-illustrated introduction to the history of the LGBTQ+ movement over the past 100 years. The book tells a visual story through graphically represented statistics, key dates and events, quotes and facts about rights campaigns and queer pioneers. Easy to dip in and out of, and sure to provide a jolt of empowerment to the next generation and to LGBTQ+ allies. ¡ A joyful visual timeline celebrating the achievements of the fight for LGBTQ+ rights from the 20th to the 21st century ¡ Full of facts and figures, snappy quotes, events, infographics, statistics and key dates Illustrator Rebecca Strickson is a UK-based women’s rights activist with a degree in Fine Art and History of Art from Goldsmiths University.
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POLICE RAID THE STONEWALL INN IN GREENWICH VILLAGE AS
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PART OF A SERIES OF VIOLENT
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CRACKDOWNS ON GAY BARS SERVING WITHOUT A LIQUOR
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LICENCE. CUSTOMERS FIGHT BACK, RESISTING POLICE
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INTIMIDATION IN AN UPRISING THAT LASTS FOR SIX DAYS. THIS EVENT TRIGGERS THE
HOW MANY YEARS HAS IT TAKEN PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND HUMAN BEINGS IN THE HUMAN RACE? … WE’RE ALL IN THIS RAT RACE TOGETHER!
MODERN LGBT LIBERATION MOVEMENT IN THE US AND BEYOND.
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MARSHA P. JOHNSON (1945–1992) REVOLUTIONARY LGBTQ RIGHTS ACTIVIST ALLEGED TO HAVE ‘THROWN THE FIRST BRICK’ AT THE STONEWALL UPRISING
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‘THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO MODERN QUEER CULTURE FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY.’
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BOYS WITH PLANTS 50 Boys and the Plants They Love Whether you are a fan of the Monstera plant, beautiful photography or handsome men, Boys with Plants has something for everyone. Based on the popular Instagram account, this book showcases a collection of images curated by those with an eye for stunning foliage. ยก 50 colour photographs of beautiful plants, and their equally eye-catching male counterparts ยก Contains tips and advice of styling with and caring for your plants from 50 different boys. based in Perth, Western Australia, Scott Cain is the creator and curator of the Instagram account @ boyswithplants.The account now has over 108,000 followers and has been widely featured in the media, including in The Washington Post, Metro, Buzzfeed, Elle Netherlands, Konbini, McQueens and Cosmopolitan.
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for the English country garden; its wonde#ul balance of structure and exuberance is the reason he’s never moved abroad. He loves to travel to
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different countries in search of botanical beauty. His gardening career blossomed early at the age of 13, when he replied to an ad for a garden
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boy in his home village in the Cotswolds.
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available; think about light and aspect and choose plants that will thrive in
Alexander says: “Always consider the size and use-value of the space
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I like to have something in flower every week of the year, which takes careful planning.
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Aaron @_moose_____ Aaron Warnecke, 28, American Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA To investment banker Aaron, size does count—he thinks the bigger the plant, the be!er! Aaron has turned his warehouse apa"ment into an urban jungle, filling the space with big leafy plants like Monstera deliciosa and fiddle-leaf figs. He’s lucky enough to be able to control the levels of light in his home, making his plants easier to care for. Aaron says: “Adding plants to your home creates an environment of
stillness and peace. I like to be surrounded by plants as I conduct my yoga practice, it really makes it magical.”
‘Leaf’ humans and plants better than you found them.
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AARON
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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR CACTUS A Guide to Raising Well-behaved Succulents A large garden bursting with colour and beauty is, for most urban dwellers, nothing but a dream. Those with a green thumb and the need to nurture needn’t despair. The perfection that is the low-maintenance-yet-high-impact cactus is here to save your city abode. ¡ A fun gift book bursting with vibrant illustrations of the 50 best cacti and succulents to train in your urban jungle ¡ Young, hip, pocket-sized guide appealing to the trend for all things prickly and low maintenance Tonwen Jones studied illustration at Central Saint Martins and completed her MA in Sequential Design & Illustration at Brighton University. She works as a freelance illustrator in Brighton, surrounded by cacti.
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FROM GROWING TO STYLING, TAMING TO POTTING, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR CACTUS TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OPENING YOUR HOME TO THESE HARDY, HOUSE-LOVING CUSTOMERS.
