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[[Category:New Reviews|Lifestyle]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jack Pendarvis1454955546|title=Cigarette Lighter (Object Lessons)Sugarless|author=Nicole M Avena|rating=35

|summary=I have ''This isn't a favourite cigarette lighterdiet book. That sentence may become more strange to you when you consider the fact that I have never smokedThe last thing anyone needs is another diet book. I don't know how but I got it as ' There was a freebie donkey's years time, not that long ago, and I loved its curvy bronzed lines, and the fact when it was thought that I had to click down on a button instead of rub against a flintsugary food was better for you than food with high-wheel to light itfat content. I optimistically took it with me at uni in case I found a girl good enough to be with even though she smoked (Fat was the demon food which took almost another twenty years, but that's a different story) – therefore I was carrying something so evidently not a match as a potential match-makergoing to elevate your cholesterol and cause heart disease. Later, its semi-art deco styling made it perfect for Sugar was a play I was in oncecarbohydrate, after which it dried upso good. Now itThere's more or less a paperweightproblem, though. But if I Sugar is addictive and can imbue such personal relevance hijack your brain in a bleeding fag lightermuch the same way as drugs like heroin and cocaine. Does that sound over the top? Well, just think what all of culture can do?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1501307363</amazonuk>it isn't.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Lydia Pyne1635866847|title=Bookshelf (Object Lessons)The Lavender Companion|author=Jessica Dunham and Terry Barlin Vesci

|summary=Could It's strange, the things that make you imagine a whole ''immediately'' feel that this is the book dedicated to for you. Before I started reading ''The Lavender Companion'', I visited the author's [https://www.pinelavenderfarm.com/ website] and there's a single lump picture of wood, or a few sections slice of metal? chocolate cake on the homepage. I candon't assume it would be great – with or without said item being eat cakes and desserts - but I wanted that cake viscerally. (There's a recipe in the book, which I'an object m avoiding with physical, historical some difficulty!!) Then I started reading the book and psychological components''I was told to make a mess of it. Notes in the margins are sanctioned. But shove some distorted tree by-products on You get to said wood or metal, and lo and behold you have fold down the corners of pages. You suspect that smears of butter would not be a bookshelfproblem. Now youI ''loved''re talking – but could you even now imagine a whole this book dedicated to it?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1501307320</amazonuk>already.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Georgina Rodgers0760381267|title=Peace of MindVerdura: A Book of Calm for Busy MumsLiving a Garden Life|author=Perla Sofia Curbelo-Santiago|rating=3.5

|summary=''The promise most important part of a book bringing me calm was too much to resist! There it garden is, in the title, my job description (busy mumone who enjoys it''...well, that I've 'gardened's just one of my jobs!) and that elusive state that many mums seem to be trying to findin a vague, peace indefinite sort of mindway for more than half a century. I have to say, know (most of) the basics but life has changed and I was looking forward needed 'projects' rather than a general commitment to some insightful revelations into changing my lifegardening. I think the problem, however, was quickly apparent in that like a busy mum, who is trying to wear a hundred masks at the same time, and carry out a multitude of roles, this book isn't entirely sure what it's trying to be, Verdura'' with everything from poetry its promise of projects for both indoors and colouring to mindfulness and recipesoutdoors of varying complexity seemed like the answer.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473635519</amazonuk> So, how did it stack up?

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Merinda D'ApranoSarah Wilson|title= The Essential Guide This One Wild and Precious Life: the path back to Your Prep School Journey (Head Teacher connection in Your Pocket)a fractured world|rating= 43.5

|summary= As you might have gathered from My favourite Mary Oliver line is the title, one in which she asks ''The Essential Guide What is it you plan to Your Prep School Journeydo with your one wild and precious life?'' I get to love that line so much because my answer is pitched at parents who intend on using the private sector to educate their children''This! Precisely this. And clearly, these are the parents who will benefit most from reading the book. However, there is a great deal of general advice within its pages which will prove helpful even '' I'm lucky enough to parents whose children will be travelling through living my one wild and precious life the state sectorway I want to. So if this Sarah Wilson is you, donequally lucky. In her book that takes Oliver's words as her title (though I can't discount this book immediately. Such advice includes see that she acknowledges the source) she pushes us to think about whether we really ''are''Why living the life we want – the best life that we could be living. Her answer is reading so important?an unequivocal ''no, we are not''How can I promote a brave learner?. Don't care what you' and re doing, she thinks you (we, I) could be doing more…And she''Is s effing furious about the internet safe for my child?'' - you can see fact that these we are universally applicable topics and topics that all parents appreciate advice aboutnot. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0993550304</amazonuk>1785633848

