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The Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu)
by ConfuciusA wonderfully enjoyable storehouse of ancient Chinese history and legends, which also has an important role in understanding 21st-century China'And remember: Heaven's blessing will cease forever if there's despair and poverty in your lands'The Most Venerable Book (also known as The Book of History) is one of the Five Classics, a key work of Chinese literature which preserves some of the most ancient and dramatic chronicles of the history, both real and mythological, of the Chinese state. For many centuries it was a central work for anyone wishing to work for the Imperial administration, preserving as it does a fascinating mixture of key Confucian concepts as well as page after page of heroes, benevolent rulers, sagacious ministers, and struggles against flood, corruption and vicious, despotic rulers. The First Emperor tried in 213 BC to have all copies of the book destroyed because of its subversive implication that 'the Mandate of Heaven' could be withdrawn from rulers who failed their people. For similar reasons it was also banned by Chairman Mao. Extraordinarily, the values of The Most Venerable Book have been revived by the Chinese government of the 2010s.
The Way of the World and Other Plays
by William CongreveWith piercing accuracy William ongreve depicted the shallow, brittle world of 'society' where the right artifice in manners, fashion and conversation--and money--eased the passage to success. Through sparkling, witty dialogue and brilliant characterisation--Lady Plyant, Valentine, Lady Touchwood, Mirabell and Millamant--Congreve exposed the follies and vanities of that world, and suggested that behind the glinting mirror lay something more brutal. 'The language is everywhere that of Men of Honour, but their Actions are those of Knaves; a proof that he was perfectly well acquainted with human Nature, and frequented what we call polite company.' --Voltaire 'Congreve quitted the stage in disdain, and comedy left it with him.' --A contemporary
The Phenomenology of Modern Legal Discourse: The Juridical Production and the Disclosure of Suffering (Routledge Revivals)
by William E. ConklinOriginally published in 1998, The Phenomenology of Modern Legal Discourse recovers the suffering which is concealed as lawyers, judges and other legal officials resignify a harm through the special vocabulary and grammar which constitutes legal language. At the moment of re-signification, an untranslatable gap erupts between the knowers’ special language and the embodied meanings of the non-knower. The Phenomenology claims that the gap can be unconcealed if the knowers of the special language reconsider their assumptions about legal meaning, the body and desire.With a broad grasp of diverse problematics from the legal procedures, legal discourses and legal theory of three jurisdictions to exemplify his claims, the author interweaves arguments which draw from Edmund Husserl’s and Maurice Merleau Ponty’s insights about meaning. The author's effort demonstrates how one may unconceal lived laws through a re-reading of the role of the experiential body in legal signification. The author’s effort to retrieve the embodiment of legal meaning de-stabilizes deep assumptions of contemporary lawyers and legal theorists.
Emotional Equations: Simple Steps for Creating Happiness + Success in Business + Life
by Chip Conley“An invaluable operating manual,” says Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO and author of Delivering Happiness. Using brilliantly simple logic that illuminates the universal truths in common emotional challenges, popular motivational speaker and bestselling author Chip Conleyhas written “a fresh, original guide to an authentic and fulfilling life.”*With a foreword by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos and author of Delivering HappinessWhen Chip Conley, dynamic author of the bestselling Peak, suffered a series of devastating personal and professional setbacks, he began using what he came to call “Emotional Equations” (such as Joy = Love - Fear) to help him focus on the variables in life that he could handle, rather than dwelling on the parts he couldn’t, such as the bad economy, death, and taxes. Using brilliantly simple logic that illuminates the universal truths in common emotional challenges, Emotional Equations offers a way to identify the elements in our lives that we can change, those we can’t, and how to better understand our emotions so they can help us . . . rather than hurt us. Equations like “Despair = Suffering - Meaning” and “Happiness = Wanting What You Have ÷ Having What You Want” have been reviewed for mathematical and psychological accuracy by experts. Now Conley tells his own comeback story and those of other resilient people and inspiring role models who have worked through emotional equations in their own lives. Emotional Equations arms you with practical strategies for turbulent times.
