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All the big ideas in science, simply explained Part of the popular Big Ideas series, The Science Book explores the history of science, how scientists have sought to explain our incredible universe and how amazing scientific discoveries have been made. Discover how Galileo worked out his scientific t..

“an excellent new book” — Paul Krugman, The New York TimesHistory, not ideology, holds the key to growth.Brilliantly written and argued, Concrete Economics shows how government has repeatedly reshaped the American economy ever since Alexander Hamilton’s first, foundational redesign.Th..

Are you suffering from work-related stress?_x000D_ _x000D_ Feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and short-tempered at work—and at home? Then you may have too much stress in your life. Stress is a serious problem that impacts not only your mental and physical health, but also your loved ones and your orga..

WARNING: ETIQUETTE IS BACK ... THIS TIME IT'S SEXY The old-fashioned, repressed, bland man has been banished to the Himalayas and a new breed is taking center stage. He is a man of style, sophistication, and security, just as strong and confident as his predecessor, but far more diverse in his inte..

The urge to question is natural for small _x000D_ children—just ask any parent. But few of us are aware that it is also _x000D_ one of the most vital tools for success. In The Power of Why, _x000D_ Amanda Lang shows how curiosity and the ability to ask the right _x000D_ questions fuels innovation an..

Have you ever...Invested time in something that, in hindsight, just wasn't worth it? Paid too much in an eBay auction? Continued to do something you knew was bad for you? Sold stocks too late, or too early? Taken credit for success, but blamed failure on external circumstances? Backed the w..

Modern Shanghai: a global city in the midst of a renaissance, where _x000D_ dreamers arrive each day to partake in a mad torrent of capital, ideas, _x000D_ and opportunity. Marketplace's Rob Schmitz is one of them. He immerses _x000D_ himself in his neighborhood, forging deep relationships with ordi..

Driving is the most dangerous thing each of us does on a daily basis - and yet the average learner receives just eighteen hours' training - less than a Starbucks barista. In this inspirational, fully illustrated, highly entertaining book, former Top Gear star Ben Collins uses his super-charged exper..

How do you make something out of nothing? One Plus One Equals Three goes straight to the heart of the creative impulse. Combining Dave Trott's disctinctive, almost Zen-like storytelling, humour and practical advice, its collection of provocative anecdotes and thought experiments are designed to ligh..

PTE Academic Practice Tests Plus includes: * four complete practice _x000D_ tests with authentic test questions by PTE Academic test writers * _x000D_ detailed guidance, strategies and tips to teach you how to do each task _x000D_ type * annotated answer key and score guide to help you assess your..

The PTE Academic Expert coursebook for B1 supports students by giving _x000D_ them: Step-by-step approach to speaking and writing - Tasks to prepare _x000D_ students for the exam from the start - Strategies for approaching the _x000D_ exam task types - Vocabulary sections based on the Academic Collo..

Happiness in a box: Full of inspiring ideas for sharing and cultivating moments of joy, appreciating bright spots, and celebrating the everyday. This petite and sweet box of prompts makes an excellent gift. It's the gift of inspiration, with prompts that will inspire a joyful outlook and everyday wo..

Engineering is where human knowledge meets real-world problems and solves them. It's the source of some of our greatest inventions, from the wheel to the jet engine. The author offers a look at 250 milestones in the discipline. He covers the various areas, including chemical, aerospace and computer ..

The characters of The Walking Dead live in a desolate postapocalyptic world, filled with relentless violence and death. In reality, how would such neverending trauma affect the psyche? By understanding the psychological forces that drive the show's action, fans can better grasp this compelling ficti..

When Jill Geisler was appointed to news director of her local station at the age of 27, her senior managerial experience was limited to a high school job at a candy shop. Thirty years later, she is one of the leading consultants for managers across the country. WORK HAPPY shares what she's learned o..

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This compact, portable volume brings the plays and poems of William _x000D_ Shakespeare to life with photography, images, timelines, and quotes--the_x000D_ ultimate guide to understanding Shakespeare on the go. Take the Bard to_x000D_ the beach! This compact guide brings Shakespeare's plays and po..

When FIFA awarded the tiny desert state of Qatar the rights to host the 2022 World Cup, the news was greeted with disbelief and allegations of corruption. How had a country with almost no football infrastructure or tradition, a high terror risk and searing summer temperatures of 50C beaten more esta..

If you have ever dreamed of a better life, Unlimited Power will show you how to achieve the extraordinary quality of life you desire and deserve, and how to master your personal and professional life. Anthony Robbins has proven to millions through his books, tapes, and seminars that by harnessing th..

Bestselling author and MIT Professor, Alan Lightman, reveals the benefits of wasting time and allowing our minds to freely roam. We have apps, smart watches and calendars that constantly remind us to be productive and stop wasting time. We have created a frenzied lifestyle in which time is mone..

