This is one of the bestselling aromatherapy books of all time with vital information on plant origins, medical herbalism and the properties and actions of herbs and essential oils. It covers 165 oils, their actions, characteristics, principal constituents and folk traditions and is a must for experienced aromatherapists and beginners alike.
This essential handbook is used by aromatherapists all over the world and is one of the most successful titles in this area. It includes an A–Z listing of an enormous range of internationally relevant aromatic plants. Comprehensive information is provided for each entry, for example:
• Common name, Latin name, botanical plant family • General Description – what it looks like • Distribution – where it’s found • Herbal Folk Tradition – traditional uses • Actions – what it’s good for • Extraction – How the oil is extracted • Characteristics – what the oil looks like, and which other oils it blends well with • Safety Information.
The Encyclopedia also covers: • History of aromatherapy and herbalism • How aromatic plants work on your body &amp; mind • How to make your own blends • Uses for oils in the home.
This is a classic guide to essential oils and will remain a vital source of information for generations to come.

Encyclopedia of Essential Oils: The complete guide to the use of aromatic oils in aromatherapy, herbalism, health and well-being

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Lawless, Julia

Alternative Medicine

Harper Thorsons

Raising Boys : Why Boys Are Different - And How to Help Them Become Happy and Well-Balanced Men

A word of mouth bestseller which has become one of the best loved and most successful books in the parenting field. Steve Biddulp'sRaising Boysis to be re-released this month with some startling new research on what helps - and what harms - boys.
In this expanded and updated edition, Steve Biddulph shares and gives practical and honest advice to parents so they can recognise the different stages of boyhood and learn how to raise happy, confident and kind young men.
Boys need to be parented in a different way from girls with their own very special psychological and physical make-up. Home, society and education have failed boys badly - and these failures lead to unhappy men who cannot fully become happy, responsible, emotionally-confident adults.
While it is essential that boys spend more time learning about manhood from their fathers, Biddulph upadates his classic to include helpful information for mothers and single mothers with baby boys.
This extended edition explores some important topics:
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<li>How ADHD may be caused by stress in the first year of life.</li>
<li>Whether boys should start school later than girls.</li>
<li>Help for single mothers raising sons.</li>
<li>How to choose a sport that does more good than harm.</li>
<li>What we can do about boys and binge drinking.</li>
<li>What science can tell us about teenage boys and driving - and how we can keep our sons safe.</li>
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Raising Boysoffers parents real-life situations, thought-provoking insights, humour and help.

Parenting & Relationships

STEVE BIDDULPH

Parenting

The definitive guide to targeting and reversing food intolerance from the UK's leading nutritionist, Antony Haynes, and Glenfiddich award-winning cookery writer, Antoinette Savill. A pain-free plan that will help people with food allergies, chronic fatigue, candida and much more. Includes over 70 delicious recipes.
An indispensable book for anyone who suffers from food intolerance
Renowned Harley Street nutritionist, Antony Haynes presents his 5-part plan to tackle food intolerance, which readers can put into action with the help of recipes from Antoinette Savill, (author of Lose Wheat, Lose Weight and The Gluten, Wheat and Dairy Free Cookbook.)
This plan (which is regularly prescribed at Antony’s popular Harley Street clinic) gives an introduction to the diet and includes a selection of over 70 recipes which are typically free from common allergens, as well as sugar and yeast. The recipes appeal to everyone from the most sensitive to those on the road to recovery.
Includes information and advice on the causes and treatment of intolerance, leaky gut and candida, friendly flora, how to strengthen the gut lining, and other key issues.
Recipes include: Chilled courgette and mint soup • Rigatoni, olives and roast squash • Lasagne with salmon and goats' cheese sauce • Seared squid with pesto dressing • Chicken, fennel and pine nut risotto • Apricot and almond tart • Cinnamon carrot bread

The Food Intolerance Bible: A nutritionist's plan to beat food cravings, fatigue, mood swings, bloating, headaches and IBS

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Savill, Antoinette

Haynes, Antony J.

Special Diet

A pioneer in the field of fertility, ex-midwife Zita West's programme is invaluable for couples trying to conceive. Harley Street's most popular fertility expert guides the reader through a process of vital physical and mental preparation and incorporates the latest research into what works in complementary medicine and supplements. The Sunday Mirror called Zita West 'the baby dream maker' and The Times reported that Zita is 'renowned for helping women to get pregnant when everything else has failed. The book is for every couple trying to conceive and has fascinating advice culled from Zita's 20 years of experience as midwife and 7 as acupuncturist. It provides a structured, easy-to-follow step-by-step programme, including details on: - when and how often to have sex - what can prevent fertilisation and conception - everything you need to know about sperm and ovulation - nutrition, supplements and herbs - complementary therapies such as acupressure, lymphatic massage and hypnotherapy - how to overcome stress and other emotional blocks to pregnancy - PCOS, endometriosis and other health issues - tests and procedures if there is a problem Complete with case studies and Zita's enormou

Zita West's Guide to Getting Pregnant

West, Zita

Women's Health

Mind Maps for Kids has taken the education world by storm, selling over 20,500 copies in the first four months of publication. Back by popular demand, Mind Map genius Tony Buzan now works his magic on the area of learning that most worries children, parents and teachers alike: revision. With Tony Buzan it's all brain, no pain! Summary of contents Children, their parents and teachers are all accutely aware of the pressures to succeed in school exams but do not always have the best tools to revise effectively. Mind Mapping is a breakthrough system of planning and note-taking that cuts revision time in half with double the results. Tony Buzan shows just how easy Mind Mapping is and how kids can use it to: / Improve memory and concentration / Pass exams with flying colours / Remember facts and figures with ease / Make clearer and better notes / Understand concepts and think laterally / Unlock the imagination / Improve concentration and save time / Plan answers calmly during exams / Make revision fun and enjoyable Mind Maps for Kids: Revision is the shortcut to success in exams that will put your child one step -- or even miles! -- ahead.

