Dan Jones

Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups is a collection of 20 bedtime stories for adults from the 'Dan Jones Hypnosis' YouTube channel. The bedtime stories have been created in a way that encourages sleep and promotes wellbeing, helping with stress, anxiety and worry, three of the main areas behind many sleep problems, so, these bedtime stories are ideal for stressed out adults or those who find they worry or overthink when they should be falling asleep. These sleep stories for adults can be read by the person who wants to fall asleep, or read to someone to help them fall asleep, or audio recorded for personal use to help you fall asleep. Each bedtime story is a transcript of a 20-35 minute long hypnotic healing bedtime story. For most of human history storytelling helped people to share knowledge and wisdom while inspiring change and creativity. Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of verbal hypnosis. Stories stimulate and access the dreaming brain allowing people to update their neurology with new learning to change thinking, behaviours and responses to life events. Somewhere along the way storytelling became associated with children, it was seen as odd if you were an adult who said you liked listening to stories. This has now started to change, adults listening to stories and reading bedtime stories is on the rise. Dan Jones has over 20 years experience using storytelling as a form of therapy and to help people sleep, he also has a successful YouTube channel 'Dan Jones Hypnosis' with over 100 hypnotic healing bedtime stories for adults and over 20 sleep stories for children.

The remarkable story of the Knights Templar â?? the wealthiest, most powerful and most secretive of the military orders that flourished in the crusading era.

Featuring beautifully illustrated portraits and profiles, 50 Queers Who Changed the World is a tribute to some of the most inspirational people of all time. LGBTQ people are some of the coolest in history – legendary figures such as Freddie Mercury, Virginia Woolf, Laverne Cox, Harvey Milk and Audre Lorde have made an unforgettable impact. Queer subculture has had an enormous influence on style, music, art and literature – the queer community were the first to vogue, throw shade and say YAS to life before it hit the mainstream. From Oscar Wilde, who defended his homosexual relationships in court, to RuPaul acting as an ambassador for drag on network television, queer people have fought to express their identities and make a difference. This book will celebrate the lives, work and unique perspectives of the icons who changed the world. Elegantly illustrated and packaged, these stories make utterly inspirational reading.

In Rum: Shake Muddle Stir, Dan Jones introduces readers to the best rum-makers on the planet, as well as some of the most exciting mixes that can be made from the spirit. If you’re a fan of a classic Cuba Libre and want to take things to unchartered territories, look no further. Oozing style and flavour, these rum-based cocktails have it all: start with a refreshingly fruity Piña Colada and transport yourself to the laid-back beaches of Hawaii or bring out your naughty side with the dark, stormy flavours of the Dirty Little Ruby – perfect levels of sweet and sour. Featuring all the staple favourites like the Mai Tai, Negroni and a delicious Hot Rum Toddy, Dan will have you stirring up more adventurous mixes like the boozy Yuzu Ginger Daiquiri in no time. With over 40 tantalising cocktails as well as recipes for DIY syrups, sours, infusions and more, Rum: Shake Muddle Stir will show you just how versatile this golden liquor is, and proves there is a rum-based tipple out there for everyone, just waiting to be discovered.

The Knights Templar were the wealthiest, most powerful – and most secretive – of the military orders that flourished in the crusading era. Their story – encompassing as it does the greatest international conflict of the Middle Ages, a network of international finance, a swift rise in wealth and influence followed by a bloody and humiliating fall – has left a comet's tail of mystery that continues to fascinate and inspire historians, novelists and conspiracy theorists.