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=A A Milne and E H Shepard1394159544|title=Winnie-the-Pooh's Little Book Of WisdomRecycling for Dummies|author=Sarah Winkler|rating=45

|summary=For a Bear of Very Little Brain Winnie-the-Pooh talks an awful lot ''Recycling one ton of sense and we should be honoured that he's chosen plastic can save up to share with us a few 16.3 barrels of his wise wordsoil. You see, occasionally (well, an awful lot of the time, if we're honest) we look for wisdom in the wrong places and forget about those who have a very simple approach to life and who may well have discovered the secret ' ''Recycling one ton of happinesspaper can save 17 trees from being cut down. Pooh's take on life is very simple and none the worse for that.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405281278</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter and Gillian Coutts|title=One Second Ahead: Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness|rating=4'|genre=Business and Finance|summary=Have you ever worked at a task and found your mind wandering to something else? Do you find yourself breaking off what If you're doing to answer send an email? Do you try apple core to multitasklandfill, thinking that you're being more efficient? it will take between 6 months and 2 years to decompose. Do you have far too much A glass bottle will take up to attend to, to complete and nowhere near enough time to do it all?1 million years.

You doAs a just-post-WWII baby, I faced a dilemma: reducing, reusing and recycling is part of my DNA. NEVER throw away anything that might ''possibly'' come in handy now or in the future. NEVER buy anything if you can cobble together something that would serve the purpose. Almost everything can be used one more time and any purchase must pass the test of 'Is this absolutely essential? ' Me tooOn the other hand, I suspected I was guilty of wishcycling: assuming that something must be recyclable (toothpaste tubes - I'm looking at you) and dropping it in the kerbside bin. You need this bookYes, I could go searching on the internet - and get conflicting advice - but what I needed was a recycling bible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1137551909</amazonuk>s

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Thomas W Hodgkinson and Hubert van den Bergh0760378134|title= How to Sound Cultured The First-Time Gardener: Container Food Gardening|author=Pamela Farley|rating= 45|genre= LifestyleHome and Family|summary= Sometimes If you've ever thought how good it can would be hard to run with be able to pop out into the big dogs, garden and pick some fruit and while I vegetables for a meal – but realised that you wouldn't know the names where to drop in my field of workstart, some wider cultural references can pass me by. This this is especially true for those from before my time and so I was delighted to find icons from all decades and centuries featured in this the bookyou need. Badged as It's comprehensive: you'the 250 names that intellectuals love ll cover everything from why you should grow your own food, what you're going to drop into conversationgrow, what you'll grow it in (both containers and soil), where you'll put these containers, how you' this book features quotes ll water and fertilise them and biographical titbits covering big names from every sector – science, you finish the main part of the artsbook with a handy section on troubleshooting. There's also a good glossary. So, philosophy.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848319304</amazonuk>is it any good?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tony Crabbe1398508632|title=Busy: How to Thrive in a World of Too MuchThe Wilderness Cure|author=Mo Wilde

|summary=Serendipity often brings you to It had been on the cards for a while but it was the important booksweek-long consumer binge which pushed Mo Wilde into beginning her year of eating only wild food. Recently I heard myself say The end of November, particularly in Central Scotland was perhaps not the best time to start, in a friend: ''I'm far too busy to do some of world where the important stuff''normal sores had been exacerbated by climate change, Brexit and a pandemic. It pulled me up shortWilde had a few advantages: there the area around her was definitely something wrong here a known habitat with a variety of terrains. She had electricity which allowed her to run a fridge, freezer and dehydrator. She had a car - and then I fuel. Most importantly, she had the opportunity to listen shelter: this was not a plan to an audio download of ''Busylive'' wild just to live off its produce.}}{{Frontpage|author=Bjorn Natthiko Lindeblad, Caroline Bankeler, Navid Modiiri and Agnes Bromme (Translator)|title=I knew that it was something May Be Wrong|rating=5|genre= Autobiography|summary= When the Dalai Lama adds his words to your frontispiece, I 'm inclined to think it doesn'had'' to do and take notice t really matter how the rest of if I was the world responds to stop going ''backwards''your book. Because I know, having read the book in question, that was what Lindeblad would disagree with that thought. He knows (and at core so do I was doing) that it matters very much how the rest of the world responds to this book, because it tells the truth as it is, in the early 21st century.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>B01727ER84</amazonuk>1526644827

