There are sad moments in all fairy-tale lives. To my utter devastation and heartbreak, my beautiful 15-year-old daughter was admitted for a 21-day stay at the Eating Disorder Unit of a local Rehab Clinic. This is the journal I kept for her stay, while I and her mother waited anxiously for her to choose Life or Death. Anorexia nervosa, referred to simply as anorexia or "Anna" by its nearest and dearest acolytes, is an eating disorder, characterized by low weight, food restriction, fear of g...

STEPHEN DEBROS was born in Zimbabwe. This collection of 30 poems and reflections examines contemporary life, relationship with a "higher power" and the pain and joy of being human. If you enjoy watching life from the inside and wonder how it all fits together, this is for you.ROSS EDWARDS is based in Cape Town, South Africa. In the madness of #IdentityPolitics he is deeply amused by the fact that as a Zimbabwean-born African, now living in South Africa, he is doubly entitled to cal...

A brilliantly funny guide to the trials and tribulations of hospitals and convalescence - from No. 1 bestselling author Maeve Binchy.Get the feel-better factor from Maeve Binchy as she teams up with artist Wendy Shea to bring us ACHES & PAINS. This gem of a book includes:Five things you can say to annoy the patient in the next bedHow to put on elastic stockingsSix ways to make non-alcoholic drinks bearableHow to be the perfect hospital ...

The guided sobriety journalEver sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th?Think there's 'no point' in just one drink?Welcome!Quitting drinking, whether for a month or for life, is enormously satisfying, but also fiendishly difficult.-There's the getting started ('But I have that party next week!')-There's the feeling clenched and socially anxious.-Throw in a sizeable amount ...

An irreverent look at the darkly funny experience of getting older from one of Australia's favourite authors.This book is dedicated to feet, much maligned and underappreciated, but without which we would travel far less.Rosalie Ham, the international bestselling author, burst onto the literary scene in 2000 with her novel The Dressmaker. After years of entertaining us with weird and wonderful older women characters adored by her readers, R...

Do you want to improve your English conversation?This book is designed to help intermediate learners understand and speak informal, colloquial English - as spoken by native speakers.The 50 dialogues cover a huge variety of everyday topics. They’re fun, as well as good for your English. Every dialogue includes a vocabulary list and comprehension questions with answers.Topics include: I need a holiday, Talking politics, Schoolwork, Hotel bill, Discuss...

An essential guide to emotional wellbeing for children, tackling everyday issues to facilitate happier, healthier lives.Designed to help children become more aware of their emotional needs, Happy, Healthy Minds covers everything from parents and friends to school and overwhelming feelings of self-consciousness. With engaging, interactive prompts, it encourages children to open up, explore their own feelings, and face the dilemmas of growing up.By mapping ou...

Depression sucks, but you don't.Trying to manage the range of symptoms that depression throws at you is like navigating the dark ocean floor when you are without a torch and don't know how to swim. How do you manage something that feels utterly unmanageable? How do you get through each day when depression is telling you you're a worthless lump of camel spleen? What you need is a guide. A really good one. You need to know what works and what to do.This book ...

An accessible, comforting and practical book for anyone experiencing anxiety, from the author of The Recovery Letters and How to Tell Depression to Piss Off.Despite more and more people opening up about their mental health, anxiety is still taboo. We're not supposed to be anxious; we're supposed to be resilient and able to 'get on with it'. We are expected to excel while juggling a hectic, pressurised schedule at home and at work, despite the line...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERS, ALL ON THE BOARD, COMES YOUR DAILY COMPANION - BRINGING YOU COMFORT AND INSPIRATION FROM MORNING THROUGH TO NIGHT, FOR YOUR EVERY MOOD, EMOTION AND EVENTUALITY.All On The Board are continuing on their mission to lift spirits and spread happiness far and wide with their stunning new book, Your Daily Companion. With brand new, never-before-seen boards, poems, personal thoughts and stories, daily affirmatio...

Emergence brings us thirty of the best short stories chosen from the thousands of entries in the SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition.Now in its third year, the anthology features stories by thirty emerging writers, each speaking to the theme of ‘Emergence’ and each offering a unique snapshot of contemporary Australia. Judged by Alice Pung and Christos Tsiolkas, the stories explore themes such as sense of place, family, loss, culture, sexual awakening and the abiding ...

‘Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.’Henry David ThoreauHost an air guitar tournament for your friends and family.Learn origami. Fold all your £10 notes into swans and pay with them.Cartwheel down the street.Tell nothing but the truth all day.Prepare for a grand adventure, instigate a little mischief and embrace a sunnier outlook with this book of feel-good quotations and quirky ideas that will keep you ...