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What makes us happy? What makes us sad? How do we come to feel a sense of enthusiasm? What fills us with lust, anger, fear, or tenderness? Traditional behavioral and cognitive neuroscience have yet to provide satisfactory answers. The Archaeology of Mind presents an affective neuroscience approach - which takes into consideration basic mental processes, brain functions, and emotional behaviors that all mammals share - to locate the neural mechanisms of emotional expression. It reveals - for the first time - the deep neural sources of our values and basic emotional feelings.

First heard on radio between 4 August 2014 and 9 November 2018, each episode of Home Front is set exactly 100 years before the broadcast date, and each follows one character’s day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from a wide cross section of society, mixing historical fact with enthralling fiction to explore how ordinary people coped with daily life in wartime Britain. We resume the story in Folkestone, where hospital staff face pressure to return wounded men to duty as conscription is introduced.

Alors que Noël devrait être la plus merveilleuse période de l'année, Mandy Hope fait face à de nombreuses difficultés. Au moment où naît le magnifique bébé de son meilleur ami James, Mandy se rend compte combien elle souhaiterait avoir des enfants. Mais cela ne va-t-il pas mettre en péril sa relation avec Jimmy ?

Une aventure haute en couleur à l'approche des Fêtes, pour s'entourer de tendresse ! Noël est arrivé dans le petit village de Welford. L'odeur des châtaignes grillées à chaud est dans l'air et une couche de givre scintille sur le sol. Cette année, Mandy Hope se réjouit de poser sa blouse de vétérinaire pour les vacances. Son centre de sauvetage d'animaux, Vert-Cottage, est opérationnel, et elle a finalement rendez-vous avec Jimmy Marsh.

Helping animals, having fun! The best-selling Animal Ark Specials series has been reimagined for a new generation of children and collated in this beautiful collection featuring titles one through four!

Series 1-5 of the groundbreaking BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during World War One. First heard on radio between 4 August 2014 and 9 November 2018, each episode of Home Front is set exactly 100 years before the broadcast date, and each follows one character’s day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from a wide cross section of society, mixing historical fact with enthralling fiction to explore how ordinary people coped with daily life in wartime Britain.

Le parfait feel-good pour un Noël dans la campagne, plein d'amour et de tendresse ! Dans ce 4° tome, découvrez un tout nouveau point de vue, celui de Susan Collins, la meilleure amie de Mandy Hope. C'est Noël dans le petit village de Welford, dans le Yorkshire, et les premiers flocons de neige commencent tout juste à tomber. Pour Susan Collins, ce Noël est synonyme de moments privilégiés avec sa famille, en particulier avec son fils Jack.

Back in Folkestone, the residents are dealing with the aftereffects of a devastating air raid. Howard Argent is kept busy at the Bevan while Ulysses Pilchard experiments with electroshock therapy. Meanwhile, women’s suffrage, prostitution and unmarried mothers are hot topics, and Kitty Lumley experiences the sharp end of intolerance.

Helping animals, having fun! The best-selling Animal Ark series has been reimagined for a new generation of children and collated in this beautiful collection featuring titles one through four!

Lost Kitten: When Amelia and Sam find a lost white kitten in the wilderness, they can't work out why her behaviour seems different to other cats. Llama on the Loose: When Amelia and Sam's friend Caleb adopts a new llama, they hope she will become friends with the other two llamas at the petting farm. Puppy Problem: Excitement is blooming in Welford as the village prepares for its annual garden contest. Owl All Alone: When Amelia and Sam find an abandoned baby tawny owl, they help nurse it back to health.

Amelia is starring as Dorothy in her school production of The Wizard of Oz, and her friend Sam's puppy, Mac, is playing Toto; Amelia and Sam are helping out at Animal Ark when twin sisters come into the surgery with their pet hamster; a shy boy at Amelia and Sam's school is using his pet guinea pig to help him make friends - by taking his pet to school; and when Amelia and Sam start taking riding lessons, they meet a homeless rescue pony named Ginger and a big horse named Walnut who keeps throwing off his riders.

