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Waterstones is a bookstore chain with more than 200 stores in the united kingdom, republic of ireland and europe. Consultant psychiatrist professor steve peters rose to prominence through his work with the british cycling team, helping its members overcome negative behaviour and achieve dazzling success. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Victoria pendleton, olympic gold medalwinning cyclist. Peter robinson author of the inspector banks novels. Steve peters work was so heavily praised, roy hodgson decided that it would be a good idea to bring him in and appoint him as the head coach of the english internationals. He has published three books, the chimp paradox in 2012, my hidden chimp in 2018 and the silent guides in 2018. Professor steve peters 3 books set collection the silent. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. Buy my hidden chimp by steve peters from waterstones today. In this, his first book, steve shares his phenomenally successful mindmanagement programme that has been used to help elite athletes and senior managers alike to conquer.