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  101 Amazing Facts about Cats

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  Are you the world’s biggest cat lover? Or are you thinking about getting a pet cat and want to know more about what to expect? In this excellent audio-book, narrator Jason Zenobia talks us through over one hundred facts about our favourite feline friends. Visiting subjects such as their behaviour, biology, why they are so great and much more, this is the perfect addition to anyone’s audio-book collection.An Andrews UK audio production.

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  Learn Portuguese - Level 4:...

  Innovative Language Learning

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  Had some experience in Portuguese? Up the challenge with Beginner! Welcome to Beginner Portuguese. Master the basics of Portuguese conversation! Start speaking Portuguese in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Beginner Portuguese. Our native Portuguese hosts break down all the sentences, grammar and more in a simple, easily understandable way! Here are a few topics covered in this audiobook:• Talking About Your Nationality• Asking Simple Portuguese Questions• Expressing Likes and Dislikes• Plural Articles in Portuguese• Brazilian Cultural Tips and More!This isn't stale textbook material - it's fun, effective, and practical! You learn beginner Portuguese conversation that you can use immediately! What you get in Beginner Portuguese:• 130+ pages of Portuguese learning material• 25 Portuguese lessons: dialog transcripts with translation, vocabulary, sample sentences and a grammar section• 25 Audio Lesson Tracks (over 4 hours of Portuguese lessons)• 25 Audio Review Tracks (practice new words and phrases)• 25 Audio Dialog Tracks (read along while you listen Interactive.Effective. And FUN! Discover or rediscover how fun learning a language can be with the future of language learning. Buy this now and start speaking Portuguese instantly!Download the PDF and read along:https://bit.ly/2E9CbUc

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  The Ecology of Law - Toward a...

  Fritjof Capra, Ugo Mattei

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  WINNER OF THE 2015 IBPA BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AWARD IN POLITICS/CURRENT EVENTS 
  The Ecology of Law  
  Fritjof Capra and Ugo Mattei argue that at the root of many of the environmental, economic, and social crises we face today is a legal system based on an obsolete worldview. Capra, a bestselling author, physicist, and systems theorist, and Mattei, a distinguished legal scholar, explain how, by incorporating concepts from modern science, the law can become an integral part of bringing about a better world, rather than facilitating its destruction.   
  This is the first book to trace the fascinating parallel history of law and science from antiquity to modern times, showing how the two disciplines have always influenced each other—until recently. In the past few decades, science has shifted from seeing the natural world as a kind of cosmic machine best understood by analyzing each cog and sprocket to a systems perspective that views the world as a vast network of fluid communities and studies their dynamic interactions. The concept of ecology exemplifies this approach. But law is stuck in the old mechanistic paradigm: the world is simply a collection of discrete parts, and ownership of these parts is an individual right, protected by the state. Capra and Mattei show that this has led to overconsumption, pollution, and a general disregard on the part of the powerful for the common good.  
  Capra and Mattei outline the basic concepts and structures of a legal order consistent with the ecological principles that sustain life on this planet. This is a profound and visionary reconceptualization of the very foundations of the Western legal system, a kind of Copernican revolution in the law, with profound implications for the future of our planet.

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  Manufacturing Depression - The...

  Gary Greenberg

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  "Am I happy enough?" This has been a pivotal question since America's inception. "Am I not happy enough because I am depressed?" is a more recent version. Psychotherapist Gary Greenberg shows how depression has been manufactured-not as an illness but as an idea about our suffering, its source, and its relief. He challenges us to look at depression in a new way.In the twenty years since their introduction, antidepressants have become staples of our medicine chests. Upwards of 30 million Americans are taking them at an annual cost of more than $10 billion. Even more important, Greenberg argues, it has become common, if not mandatory, to think of our unhappiness as a disease that can-and should-be treated by medication. Manufacturing Depression tells the story of how we got to this peculiar point in our history.

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  Celebrating Teachers - Making a...

  Gary Toward, Chris Henley

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  Celebrating Teachers: Making a difference, written by Gary Toward and Chris Henley, is a feel-good celebration of all that is great about teachers and teaching - and an exploration of the difference teachers make and how they do it.
  Forewords by Ben Bailey Smith (aka Doc Brown) and Sir Anthony Seldon.
  Gary Toward and Chris Henley believe that teaching is the best and most important profession. Now, you might argue that it would be medicine that should take that accolade - as medics save lives and mend people. But teachers create lives and 'make' people. They, in fact, create medics!
  This book celebrates the superhero of the classroom: the teacher.
  Teachers make a difference, and often that difference is life-changing. In this book, Gary and Chris look at some of the many cases where such a difference has been made and examine exactly what it was that made such an impact on the life of the young person - and they also highlight the key approaches that teachers might want to try out in their own classroom, with their own pupils.
  The authors link the real-life case study stories to what educational research and cognitive science tell us, and point the way for all teachers to adopt, adapt and develop these effective strategies and approaches in their own practice.
  And, in sharing these inspiring stories, Gary and Chris hope to offer an antidote to the negativity that too often circulates in the media around education and the teaching profession.
  An uplifting and insightful read for all teachers and educators.

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  Shrink Rap - Three Psychiatrists...

  Dinah Miller, Annette Hanson,...

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  “One of the most useful books I’ve read about mental illnesses . . . It demystifies our complicated medical and legal system.” —Pete Earley, New York Times-bestselling author of Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness 
   
  Finally, a book that explains everything you ever wanted to know about psychiatry! 
   
  In Shrink Rap, three psychiatrists from different specialties provide frank answers to questions such as: 
   
  • What is psychotherapy, how does it work, and why don’t all psychiatrists do it? 
   
  • When are medications helpful? 
   
  • What happens on a psychiatric unit? 
   
  • Can Prozac make people suicidal? 
   
  • Why do many doctors not like Xanax? 
   
  • Why do we have an insanity defense? 
   
  • Why do people confess to crimes they didn’t commit? 
   
  Based on the authors’ hugely popular blog and podcast series, this book is for patients and everyone else who is curious about how psychiatrists work. Using compelling patient vignettes, Shrink Rap explains how psychiatrists think about and address the problems they encounter, from the mundane (how much to charge) to the controversial (involuntary hospitalization). The authors face the field’s shortcomings head-on, revealing what other doctors may not admit about practicing psychiatry. 
   
  Candid and humorous, Shrink Rap gives a closeup view of psychiatry, peering into technology, treatments, and the business of the field. If you’ve ever wondered how psychiatry really works, let the Shrink Rappers explain. 
   
  “A fascinating peek into the minds of those who study minds.” —The Washington Post 
   
  “Most of us easily understand how to treat a broken arm, but a fractured psyche? That’s an entirely different matter. Or is it? This clear-headed presentation of psychiatric services and methods covers a lot of ground and achieves a conversational tone that’s both educational and entertaining.” —Baltimore Magazine

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