Blueprint for Disaster: A Get Fuzzy Collection (Get Fuzzy #5)
by Darby ConleyYou have to wonder what kind of pets cartoonist Darby Conley had as a child. If they were anything like Bucky Katt and Satchel Pooch. . . well, life in the Conley house must have been interesting to say the least. The wacky triumvirate of Bucky, Satchel, and Rob are back in this Get Fuzzy collection,Rob Wilco is the mild-mannered ad executive caretaker of Bucky and Satchel. Satchel is a sweet and naive shar-pei-yellow-Lab cross, while Bucky is a Siamese with "cat-titude" to spare. Bucky and Satchel get along like, well, like cats and dogs. Like a beleaguered parent, Rob constantly must thwart Bucky's schemes and protect the unsuspecting Satchel. His pets' mischief continually disrupts his attempts to meet women. You try explaining to your date why your cat thinks he's a gangsta rapper and your dog is filming his "crib" for MTV. Would anyone live with humans who behaved like this?Bitingly funny with a wry sense of the absurdity of life with pets, Get Fuzzy appeals to everyone who has ever lived in a mixed-species household.
The 28-Day Immunity Plan: A vital diet and fitness plan to boost resilience and protect your health
by Rosemary ConleyMAKE YOUR BODY FEEL FIGHTING FIT IN JUST 28 DAYS'The perfect way to get healthier and into shape . . . If you're fed up with feeling tired, and want to lose some weight, then The 28 Day Immunity Plan is for you' BELLAA strong and healthy immune system is important at any age - especially if you're over 65 - and now more than ever it's vital to protect yourself from illness_______ Renowned diet and fitness expert Rosemary Conley CBE has created a simple and effective 28-day plan specifically aimed at doing just this. Her specialist guidance will help you boost your immunity, lose excess weight and increase your chances of living a longer, fitter and healthier life. This essential guide includes practical nutritional advice (what to include in your diet to promote good health, including good gut health which is increasingly being linked to immunity) as well as a no-fuss, easy-to-follow daily eating plan.These delicious, defence boosting recipes include . . .· Ginger beef stir-fry · Tandoori salmon with spicy noodles · Horseradish fish pie · Beef and ale stew · Thai sweet chilli chicken · Spicy butternut squash soup · Rich mushroom tagliatelle · Tomato, basil and lemon penne · Aubergine tagine with couscous . . . And much, much more! What's more, you will also learn from highly respected fitness expert, Mary Morris MSc, exactly how regular exercise supports the immune system - by strengthening your muscles, bones, and boosting your circulatory system.Her safe and progressive exercise programme encourages you to take small and achievable steps towards better fitness, no matter what level you're starting from.With almost 50 years' experience in helping people transform their body and health, Rosemary and Mary have condensed their joint expertise into this simple and accessible plan so you can become fighting fit from home in less than a month.
Complete Flat Stomach Plan
by Rosemary ConleyThe Complete Flat Stomach Plan incorporates, and builds upon, the remarkable results and success stories of the original Flat Stomach Plan trial team. In this fantastic new healthy eating diet book, the original Flat Stomach Plan diet has been extended to include a greater variety of choice to suit all tastes. It comprises a 'free choice', three-meals-a-day eating plan, with healthy menus ranging from 'instant' supermarket branded meals to DIY gourmet recipes, including options for vegetarians. Plus, there are three separate ten-minute toning exercise routines containing the safest, most effective exercises to ensure weight loss around the stomach and waistline. Suitable for all ages and fitness levels - both men and women - readers can choose the routine that suits their ability and progress to the next one as their strength improves. Throughout, there are motivational tips, quotes from successful dieters as well as advice on keeping the weight off - and the stomach flat - for good. The perfect diet book for people who want to lose weight without the bore of calorie counting!
Complete Hip And Thigh Diet
by Rosemary ConleyAs thousands of successful slimmers have testified, the Complete Hip and Thigh Diet is, quite simply, the diet that works. Slimmers the world over have trimmed inches off those parts other diets failed to reach, transforming their shape and improving their health. And what's more - those unwanted inches have stayed away! This fully updated and expanded edition of Rosemary Conley's diet book provides further evidence of the diet's long-term success. With a wider selection of flexible menus, over 150 recipes, more options for vegetarians, maintenance instructions and straightforward fat-charts, and a new programme of exercises for the hips and thighs, dieting has never been simpler. There's plenty to eat and no calories or units to count, just incredible results to enjoy! The perfect diet book for people who want to lose weight without the bore of calorie counting.