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IN OTHER WORDS An illustrated miscellany of the world’s most intriguing words and phrases Ever racked your brain for a word you’re convinced should exist, yet is inexplicably absent from the dictionary? All languages have their limitations – should English fall short, the expression may lie elsewhere. That’s where this book comes in: a quirky, international lexicon of linguistic gems that capture certain moments or things with satisfying precision. The mots justes are grouped according to language and prefaced with insightful overviews of the relevant cultures.
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¡ Over 80 intriguing and amusing words, idioms and sayings compiled from a range of l anguages and cultures around the globe ¡ Includes introductions to each language group, and warm and witty illustrations by Lan Truong. Christopher J. Moore holds degrees in Modern Languages and Linguistics. Formerly an editor with Heinemann, he is an author and translator of both adult and children’s books, notably How to Speak Brit and Ishtar and Tammuz. Lan Truong is a young illustrator and designer based in Portland Oregon
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‘WE SUPPOSE THAT MOST EXPERIENCES ARE COMMON AND TRANSLATABLE BETWEEN DIFFERENT CULTURES, BUT THIS SIMPLY ISN’T SO.’
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HOW TO SPEAK BRIT The Quintessential Guide to the King’s English, Cockney Slang and other Flummoxing British Phrases With over 100 words and phrases, How To Speak Brit is an enlightening guide that delves into peculiarities of speech and complex British social codes of conduct, touching on cockney rhyming slang and regional dialects. The result is a delightful, intimate portrait of what makes the English tick – in their own words. Complete with whimsical illustrations, it is the perfect book for any Anglophile. ¡ Covers everything from traditional sayings to modern slang, including Shakespearian phrases and ‘Cockney Rhyming Slang’ Christopher J. Moore holds degrees in Modern Languages and Linguistics. Formerly an editor with Heinemann, he is an author and translator of both adult and children’s books, notably How to Speak Brit and Ishtar and Tammuz.
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Ploughman’s Lunch
Bangers ’n’ mash (noun)
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A substantial meal of sausages and mashed potatoes, often served
mash preparation.
with onion gravy. Great for soaking up beer and a staple on British pub menus.
Binge-drinking (noun, verb)
Fortunate children all over the world grow up with comforting memories of certain meals; good, solid food served at the
The consumption of large amounts of alcohol in a short time, which,
family table that symbolizes nourishment and security. For
in England, usually leads to rude and antisocial behavior such as
British children, bangers ’n’ mash is one of those memorable
swearing and brawling.
meals, like fish ’n’ chips, but much more associated with home The reputation of the British lager lout—an aggressively drunk
cooking than with take-out food. Bangers is a slang term for sausages that goes back at least
young male—has spread across Europe. Their bad behavior was
one hundred years, but is of uncertain origin. Mash is mashed
at its height in the 1990s when a British vice consul in Ibiza,
potatoes, though more widely the word mash can be used
Spain, resigned his post in disgust over their nightly antics.
to mean any vegetable or grain mashed up with hot water,
But what are we to make of the Rough Guide to England verdict
originally as feed for animals.
from May 2008 that the English as a whole are a nation of “overweight, binge-drinking, reality TV addicts, obsessed with toffs and C-list celebs”? That’s rather severe, surely? Not all of us are overweight.
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Bottoms up (expression) A colloquial variation on the word cheers. Typically used when drinking socially. When it was our turn to rule the world and we needed a lot of ships and men to police it, there was a constant call for recruitment to the navy. Life at sea was not attractive for a simple seaman (or jack tar), and there were no union
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Queue (noun, verb) A line of people waiting patiently for a service or event, always
‘SPEAKS OF CENTURIES OF HISTORY AND WORLDWIDE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE, NOT TO MENTION A LONG AND DEEPLY FELT ASPECT OF THE ENGLISH CHARACTER. ’
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The corollary to the queuing theory is that queue jumpers are never challenged, but only silently regarded with the contempt they deserve.
conducted in an orderly fashion. The queue is part of the fabric of British society, yet it isn’t really clear why English people form an orderly queue for
Quite (adverb)
almost every occasion, while those on the Continent do
Versatile adverb that, depending on context, may mean one is being
not. But as we have already seen, the Continent is “a foreign
very modest or very definite.
country: They do things differently there.” Perhaps the explanation is that we display a mixture of diffidence and
Along with rather, quite is one of those qualifying words that
fairness, both profoundly English qualities, in our attitude
expresses typically English reservation and unwillingness
to queuing. On the one hand, we hate to push ourselves
to overstate anything, or, as our enemies might add, to say
forward—for that would be making ourselves conspicuous,
anything very clearly at all. I am quite sure they are wrong,
and therefore very un-English—and on the other hand, we
however, as even the word quite, as here exemplified, can have
recognize the right of those who came first to claim their place.
a gently, modestly, undramatically, reinforcing value as well. When an Englishman is quite sure, you can be certain he is very sure.
