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That's what happened to Patrick McGinnis. It's no exaggeration to say that he devoted his life to the company he worked for, struggling through, even when he was ill, only to find that he was working for a bankrupt company. His stock had fallen by 97%, he had lost his health and his job had little value. He made a bargain with God; if he survived, he would make some changes. He did survive and came through stronger - and richer. There is, you see, a different way: ''great things are not reserved for those who bleed, for those who almost break.''}}{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn=1523092734|title=A Women's Guide to Claiming Space|author=Eliza Van Cort|rating=5|genre=Politics and Society|summary="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE''She brings a hug-kick->thunderclap that every woman needs in her life. Again and again and again.'' (Alma Derricks, former CMO, Cirque du Soleil RSD)

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The stereotypical farmer was probably born on the land where ''his'' family have farmed for generations. He's probably grown up without giving much thought as to what he really wants to do: he knows that he'll be a farmer. It's not always the case though. Hannah Jackson was born and brought up on the Wirral: she'd never set foot on a commercial farm until she was twenty although she'd always had a deep love of animals. Her original intention was that she would become 'Dr Jackson, whale scientist' and she was well on her way to achieving this when her life changed on a family holiday to the Lake District. She saw a lamb being born and, although 'Hannah Jackson, farmer' lacked the kudos of her original intention, she knew that she wanted to be a shepherd. With the determination that you'll soon realise is an essential part of her, she set about achieving her ambition.}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical1786495902|title=The Natural Health Service: How Nature Can Mend Your Mind|author=Isabel Hardman|rating=5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=Isabel Hardman suffered a trauma which she chooses not to share. She says that a friend who does know, burst into tears and health-aligncare professionals' jaws have sagged in disbelief. Hardman dealt with this at the time by 'keeping going': top; textthe next day she went to work to cover the budget, next there was the EU referendum, the political party leadership contests and then it was party conference season. One night she had to be sedated and returned home to begin long-alignterm sick leave. That was what brought me to this book: left;2020 was the year when the bins went out more often than I did.}}{{Frontpage|author=Lauren Martin|title=The Book of Moods|rating=5|genre=Lifestyle|summary= I was in a great mood when I first learnt of this book, and because sarcasm doesn't always translate well into writing, imagine the word ''great'' being delivered with an eye roll and a sigh, through clenched teeth. I had spent the best part of a rainy, windy weekend afternoon out on the water at our local sailing club in the rescue rib, on standby in case anyone who was racing needed support. It's a volunteer duty we all do during the year, and normally I'm happy to, but that day the weather was miserable and I was miserable, and it all came to a head that evening when I noticed on the website that we had been thanked for our time as "Dave and wife". Wow. I had never needed this book more.|isbn=1538733625}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0008420386|title=Failosophy: A handbook for when things go wrong|author=Elizabeth Day|rating=4|genre=Lifestyle|summary=What do Malcolm Gladwell, Alain de Botton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Lemn Sissay, Nigel Slater, Emeli Sandé, Meera Syal, Dame Kelly Holmes and Andrew Scott have in common? They've all failed and - more importantly - they've been willing to appear on Elizabeth Day's podcast to discuss their failures and how life worked out for them afterwards. You'll find the results of these discussions in ''Failosophy''}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1504321383|title=Single, Again, and Again, and Again|author=[[Spiritual Atheist by Nick Seneca Jankel]]Louisa Pateman|rating=4.5|genre=Autobiography|summary=''You can't be happy and fulfilled on your own. You are not complete until you find a man''.