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rachel Kelly and Jonathan Pugh1732898731|title=Walking on SunshineThe Boy Who Loved Boxes: 52 Small Steps to HappinessA Children's Book for Adults|author=Michael Albanese |rating=4.5

|summary=How would you like 52 tips on how to be happier? There was a Boy who loved boxes. No this isnHe had a box for everything and he was meticulous about storage: his parents probably couldn't an offer to sign up to a dodgy website - itbelieve their luck! It began with art supplies, stuffed toys and the like: all the things which most children have in abundance. The Boy's delight was in the sense of order in his room: it made him feel happy. As he grew up and became a small book which you could pop into a bag and which will give you tipsMan, tools and positive idea about how you can make your his life happier, less became more complicated and more fulfillinghe dealt with this by getting bigger and better boxes. Open it Look carefully at random, if that's what you feel like doing, or work your way through it reading one tip per week - they're helpfully divided into the four seasons - pictures and savour just a couple of pages of elegant writing which will give you something to think about or something positive to do (or not do - if you 'll see what I mean)that one of them has a padlock...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780722524</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1846276772|title=The End of Bias: How We Change Our Minds|author= Ilka HeinemannJessica Nordell|rating=4.5|genre=Politics and Society|titlesummary=101 Things Anyone who is not an able, white man understands bias in that they may no longer even recognise the extent to do Instead which they suffer from it: it's simply a part of everyday life. White men will always come first. The able will come before the disabled. Jobs, promotions, higher salaries are the preserve of the white man. Even when those who wouldn't pass the medical become a part of Playing an organisation it's rare that their views are heard, that their concerns are acknowledged. It's personally appalling and degrading for the individuals on Your Phonethe receiving end of the bias but it's not just the individuals who are negatively impacted.}}{{Frontpage|author=Erling Kagge|title=Walking: One Step At A Time|rating= 5

|summary= ThereThose who have read my reviews before will know that how much I loved a book is evidenced by the number of pages with corners turned, so let me start this one with an apology to the Norfolk Library Service: sorry! I forgot it was your book not mine. In my defence, I will say that as a reader of this type of book there is something connective about noting where prior readers were inspired (provided it is subtle – I's a great joke ll allow creased corners, but not scribbles – for the latter we must buy our own copy – which I am about to do as soon as I saw online recentlyhave finished telling you why). One cartoon person says  Erligg Kagge is a Norwegian explorer who has walked to the otherSouth Pole, ''What's your favourite position in bed?'' the North Pole and the other replies summit of Everest. He knows a thing or two about walking. However, this isn''Closest t a travelogue about any of those epic journeys, it is instead a thoughtful exploration of what it means to the plug so I can still use my phone while itwalk. It is a plenitude of unnumbered essays about walking. There is no 's chargingcontents'page and I haven't counted. In small format paperback, each essay is only a few pages long. It's funny because it's truePerhaps then, better thought of as a meditation rather than an essay.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>178072246X</amazonuk>0241357705

