When you're feeling the pressure, why not take time out to play and sing some relaxing songs? Keep Calm And Play On: The Blue Book brings together 27 great hits, ranging from classics like The Sound Of Silence and You Raise Me Up to current chart toppers such as We Are Young and Next To Me. So why not sit down and play and sing some of your personal favourites? They'll calm you down and give you fresh energy to face whatever the day brings. Song List: - Angel [Sarah McLachlan] - Back To Black [Amy Winehouse] - Born To Try [Delta Goodrem] - Dream Catch Me [Newton Faulkner] - Heart On My Sleeve [Olly Murs] - Hurt [Christina Aguilera] - If This Isn't Love [Jennifer Hudson] - Jealousy [Will Young] - Make You Feel My Love [Adele] - The Man Who Can't Be Moved [The Script] - A Moment Like This [Leona Lewis] - More Than This [One Direction] - Next To Me [Emeli Sandé] - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want [Slow Moving Millie] - Proud [JLS] - Run [Snow Patrol] - Sail Away [David Gray] - She Will Be Loved [Maroon 5] - The Silence [Alexandra Burke] - Skinny Love [Birdy] - The Sound Of Silence [Simon & Garfunkel] - Warwick Avenue [Duffy] - We Are Young [Fun] [Janelle Monae] - Who Knew [Pink] - You Got The Love [Florence + The Machine] - You Raise Me Up [Westlife] - Your Love Is King [Sade]

When you're feeling the pressure, why not take time out to play and sing some relaxing songs? Keep Calm And Play On: The Purple Book brings together 24 great hits to learn. They'll calm you down and give you fresh energy to face whatever the day brings! The songs included are: - Aretha [Rumer] - Better In Time [Lewis, Leona] - California King Bed [Rihanna] - Dance With Me Tonight [Murs, Olly] - Drive By [Train] - I Won't Let You Go [Morrison, James] - I'm Yours [Mraz, Jason] - Jar Of Hearts [Perri, Christina] - Just Be [Faith, Paloma] - The Last Of The Melting Snow [Leisure Society, The] - Lego House [Sheeran, Ed] - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N [Noah And The Whale] - My Kind Of Love [Sande, Emeli] - Need You Now [Lady Antebellum] - Ordinary People [Legend, John] - People Help The People [Birdy] - Please Don’t Say You Love Me [Aplin, Gabrielle] - Princess Of China [Coldplay] - Set Fire To The Third Bar [Snow Patrol] - Soldier Of Love [Sade] - Somewhere Only We Know [Keane] - Turning Tables [Adele] - Write It On Your Skin [Faulkner, Newton] - You And I [Lady Gaga]

When you're feeling the pressure, why not take time out to play and sing some feel-good songs? This aptly-named songbook bringFeeling the pressure? Why not take time out to play? This aptly-named songbook brings together 28 classics ranging from heartfelt love ballads like Bridge Over Troubled Water to inspirational anthems like Imagine. Each has been beautifully arranged for Piano and Voice, with Guitar chord boxes and lyrics. So why not sit down, learn some of your favourites songs, and feel the calm, giving you fresh energy to face whatever the day brings. Song List: - Beautiful [Christina Aguilera] - Bridge Over Troubled Water [Simon & Garfunkel] - Chasing Cars [Snow Patrol] - The Closest Thing To Crazy [Katie Melua] - Everywhere I Go [Lissie] - The Fear [Lily Allen] - Hallelujah [Jeff Buckley] - Heartbeats [Jose Gonzalez] - Hide And Seek [Imogen Heap] - I Will Always Love You [Whitney Houston] - I'm Kissing You [Des'ree] - Imagine [John Lennon] - It's Not That Easy [Lemar] - Leave Right Now [Will Young] - Let It Be [The Beatles] - Love Goes Down [Plan B] - Make You Feel My Love [Adele] - New York [Paloma Faith] - No Ordinary Love [Sade] - Nothing's Real But Love [Rebecca Ferguson] - Paradise [Coldplay] - Slow [Rumer] - The Sea [Morcheeba] - A Thousand Years [Christina Perri] - Wherever You Are [Military Wives] - Wherever You Will Go [Charlene Soraia] - You Give Me Something [James Morrison] - Your Song [Ellie Goulding]s together 28 classics ranging from heartfelt love ballads like I Will Always Love You and Bridge Over Troubled Water to inspirational anthems including Imagine, Hallelujah and Wherever You Are. So why not sit down and play and sing some of your personal favourites? They'll calm you down and give you fresh energy to face whatever the day brings. Song List: Beautiful [Christina Aguilera] Bridge Over Troubled Water [Simon & Garfunkel]Chasing Cars [Snow Patrol]The Closest Thing To Crazy [Katie Melua]Everywhere I Go [Lissie]The Fear [Lily Allen]Hallelujah [Jeff Buckley]Heartbeats [Jose Gonzalez]Hide And Seek [Imogen Heap]I Will Always Love You [Whitney Houston]I'm Kissing You [Des'ree] Imagine [John Lennon]It's Not That Easy [Lemar]Leave Right Now [Will Young]Let It Be [The Beatles]Love Goes Down [Plan B]Make You Feel My Love [Adele]New York [Paloma Faith]No Ordinary Love [Sade]Nothing's Real But Love [Rebecca Ferguson]Paradise [Coldplay]Slow [Rumer]The Sea [Morcheeba]A Thousand Years [Christina Perri]Wherever You Are [Military Wives]Wherever You Will Go [Charlene Soraia]You Give Me Something [James Morrison]Your Song [Ellie Goulding]

