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The Narcissist Test
The Narcissist Test
Dr Craig Malkin
¥81.03
What exactly is narcissism? An incurable disease set to ruin your future, a habit to be curbed, or a trait to be nurtured? And how can you tell if your partner, child, or even you are a narcissist? Dr Craig Malkin offers a new picture of narcissism, showing us why being called a ‘narcissist’ isn’t necessarily such a bad thing after all. Narcissism is all around us. We are a selfie-obsessed generation, surviving on a steady diet of watching reality shows that celebrate attention-seeking know-and-do-nothings and posting a whopping 500 million tweets a day to document our every thought and whim. But is narcissism really as bad as we have been led to believe? In this groundbreaking book, clinical psychologist Dr Craig Malkin offers a radically new picture of narcissism, defining it as a spectrum of self-importance, and explaining that everyone falls somewhere on the scale between utter selflessness and total arrogance. He reveals why it is essential to embrace some level of narcissism in order to maintain a healthy sense of self-worth. Feeling special, to a degree, can make us better lovers and partners, courageous leaders, and intrepid explorers. As supportive as it is illuminating, The Narcissist Test is the first and only book to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy narcissism, and offers clear, step-by-step guidance on how to promote the healthy kind in your partner, children, and in yourself. From advice tailored to parents, social media users and even schools, this is the definitive text to help you overcome the bad – and embrace the good – about feeling special. Dr Craig Malkin is a clinical psychologist hailing from Harvard with over two decades of experience helping individuals, couples and families.
How To Be Here
How To Be Here
Rob Bell
¥66.22
How can I slow down and enjoy life more? Discover the greatness you were born for, successfully pursue your dreams, find your path, and live a confident, fulfilled life. Rob Bell believes that each of us has a path, a calling―whether it’s writing a novel, starting a business, joining a band, or simply becoming a volunteer. But many people are afraid to start on that path. Who are we to do that? Bell counters, Why not you? We need to learn to turn off the internal and external critics and leap. The universe is alive to help us. And we can only discover passion and joy after we take off. Interweaving engaging stories; lessons from Biblical figures; science, art, and business; honest personal experience; and practical advice, he offers invaluable insight on how to silence our critics, move from idea to action, take the first step, find joy in the work, persevere through hard times, and surrender the outcome. Combining the practical inspiration of Stephen Pressfield’s ‘The War of Art’ and the warm instructional insight of Annie Lamott’s ‘Bird By Bird’, ‘How To Be Here’ encourages us to leave boring behind and embrace the fulfilling lives we are meant to have.
Yoga (Collins Gem)
Yoga (Collins Gem)
Patricia A. Ralston and Caroline Smart
¥38.36
A practical introduction to hatha yoga. Clear, illustrated step-by-step instructions to over 40 key postures. Benefits and cautions are highlighted for each posture. Published in paperback with a stylish new cover design, Gem Yoga will strengthen the bestselling Mind, Body & Spirit Gem. Collins Gem Yoga provides a good introduction to yoga, particularly for those thinking of taking up a class. It is also an invaluable reference book for those attending classes and who wish to practise the postures at home. Includes over 40 postures Describes breathing techniques Gives a history of yoga
Sites of the Unconscious
Sites of the Unconscious
Mayer, Andreas
¥370.82
In the late nineteenth century, scientists, psychiatrists, and medical practitioners began employing a new experimental technique for the study of neuroses: hypnotism. Though the efforts of the famous French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot to transform hypnosis into a laboratory science failed, his Viennese translator and disciple Sigmund Freud took up the challenge and invented psychoanalysis. Previous scholarship has viewed hypnosis and psychoanalysis in sharp opposition or claimed that both were ultimately grounded in the phenomenon of suggestion and thus equally flawed. In this groundbreaking study, Andreas Mayer reexamines the relationship between hypnosis and psychoanalysis, revealing that the emergence of the familiar Freudian psychoanalytic setting cannot be understood without a detailed analysis of the sites, material and social practices, and controversies within the checkered scientific and medical landscape of hypnotism.Sites of the Unconscious analyzes the major controversies between competing French schools of hypnotism that emerged at this time, stressing their different views on the production of viable evidence and their different ways of deploying hypnosis. Mayer then reconstructs in detail the reception of French hypnotism in German-speaking countries, arguing that the distinctive features of Freud's psychoanalytic setting of the couch emerged out of the clinical laboratories and private consulting rooms of the practitioners of hypnosis.
