Penguin Life Daring Greatly. How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Brown Brene

Книга Кишими Ичико "Мужество быть счастливым. Истинное удовлетворение в Ваших силах" - продолжение мирового бестселлера "Мужество быть нелюбимым", японского феномена в применении психологии двадцатого века к современным дилеммам, дает новые советы по обретению счастья • Книга на английском языке • The sequel to the global bestseller The Courage To Be Disliked, the Japanese phenomenon in applying twentieth-century psychology to contemporary dilemmas continues with life-changing advice on finding happiness

The extraordinary story of how China became the powerful country it is today • Even at the high noon of Europe's empire-building China nonetheless kept its sovereignty. Robert Bickers' major new book is the first to describe fully what has proved to be one of the modern era's most important stories: the long, often agonizing process by which the Chinese had by the end of the 20th century regained control of their own country. Out of China uses a brilliant array of unusual, strange and vivid sources to recreate a now fantastically remote world. Today Chinese nationalism stays firmly rooted in memories of its degraded past - the quest for self-sufficiency, the determination to assert China's standing in the world, to stake its outstanding territorial claims, and never to be vulnerable to renewed attack

Счастливые воспоминания не обязательно создаются при важных жизненных событиях. Опираясь на глобальные опросы, научные эксперименты в области поведения и данные, собранные Институтом исследований счастья в Копенгагене, в книге "Счастливые моменты. Как создать впечатления, которые запомнятся вам на всю жизнь" Майк Викинг показывает, как мы можем превратить обычные переживания в нечто экстраординарное • Будь то ужин за столом, знакомство с новой частью вашего района или планирование того, как вы собираетесь отмечать свои маленькие победы, эта книга поможет вам найти волшебство в каждом дне и создать воспоминания, которыми вы будете дорожить вечно • Книга на английском языке • 'Meik's new book will change the way you think' Dr Rangan Chatterjee • From the same author that brought us The Little Book of Hygge, this book reveals the secret to filling your life with happy moments, and how to remember them for ever

Laura Hoggins spent her early adult life a slave to the scales and a fad diet junkie. Fed up of feeling unhappy, exhausted and demotivated, something had to change • That's when she discovered lifting - the ultimate form of fitness that celebrated effort over results and empowerment over appearance • Packed full of practical tips and myth-busting advice, Lift Yourself is your go-to companion to strength training which will help you to • · achieve a strong physique • · improve your mental health • · recharge your energy levels • Now a qualified personal trainer specialising in strength and conditioning, Laura's 10 Lifting Commandments will help you kick-start a happier, healthier life. So, get ready for lift-off and prepare to find out just how strong you are

'People can only be free in relation to one another.' • Three exhilarating and inspiring essays in which the great twentieth-century political philosopher argues that there can be no freedom without politics, and no politics without freedom • One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists

Imprisoned on 2 December 2020 for the third time, read Joshua Wong's urgent and powerful story - the Hong Konger fighting for democracy • INTRODUCTION BY AI WEIWEI, FOREWORD BY CHRIS PATTEN • Unfree Speech is Joshua's urgent call for us to defend our democratic values, whoever we are • It chronicles Joshua's path to activism, collects the letters he wrote as a political prisoner, and closes with a powerful and urgent manifesto for us to defend our democracies at time of global flux and change • Joshua Wong made history when he was 14. While the adults stayed silent, Joshua staged the first ever student protest in Hong Kong to oppose National Education - and won • Since then, he led the Umbrella Movement, founded a political party, and rallied the international community around the Hong Kong protests, which saw 2 million people take to the streets

Anthony Trollope (1815—1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. "The Way We Live Now" is a satirical novel, published in London in 1875 after first appearing in serialised form. The main character of the story, Augustus Melmotte, is a financier with a mysterious past. He is rumoured to have Jewish origins, and to be connected to some failed businesses in Vienna. When he moves his business and his family to London, the city's upper crust begins buzzing with rumours about him

Nurses have never been more important • We benefit from their expertise in our hospitals and beyond: in our schools, on our streets, in prisons, hospices and care homes. When we feel most alone, nurses remind us that we are not alone at all • In The Courage to Care bestselling author Christie Watson reveals the remarkable extent of nurses' work • - A community mental-health nurse choreographs support for a man suffering from severe depression • - A teen with stab wounds is treated by the critical-care team; his school nurse visits and he drops the bravado • - A pregnant woman loses frightening amounts of blood following a car accident; it is a military nurse who synchronises the emergency department into immaculate order and focus • Christie makes a further discovery: that, time and again, it is patients and their families - including her own - who show exceptional strength in the most challenging times

Жесткость социальной сатиры и ее ощутимая цельность придают этому роману особое место в литературной карьере Энтони Троллопа. Троллоп рисует картину, столь же панорамную, как и обещает его название, о жизни Лондона 1870-х годов, любви тех, кого влечет в город и через него, и карьере Огастеса Мельмотта. Мельмотт - одно из величайших и самых странных творений викторианского романа, и это достижение, не омраченное течением времени • "Сейчас" Троллопа в двадцать первом веке может показаться каким-то далеким разочарованным "Тогда", но это все еще вчерашний день, который мы должны понять, чтобы правильно осмыслить наше сегодняшнее • Книга на английском языке • The tough-mindedness of the social satire in and its air of palpable integrity give this novel a special place in Anthony Trollope's Literary career

Великолепная и опережающая время сатира Энтония Троллопа о нечестном финансисте, который покупает свой путь в коррумпированное общество и погружает его в смятение • Когда Мелмотты приезжают в Лондон, все соглашаются с тем, что им не хватает манер, а их вкусы раздражают, их происхождение и прошлое довольно призрачны. Но их деньги далеко не отвратительны и городское общество быстро делает надбавки таинственному финансисту и его семье. Сердца, умы и семейные сбережения быстро попали в водоворот щедрых вечеринок и завораживающих инвестиционных планов Августа Мелмотта. Но является ли все это продуманным мошенничеством? • Trollope's magnificent and prescient satire about a dishonest financier who buys his way into a corrupt society, and throws it into turmoil