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Our mood affects so many aspects of our lives – motivation, concentration, relationships, and even our careers. The list goes on.
Food, too, plays a powerful role in how we feel.
This book encourages you to cook based on your mood, not what society or others expect. On low days, it’s perfectly fine to eat mashed potatoes straight from the bowl – I certainly do.
Once you embrace the idea of cooking what truly comforts and nourishes you, life will feel a whole lot simpler and much brighter.
Think of this book as self-help through the power of delicious food. Now, all that’s left to do is put on your apron and treat your taste buds to mood-boosting recipes made just for you.
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The Most Beautiful Species Alive
The same two Autumn days are repeating over and over again. Five teenagers in New Zealand know what is going on.
They have several tasks to do to help to defeat the bad aliens who are doing it. The five are Polly, Kimmy, Oli, Issiah and Hector. Most of the action happens in the city of Courtney on Planet Shogasaah.
They need to solve clues to complete each task. They need to think all the time, and it’s a bit like they are playing a strategy computer game and constantly figuring out what they need to do. The clues get more and more complicated as the story progresses.
Perhaps you as the reader could figure things out before the five do?
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Maybe Grampy is at his shack, Nucleus
Authentica, inventing something very special?
Or maybe he is out at sea?
Nine-year-old Leon sneaks out into the woods all by himself just before midnight. Grampy, Leon’s grandfather, simply can’t be dead and buried – at least not after what the adults keep saying: “The old man is not gone; he is still very much with us.” Determined to find him, Leon sets out on his quest.On his journey, Leon is guided by the winged Gabriel, who teaches him to play music from each colour of the rainbow. But soon, Leon finds himself fearing for his life as he walks the tightrope of forgiveness high in the mountains, tumbles into wild rivers, encounters a mischievous mouse, soars in a balloon, and rides on the back of a wolf cub.
Finding Grampy is a little hero’s journey for all of us – children and grown-ups alike – who are still children at heart and who never stop pondering the questions of life, love, loss, forgiveness, friendship, and the search for one’s voice and inner truth.
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In Tramontana, the author invites readers on an intimate journey of spiritual transformation, weaving together a tapestry of emotions and insights that explore the profound depths of the human experience.
From the trembling precarity in facing the unknown to the radiant embrace of unconditional love, these poems traverse a wide range of themes that speak to the soul. Grounded in the author’s vulnerability as a writer, each verse is an illustrative exploration of the human condition intersected with the unfailing capacity of the awakened heart to bring us home within ourselves. Each verse captures the essence of nature’s stillness woven into the warmth of human touch mirroring the serene turbulence of inner growth. Mountains, oceans, and trees become metaphors of resilience, connection, and renewal.
Whether you are seeking solace, inspiration, or a moment of reflection, Tramontana, titled after the majestic North Wind, offers a space to pause and reconnect with the boundless beauty within and around us. These poems are a celebration of life and true love’s transformative power, reminding us that even in the darkest moments, there is light – and in stillness, there is strength.
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This book is a collection of fifteen carefully chosen stories drawn from the author’s wider body of one hundred and fifty short works. Each story offers a unique and realistic theme, capturing a range of human emotions and experiences. As you read, you may find yourself laughing, crying, or drifting into deep thought and imagination.
Walls Are Talking reflects the sorrow and struggles of Afghan society. It serves as a mirror to the historical and cultural truths of a nation, revealing moments that are both moving and unexpected.
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70 years ago, children enjoyed a lot more freedom than they do today. The time allowed to play often stretched for days at a time. In many cases, this allowed children to become highly creative while finding exciting opportunities to play unsupervised.
No one seemed concerned about a child climbing the highest tree or going on a picnic or fishing, unaccompanied by adults. Even an overnight camping trip for a group of under 12s was usually acceptable as long as it wasn’t raining.
In turn, the ability to make important decisions and take risks, given the freedom experienced, built resilience in children that we don’t see anymore.