Right of way (noun) The privilege to pass over another person’s land, prized by ramblers. The British do get bees in their bonnets about some things, and the rights of the individual are high on that list. But rather than the massive street demonstrations held on the Continent, the British way is to go quietly about protecting their rights through small, but effective, gestures. Almost emblematic of the small man’s struggle against oppression, is the issue of rights of way, or public footpaths. Many of these are centuries
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THAT’S AMORE! The Language of Love for Lovers of Language Just as a rose would smell as sweet by any other name, so it is with love. Love is powerful, enduring, and magical in any language. For That’s Amore! word maven Erin McKean has scoured the world looking for the most colorful and seductive expressions to honor your loved one, and among the more than forty-six languages featured in this book, you’re sure to find the right thing to say!
Erin McKean is the Editor-in-chief of American Dictionaries for Oxford University Press, and the editor of VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly. She has edited such books as the successful Weird and Wonderful Words and More Weird and Wonderful Words. 102
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UGLIER THAN A MONKEY’S ARMPIT Untranslatable Insults, Put-Downs and Curses from Around the World Uglier Than a Monkey’s Armpit will introduce you to the impolite side of a society and enable you to offer (and indeed avoid) curses and insults within the local tacos, wherever you are. Elegant hand-inked illustrations embellish many words and will initiate you into a new world of signs and gestures. Each word or phrase is also accompanied by a useful phonetic guide.
Dr Robert Vanderplank was the Director of the Oxford University Language Centre, which boasts experts in over 160 languages. He studied Modern Languages at the University of Kent and obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics at Edinburgh University.
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42 RULES FOR MODERN LIFE An Insider’s Guide to Navigating Life’s Obstacles “The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42” Douglas Adams With handy, at-a-glance illustrations and nononsense advice that runs the social gamut – from loading the toilet roll correctly to holding chopsticks or making an entrance to greeting royalty – this nifty book allows you to breeze though dozens of potentially embarrassing situations with perfect poise. ¡ Contains 42 pieces of expert advice covering a variety of sectors ¡ Informative, two-colour diagrams to demonstrate the correct etiquette ¡ Each entry is authenticated by an international expert Introduction by A.J. Jacobs, a best-selling author and editor-at-large at Esquire magazine. 104
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WITH THESE RULES YOU NEVER KNEW EXISTED, NOW YOU CAN NAVIGATE THE MINEFIELD OF MODERN LIVING WITH THIS TRUSTY MANUAL OF EXPERT ADVICE.
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FORTHCOMING: How to Taste Beer How to Wear Shoes How to Wear Perfume How to Wear Lingerie ing comon so
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How to Drink Whisky
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EXIT STRATEGIES The Perfect Excuse for any Social Situation If you are a person who struggles with the concept of ‘no’, help is at hand with this handy little guide brimming full of subtle yet efficient excuses and escape tactics to gvet yourself out of unwanted situations. From avoiding small talk on public transport, to losing the party bore or even escaping the premises of a one-night stand and much more, a wide array of situations are covered. ¡ Expert advice and killer lines offer refreshing, entertaining but essential guidelines to get you through life’s most difficult situations. ¡ Funny but fantastically useful illustrations to show you how to perform your escape, Houdini-style. David Jacobson is a San Francisco-based humorist and journalist. He has co-written Esquire’s “Dubious Achievement Awards” for the past four years as well as Business 2.0’s “101 Dumbest Moments in Business.” 108
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EXPENSIVE RESTAURANT MEALS
DANCING THERE ARE LOTS OF TIMES YOU’D ENJOY DANCING; FOR
THEY’RE THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO MAKE PARTNER AT
Bigg, Staxx, & Kasch. And you? You’re in “the helping professions” or “an excuse-book writer.” Now they’ve asked you to dinner at El Caviarrio, where picking up the check could give you a financial hernia. How do you handle it?