[[image:2starThis was what Louisa Pateman was brought up to believe.jpg|link=Category It wasn't unkind:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]], [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] ''Spiritual Atheist'' is a new 'bible' it was simply the adults in her life advising her as to what they thought would be best for her. It was reinforced by all those fairy tales where the spiritual not the religious, according to the tagline. This girl (she's usually fairly young) is a taboo smashing book which solves rescued by the problem of modernity and explains how to be a 'spiritual technologist' handsome prince who then marries her so that they can live and love freely in happily ever after. Few girls are lucky enough to be brought up 'spiritual fullness' without relying on a belief in god. Touching on everything from 'brain science' to AI, Jankel offers the expectation that they will marry and have children. It was a belief and it would be many years before Louisa would conclude that ''a belief is a choice'path to meaning', allowing us to move beyond consumerism towards an ethical life. [[Spiritual Atheist by Nick Seneca Jankel|Full Review]]}}<!-- Mackay -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1538731738| styletitle="widthSimple Abundance: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"365 Days to a Balanced and Joyful Life|author= Sarah Ban Breathnach[[image:Mackay_Trials.jpg|leftrating=5|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1524683094?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1524683094]]Lifestyle| stylesummary="vertical-alignSomeone once said: top; textit's not self-align: left;"|===[[Trials and Tribulations of a Travelling Prostitute by Andrew Mackay]]=== [[image:3.5starindulgence, it's therapy! 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Perhaps an even greater measure of inconvenience impact is setting out to buy my own copy before I've finished reading the employeeone I've borrowed. Mackay was an engineer who knew all that there was I want to be know about turbines and generators, or if he didnavoid clichés like 'powerful' 'inspiring' 'life-changing't could soon be up to speed to – although it is definitely the extent of being able to teach other people. Occasionally his skills were used in first two and only time will tell about the UK, third – but frequently he was abroad. Just every now and again he would be in those parts of the world which has the rest of us green with envy, but then there were those areas which feature heavily in the news clichés exist for a reason and I'm not in a good waysure I can succinctly put it any better. [[Trials and Tribulations of a Travelling Prostitute by Andrew Mackay|Full Review]]isbn=1912836017}}<!-- Omeiza -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1543987877| styletitle="widthLearn to Love: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Guide to Healing Your Disappointing Love Life|author=Dr Thomas Jordan[[image:Omeiza_Parenting.jpg|left|linkrating=https://www4.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1524682853?ie5|genre=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1524682853]] Lifestyle| stylesummary="vertical-align''Learn to Love: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Parenting through the Eyes of Guide to Healing Your Disappointing Love Life'' is a book about love relationships rather than a Child: Memoirs of My Childhood by Tabitha Ochekpe Omeiza]]=== [[image:4starbook about love.jpg|link=Category The two greatest emotions are love and grief and love is the opposite of grief:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]]''if you love'', Dr Thomas Jordan tells us, [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]] Tabitha Ochekpe Omeiza was brought up in Nigeria ''you will inevitably grieve''. Your love relationships begin the moment you're born and came to Britain to study for her A levels end only when she was 18you die. Her parents used their savings Whilst we all come into the world hoping to give her this opportunity and called it an investment in her futurereceive love there are many people for whom love is not quite so simple. Now a qualified pharmacist, married Some people suffer multiple disappointments - sometimes repeating the same mistakes - and with a child of her ownthis eventually becomes resignation. For people who are making the same mistakes repeatedly, Tabitha looks back at her childhood and reflects on self-preservation, in the way her mother and father raised her. And she gives their parenting top marks. 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I use the final chapter he talks about his own experience of having deliberately sought it to find out how to do things, with but mostly he wanders down the instruction videos they seem to have for pretty much anythingalleys and by-ways that his thinking about this lost art led him. At the gym, I'll stick it on on my phone|isbn=1847947662}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0753553236|title=Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything|author=B J Fogg|rating=5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=Go on, prop admit it up on the cross trainer and watch some behind the scenes interviews with the cast of my favourite shows- you're not quite perfect. And sometimes I'll treat it as if it is Netflix You still have those odd, quirky even loveable (to you) habits which seem to annoy other people. Other people, of course, to watch series are sorely afflicted with new episodes releasing every few dayssome dreadful flaws which they could so easily correct, exclusively on YouTubeif only they would make just a little bit of effort. Having a new smart TV adds an extra Or put another way, easy way I get cross with myself because I forget to watch without having to plug in my laptop do things or squint at a small phone screen. So yes, do some actions more than I like YouTube and should and no matter how I try to make what seem to be quite monumental changes I use YouTubenever quite seem to get to grips with the concepts. But I constantly fail and then I didn't know a whole lot about get cross with myself for failing. Lack of willpower is another burden to add to the site it until I read this booklist.