The Longevity Book: Live stronger. Live better. The art of ageing well.
The Longevity Book: Live stronger. Live better. The art of ageing well.
Cameron Diaz
¥125.18
From Cameron Diaz, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Body Book, comes a fresh, personal, and authoritative examination of the art and science of growing older and a roadmap for abundant health and resilience as we age. When Cameron Diaz wrote The Body Book, she was on a mission to help educate young women about how their bodies function, empowering them to make better-informed choices about their health instead of heeding the advice of the latest headline or trend. So she interviewed doctors, scientists, nutritionists and a host of other experts, and then shared what she’d learned with young women everywhere in a comprehensive volume hailed as ‘smart’, ‘brimming with science’ and ‘the real deal’. Once again Cameron Diaz is on a mission. But this time, she’s starting a conversation with her peers on a topic that is virtually taboo in our society: the ageing female body. In The Longevity Book, she will share everything she’s learned about the ageing process from top medical experts and researchers, as well as her own thoughts, opinions, and experiences on a topic that is as essential to our health as it is emotionally charged and culturally neglected. The Longevity Book will explore what history, biology, neuroscience and the women’s health movement can teach us about maintaining optimal health as we transition from our thirties to midlife. From how growing older impacts various bodily systems to the biological differences in the way ageing effects men and women; the latest science on telomeres and slowing the rate of cognitive decline to how meditation heals us and why love, friendship and laughter matter for health. The Longevity Book will offer an all-encompassing, holistic look at how the female body ages – and what we can all do to age better. Cameron offers women a compassionate, informative and intimate tour through the next volume of life.
Mind Map Handbook: The ultimate thinking tool
Mind Map Handbook: The ultimate thinking tool
Tony Buzan
¥66.22
Tony Buzan’s Mind Mapping technique is a revolutionary thinking tool that has changed the lives of millions of people around the globe. The Mind Map Handbook is the indispensible guide to his unique system and will help you discover and harness the genius within you. The Mind Map Handbook brings together three of Tony Buzan’s inspiring works in one compact volume, namely How to Mind Map, The Power of Verbal Intelligence and The Power of Creative Intelligence. It will show you how to: ? Increase your vocabulary, creativity and memory ? Persuade people and hone negotiation skills ? Improve your understanding of any subject ? Generate brilliant ideas and push them to their limits ? Solve problems by seeing them from unusual and unique angles ? Tap in to your natural genuis.
How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
Leil Lowndes
¥69.26
Never be at a loss for words again! Perfect your people skills with his fun, witty and informative guide, containing 92 little tricks to create big success in personal and business relationships. In How To Talk To Anyone, bestselling relationships author and internationally renowned life coach Leil Lowndes reveals the secrets and psychology behind successful communication. These extremely usable and intelligent techniques include how to: ? Work a party like a politician works a room ? Be an insider in any crowd ? Use key words and phrases to guide the conversation ? Use body language to connect This is the key to having successful conversations with anyone, any time.
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions
Dan Ariely
¥56.02
Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day? The answers will surprise you. Predictably Irrational is an intriguing, witty and utterly original look at why we all make illogical decisions.
Get the Life You Want
Get the Life You Want
Richard Bandler
¥80.25
Whatever you want Richard Bandler, the man who taught Paul McKenna and inspired him to greatness, can help you get it. Full of simple, potent NLP exercises that will take you minutes to do but will make your life permanently better, this incredible book is a must for anybody who has ever wished for anything but not found a way to get it. Richard Bandler – the world-renowned co-creator of NLP who has helped millions around the world change their lives for the better – has written a simple and empowering book to help you get the life you want. He will help you become the master of your mind so that you make your mind up and don't allow it to make you up. Drawing on the proven, simple techniques he has developed over the past 35 years – techniques that Paul McKenna uses in his workshops – Bandler shows you how to move beyond the limitations that are holding you back, to discover what you want more of in your life and then to make it happen. He also includes a huge range of individual exercises to help you master different areas in your life, from getting over fears and phobias and breaking bad habits to making more money and bringing more happiness into your life. Bandler also offers a fascinating insight into why his techniques work and how he came to develop his life-changing NLP techniques. Whatever you want to change, whatever you want to achieve Richard Bandler will help you get it.