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Brene BrownRichard Brook|title=Rising Strong|rating=4|genre=Lifestyle|summary=This is Brené Brown's fourth book. Like Elizabeth Gilbert, she is well known for her TED talk. As a professor at the University of Houston, she has spent the last 13 years working with peopleUnderstanding Human Nature: A User's stories. Such a qualitative approach, based on anecdote and experience, is relatively rare in the social sciences but certainly makes her work more accessible Guide to laymen. Her books fall into the 'self-help' arena, but without any of the negative connotations of that term. Here she makes her research relevant to everyday life by weaving in pop culture references and telling stories from her family and professional life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0091955033</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Lee Crutchley|title=How to Be Happy (or at least less sad): A Creative WorkbookLife|rating=4.5

|summary=I gave up hoping for happiness many years am a firm believer that sometimes we choose books, and sometimes books choose us. In my case, this is one of the latter. Not so very long ago and settled instead for enjoying contentment when , if I had come across this book I'd have skimmed it arrived and trying to make the most , found some of it. interesting, but it would not have 'Happinesshit home' seemed in the way that it does now. I believe it came to be rather like me not just because I was likely to give it a favourable review [ 'privileges' - something which you shouldnfull disclosure The Bookbag't expect as of rights u.s.p. Most of is that people chose their own books rather than getting them randomly, so there is a predisposition towards expecting to like the time book, even if it works well, doesn't always turn out that way'' ] – but just occasionally an extra boost - also because it is a new approach - is book I needed. Lee Crutchley has suffered from depression and he knows that this book is not going to help when you're clinically depressedread, but those of us who have been down that road know that there are certain laybys where you stop and possibly turn aroundright now.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0241201950</amazonuk>1800461682

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Simon Dawson0753558378|title=The Sty's the LimitEffortless: When Middle Age Gets MuckyMake It Easier to Do What Matters|author=Greg McKeown

|summary=Simon Dawson has met something he cannot beat''The marginal return of working harder was, in fact, negative. He can't come ' That's what happened to terms with it eitherPatrick McGinnis. It's called Getting Older: not no exaggeration to say that he devoted his life to the 'getting older' which we all do day by daycompany he worked for, struggling through, but that moment even when you realise he was ill, only to find that you've moved on to an entirely different stage in your life - and no one actually asked you if you wanted to go on the journeyhe was working for a bankrupt company. For Simon it's Middle Age that's taken him His stock had fallen by surprise: bits of the body have stopped working as they ought to 97%, he had lost his health and he's realised that his job had little value. He made a bargain with God; if he's going to look in the mirrorsurvived, barehe would make some changes. He did survive and came through stronger -chestedand richer. There is, you see, then he shouldna different way: 't do it when he's standing next to a fit teenage boygreat things are not reserved for those who bleed, for those who almost break.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1409160858</amazonuk>''

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Elizabeth Swados1523092734|title=My Depression : A Picture BookWomen's Guide to Claiming Space|author=Eliza Van Cort|rating=45|genre=AutobiographyPolitics and Society|summary=If you have ever suffered from depression you'll find it very difficult to explain to other people how you're feelingShe brings a hug-kick-thunderclap that every woman needs in her life. Again and again and again. You're not feeling ''just a little bit down(Alma Derricks, former CMO, Cirque du Soleil RSD) ''To claim space is to live the life of choosing unapologetically and bravely. A treat or a dollop of positive thinking will not miraculously cure It is to live the life you've always wanted. You're definitely not swinging ' Sometimes the reviewing gods are generous: at a time when violence against women is much in the leadnews, but suffering from a legitimate illness which deserves ''A Women's Guide to be recognisedClaiming Space'' by Eliza Van Cort dropped onto my desk. Elizabeth Swados Now - to be clear - this book is not a long-term sufferer from severe depression'how to disable your attacker with two simple jabs' manual: sheit's also a talented storyteller and has told her something far more effective, but discussion at the story of moment seems to be about how depression feels for her - complete with drawingswomen can be ''protected''. I've always thought that women need to rise above this, to be people who don't need protection, people who claim their own space. If all women did this, which fill in those gaps which words can never fill for any sufferer from depressionfew men who are violent to women would realise that we are not just an easy target to be used to prove that they are big men.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609806042</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=William Alexander1529109116|title=Flirting With FrenchCall Me Red: A Shepherd's Journey|author=Hannah Jackson