[[Stream Punks by Robert Kyncl and Maany Peyvan}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]] <!-- Way -->isbn=1785785516|-title=Fucking Good Manners| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Simon Griffin[[image:Way_Tea.jpg|left|linkrating=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1445670011?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1445670011]] 4| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Lifestyle|summary===[[Tea Gardens (Britain's Heritage Series) Manners maketh man, they say. It certainly makes life easier if everybody abides by Twigs Way]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]]a set of conventions, [[:Category:History|History]] Tea Gardens really began in London in the late 18th century: a trip some of which are ages old and other which have evolved over time. Manners are not about how much to Kings Cross tip or St Pancras was effectively a trip how you should behave if you get an invitation to the country in those days. Men had their coffee housesBuckingham Palace, but they were not places where women could have nothing to do with class or would be seen. Tea was introduced to England in financial status: they're about getting the 17th century but it was not until 1784 that the high duty was reduced from 119% basics right before we try to 12½% and tea became the drink of choice for the nation. Until then the working classes had been fuelled largely by cheap gin. Onlydeal with more difficult matters. Of course we all have more relaxed manners when we're with family and friends, where would this beverage be drunk? One answer was the pleasure gardens where the fashionable went but it's best if we learn to see distinguish between our public and private lives and be seen: by the mid 1600s tea was also being served in places such as Ranelagh Gardensto act appropriately. [[Tea Gardens (Britain ''Fucking Good Manners''s Heritage Series) by Twigs Way|Full Review]]aims to help us on the way.}}<!-- Nicholson -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1999811402| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Painting Snails|author=Stephen John Hartley[[image:Nicholson_Tambourine.jpg|left|linkrating=https://www.amazon.co4.uk/gp/product/1524681822?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1524681822]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Autobiography|summary===[[Mr Tambourine Man by Nicholson]]=== [[imageIt's very difficult to classify ''Painting Snails'':3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]]originally I thought that as it's loosely based around a year on an allotment it would be a lifestyle book, [[:Category:Travel|Travel]] Back in 1965 we heard but you''Mr Tambourine Man'' by the Byrds re not going to get advice on what to plant when and where for the radio very regularlybest results. Nicholson was thirteen and saw The answer would be something along the 45rpm recording lines of the song in the window of the local music store 'try it and would have loved to be able to buy it but didnsee't have the money. Thirteen-year olds didn't in those days unless it was Then I considered popular science as Stephen Hartley failed his A levels, did an engineering apprenticeship, became a birthday or Christmas busker, finally got into medical school and you couldn't get a is now an A&E consultant (part-time job until you were fifteen). There would be a few of those badly-paid jobs before he finished his A levels and went to New York for three months. It I found out that there's this trip which Nicholson feels turned him an awful lot more to what goes on in a Major Trauma Centre than you'll ever glean from being a boy into a man and allowed him to see ''Casualty'', but that isn't really what the bigger picturebook's about.<br> <!-- Tuhus-Dubrow -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Dubrow_Stereo There's a lot about rock & roll, which seems to be the real passion of Hartley's life, but it didn't actually fit into the entertainment genre either.jpg|link=http://www Did we have a category for 'doing the impossible the hard way'? Yep - that's the one.amazon.co It's an autobiography.uk/dp/1501322818/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align1848993609|title=Good Mood Food: top; text-align: left;"Unlock the Power of Diet to Think and Feel Well|author=Charlotte Watts and Natalie Savona|rating=4.5|genre==[[Personal Stereo by Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow]]===Cookery [[image:5star.jpg|linksummary=CategoryI thought I was getting a cookbook:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]] These tiny 'Object Lessons', I liked the idea of a range series of books recipes which are more like a long-form essay, explore often seemingly mundane itemswould make me feel happy. Personal Stereo packs For once this isn't a lot case of information into a small space. Split into three distinct sections: Novelty'if it sounds too good to be true, Norm, and Nostalgia, 'Noveltyit probably is' traces the origin of the Sony Walkman, from its conception by two Japanese business men to - it becoming 's a recognised entity on the streets case of America. 