When the body says no

Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a connection between the ability to express emotions and Alzheimer's disease? Is there such a thing as a 'cancer personality'? In this groundbreaking book, Dr Gabor Maté shows how emotional stress and hidden trauma play a powerful role in the onset of chronic illness, cancer, and many other serious conditions. Drawing on decades of cli…

You'll Be the Death of Me

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9780593175897

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The design of everyday things

Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious -- even liberating -- book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden controls t…

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears's dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain and is exceptional at maths, but he is ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has nev…

The idiot

Returning to St Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naïve epileptic Prince Myshkin— known as the “idiot”—pays a visit to his distant relative General Yepanchin and proceeds to charm the General and his family. But his life is thrown into turmoil when he chances on a photograph of the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna. Utterly infatuated, he soon finds himself caught up in a …

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place 27 years earlier, determined to get to the bottom of the story. Just hours after marrying the beautiful Angela Vicario, everyone agrees, Bayardo San Roman returned his bride in disgrace to her parents. Her distraught family forced her to name her first lover; and her twin brothers announced their intention to murder Santiago Nasar for…

Sheltie and the Saddle Mystery

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0140389512

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96p; ill; pbk; 20cm

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Winnie the Pooh's Thinking Spot : Does It Float?

Winnie the Pooh's Thinking Spot is a brand new series that explores the curious questions young children ask about the world around them.

Bamboo people

Bang! A side door bursts open. Soldiers pour into the room. They're shouting and waving rifles. I shield my head with my arms. It was a lie! I think, my mind racing. Girls and boys alike are screaming. The soldiers prod and herd some of us together and push the rest apart as if we're cows or goats. Their leader, though, is a middle-aged man. He's moving slowly, intently, not dashing…

Boleh atau tidak?

Saat bermain di tempat ramai, anak-anak sering kali sulit menghindari sentuhan dari orang lain. Terkadang, sentuhan itu membuat mereka tidak nyaman. Di situasi lain, mereka juga bisa merasa terganggu oleh teman sebayanya yang tiba-tiba merebut mainan, menempelkan sesuatu ke tubuh mereka, atau memaksa mereka ikut bermain meski tidak ingin. Buku ini hadir untuk membantu anak-anak berani mengungka…