An Autistic Perspective: Death, Dying and Loss is a short book sharing how death, dying, and loss are experienced from the perspective of someone with autism, it explains the observable behaviours, and the thinking behind these behaviours, and what you can do to help the autistic individual to manage these experiencesThe topics of death, dying and loss have interested me since I was a young child. From early on in my life I noticed that people seemed to be uncomfortable talking about these subjects. People would tell me it was morbid, it upsets them, they didn't want to think about it, but to me it was interesting, as it is a part of life that you can't escape. Death, dying and loss will happen to everyone. In September 2014 my dad died, and then in August 2016, my granddad. People started asking if I was okay and telling me it must be so upsetting, and how sad they felt for me. I realised I didn't think about death in this way. I started to process how I think about death, dying, and loss and realised it could be interesting to people to gain insight into how my mind processes these things. I've had people say that they wish they processed things more like how I do, so perhaps some of this will be of help to people in how they can manage death, dying and loss. It is important to note that although I am writing about my own autistic perspective that this perspective won't be shared by all people with autism. Everyone, autistic, and non-autistic, thinks differently. I think there are some similarities that most people with autism will recognise, but they may not share how certain traits express for me personally. Hopefully what I share here will also be of help to parents and carers of those with autism giving some insight into the mind of those with autism helping to explain behaviours they may see and some ideas about how best to approach the subjects of death, dying, and loss with those with autism. In the chapter on loss the main focus is on relationship breakups and on transitions we face, like transitioning from one school to another, or from one job to another, or from living at home to independent living. Although death involves loss and dying involves the awareness that loss will be inevitable, I have tried to keep these areas within their own chapter. In the chapter about dying and death I share about my experiences of people dying and the positive and negative aspects of my way of being in relation to those who are dying, and on death I share about my experiences of death, and how I respond to the death of loved ones. My hope is that by going into detail in an honest and frank way this will help to give insight into the autistic mind, and how my mind processes these areas of life. Throughout the chapters I will share some tips and ideas that parents, carers, partners or friends can do to help the autistic individual, and to understand them and interact with them in a way that respects their model of the world and way of managing things, even if that is almost an alien way to a neuro-typical individual. Then in the conclusion chapter I round up the topics of loss, dying and death, and break down the triad of impairments which are the three areas autistic traits fall into for diagnosis, and go through some areas of these which are common among many with autism sharing what you can do to help the person with autism manage loss, dying and death, and I share some of the additional needs they may have and how these can impact on their handling of loss, dying and death.

Hannibal Lecter, the anti-heroic cannibal and sophisticated psychiatrist from Thomas Harris's novels and the corresponding Hollywood movies, has been a type of 'recurring reflector'. He has come and gone, tantalising subjects with the secrets of themselves. Again and again this has happened, until at last the subject cannot resist the urge to ejaculate his/her fantasies out into the external world. This study is intended for students and enthusiasts of film, literature and low culture who wish to gain a greater understanding of the relationship between the individual Subject and the Big Other state by using the figure of Lecter as a lens through which people view and externalise themselves. Considering everything from Wagner's Parsifal to the TV Show Big Brother via Columbo, this study will uncover the reasons why the western citizen has become disconcertingly blas about privacy and basic freedoms. At its heart is the pervasive, haunting figure of Doctor Lecter. The study considers: - How subjects construct fantasies that are connected to their position within society - That Lecter the psychiatrist is a paradox; he is simultaneously less extreme and more extreme than the conventional psychoanalyst - Lecter's continuing influence upon popular culture - The ways in which this has resulted in a tragicomic inversion of the horrors of Nineteen-Eighty-Four. - A sense of a sense of enjoyment, and the enjoyment of that enjoyment - Further postulations upon the dangers of externalising our fantasies via two full appendices, considering Eraserhead, and classic film monsters. This second edition features an updated cover, updated Author's Foreword for 2017 and updated content within.

Relaxing Tales for Children is the sequel to Sleepy Bedtime Tales, which introduced a revolutionary new approach to helping children sleep, which Dan Jones had developed over 15 years ago during his time working in children's homes with children who struggled to fall asleep. Relaxing Tales for Children uses these same techniques, but the stories are focused on helping children to relax, rather than helping them to fall asleep. Each of the eleven stories follow the same characters who were in the stories in Sleepy Bedtime Tales as they take on different adventures. These stories are ideal for reading to children at home to help them to relax, or to read to groups of children at 'story time'. The target age range for these stories is 4-7 year old's, although the approach works with younger and older children than this age range. The stories have all been written to be read to children, rather than by children, so that they can relax and listen along with their eyes closed imagining the stories unfold.