'Norm' follows on from getting something which could change your life for the universal success of the personal stereo, relating this to the technology which it set the groundwork better - for, such as the ubiquitous proliferation of MP3s, the iPod, and Smartphones, leading to the eventual downfall in the popularity of the Walkmangood - rather than a quick fix. Finally, in 'Nostalgia', Tuhus-Dubrow examines our need to hark back to a simpler time, when the personal stereo seemed the height of freedom. [[Personal Stereo by Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow|Full Review]] <!-- Moore -->}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=Kyncl_Stream| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Stream Punks|author=Robert Kyncl and Maany Peyvan[[image:Moore Bientot|rating=4.jpg5|leftgenre=Entertainment|linksummary=https://wwwI watch quite a lot of YouTube.amazonI play music videos when I want to listen to a particular song I don't already have in my collection.coI use it to find out how to do things, with the instruction videos they seem to have for pretty much anything.uk/gp/product/1782438610?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagAt the gym, I'll stick it on on my phone, prop it up on the cross-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782438610]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[A Bientottrainer and watch some behind the scenes interviews with the cast of my favourite shows.And sometimes I'll treat it as if it is Netflix, to watch series with new episodes releasing every few days, exclusively on YouTube.. by Roger Moore]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]]Having a new smart TV adds an extra, [[:Category:Entertainment|Entertainment]], [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]] The news of the death of Sir Roger Moore easy way to watch without having to plug in May 2017 came as my laptop or squint at a great shock: he was one of those people you knew would go on for eversmall phone screen. So yes, I like YouTube and I use YouTube. There was just one small glimmer of light in the sadness - the news that But I didn't know a matter of days before his death he'd delivered whole lot about the finished manuscript of his book, ''À bientôt…'', to his publishers. Just a few months later a copy landed on my desk and I didn't even bother to look as though site it until I could resist reading it straight away. [[A Bientot... by Roger Moore|Full Review]] <!-- Dubey -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Dubey_21.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1999838912/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[21 Doors to Happiness: Life Through Travel Experiences and Meditation by Chit Dubey]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]] I know that I'm not alone in having been brought up to ''achieve'', to look down on those who had different (''lesser'', it would have been said) aims, but there comes a point in life when you wonder about the point of it all. Do you need to keep on ''achieving'', and if so, ''why''? Many years ago I had a light-bulb moment when I realised that achieving more, having more money, more material possessions didn't make me happy - and surely the point of it all was to be ''happy''? Superficially that sounds very simple: live a life doing only what you want to do and pleasing yourself, but that doesn't bring happiness either. Chit Dubey believes that happiness is inside you and you just need to delve a little deeper to find it. [[21 Doors to Happiness: Life Through Travel Experiences and Meditation by Chit Dubey|Full Review]] <!-- Owusu -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Owusu_Psychosis.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1524680559/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[My Psychosis Story: A Story of Fear and Hope Through Adversity by Emmanuel Owusu]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]] ''My Psychosis Story'' recounts Emmanuel Owusu's journey into and eventually out of psychosis. In late 2014, during a visit home for Christmas, he found himself exhausted, anxious and unable to sleep. Symptoms persisted and soon he was suffering from noise sensitivity and intense headaches. Various visits to A&E failed to diagnose a physical cause. Things deteriorated further and possible diagnoses of anxiety and post traumatic concussion were suggested. And ''still'' things got worse. Eventually, Owusu's condition deteriorated so far that he was suffering from delusions and hallucinations. An ambulance was called and he was detained - sectioned - under the Mental Health Act in 2015. [[My Psychosis Story: A Story of Fear and Hope Through Adversity by Emmanuel Owusu|Full Review]] <!-- Hine -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Hine_Mind.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473649285/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Mind of a Survivor by Megan Hine]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]] Megan Hine is probably the type of person that you'd want with you in a crisis situation. Cool, calm and capable; this survival expert is equally at home in desert, mountain, tundra and jungle environments. She's navigated her way around some of the most inhospitable regions on the planet and survived to tell the tale. But just what is it that makes some people more capable in a survival situation than others? Physical fitness? Bushcraft skills? Experience? Whilst all of these are important, Hine argues that ''attitude'' is one of the most important factors in survival. In this book, she examines how the right mindset can mean the difference between life and death when isolated in the wilderness. [[Mind of a Survivor by Megan Hine|Full Review]] <!-- Ikin -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Ikin_Kitchen.