New Releases by Sarah Bennett

La vita è spesso ingiusta e frustrante, non ci sono dubbi. Ma come possiamo accettare questa dolorosa realtà? Il Dr. Michael Bennett ci indica la strada maestra: smettere di lottare invano per modificare persone e situazioni su cui non abbiamo alcun controllo. Con piglio geniale e irriverente, come in una seduta di psicoterapia che va dritta al punto, il Dr. Bennett ci aiuta a identificare obiettivi realistici di fronte alle nostre irrealistiche ambizioni, svelando i falsi miti più comuni: al diavolo l''autostima, il senso di responsabilità, il pensiero positivo...! Rinunciare a una meta irraggiungibile, accettare la sofferenza, riconoscere i propri limiti non sono sconfitte: rappresentano una forma di saggezza che ci protegge da sicure delusioni. Perché, se non riusciamo a cambiare le situazioni che ci intossicano la vita, possiamo almeno imparare a gestirle, senza abdicare ai nostri valori. Ne usciremo più forti e più liberi. «Una doccia gelata... ma illuminante!» New York Post «Un bel cazzotto, utile e istruttivo, che ti rimetterà in carreggiata» Kirkus Review «Un approccio duro e puro ai problemi impossibili della vita» The Atlantic

Heartbroken? Horrible boss? Confidence crisis? Rubenesque body? Anxious? Lonely? The solution is to find out what’s bothering you and change it, right? Sorry lady. WRONG.

This guide contains driving itineraries covering a range of regions in New Zealand. It also includes information on places to sleep and eat on the road

The management of water, viewed either as a natural hazard or a vital resource, is critical for the safety and prosperity of communities. The risks associated with managing water availability, whether in scarcity or excess, are critical concerns for the design and operation of infrastructure as well as the implementation of public policy. The spatial variability of rainfall is a known driving force of catchment dynamics and water availability, but despite this, it is often poorly represented in hydrologic studies and designs. This thesis focuses on improvements to the estimation, simulation and evaluation of spatial rainfall. Specifically these developments include: (i) the development of a generalised approach for spatial extreme rainfall estimation; (ii) the development of a flexible, continuous, and spatial stochastic model of rainfall and its corresponding evaluation; and (iii) an innovative framework for critically evaluating the performance of stochastic rainfall models via the assessment of simulated streamflow. Australian case study locations, with varying climates, are used to present and investigate these approaches. A new approach for estimating extreme spatial rainfall intensities and a critical evaluation of current approaches for estimation are presented. Current techniques for estimating extreme spatial rainfall are reliant on areal reduction factors (ARF) to convert intensity estimates of extreme point rainfall to extreme spatial rainfall. It is common practice to ignore spatial variation in rainfall intensity and assume a constant ARF over a large region. Approaches using ARFs for estimating extreme spatial rainfall were demonstrated to be in error by 5% to 15%. A new approach that explicitly incorporates the variation of spatial rainfall over an area, referred to as Intensity Frequency Duration Area (IFDA) was developed to address this issue. IFDAs use spatially interpolated rainfall grids to directly estimate how extreme rainfall intensity varies with frequency, duration and area for a given location. The IFDA approach overcomes the shortcomings of existing approaches by avoiding the need to assume a fixed regional ARF value. IFDA provide direct and unbiased estimates of extreme spatial rainfall. An alternative approach to spatially interpolated observations of extremes is to use data generated by a stochastic spatial rainfall model. A new model for continuously simulating fields of daily spatial rainfall in a parsimonious manner is developed in this thesis. A Gaussian latent variable approach is used because it is able to simultaneously generate rainfall occurrences as well as amounts. Parameter surfaces are produced via kriging which enables the model to produce stochastic replicates for any location of interest in the catchment. Additional benefits of the model are that it removes the need for interpolation to construct catchment average rainfall estimates, preserves the rainfall''s volumetric properties and can be used with distributed hydrologic models. A comprehensive evaluation approach was developed to identify model strengths and weaknesses. This included a performance classification system that provided a systematic, succinct and transparent method to assess and summarize model performance over a range of statistics, sites and scales. The model showed many strengths in reproducing observed rainfall characteristics with the majority of statistics classified as either statistically indistinguishable from the observed or within 5% of the observed across the majority of sites and seasons. A significant challenge when evaluating rainfall models is that the key variable of interest is resultant streamflow, not generated rainfall. Typical evaluation methods use a variety of rainfall statistics, but they provide limited understanding on (i) how rainfall influences streamflow generation; (ii) which rainfall characteristics are most important; and (iii) the trade-offs made when one or more features of rainfall are poorly reproduced. An innovative virtual hydrological evaluation framework is developed to evaluate whether deficiencies in simulated rainfall lead to deficiencies in resultant streamflow. The key feature of the framework is the use of a hydrological model to compare streamflow derived from observed and simulated rainfall at the same location. The framework allows the impact of an influencing month of simulated rainfall on streamflow in an evaluated month of interest to be isolated. Application of the virtual hydrological evaluation framework identified the importance of transition months May and June (late autumn/early winter) in the ''wetting-up'' phase of the catchment cycle. Despite their low monthly flow volumes, the transition months contributed significantly to error in the annual total flow. With improved representation and evaluation of spatial rainfall, this thesis ultimately demonstrates more realistic and accurate methods for hydrological estimation.