Eat Yourself Slim
by Rosemary ConleyWhether you are a vegetarian or a meat-eater, want to cook a snack or prepare a dinner party, Eat Yourself Slim includes a wide variety of recipes and meal suggestions to choose from. The book shows you how you can calculate your personal basal metabolic rate - ie how many calories your body needs to function properly - which helps you work out the level of eating that will optimise your weight loss, while not leaving you hungry. You won't feel deprived - you're even allowed a high-fat treat every day!But losing weight and staying slim isn't just about eating fewer calories and less fat. It's about finding the will power and getting your head into gear, so Eat Yourself Slim includes lots of motivational tips to help with that too. Full of delicious low-fat recipes suitable for you and all the family as well as dinner party guests, you won't even notice you're on a diet! There really is something for everyone.Cooking healthily, losing weight and keeping it off has never been so simple. Enjoy the journey and revel in your ultimate success.
The FAB Diet
by Rosemary ConleyWhen Rosemary Conley appeared on Dancing on Ice at the age of 65 looking younger and fitter than many of the contestants on there, she proved that her diet and exercise programmes really work. She is an inspiration to thousands of people and her diets are effective, simple and easy to follow. Here's what some of the people who have tried it say:THE FAT ATTACK BOOSTER DIETThe Fat Attack Booster (FAB) Diet has been tried and tested for six months and the results are astonishing.‘I lost 2 stone in 7 weeks. It really is a FAB diet!’ said Becki Gordon.‘I lost 12 lbs in my first week and I am so motivated to keep going on this eating plan. The FAB Diet is so easy AND I’m eating normal food!’ said Robert Carr.Based on everyday healthy food the FAB Diet is so versatile it caters for all tastes and lifestyles. Select from the ‘High Protein’ or the ‘Carb-based’ menu plans, or go for the ‘Vegetarian’ choice. There are also menus incorporating ready meals, and/or desserts. You choose. And to make your selection even easier, they are all colour-coded so you can see at a glance which you want.
Gi Hip & Thigh Diet
by Rosemary ConleyYou won't believe how quickly the weight and inches disappear!Rosemary Conley CBE has taken the key elements for success from her two biggest-selling and best-known diet books, her Hip and Thigh Diet and Gi Jeans Diet, to create the ultimate, healthy weight-loss formula that promises optimum results in the shortest possible time.Her brilliant new plan takes the hard work out of dieting by combining the scientifically proven benefits of low-fat and low-Gi eating in an easy-to-follow programme that fits into any lifestyle.The varied and flexible menus offer plenty to eat and ample options for solo slimmers, meat-eaters and vegetarians alike, and there's a wide selection of delicious recipes that the whole family can enjoy. In fact, it won't feel like a diet at all but a new way of eating.'I guarantee that if you follow this diet you will transform your body faster than you ever believed possible. It really, really works!'Rosemary Conley CBE
My Kitchen Table: 100 Great Low-Fat Recipes (My Kitchen #7)
by Rosemary ConleyRosemary Conley is the UK's best-loved diet and fitness expert, who has improved the way we eat and exercise for over 30 years. This book celebrates 100 of her favourite recipes, from light bites to hearty meals and express dinners to slow weekend roasts. With a nutritional breakdown accompanying each recipe, this collection of delicious dishes proves that a low-fat diet can be tasty too!
New Body Plan
by Rosemary ConleyBased on the latest nutritional and exercise findings, Rosemary Conley's New Body Plan is a complete plan for getting your body back in shape. The recipes and the exercise plans have all been tested and tried through Rosemary Conley's Health and Fitness Clubs - and the results have been astounding! The New Body Plan combines a six meals a day programme with a very effective form of exercising called 'New Body'. It reveals that there is no need to starve in order to slim, and includes diets, recipes, menus, slimming exercises, general fitness exercises, and a DIY questionnaire to monitor progress. Now you can slim down and tone up as never before with this evolutionary new diet and exercise programme!