Since the late 19th century, the Foster family had been hand-making running shoes, supplying the likes of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams - later immortalised in the film Chariots of Fire - as well as providing boots to most Football League clubs. But a family feud between Foster's father and uncle..

'Brilliant - makes a baffling world comprehensible' - Jeremy Vine'It's everything you didn't know about therapy or were afraid to ask, but by no means the daunting read you might imagine. Sherine, an award-winning comedian and writer for TV and radio, has persuaded such people as Stephen Fry, David ..

Learn how to build a profitable, professional and sustainable homeshare business. Home Stay, also known as Homeshare, is a global phenomenon whereby ordinary people share their homes with strangers. On Airbnb alone there are now three million hosts around the world, one million more than a year..

How would you like to get business startup advice straight from the man who co-founded Global Entrepreneurship Week and StartUp America? Well now you can.Carl Schramm, the man described by The Economist as 'The Evangelist of Entrepreneurship', has written a myth-busting guide packed with tools and t..

Paul Hannam has developed a program based on the hidden, underlying road map to freedom found in the film Groundhog Day. Using research-based techniques, you will learn how to take control of your day, remove the blinkers and actually see and experience the real world around you, which will in turn ..

'I have cancer. Cancer does not have me.' Sophie_x000D_ Sabbage was diagnosed with late stage 'incurable' lung cancer in _x000D_ October 2014. She was 48 years old, happily married with a 4-year-old _x000D_ daughter. Since that day - when doctors told Sophie that her prognosis _x000D_ was poor ..

Do you want to get to the stage - soon - where you are truly financially independent, able to use your money in the way you'd like, and be completely confident in your ability to take care of yourself and your family? That is a universal desire, but many of us regard wealth and financial indepe..

Personal finance journalist, Michelle McGagh, takes on a challenge to not spend money for a whole year in an engaging narrative that combines personal experience with accessible advice on money so you can learn to spend less and live more. Michelle McGagh has been writing about money for over a..

If you're at a crossroads, this is the book you need to read to begin chasing your dreams. Includes a foreword by Sheryl Sandberg.Do you have a little voice in your head telling you to pursue the thing you love? Leaving a comfortable job to pursue a passion is a brave, bold move - but it's far from ..

Move over mindfulness - Sophrology is the incredible new self-help technique taking the UK by storm.Sophrology is a dynamic relaxation, stress-management and personal development technique, which is steadily growing in popularity in the UK. Sophrology is already extremely popular on the continent - ..

The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the million-selling What If? and Thing ExplainerRandall Munroe is . . .'Nerd royalty' Ben Goldacre'Totally brilliant..

From the bestselling author of Authentic Happiness In The Optimistic Child, Dr. Martin Seligman offers parents, teachers and coaches a well-validated program to prevent depression in children. Seligman shows adults how to teach children the skills of optimism that can help them combat sadness, ..

What are you waiting for?Hardly anyone gets it right the first time, but many of us are crippled by indecision and fear of failure. The desire to get it right can inhibit us from getting started. In this book Rob Moore, the bestselling author of MONEY, shows that the quickest way to perfect is sta..

The Greats on Leadership is an in-depth tour of the best leadership ideas of the past 25 centuries, drawing out the key leadership insights from classic authors, weaving them together with business examples, the best contemporary research, and tools to help put it all into practice.Among the 20 spec..

Organized into five direct and digestible chapters, You, Incorporated, is the ultimate practical guide to career success that zeroes in on the three essential concepts that job-seekers, career builders and career changers need to know: - No Job is Forever - Employability Equals Options&nbs..

The hardest choices are also the most consequential. So why do we know so little about how to get them right? _x000D_ _x000D_ Big, life-altering decisions matter so much more _x000D_ than the decisions we make every day, and they're also the most _x000D_ diffi..

THE LIFE-CHANGING PERSONAL FINANCE BESTSELLER THAT SHOWS YOU HOW TO MAKE MONEY FROM YOUR MONEY - NOW IN A REVISED 3RD EDITION.'Opinionated and always packed with information' MirrorDiscover the money secret understood by virtually every rich perso..

'A persuasive and highly readable account of how rising inequality, and not just absolute poverty, is undermining our politics, social cohesion, long-term prosperity and general well-being' Barack Obama Inequality makes us feel poor and act poor, even when we're not. It affects our mood, decisi..

“Lady Pamela Hicks’s joyously entertaining new memoir, arguably the poshest book that ever has or will be written” (Newsweek), is a privileged glimpse into the lives and loves of some of the twentieth century’s leading figures.Pamela_x000D_ Mountbatten entered a remarkable family when she was born ..

Foreword by Monica Lewinsky and as seen on Dr. Oz"Smart. Timely. Essential. The era's must--read to renew Internet civility." -- Michele Borba ED.D, author of UnselfieAn essential toolkit to help everyone -- from parents to teenagers to educators -- take charge of their digital lives. Online sh..

