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The Book of Pet Love and Loss: Words of Comfort and Wisdom from Remarkable People
by Sara BaderA powerful collection of quotations by writers, leaders, and legends on the pain of losing a pet and overcoming grief.An animal&’s love is deep, uncomplicated, unconditional, and forgiving. &“Affection without ambivalence&” is how Sigmund Freud described the connection. &“No matter how awful the day, or how awful I am behaving at any given moment, George doesn&’t care,&” writes journalist John Dickerson. &“He finds me smoldering in my chair and dashes to my lap.&” Our lives are intricately intertwined with our pets, and together, over time, we establish rituals that are as steady as a metronome. It&’s no wonder the grief is crushing when they depart—even those who&’ve had time to prepare describe feeling stunned, devastated, and cracked in two. &“We were a bit broken up over the death of our black Persian cat,&” crime novelist Raymond Chandler confessed. &“When I say a bit broken up, I am being conventional. For us it was a tragedy.&” Nobel Prize–winning author V. S. Naipaul described the experience as &“calamitous,&” and writer May Sarton called it a &“volcanic eruption of woe.&” Poet Emily Dickinson was so bereft she asked for help: &“Carlo died,&” she announced in a letter to her friend Thomas Wentworth Higginson in 1866. &“Would you instruct me now?&” The Book of Pet Love and Loss is a collection of quotations—poignant thoughts and memories discovered in letters, journals, diaries, memoirs, and other original sources—from beloved cultural figures who understood this singular experience so deeply, they felt compelled to write about it. This book dignifies the profound connection we share with our animal companions, but it also provides solace as mourners document their heartache over the loss of their cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, and other animals—even, in the case of Pablo Neruda, a mongoose. Their comforting and wise words are what every animal lover needs on this journey of heartbreak and healing.
You Are Enough: How To Elevate Your Thoughts, Align Your Energy & Get Out of the Comparison Trap
by Cassie Mendoza-JonesYou are Enough explores why we have become so worried about what other people think of us, and what our infatuation with comparison can cause on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. If you are sick of striving, or feeling like a perfectionist comparer, here are the practical tools for getting out of the comparison trap, so that you can learn to accept yourself as you are, and revel in the sense of peace and ease that this brings. Are you sick of giving yourself a hard time? Have you had enough of comparing yourself to others? Do you feel that nothing you do is good enough? It doesn’t have to be this way. Because guess what? Your worth is innate—you can’t earn it with accomplishments or by hitting your goals … which means you can’t lose it when you think you haven’t done enough. It’s time to let go of the negative thoughts that keep telling you that you’ll only be more when you work harder … that keep you stuck, constantly comparing yourself to those around you. It’s time to understand what your body is trying to tell you when you’re burning out, pushing yourself to your limits, and chasing self-worth, achievements and perfectionism. You are enough. Knowing this starts with accepting yourself. And the shift to true self-acceptance is realising you’re already enough.
A Random Book about the Power of ANYone
by Talia LemanYou can be greater than you know how to be.In a world where you are pushed to know more, this book will prove that your greatest asset is often not knowing. In a world where you are told it's all in the planning, this book will encourage you to keep your cart ahead of your horse and allow your dreams to lead you. In a world where you are told you need to become someone, this book will show you that you already are someone. The author--the foremost accidental expert on this subject--is Talia Leman. A high school student. Runner in the rain. Science enthusiast. World changer. Random kid. Writing with infectious enthusiasm, humor, and resoluteness, she shares her secrets to being more than you know how to be, including Don't Line Up Your Ducks, Sideways Is a Better Way to Go Forward, and Too Many Cooks Is the Right Number. In this unexpectedly poignant, strikingly honest, and informative guide, Talia Leman shows you how to make room for life's surprises, demonstrating that everyone has what it takes to make a difference for anything that matters to them. A Random Book about the Power of ANYone will move you to rethink and reimagine what's possible, one random inspiration, one random idea, one random person at a time.