Rosemary Conley’s 3-2-1 Diet: Just 3 steps to a slimmer, fitter you
by Rosemary ConleyThere really is a better way to diet! Rosemary Conley has devised a plan to suit the way you eat. Whether you are a 'constant craver', a 'feaster' or an 'emotional eater', Rosemary will show you how to diet to suit your personality.Research has shown that overweight or obese people can be characterised into three types:Constant Cravers are always hungry and would happily eat all the time.Featers find that once they start eating it is difficult to stop.Emotional Eaters tend to turn to food at the slightest emotional upset.And now, Rosemary Conley has created a unique selection of healthy eating plans to suit your eating type - including gluten free and lactose free options - which dieters loosely follow for five days a week. Then for just two days, they follow Rosemary Conley's 2 Day Eating Plan based on 800 calories per day.What makes this diet plan very different is that the 2 Day Eating Plan menus are designed to complement your different personality type. This is a unique and very exciting weight-loss concept which has been tried and tested with amazing results!
Rosemary Conley's Amazing Inch Loss Plan: Lose a Stone in a Month
by Rosemary ConleyYes! You can lose a stone in a month and my trial dieters proved it. By following my brand new, simple, step-by-step 28-day plan, you'll see dramatic results like never before. In trials, a team of 50 dieters, aged between 18 and 70, lost an average of 1 stone in just 28 days! Medically approved and the most effective diet I've ever created, the Amazing Inch Loss Plan is incredibly easy to follow and provides a safe long-term way of keeping the weight off. I've included extensive and varied meal plans and essential motivational tips. Plus, for the first time ever, I've incorporated 'high protein' meal options - perfect for dieters wishing to avoid carbohydrates.
Rosemary Conley's GI Jeans Diet
by Rosemary ConleyRosemary Conley CBE is Britain's most trusted diet expert. So who better to bring us a diet book that takes the scientifically proven success of Glycaemic Indexing (Gi) but presents it in a way that is straightforward and easy to follow.Unlike other Gi books, Rosemary Conley's Gi Jeans Diet will do all the hard work for you.No calculations or complex charts, but a simple, easy to follow diet plan that promises sensational weight loss results - fast!To maximise your progress and achieve a truly great shape everyone needs to get active.Rosemary brings you her best-ever toning exercises plus the choice of a fat-burning walking or running programme - you choose.With a choice of tried and tested diet plans and delicious low fat recipes, this is the perfect diet for getting in to shape - and getting into those jeans - without even having to go hungry. It is healthy for the whole family too!"I lost 2 stone 1lb in 8 weeks without ever feeling hungry. It's the easiest diet ever"Rodney Munns - Trial Dieter
The Secrets of Staying Young
by Rosemary ConleyRosemary Conley is one of the UK's most successful and best-loved diet and fitness experts. Rosemary Conley's Secrets of Staying Young is the book that she's been plannint to write for 20 years. In it she shares some of her own experiences of looking and feeling young as the years pass, as well as giving advice on diet; exercise (Including a special section of exercises for the over-70s, an age group that is often overlooked in beauty and fitness books); dressing for your age and shape, and gives medical advice about HRT, plastic surgery and how to stay fit despite the changes in your body. Rosemary Conley's Secrets of Staying Young is not only a practical and useful guide for women, but also a very personal story of how she has maintained her health and stayed looking youthful throughout the years.
Slim to Win: Diet and Cookbook
by Rosemary ConleyBE A WEIGHT LOSS WINNERLove your food but want to lose your excess weight? That's easy with the help of this combined diet and cookbook, created to accompany the ITV series Slim to Win with Rosemary Conley.Diet and fitness expert Rosemary Conley shows you how to shed your unwanted pounds quickly but safely. You could lose half a stone in just two weeks on her Fat Attack Fortnight Diet.Or maybe you just want to find tasty new ways of sticking to a healthy eating plan? Well, with these Slim to Win recipes you won't be stuck for ideas you'll be spoilt for choice!Learn how to prepare your favourite foods the low-fat, low-Gi way and discover delicious new recipes that all the family can enjoy. Whether you fancy pasta or paella, a stir-fry or sweet and sour dish, or are looking for a decadent-sounding dessert to round off a meal, you'll find a great-tasting solution to suit.
