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Animal Reiki, by Reiki Master Elizabeth Fulton and Animal Reiki Teacher Kathleen Prasad is the only practical guide to using reiki to treat animals. Whether you’re a newcomer to the field of energy medicine, an experienced practitioner of an animal lover committed to learning everything you can about your companion’s health, Animal Reiki will open your eyes to a new level of healing and wellbeing.

In her gripping new novel The Search, New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts transports the reader to the small, tight-knit community of Orcas Island in Washington’s vast wilderness, where Fiona Bristow’s peaceful life is rocked by the arrival of the impossibly handsome and rude artist Simon Doyle. But Fiona harbours a terrible secret, and as her past catches up with her will she ever find love again?

First published in 2002, Rosalind Wiseman’s groundbreaking guide to Girl World fundamentally changed the way adults look at girls’ friendships and conflict and was the inspiration for the hit movie Mean Girls. Now updated for a new generation of girls living in the age of Facebook, IM and text message, Queen Bees and Wannabes offers concrete strategies to help parents empower their daughters to be socially competent and to treat themselves with dignity.

Wounded in battle and with evidence against a traitor, Logan Monteith finds himself rescued by the beautiful and beguiling Linnet Trevission. Linnet is sure he is the man for her but can she convince him that their connection is real before it is too late? Be swept away by The Brazen Bride, the gorgeous new book from the queen of Regency romance, Stephanie Laurens.

The first truly holistic book to tackle the problem of diabetes, Dr. Sarah Brewer’s Natural Approaches to Diabetes is a practical book filled with valuable advice, dietary methods and traditional plant remedies to help lower your risk of contracting diabetes, control diabetes and eradicate some types altogether.

It’s Christmas in Mombasa and a machete-wielding maniac is giving severed heads as gifts. As the gruesome spree threatens to plunge Kenya into a bloodbath, Inspector Daniel Jouma and ex-Flying Squad detective Jake Moore must keep their heads as all around them lose theirs. Machete is the third pulsating novel of Nick Brownlee’s Jake & Jouma series.

Spoilt for choice this summer? Piatkus is here to help . . .

If you're having trouble trying to decide which books to take on holiday with you this summer, look no further than our suggestions below:

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Calling all Linchpins!

Seth Godin has announced the first ever official Seth Godin Linchpin Worldwide Meet-up which will take place in as many as 500 cities around the world today, Monday 14th June.

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Why everything you've ever been told about stress is wrong - from the author himself . . .

Where does you stress come from? Your workload? Your health? Family life? The economy?

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Are sheep as dumb as they look? Why do frogs eat their own skin? What happens at a dung beetle wedding?

David Haviland and Francesca Gould answer all these questions and more in Self-Harming Parrots and Exploding Toads. This must-have collection of disgusting trivia is packed with fascinating facts for anyone who lacks a proper sense of reverence for nature’s wonders!

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Try out these delicious recipes from The Perfect Pregnancy Cookbook

The Perfect Pregnancy Cookbook is a practical book designed to help women achieve optimum nutrition before and during pregnancy.

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Three fantastic books up for grabs in our May Giveaway!

This month we're giving away a book to suit every taste. Three lucky winners will each receive a copy of:

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Read all about 'the little pill that could cure alcoholism' in the Observer magazine's feature on Dr Olivier Ameisen

The End of My Addiction is the amazing story of Dr Olivier Ameisen, a brilliant cardiologist who developed a profound addiction to alcohol. When traditional methods failed him, he made a groundbreaking discovery that could cure all addictions, including cocaine, heroin, smoking, bulimia and anorexia, compulsive shopping and gambling: a drug called baclofen.

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