Look Into My Eyes is an autobiography of one man's life through the lens of Asperger's syndrome - a high-functioning form of autism spectrum disorder. This second edition has a chapter by the authors wife about what it is like to be in a relationship with someone with autism spectrum disorder. She shares both the positive aspects, and the challenges that come from being in a relationship with someone with Asperger's Syndrome. As a small child Dan Jones knew he was different to other children, they would want to play football and interact with each other, he would want to crawl around searching for snails keeping himself to himself. Dan found his own coping strategies to manage his anxieties, discovering meditation as an eight year old, and hypnosis as a teenager. This book offers a rare insight into what it is like to live with Asperger's. Dan has a unique perspective; not only does he have Asperger's, but a large part of his professional life has been spent working with people with autism and their carers.

This book offers a revolutionary way to tell bedtime stories helping to make bedtime a time of peace, calm and sleep for your child. Based on psychological principles and techniques, these stories will help to guide your child comfortably asleep. They are to be read to your child at bedtime, rather than with or by your child. These bedtime stories are written to be read to 4-7 year old's (they can be read to children as young as two) as they rest in bed with their eyes shut listening along. Each of the stories takes about 10-15 minutes to read. The sleepy bedtime story approach has been taught to many parents and used by professionals working in care homes to help children fall asleep at night. This approach can be used with any story, but this is the first time that stories have been written specifically to optimise the effectiveness of the techniques. If you are after a scientific, calming, relaxing approach to getting your child to sleep, then this is definitely the bedtime stories book for you.

Help children relax with this collection of eleven relaxing tales for children. Relaxing Tales for Children is the sequel to Sleepy Bedtime Tales, which introduced a revolutionary new approach to helping children to sleep, which Dan Jones had developed during his time working with children who struggled to fall asleep, and their parents and carers. Relaxing Tales for Children uses these same techniques, but the stories are focused on helping children to relax, rather than helping them to fall asleep. Each of the eleven stories follow the same characters who were in the stories in Sleepy Bedtime Tales as they take on different adventures. These stories are ideal for reading to children at home to help them to relax, or to read to groups of children at 'story time'. The target age range for these stories is 4-7 year old's. The stories have all been written to be read to children, rather than by children.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Crusaders and a top authority on the historical events that inspired Game of Thrones, a vivid, blood-soaked account of one of the most famous rebellions in history--the first mass uprising by the people of England against their feudal masters. In the summer of 1381, ravaged by poverty and oppressed by taxes, the people of England rose up and demanded that their voices be heard. A ragtag army, led by the mysteri­ous Wat Tyler and the visionary preacher John Ball, rose up against the fourteen-year-old Richard II and his most powerful lords and knights, who risked their property and their lives in a desperate battle to save the English crown. Dan Jones brings this incendiary moment to life and captures both the idealism and brutality of that fate­ful summer, when a brave group of men and women dared to challenge their overlords, demand that they be treated equally, and fight for freedom.

"Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." --Antonia Fraser From the New York Times bestselling author of The Plantagenets, a lively, action-packed history of how the Magna Carta came to be--by the author of Powers and Thrones. The Magna Carta is revered around the world as the founding document of Western liberty. Its principles--even its language--can be found in our Bill of Rights and in the Constitution. But what was this strange document and how did it gain such legendary status? Dan Jones takes us back to the turbulent year of 1215, when, beset by foreign crises and cornered by a growing domestic rebellion, King John reluctantly agreed to fix his seal to a document that would change the course of history. At the time of its creation the Magna Carta was just a peace treaty drafted by a group of rebel barons who were tired of the king's high taxes, arbitrary justice, and endless foreign wars. The fragile peace it established would last only two months, but its principles have reverberated over the centuries. Jones's riveting narrative follows the story of the Magna Carta's creation, its failure, and the war that subsequently engulfed England, and charts the high points in its unexpected afterlife. Reissued by King John's successors it protected the Church, banned unlawful imprisonment, and set limits to the exercise of royal power. It established the principle that taxation must be tied to representation and paved the way for the creation of Parliament. In 1776 American patriots, inspired by that long-ago defiance, dared to pick up arms against another English king and to demand even more far-reaching rights. We think of the Declaration of Independence as our founding document but those who drafted it had their eye on the Magna Carta.

