Everyone feels foolish, embarrassed, judged or criticised at times, but this becomes a problem when it undermines your confidence and prevents you from doing what you want to do. Extreme social anxiety and shyness can be crippling but they are readily treated using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). In this fully revised and updated edition, Dr Gillian Butler provides a practical, easy-to-use self-help

By the time she was 14, the author knew she had to get out of Akron, Ohio. Her perfect \'50s American childhood upturned by a newly acquired taste for rock \'n\' roll, motorbikes and the \'get down boys\' seen at gigs in and around Cleveland. This book deals with her life and

Caldecott-Honor winner Cindy Derby delivers an endearing picture book about an adorable (and ingenious!) panda bear who must find the grit within to climb--and overcome--a snowy, slippery mountain. Look! A butterfly! Up, up, and away it flutters, flying high above a large snowy mountain. But Panda wants to play, and that mountain is clearly in their way. To reach their new friend, Panda will just have

Since its introduction in 1997, the purpose of Food Microbiology: Fundamentals and Frontiers has been to serve as an advanced reference that explores the breadth and depth of food microbiology. Thoroughly updated, the new Fifth Edition adds coverage of the ever-expanding tool chest of new and extraordinary molecular methods to address many of the roles that microorganisms play in the production, preservation,

A travelogue exploring the life and work of George Orwell through the places he lived, worked and wrote Following in the footsteps of his literary hero, researcher and historian Oliver Lewis set out to visit all the places to have inspired and been lived in by George Orwell. Over three years he travelled from Wigan to Catalonia, Paris to Motihari, Marrakesh to Eton, and in each location explored both

This book discusses a single Indian rāga called Rītigaula, authored by the late Princeton music scholar Harold Powers. A detailed description of Rītigaula\'s pitch structure, conventions surrounding its performance, and its treatment in historical Indian music treatises are comprehensively described. Powers\' unique approach to theorizing rāga examines rāga structure and meaning from the perspective

Dynamics of Linear, Time Invariant, Systems.- Conservative Discrete Vibrating Systems.- Equations in the Time, Frequency, and Laplace Domains.- Damped Discrete Vibrating Systems.- Free Vibration of Conservative Systems.- Free Vibration of Damped Systems.- Forced Response in the Frequency Domain: Conservative Systems.- Forced Response in the Frequency Domain: Damped Systems.- Response to Nonperiodic

A beautifully illustrated book about how to respect themselves and

Join Robert Burns on a wide-ranging journey of poetry, prose and song through every day of the year . . . take 366 daily dips into Burns to inspire, invigorate and

The tense tale of a deadly terrorist plot set in Holland, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.AMSTERDAM AIRPORT HAS DISAPPEAREDBLACKMAILThe mass of water in its place is the work of the FFF - an Irish terrorist group who want to force Britain\'s hand.SUBTERFUGEThe Dutch call in Detective Lieutenant van Effen - feared interrogator and undercover intimate of the criminal Krakers gang - to

A practical guide to all aspects of urodynamic investigation and its role in modern health care Urodynamic testing is an ever-advancing field with applications in the management of patients from across a wide range of clinical areas. Bringing together fundamental principles and cutting-edge innovations, Abrams\' Urodynamics has been designed as an all-in-one guide to Functional Urology and Urogynecology,

An evocative wordless picture book that is a loving tribute to mindful living on our precious planet.* \"Beautifully effective.\" -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review* \"Deeply profound... compelling... emotionally resonant.\" -- School Library Journal, starred review* \"Elevating the life of an ephemeral object to the time scale of love across generations.\" -- Publishers Weekly, starred reviewFrom a

A political scientist\'s handy, entertaining guide to influencing and being effective in local and state politics, where vital decisions are made and it\'s easier to make a difference. It feels like politics counts more today than it ever has. At the same time, people are frustrated by \"the mess in Washington\" or think \"I can\'t make a difference.\"Local Politics Matters shows a way out: a chance

The eighth Hamish Macbeth mystery from the bestselling author of Agatha

The easy way to take control of your PCOS symptoms--The Easy PCOS Diet Cookbook gives you fuss-free recipes to fight PCOS with an insulin resistance diet. Struggling with PCOS symptoms is already hard enough, but following an insulin resistance diet to alleviate them shouldn\'t be. That\'s why Tara Spencer, a nutritionist specializing in PCOS who suffers from the condition herself, created The Easy

A comprehensive account of the neurobiological basis of language, arguing that species-specific brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for language.Language makes us human. It is an intrinsic part of us, although we seldom think about it. Language is also an extremely complex entity with subcomponents responsible for its phonological, syntactic, and semantic aspects. In this landmark

The most trivial slips of the tongue or pen, Freud believed, can reveal our secret ambitions, worries, and fantasies. The Psychopathology of Everyday Life ranks among his most enjoyable works. Starting with the story of how he once forgot the name of an Italian painter--and how a young acquaintance mangled a quotation from Virgil through fears that his girlfriend might be pregnant--it brings together

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist and Hunger comes a stunning retrospective of essays and writings from the last decade covering politics, race and identity, feminism, popular culture, and

This book applies strategic culture concepts to violent non-state actors (VNSAs) in a comparative analysis. In recent years, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has become notorious for kidnapping Western hostages in north-western Africa and for its role in the short-lived Islamist takeover of Mali. The group, formerly known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, rebranded itself as an