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How to Become a Wine Connoisseur in 60 Minutes or Less
In Alain Merheje’s book, How to Become a Wine Connoisseur in 60 Minutes or Less you will find information on many entry topics into the art of wine, including: red versus white, the stages of production, oak storage, wine-growing regions, the types of wine, how to recognize the grape variety from the wine colour, the terroir concept (grape variety, production method, micro climate and topography), varietal vs blends and much more, all simply and engagingly explained. Alain Merheje’s aim was to write a book that in an hour of reading would provide the basics of wine right down to the many little-known tips; such as how to tell if a wine has gone bad even before you open the bottle. So, ‘If you’re looking to learn just enough to sound like a real connoisseur, impress your friends or dazzle your guests, then look no further.’
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Girl Seeks Life: A Guide to Understanding Yourself
Girl Seeks Life is both reflective memoir and guidebook for a young woman navigating the muddy waters of growing from awkward teenager into fully functioning, successful and fulfilled woman. It unpacks the experiences of the author with the added benefit of hindsight, self-compassion and understanding, and discusses common mistakes, fears, desires and dreams of many during this confusing and conflicted period of personal development.In society, where perfection is celebrated and authenticity is just a buzzword, the author exposes deeply personal and delicate issues with humour and frankness, encouraging the reader to uncover their own inner being and truly get to know themselves. Girl Seeks Life aims to connect readers with their honest identities and provides practical tools for the discovery of unconscious thoughts, feelings, beliefs and behaviours which are contributing to a lack of confidence, issues within relationships and the fear of moving forward in life.Chapters include discussions about topics relevant to growing up, such as family relationships, friendship, love, sex, feminism, success, creativity and travel.
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Cooking Oil Makes Genius or Alzheimer!
Every day, we go home from work, we have a sit down and we decide what to have for dinner. If you're looking to go healthy, you'll consider cutting down your portion sizes or limiting certain, less healthy ingredients. If you're not, you might opt for a nice, greasy takeaway.Whether you choose the healthy option or not, you might be upset to learn that no matter what, you may be significantly increasing your chances of developing dementia - all down to cooking oil.Dr Yamashima explains in Cooking Oil Makes Genius or Alzheimer! just how dangerous common cooking oils can be in an effort to decrease the rise in Alzheimer's disease. His ground-breaking research will make you think twice about how you cook your meals - and just might help you to keep your brain and mind as sharp and sound as possible.
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Comfortable With Being Groundless: A Guide For Beginners
Have you ever questioned your assumptions about the world? Ever wondered if things are as you believe and “know” them to be? Ever wondered if how you know, is providing accurate information on how things really are?We all seek the assurance of certainty. We want to be confident that we are living in the real world, not in fantasy or illusion. And yet, paradoxically, this driving need is the origin of much despair and suffering, for we live in a world without ground, as Comfortable With Being Groundless will contend.Using the conclusions of recent scientific studies and principles of Buddhist thought, the authors explore our reliance on certainty, how we use stories to build that world of certainty, how our stories can unexpectedly bring upheaval and despair into our lives (for they are only stories), and how we can live comfortably in the groundless world we live in.
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Beauty Redefined
In our beauty-obsessed culture, women have become accustomed to using the standards set by society and the media as a barometer to measure their own worth. They perpetually wonder where they stand on the attractiveness continuum and question everything about their outward appearances, from their skin colour to their waistline, to their fashion sense. They keep asking themselves, “Am I good enough? Do I matter? Will others love and accept me for who I am?” Beauty Redefined explores this critical issue by looking at beauty from a cultural, biological and historical perspective and provides solutions on what we can do on a collective and individual level to redefine what it means to be a beautiful woman. By reading this book, you’ll be convinced that your voice matters and you’ll feel empowered to make your own unique mark in the world, no matter what your size, shape, colour or ethnic background is. You’ll learn how to love yourself (warts and all!) and embrace every unique aspect of your being and use it to make the world a better place.
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Be Happier in 30 Days
Society moves so fast and when you try to keep up, self-care is usually the last on the agenda. When it gets left long enough your thoughts, emotions, and feelings can become imbalanced. This can result in a breakdown in relationships, staying in a stagnant job, isolation and a very unsatisfied life.We can place ourselves on a mental loop and not know where to begin to stop it. This book is a realistic daily step by step guide that refocuses your mental awareness to break the cycle. It provides you with the freedom to assess your life from a different perspective and to take charge of different areas of your life that you have been neglecting. It prioritises for you and develops your awareness, so all you have to do is follow the guidance.
