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We’ve reached an environmental crisis point with plastic, and it’s time to take action. But is it possible to make positive changes without radically changing your lifestyle? Absolutely!

This practical book suggests eco-friendly alternatives to plastic, including budget options, high-street substitutes and DIY ideas to help you drastically reduce your plastic consumption. With 101 simple ways to use less plastic, you’ll find it easy to take the first step and make a difference.

In this easy-to-follow book, Wendy Green explains how psychological, genetic and dietary factors can contribute to anxiety, and offers practical advice and a holistic approach

to help you deal with the symptoms. From simple dietary and lifestyle changes to DIY complementary therapies, find out 50 things you can do today, including:
– Replace negative thoughts and behaviour with positive ones
– Manage stress and relax to reduce symptoms
– Choose beneficial foods and supplements
– Find helpful organisations and products

There are so many important decisions to make about how we must adapt our lifestyles to reverse climate change, but where do we start?

From your first steps toward living sustainably all the way to going zero-waste, this book is here to help you find solutions to all your climate conundrums by taking inspiration from a true eco-warrior.

If we each approach the climate emergency in the same way as Greta, we can all live a planet-friendly life and enjoy a brighter future.

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the thought of the climate emergency?

Do you want an eco-friendly lifestyle but don’t know where to start?

Then dive into this little book, full of simple, achievable ways to help you reduce your carbon footprint. From tips on creating a more eco-friendly home and ways to reduce your plastic use, to advice on shopping sustainably, within these pages you will discover everything you need to know to help you make planet-friendly choices and live a more sustainable life.

Seeing your child experience unhappiness is difficult for any parent

With so many possible reasons for low mood, it can be challenging to know how best to support them. This guide will help you to communicate with your child and equip them with the tools to express themselves. Offering ideas for simple lifestyle tweaks, it will help you to help your child foster a more positive outlook and to build their resilience and self-confidence for life.
– Identify the source of your child’s low mood
– Nurture a positive mindset
– Build self-confidence
– Learn mood-boosting activities
– Know when to seek support

Menopause isn’t always an easy journey, but this accessible guide will help you to take your next steps with confidence. With wide-ranging and practical advice for every experience, including simple lifestyle and dietary changes you can make today, find out how to:

– Find relief from hot flushes
– Boost your mental outlook and feel more positive
– Reduce the health risks associated with menopause
– Discover how to beat middle-aged spread and look younger
– Learn the truth about HRT and make informed choices
– Look to a positive future postmenopause

In this easy-to-follow book, Wendy Green explains how genetics, age, infections, diet, excess weight, previous injuries and stress contribute to arthritis, and offers practical advice and a holistic approach to help you deal with the symptoms.

From simple dietary and lifestyle changes to DIY complementary therapies. Find out 50 things you can do today including:
– Choose beneficial foods and supplements
– Manage stress and relax to prevent and ease pain
– Discover practical tips to make everyday living easier
– Identify ways to help young arthritis sufferers
– Find helpful organisations and products

The UK and international success story that is The Single Girl’s Guide is now back with a new and updated edition. This non-fiction guide is the perfect companion for the fabulously free female who wants to start managing her life and loving the results. Packed with anecdotes and advice on handling bosses, friends and family, as well as distractions of the male and mobile variety, The Single Girl’s Guide will help you embrace singledom and perfect the art of getting others to do things your way.

Find out what men really think about apart from sex…

For millennia, humans have marvelled at the difference between men and women. It’s widely known that the female gender is far superior to men in most areas – emotionally, cognitively and socially. But, to date, the complex secrets of a man’s mind have eluded science. Apart from ‘sex’, what does a man actually think about? In this groundbreaking book, Professor Sheridan Simove reveals the true depth of a man’s mind. After years of painstaking research, he has precisely identified what men actually think about apart from sex.

Professor Simove beautifully reveals a man’s mind as an open book and the results unlock an age old secret…

WISE WORDS FOR FATHERS

Being a dad is great, but nobody ever said it was easy. This book is packed with inspiring and witty quotations to help you keep going through the hard times and enjoy fatherhood in all its glory.

‘For most exhausted mums, their idea of “working out” is a good, energetic lie-down.’ Kathy Lette
WISE WORDS FOR MOTHERS
You’ve got the best job in the world, apparently, but some days, when you’re sleep deprived and the kids are driving you crazy, you wish you could have a day off. No chance!
This book is packed with witty and uplifting quotations to help you get through those manic moments and keep smiling, as only a mum can.

Jack Shit rears his head once more, showcasing the best in toilet humour. Every loo should have one.

What was Sir Isaac Newton famous for?


He invented gravity.


Another year has passed, which means more exams have been sat and more silly answers have been given by the children of our future. To make sure these hilarious blunders won’t be forgotten, F in Exams is back again with brand-new content, from amusing misunderstandings to marvellous misspellings. It’s the perfect escape for students struggling with revision and anyone who has experienced the joys of taking an exam.

‘The away team were prevented from making a final strike due to a well-timed tickle’

‘British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands’

Laugh out loud at this selection of the funniest faux pas, silliest slips and most blatant bloopers that ever made it into print (and some that didn’t), from newspaper headlines to menus, and from small ads to signs. You’ll be checking everything you type after reading this!