The Ultimate Gi Jeans Diet
by Rosemary ConleyThe Ultimate Gi Diet incorporates, and builds upon, the remarkable results and success stories of the original Gi Jean's Diet.Rosemary takes the scientifically proven success of Glycaemic Indexing (Gi) and represents it in a straightforward format with an easy to follow A-Z of Gi foods. The book contains no calculations or complex charts, but a simple diet and maintenance plan that promises dramatic weight loss - fast!There is 70% new material, with a greatly extended, easy to follow diet plan offering twice as many meal options and many more new recipes as well as menu plans for solo dieters and shift workers, tips on dining out, easy exercises to speed up weight loss and lots of no-nonsense advice and motivation from Rosemary.There are anecdotes and success stories for slimmers who have lost weight on the original Gi Jeans Diet, many of whom have reported amazing health benefits. It also features the story of five trial dieters who lost 8 stone between them in just nine weeks and who were featured on ITV's Central News.
The Surrender Theory: Poems
by Caitlin ConlonThe Surrender Theory begins in the thick of heartbreak, gets lost in the vibrancy of new love, and eventually rediscovers itself in a place of peace and closure. It&’s about learning to grow alongside grief. About taking the hand of your younger self and forgiving them. Through pages of truisms and poems, this debut collection from Caitlin Conlon explores the boundaries of our most poignant and human emotions.Deeply personal yet universal, The Surrender Theory speaks to anyone who has put their heart out into the world and hoped with everything in them that it would come home unscathed.
Dear Cathy ... Love, Mary: The Year We Grew Up - Tender, Funny and Revealing Letters from 1980s Ireland
by Catherine Conlon Mary Phelan'Poignant, funny and highly readable. Would make a wonderful present.' Sue Leonard, Examiner'A real snapshot in time ... a celebration of female friendship ... fantastic - such a good read' Irish Times Women's Podcast'Engaging ... tender and true and spiced with wit and no little wisdom' RTE Guide'Heart-warming ... nostalgic ... the letters brim over with the kind of humour and honest reflection that only best friends exchange' Irish Independent'I highly recommend this unusual and fantastic book. It's a great trip down memory lane.' Librarian Lavender'Isn't it great, Cathy, being where we are (age-wise I mean)? I really enjoy being 18 cos you have a degree of independence and yet you can act the gom if you want cos we're not "all growed up" yet.''I don't know if I agree about it being great being 18. I'm kinda apprehensive, waiting for "it all" to come. I think 22-23'd be better. Then you'd be sophisticated and knowledgeable ...'It's the era of Dynasty, Murphy's Micro Quiz-M and MT-USA on the telly, Kajagoogoo, Culture Club and Chris de Burgh in the charts. And also a time of mass emigration and creeping social change.In 1983 in Carrick-on-Suir two 18-year-olds take tentative steps into the future: Cathy to become an au pair, Mary to study accountancy. For a year they exchange long gossipy letters.The letters are touching, funny, tender and gutsy. They show the girls' growing pains as they make sense of their new lives, dream about finding love, and start to realise that the world is a more complex and challenging place than they had ever imagined.Most of all, Cathy and Mary's letters are filled with the eternal optimism and sense of wonderment of youth.
