Collection: Self-Development

"Macmillan doesn't shy away from difficult questions about addiction and recovery and, rightly, doesn't answer them ... this is a bold, timely and searching play" - Financial Times

Emma was having the time of her life. Now she's in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn't with Emma, it's with everything else. She needs to tell the truth. But she's smart enough to know that there's no such thing. When intoxication feels like the only way to survive the modern world, how can she ever sober up?

People, Places & Things premiered at the National Theatre in 2015 before transferring to London's West End and St. Ann's Warehouse in New York.

Published for the first time in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, this edition features a brand new introduction by Naomi Obeng.

With more than 300 pages of illustrated activities including tracing, coloring, drawing, and more the Jumbo Book of Toddler Fun will delight, captivate, and motivate every toddler. The workbook is designed to entertain children while helping to develop and sharpen hand-eye coordination, visual discrimination, fine-motor skills, and attention to detail. Grab your crayons and get ready for hours of fun!

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world's trees

Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly written and beautifully illustrated throughout with color photographs and original color artwork, The Little Book of Trees is an accessible and enjoyable mini reference about the world's trees, with examples drawn from across the globe. It fits an astonishing amount of information in a small package, covering a wide range of topics--from tree anatomy, diversity, and architecture to habitat and conservation. It also includes curious facts and a section on trees in myths, folklore, and modern culture from around the world. The result is an irresistible guide to the amazing lives of trees.

• A beautifully designed pocket-size book with a foil-stamped cloth cover
• Features some 140 color illustrations and photos
• Makes a perfect gift

Based on the eclectic Western-Eastern teachings of Nakamura Tempu Sensei, this step-by-step introduction to Japanese yoga (Shin-shin-toitsu-do) presents stretching, healing, and meditation exercises designed for mind/body integration. It is the first book in English to detail the life and teachings of Mr. Nakamura. In Japanese yoga, which is based on mind and body unification principles, the ultimate goal is enhanced concentration, calmness, and willpower for a longer, healthier, and fuller life. H. E. Davey Sensei also shows how Japanese yoga relates to various classical Japanese arts as part of a tradition of spiritual practice with spiritual and aesthetic roots in India, Japan, and the West. Developed by Nakamura Tempu Sensei in the early 1900s from Indian Raja yoga, Japanese martial arts and meditation practices, as well as Western medicine and psychotherapy, Japanese yoga offers a new approach to experienced yoga students and a natural methodology that newcomers will find easy to learn. After a brief history of Shin-shin-toitsu-do, H. E. Davey Sensei presents Mr. Nakamura's Four Basic Principles to Unify Mind and Body. These principles relate the meditative experience to the movement of everyday living and thus make it a "dynamic meditation." Each of the Four Basic Principles is illustrated with step-by-step explanations of practical experiments. Readers are then introduced to different forms of seated and moving meditation, health exercises, and self-healing arts. All these are linked back to the Four Basic Principles and can enhance performance in art, music, business, sports, and other activities. Readers learn to use Japanese yoga techniques throughout the day, without having to sit on the floor or seek out a quiet space. Included at the end of the book are simple but effective stretching exercises, information about ongoing practice, and a glossary and reference section. Amply illustrated and cogently presented, "Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation" belongs on every mind/body/spirit reading list.

By writing just one sentence a day in this illustrated journal, you can collect your thoughts year after year and create a beautiful keepsake to treasure forever.

Featuring gorgeous patterns, this journal offers a simple way to capture daily thoughts and turn them into a precious time capsule of the next five years. Turn to the day's date and respond to the writing prompt. Then see how your answers change year after year. Questions include:

- Write the first sentence of your autobiography
- What's the next book you want to read?
- What is the most honest thing you've said today?
- What's your favorite brunch food?

This unique and beautiful new version of our phenomenally successful Q&A a Day pairs the original prompts with stunning patterns from a beloved designer.

Mad Libs is the world's greatest word game and the perfect gift or activity for anyone who likes to laugh! Write in the missing words on each page to create your own hilariously funny "would you rather?" stories!

Would you rather...

Wake up tomorrow and be NUMBER years old?
Or
Wake up tomorrow and realize you've gone back in time NUMBER years?

With 128 pages of "fill-in-the-blank" would you rather jokes, Would You Rather? Mad Libs is the perfect activity for anyone! Play alone, in a group, or underneath a waterfall! Mad Libs are a fun family activity recommended for ages 8 to NUMBER.

Would You Rather? Mad Libs includes:

- Silly activities 128 pages of "fill-in-the-blank" would you rather jokes!
- Language arts practice Mad Libs are a great way to build reading comprehension and grammar skills.
- Fun with friends Each story is a chance for friends to work together to create unique stories!

The founders of Burn Boot Camp, a fitness franchise with over 110,000 active members in over 350 locations around the country, offer a healthy lifestyle plan for people who struggle with their self-improvement--featuring 12 exclusive workouts & 50 recipes you can make in 10 minutes or less.