Fitness After 40: Your Strong Body at 40, 50, 60, and Beyond
by Ruth Winter Vonda WrightWith Fitness After 40, regain the energy and physique of a teenager in no time.Your body is getting older, those stairs are looking steeper, and your bones are cracking louder. The unavoidable fact is that your body is aging. However, that doesn&’t have to impact your fitness level. Forget how many candles were on your last birthday cake--if you exercise smarter, you can remain youthful, energetic, and strong.As an academic orthopedic surgeon and internationally recognized authority on active aging and mobility, Dr. Vonda Wright has created a unique medical program designed to target the fitness and performance needs of mature athletes. In this invaluable resource, Wright reveals how anyone can use flexibility, aerobic exercise, and strength training to maximize the benefits of their fitness regime.You will learn how to:Understand your body, and approach exercise in a new wayMaximize your fitness while minimizing injuryGain flexibility--no matter your ageBenefit from aerobic exerciseBuild strength through resistance trainingImprove balanceFitness After 40 for all maturing adults includes &“20 Minutes to Burn&” workouts, a six-week total-body plan, and the latest information on nutrition, injury prevention, joint preservation, and the mind/body connection for all maturing adults.
In a Heartbeat: True Stories and Advice: Insights from Experts, Survivors, and Frontline Heroes
by Rachel Jayne Cassidy&‘If you&’re having symptoms that don&’t feel right, call Triple Zero. If it&’s not a heart issue, then that&’s OK. No one ever died of embarrassment.&’ Author Rachel Jayne Cassidy knows firsthand what it&’s like to be on the brink of life and death. After surviving a critical heart attack, she understands the challenges of heart health. Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer worldwide, impacting more than 500,000 Australians. Rachel emphasises for the lucky survivors that while recovery takes time, it is crucial to learn how to live and thrive after a heart event.In a Heartbeat delves into the emotional and physical complexities of dealing with heart disease, sharing real-life, emotionally raw stories that provide insight into the impact of this disease. From survivors to everyday heroes who, by a momentary twist of fate have saved a life, to the health professionals who work tirelessly behind the scenes to give seriously ill patients a second chance at life. This combination of insightful stories captures the full spectrum of experiences and provides a comprehensive understanding of heart health. This valuable guide features uplifting, inspiring accounts of human survival against all odds, alongside valuable heart health information from well-recognised cardiologists and health professionals across Australia. Inspiring stories include Strictly Ballroom star turned politician Paul Mercurio, former original yellow Wiggle Greg Page, aspiring First Nations entertainer Warrawatja Bell, little Arlo—the face of the 2023 Royal Children&’s Hospital appeal, former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Michael Gunner, and many more. Rachel Jayne&’s journey as a heart attack survivor and heart health advocate provides her with deep personal insights and invaluable knowledge. She is dedicated to ensuring that those who have experienced a heart event find comfort and reassurance in this book, knowing they are not alone. Rachel Jayne hopes this book will spark a potentially lifesaving conversation.
"Believe You Can and You're Halfway There": Discover Your Inner Confidence
by Ross Petras Kathryn PetrasA compilation of musings to motivate and inspire readers in need of a quick pick-me-up. We all want to be the person who marches into a meeting brimming with self-confidence, unbothered by what others think of them right before making a killer speech. But all too often, crippling self-doubt creeps in. This book is a self-esteem boosting collection of pocket-sized pep talks from successful people in a multitude of fields, including Serena Williams, Stephen King, Helen Keller, Julia Child, and so much more—that will give readers a strong dose of self-assurance. &“I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.&” —Serena Williams &“The scariest moment is always just before you start.&” —Stephen King &“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.&” —Helen Keller &“Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you&’ll have a marvelous time!&” —Julia Child
"I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer": Letters on Love and Marriage from the World’s First Personal Advice Column
by Mary Beth NortonA fascinating collection of questions and answers—about courtship, marriage, love, and sex—from a seventeenth-century periodical The Athenian Mercury—a one-page, two-sided periodical published in 1690s London—included the world&’s first personal advice column. Acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize–finalist Mary Beth Norton&’s &“I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer&” is a remarkable collection of questions and answers drawn from this groundbreaking publication.In these exchanges, anonymous readers look for help with their most intimate romantic problems—about courting, picking a spouse, getting married, securing or avoiding parental consent, engaging in premarital sex and extramarital affairs, and much more. Spouses ask how to handle contentious marriages and tense relationships with in-laws. Some correspondents seek ways to ease a conscience troubled by romantic and sexual misbehavior. The lonely wonder how to meet a potential partner—or how to spark a warmer relationship with someone they already have an eye on. And both men and women inquire about how to extract themselves from relationships turned sour. Many of these concerns will be familiar to readers of today&’s advice columns. But others are delightfully strange and surprising, reflecting forgotten social and romantic customs and using charmingly unfamiliar language in which, for example, &“kissing is a luscious diet,&” a marriage might provide &“much love and moderate conveniency,&” and an &“amorous disposition&” can lead to trouble.Delightful and entertaining, &“I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer&” provides a unique, intriguing, and revealing picture of what has—and hasn&’t—changed over the past three centuries when it comes to love, sex, and relationships.