|summary=''I am not want the image of a British farmer to simply be that of a bad linguistperson who is proudly employed in feeding the nation. I don’t tend don't think that is too much to struggle with languages too ask.'' The stereotypical farmer was probably born on the land where ''his'' family have farmed for generations. He's probably grown up without giving much, especially when thought as to what he really wants to do: he knows that he'll be a farmer. It's not always the goal is communicative fluency rather than precise grammatical accuracy, case though. Hannah Jackson was born and I’ve taught English as brought up on the Wirral: she'd never set foot on a foreign language in commercial farm until she was twenty although she'd always had a handful deep love of countries tooanimals. Her original intention was that she would become 'Dr Jackson, so I have some ideas of what does whale scientist' and doesn’t work with language acquisition in adultsshe was well on her way to achieving this when her life changed on a family holiday to the Lake District. William Alexander is She saw a lamb being born and, although 'Hannah Jackson, perhapsfarmer' lacked the kudos of her original intention, not so lucky. An American with a longing she knew that she wanted to be a Frenchman, he shepherd. With the determination that you'll soon realise is devoting himself to learning the lingo and much morean essential part of her, and chronicles his efforts in this bookshe set about achieving her ambition.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0715649957</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Amy Morin1786495902|title=13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't DoThe Natural Health Service: How Nature Can Mend Your Mind|author=Isabel Hardman

|summary=Dr William Davis poses an interesting question: why is it Isabel Hardman suffered a trauma which she chooses not to share. She says that people a friend who are leading an active life does know, burst into tears and eating a healthy diet are putting on weight despite all their best efforts? He has a simple and worrying answer: wheat, which he argues increases blood sugar more than table sugarhealth-care professionals' jaws have sagged in disbelief. The problem isnHardman dealt with this at the time by 'keeping going't restricted : the next day she went to weight gainwork to cover the budget, either: next there's evidence was the EU referendum, the political party leadership contests and then it was party conference season. One night she had to suggest that wheat affects psychosis be sedated and autism tooreturned home to begin long-term sick leave. In fact - That was what brought me to this book: 2020 was the more that you read, year when the bins went out more you'll wonder if there's an organ in the body which ''isn't'' adversely affected by wheatoften than I did.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008118922</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Lucy CosslettLauren Martin|title=The Vagenda: A Zero Tolerance Guide to the Media|rating=3|genre=Lifestyle|summary=I love magazines more than is socially acceptable, and I invariably read the women’s ones, or the fitness ones, but yes, mainly those ones for females which insist on telling me how to dress and act, how to style hair in some areas and remove it in others, how to have it all but still let men open doors for me. I don’t really object to any Book of this – after all, I choose to keep subscribing – but I was still keen to read this book. And not just to check I hadn’t been indoctrinated into forgetting it was all a ruse to make me buy stuff.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784700436</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Madsen Pirie|title=How to Win Every ArgumentMoods|rating=4.5

|summary=When I was in a great mood when I first learnt of this book makes a promise on its cover, call me old fashioned but I’m kinda expecting it to deliver on this. So and because sarcasm doesn't always translate well into writing, imagine the word ''How to Win Every Argumentgreat'' has me thinking that I would read it being delivered with an eye roll and become an expert in proving I’m right all the time (even when I’m not)a sigh, through clenched teeth. I was expecting had spent the sort best part of hints and tips one could use to argue successfully that a rainy, windy weekend afternoon out on the water at our local sailing club in the Earth is flatrescue rib, chocolate is on standby in case anyone who was racing needed support. It's a vegetable (cocoa is a plant) and Cheerleaders should rule volunteer duty we all do during the world. Simples.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>147252912X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Dr Gareth Moore|title=Clever Commuter: Puzzlesyear, Tests and Problems normally I'm happy to Solve on Your Journey|rating=3.5|genre=Entertainment|summary=The week before I reviewed this book I saw a newspaper article that said that so-called brain-training apps are a waste of time, but that they merely replace what we should be doing anyway to keep our grey cells active (multi-tasking, observing, REAL LIFE etc). This is day the puzzle book version of a brain training appweather was miserable and I was miserable, and so with it all those electronic titles came to a head that evening when I noticed on the market it already website that we had opposition, even before that news came inbeen thanked for our time as "Dave and wife". Wow. But let's face it – who on earth would risk the science being wrong on this occasion? Surely I had never needed this kind of book should be an inherently essential purchase?more.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1782433953</amazonuk>1538733625