➔ Decline their invitation by honestly explaining you’re on a tight budget— no need to cite daydreams about selling a kidney to pay off student loans. If they insist on covering your meal, offer to tackle the tip—after all, you won’t be going back there.
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➔ You’re friends, right? Remind them of life back on Earth. Explain that you may be late because your favorite pawn shop gets busy near mealtimes. Then suggest a nice but more reasonable place around the corner.
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➔ Call from your car parked at a cheap take-out place two blocks away. Shout over your own honking horn about an impossible traffic jam. You’ll make it there in time for dessert—then take them out for a beer at a pub for normal people.
example while home alone, wearing headphones, and in your underwear, but not now: the music’s painfully uncool, there’s no one else on the dance floor, and/or the person approaching you has the frothing enthusiasm of a lunatic exhibitionist. Without being anti-social, here are your anti-dancing steps:
➔ You’d love to, but you’re recovering from a badly sprained ankle or a rupture of the anterior cruciate knee ligament (practice saying anterior cruciate so it rolls off the tongue).
➔ Of course you like to dance, but you’ve just never been able to get the hang of the Argentine Tango/Macarena/Hokey Pokey.
➔ Sorry, but you promised (look around expectantly) you’d save the night’s first dance for [name of your favorite Disney animation character plus a brand of beer]. Perhaps later . . .
PLAN A
‘YOU’LL DISCOVER DOZENS OF WAYS TO DODGE THE VENOMOUS FANGS OF INTERPERSONAL OBLIGATION.’
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NUCLEAR EXCUSES FOR HIM “Sorry, but I could never marry a woman who still stacks her bed with plush toys, each with its own special personality; nor someone who says if I was being burned at the stake during the Dark Ages she wouldn’t necessarily speak up and get in trouble herself but she would only pretend to help look for kindling; I realize saying this now instead of a simple ‘I Do’ in front of 150 people who have traveled from three continents is perhaps not the best timing on my part but there you have it.”
BACHELOR/BACHELORETTE PARTIES AND OVERSEAS WEDDINGS
SPECIFICATION
YOU’RE GENERALLY UP FOR A GOOD NIGHT OUT WITH
your friends but more often than not want to dodge the general debauchery and sobering bar tab that comes with a bachelor/ bachelorette party. You’re supposed to be in their wedding party on a distant resort island and buy a gift from a registry list that would’ve suited Marie Antoinette with a plutonium Amex card. To retain their friendship and your solvency, you need a lacy veil of excuses:
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The Stripper Excuse You’ve just realized that the stripper at the bachelor/bachelorette party is your ex. You’d better make yourself scarce before that guy/gal with the boom box and Velcro-seamed police/nurse outfit spots you. And to think, they said they were leaving you in order to enter a monastery/convent!
The Fear of Flying Excuse You’d love to invest in a tropical-weight tux/floral backless bridesmaid dress and fly seven hours to tropical Mamagualulu, but every time you even think about getting on a plane you break out in a sweat and have to run off to the nearest bathroom.
PLAN A
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NUCLEAR EXCUSES FOR HER “Sorry, but I could never marry a man who refers to his penis as The Little Engine that Could or Thomas the Tank Engine or simply Frodo Baggins; nor someone who when you ask if you look fat in a particular pair of jeans responds, ‘Compared to what other land and sea mammals?’; I realize saying this now instead of a simple ‘I Do’ in front of 150 people who have traveled from three continents is perhaps not the best timing on my part but there you have it.”
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HOW TO RULE THE WORLD A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator Don’t the world’s leaders say and do the stupidest things? Ever wondered how they got there? (Or how they remain there?) Ever thought you could do a better job? Well, here’s your chance! Benefit from centuries of wisdom and tales of global power-mongering from every age. Learn how you too can hold sway over history, own the hearts and mind of your fellow human beings and get things done. Simple, direct and delightfully unprincipled,How to Rule the World is full of advice, tips and fact-filled profiles that will help you unleash your potential. SPECIFICATION 184 x 127 mm (5 x 7.25 in) 144 pages 25,000 words 4 colour
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HOW TO LIVE LIKE A LADY Lessons in Life, Manners and Style How to Live Like a Lady is an essential guide to modern manners. Packed with indispensable information such as how to be the perfect lady, how to groom and dress, how to host parties and how to conduct yourself in the workplace, this handbook can help any woman make the transition to leading lady.