100 Days of Joy and Strength: Daily Devotions to Help You Find Overwhelming Peace on Busy Days - The Perfect Devotional Gifts for Christian Women
by Candace Cameron BureJoin New York Times bestselling author and actress Candace Cameron Bure on a 100-day journey to find overwhelming peace—a peace that only comes from resting in God's joy and relying on His strength every day.We all feel it. How the frantic and hurried pace of life can steal our joy. How juggling the day-to-day demands of career, family, community, and a longing to grow as a daughter of God can leave us overwhelmed.Now available in stunning hardback with a freshly updated design, 100 Days of Joy and Strength offers you a road map to deepen your relationship with God and find peace in the midst of life's challenges.Each entry in this 100-day devotional gives you the chance to pause, reflect, and explore how you can press into the joy and strength God makes available to us all each day. Each daily entry includes:An encouraging word from CandaceA Bible verse for meditationPrayer prompts for reflection In her signature open-hearted style, Candace invites you to join her in discovering how God can be your joy and strength, no matter how hectic or hurried life may be. 100 Days of Joy and Strength will get you moving down the path toward the life with God you've been longing for.
100 Ways to Win: Little Answers to Life’s Big Challenges
by Nigel CumberlandYour Guide to GreatnessThis is your toolkit for turbo-charging every aspect of your life, from your boldest ambitions to your daily routines.100 Ways to Win is packed with great ideas for achieving professional highs, building rewarding relationships, and finding peace, all carefully chosen to help you navigate whatever challenges and opportunities cross your path.Every chapter features a new idea to help you form the habits and mindset of a winner. Together, they are your springboard to success.100 Ways to Win is your guide to the life you want, one small win at a time.Praise for 100 THINGS SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO'Inside these pages you'll find a powerful reminder of the many ways you can make your life - and other people's lives - more successful. It will help you identify what success means to you and give you the building blocks for making that success a reality. This is your chance to overcome whatever obstacles are stopping you. Read it, act on it and experience the difference' Marshall Goldsmith Ph.D., bestselling author of TRIGGERS
100 Ways to Win: Little Answers to Life’s Big Challenges
by Nigel CumberlandYour Guide to GreatnessThis is your toolkit for turbo-charging every aspect of your life, from your boldest ambitions to your daily routines.100 Ways to Win is packed with great ideas for achieving professional highs, building rewarding relationships, and finding peace, all carefully chosen to help you navigate whatever challenges and opportunities cross your path.Every chapter features a new idea to help you form the habits and mindset of a winner. Together, they are your springboard to success.100 Ways to Win is your guide to the life you want, one small win at a time.Praise for 100 THINGS SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO'Inside these pages you'll find a powerful reminder of the many ways you can make your life - and other people's lives - more successful. It will help you identify what success means to you and give you the building blocks for making that success a reality. This is your chance to overcome whatever obstacles are stopping you. Read it, act on it and experience the difference' Marshall Goldsmith Ph.D., bestselling author of TRIGGERS
180 Business Hacks: Little Changes, Big Difference
by Roel de Graaf180 OF THE SHARPEST AND STICKIEST WAYS TO GET BETTER RESULTS AT WORK"Flip the org chart and put the customer on top." "Write the press release before you start development." "Give someone busy more work to do." In 180 Business Hacks, you'll find these and 177 other surprising, sharp and inspiring ways to get better results at work. These cheat codes will help you succeed by shifting the way you think about business problems. Conventional thinking gets you conventional results but often the stickiest ideas are small. And like tiny cracks, they eventually turn into in something bigger. The hacks are organized into 9 themed chapters (Innovation, Strategy, Structure, Management, Analysis, Portfolio, Change, Impact and Effectiveness) so you can find them quickly, but for best results just flip through and open at random. You'll always find something unexpected to add to your daily routine.