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Amelia Freer0008420386|title=Eat. Nourish. Glow.Failosophy: 10 easy steps A handbook for losing weight, looking younger and feeling healthierwhen things go wrong|author=Elizabeth Day

|summary=Amelia Freer had struggled with her own health for a while and it reached a stage where she was waking up feeling tired and groggyWhat do Malcolm Gladwell, Alain de Botton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Lemn Sissay, Nigel Slater, Emeli Sandé, Meera Syal, relying on ten cups a day of sugary tea to perk her up Dame Kelly Holmes and her food was mainly processed convenience foods. Andrew Scott have in common? At the time she was working as a PA to Prince Charles They've all failed and loved the job but her busy life meant that she made automatic food choices without consideration of what - more importantly - they were doing 've been willing to her health. It wasnappear on Elizabeth Day't until she went s podcast to see a nutritionist that she realised what she had been doing discuss their failures and made the decision not only to change her diet, but to train to be a nutritionisthow life worked out for them afterwards. The result is a busy practice - and this book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>000757990X</amazonuk>You'll find the results of these discussions in ''Failosophy''

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=1504321383|title=Mikael Krogerus Single, Again, and Again, and Roman TschappelerAgain|titleauthor=The Test Book: 64 Tools to Lead You to SuccessLouisa Pateman

|summary=The title of the book intrigued meSomeone once said: it's not self-indulgence, it'The Test Book'' and the offer of sixty four tools which would lead me s therapy! I think they were talking about shopping, but it probably can be applied to successmost things. I'm happy with where In my life is but case, it struck me that only a fool doesn't see room for improvement - and besidesapplies to writing about things because I want to, rather than because I can sell it's a slim book, ideal for popping into a bag or pocket for those waiting room moments. It was only the reputation of the authors - and the value of their earlier books - which made me realise that this wasnbecause I't going ve got something to be a light-hearted series of 'tests' such as those favoured by some magazines and newspapers. For the most part these are serious, well-established tests used by professionalssell.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178125320X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Digital InfernoSharon Blackie|authortitle=Paul LevyIf Women Rose Rooted|rating=45|genre=LifestyleBiography|summary=You know I normally say that you can tell how it goes. You have much a pressing job that requires your immediate attention, but decide book means to treat yourself to a five minute tea break surfing the internetme by how many pages have corners turned down. One link leads Perhaps an even greater measure of impact is setting out to another and buy my own copy before you know it, your short tea break has swallowed up a whole hour. Or maybe you are at an important meeting and you feel I've finished reading the phone vibrate in your pocket, signalling an incoming textone I've borrowed. Is it rude I want to check your messages when your full attention should really be elsewhere? If you feel that meaningful communication with the family has been replaced with a glut of hastily-typed xavoid clichés like 'powerful's, LOLs and emoticons, this book may be just what you need. 'inspiring'Digital Inferno'life-changing' aims to help its readers reclaim their place in – although it is definitely the first two and only time will tell about the digital world third – but clichés exist for a reason and gain mastery over all of those pieces of tech that seem to demand so much of usI'm not sure I can succinctly put it any better.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1905570740</amazonuk>1912836017

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1543987877|title=The Making of HomeLearn to Love: Guide to Healing Your Disappointing Love Life|author=Judith FlandersDr Thomas Jordan

|summary=In 1900 ''Learn to Love: Guide to Healing Your Disappointing Love Life'' is a young girl in book about love relationships rather than a strange land told book about love. The two greatest emotions are love and grief and love is the people around her that she had decided she no longer wanted to live in their lovely countryopposite of grief: ''if you love'', Dr Thomas Jordan tells us, but would much rather return to ''you will inevitably grieve''. Your love relationships begin the ‘dry, grey’ place she had moment you're born and end only when you die. Whilst we all come from, because into the world hoping to give and receive love there was ‘no place like home’are many people for whom love is not quite so simple. The girl was Dorothy, while Some people suffer multiple disappointments - sometimes repeating the same mistakes - and this eventually becomes resignation. For people around her were who are making the citizens of Oz – andsame mistakes repeatedly, yes, it was all fictionself-preservation, in the creation form of author L. Frank Baum. Nevertheless he had put into words something which many people deeply felt but had not yet expressedresignation is a necessity.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848877986</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=The Bookshop BookMichael Harris|authortitle=Jen CampbellSolitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World|rating=4.5

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