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work an
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work an
Dan Ariely
¥68.67
Behavioral economist and New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely returns to offer a much-needed take on the irrational decisions that influence our dating lives, our workplace experiences, and our general behaviour, up close and personal. In The Upside of Irrationality, behavioral economist Dan Ariely will explore the many ways in which our behaviour often leads us astray in terms of our romantic relationships, our experiences in the workplace, and our temptations to cheat. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms and other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities. Among the topics Dan explores are: ? What we think will make us happy and what really makes us happy; ? How we learn to love the ones we are with; ? Why online dating doesn’t work, and how we can improve on it; ? Why learning more about people make us like them less; ? Why large bonuses can make CEOs less productive; ? How to really motivate people at work; ? Why bad directions can help us; ? How we fall in love with our ideas; ? How we are motivated by revenge; and ? What motivates us to cheat. Drawing on the same experimental methods that made Predictably Irrational such a hit, Dan will emphasize the important role that irrationality plays in our day-to-day decisionmaking―not just in our financial marketplace, but in the most hidden aspects of our lives.
Your Personal Horoscope 2009: Month-by-month Forecasts for Every Sign
Your Personal Horoscope 2009: Month-by-month Forecasts for Every Sign
Joseph Polansky
¥69.26
Your complete one-volume guide to the year 2008. This fantastic and in depth book includes month-by-month forecasts for every sign and all you need to know to find out what is in store for you in the year ahead Discover when your lucky days will fall and when it might be better just to stay in bed, with your complete one-volume, month-by-month guide to the year 2008 – the only horoscope you will ever need. This bestselling guide gives you individual predictions for the year ahead and shows you how you, your friends, your family and lovers will fare. It includes: ? A month-by-month forecast for every sign ? A personality profile for each sign ? What to expect in terms of love, sex, work and money ? Detailed predictions of your best days and worst days – and the ideal days to attract love or money. ? Invaluable advice on exactly when to ask for that pay rise, what days you should be on the look out for exciting revalations and the days you should probably just stay in bed!
Haunted: Scariest stories from the UK's no. 1 psychic
Haunted: Scariest stories from the UK's no. 1 psychic
Derek Acorah
¥63.18
For the first time, the UK's number one TV psychic shares some of his most personal stories and terrifying encounters with the spirit world, and what it’s really like to be ‘possessed’. The star of LIVINGtv's ‘Most Haunted’ and 'Ghost Towns' goes on a new journey that will chill you to the bone. Derek takes us with him into the darkest places of the spirit world where he confronts people taken over by demonic entities, the spirits of ancient Egyptians whose malevolent presence reaches beyond the tomb, those evil ghosts with unfinished business who are terrorising the living, and the dead who are determined to come back from the other side, and take Derek with them if they can… If you thought you'd already seen Derek's most terrifying battles with the dark side – think again.
The 5:2 Bikini Diet
The 5:2 Bikini Diet
Jacqueline Whitehart
¥45.62
Lose up to 14 lbs in just 4 weeks! By dieting for only two days a week you can have the bikini body you’ve always dreamed of – fast. With over 140 mouth-watering and filling recipes, all under 500 calories, bestselling diet author Jacqueline Whitehart is the answer to your dieting prayers. The 5:2 Bikini Diet offers a new and fresh approach to the Intermittent Fasting phenomenon that will get you in bikini-ready shape super fast. This essential guide is the fastest, easiest path to achieving the body you have always dreamed of – and you’ll not only lose weight fast, you’ll lower the risk of age-related illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, diabetes and heart disease too. Cut your calories, transform your look and start your weight-loss journey today.
Drop a Size for Life: Fat Loss Fast and Forever!
Drop a Size for Life: Fat Loss Fast and Forever!