180 Business Hacks: Little Changes, Big Difference
by Roel de Graaf180 OF THE SHARPEST AND STICKIEST WAYS TO GET BETTER RESULTS AT WORK"Flip the org chart and put the customer on top." "Write the press release before you start development." "Give someone busy more work to do." In 180 Business Hacks, you'll find these and 177 other surprising, sharp and inspiring ways to get better results at work. These cheat codes will help you succeed by shifting the way you think about business problems. Conventional thinking gets you conventional results but often the stickiest ideas are small. And like tiny cracks, they eventually turn into in something bigger. The hacks are organized into 9 themed chapters (Innovation, Strategy, Structure, Management, Analysis, Portfolio, Change, Impact and Effectiveness) so you can find them quickly, but for best results just flip through and open at random. You'll always find something unexpected to add to your daily routine.
20 Embodied Practices for Healing Trauma and Addiction: Using the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model
by Jan WinhallTrauma and addiction heal in tandem with this paradigm-shifting approach. What if addiction, dissociation, and other manifestations of trauma were not framed as diseases or disorders, but rather as adaptive methods of regulating the autonomic nervous system (ANS)? This book takes that approach, and guides readers through 20 embodied practices that promote the rewiring of the ANS. By integrating the latest neuroscience from Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal Theory with Eugene Gendlin’s embodied felt sense, Jan Winhall’s Felt Sense Polyvagal Model is a paradigm-shifting, deeply somatic approach to healing trauma and addiction. Readers are presented with two vital tools for healing: learning how to recognize and rewire their autonomic state, and finding the felt sense of somatic wisdom. This compassionate and inviting model centers the intelligence of the body to allow for deep healing, and these 20 step-by step exercises present an accessible approach for clinicians, their clients, and anyone on the journey to healing from trauma and addiction. The book’s exercises are uniquely designed to be completed either with a mental health professional, another person engaged in this embodied process (a felt sense partner), or both.
365 Happy Bedtime Mantras: Improve Your Sleep, Release Stress, and Enjoy Your Dreams (Happy Bedtime Mantras #1)
by Shannon KaiserFrom &“one of the freshest voices in mental health and wellness&” (Marci Shimoff, New York Times bestselling author), a year&’s worth of nightly practices to help you establish healthy sleep habits so that you can relax, de-stress, and dream deeply for a better well-being. Millions of Americans are struggling with sleep disorders or insufficient sleep, putting them at risk for numerous other health issues. For them, every night can feel like a losing battle. Now, 365 Happy Bedtime Mantras seeks to reverse the epidemic of poor sleep by helping you balance both the body and mind with self-love and relaxation-promoting mantras, meditations, and bedtime rituals. Whether you want to improve your quality of life with better sleep, effectively transform your evening routines, practice more self-care and self-love, or simply add more mindfulness moments to your life, you will find what you need in this wonderous book.
52 Secrets for Goal-Setting and Goal-Getting: How to Stay Focused, Grow Your Network and Get More Done in Less Time
by Debra EckerlingUnlock Your Path to Success for Professional and Personal GoalsEveryone wants to work less, earn more, and achieve a perfect work-life balance, but what if the secret to success isn&’t a one-size-fits-all solution? 52 Secrets for Goal-Setting and Goal-Getting offers you the tools to create your own path to success by learning from the experiences of others.Everyone strives for success, but the path isn't always clear. Debra Eckerling, award-winning author of Your Goal Guide and creator of the DEB METHOD® for goal-setting simplified, brings together insights from top executives, entrepreneurs, authors, actors, chefs and other thought leaders. This book provides practical strategies for anyone looking to enhance their focus and productivity, develop management in leadership skills, and set professional and personal goals that align with the goal of life fulfillment. Your comprehensive guide to new year goal-setting, achieving career and workplace goals, and mastering work-life balance. Whether you&’re aiming to expand your thought leadership advantage, improve your communication and networking, or find effective examples of goals to inspire your journey, 52 Secrets for Goal-Setting and Goal-Getting equips you with the knowledge and motivation you need to succeed. Inside, you&’ll find: Proven strategies from successful leaders to help you set and achieve your professional and personal goals and excel in leadership and management. Practical examples of goals experiences to guide your journey toward the life you desire. Tips for improving your communication, expanding your network, and balancing self-care with professional ambition. If you liked Build the Life You Want, Goals, or The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Guided Journal, you&’ll love 52 Secrets for Goal-Setting and Goal-Getting.
