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Sleep is something of a mystery and we feel instinctively that it does our minds and bodies profound good. Generally the brain seems to use the hours of sleep to sort and analyse new knowledge, solve problems and make strategies, and we are primed to ensure that we get sleep when we need it. The effect of melatonin is not just to send us to sleep at regular intervals, but also to align our body clocks with the onset of night time. The good news is that sleep problems are treatable, and it may not be a question of taking medication. Many of the book's 50 strategies involve 'visualisations' and are drawn from three psychotherapeutic techniques. They are emotional brain training, cognitive behavioural therapy, and mindfulness-based stress reduction, which can be successfully used in conjunction with each other. We go through the sleep cycle four to six times a night - light, real, deep, restorative and REM sleep. Ensure your bedroom is conducive to sleep, you have a restful evening and avoid excessive alcohol or heavy foods which might end up disturbing your night. With a bit of dark time your body will learn to take the hint and make you sleepy before you go to bed. Breathing, tensing and relaxing muscle groups, loosen and relaxing your body, you will mentally prime your muscles to relax and enjoy the sensation of release. Clean sheets, getting up with the rooster, enchanted forests, skywriting, floating bed, pillow talk, mastering your dreams, here are checklists, positive thoughts, pain relief, and this book is the perfect size to keep on your bedside table and give you a helping hand to drift off. 160 beautifully designed pages, colour photos and decorations.

With step-by-step techniques, how to diagrams, professional hints and tips and makeover projects, this is an indispensable guide to home improvement with creative ideas to decorate and personalise the home to achieve beautiful results with the minimum amount of time, effort and expense. Every home needs repairing, updating or repair work to keep it looking fresh, stylish and in good condition and whether you have a new home in need of additional features and fittings or an older property requiring a major overhaul or simply want to refresh an outmoded decorating scheme, this is a big chunky glossy reference book providing all the guidance, expertise and inspiration and information required. There is advice on colour, texture and pattern, recognising available space effectively, choosing lighting to enhance every room, and chapters on painting, wallpaper hanging, tiling, laying floor coverings, features and fittings, soft furnishings, maintenance and repairs. More than 250 instant decorating ideas and 2,000 photographs and illustrations in colour help you look after lined curtains and drapes, roman blinds, lay vinyl, lino or cork floor tiles, paint and varnish floors, add a cornice, panel a room, fit fixed shelving, doors or drawers, fit an extractor fan or extra air bricks for controllable ventilation, and in furnishings create a stool out of wood, an Astroturf chair, a space age chair, a Polynesian throne, a bent-wire chandelier, an Inca bird print, a star cupboard, a Moses backet. With advice on preparing and planning your work, choosing appropriate materials, paints and equipment for the job in hand. A quality large softback, 512 glossy pages packed with hundreds of colour photos.

Connect, control and secure your home network set up the easy way in this superb introduction to Alexa, Google, Siri and many other miraculous devices of today's smart home. Learn how to choose between them, set them up for all your gadgets to operate smoothly together, get the most out of the features they offer and what to do when things go wrong. Learn how to make your devices read the news out aloud, light the way to the bathroom the moment you wake up, play your favourite piece of music, share your lists and passwords with friends and family securely and how to stop hackers. The real home hub today can offer a plethora of wireless technology and in effect home helps whether to get the best out of your television or simply shout at Alexa to watch Star Trek Discovery. There are naming tips when setting up sensible sensitive lights, smart switches and plugs and moving on from voice activated kitchen radios and speakers, Internet technology has started looking to fridges, ovens and hobs. Add additional thermostats and create a zonal temperature control, using smart radiator valves. Robot recycling is coming soon with smart bins, kettles and coffee makers. Then there is of course monitoring and security with cameras recording and notifying you automatically. In terms of health there are not only baby monitors made to look like bunny rabbits which can also be useful as just an intercom between you and your partner in the garden shed or reading at the bottom of the garden, but also to help keep an eye on your health, body fat, or blood pressure with no more mercury temperature controls. Then there are floor cleaners, pet care, and the WeMo Smart Plug which does not even need a hub and can work directly with your phone or assistant like Alexa and can be told when to turn on the coffee pot and set to 'on' before you go to bed. 160pp in large softback with big clear diagrams and colour photos throughout its careful step-by-step design.