The UK’s ‘gin renaissance’ has been under way for several years as tastes and drinking habits have changed. Once dubbed ‘Mother’s ruin’, gin sales topped £1bn for the first time in 2015 as younger drinkers flocked to a new generation of artisanal distilleries. And with so many brands now on the market, a little guidance is surely required…In Gin: Shake, Muddle, Stir?, Dan Jones introduces readers to the best gin makers on the planet, as well as some of the most exciting mixes that can be made from the spirit. If you’re a fan of a classic G&T and want to take things to a unchartered territories, look no further. Featuring all the staples like the Gin Fizz, Martini and Gimlet, Dan will have you dabbling with a Pink Lady, a Negroni (current hipster favourite) and an Rhubarb Sparkler in no time. Recipes include easy three-ingredient-recipes, to punches, apertifs, teas, martinis and more. Dan also shares his favourite syrup recipes that will elevate your cocktail making skills to new levels. With one bottle, you will soon be making over 40 drinks that will ensure you are the life and soul of any party.

The author of Powers and Thrones and presenter of Netflix's Secrets of Great British Castles offers a vivid account of the events that inspired Game of Thrones and Shakespeare's Henry IV and Richard III Discover the real history behind The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses, the PBS Great Performance series of Shakespeare's plays, starring Judi Dench, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sofie Okenedo and Hugh Bonneville. The crown of England changed hands five times over the course of the fifteenth century, as two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty fought to the death for the right to rule. In this riveting follow-up to The Plantagenets, celebrated historian Dan Jones describes how the longest-reigning British royal family tore itself apart until it was finally replaced by the Tudors. Some of the greatest heroes and villains of history were thrown together in these turbulent times, from Joan of Arc and Henry V, whose victory at Agincourt marked the high point of the medieval monarchy, to Richard III, who murdered his own nephews in a desperate bid to secure his stolen crown. This was a period when headstrong queens and consorts seized power and bent men to their will. With vivid descriptions of the battles of Towton and Bosworth, where the last Plantagenet king was slain, this dramatic narrative history revels in bedlam and intrigue. It also offers a long-overdue corrective to Tudor propaganda, dismantling their self-serving account of what they called the Wars of the Roses. "If you're a fan of Game of Thrones or The Tudors then Dan Jones' swashbucklingly entertaining slice of medieval history will be right up your alley... Every bit as entertaining and readable as his previous blockbuster The Plantagenets." - Daily Express

Do you want to be able to get your child to sleep at night? Sleepy Bedtime Tales offers a revolutionary way to tell bedtime stories helping to make bedtime a time of peace, calm and sleep for your child. Based on various psychological principles and techniques 'Sleepy Bedtime Tales' bedtime stories guide your child comfortably asleep. These bedtime stories are to be read to your child at bedtime, rather than with your child at bedtime, or by your child at bedtime. These bedtime stories are written to be read mainly to 4-7 year old's, (the bedtime stories work with children as young as 2) as they rest in bed with their eyes shut listening along to the bedtime story. Each of the bedtime stories takes about 10-15 minutes to read. The sleepy bedtime approach was developed over 15 years ago while Dan Jones was working in children's homes with children with emotional and behavioural issues. He needed to find a way to help the children sleep. He had an interest in the way people communicate due to having Asperger's and wanting to learn the skills to fit in with others. So he applied what he had learnt about how people communicate unconsciously and turned his knowledge into this approach. Since that time Dan has taught the approach to children's home staff, family support workers and social workers, and to hundreds of parents, as well as applying the approach himself with children of all ages. The stories in this 'Sleepy Bedtime Tales' book are: - The Rabbit Who Came to Tea- Timmy and the Secret Door - The Princess and the Magical Kitten- The Magical Unicorn- The Spaceman and the Dinosaur - The Swift and the Swallow - The Caterpillar's Dream - The Boy Who Ran Off to the Circus - Adventure of a Time Travelling Worm - The Puppy Who Wanted to Play - The Magical Journey Asleep

