MINDFULNESS reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that can be incorporated into daily life to help break the cycle of unhappiness, stress, anxiety and mental exhaustion and promote genuine joie de vivre. It's the kind of happiness that gets into your bones. It seeps into everything you do and helps you meet the worst that life can throw at you with new courage. The book is based on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). MBCT revolves around a straightforward form of mindfulne...

Old age does not have to be a time of declining health. In fact, with the right lifestyle choices, it can be a time of increased vitality and well-being. This book will provide you with the steps you need to take in order to live a healthy life at an older age. From nutrition and exercise to social engagement and stress management, you'll learn how to make the most of your golden years.

THE LIFE-CHANGING BESTSELLER - OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLDAuthoritative, beautifully written and much-loved by its readers, Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world has become a word-of-mouth bestseller and global phenomenon. By investing just a few minutes each day, this classic guide to mindfulness will put you back in control of your life once again.'Simple and profound' Sir Kenn...

This acclaimed work has introduced tens of thousands of clinicians to mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for depression, an 8-week program with proven effectiveness. Step by step, the authors explain the "whys" and "how-tos" of conducting mindfulness practices and cognitive interventions that have been shown to bolster recovery from depression and prevent relapse. Clinicians are also guided to practice mindfulness themselves, an essential prerequisite to teaching o...

As part of the Classics For Kids series international best-selling author Mark Williams is proud to present the latest of the Sherlock Holmes short story adaptations: The Engineer's Thumb..Come join Holmes and Watson as they solve the mystery of the missing racehorse, Silver Blaze, in a child-friendly, twenty-first century English and with the seamier side of Victorian life left out.Ideal for children to get started with the world's most famous detective.Age range 9...

Use the hidden foundations of mindfulness to rediscover calm and reclaim your life in our chaotic worldThere are moments in life that decide your fate. They ripple into the future and dictate how you experience the world in the moments that follow; either positive and uplifting, dark and chaotic, or flat and dull.What if you could recognise these moments before they seized control of your life? What if you could use them to set sail for a better future? Wha...

From the earliest records of exploration and encounter to the globalized, multicultural present, this compilation features New Zealand's major writing, from Polynesian mythology to the Yates' Garden Guide, from Allen Curnow to Alice Tawhai, and from Wiremu Te Rangikaheke's letters to Katherine Mansfield's notebooks. Including fiction, nonfiction, letters, speeches, novels, stories, comics, and songs, this imaginative selection provides new paths into New Zealand writing and culture.

We've all seen the films and the many Sherlock TV series. But have you actually read Sherlock?Sherlock Holmes re-told in twenty-first century Easy-English : The Blue Carbuncle is one of the Easy- English Classics series from international best-selling author Mark Williams.Easy-English?"easy" defined:eas•yˈēzē/adjective 1. achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties.“an easy way of retrieving information”synonyms: uncomplicated,...

We've all seen the films and the many Sherlock TV series. But have you actually read Sherlock?Sherlock Holmes re-told in twenty-first century Easy-English : 3-in-1 Box Set is one of the Easy- English Classics series from international best-selling author Mark Williams.Easy-English?"easy" defined:eas•yˈēzē/adjective 1. achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties.“an easy way of retrieving information”synonyms: uncomplicated, und...

A sweeping history of Ireland's native gods, from Iron Age cult and medieval saga to the Celtic Revival and contemporary fictionIreland's Immortals tells the story of one of the world’s great mythologies. The first account of the gods of Irish myth to take in the whole sweep of Irish literature in both the nation’s languages, the book describes how Ireland’s pagan divinities were transformed into literary characters in the medieval Christian era—and how th...

This anthology brings together twenty-six stories from authors, Nathaniel Farcas, Lauren Lang, Caroline Shannon Davenport, Jon Fain, Elizabeth S. Devecchi, Eric D. Lehman, Brittany Bell, Ken Goldman, Vincent Czyz, Dalton Mire, Gary Zenker, Mykyta Ryzhykh, Kim Ransley, Mark Williams, Beck Erixson, Ibtisam Shahbaz, Jennifer Cinguina, Joseph A. Schiller, John Tavares, Jerry Purdon, and Justin Lowe. These curated stories center around the human experience, fact or fiction they delve into the e...

We've all seen the films and the many Sherlock TV series. But have you actually read Sherlock?Sherlock Holmes re-told in twenty-first century Easy-English : 3-in-1 Box Set is one of the Easy- English Classics series from international best-selling author Mark Williams.Easy-English?"easy" defined:eas•yˈēzē/adjective 1. achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties.“an easy way of retrieving information”synonyms: uncomplicated, und...