WHY WAIT FOR BETTER TIMES WHEN YOU CAN MAKE THEM HAPPEN NOW? Millions of success-oriented Americans have turned to the no-nonsense, time-tested motivational techniques described in "The Magic of Believing" to achieve all their long and short-term goals: a better job, a happier marriage, or simply a [...]

Examines the gripes which plague the lives of modern couples. This book shows us how and why sparks can suddenly fly even in the most well-adjusted couples. It explains the importance of overcoming conflict in strengthening a relationship.[...]

Unravelling the logic that lies at the heart of the liberal project, this book sheds light on one of the key ideas that have shaped the civilization of the West.[...]

In 1785 James Boswell and Dr Johnson were trying to come up with a way of distinguishing human beings from animals. 'The beasts have memory, judgement, and all the faculties and passions of our mind, in a certain degree,' said Boswell, 'but no beast is a cook.' Cooking is central to our lives, despi[...]

* A best-selling sociologist presents a concise and very readable history of love * Kaufmann focuses on the question of why so many people are searching for love, hoping to find in love a kind of happiness that they cannot find in their work or by surrounding themselves with material goods.[...]

* A compelling study of the relationship between the internet and relationships from a best-selling sociologist. * Kaufmann investigates whether can we ever really combine sex and feelings, instant gratification and enduring commitment, using the example of one-night stands arranged via online datin[...]

In this first reappraisal of his filmography (1958-2009), readers are introduced to a new Chabrol, one influenced by Balzac, Magritte, Kubrick.[...]

Julie is a happy little girl who lives in Paris, but she wishes she could walk in a country garden. Julie is pleased when her mother decides to take her to visit the most wonderful garden in the world, owned by a great friend of the family. They arrive at their destination, and for this little girl [...]

Born into a wealthy family, Claude Francis Barry English, 18831970 was exhibiting his work with the Royal Academy in London by the time he was twenty-three. Success followed him in shows with the Royal Society of British Artists, the Society of Scottish Artists, and the Salon des Artistes Franais.[...]

The original, unedited, unsimplified version of one of Debussy's most popular piano works. This ethereal, flowing section of "Suite Bergamasque" is diatonic and displays a conventional harmonic vocabulary in D-flat major. The title, "Clair de lune," suggests a relationship to Paul Verlaine's eponymo[...]