In those times when we want to acquire a new skill or face a formidable challenge we hope to overcome, what we need most are patience, focus, and discipline, traits that seem elusive or difficult to maintain. In this enticing and practical book, Thomas Sterner demonstrates how to learn skills for any aspect of life, from golfing to business to parenting, by learning to love the process. Early life is all about trial-and-error practice. If we had given up in the face of failure, repetition, and difficulty, we would never have learned to walk or tie our shoes. So why, as adults, do we often give up on a goal when at first we don’t succeed? Modern life’s technological speed, habitual multitasking, and promises of instant gratification don’t help. But in his study of how we learn (prompted by his pursuit of disciplines such as music and golf), Sterner has found that we have also forgotten the principles of practice — the process of picking a goal and applying steady effort to reach it. The methods Sterner teaches show that practice done properly isn’t drudgery on the way to mastery but a fulfilling process in and of itself, one that builds discipline and clarity. By focusing on “process, not product,” you’ll learn to live in each moment, where you’ll find calmness and equanimity. This book will transform a sense of futility around learning something challenging into an attitude of pleasure and willingness.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). This matching folio features 11 songs from the country-pop singer's debut album: Cold as You * Mary's Song (Oh My My My) * Our Song * The Outside * Picture to Burn * A Place in This World * Should've Said No * Stay Beautiful * Teardrops on My Guitar * Tied Together with a Smile * Tim McGraw.

The Big Black Piano Songbook is a collection of the most well-known, best-loved music standards that are essential to any pianist's repertoire. Divided into seven distinct sections – Celebration, Christmas, Classical, Film & TV, Jazz, Blues & Ragtime, Pop Hits and Weddings – this collection will ensure you never get caught out with a music request again. Need a classical piece or a famous film theme to ‘wow’ someone with? Or perhaps the mood calls for laid-back jazz? Or maybe you simply need to rouse everyone into a group sing-along of Auld Lang Syne or Happy Birthday To You? Whatever you need, this book has you covered. The Big Black Piano Songbook is carefully crafted, slickly presented, and includes Spotify playlists for each chapter so you can listen as you learn. The songlist includes: Celebration - Auld Lang Syne - For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow - Happy Birthday To You Christmas - All I Want For Christmas Is You - Fairytale Of New York - Jingle Bells - Winter Wonderland Classical - Flower Duet (from Lakmé) [Leo Delibes] - Für Elise [Beethoven] - Nuvole Bianche [Einaudi] Film & TV- Comptine D’un Autre Été: L’après-midi (from Amélie) [Yann Tiersen] - Jurassic Park Theme - Nobody Does It Better (from The Spy Who Loved Me) - The Pink Panther Theme Jazz Blues & Ragtime - The Entertainer [Scott Joplin] - Georgia On My Mind [Ray Charles] - The Girl From Ipanema (GAROTA DE IPANEMA) [Stan Getz] - Take The ‘A’ Train [Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn] Pop Hits - Bridge Over Troubled Water [Simon & Garfunkel] - Love Yourself [Justin Bieber] - Rocket Man [Elton John] - Someone Like You [Adele] Weddings - At Last [Etta James] - Bridal March [Richard Wagner] - Make You Feel My Love [Bob Dylan] - Wedding March (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream) [Felix Mendelssohn] And many more…

The acclaimed author of Rubicon and other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly panoramic (and incredibly timely) account of the rise of Islam. No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history, a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character, and achievement. Just like the Romans, the Arabs came from nowhere to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominion—except that they achieved their conquests not over the course of centuries as the Romans did but in a matter of decades. Just like the Greeks during the Persian wars, they overcame seemingly insuperable odds to emerge triumphant against the greatest empire of the day—not by standing on the defensive, however, but by hurling themselves against all who lay in their path.