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/144566884X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Kitchen Garden (Britain's Heritage Series) by Caroline Ikin]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]] I love visiting country houses, but you can keep the interiors and the flower gardens - what interests me is the kitchen garden: seeing one which has been restored to its former glory is a real treat, as was ''Britain's Heritage: The Country Garden'' when it landed on my desk. There was no longer any need to guess at the work that had been done: here was the history complete with glorious illustrations as well as some wonderful advertisements. ''Canary Guano. For Greenhouse and garden. Perfectly clean. May be used by a lady.'' is still making me giggle. [[The Kitchen Garden (Britain's Heritage Series) by Caroline Ikin|Full Review]] <!-- McNally -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Mcnally_Cracking.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1524662003/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Cracking the Obesity Crisis by Veronica M McNally]]=== [[image:1.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]] Any weight-related book, whether one that considers issues from a medical or sociological perspective, or one that provides advice on how to eat well or lose weight, whose opening pages feature such as controversial statements as: ''fat people are basically insecure, unhappy people trapped inside very unattractive bodies'', or ''Islamic people however are at an advantage as they do Ramadan and they are not overweight'', ''there is hope for overweight and obese people, but I don’t see a way back for the clinically aid [sic] morbidly obese'' or my personal favourite: ''as women’s hands are smooth and soft in many cases, females would be useful behind soldiers to be there as assistants to men quickly reloading magazines of bullets speedily'', any such book needs to provide an awful lot of valuable content in the pages that follow to have a chance of redeeming itself. 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|genre=For SharingAutobiography|summary=Nick's Mum is an accident Tabitha Ochekpe Omeiza was brought up in Nigeria and emergency nurse and life can get a bit hectic at times, particularly came to Britain to study for her A levels when she has was 18. Her parents used their savings to arrange for someone to look after Nick give her this opportunity and his twin sister Emmacalled it an investment in her future. One day in the school holidays Grandpa had the pleasure Now a qualified pharmacist, married and with a child of looking after her own, Tabitha looks back at her childhood and reflects on the kids way her mother and Nick thought this was coolfather raised her. And she gives their parenting top marks. Grandpa used to be a bit }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Mackay_Trials|title=Trials and Tribulations of a rocker, Travelling Prostitute|author=Andrew Mackay|rating=3.5|genre=Business and Finance|summary=Just chance you see, and think thatyou's the sort of music he always has playing. He might have re picking up a stick but Nick sure that he doesnbook about what can go wrong in life for an itinerant sex worker I't really need d better explain exactly what it was that author Andrew Mackay did for thirty- it's there just in casethree years. He does have A travelling prostitute is a problem though worker who is employed by one company but his services are sold out to other countries, usually at a substantial profit to the employing company and Mum explains it by saying a lot of inconvenience to the employee. Mackay was an engineer who knew all that Grandpa has there was to be know about turbines and generators, or if he didn't could soon be up to speed to the extent of being able to eat at teach other people. Occasionally his skills were used in the right time UK, but frequently he was abroad. Just every day because now and again he would be in those parts of the world which has diabetesthe rest of us green with envy, but then there were those areas which feature heavily in the news and not in a good way.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524667641</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Twigs Way1529104432X|title=Allotments (Britain's Heritage Series)The Art of Noticing: Rediscover What Really Matters to You|author=Rob Walker

|summary=Allotments came about originally from the enclosure of land, primarily for sheep pasture. Fearing The curse put on reviewers is that the enclosures would leave peasants unable we get to feed themselves, Elizabeth I issued an act requiring all new cottages read through a book which is really better dipped into or read gradually and thoughts allowed to have four acres be provoked. And so it was with ''The Art of ground, something which has been honoured more by history than by ElizabethNoticing''s contemporaries. It was 's a simple premise: the first in a long line pace of modern life and rapidity of legislation with technological advances means that aim in mind - which largely failed we are constantly overwhelmed and distracted. Rob Walker wants us to be able to steal our attention back. He gives us his thoughts on various areas of our lives and then provides 131 exercises to achieve their aimshelp us recover our attention.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445665700</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nicos Nicolaou1786331608|title=The Anxiety-Elimination SystemHard Pushed: A Midwife's Story|author=Leah Hazard

