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The Optimum You guides you through a series of actions, behaviours and thoughts which will help you to achieve your own, unique potential.

Some years ago, for no obvious reason, Paul Whiteman felt compelled to analyse the mystical number 666, also known as the number of The Beast. His little mathematical revelation was followed almost immediately by a violent thunderstorm, and by a severe attack of asthma requiring urgent hospital admission.

The Actors' Orphanage was a home for the abandoned children of struggling or incapacitated Actors. In 1934 it was a harsh and brutal institution. Meanwhile however, the playwright and cultural phenomenon, Noel Coward, was looking for more meaning in his life. After success after success, he would always ask... "What now?"

Michael J. Vincent uses his life story to illustrate how experience, no matter how trivial or intense and life-changing, becomes a deep well of learning for us to draw upon in our search for truth.

During my MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University we followed a module on the short story. I wrote a story published in the Lightship Anthology 1 by Alma Press, winning a GBP1000 prize. The story is included in this collection under the title A Fish out of Water.

The book is divided into two sections. The first contains 'nature' poems but with the underlying meaning of how we are connected to the earth. The second section contains more personal poems.

I wrote about dreaming during the pandemic which brings us back to our childhood memories and wishes because we were confined. We dreamed a lot more and more vividly.

Stepping Into Your Power: an embodied approach to developing women leaders invites us to re-write our interpretation of power, from the prevailing 'power over' to 'power with' developing a felt sense that the whole is greater than any one individual. This is the pathway to creating organisations that work for everyone.

Born to a mother who doesn't want her, living in a world that doesn't understand her, fuelled by anger and hatred, Caroline dreams of a different life.To survive the one she's been given, she channels that anger and hatred, and behind her fragile, beautiful exterior hides a woman who will do anything to get what she wants.

Gravity is the weakest of the natural forces and yet it dominates our lives. We know how to make use of its properties and how to overcome it. But we can't control it. To do that we must be able to generate and control gravity's hidden companion force field, called gravitomagnetism. Mass is the source of gravity fields.

From the glaciers of Spitsbergen to the palaces of Oman, this is an unlikely journey by an unassuming Liverpool boy who spent much of his career rising, to his surprise, through MI6, when not indulging his passion for rock-climbing.

This reflective book on holistic piano playing, written by an experienced pianist, teacher and psychotherapist, explores a number of topics in quest of what is known as the peak experience in artistic performance with reference to esoteric philosophy, psychotherapy, hypnosis and N.L.P.

What if our experience of life is created differently to the way we think it's created? Instead of living in an out-in world - with our thoughts and emotions coming from other people and situations, as well as from the past and the future - what if we actually live in a world of our own creation?

Everybody thinks primary school is the easiest thing in the world. That the kids are sweet and all get along, that lessons aren't hard and everybody skips home having had the best day ever (until the following day anyway...) Boy, would they be surprised.

Paul is a young provincial reporter who drives around in a Morris Minor listening to pop music on his crackling radio. Keen for a break, his life revs into high gear when he stumbles across the scene of a brutal murder. Despite the carnage, his journalistic instincts kick in, desperation to write a front page story to prove the doubters wrong.

Helen Ransome is married to a dull, boring, husband called Henry, and she decides that to get away from the crushing boredom to take a lover called Edward Jameson, her alibi being her demure and shy friend named Emily Jennings.

Cyril is a very energetic and curious little squirrel, always ready to make friends and learn new things. He loves adventure and as magical doors fall from the skies, Cyril is transported to new places, uncovering characters who are ready to show him the beauty of the seasons and all they have to offer. What will he learn along the way?

Think of a time when the sun never set on the British Empire. For the British it was once a land of Hope and Glory, but over the eighty years of my biography the grandeur fizzled out and sadly the country ended up as a land of hope for glory.

Joanne Averath, a young foreign correspondent, is no "Average Jo". Certainly not someone who believes in fairy tales. But one day, she meets an elderly woman she's never seen before, someone who tells her an unbelievable story. Not only can she enter people's dreams, she comes from another world, a world that can be reached through a portal.

On one seemingly innocent day, Sir Alisdair Maddy McGlynn, a poor Scottish Laird, decides to go fishing on his faithful boat, 'Kingfisher'. Little does he know that one decision will change his life for good. Caught in a massive storm off the north west coast of Scotland, Sir Maddy's boat is hit by both a tornado and a huge waterspout.

A story of addiction, drug dealing and sky-diving. At its vertiginous centre one man's commitment to making money and living life to excess. An unprincipled hero with huge appetites for women, designer clothes and drugs, guided by a criminal code that allows him free rein to exploit the real and virtual networks of the global era.

Have you ever wondered what adventures fill a young child's imagination whilst they are sleeping? Join Jack on his exhilarating trip around the world! From a truck, to a bus, to a plane and eventually to a space rocket, Jack has the most exciting and fascinating journeys where he makes lots of new friends along the way.

When Maggie is tragically widowed, she cannot imagine how she will manage without her husband. Then her ninety-nine-year-old golf club suddenly faces collapse in an unprecedented financial crisis and she finds herself cast in the role as saviour. Together with her young Polish lodger, she launches a bold plan to save the club's centenary.

Part of the enjoyment of playing the piano is the challenge it brings. FingerTips for Pianists is the ideal companion. It provides tips and strategies to help you achieve new skills and advance your technique. It troubleshoots any tricky bits and systematically looks at ways to approach or correct them.

The day is bright and shining as Daisy arrives in North Cyprus to research her book about the 1964 Cypriot war. Amidst the bustle of the picturesque Kyrenia Harbour, she is unexpectedly approached by a charismatic man and his handsome son who go on to offer the use of a writing retreat in the hills of Bellapais.

Oliver unexpectedly finds himself as the chosen representative of humanity at the upcoming cosmic enquiry that will judge humans against artificial Intelligence. To gather his evidence he sets off, transiting first to the Shadow-side to meet Lord Sebastian - an advocate for humanity - and Galactic controller Ovoid - who is most certainly not.

Meet Midgie: he's wee, he's fiery, and he's totally fed up. It's way, way back in the days of old, and the wild lands of Glenfoostie are home to the great Clan Claymore. Like everyone in the glen, Midgie is a member of the clan. He'd rather not be.

Moffles are tiny, fluffy creatures, who carry the colours of their emotions in their fur, for all the world to read like a storybook. Tippy Moffle is very young but already she has become so scared & hurt that she has learned to hide away all her feelings deep inside

For the king's loyal man-at-arms, Robert FitzStephan, being given Eleanor d'Outremer's hand in marriage is an honour he could never dream of. For Eleanor, being obliged to wed the man responsible for the deaths of her father and brother is not quite as much of a fairy tale.

Layered Reality is a candid dialogue between a truth seeker, a semi-fictional character who personifies the author, and a highly evolved channelled spirit entity, Zachariah.