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THE M O N T E SS O R I BOOK OF CO O R D I N AT I O N AND LIFE SKILLS
RAISING A CREATIVE AND CONFIDENT CHILD
MAJA PITAMIC
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THE MONTESSORI BOOK OF COORDINATION AND LIFE SKILLS The Montessori Book of Coordination and Life Skills is a fun-filled practical activity book full of inspiration to help parents guide their children as they develop a greater understanding of the world around them. The activities in this book equip young children with essential life skills, with the help and support of their loved ones. Activities cover life skills from basic coordination, dressing and brushing teeth, to development of the senses through exploring texture, temperature and sound. ¡ Based on the world-famous Montessori teaching philosophy ¡ Includes activities for all the developmental stages of your child, from age 2 upwards Maja Pitamic is the co-author of I Can Make Music and Fine Art Adventures. She has over twenty-five years’ experience of teaching young children and holds degrees in Art History and Montessori Teacher Training.
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SORT IT OUT
DISTINGUISHING SOUNDS
Young children love investigating a pile of objects and sorting them
This activity shows your child that when an object is struck,
into groups. It satisfies their love of order and gives them a lot of
it emits a sound. She will then be asked to consider the quality of the
information about the world around them.
sound and whether it is 'loud' or 'soft'. When she has mastered this skill, try to refine these listening skills by grading each sound from loudest to softest. As with all the activities in this chapter, along with the understanding of the concept comes the language to describe it.
You will need
Activity
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4 to 6 different types of large
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Enough small containers
buttons (large enough not to be a choking hazard)
combined together in the centre.
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Place all the other containers around it in a circle.
for each type of button
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Ask your child if he thinks all the
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Tell him that he is going to sort them
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buttons are the same colour and shape.
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choose ones as large as possible
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Select an object that you know has a loud
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sound. Make its sound and then say the
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word ‘loud’ and place it on the left. Repeat
the objects
with an object with a soft sound and place it on the right.
Ask your child to sort through the
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correct containers.
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whether it is a loud or soft sound.’
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buttons and put them into the
during this activity.
Tell your child, ‘We are going to listen to the sounds these objects make and describe
to shake
Start by putting a button of each type
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Ask your child to sit where she can see clearly and place the tray in front of you.
banged together
which button needs to go where.
and supervise your child
make a loud or soft sound, such as
or a jar of coffee
into each container so that it is clear
Remember that buttons
4 to 6 objects that
two saucepan lids
out into the separate containers.
can be a choking hazard, so
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Put a container with all the buttons
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Pass over the objects and invite your child to sort the rest of the sounds into soft sounds and loud sounds.
Once all the buttons have been sorted,
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he may want to do the activity again.
Safety point: after this
Also try
activity, discuss with your child the dangers of
Don’t just stop at buttons. Plenty
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making loud sounds very
of other objects can be used for
close to the ears, and how
sorting, such as small pieces of
this can damage
fabric, toy cars and toy animals.
the hearing.
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‘GIVE YOUR CHILD THE BEST POSSIBLE START IN ACHIEVING ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS.’
WASHING HANDS What could be more fundamental than washing and drying your hands? And yet many children start school without this skill. Imagine how proud and confident your child will feel if she knows how to wash her hands when asked to do so. Using a sink can be quite tricky for a child at first; start with a bowl of water, as explained here.
You will need
Activity
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Place the bowl on the tray with the
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Wet your hands and rub soap over your
Large plastic bowl
other items to the right (or left, if your
Bar of soap on a soap dish
child is left-handed). Half-fill the bowl
or pump soap dispenser
with water.
Medium jug filled with warm water 2 hand towels Tray
hands slowly so that your child can see that you are covering your hands with the soap. Place the soap back on
Also try
the dish or, if you are using a pump dispenser, remind your child that you
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only need one or two squirts.
Rinse your hands in the water. Dry your
Show your child how to wash her
hands using a towel – again slowly, so
hands at a sink. With your child
your child can see you drying all parts
standing on a stool, show her how to: put in the plug; turn on the
of your hands.