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Be a Beacon of Hope in the World
Why does one youngster stab another with a knife which they will never, ever dare to stab themselves with? Why are our young people killing themselves without thinking of the pains and sorrow such barbarism and bestiality will leave their loved ones with for the rest of their lives? Why do some young persons—members of the same community—prey on one another with such jungle-like ferocity in the nation’s cities? Why are there now so many of such gruesome, purposeless, wicked and unwarranted killings in the nation’s cities as if Britain is now a land that devours its children? More worrisome is the fact that when they are hacked to death so young, what happens to their dreams, visions, goals and aspirations?Heart-rending as these painful questions are, Be a Beacon of Hope in the World: A Message to Young Britain does not attempt to offer answers to these puzzles arising from the untimely deaths of Britain’s children through knifings. However, it seeks to act as a guidepost, compass and a Sat Nav to point young persons in the right direction and on the path of civility, decency, common sense, humaneness and universal altruism, whereupon they are expected to have respect: for themselves, for others and for all of life’s forms. Therefore, let the alarm bell, which this book will trigger, warn all young persons in Britain and the world over that to live in the fast lane is to die young. Let this message reverberate through the vista of time.
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Auto Process Therapy: A Therapeutic Application of Buddhist Psychology
The Way is in the heart - Buddhist proverb“One of the Buddha's central teachings was anatta, a word which literally means ‘non-self’ but more accurately translates as ‘no unchanging self.’ Brian Ford translates it as ‘process-self.’ There was no word for ‘process’ in the language that the Buddha spoke. But if there had been, he would have used it. He consistently referred to the self as a fluid process rather than a stable essence. The Buddha did not intend anatta to be an esoteric doctrine for academic discourse. Rather, he meant it be a practical tool for relieving suffering. Like several others, Brian Ford brings the ancient wisdom of process-self to life by surrounding it with practices and techniques that can be used in the nitty-gritty of modern psychotherapy. In so doing, he makes the Buddha's teachings more accessible. And, more importantly, he helps infuse his clients with the practical, liberating insights of the Buddha.”― Doug Kraft, author of Buddha's Map: His Original Teachings on Awakening, Ease, and Insight in the Heart of Meditation.
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A Rural Legacy Lost. Net Salmon Fishing On The River Dart in Devon: An Occupation, Way of Life and Associated Dialect in Terminal Decline?
In A Rural Legacy Lost. Net Salmon Fishing on the River Dart in Devon: An Occupation, Way of Life and Associated Dialect in Terminal Decline? we learn of the tradition of harvesting salmon as a means of business and pastime. Beginning with a biologically appropriate explanation of salmon as a species, a rare and hardy survivor of a fish that focuses its travels and migrations for the sole purpose of reproduction, Nick Baker commences an introduction of how people have worked to follow salmon, track its life cycle, and measure the strength of its population over time.
Referencing multiple governmental agencies and professional organizations, Baker shows the challenges the salmon population faces in regard to problems posed by global warming and climate change; illustrates and organizes historical dialect and jargon; and presents how the decline of salmon fishing and loss of farming has impacted the housing and economic structure of Stoke Gabriel in Devon. This expose of salmon fishing and the changing Devon community is concluded with a list of potential issues the people face and some solutions which may help.
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50 Letters from Spirit
50 Letters. 50,000 Daily Thoughts. One Call to Awaken.In 2013, Patricia McDowall started an unusual journey. She became more deeply aware that she was a living spirit in a physical body with a conscious mind, working her way through life to evolve her soul. This sensitivity to a more developed divine existence was taught by her initial spirit guide. But to her surprise, this guide took a physical step back from Patricia’s life. A new guide, Marsilio, marched forward and told the author that they would write a book together. Their joined wisdom would use Patricia’s hand and Marsilio’s thoughts from his time in Renaissance, Italy. Through this rare and previously unexplored path, 50 Letters, A Call to Awaken was created.It is a holistic guide that addresses both the external and internal, and it speaks to mind, body and soul. McDowall offers messages to the world, to humanity, to you – the reader – with love.
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The Journal – A Journey to Yourself
This Journal is for YOU.
Journaling is a private invitation to the doorway of the soul.
When we slow down and take the time to sit with ourselves, we are delving into the part of us that no one else can see and no one else ever really knows completely.
When you shift your awareness away from the thinking mind, you move a little closer to the feeling heart. Flip through and start anywhere on a page that resonates with you.
You decide.
I hope you cherish this journal and that you get to know yourself on a deeper level.
There are 365 days in the year – why not let today be one of them.
This is your memory keepsake – believe me, your future self will thank you.
Enrich your Life.
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A Farmhouse and a Famous Kangaroo
An interior designer’s beautiful family account of a semi-rural lifestyle on the outskirts of the city of Sydney, Australia.
A pictorial tale of the lifestyle and interiors of a family farmhouse, and their community, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
Included are poignant historical snippets of the area including a community profile on Australian of the Year, Shane Fitzsimmons, and insider information about the place that Skippy the Bush Kangaroo once called home. An inspiring way to live and love.
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