It is true that if you put in the effort early, you will be rewarded by a well behaved, attentive, affectionate, intelligent and stimulated dog in later years. Starting from the moment you set eyes on your new puppy, here is sound advice for everyday situations. The book brings a new slant to a well explored subject and proposes significant shifts in understanding why a puppy behaves as he does and what makes him tick. Dogs are born without behavioural issues - it is what happens in the early weeks of life, and the way in which the new owner nurtures, guides and educates him, that will enable the puppy to become a well balanced adult - or not. The authors help you in your initial choice of puppy and show you how to interpret natural canine communication and play, how to use these signals to educate and guide your puppy in a positive way and as his confidence gains you, the parent, will help him become a trustworthy and trusting friend for life. It covers adding a new puppy to your existing pack, introducing him to an older dog, rescue centres, the home breeder and beware the puppy farm, questions to ask, insurance and the vet, dinner time, the first few nights, dealing with new experiences and household appliances, collars and leads, age-appropriate play, vaccines and neutering, and playing with other dogs. A great deal of the book is devoted to preventing common dog problems of stress, obsessive behaviours, house training, recall, separation anxiety, over tiredness, fear of adults, children, noise, other dogs, barking growling and grumbling and other attention-seeking behaviours, head shy issues, car sickness, jumping up, mugging guests, possessiveness with food, toys or furniture, food fussiness and more. Much of this advice could be transferred to problems with an older pet dog. 164pp, paperback.

One of Harley Street's top Consultant ENT Surgeons, Dr Mike Dilkes reveals his five minute exercise, a tried and tested method developed over many years which will cure your snore and - boost your mood, improve your performance at work and in concentration, save you money, make you look and feel younger, reduce your risk of developing sleep apnoea (a common disorder associated with impotence, loss of concentration, poor memory, diabetes, hypertension, high blood pressure and heart attacks). Snoring is no joke and a lack of restful sleep can seriously damage your health and relationship, so join the army of people taking small steps each and every day to stop snoring the easy way! One of the workouts is designed to focus on the tongue, the soft palate, and the lower throat and essentially it is yoga for the mouth involving stretching and positional training with emphasis on fast repetition rather than slow, high effort as this would cause bulk rather than tone. Slim paperback, 78pp.

In the famous Teach Yourself yellow learning series, here is the ultimate guide to becoming an English as a Foreign Language teacher with what to teach in English and how. Now fully revised to include insights from teachers working around the world, up-to-date information on technology as an aid to learning, comprehensive guidance on the increasingly popular task-based learning, invaluable advice on making the transition from learning to teaching, clear guidance on ongoing professional development and useful examples of teaching in different international contexts. Packed with info on teaching techniques, classroom management, practical lesson planning, successful job hunting and career development. With fantastic topics like fluency versus accuracy, lesson aims, unexpected problems, teaching one to one, grammar and conditional sentences, language terminology and useful glossary and much more. 270 page paperback with clear headers and layout.

Learn just one helpful knot, use it often, and the cost of this book will be amply repaid. Bends, Loops, Hitches, Lashings, Coils, Stoppers and Whipings, here is a book to make getting to grips with knots a cinch. Whether you are camping, climbing, sailing, fishing or fixing things in the home, this collection of 120 knots will serve you well in countless situations, from the Hangman's Noose to the Halter's Hitch. Entries reveal the history and development of each knot plus its uses and special features and there are clear illustrated step-by-step instructions explaining how to tie every knot. There are some great names here like the Ossel Hitch, Turtle Knot, Slipped Cleat Hitch, and Munter Mule (which looks pretty complicated and is rather beautiful!) Some have names that evoke how and by whom they were once tied - the Highwayman's Hitch, Surgeon's Knot, Fisherman's Knot, and all manner of knots for bellringers, shopkeepers, linesmen and lumberjacks, trappers and tree surgeons who all used a knot or two peculiar to their trades or callings. Brought up to date now that knotting flourishes on the Internet. With index and glossary, 176pp, colour.

For high-beginner to low-intermediate language learners, this is a brilliant Teach Yourself trademark series title for foreign language students - and we have selected two titles (Italian too) for our Bibliophile readers. The short stories include 1000 of the most frequently used words to help you progress confidently from beginner to intermediate. With accessible grammar you learn new structures naturally without feeling overwhelmed or frustrated. Authentic spoken dialogues help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability. Chapter summaries and comprehension questions help you follow the plot and vocabulary lists help you quickly look up unfamiliar words without interrupting your flow. From science fiction and fantasy to crime and thrillers, this is an unmissable collection of eight captivating short stories for adults and young adult readers carefully written to provide a sense of achievement and progress when reading. With introduction in English followed by the illustrated stories which are each only a few pages long. 224pp, paperback.

A third of the population sleep badly but this revolutionary five-week plan means you don't have to be one of them. Using a blend of mindfulness and ACT therapy (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) techniques, Dr Guy shares his plan to cure your sleep problem whether it?s a few restless nights or a lifetime of insomnia. Most people who have trouble sleeping invest a huge amount of time, effort and money into fixing the problem, but Dr Guy has discovered the secret lies not in what you do, but what you learn not to do and that the more frustrated you become only serves to push sleep further away. These pioneering methods have an unprecedented success and we hope you will find your remedy here as some readers have said it is a book which has 'changed my life' and that the book has a useful, kind and gentle approach. The surprise bonus is it endows the user with the power to get over jetlag. The five-week remedy was pioneered at the Sleep School and now by popular demand appears in this reissued paperback. 211pp.