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A Vagabond for Beauty: A John Murray Journey by W L Rusho
Category: Travel | Series: Overcoming Bks.
INTRODUCED BY PAUL KINGSNORTH, Booker-shortlisted author of The Wake'I thought that there were two rules in life - never count the cost, and never do anything unless you can do it wholeheartedly. Now is the time to live.' Artist and wanderer Everett Ruess left home at the age of sixteen to immerse himse ...Show more
Mississippi Solo: John Murray Journeys by Eddy L Harris
Category: Travel | Series: Overcoming Bks.
INTRODUCED BY ADAM WEYMOUTH, award-winning author of The Kings of Yukon'A wonderful book -- and a highly original contribution to the literature of travel' PAUL THEROUX'The Mississippi. Mighty, muddy, dangerous, rebellious and yet a strong, fathering kind of river. The river captured my imagination when ...Show more
Overcoming Alcohol Misuse, 2nd Edition by Marcantonio Spada
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: Overcoming Bks.
How to regain control when alcohol is taking over your life Statistics show that misuse of alcohol is a very common problem. Using alcohol unwisely can have long-term effects on your health, career and family life. This self-help book helps you take a healthier approach to drinking. Using methods based ...Show more
Overcoming Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating: A self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques by Peter J. Cooper
Category: Personal Development | Series: Overcoming Bks.
As many as one in 20 women in the western world suffer bouts of uncontrolled binge-eating. Going without food for long periods, making yourself vomit and taking laxatives you don't need are also common and are symptoms of bulimia nervosa. Such illness costs lives if not successfully treated. Now in ...Show more
Overcoming Chronic Fatigue 2nd Edition by Burgess Mary
Category: Health | Series: Overcoming Bks.
'Cognitive behaviour therapy appears to be an effective and acceptable treatment for adult out-patients with CFS. Its sufferers deserve . . . to be more aware of the potential of this therapy to bring lasting functional benefit.'Cochrane Review This valuable self-help guide offers ways of improving long ...Show more
Overcoming Grief by Sue Morris
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: Overcoming Bks.
Reassuring and helpful strategies to guide you through your grief Grief is a natural reaction to loss, but in some cases it can be devastating, causing a loss of direction which can impact our relationships and work. This practical guide will help you to regain a sense of control and offers tried and ...Show more
Overcoming Health Anxiety 2nd Edition - A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques by Rob Willson; David Veale
Category: Health | Series: Overcoming Bks.
How you can stop worrying about your health and enjoy life 'This book not only helps sufferers to better understand the nature of the problem, but also provides them with the skills necessary to overcome it and to regain quality of life' Professor Paul Salkovskis, Professor of Experimental Psychology, ...Show more
Overcoming Perfectionism: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques by Roz Shafran; Sarah Egan; Tracey Wade
Category: Mind Body Spirit | Series: Overcoming Bks.
How to break the circle of 'never good enough' Striving for something can be a healthy and positive attribute; it's good to aim high. But sometimes whatever we do just isn't good enough; we want to be too perfect and start setting unrealistic goals. Such high levels of perfectionism, often driven by l ...Show more
The Cruel Way: A John Murray Journey by Ella K Maillart
Category: Travel | Series: Overcoming Bks.
INTRODUCED BY FIONA MOZLEY, Booker-shortlisted author of ElmetWITH EXCERPTS FROM ALL THE ROADS ARE OPEN BY ANNEMARIE SCHWARZENBACH'We were both travellers - she always running away from an emotional crisis (not seeing that she was already wishing for the next), I always seeking far afield the secret of ...Show more
The Valleys of the Assassins: A John Murray Journey by Freya Stark
Category: Travel | Series: Overcoming Bks.
INTRODUCED BY MONISHA RAJESH, award-winning author of Around the World in 80 Trains 'If I were asked to enumerate the pleasures of travel, this would be one of the greatest among them - that so often and so unexpectedly you meet the best in human nature.' Growing up in near-poverty and denied a formal e ...Show more
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