A revolutionary way to increase your sales!_x000D_ _x000D_ Sales is not just about logic and emotion. _x000D_ Extraordinary salespeople are top earners because they understand the _x000D_ deeper levels of the brain and how buyers think. _x000D_ ..

Based on author Carmine Gallo's career as a Fortune 500 communications coach and Emmy Award-winning television journalist, 10 Simple Secrets of the World's Greatest Communicators has been updated and revised to show business people how to achieve their personal and professional goals by mastering th..

In this sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Girl Online, Penny joins her rock-star boyfriend on the road in Europe._x000D_ _x000D_ When Noah invites Penny on his first-ever European tour, she can’t wait to spend the summer with her rock-god-tastic boyfriend._x000D_ _x000D_ But, between Noah’s j..

The definitive report on the disruption of the news media over the last decade. With the expert guidance of former Executive Editor of The New York Times Jill Abramson, we follow two legacy (The New York Times and The Washington Post) and two upstart (BuzzFeed and VICE) companies as they plow throug..

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER One_x000D_ of America’s most accomplished entrepreneurs—a pioneer who made the _x000D_ Internet part of everyday life and orchestrated the largest merger in _x000D_ the history of business—shares a roadmap for how anyone can succeed in a_x..

Inside every mother is a fierce, resilient, intuitive woman who has the _x000D_ ability to tap into an indomitable mindset and create heroic _x000D_ outcomes--for her children, her family, her community and for _x000D_ herself--she is a Warrior Mom. In Warrior Mom, (previously published as_x000D_ ..

From Stephen R. Covey—the late, legendary author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People—a new set of rules for achieving a happy and fulfilling life of primary greatness._x000D_ _x000D_ Many of us are hurting. We have chronic problems, dissatisfactions, and disappointments. Although we general..

The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller _x000D_ from Steve Case—the co-founder of AOL—presents “a compelling roadmap for_x000D_ the future…that can help us make sense of the technological changes _x000D_ reshaping our economy and the world. A fascinating read” (Sheryl _x000D_ S..

From YouTube sensation Zoella _x000D_ comes a debut coming-of-age novel that perfectly captures what it means _x000D_ to grow up and fall in love in today's digital world. Girl Online is the first book to be published by Keywords Press, an imprint under Simon & Schuster dedicated to today's digi..

A book about Taylor.Made with love.By fans. For fans. "Delightful...A rich and exhaustive production...Swifties have gotten their bible." --The New Yorker Ten years ago, an unknown sixteen-year-old released a self-titled debut country album. A decade later, Taylor Swift has reached record-breaking, ..

Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella, has been creating stories ever since she was _x000D_ little. Her beauty, fashion, and lifestyle blogs and videos have a huge _x000D_ following online, with millions of YouTube subscribers. Visit _x000D_ Zoella.co.uk, YouTube.com/Zoella, @Zoella on Twitter and Instagram, and _x0..

The third novel in the New York Times bestselling Girl Online series by _x000D_ the award-winning YouTuber and blogger Zoe "Zoella" Sugg. Penny's life _x000D_ is back to normal. As Penny starts the school year she's ready to face _x000D_ the world--alone. Noah has gone off the radar after ending hi..

Preserve your looks and your health with these 200+ easy strategies to age-proof your body and mind. _x000D_ _x000D_ Are signs of aging-or even just worrying about signs of aging-taking their toll on you?_x000D_ _x000D_ ..

Are you part of the 73% of the population that experiences anxiety from public speaking? Face your fears with this valuable guide that combines real-world case studies and practice activities to help build your confidence. You may not be afraid of heights or spiders but making a speech in front..

For most of human history the rules of power were clear: power was something to be seized, and then jealously guarded. Under this 'Old Power' we lived in a world of rulers and subjects.Now, we all sense that something has changed. From #MeToo to Harve..

So many women enter their adult lives believing that they _x000D_ should know where they are going and how to get there. This can make _x000D_ life decisions feel intimidating and overwhelming. While some choices _x000D_ that lie ahead are fairly predictable, such as those surrounding career,_x000D_..

When New York Times bestselling author John Perkins was a young Peace Corps volunteer, his life was saved by an Amazonian shaman who taught him to ""touch the jaguar""--to transform his fears into positive action. He went on to become an ""economic hit man"" (EHM), convincing developing countries to..

The ultimate guide to naming your product or business has been updated throughout with twice as many resources as before, new stories (of both hits and flops), and an entirely new chapter on the power of names in the workplace. Too many new companies and products have names that look like the result..

For a lucky few, light conversation at parties and social events is a _x000D_ breeze. For the rest of us, there is Carol Fleming (bestselling author _x000D_ of It's the Way You Say It), who breaks even the shortest bit of small _x000D_ talk into an understandable process that anyone can master. Smal..

"A riveting, terrifying, thrilling story of a netherworld that few people know about, and fewer will ever see . . . The soul of this book is as wild as the ocean itself." --Susan Casey, best-selling author of The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the OceanA riveting, adrenaline-f..