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Marisa Meltzer was put on her first diet aged five: it was the beginning of a fraught relationship with food.

Jean Nidetch was a housewife from Queens who defiantly lost 70 pounds after she was mistaken for being pregnant.

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'A life-changing book' Viv Groskop

Marisa Meltzer was put on her first diet aged five: it was the beginning of a fraught relationship with food.

Jean Nidetch was a housewife from Queens who defiantly lost 70 pounds after she was mistaken for being pregnant.

(Hardback)

A personal and insightful look at the extraordinary life and times of eyewear from the Ancient Greeks to Google Glass by the author of The Bus We Loved and A Walk in the Park.

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This introductory material, comprising excerpts from a favoured medium, talks, is considered by the author to be the "core" of his teachings. Truth and impediments to our discovering it, innovative use of language and practical ways of clarifying our understanding of life are addressed.

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Explores the many aspects and levels of the dream-state, distinguishing ordinary dreaming from "dreaming awake," a condition of heightened awareness through which the active dreamer ascends to the Dream of Transcendence. This work also describes the energy body, its modes of perception, and how it produces dreaming.

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This book represents over 650 original scans of punk and post-punk posters, flyers, covers and ads from the prime years of the movement which changed the world of graphic design forever.

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(Paperback, Revised edition)

Translated Woman tells the story of an unforgettable encounter between Ruth Behar, a Cuban-American feminist anthropologist, and Esperanza Hernandez, a Mexican street peddler. The tale of Esperanza's extraordinary life yields unexpected and profound reflections on the mutual desires that bind together anthropologists and their "subjects.

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A look at the research history of LSD and other hallucinogens, and a look at what is now known, and what is still unknown, about the effects of psychedelics on brain chemistry.

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A guide to the sounds, sights, tastes, and colorful characters that populate the United States of America. It covers topics such as the rise and evolution of alt-country music and the Americana genre and the legends of country, blues, gospel and folk, and prohibition and pre-prohibition era cocktails and the speakeasy renaissance.

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A discussion on community policing.

(Paperback, Revised edition)

Spanning four centuries, the V&A's Fashion Collection is the most comprehensive in the world, housing unrivaled collections of dress,accessories, shoes and hats from the 17th century to the present day. This thoroughly revised and redesigned edition perfectly encapsulates the collection and is a must for any fashion enthusiast.

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Since 1993, Vanity Fair magazine has featured the Proust Questionnaire, in which a different noteworthy person each month answers the same series of probing personal questions. This book brings together the responses of 100 of the most vibrant personalities of our time, from Bette Midler and Lauren Bacall to Salman Rushdie and Norman Mailer.

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"A short, accesible critical guide to visual culture-what it means to look and see; how the visual impacts our lives, our era, our understandings of each other, and even how it is changing our brains"--

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Did Neil Armstrong really set foot on the moon

Was the United States government responsible for the 11 September attacks

Should we doubt the accidental nature of Diana's death

Voodoo Histories entertainingly demolishes the absurd and sinister conspiracy theories of the last 100 years.

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Contains a wealth of often amusing detail about what happens when a philosopher goes to live in the real world

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Some of the most exciting writers in and from Wales consider the future of Wales and the UK and their place in it.

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