Today’s children are often fearful and turn to their parents, who supervise everything they do. Helicopter parents hover over their children’s every move to ensure that they come to no harm. In doing so, the parent inadvertently causes more harm, making the child/children dependent on the parent for even the simplest decision.
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Your Special Garden: Grief and Loss
Bedtime can sometimes feel a little scary. But what if your child could create a special place using their imagination – to build a garden of extraordinary abundance, have fun, feel safe and experience a peaceful night’s sleep?
In this heartwarming story, children are invited on a gentle journey to their own Special Garden—a peaceful haven where they can feel calm and safe, no matter what’s happening in the world around them. Through soothing words and beautiful illustrations, Your Special Garden: Grief and Loss shows children that, like a loving hug or a treasured memory, there’s always a safe space for them to return to when the lights go down.
Inspired by Christine’s own experiences, this book offers children a tool to cope with their worries, honour their emotions, and find comfort in sleep. Grief and loss come in different shapes and sizes. A guiding poem provides inspiration to help deal with this, but how they see and use their garden is only limited by their imagination – and yours!
A perfect bedtime read, this book will leave children feeling ready to drift into dreamland with peace in their hearts.
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Jenson loved playing with his cars and lorries and one day Grandad Paul decided to take him on a new adventure. On the way home, Jenson was so excited about seeing the big lorries that Grandad Paul had an idea. Where do you think Jenson went next?
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Sam and Sue Share Their Family's Safety Rules With You
Accidents can happen easily in everyday life, especially at home. As parents, we all want our children to be as safe as possible. This delightful children’s rhyme book is designed to help parents introduce simple safety rules in a friendly and memorable way.
Through fun and engaging rhymes, young readers will learn about safety in different areas of the home, including the kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms, and stairs. It also offers helpful tips for staying safe around the pool, in the garden, in the car with Mummy and Daddy, at the shops, and when spending time with animals or friends.
The rhymes follow the adventures of Sam and Sue, a cheerful brother and sister, along with their loving parents, a loyal Basset Hound, a fish, and two curious cats.
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Guzilumans: N-I History of a Legend
Throughout its existence, the human race was being observed by higher beings. These higher beings don’t belong to this realm of reality and grew tired of going back and forth through time and space. They decided to create a race of extraordinary people that would watch over humanity and protect them from the mythical beings that go unnoticed. These watchers remain in the shadows until the day Helen stumbles across one who will take her on a journey into his world. She will learn about the mysterious man’s history, meet more of his kind, and find out about the true nature of these ‘Guzilumans’.
In the background, mysterious forces are plotting their revenge on this man.£10.99 -
Do what is right and walk in obedience to navigate the traps that are set for us – traps intended to rob and steal the many blessings coming our way. Doing the wrong things in life will bring heartache and sorrow that will put us on the path to destruction because of disobedience. Don’t be led astray by the deceptions of others or let go of what you know to be right, as doing so could change the course of your life. Many people kill, steal, and destroy the plans that others may hold dear. Be wise, walk in obedience, and be blessed, as disobedience brings curses.
Disobedience can be failure; obedience can be a winner.
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This heartwarming, funny and entertaining story of living as a foreign family in Warsaw highlights some of the charming traditions and emerging struggles of Poland from January 1994 into the new millennium.
A recently freed nation beckoned this young English family, keen for adventure. The book follows their challenges as they integrate, first into the freshly arriving international expat community and gradually into local village life. They share the journey of the Polish people who are navigating a whirlwind pace of change, as society in the capital city of Warsaw emerges from the shadow of the iron curtain.
Centuries-old traditions run alongside new lifestyles, making every day for this enterprising family an experience full of unexpected delights and equally unexpected obstacles. For the villagers, old-style farming with a single cow and a horse-drawn cart runs alongside the new disciplines of marketing and advertising, bringing faster, smarter cars that are delivered with seats already installed and mobile phones that put households, who could never get a landline, suddenly in touch with the rest of the world.
The landscape and art of this nation form the backdrop to the story, which includes how these expats found themselves owning part of a rare private lake, participants in a new wave art installation and honoured guests at a village wedding in the heart of Chopin country.
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