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The people of Japan believe that everyone has an ikigai – a reason for being; the thing that gets you out of bed each morning. And according to the residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa – the world’s longest-living people – finding it is the key to a longer and more fulfilled life. Inspiring and comforting, this work will bring you closer to these centenarians’ secrets: how they leave urgency behind; keep doing what they love for as long as possible; nurture friendships; live in the moment; participate in their communities and throw themselves into their passions.
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In 1944, 16-year-old Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. There she endured unimaginable experiences, including being made to dance for the infamous Josef Mengele. Over the coming months, Edith’s bravery helped her sister to survive, and led to her bunkmates rescuing her during a death march. When their camp was finally liberated, Edith was pulled from a pile of bodies, barely alive. In ‘The Choice’, Dr Edith Eger shares her experience of the Holocaust and the remarkable stories of those she has helped ever since.
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A unique selection of the greatest thinkers from the fields of philosophy, political theory, sociology, art, architecture and literature, with enjoyable profiles of what they have to teach to us today.
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Alastair Campbell draws on both his own experiences and a wealth of interviews with outstanding achievers in the fields of business, sport and politics to reveal what it takes to be a winner – and explain how anyone can get there.
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From why brushing fingers with a waiter will make you leave a larger tip, to why choosing a hot drink in a job interview improves your chances, this is a mesmerising journey into our senses. Blending surprising stories and cutting-edge research on pleasure and pain, acclaimed neuroscientist David Linden shows how touch defines our experiences, shapes our sense of self, and bonds us together.
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The golden principles and behaviours to guide you smoothly through the challenges of raising children.
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Often, parenting is treated like some form of manipulation or behavioural coercion that must be kept secret from children. ‘No-Drama Discipline’, instead, is based on recent discoveries about the brain that give us deep insights into the children we care for, what they need, and how to discipline them in ways that foster optimal development. It offers a ‘relational’ approach that builds on children’s innate desire to please their parents and get along well with others.
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Why do underdogs succeed so much more than we expect? How do the weak outsmart the strong? In ‘David and Goliath’ Malcolm Gladwell takes us on a scintillating and surprising journey through the hidden dynamics that shape the balance of power between the small and the mighty. From the conflicts in Northern Ireland and Vietnam, through the tactics of civil rights leaders and the problem of privilege, Gladwell demonstrates how we misunderstand the true meaning of advantage and disadvantage.
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Most forms of identity within families are passed on from one generation to the next, but less explored are ‘horizontal identities’, those shared across communities between people with an uncommon trait. Andrew Solomon spoke to 200 families to record their experience of topics including dwarfism, deafness, transgender, prodigies, and more.
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As Cosmopolitan’s professional agony aunt for the last 40 years, Irma Kurtz has had to deal with the most intimate problems of successive generations of readers, while having to keep up with the changing mores and attitudes in British and American society. In these memoirs, she looks back on the seismic transformations that have taken place over the last four decades, as well as her own hectic and often difficult life as a single mum from America living in London.
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Most forms of identity within families are passed on from one generation to the next, but less explored are ‘horizontal identities’, those shared across communities between people with an uncommon trait. Andrew Solomon spoke to 200 families to record their experience of topics including dwarfism, deafness, transgender, prodigies, and more.
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Comedian, writer and mental health campaigner shows us why and how our minds can send us mad and how we can rewire our thinking, especially through mindfulness, to calm ourselves in a frenetic world.
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