When your child has mastered washing her hands, explain why and when we need to wash our hands. After using the toilet, before meals and before cooking, remind your child to wash her hands, until she remembers for herself. Remember
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As you replace the dirty water with clean water, ask your child why the water needs to be changed before she washes her hands. Show her the dirty water as a clue. Invite your child to try.
taps (a quarter turn) and turn off again; check the temperature of the water; pull out the plug when finished. Show your child how to cover her mouth when coughing and explain why this is important.
to lead by example!
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THE MONTESSORI BOOK OF WORDS AND NUMBERS The Montessori Book of Words and Numbers is a fun-filled practical activity book full of inspiration to help parents introduce their children to essential language and numeracy skills. The activities in this book equip young children with the tools to begin their journey to reading, writing and maths, instilling a love of words and numbers. Activities cover language development, reading, counting, and basic mathematical concepts, all with a healthy dose of adventure, and with worksheets to complement the activities. SPECIFICATION 210 x 152 mm (6 x 8.25 in) 176 pages 28,000 words 4 colour Coming soon: Arts and Crafts Science and Nature
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MINDFUL MAMA HAPPY BABY Over 60 Calming Techniques and Creative Activities for Babies and Toddlers Mindful Mama: Happy Baby introduces mindfulness concepts to help busy parents counter the new stresses parenthood brings, and bond with their child through mindful play. The book is built on practical age-banded tips and activities, with timelines to highlight an infant’s emotional needs from the first weeks to three years of age. Susannah Marriott is a health and wellbeing author and journalist, whose writing has appeared in the Guardian, Pregnancy Herbal and The Pregnancy and Baby Book. Maja Pitamic is a trained Montessori teacher with a specialisation in Early Years teaching. She is the author of I Can Do It and Modern Art Adventures. 122
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I CAN MAKE MUSIC Play And Learn Activities To Empower Children Through Music I Can Make Music is a brand new activity book filled with a rich array of ideas for parents to develop their child’s natural musical ability. Based on Kodály and Montessori methods it introduces children to music, sounds and rhythm in a fun, hands-on way. No prior knowledge of music needed.
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Over 80 Ideas to Reconnect with Nature All Year Round Forest Adventures will prepare kids of all ages for antics and escapades all year round, with more than 80 fun and educational activities to occupy kids outdoors. Through activities which compliment the increasingly-popular Forest School philosophy, this guide enables kids to connect with nature throughout the seasons. Claire Gillman has written a number of children’s adventure books, including The Curious Girl’s Book of Adventure. Sam Martin is the author of The Curious Boy’s Book of Adventure and The Curious Boy’s Book of Discovery, as well as the best-selling How to Mow the Lawn. Foreword by Christopher Nixon, a Canadian primary public educator and Forest School expert with a Masters in Education & Society from McGill University.
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READING A MAP There’s no greater sense of freedom than setting off on a day’s adventure with your friends, armed only with a packed lunch and a map. But before you head off into the wild blue yonder, there are a few basic skills that you should get under your belt, like how to read a map.
SKILL LEVEL
1
YOU WILL NEED
TIME NEEDED
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Put your compass on the map and line up the sides of the
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To reach your destination walk in the direction of the arrow on the
compass base plate with an imaginary
base plate while ensuring that the
line going from your present location
magnetic needle is aligned with the
to your destination. This means the
north arrow on the compass.
direction arrow at the top of the
WARNING Always make sure someone responsible knows where you’re going so they can find you in case you get lost.
compass base plate should be Find somewhere on the map that you want to travel to and make
4
pointing in the direction of your All maps have detailed legends or keys that will tell you what all
sure you know what your current
the colours and lines mean. By
position is on the map.
referring to the key you can tell what
2
expect to find.
of maps have a grid of lines over
the top of them as if someone was dividing the map up into squares. The up-and-down lines are north and south. The left-to-right lines are east and west.
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5
Without moving the compass base plate, rotate the central dial
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in the middle until its north arrow
kinds of trees, fields and rocks you can First, you’ll notice that these kinds
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destination
A full-colour map A compass
aligns itself with the compass’s magnetic needle. This sets your
Check the scale on the map
bearing into the compass.
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when you plan your route – a
1:50,000 map scale means the map area is 50,000 times smaller than the
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real area, so a distance of 2.5
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centimetres (1 inch) on the map is On some roadless maps you’ll
125,000 centimetres (50,000 inches) or
also notice lots of winding,
about 1.25 kilometres (0.8 miles).
