Chinese astrology can help anyone to become better parents by understanding the strengths and weaknesses of each sign and how it will affect the undeveloped personality of a child. Divided into twelve chapters to correspond with the twelve signs, Rat, Rooster, Ox..., each chapter explains the sign's personality traits, along with the effect of birth order (i.e. the order of a child within the family, first-born or second child...) on a child's outlook on life. Your child's birth time gives the ascendant sign that will characterise the child's inner self'.Each chapter concludes with a specially written fable dedicated to each sign that imparts lasting lessons for your child.

Chinese Horoscopes for Your Child: How Birth Order Influences A Child's Personality

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LAU, Theodora

New Age & Spirituality

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Fat Girl

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Judith Moore

Memoirs

Chancing It: The Laws of Chance and How They Can Work For You

Over the years, some very smart people have thought they understood the rules of chance—only to fail dismally. Whether you call it probability, risk, or uncertainty, the workings of chance often defy common sense. Fortunately, advances in math and science have revealed the laws of chance, and understanding those laws can help in your everyday life.In Chancing It, award-winning scientist and writer Robert Matthews shows how to understand the laws of probability and use them to your advantage. He gives you access to some of the most potent intellectual tools ever developed and explains how to use them to guide your judgments and decisions. By the end of the book, you will know:How to understand and even predict coincidencesWhen an insurance policy is worth havingWhy “expert” predictions are often misleadingHow to tell when a scientific claim is a breakthrough or baloneyWhen it makes sense to place a bet on anything from sports to stock marketsA groundbreaking introduction to the power of probability, Chancing It will sharpen your decision-making and maximize your luck.

Chancing it: The Laws of chance and How They Can Work for You

Matthews, Robert

Peas & Queues: The Minefield of Modern Manners

Literature & Fiction

SANDI TOKSVIG

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Feeding Frenzy: The New Politics of Food

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Social Sciences

How To Watch A Movie

How to Watch a Movie

DAVID THOMSON

The Burning Question: We Can't Burn Half the World's Oil, Coal and Gas. So How Do We Quit?

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Berners-Lee

Earth Sciences

GalapagosThe Galapagos were once known to the sailors and pirates who encountered them as Las Encantadas: the enchanted islands, home to marvellous creatures and dramatic volcanic scenery. This captivating history of the world's most famous islands charts their evolution from deserted wilderness to profoundly important scientific resource and now global tourist destination. The Galapagos' rich diversity of species made it the cradle of evolutionary theory. Its scientific treasures have always been explored in surprising ways: Darwin rode on the back of tortoises, flung iguanas into the sea and attacked hawks with hats in the process of his discovery. And its lessons are far from exhausted: recently, Darwin's celebrated finches have helped biologists to film evolution in real time. The islands are famous throughout the world - recognition that brings with it 170,000 tourists a year and widespread development, as well as bitter clashes between environmentalists and local inhabitants. More than ever, we must be alert to the significance of this unique location - because what happens here foreshadows the fate of threatened ecosystems everywhere on earth.

The Galápagos: A Natural History

Henry Nicholls

Nature & Ecology

The Poet's Tale: Chaucer and the year that made The Canterbury Tales [Paperback] Paul Strohm

Paul Strohm

<p>When the oldest trees in the world suddenly start dying - across North America, Europe and the Amazon - it's time to pay attention. Humans have cut down the biggest and best trees and left the runts behind. What does that mean for the genetic fitness of our forests? No one knows for sure, for trees and forests are poorly understood on almost all levels. What we do know, however, suggests that what trees do is essential. When tree leaves decompose, they leach acids into the ocean that help fertilize plankton. When plankton thrive, so does the rest of the food chain. Trees are also nature's water filters, capable of cleaning up the most toxic wastes, including explosives, solvents and organic wastes. They sequester carbon dioxide, act as nature's heat shields, keeping cities 10 or more degrees cooler, and also release vast clouds of beneficial chemicals - some of which are anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral. We need to learn much more about trees. But, meantime, we need to preserve them.Jim Robbins' book is a remarkable exploration of the power of trees and the story of a farmer named David Milarch, co-founder of the Champion Tree Project, who has been cloning some of the world's oldest and largest trees to protect their genetics - from California redwoods to the oaks of Ireland.</p>

The Man Who Plants Trees

Robbins, Jim

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