Une aventure pleine de bonheur et de tendresse dans ce feel-good parfait pour les lectrices à la recherche d'émotions chaleureuses. Dans le petit village de Welford, il y a de l'amour dans l'air. Mandy Hope est sur un petit nuage. Vert-Cottage, son centre d'aide et de sauvetage d'animaux est une réussite. Elle est aussi de plus en plus proche du beau Jimmy Marsh. D'autre part, son meilleur ami James Hunter réapprend tout doucement à aimer la vie, après avoir fait face à un tragique événement.

Une aventure pleine de bonheur et de tendresse dans ce "feel good" à la campagne, parfait pour les lectrices à la recherche d'émotions chaleureuses. L'été est arrivé à Welford, et le village déborde d'activité. Helen Steer, infirmière vétérinaire, adore son travail à Vert-Cottage, et avec le soleil, les choses ne pourraient pas aller mieux. Mais c'était avant le départ en voyage de sa meilleure amie, qui laisse Helen dépitée et fait surgir des doutes sur sa vie monotone avec son petit ami Seb.

Un roman magnifique et réconfortant pour faire le plein d'air frais et de tendresse ! Mandy Hope, qui vient d'obtenir son diplôme de vétérinaire, décide de quitter Leeds, et son petit ami Simon, pour retourner dans le village du Yorkshire dans lequel elle a grandi, pour s'occuper des animaux de tout poil et de toutes tailles avec ses parents. Mais rien n'est évident : Mandy commence par se disputer avec la figure locale Jimmy Marsh, et certains villageois voient d'un œil méfiant l'arrivée d'un nouveau vétérinaire.

Christmas has arrived in the little village of Welford. The scent of hot roasted chestnuts is in the air, and a layer of frost sparkles on the ground. This year, vet Mandy Hope is looking forward to the holidays. Her animal rescue centre, Hope Meadows, is up and running - and she's finally going on a date with Jimmy Marsh, owner of the local outward bound centre. But when a mysterious local starts causing trouble, Mandy's plans for the centre come under threat.

The first novel in the heartwarming, countryside-set Hope Meadows series. Newly qualified vet Mandy Hope is leaving Leeds - and her boyfriend, Simon - to return to the Yorkshire village she grew up in, where she'll help out with animals of all shapes and sizes in her parents' surgery. But it's not all plain sailing: Mandy clashes with gruff local Jimmy Marsh, and some of the villagers won't accept a new vet. Meanwhile, Simon is determined that Mandy will rejoin him back in the city.

Veterinary nurse Helen Steer adores her job at Animal Ark, and with the summer ahead things couldn't be better. That is until her best friend goes travelling, leaving Helen unexpectedly jealous and questioning her own stable life with her boyfriend Seb. Charming new vet Toby Gordon, with his flirtatious wit and mysterious family background, suddenly seems a much more exciting prospect. But just as Helen and Toby's friendship starts to become something more, Sunrise Farm, the beautiful fruit farm where Helen lives, is hit by crisis, leaving its future in the balance.

It's Christmastime in the little Yorkshire village of Welford, and the first snowflakes are just starting to fall. As far as Susan Collins is concerned, this Christmas is all about quality time with her family, especially her son, Jack. After a string of terrible dates she's given up on love, and Susan's certainly got plenty to keep her busy. That is until she meets handsome children's author Douglas Macleod. Dishevelled in appearance, with bright red hair, he is the opposite of Susan's usual type, but an undeniable spark soon lights up between them.

Bracken, the Bradman's cat, has given birth to nine adorable kittens. They have very different personalities, and each needs a very special home. Can the Bradmans be sure they've found the right owners?

This collection features all nine kittens: Ginger, Nutmeg, Clove, Emerald, Amber, Jet, Daisy, Buttercup, and Weed in their very first adventures!

When Bracken, the Bradmans' cat, gave birth to nine adorable kittens, they all went off to very different homes, but their adventures had only just begun. Find out what these nine special kittens, Ginger, Nutmeg, Clove, Emerald, Amber, Jet, Daisy, Buttercup, and Weed are up to now...