Rev Up for Revision

Collins,Tony Buzan,Tony Buzan

Reference

Presenting practical solutions for parents, this work provides information on the foods they feed their children to show how nutrition affects behaviour and learning. Sorting out food fact from food myth, it includes meal plans and recipes, along with guidance on other lifestyle factors.

They Are What You Feed Them: How Food Can Improve Your Child's Behaviour, Mood and Learning

Richardson, Alex

Cooking Methods

Drawing on considerable experience as both parents and professionals in the paediatric profession, the best-selling parenting experts Dr. William and Martha Sears have produced the definitive guide to the frequently fraught and troublesome topic of sleep. The Sleep Book is designed as a practical and contemporary guide to parenting, ensuring you can get your child to sleep and making sure night time isn't dreaded. Containing the latest medical research, and providing informed and considered advice on all the issues, this book offers guidance and support to keep you and your child rested and refreshed. Includes advice on all aspects of sleep such as: * 8 infant sleep facts every parent should know * 31 ways to get your baby to sleep and stay asleep * Bedwetting * Hidden medical causes of night waking * Sleep trainers * Night weaning - 12 alternatives for the all-night nurser * Night terrors * 5 reasons why high need infants sleep differently * Sleep safety * SIDS: the latest research on how sleeping with your baby is safe * Co-sleeping: Yes, No, Sometimes An invaluable resource for parents of young children, The Baby Sleep Book provides guidance on how to get your baby to sleep, what to do if he wakes up to often, what to do if he sleeps to much. It also helps with moving the place of sleep, sleepwear, managing the sleep time of more than one child, and night time feeding.

The Baby Sleep Book : How to Help Your Baby to Sleep and Have a Restful Night

SEARS, WILLIAM

SEARS, MARTHA

The best-selling authors of The Baby Book (Dr William and Martha Sears) have created a supportive and practical guide to coping with difficult and fussy children. The book contains proven methods for dealing with a multitude of difficulties you may encounter. Parents of fussy or difficult children, take heart, best-selling childcare experts William and Martha Sears have written a book just for you. Drawing on more than twenty years of paediatric practice and their experiences with their own high-need children, they provide: - Creative ways to soothe a fussy baby - Information on medical causes of infant fussiness -- from infections to food sensitivities - Effective ways of coping with common high-need personality traits and behaviour - Proven strategies for discipline -- getting connected to your child early, providing structure, setting limits, knowing when to say yes and when to say no - Tips on learning how to talk and listen - Real-life stories and advice from parents of high-need children In The Fussy Baby Book Dr. William and Martha Sears acknowledge the difficulties you face but show you how responsive parenting can turn these challenges into advantages for both you and your child. The Searses prove that difficult children can provide the most rewarding parenting experiences of all.

The Fussy Baby Book : Parenting Your High-Need Child from Birth to Five

Weight loss is as simple as eating 3 apples a day. Want to lose weight with minimum effort and maximum results? Add three apples to your diet! Apples are the magic bullet for shifting excess pounds and when you eat them in combinations with a low GI eating plan the pounds will melt away.

3 APPLE A DAY GL DIET

Flynn, Tammi

An incredible and fast 2 week programme with 60 soups that helps you lose up to 10lbs – the healthy way. Each soup is full of specific nutritional superfoods to help you look years younger and build your immunity too.
Soup has always been an excellent way to bring your body back to health and lose weight. Linda Lazarides offers a 2 week superfood-filled soup programme that not only helps you lose as much as 10lbs but can also be used to target health problems in a revolutionary way.
Quick and easy to make, soup is the ultimate convenience food – a delicious way to change your diet for the better. It allows you effortlessly to eat those recommended daily portions of vegetables, herbs and pulses in the most mouth-watering combinations. Linda Lazarides gives you all of the most up-to-date information on how to combat weight problems and other health and beauty problems by eating soups with ingredients such as onions, coriander, soy, tomatoes, radishes and lemon juice.
As well as the weight loss related soup recipes, the book includes a strong section of ailment-specific soups containing those nutritional 'magic bullets' that can help you naturally overcome symptoms. It will include soup recipes to help with: High cholesterol or blood pressure; Overweight; Gall-stones; Candida; Chronic tiredness; Arthritis; Syndrome X; Skin problems; Low thyroid function.

The Big Healthy Soup Diet: Nourish Your Body and Lose up to 10lbs in a Week

Lazarides, Linda

Cooking by Ingredient

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