How would you like to create a life you love? As the Visionary and CEO of Burn Boot Camp, one of the fastest growing health franchises in the world, co-founders Devan and Morgan Kline have spent years devising the ultimate plan to answer that question. Now, they share their all their best advice in Burn, your five point plan to stop self-sabotage and break bad habits like eating junk food, drinking too much, and not exercising enough. And once and for all, you can end your depression and experience greater happiness. Burn is a book for people who struggle with their self-improvement efforts. It's based on one powerful assertion that makes this book radically different from others in this category: When your body moves, your psychology also changes for the better. Your feelings, thoughts, motivation, and behavior (what we call "inner fitness") improve ! Your mind goes where your body leads, not the other way around.

Devan and Morgan bring you a five-point strategic plan that will allow you to transform your life:

• Burn: Moving your body causes powerful shifts in the way you carry yourself through life. The Klines provide you with a series of unique, fun, challenging workouts/
• Nourish: Form nutritional habits that help you achieve a sustained healthy weight without deprivation and restriction, in just five small actions with over 100 ten-minute recipes.
• Focus: Break negative patterns, find your true motivation, identify internal resistance, adjust your attitude, build a plan, and create momentum to create lasting change.
• Achieve: Identify your true, overarching, guiding life goal and create actionable steps to realize it.
• Connect: Learn how to connect optimally with family, friends, and loved ones so you have a network of support and encouragement.

No matter who you are, what shape you're in, or the setbacks you've endured, you can move forward to create the life you want--starting right now.

Embark on a serene woodland journey, and capture the vibrant beauty of magnificent mushrooms. From the whimsical parasols of pixie caps to dainty honey mushrooms and elegant chanterelles, Hannah Konetzki's debut coloring book presents a fresh interpretation of fungi, portraying enchanting still lifes, captivating collages, and intricate patterns of their symbiotic relationship with berries, ferns, and flowers. These 31 stunning illustrations will inspire your artistic passion.

This origami paper pack contains 200 high-quality origami papers printed with colorful Rainbow Patterns.

These exciting Japanese paper patterns were developed to enhance the creative work of origami artists and paper crafters. The pack contains 12 different designs, and all of the papers are printed with coordinating solid colors on the reverse side.

This origami paper pack includes:

• 200 sheets of high-quality origami paper
• 12 unique designs
• Over 16 sheets of each design
• Vibrant and bright colors
• Double-sided color
• 6 x 6 inch (15 cm) squares
• Instructions for 5 easy origami projects

There's enough paper here to assemble amazing modular origami sculptures, distribute to students for a class project, or put to a multitude of other creative uses from scrapbooking to designing a beautiful bullet journal!

This miniature book contains a veritable garden of healing plants, specially chosen from Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (1737-39). A talented artist, Blackwell published her herbal as a means of financial support after her husband landed in debtor's prison--and it quickly became a prized reference for doctors and apothecaries. Each of the 140 exquisite hand-colored engravings featured herein--from elderberry and chamomile to aloe and St. John's wort--is accompanied by Blackwell's description of its medicinal properties. The plants have been selected by the renowned garden writer Marta McDowell, who also contributes an introduction about Elizabeth Blackwell and the herbal medicine of her time. Healing Plants is the perfect little gift for anyone interested in herbalism, botany, or gardening.

Bring the breezy fun and excitement of Pickleball with you anywhere with this exciting miniature Pickleball set!

• Everything you need to play: Includes a 12.7 x 28-inch pickleball mat, a 1-inch pickleball, a 3-inch tall net, and 2 4-inch pickleball rackets
• Illustrated Mini Book: Includes a 32-page, 2 x 3-inch miniature book with a brief history and rules of the sport, trivia, and more
• Unique gift: Perfect for pickleball and racket sport fans of all ages

Connect to the moon's cycles and add lunar beauty to your space with this gift set including a laser-engraved mini moon lamp, stand, mini book, and USB cable.
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• Specifications: Lamp is laser-engraved with moon landscape and housed within in a solid, clear crystal (2 inches in diameter); LED light illuminates the moon
• Light up the moon: The mini moon lamp lights up with an ON/OFF switch to illuminate the beautiful full moon
• Includes Lunar Abundance guidebook: The accompanying full-color illustrated 48-page mini book (2-1/2 x 3 inches) outlines author Ezzie Spencer's Lunar Abundance practice with profiles of the 8 moon phases, tips on how to create New Moon and Full Moon Ceremonies, and more
• Deluxe base: Mini moon lamp rests in a 2-3/4 inch diameter round wooden stand
• USB cable: Set includes a USB cable to power your mini moon lamp; though it also operates with 3 AAA batteries (not included)

Te gustaría cultivar tus propias verduras, frutas y hortalizas con coste cero?

Huw Richards logró autoabastecerse de la comida de su propio huerto durante todo un año y tú también puedes! Pasa las páginas de este completo manual de horticultura y aprende todo lo que necesitas saber para cultivar y recolectar tus propios alimentos de manera autosuficiente y ecológica.

