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Love, Self-Esteem & Treacle Tart
Fantastico!: Modern Italian FoodFantastico!: Modern Italian Food by Gino D'Acampo
Buy new: £9.64 / Used from: £6.00
Gino's (belated) advice is to never mix onions with garlic, especially in a treacle tart. Too late, Sir, wa-ay too late.
I Can Mend Your Broken HeartI Can Mend Your Broken Heart by Paul McKenna
Buy new: £7.14 / Used from: £5.00
I highly recommend reading this and drinking warm gin while you pick onions and garlic out of your love life.
Are You Alright Pet?Are You Alright Pet? by Ian G Hutson
Buy new: £5.36 / Used from: £5.00
It would just take one person to ask Are you alright Pet?, just one. Hug the book instead of hugging complete (and strange) strangers. Don't be a victim all your life.
James Martin's Great British WinterJames Martin's Great British Winter by James Martin
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £4.10
Winters? Don't get me started about winters. It's summer and my life is a howling gale inside. Lovely book though. Lovely.
Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirits of Women (Chicken soup)Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirits of Women (Chicken soup)
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.06
Maybe chicken soup is not an option. Why is there no vegetable soup version of this fantastic book?
S.U.M.O. Your Relationships: How to Handle Not Strangle the People You Live and Work WithS.U.M.O. Your Relationships: How to Handle Not Strangle the People You Live and Work With by Paul McGee
Buy new: £8.44 / Used from: £5.00
It's all I ever hear - Shut Up, Move On. A poke in the ribs there, a rattle of the car-keys here but always with the Shut Up, Move On. Life sucks.
S.U.M.O. (Shut Up, Move On): The Straight-Talking Guide to Creating and Enjoying a Brilliant LifeS.U.M.O. (Shut Up, Move On): The Straight-Talking Guide to Creating and Enjoying a Brilliant Life by Paul McGee
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £2.50
Whenever I get SUMO'd I remember this book. I read it and then I hit whoever told me to SUMO with it. Hard. I wish it wasn't a paperback.
Instant Confidence  (Book and CD)Instant Confidence (Book and CD) by Paul McKenna
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £4.44
It's not exactly instant, you can't open the covers and be flooded in golden light or anything - but it's darned close. This gets me through the day. Every day.
Build Your Self EsteemBuild Your Self Esteem by Glenn Harrold
Buy new: £7.77 / Used from: £9.14
This is permanently on my MP3 player so that I can listen to it when I'm waiting - and waiting - alone in restaurants, outside cinemas, in pubs...
Taming Your Gremlin Revised: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own WayTaming Your Gremlin Revised: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way by Richard David Carson
Buy new: £3.26 / Used from: £2.99
My Gremlin is me. All me. It doesn't need taming, it needs chaining up in a cellar somewhere and feeding on raw liver and kidney just before every full moon.