|summary=Nick Nicolau suffered Over the past few years, we've had a major panic attack and was told rash (sorry - no pun intended) of books by his doctor that he would need medication to control medical practitioners. Doctors have been at the forefront, but ''Hard Pushed'' is the attacks and that there wasnfirst book I't much more that he could do - apart that was, from going home to sleepve seen by a midwife. The next morning he had another attack which he could neither stop nor control It's an unusual profession in that it's one of the few callings within the medical system where most of the patients are healthy and before long was having panic attacks every day the only one where one person comes into the system and developed generalised anxiety and phobias(for the most part) more than one goes out. After a great deal of work and research he discovered how It's an amazing thing to be able to control his anxiety do - and now he helps others to do escort new life into the sameworld - and an enormous responsibility. No one is born with Leah Hazard came to it after a chemical imbalance career in the brain television and genes do not determine behaviour. The proof of the efficacy of his system ''Hard Pushed'' is that through the course story of her career as a particularly challenging life event midwife - his divorce - he didn't slip back into inappropriate anxietyand the title tells more than one story.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524667412</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Akon Margaret Kalu0753552655|title=Eat With PleasureTime and How to Spend It: The 7 Rules for Richer, Happier Days|author=James Wallman|rating=34

|summary=When Most things you think about a certified nutrition coach you probably imagine someone who is going to be very strict with you about what you should or shouldn't be eating. You visualise someone who will insist that you eat worthy (and probably tasteless) food and completely avoid those foods which you really love. Gone will be the bar can replace, but one of chocolate and possibly even the mug of coffee things which gets you going in the morningsimply can't replace is time. It was particularly refreshing and something of a relief Even though we know this, we fail to encounter Akon Margaret Kalu - certified nutrition coach and food blogger at [http://www.therealakon.co.uk www.therealakon.co.uk]use what we have wisely. SheWe have more leisure time, but that's outspoken. She believes that the occasional treat does you no harm so long as you donnot how it feels: a high value is put on how we spend our working hours, but there't make it s a regular habitlow value on leisure. In fact you're better having a smallUnfortunately, occasional, indulgent snack than resisting and finally giving into cravings we now know how to work and not how to ''live'': we need to ''binginglearn''. In other words, she lives in the real world with how to spend our leisure time wisely and James Wallman has taken on the rest onerous task of teaching us imperfect beingshow to do this.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524676942</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ruth PearsonB07ML4Q55J|title=Say Yes to New Opportunities!Home Workout for Beginners: 6 Week Fitness Program with Fat Burning Workouts for Long Term Weight Loss|author=James Atkinson

|summary=Ruth Pearson was deputy head of her school James Atkinson has all the qualifications which you need in a workout instructor and he looks the part. He's been actively involved in the health and was studying fitness arena for a Masters degree when she suffered an emotional breakdown more than twenty years and he spent nine years as a result of the stresses member of 9 Parachute Regiment, Royal Engineers. He has another qualification which means a lot to me: he's been on the jobother side. The breakdown There was so severe that she a time when he was afraid to return to the classroom, but rather than sitting back overweight and letting the circumstances overwhelm her she allowed what had happened to become not particularly strong. As a catalyst which would help her child, he was slow to change her lifedevelop. In This means that he ''Say Yes to New Opportunitiesunderstands'' she shares what she learned from it's like and he knows how his clients feel: it's much more helpful than the experience. To come back from this situation requires strength, honesty twenty-something who was born super-fit and a sense of purpose, all of which Pearson demonstrates quite clearly throughout this bookwith an attitude problem.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524676616</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1999308719|title=Confessions of Modern WomenLive Forever Manual: Science, ethics and companies behind the new anti-aging treatments|author=Spadge WhittakerAdrian Cull

|summary=SheFor many years now I's back! Huzzah! Do you remember when Spadge Whittaker [[Braver Than Britainve (half) joked that I intended to live forever and that so far, Occasionally by Spadge Whittaker|faced her (it was working out OK. Time has passed though and although I'm a great deal fitter and healthier than most people of my age there were a few nagging health problems which were tipping my life out of balance. It was time to look for a new approach and our) deepest fears]]? We loved as so often happens, the reviewing gods brought me the way she did thatbook I needed. EXCEPT FOR THE SPIDERS ''Live Forever Manual: Science, ethics and companies behind the new anti-ageing treatments'' seemed like the answer to my problems - only you get so much more than just 101 tips. }}

This time, Spadge has turned her attention Move on to what it means to be a modern woman in twenty-first century, digital Britain. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0993429912</amazonuk>}}[[Newest Literary Fiction Reviews]]