Sea cual sea el espacio con el que cuentes o la experiencia que tengas, este guía de cultivo te enseña cómo hacer un huerto en casa de forma fácil:

- Consejos para elegir el lugar y el sistema de cultivo más adecuados: el jardín, el balcón, una azotea o terraza, en el suelo, en camas elevadas, en contenedores...
- Información sobre las herramientas de jardinería y los materiales que necesitas.
- Cómo preparar y sembrar la tierra, hacer compost, eliminar malezas, plagas y enfermedades, conseguir semillas.
- Fichas de cultivo de más de 30 tipos de plantas, populares y perennes.
- Incluye un diario de cultivo de 54 semanas donde Huw Richards explica cómo cultivó sus propios alimentos durante todo un año sin gastar nada de dinero.
- Consejos sobre cómo vender tu cosecha y conseguir dinero para agrandar la zona de cultivo.

El libro de jardinería perfecto para todo aquel que desee iniciarse en el arte del huerto urbano y cultivar sus propios alimentos orgánicos y saludables.

Zero-cost, low effort and a long term solution to your fresh produce needs!

Huw Richards set himself a challenge - to be self-sufficient by growing his own fruit and veg for free for a year. He succeeded, and now wants to help you do the same.Grow your own food in your home garden, allotment or container and look forward to a bountiful harvest year-round. You can plant fruit and veg at home without spending a penny and Huw Richard's shows you how.

Packed with tried-and-tested advice, this gardening book covers

- Finding a space to grow - in the garden or on a terrace or balcony - and sourcing the materials you need
- Deciding what to grow your crops in (the ground, a raised bed, or containers)
- Clear growing instructions on more than 30 species of popular annual and perennial crops
- Huw Richards' 52-week journal of how he grew his own food for free for a year without spending a penny
- Advice on how to go about selling your produce to raise money to expand your growing area

Learn about the space you need and how to prepare it, make your own compost, tackle weeds, pests, and diseases, and how to get hold of your first set of seeds! Discover many strategies to expand your garden for the better.

In this nationally bestselling, compulsively readable account of what makes brain science a vital component of people's quest to know themselves, acclaimed science writer Steven Johnson subjects his own brain to a battery of tests to find out what's really going on inside. He asks:

• How do we "read" other people?
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• What is the neurochemistry behind love and sex?
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• What does it mean that the brain is teeming with powerful chemicals closely related to recreational drugs?
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• Why does music move us to tears?
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• Where do breakthrough ideas come from?

Johnson answers these and many more questions arising from the events of our everyday lives. You do not have to be a neuroscientist to wonder, for example, why do you smile? And why do you sometimes smile inappropriately, even if you don't want to? How do others read your inappropriate smile? How does such interplay occur neurochemically, and what, if anything, can you do about it?
Fascinating and rewarding, Mind Wide Open speaks to brain buffs, self-obsessed neurotics, barstool psychologists, mystified parents, grumpy spouses, exasperated managers, and anyone who enjoys speculating and gossiping about the motivations and behaviors of other human beings. Steven Johnson shows us the transformative power of understanding brain science and offers new modes of introspection and tools for better parenting, better relationships, and better living.

Food and Addiction: A Comprehensive Handbook, Second Edition brings scientific order to the issue of food and addiction, spanning multiple disciplines to create the foundation for what is a rapidly advancing field and to highlight needed advances in science and public policy. It assembles leading scientists and policy makers from fields such as nutrition, addiction, psychology, epidemiology, and public health to explore and analyze the scientific evidence on the addictive properties of food. It provides complete and comprehensive coverage of all subjects pertinent to food and addiction, from how the brain processes food reward and the role of the gut-microbiome in addictive eating, to diagnostic criteria for food addiction, the contribution of industry tactics to the creation of addictive foods, and behavioral, neurological, and pharmacologic interventions, as well as the clinical, public health, legal, and policy implications of recognizing the validity of food addiction. Each chapter reviews the available science and notes needed scientific advances in the field.

Valuable Insights for All Your Verdant Ventures

Cherished by gardeners, cooks, crafters, and other plant enthusiasts for more than 25 years, this enduring treasure blooms again with new ideas for growing and utilizing nature's bounty. Nurture your herbal passion with this edition's bouquet of innovative concepts ranging from downy mildew-resistant basil to scented fire starters.

Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac sprouts fresh insights on pond gardens, indigo dye, medicinal herbs, and more. Some of today's top writers provide easy-to-follow plans for a calming garden, Mediterranean herb garden, and salsa garden, as well as in-depth profiles on cloves, cottonwood, peonies, and wild strawberry. This guide also includes a twelve-month gardening log with calendars, moon phases, and tips. Whether you want to make herbal vinegars or a garden paradise, this almanac will inspire your practice throughout the year.

• DIY gardening solutions and companion planting guide
• Growing tips for woodland herbs
• Fruit and flower preservation techniques
• African farming methods for healthy soil
• Recipes and craft ideas