8 leyes universales: Guía para alcanzar la plenitud
by Fer Broca• Explica ocho de las leyes universales en un lenguaje directo y práctico para que puedas aplicarlas a tu vida de inmediato• Ayuda a comprender cómo funciona el universo, como una cadena infinita de causas y efectos que influyen en tu presente• Revela estrategias para lograr vivir en paz, sin importar las circunstancias que te rodeanDesde muy pequeño, Fer Broca empezó a buscar respuestas a sus profundas inquietudes espirituales. Tras sumergirse en las enseñanzas de culturas tan distantes en tiempo y espacio como la cristiana, la judaica, la hindú, la japonesa, la náhuatl y otras, además de iniciarse en el camino del chamanismo, el autor logró compilar las 8 leyes universales imprescindibles para alcanzar la plenitud vital.Con un característico estilo amistoso, y con sugerencias y ejemplos claros, Fer Broca desarrolla los principios de unicidad, generación, resonancia, karma, dharma, wu wei, ollin y la paz, para que puedas aplicarlos en tu cotidianeidad y hacer crecer tu espiritualidad. Las anécdotas del autor enriquecen la lectura y te ayudarán a comprender los sucesos de tu vida desde un punto de vista más amplio. ¿Conoces el juego del ego y cómo afecta tu conducta? ¿Cuáles son los pensamientos limitantes que han frustrado tus sueños? Fer Broca los revelará y te mostrará cómo hacerles frente para reconectar con tu esencia.Las 8 leyes universales te permitirán tomar decisiones desde tu centro y en plena consciencia. Con la guía de Fer Broca realizarás un viaje hacia tu interior, con el objetivo de que encuentres equilibrio, armonía y paz que, en palabras del autor, constituyen "la felicidad verdadera".
A Better Share: How Couples Can Tackle the Mental Load for More Fun, Less Resentment, and Great Sex
by Morgan CutlipTransform your marriage and enjoy your spouse again when you share the mental load and end the cycle of stress and resentment.Relationship expert Dr. Morgan Cutlip helps couples view the mental load--the endless and mostly invisible work of managing a household and family--as a shared enemy to conquer versus a problem they have with each other, offering practical solutions for navigating the most common pain points couples struggle with.Usually a few years after &“I do&”—once the reality of family life hits—many couples find themselves at each other's throats because they don't know how to navigate the mental and emotional work of managing a household together. They worry that they'll always be fighting about who should do the dishes or pick up the balloons for the party, but don't know how to begin talking about their frustrations without pointing fingers.In A Better Share, Dr. Morgan Cutlip offers you practical advice that goes beyond getting your spouse to pick up the slack and focuses on the unique perspectives and experiences of each partner, enabling both of you to feel seen and heard. She helps you leave behind resentment and anxiety and begin to:Understand why the mental load primarily falls on women and how it impacts sexual desireShare perspectives, expectations, ownership, and accountabilityUse actionable plans for divvying up tasks and teaching the next generation how to share the mental load Through research and stories based on real couples, A Better Share guides you out of the endless stress and resentment cycle and into a relationship where sharing is caring, having fun together is a priority, and great sex isn't a thing of the past.