The Kidnapping: A hostage, a desperate manhunt and a bloody rescue that shocked Ireland
by Tommy Conlon Ronan McGreevy‘Riveting . . . a triumph . . . intertwining personal narratives with wider themes of remembrance, loss, courage and blame’ Gary Murphy, Irish ExaminerNovember 1983. Early morning in suburban south Dublin. Businessman Don Tidey is snatched from his car and the IRA has its latest kidnap victim. Weeks later he is tracked down to an isolated Leitrim wood, but in saving Tidey’s life a recruit garda and a soldier lose theirs.The Kidnapping is a brilliantly reported account of this landmark event by two accomplished journalists and Leitrim natives. Delving deep, they provide a chilling account of the lead-up to Tidey’s abduction, the massive manhunt that followed, his bloody rescue, the botched attempts to capture his abductors and the devastating fall-out – personal and national – that followed.At the heart of The Kidnapping revealing interviews with Don Tidey – speaking about his experience in detail for the first time – and with the families of Garda Gary Sheehan and Private Patrick Kelly, provide a startling and moving testimony of the lasting impact of these traumatic events. It is both a gripping read and one that raises profound questions for today’s Ireland.‘Vividly written, deeply insightful, extremely timely’ Business Post ‘A fascinating read . . . beyond that, it’s an important document’ Mick Clifford, The Mick Clifford Podcast‘A harrowing story . . . [but] an enjoyable book’ Irish Mail on Sunday‘An important reminder of our imperfect, contentious past’ Tommy Gorman, Irish Times‘Vivid . . . [shows] a deep understanding . . . insightful and emotional’ Sunday Independent‘A major page-turner . . . fascinating’ Nicola Tallant, Crime World podcast
The Hat Shop On The Corner
by Marita Conlon-McKennaHats! Hats! Hats!Upbrims, sidesweeps, silks, ribbons and trims all become part of Ellie's life when she inherits the little hat shop on Dublin's South Anne Street.But the city is changing and Ellie must decide if she wants to follow the hat-making tradition of her mother or accept a generous offer to sell the shop. Encouraged by her friends, Ellie takes on the hat shop and her quirky designs and tempting millinery confections soon attract a rich assortment of customers all in search of the perfect hat. Creating hats for weddings, shows, fashion and fun, and falling for the charms of Rory Doyle along the way, Ellie is happier than she has ever been before. But as her fingers work their magic she discovers a lot can happen in the heart of a city like Dublin...
The Hungry Road: The gripping and heartbreaking novel of the Great Irish Famine
by Marita Conlon-McKennaThe No.1 bestselling novel of the Great Irish Famine from one of Ireland's most beloved writersIreland's hopes for freedom are dashed with the arrival of a deadly potato blight that strikes terror in the heart of its people.1845. Seamstress Mary Sullivan's dreams of a better future are shattered as she looks out over their ruined crop. Refusing to give in to despair, she must use every ounce of courage and strength to protect her family as they fight to survive.Dr Dan Donovan is Medical Officer to the Skibbereen Union. The arrival of 'The Hunger' soon brings starving men, women and children crowding into the town and the workhouse, desperate for assistance.Fr John Fitzpatrick's faith is tested by the suffering that surrounds him as his pleas for help fall on deaf ears.Inspired by true Irish heroes, The Hungry Road is the heartbreaking story of the Great Irish Famine told by one of Ireland's best loved writers.__________'Compelling ... An essential book' Sunday Times'Heartbreaking and powerful' Her.ie'Gripping' Business Post'Captivating' Sunday Independent'Powerful ... illustrate[s] the enormity of the tragedy' Irish Independent
Rebel Sisters: The epic and heartbreaking story of three extraordinary women fighting for Ireland’s freedom
by Marita Conlon-McKennaThe No.1 bestselling novel from one of Ireland's most loved writers!With the threat of the First World War looming, tension simmers under the surface of Ireland. Bright, beautiful and intelligent, the Gifford sisters Grace, Muriel and Nellie kick against the conventions of their privileged, wealthy Anglo-Irish background and their mother Isabella's expectations.As War erupts across Europe, the spirited sisters soon find themselves caught up in Ireland's struggle for freedom.Muriel falls deeply in love with writer Thomas MacDonagh, artist Grace meets the enigmatic Joe Plunkett - both leaders of 'The Rising' - while Nellie joins 'The Citizen Army' and takes up arms to fight alongside Countess Markievicz in the rebellion. On Easter Monday 1916, the Rising begins, and the world of the Gifford sisters and everyone they hold dear is torn apart in a fight that is destined for tragedy.____________'Engrossing' Sunday Times'Marvellous ... A gripping read' Irish Independent'Finally, women are being written back into the history of [Ireland's] awakening' Irish Mail on Sunday