Joanna Hall
¥56.11
The UK’s most respected diet and fitness expert introduces the follow-up to her top ten bestseller, Drop A Size in Two Weeks Flat! Joanna Hall explains not only how to lose that extra weight, but how to keep it off for good in the face of the many changing factors and pressures that affect our lives. ? Joanna Hall builds on her Drop A Size In Two Weeks Flat diet and explains how to achieve the shape you want and keep it throughout those inevitable lifestyle changes. ? The step by step plan starts with mental preparation to help you stick to the three stages of eating and exercise guidelines that follow. ? Once success is achieved, learn how to drop that size for good and stop the rebound pounds with a 12-month plan. ? Includes strategies and tips for dealing with the various lifestage, emotional and environmental factors that could threaten your new slimmer figure: – Pregnancy – Marriage – Menopause –Illness or injury – Stress – Social pressure – Holidays ? This book is ideal for those people who yo-yo diet, as it gives you the ammunition to maintain your success in the face of changes that would previously have derailed your new healthy eating habits. ? Joanna’s philosophy: "Diet and Fitness is part of our every day life. More and more research is throwing forward the link between health, activity and life quality. This is a book which inspires the mind to make those changes. It’s all about being the best that you can be whilst living the life you wish to live."
Drop a Size Calorie and Carb Counter
Drop a Size Calorie and Carb Counter
Joanna Hall
¥72.40
ITV's popular diet and fitness presenter Joanna Hall presents the perfect accompaniment to her bestselling drop a size weight loss programme. This easy-to-use handy reference guide tells you the exact calorie, carbohydrate, protein, saturated fat, fibre, sugar and salt content of the foods you eat, helping you to lose weight and keep it off. Joanna Hall builds on her successful Drop a Size in Two Weeks Flat and Drop a Size for Life diets with this handy reference guide to the calorie, carb, protein, saturated fat, sugar, salt and fibre value of the foods you eat. Divided into simple food sections, both branded and generic, this practical, easy-to-use guide includes: ? take-away foods and eating out ? ready-made meals, including brand names such as Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Asda, Safeway, Tesco and Marks and Spencer ? snacks ? drinks The book will be handily broken down into food categories which makes it simple to use the book as you shop, aisle by aisle. It will have a handy precis of her trademark carb curfew - no carbs after 5pm - plan too.
The 24 Hour Diet: Lose up to 4lbs in a Day
The 24 Hour Diet: Lose up to 4lbs in a Day
Joanna Hall
¥51.50
The UK’s leading diet and fitness expert, Joanna Hall, shows you the healthy way to shed excess pounds in a day. This fantastic plan is a refinement on the typical low GI diet. It is complimented with a 20 day follow-on plan which builds up in very small steps, day by day. Joanna’s mantra is: small steps make big changes. A totally effective one day diet for any emergency: whether it's a party, beach holiday, or simply when the excesses of Christmas have left you pounds heavier. The eating plan is very simple. Not only are you restricted from eating carbs after 5pm but you have a specially selected choice of low GI foods. Many diet books simply give you a list of foods and their GI rating. This is a flawed system as foods react in the body in different ways and over different time scales. Joanna's system uses a refinement on the traditional GI diet that helps you lose weight faster. SMALL STEPS MAKE BIG CHANGES: The 24 hour quick-fix is followed by one small change you can make each day for a 20 day period to help you change the habits of a lifetime. Every psychologist knows that a human is not designed to make sweeping changes all at once: if you try, they're unlikely to stick. Joanna's small units of change which work up in a careful sequence to the more challenging are an ingenious strategy. For example: ? Day 1 will simply start with making sure you drink 6 glasses of water; ? Day 2 you'll replace your sugary cereal and/or toast with either a bowl of porridge or unsweetened muesli; ? Day 3 you'll be reducing your coffee intake to one cup a day; ? Day 4 you'll build a half hour walk into your day The cumulation of these changes mean that by day 20 you'll be living a really healthy, fit, and slim way of life.
Gesture and Thought
Gesture and Thought
David McNeill
¥265.87
Gesturing is such an integral yet unconscious part of communication that we are mostly oblivious to it. But if you observe anyone in conversation, you are likely to see his or her fingers, hands, and arms in some form of spontaneous motion. WhyDavid McNeill, a pioneer in the ongoing study of the relationship between gesture and language, set about answering this question over twenty-five years ago. In Gesture and Thought he brings together years of this research, arguing that gesturing, an act which has been popularly understood as an accessory to speech, is actually a dialectical component of language.Gesture and Thought expands on McNeill's acclaimed classic Hand and Mind. While that earlier work demonstrated what gestures reveal about thought, here gestures are shown to be active participants in both speaking and thinking. Expanding on an approach introduced by Lev Vygotsky in the 1930s, McNeill posits that gestures are key ingredients in an "imagery-language dialectic" that fuels both speech and thought. Gestures are both the "imagery" and components of "language." The smallest element of this dialectic is the "growth point," a snapshot of an utterance at its beginning psychological stage. Utilizing several innovative experiments he created and administered with subjects spanning several different age, gender, and language groups, McNeill shows how growth points organize themselves into utterances and extend to discourse at the moment of speaking.An ambitious project in the ongoing study of the relationship of human communication and thought, Gesture and Thought is a work of such consequence that it will influence all subsequent theory on the subject.