A Change of Habit: Leaving Behind My Husband, Career, and Everything I Owned to Become a Nun
by Sister Monica ClareThe soulful, hilarious memoir of a chronic people pleaser who surprised everyone in her life by abandoning an unfulfilling career and marriage to join a convent—and learned how much we stand to gain when we fully embrace our authentic selvesIn her twenties and thirties, Monica Clare was a talented but exhausted photo editor who spent her days getting yelled at by clients who were often strung out on cocaine and megalomania. For years, the voice calling her to a simpler, quieter life had been getting louder. As a little kid, she&’d seen Audrey Hepburn in The Nun&’s Story and thought: That&’s me. That&’s how she found herself straightening her habit nervously as she walked into a convent, preparing to live alongside eleven other sisters who&’d taken the same vow of poverty and celibacy . . . indefinitely. Could a chronically fidgety, pop culture–obsessed woman of the world ever fit in? she wondered. And why did the other nuns seem so cold and disapproving?As the months went on, she realized the other nuns were shy, not unfriendly—much like herself. The culture at the convent discouraged giving compliments or even saying &“please&” or &“thank you,&” since acts of generosity were to be freely given and received. But when Monica rose to the role of Sister Superior, she got the policy against compliments changed. Relationships started to blossom, first awkwardly and then more easily. Who would have predicted that Sister Christina, the one she thought had deeply disliked her from the start, would turn out to be a huge hugger? Or that they&’d spend entire afternoons trying to keep a wild turkey from running amok in their community garden?Equal parts tell-all and rallying cry, A Change of Habit reveals how much we can say yes to when we stop laboring to prove our worth to ourselves and others. In her role as a spiritual counselor, Sister Monica guides people from all walks of life toward resisting the false promises of capitalism, finding healing in small acts of nurture and connection, and ultimately, restoring themselves to a place of wholeness, all while living in this gorgeously messy world of ours.
A Clean Mess: A Memoir of Sobriety After a Lifetime of Being Numb
by Tiffany JenkinsThe bestselling author of High Achiever chronicles life after addiction—the raw, the dark, and the hilarious—from setting out with nothing but a backpack to discovering her marriage was built on a shakier foundation than she&’d ever imagined to staying sober when life fell apart.&“Tiffany Jenkins illustrates that recovery is not just about sobriety, but about learning to live and feel again. Her compelling story is a testament to the power of resilience, humor, and hope.&”—Sarah Levy, author of Drinking GamesA Clean Mess opens with the moment that changed everything. Tiffany is about to go on stage when she receives an odd message from her husband: &“Hey Babe, some of the guys here are making some stupid decisions. Not me. But I just wanted to let you know in case you heard it from some of the other wives.&” By the end of the night, Tiffany knew her life would never be the same.This wasn&’t the first time she had to start over. After the opioid addiction and jail sentence that she chronicled in her bestselling memoir, High Achiever, Tiffany was ready for a fresh start. A chance to try life again, this time without drugs coursing through her veins. In A Clean Mess, she takes us back to those early days of recovery, and the whirlwind that she entered the moment she was out of prison. In just two years, she went from inmate to married and sober mom of three. Told with humor and honesty, A Clean Mess is Tiffany Jenkins&’s story of how she learned to live and feel for the first time without numbing herself with drugs—and how she discovered inner reserves of strength she didn&’t know she had. From her tentative first days of sobriety, to seeing two pink lines on a pregnancy test weeks later, to navigating anxiety, a new marriage, and motherhood at the same time, to surviving betrayal and divorce, Jenkins shows how she got through it all when her crutches and Band-Aids were taken away from her. An inspiring memoir that reads like fiction, A Clean Mess is a book that will buoy anyone seeking a life raft in hard times.
A Little Daylight Left: Poems
by Sarah KayA vulnerable, searching collection about facing the beautiful & difficult parts of our humanness with compassion & wonder&“This is a book that will make you feel simultaneously alive and less alone.&”—Hanif Abdurraqib, New York Timesbestselling author of There&’s Always This Yearfrom somewhere down a hallway of locked doors, a voice asks / What if you aren&’t as bad as you suspect you are? / What if you&’ll never be as good as you ache?Lauded poet Sarah Kay brings us her long-awaited second full-length collection, a decade after her acclaimed debut No Matter the Wreckage. In A Little Daylight Left, Kay explores life&’s most vulnerable moments of transition with courage, curiosity, joy & humor. Each poem invites readers to consider what it might look like to boldly face the hard things we so often run from—a heartbreak, an ailing loved one, the fear that comes with new beginnings & uncertain futures—& to celebrate what we hold dear. The result is a blueprint for discovering beauty in all that makes us human. With her signature wit & wisdom, Kay shows us how to navigate life bravely, with every single part of ourselves.
