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With letters from Dame Jane Goodall, Oliver Burkeman, Dame Hilary Mantel, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Sir John Major and many more . . .In 2015, James Bailey was down on his luck, unemployed, heartbroken, and living alone in his caravan wondering where it had all gone wrong. His life wasn't panning out the way he had always dreamt it would. Becoming desperate for guidance to turn his life around, James wrote to hundreds of luminaries to ask them the very ...

"Romcom fans will fall in love with the cheeky charm and wry wit of . . . a delightfully bloke-centered counterpart to Bridget Jones and her diary." — BooklistTo coin a phrase, Josh is suffering a quarter-life crisis. He just broke up with his long-term girlfriend, lost his job, and moved back home with his parents (shudder). Welcome to rock bottom in Bristol. As Josh starts questioning all his life choices, he has a mad thought: Maybe he would just be bett...

“A deeply stylish, astute, and illuminating portrait of a fascinating writer.”—Francesca Wade, author of Gertrude Stein: An AfterlifeA spiky and delicious new literary portrait of the great twentieth-century British author of beloved novels such as The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Girls of Slender Means“She was, if you believe what you read in the papers: a genius, a survivor, a bad mother, a fickle friend, a...

With a loss of confidence at work and on the wrong end of a breakup, James Bailey ran away to Africa in what some might call a midlife crisis. He packed an oversized bag dubbed 'Baby Elephant' and pursued a dream he'd nurtured for years — becoming a safari guide.Through this diary-style narrative, readers experience the highs and lows of life on the African veld. James shares his home in an unfenced camp, the hard slog of guide training, heart-pounding moments with the Big Five, an...

The people who struggle most with fiber are not the ones who lack information. They are the ones who feel buried by it. They want to feel better, have more regular digestion, and maybe lose a few pounds, but they do not want another demanding program that collapses by Thursday. This book does the opposite. It keeps things small, specific, and doable. You will learn exactly how much fiber you need, which foods deliver it without fuss, and how to add a little more each week until the habit f...

James Bailey's form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was as bizarre as it was unbearable. He was obsessed by a fear of drugs and their effects, believing himself to be in constant danger of becoming insanely high through people spiking his food, or even by just touching a photograph of a marijuana leaf.The treatment programme he went through at a specialist American clinic was challenging, to say the least. He was asked to shake hands and mingle with the local junkies, fighti...

The history of Chicago's street gangs, so I researched news articles, books, forum posts, interviewed old students and people from Chicago communities, and researched old social services records from the 1950s and 1960s. I translate poorly written pieces and stories in meaning. My work also included research into Puerto Rican, Mexican, white, and African American migration, as well as investigating the neighborhoods they lived or still live in, to establish the origins of these street gang...

On the ketogenic diet, a little preparation and prepping goes a long way toward success. With tips, lists, and instructions for planning your meals ahead of time, Keto Meal Prep will help you make balanced, homemade keto meals a daily part of your routine.

The ketogenic diet is a low-carb, high-fat diet that follows the Atkins and low-carb diets in many ways. It entails dramatically lowering carbohydrate consumption and substituting fat. This drop in carbs allows the body to reach a metabolic condition known as ketosis. Your body becomes extremely good at burning fat for energy as this happens. It also transforms fat to ketones in the liver, which can provide the brain with energy (6Trusted Source). Ketogenic diets can lower blood sugar and ...

In this practical and inspiring guide, educational leaders are invited to tackle the teacher retention challenge head-on by creating intentional systems to keep passionate, motivated educators in classrooms.Grounded in a research-based Teacher Retention Model, this book equips school leaders with actionable strategies to combat teacher burnout and turnover. It delves into the complex nature of today’s educational demands and their impact on teacher well-being, providing leaders wit...

An extensive introduction provides basic information about Russian epics, their historical background, their poetics, the history of their collection, their performance context, and their main interpretations. In addition, their is a short introduction to each song, explaining its plot, allusions, and interpretations. A glossary of common terms and a selected bibliography of studies about the Russian epic in English and Russian are also included in the volume.