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What if it's possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to master a new skill, and the earliest hours are always the most frustrating. That's why it's so difficult to learn a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. Josh Kaufman offers a better way. His systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition shows you how to deconstruct complex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By completing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you can pick up the basics in record time... and have more fun along the way. Product details Format Paperback | 288 pages

Following the success of Tolkien's World, this new collection of shining illustrations inspired by the work of J.R.R. Tolkien is as beautiful and unique as its predecessor. This breathtaking four-color volume is designed in a deluxe, oversized format, and includes paintings from a diverse group of international artists. Each picture is accompanied by text from the relevant passage in Tolkien's fiction as well as a personal statement by the artist about the inspiration and influence J.R.R. Tolkien has had on their work. Includes works by an electric group of artists, both famous and up-and-coming: Alan Lee, renowned for his atmospheric interpretations of folklore and legend, as well as his stunning illustrations for The Lord of the Rings John Howe, creator of many Tolkien book covers and acclaimed for his powerful representations of the landscapes and peoples of Middle-earth Ted Nasmith, known for his classically accurate and dramatic pictures Inger Edelfeldt, illustrator of man

Bei diesem Werk handelt es sich um das durch Jakob Lorber wiederempfangene Jakobus-Evangelium. Der Herr hatte ihm diese Neuoffenbarung schon im voraus am 22. Juli 1843 angekündigt und hinzugefügt: "Jakobus, ein Sohn Josephs, hat solches alles aufgezeichnet; aber es ist mit der Zeit so sehr entstellt worden, daß es nicht zugelassen werden konnte, als echt in die Schrift aufgenommen zu werden. - Ich aber will dir das echte Evangelium Jakobi geben, aber nur von der Zeit an, da Joseph Maria zu sich nahm. Jakobus hatte auch die Lebensbeschreibung Mariens von ihrer Geburt an mit aufgenommen sowie die des Joseph."Und nun empfing der auserwählte Mittler durch die Stimme des Geistes in seinem Herzen eine wunderbare Schilderung der Geburt und Kindheit Jesu von inniger Schönheit und Macht. Wir erleben das erste wunderbare Wirken des Gottesgeistes in dem Kindlein und empfangen ungeahnte Einblicke in das heilige Geheimnis der Person Jesu. Product det

Wer anfängt, sich eine zutreffende Vorstellung von den Äthern zu machen, der gewinnt nicht nur etwas für sein Wissen, sondern bekommt einen Schlüssel, der ihm viele neue Einsichten und Zusammenhänge in der Natur und im Menschen aufschließt. (Ernst Marti) Product details Format Paperback | 60 pages Dimensions 123 x 200 x 17mm | 112g Publication date

Japanese translation of Harry Potter and the Sorecrer's Stone. In Japanese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Product details For ages 9-12 Format Hardback | 462 pages Dimensions 152 x 213 x 30mm | 816g Publication date

Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can't get rid of him. When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free. However, the ghost he summons is actually Julian Diaz, the school's resident bad boy, and Julian is not about to go quietly into death. He's determined to find out what happened and tie off some loose ends before he leaves. Left with no choice, Yadriel agrees to help Julian, so that they can both get what they want. But the longer Yadriel spends with Julian, the less he wants to let him leave. Product details Format Hardback

This classic work of political theory and practice offers an account of the modern Machiavellians, a remarkable group who have been influential in Europe and practically unknown in the United States. The book devotes a long section to Machiavelli himself as well as to such modern Machiavellians as Gaetano Mosca, Georges Sorel, Robert Michels and Vilfredo Pareto. Burnham contends that the writings of these men hold the key both to the truth about politics and to the preservation of political liberty. Product details Format CD-Audio Dimensions 134 x 191 x 14mm

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'An entertaining tour that will change how you see the world' Sean Carroll, author of Something Deeply Hidden Is there a secret formula for improving your life? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship? This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in fact. They are integral to everything from investment banking to betting companies and social media giants. And they can help you to increase your chance of success, guard against financial loss, live more healthily and see through scaremongering. They are known only by mathematicians - until now. With wit and clarity, mathematician David Sumpter shows that it isn't the technical details which make these formulas so successful. It is the way they allow mathematicians to view problems from a different angle - a way of seeing the world that anyone can learn. Empowering and illuminatin

The ideal souvenir following the 39th Ryder cup. Allows the reader to get closer than ever to all the action of the four-day event. Product details Format Paperback | 192 pages Dimensions 200 x 250 x 15.24mm | 798.32g Publication date 16 Jan 2011