A Perfect Harmony: Music, Mathematics and Science
by David DarlingFrom the earliest of civilisations, humans have found ways to make music, whether through makeshift drums or artfully drilled bone flutes. But how did music – effectively little more than a series of certain tones and rhythms – become so integral to the human experience? Untangling the curious links between notes and number, musical perception, psychology and physics, David Darling examines the fascinating science behind music, from its Palaeolithic origins to the present. Revealing surprising connections and busting pervasive myths, A Perfect Harmony asks: Why do musicians tend to be better at maths than non-musicians? Why do we find some pieces sad and others happy? Will playing Mozart to babies predispose them to genius? Could an AI write the perfect symphony?
A Short Guide to Policy Debate
by Alexander HilandThis short, practical guide to policy debate helps coaches, instructors, and students prepare for competitions at the collegiate level.This book offers step-by-step guidance on how to prepare and analyze topics, cases, and rebuttals and outlines the norms and rules of contemporary interscholastic competition in the United States. It provides a structured and systematic approach to preparation to improve the educational and competitive elements of the debate experience. Written in an accessible style, this book explains how to conduct research and compete online, the strategies behind constructing a case, and includes guidance on how to determine judge tendencies. Chapters include glossaries, sample cases and speeches, and practical activities to allow readers to develop their argumentation and cross-examination skills.Providing a streamlined, student-focused approach to policy debate, this book will be of interest to students and instructors in the fields of debate, persuasion, public speaking, and argumentation.
A Story is a Deal: How to use the science of storytelling to lead, motivate and persuade
by Will StorrIn this highly anticipated follow-up to the Sunday Times bestseller The Science of Storytelling, acclaimed story guru Will Storr shows you how to engage and influence your audience to create irresistible pitches, build passionate brand loyalty, motivate teams and lead with effectiveness and charisma. Using the latest findings from social psychology, evolutionary psychology, organisational psychology and neuroscience, A Story is a Deal argues that we won't unlock the true power of story if we treat it merely as something we read on a page, see on a screen or hear in a speech. Storr shows how successful stories shape identities, which changes beliefs, drives action and achieves extraordinary results. With examples ranging from Aztec rituals to Apple's legendary advertising successes (and long-forgotten fails), A Story is a Deal lays out a revolutionary new method for creating the most persuasive messaging: by harnessing the power of our storytelling brains.
A Story is a Deal: How to use the science of storytelling to lead, motivate and persuade
by Will StorrIn this highly anticipated follow-up to the Sunday Times bestseller The Science of Storytelling, acclaimed story guru Will Storr shows you how to engage and influence your audience to create irresistible pitches, build passionate brand loyalty, motivate teams and lead with effectiveness and charisma. Using the latest findings from social psychology, evolutionary psychology, organisational psychology and neuroscience, A Story is a Deal argues that we won't unlock the true power of story if we treat it merely as something we read on a page, see on a screen or hear in a speech. Storr shows how successful stories shape identities, which changes beliefs, drives action and achieves extraordinary results. With examples ranging from Aztec rituals to Apple's legendary advertising successes (and long-forgotten fails), A Story is a Deal lays out a revolutionary new method for creating the most persuasive messaging: by harnessing the power of our storytelling brains.
A Story is a Deal: How to use the science of storytelling to lead, motivate and persuade
by Will StorrIn this highly anticipated follow-up to the Sunday Times bestseller The Science of Storytelling, acclaimed story guru Will Storr shows you how to engage and influence your audience to create irresistible pitches, build passionate brand loyalty, motivate teams and lead with effectiveness and charisma. Using the latest findings from social psychology, evolutionary psychology, organisational psychology and neuroscience, A Story is a Deal argues that we won't unlock the true power of story if we treat it merely as something we read on a page, see on a screen or hear in a speech. Storr shows how successful stories shape identities, which changes beliefs, drives action and achieves extraordinary results. With examples ranging from Aztec rituals to Apple's legendary advertising successes (and long-forgotten fails), A Story is a Deal lays out a revolutionary new method for creating the most persuasive messaging: by harnessing the power of our storytelling brains.