Posted by Kate Webster in Blog, Bonus Material, Book News, Fiction, News, Previews, Recommended Reading on 27. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
With Valentine's Day just a couple of weeks away, do you have anything planned for the big day? Presents, flowers and breakfast in bed? Or an evening alone with a giant box of chocolates, licking your wounds after a morning spent waiting for cards that never came? Whether you're lucky
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Smart Thinking by premier cognitive scientist Art Markman comes out today. Art talks to the Piatkus team about what it means to be a smart thinker, who he believes the top smart thinkers of the age are as well as his tips for improving the way you learn. Â Â
Continue ReadingPosted by Claudia Dyer in Book News, Interviews, Non-Fiction on 19. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
Today sees the publication of Finding Your Way in a Wild New World by one of America's top life coaches Martha Beck. Martha's exciting new book is a heartfelt and inspirational road map to making miraculous changes in your life. If you've ever found yourself thinking, I want to do more
Continue ReadingPosted by Sophie Harris in Author News, Book News, Fiction, Guest Posts on 18. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
After the brilliant success of her first two books for us – First Grave on the Right and Second Grave on the Left – we caught up with Darynda Jones to discover just what inspires her and what it is like to be an author. . .
Continue ReadingPosted by Claudia Dyer in Blog, Bonus Material, Book News, Non-Fiction on 16. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
Monday the 16th of January is known by some as Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year. The actual scientific basis for there being a most depressing day of the year is shaky but it is certain that winter does not bring out our best moods. The combination of short
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In the modern world, most of us are asked to think for a living, yet few of us have ever been taught much about the way our minds work. Nobody would be asked to build a bridge without learning some physics or to practice medicine without knowing biology. Why should
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Do you wish you could find a way to keep your New Year resolutions? Wish you had more willpower? Well, suppose the real key to changing your life has nothing to do with willpower?
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January is well under way and many of us are struggling to keep those new year's resolutions. NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) is a highly effective tool that can help you to understand how your thought processes work and how the interaction between the mind and language affects your behaviour. By using
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If you love the Dark Hunters, the Black Dagger Brotherhood and the Carpathians, get ready for Laura Wright’s sensational Mark of the Vampire series.
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With a list as heaving with Regency romance and paranormal passion as ours, who better to inspire readers to try their hand at writing their own stories in the run-up to Valentine’s Day? Eloisa James's light and hilarious quartet of romances are each based on a well-loved fairy tale,
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What’s your New Year resolution? Let me guess. Losing half a stone? Giving up drinking? Actually going to the gym, rather than just joining one? Or is that other hardy perennial – writing a novel?
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With the new year rapidly approaching we've been looking back over the past year and all that we have been doing here at Piatkus.
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Getting in the mood for Christmas? We certainly are! But before we all leave the office to enjoy a week of feasting on turkey, mince pies, mulled wine (and maybe the odd brussel sprout) here's something to get you in the mood.
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Today is our very last tip for a stress-free Christmas! Mindfulness authors Dr Danny Penman and Professor Mark Williams have produced a handy twelve-day guide to make sure your Christmas is filled with peace and harmony. Using techniques from mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), this twelve-day guide is designed to help you break the cycle
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The countdown to Christmas has offically begun, with only 20 days to go we're sharing with you the things that we are hoping to find under the Christmas tree this year! Let us know what you are hoping to find. . .!
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