As you’re walking, take note of your natural surroundings, like
streams, buildings, and areas of
curving lines on the map. These are
woodland. Then check to make sure
called contour lines and they tell you
they’re on the map too by referring to
how the land drops off (for gorges
the key, so you know you’re on the
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Check the scale on the map when you plan your route – a 1:50,000 map scale means the map area is 50,000 times smaller than the
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or river beds) and rises up (for hills
right track. Don’t forget to take regular
(50,000 inches) or about 1.25
and mountains).
bearings during your journey to also
kilometres (0.8 miles).
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‘IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR NEW AND EXCITING IDEAS TO KEEP YOUR CHILDREN ENTERTAINED, THEN LOOK NO FURTHER!’
NATURE CRAFTING
NATURE CRAFTING
BALLOON GREENHOUSE Growing plants can be great fun, but is usually just a spring and summer activity. Here is a different way to experiment with growing seeds, and by adding a little science these can grow all year round.
1
Inflate your balloon to its full size, to make sure that the balloon is
3
YOU WILL NEED White balloons
sizes of flowers.
can experiment with different types/ the balloon and use this to put
soil into the balloon so that it is full.
4
2–4 months to grow
Now add the seeds using the
that are small when grown, but you
2
A funnel Fine damp soil Mixed seeds
Reinflate the balloon to its full size, tie the end and mix
the seeds into the soil by shaking the balloon.
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T I M E N E E D E D 15 minutes to plant,
funnel. It is best to choose plants
see-through. Then deflate the balloon Insert the funnel in the neck of
SKILL LEVEL
Going to the park can be great fun – we all like the rides and challenges a park can have. This crafting activity allows you to build your own imaginary park using a mixture of natural and manmade materials.
1
Find a small area on the ground where you can lay out a circle of
rope about the size of a hula-hoop. If
2
Think about parks you have visited for inspiration, as well as
water park, theme park or wildlife park
5
6
Don’t worry about watering
wood, moss, leaves, pine cones or
as when the balloon cools in
even bury a small yoghurt pot filled
3
5
TIME NEEDED
★★ 30–40 minutes
When you have finished building
YOU WILL NEED A piece of rope/string/wool about 2.5m (8 ft) long
may want to include.
using your imagination. It can be a
SKILL LEVEL
give your park a name. Think
times will be, whether it is free to enter and any other information you
– the choice is yours. balloon where it will get the sun
4
about who will visit, what the opening
you do not have an outdoor space, this activity can be done in a shoebox.
Find a place outside for the
for at least half the day or more.
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Shoebox (optional) Your choice of natural resources Your choice of manmade resources
You can also try following the same steps to create a mini
beast park, using natural materials to attract wildlife into this small area.
Starting by using only natural resources, build your miniature
dream park. You can use bits of dead
the evening it will condensate on
with water to create a small pond.
the inside and water your seeds during the day – you can just watch them grow!
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THE PARKOUR & FREERUNNING HANDBOOK ENDORSED
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Combining the grace of a gymnast, the virtuosity of a skateboarder and the discipline of a martial artist, Parkour is one of the most exciting, new, non-competitive sports in the world. The Parkour & Freerunning Handbook offers a jump-by-jump guide to Parkour, aimed at building the confidence to become an adept and inventive traceur. Each skill is presented in step diagrams, with special hints on timing, positioning and landing. ยก Fully illustrated with clear, easy to follow diagrams to execute techniques and full colour, stylish action shot ยก Offers in-depth feature spreads on training regimes, how to use the urban environment, avoiding and managing injuries Dan Edwardes is a co-founder and Managing Director of Parkour Generations.
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HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD Who hasn’t dreamt of leaving the ‘civilisation’ of city life to escape to the woods? From making a simple fire for a night in the open, to constructing a log cabin, this guide draws together essential skills and advice that will prepare you for a journey into the wilderness. Complete with clear, step-by-step diagrams, How to Survive in the Wild contains all you need to know about finding shelter, food and warmth, as well as other important survival advice.
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¡ Ideal gift book for campers, hikers, adventurers, anyone who loves the outdoor life (or likes to think they do), written by two US-based outdoor enthusiasts ¡ Clear, easy-to-follow illustrations, charts and step-by-step guides Christian Casucci has spent years exploring the wilds of the United States. Sam Martin is an author and former senior editor of This Old House magazine.