‘I can’t believe I bought a toaster with no bagel setting!’
‘Irritating… just done a massive pre-cleaner clean, and they’ve just texted to say they’re not coming!’
Have you ever had to buy cava because the shop’s out of champagne? Ever put too much wasabi on your sushi? Or maybe your latest lifestyle post on social media didn’t get enough likes? Well, the struggles are real and you’re not alone. Cheekily illustrated throughout, this book showcases these and other first-world problems that might find you wincing in self-recognition.

I breathe in peace, I breathe out tension

Embrace the calm and happiness that comes once you’ve learned to let go.

Don’t we all want to live a life full of positivity and joy, unshackled by anxiety? Well, the secret is in letting go of our fears, stress and worries, and this accessible and beautifully designed book will show you how – with practical techniques for dealing with anxiety, simple lifestyle changes and therapies you can try at home. Offering words of wisdom, positive affirmations and the low-down on the most effective treatments to explore, this is the book you need to take control of your life.

Discover the art of finding more through having less: more time, more calm, more energy, more money, more you.

Filled with practical tips and ideas, this book will guide you toward a simpler way of life. Learn how to reduce your clutter and your stress levels, find advice on mastering your schedule and making time for what matters, and enrich your everyday by putting quality before quantity.

From time to time, we all get lost in the flurry of a busy life, but we can always uncover a path back to our best and happiest selves. All you need is focus, a slower pace and the simple power of “less”.

– Do you wake up in the morning and think, ‘I wish there was a quicker way to put on my make-up?’
– Do you find yourself getting so frustrated at nail varnish smudges that you’ve given up even trying?
– Do you hate spending your hard-earned money on hair and beauty products, but still enjoy expressing your style?
These and dozens of other hair, skincare, nail and make-up dilemmas are solved with this compendium of ingenious beauty hacks. This fully illustrated manual covers everything from DIY face masks and time-saving make-up cheats to quick and easy styling tips – everything you need to look good, feel good, and still have time for the other fun things in life!

Once you hack, you won’t look back!

There’s more to being vegan than eating your greens…

A plant-based diet is the foundation of a vegan lifestyle, but you can do so much more to incorporate a cruelty-free approach into everyday life. Vegan Life highlights the simple, achievable ways you can show kindness to animals – and to the environment – not just with your choice of food but with the household products, clothing and cosmetics you buy too.

With tips on how to reliably spot vegan goods when shopping, DIY ideas for making your own organic cosmetic and cleaning products and, of course, essential recipes for delicious vegan food, this book makes it easy to live more ethically.

In this easy-to-follow book, Wendy Green explains how food intolerances, gut infections, bacterial imbalance, stress and hormones contribute to IBS, and offers practical advice and a holistic approach to help you deal with the symptoms. From simple dietary and lifestyle changes to DIY complementary therapies, find out 50 things you can do today to help you cope
with IBS, including:




Identify your IBS triggers and learn how to manage them


Choose beneficial foods and supplements


Manage stress and relax to reduce flare-ups


Learn which types of exercise can help to relieve symptoms


Find helpful organisations and products

In this easy-to-follow book, Dr Keith Souter explains the various types and the many possible causes of back pain and offers practical and holistic advice to help you to deal with it. With many years’ experience as a GP, medical acupuncturist and homoeopathic specialist he looks at lifestyle changes, dietary manipulation and supplements, as well as covering DIY complementary therapies that help one to deal with and reduce back pain. Find out 50 things you can do today including:

• Choose beneficial foods and supplements
• Discover natural anti-inflammatory herbs and spices
• Develop strategies to reduce pain
• Try out exercises that help
• Find helpful organisations and products

Coronary heart disease is now the leading cause of death worldwide.*

The effects of coronary heart disease include angina, heart failure, abnormal heart rhythms, and most importantly, heart attacks. Heart disease has a serious effect on the lives of not only its sufferers, but also those who care for them, their family and friends.

This book gives the basic information needed to understand coronary artery disease and, most essentially, how to deal with it, including details on:
How the heart works Problems caused by coronary heart disease Recovering from a heart attack and dealing with angina or heart failure Lifestyle changes you can make to improve your health.
*Source: World Health Organization

Cutting out sugar has never been easier!

It’s easy to feel as if the sweet stuff is everywhere – from indulgent chocolate cakes to seemingly innocent fruit juices – and impossible to avoid. But this book is here to show you that there’s life beyond sugar, and you can still eat a varied, fulfilling and delicious diet while avoiding the insatiable cravings and hidden dangers that sweet treats can cause. Packed full of nutritional tips, reliable advice on how to cut down your sugar intake, lifestyle hacks and mouth-watering sugar-free recipes, this practical book gives you everything you need to make better dietary choices and say no to sugar for good.

Achieving a sense of equilibrium and inner peace can prove elusive when so many demands and responsibilities are constantly vying for your attention. Discover the tools for finding harmony in all aspects of your life with practical tips on everything from managing everyday stress to finding a work/life balance that is right for you. This inspirational book will help you find ways to maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle and be more mindful of the wider world and your impact upon it, while making sure there is always room for ‘me’ time.

Balancing your life is essential to your health and well-being, and by applying a few simple concepts you will live your life at a pace that is comfortable and ultimately rewarding.