Achieve your best health by eating like your ancestors. Recent scientific studies have proven the superior health benefits of a Paleo diet. Based on the idea that the diet of our early ancestors is the ideal diet for optimum health, Paleo cuts out unhealthy modern foods like grains, sugars, and processed products, and replaces them with only the freshest, healthiest, and most nutrient-packed foods. Paleo for Beginners is your introduction to the life-changing Paleo diet, with 150 easy recipes that will help you get lean and feel more energetic. Paleo for Beginners introduces you to the healthiest, most time-tested diet in human history with: - 150 delicious Paleo recipes for every meal - Detailed information on the proven health benefits of eating Paleo - Q&A to determine how eating Paleo fits with your lifestyle - Detailed 30-day meal plan - Tips on building a Paleo pantry and staying Paleo outside your home - Special advice for weight loss, athletes, and other dietary needs With

In The Dominance Playbook, kink educator and lifelong power exchange fanatic Anton Fulmen builds on the fundamentals he established in The Heart of Dominance to explore beyond the basics of dominance and submission in both scenes and relationships. The Playbook includes inspiration and practical advice for a wide range of power exchange practices: administering effective punishments, providing useful service, navigating the delicate territory of sexual objectification, and other fulfilling but sometimes tricky areas of kink. You'll find invaluable guidance for creating an intense evening of power exchange play, and also for weaving power exchange into the fabric of a long term relationship - in ways that are exciting, fulfilling and sustainable for everyone. Product details Format Paperback

Understanding what it's truly like to live with bipolar disorder or depression is almost impossible if you haven't experienced it; and yet, that's what Lost Marbles: Insights into My Life with Depression and Bipolar does - it shows the unvarnished reality of living with a serious mental illness to help the mentally ill and those who love them understand the inner workings and how to fight these complex disorders.Lost Marbles straddles the line between self-help and memoir detailing real-life experiences that drive tips that work when life includes a mental illness. Improve your life or the life of a person you love with informative and experienced new takes on: Thinking like a person with bipolar or depressionWhat the elevated mood of bipolar disorder feels likeMedication issues, including detailed information on choosing (or not choosing) a specific medicationThe realities of suicide and suicide attemptsHow to live better with a serious mental illnessHow dealing with menta

Complemented by easy-to use, reliable maps, helpful recommendations, authoritative background information, and up-to-date coverage of things to see and do, these popular travel guides cover in detail countries, regions, and cities around the world for travelers of every budget, along with extensive itineraries, maps with cross-referencing to the text, "Top 10" and "Top 5" lists, and other practical features. Product details Format Paperback | 1284 pages Dimensions 128 x 197 x 49mm

*** Sunday Times Bestseller *** 'Fascinating. A wise and compassionate book full of insight and understanding that would help anyone experiencing grief, or those surrounding them' Cathy Rentzenbrink 'A wonderfully important and transforming book - lucid, consoling and wise' William Boyd ____________________________________________________________________ Grief Works is a compassionate guide that will inform and engage anyone who is grieving, from the 'expected' death of a parent to the sudden unexpected death of a small child, and provide clear advice for those seeking to comfort the bereaved. Julia Samuel guides you gently through her eight practical pillars of strength - that include the power of saying 'no' to the structure and building of good new habits - to support you and help you to gradually rebuild your life in the face of grief: With personal real-life stories of loss, and brilliantly accessible and practical advice, Grief Works will be passed

As a young Florentine envoy to the courts of France and the Italian principalities, Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) was able to observe firsthand the lives of people strongly united under one powerful ruler. His fascination with that political rarity and his intense desire to see the Medici family assume a similar role in Italy provided the foundation for his primer for princes. In this classic guide to acquiring and maintaining political power, Machiavelli used a rational approach to advise prospective rulers, developing logical arguments and alternatives for a number of potential problems, among them governing hereditary monarchies, dealing with colonies and the treatment of conquered peoples. Refreshing in its directness, yet often disturbing in its cold practicality, The Prince sets down a frighteningly pragmatic formula for political fortune. Starkly relevant to the political upheavals of the 20th century, this calculating prescription for power remains today, nearly 500 years aft

This new biography of famed American novelist Philip Roth offers a full account of his development as a writer. Philip Roth was much more than a Jewish writer from Newark, as this new biography reveals. His life encompassed writing some of the most original novels in American literature, publishing censored writers from Eastern Europe, surviving less than satisfactory marriages, and developing friendships with a number of the most important writers of his time from Primo Levi and Milan Kundera to Isaac Bashevis Singer, Saul Bellow and Edna O'Brien. The winner of a Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and the Man Booker International Prize, Roth maintained a remarkable productivity throughout a career that spanned almost fifty years, creating 31 works. But beneath the success was illness, angst, and anxiety often masked from his readers. This biography, drawing on archives, interviews and his books, delves into the shaded world of Philip Roth to identify the ghosts, the character,

This is a Print on Demand title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Product details Format Paperback | 396 pages Dimensions 140 x 216 x 20mm | 458g Publication date 28 Jan 2010