New York Times Bestseller The only self-help book you’ll ever need, from a psychiatrist and his comedy writer daughter, who will help you put aside your unrealistic wishes, stop trying to change things you can’t change, and do the best with what you can control—the first steps to managing all of life’s impossible problems. Here is the cut-to-the-chase therapy session you’ve been looking for! Need to stop screwing up? Want to become a more positive person? Do you work with an ass? Think you can rescue an addicted person? Looking for closure after abuse? Have you realized that your parent is an asshole? Feel compelled to clear your name? Hope to salvage a lost love? Want to get a lover to commit? Plagued by a bully? Afraid of ruining your kid? Ready to vent your anger? In this brilliantly sensible and funny book, a Harvard-educated shrink and his comedy-writing daughter reveal that the real f-words in life are “feelings” and “fairness.” While most self-help books are about your feelings and fulfilling your wildest dreams, F*ck Feelings will show you how to find a new kind of freedom by getting your head out of your ass and yourself onto the right path toward realistic goals and feasible results. F*ck Feelings is the last self-help book you will ever need!

Spanish language edition of Lonely Planet's New Zealand guidebook.

Describes points of interest and itineraries for each region of New Zealand, and recommends hotels, restaurants, sights, historic landmarks, and entertainment.

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Hiking & Tramping in New Zealand is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Admire the dramatic peaks and valleys of Fiordland National Park, stroll past bays and beaches of the Abel Tasman Coast, or scale an active volcano on the North Island, all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of New Zealand's trails and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Hiking & Tramping in New Zealand Travel Guide: Colour maps and images throughout Great Walks and itineraries sections show you the simplest way to tailor your trip around the best hikes to suit your own personal needs and interests Special features on clothing & equipment, hike safety and other non-hiking outdoor activities Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices Budget-oriented recommendations with honest reviews - including eating and sleeping reviews to towns and hiking destinations Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including history, environment and bird-spotting Over 75 maps Coverage of the Far North, Auckland Region, Tongariro, Mt Taranaki, Wellington Region, Marlborough, Abel Tasman, Nelson Lakes, Arthurs Pass, West Coast, Mt Aspiring, Queenstown Region, Fiordland, Stewart Island, and more eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Hiking & Tramping in New Zealand, our most comprehensive guide to hiking in New Zealand, is perfect for those planning to explore New Zealand's top hikes. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world’s number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we’ve printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You’ll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

This brief focuses on the “doing” of procedural justice: what the police can do to implement the principles of procedural justice, and how their actions can improve citizen perceptions of police legitimacy. Drawing on research from Australia (Mazerolle et al), the UK (Stanko, Bradford, Jackson etc al), the US (Tyler, Reisig, Weisburd), Israel (Jonathon-Zamir et al), Trinidad & Tobago (Kochel et al) and Ghana (Tankebe), the authors examine the practical ways that the police can approach engagement with citizens across a range of different types of interventions to embrace the principles of procedural justice, including: · problem-oriented policing · patrol · restorative justice · reassurance policing · and community policing. Through these examples, the authors also examine some of the barriers for implementing procedurally just ways of interacting with citizens, and offer practical suggestions for reform. This work will be of interest for researchers in criminology and criminal justice focused on policing as well as policymakers.

In this market-leading guide to the very best walks in the world's adventure capital, New Zealand, the walks have been selected and described by expert authors. The guide includes access to the walks, accommodation, travel information, and maps

This title features an updated outdoor activites section which gives the lowdown on hiking, paddling at secret beaches and waterfalls, and more. The Kiwi authors also give the inside scoop on the best sights, landmarks, sports and bars

"Soaring alpine peaks, misty fjords and a ruggedly beautiful coastline provide the South Island with a compelling backdrop for outdoor adventure and activities, and a surprising food and wine scene." Brett Atkinson, Lonely Planet Writer.

Immerse yourself in Maori culture or in a steamy, bubbling mud pool; surf in the sunshine or raft in cave darkness under a glow-worm Milky Way. New Zealand.s North Island has something for everyone!

Jamais anodin, le geste de photographier prend à Oradour-sur-Glane un sens particulier. Il l''était déjà au lendemain du drame, le 10 juin 1944, puis peu après lorsque Jean Dieuzaide ou Willy Ronis découvrent les lieux encore endeuillés. Avec le temps, ces ruines se chargent d''un sens différent. Oradour, désormais un souvenir photographié chaque année par des dizaines de milliers de personnes, est ici revisité par quatre jeunes artistes. Ce sont leurs regards croisés sur une mémoire difficile qui sont confrontés dans cet album, et qu''éclairent pour nous Serge Tisseron, psychanalyste connu pour son travail sur l''impact des images, et Sarah Farmer, historienne du village martyr.

Complete route descriptions, detailed maps, and elevation data provide all the information for 70 of the best fat-tire rides in the Southwest.

This complete adventure guide to the national parks of Arizona and New Mexico features more than 80 road and mountain bike rides through the 28 national parks'' most spectacular areas. 100 photos. 60 maps.

A full-scale study of the destruction of Oradour and its remembrance over the half century since the war. Farmer investigates the prominence of the massacre in French understanding of the national experience under German domination.

Detailed descriptions of fifty-nine rides.

"New Mexico is an amazing mosaic, " says Sarah Bennett, veteran mountain biker and author of "The Mountain Biker's Guide to New Mexico" and "The Mountain Biker's Guide to Arizona." "Each of the Indian, Spanish, and Anglo cultures has a long history in this state, and the human mix is as fascinating as the contrasts between its mountains and deserts." From desert rides in the Rio Grande and Pecos river valleys to the high mountain trails of the Rocky Mountains, this book guides you to the "classic" fat-tire biking trails. Mountain bikers of all abilities will enjoy the assortment of rides--varying in length and difficulty and appealing to a variety of moods, skill, and fitness levels. Detailed route descriptions, maps, and listings of mountain bike shops in each area will guide you to the best trails around.