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HOW TO TIE KNOTS Anyone heading into the wilderness needs to know how to tie knots, and this back-to-basics guide introduces readers to 50 essential knots to help you sort your Albright knot from your square lashing . With a brief overview of the different types of knots, a handy glossary of terms and techniques, then chapters on the different knots collected by their uses: general, climbing, camping, hiking, nautical and fishing – this book is an essential guide for everyone who likes to spend time outdoors. ¥ Each knot is accompanied by step-by-step illustrations showing you how to tie knots, along with a brief history, quick tips and uses for the knot in the wild.
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INDEX 3D Art Adventures 135 42 Rules for Modern Life 104 50 Theories in 500 Words series: Psychology 28 Philosophy 28 Science 28 Economics 28 Anatomy 29 Environment 29 Leadership 29 Feminism 29 Aimee’s Perfect Bakes 53 Alkaline Cookbook 62 Alkaline Cure 60 Alkaline Juices & Smoothies 63 Algorithms of Everyday Life 32 Boys With Plants 94 Calm Belly Cookbook 54 Change Your Life One Day at a Time 66 Cleanse, Detox, Purify 74 Colouring Shakespeare 141 Conqueror’s Feast 10 Conspiracy Files 37 146
INDEX
De/Cipher 12 Drinking Garden 44 Easy Pilates 79 Easy Yoga 78 Einstein’s Riddle 22 Energy Bites 50 Exit Strategies 108 Fibonacci’s Rabbits 18 Fine Art Adventures 132 Forest Adventures 124 Freaky Phenomena 35 Freaky Science 34 Handmade Jewellery 136 Handmade Knitwear 137 Hot Yoga 76 How to Be a Genius 111 How to Live Like a Gentleman 112 How to Live Like a Lady 113 How to Survive in the Wild 128 How to Tie Knots 129 How to Train Your Cactus 96 How to Rule the World 110 How to Speak Brit 100 I Can Make Music 123 Ikigai 84
In Other Words 98 Intermittent Fasting Diet Plan 57 In Your Pocket Series: Anatomy 30 Infinity 30 Math 30 Universe 30 World 31 Brain 31 Planet Earth 31 Ancient World 31 Is Your Neighbour a Zombie? 24 Jumped, Fell, or Pushed? 36 Keto Cure 58 Keto High Fibre Cookbook 59 La Mère Brazier 46 Lazy Vegan 49 Landmarks of the World 140 Lemons are a Girl’s Best Friend 72 Literary Landscapes 04 Literary Wonderlands 06 Little Book of Inquiry series: Secret Societies 26 Conspiracies 26
Frauds & Scandals 26 Forensics 26 Hauntings 27 Pandemics 27 Phenomena 27 Phobias 27 Live Happy 68 Live Well 69 Lost Art series: How to Live with a Man and Love it 114 How to Keep House 114 How to Mow the Lawn 114 How to be a Hero 115 How to be a Domestic Goddess 115 How to Bring Up Baby 115 Love, Aimee 52 Make Your Own Skincare 70 Mindful Colouring series: Birds 144 Waterlife 144 Animals 145 Mindful Mama: Happy Baby 122 Modern Art Adventures 134
Montessori Book of Arts and Crafts 121 Montessori Book of Coordination and Life Skills 118 Montessori Book of Words and Numbers 120 Montessori Book of Science and Nature 121 Nature Meditation 86 ‘Obsessions’ Series: How to Drink Whisky 106 How to Brew Coffee 106 How to Ride a Bike 107 How to Wear a Suit 107 Oyster 8 Parkour & Freerunning Handbook 126 Pavlov’s Dog 20 Pregnancy Yoga 80 Queerstory 92 Schrödinger’s Cat 21 Science Adventures 124 Soupology 42 Sourdough 40 Story of Codes 14 Story of Mathematics 16
Sugar Detox Plan 56 That’s Amore! 102 Total Pilates 81 Uglier Than a Monkey’s Armpit 103 Vegetarian Year 48 Vertical Worlds 138 We Are Feminist 90 Wildlife 142 Worlds of Wonder 7 Would You Eat Your Cat? 25 Yoga While You Wait 88
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