The Insulin Factor
The Insulin Factor
Antony Haynes
¥63.18
Insulin resistance, or Syndrome X, is taking the health world by storm and is linked to conditions such as obesity, type II diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. This practical and accessible workbook allows sufferers to treat and prevent insulin resistance, leading to life long good health. Insulin resistance, or Syndrome X, is a growing problem in the West due to a diet high in refined sugars and carbohydrates. It is linked to several of the most serious health conditions such as the endemic levels of obesity, type II diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. This book is a practical guide to treating and preventing insulin resistance through diet, including increase levels of the right fats and proteins and fewer refined carbohydrates. Includes all the facts surrounding Syndrome X, diagnostic questionnaires, case studies and a clear self-help plan that has evolved from Antony’s unique nutritional approach.
The Blood Type Diet Cookbook
The Blood Type Diet Cookbook
Karen Vago,Lucy Degremont
¥91.23
An eating plan and over 100 delicious recipes to suit each of the blood types, in a diet made famous by D’Adamo’s bestselling Eat Right for Your Type. Peter D'Adamo's book Eat Right 4 Your Type has revolutionised the way many people eat. The theory behind it is that the four different blood groups; O, A, B and AB need four different diets. What may be beneficial to one blood group is undoubtedly harmful to another. The Blood Type Diet Cookbook explains the workings of the diet, and as it is written by real ‘food lovers’ rather than a nutritionist, it provides truly delicious recipes for enthusiasts of this bestselling and revolutionary diet. The book contains: ?easy-to-follow plan ?blood type food lists ?over 100 recipes which can be adapted to suit the different blood types.
More How to Win at Aptitude Tests
More How to Win at Aptitude Tests
Liam Healy
¥72.99
A key guide to the latest developments in assessment and aptitude testing. Aptitude tests – also known as psychometric or IQ tests – are being relied on more and more by employers, schools and colleges. This book clearly explains how to be prepared for every aspect of the aptitude tests as well as tips on handling follow-up interviews. It incorporates new graduate and managerial level tests, as well as up-to-date information on internet-based methods of selection. More How To Win At Aptitude Tests is an essential aid for anyone faced with an aptitude or psychometric test. Includes: How to Boost your Numerical ability ? Improve your Verbal, Abstract and Spatial reasoning ? Increase your Speed and Accuracy. ? Answers are supplied for every test. Healy explains how to best prepare for the test and what to expect from the session itself, as well as the follow-up/validation interview.
The Virgin Diet:The US Bestseller
The Virgin Diet:The US Bestseller
JJ Virgin
¥66.22
Most people believe the secret to being skinny is eating everything in moderation. We’ve heard it a million times. But this is not true. All foods are not created equal. The secret to losing weight is finding the foods that make you fat. Originally published as Zero Tolerance Diet. The Zero Tolerance Diet is an elimination diet. You eliminate the seven foods most people are intolerant to for three weeks, while you eat the right proteins, fibres, fats and vegetables. After three weeks, you reintroduce foods, one at a time, to see which foods your body can tolerate. It’s that simple. Most people lose 5-10 pounds in the first week! Eating in moderation and counting calories does not work. This is why the average 30-year-old, who consumes a moderate caloric diet while eating the wrong foods, will be ten pounds heavier by the time they reach 40. Different foods work better for different people. With this book, JJ Virgin will help you find the right foods for you. With details on foods to avoid, processes for reintroducing foods, easy recipes and tips for eating out and sustaining your success, JJ will show you how to have Zero Tolerance for weight gain, bloating, inflammation and fatigue. JJ is close to 50 years old and puts most younger women’s bodies to shame. And so do her thousands of clients. With the right guidance you can too. Fat is not your fate.