**There is a new and significantly expanded 490 page (paperback length), 50% more content 2020 version of this book called Hypnotherapy Trance Scripts (Hypnotherapy Revealed Book 03) that is also cheaper than this edition.**Are You Are Looking For A Wide Selection Of Hypnotherapy Scripts? Advanced Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Scripts is written by Dan Jones, a leading Ericksonian hypnotherapist with Asperger's. Having Asperger's enables Dan to have a different view on the World to most Hypnotherapists allowing him greater ability to notice relevant patterns others miss and to weave these into therapeutic hypnotic scripts. The first edition of Advanced Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Scripts has remained a bestseller since its release in 2011. It remains essential reading on many top hypnotherapy and NLP training courses as well as recommended reading for all those interested in self-hypnosis and creating their own hypnosis audio tracks (these hypnosis scripts can be used to make commercial audio tracks as long as credit is given to the author and the book). Over 100 Hypnotherapy Scripts And Expanded Chapters About How To Do Hypnosis And How To Structure Effective Hypnotherapy SessionsThis new and expanded 2nd edition of Advanced Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Scripts contains additional hypnotic inductions and additional therapeutic scripts. Many chapters have also been expanded with new helpful content to help you be as effective as possible and to help you to understand the scripts, the hypnotic language and techniques being used, and an overview of how to do hypnotherapy. This book of more than 100 Hypnotherapy scripts is based on over 20 years of experience that the author, one of the UK's leading hypnotherapists and hypnotherapy trainers, has had working with a wide range of clients and training other professionals in hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and the healing arts. Hypnotherapy Scripts Topics Include: - Stop Smoking- Weight Loss- Lifting Depression- Calming Anxiety- Soothing Pain- Performance Enhancement- Tackling Insomnia- and many more topics... This isn't just another hypnosis scripts book, the author hopes that readers will use these scripts as a starting point, rather than just reciting scripts verbatim. Also Learn In This Book- How to run hypnotherapy sessions from gathering information to carrying out the hypnotic work- Ending sessions, setting post hypnotic suggestions and tasks- Learn Ericksonian hypnotic language patterns and script structure to give a deeper understanding of what is being done in the scripts and why they are written the way they are This all round package makes this book a valuable resource for anyone wanting to learn more about Ericksonian hypnosis. Hypnotherapists in training can also read and analyse the hypnotherapy scripts and study the language, structure and multi-level communication used to further their skill and knowledge. The ultimate goal of this book is to help hypnotherapists move beyond scripts to regularly performing script-free hypnotherapy sessions that occur in response to the client in front of the therapist. This hypnotherapy scripts book can help the hypnotherapist develop ideas from the scripts that can come out spontaneously once mastered.

Mix drinks like a pro with this indispensable collection of 150 of the world’s finest cocktails, all of which can be made from the comfort of your own mixing lab: your kitchen. Dan Jones shares recipes for classic tipples such as the Margarita and Martini to the more modern Thank God it’s Friday and Morning After, in a format close to all men’s hearts - the manual. Starting with ‘Basic Tools’, Dan covers the fundamental kit required to make your moonshine – the shaker, glassware, bottle opener, spirits and mixers, manly patience and know-how. He then moves on to signature drinks, social occasions, quirky ingredients and designer ice - no element of the cocktail goes unturned. With a stylish vintage design and illustrations throughout, The Mixer's Manual is witty and informative, set to become a classic.

The New York Times bestseller, from the author of Powers and Thrones, that tells the story of Britain's greatest and worst dynasty--"a real-life Game of Thrones" (The Wall Street Journal) The first Plantagenet kings inherited a blood-soaked realm from the Normans and transformed it into an empire that stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this epic narrative history of courage, treachery, ambition, and deception, Dan Jones resurrects the unruly royal dynasty that preceded the Tudors. They produced England's best and worst kings: Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, twice a queen and the most famous woman in Christendom; their son Richard the Lionheart, who fought Saladin in the Third Crusade; and his conniving brother King John, who was forced to grant his people new rights under the Magna Carta, the basis for our own bill of rights. Combining the latest academic research with a gift for storytelling, Jones vividly recreates the great battles of Bannockburn, Cr cy, and Sluys and reveals how the maligned kings Edward II and Richard II met their downfalls. This is the era of chivalry and the Black Death, the Knights Templar, the founding of parliament, and the Hundred Years' War, when England's national identity was forged by the sword.