Автор: Dolan Naoise Название: Exciting Times ISBN: 1474613462 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474613460 Издательство: Orion Рейтинг: Цена: 6370.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: Naoise Dolan explodes onto the scene with Exciting Times, a slyly humorous and scorchingly smart modern love story
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"A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts." -- Anne Lamott
"'When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our own pain and that of others.' That's ultimately what Beautiful Boy is about: truth and healing." -- Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia
What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted David Sheff's journey through his son Nic's addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic became addicted to crystal meth, he was a charming boy, joyous and funny, a varsity athlete and honor student adored by his two younger siblings. After meth, he was a trembling wraith who lied, stole, and lived on the streets. David Sheff traces the first warning signs: the denial, the three a.m. phone calls--is it Nic? the police? the hospital? His preoccupation with Nic became an addiction in itself. But as a journalist, he instinctively researched every treatment that might save his son. And he refused to give up on Nic.
"Filled with compelling anecdotes and important insights . . . An eye-opening memoir." -- Washington Post
Автор: Dolan Paul Название: Happy Ever After: Escaping the Myth of the Perfect Life ISBN: 014198449X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141984490 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 8790.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: 'A passionate, provocative book. Not just a self-help book. . . a manifesto for a better society' Sunday Times
'Smart, engaging and funny. It will make you question everything you think you know about what you want' Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women
Be ambitious; find everlasting love; look after your health ... There are countless stories about how we ought to live our lives. These narratives can make our lives easier, and they might sometimes make us happier too. But they can also trap us and those around us.
In Happy Ever After, bestselling happiness expert Professor Paul Dolan draws on a variety of studies ranging over wellbeing, inequality and discrimination to bust the common myths about our sources of happiness. He shows that there can be many unexpected paths to lasting fulfilment. Some of these might involve not going into higher education, choosing not to marry, rewarding acts rooted in self-interest and caring a little less about living forever.
By freeing ourselves from the myth of the perfect life, we might each find a life worth living.
Автор: Dolan, Penny Название: Reading champion: little spook ISBN: 1445154323 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781445154329 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 5050.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE)
Автор: Steinberg Laurence Название: Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence ISBN: 0544570294 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780544570290 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 9670.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In Age of Opportunity, Laurence Steinberg leads readers through new findings that reveal what the new timetable of adolescence means for parenting 13-year-olds versus 20-somethings. He explains how the plasticity of the adolescent brain, rivaling that of years 0 through 3, suggests new strategies for instilling self-control during teenage years.
Автор: Herman Amy E. Название: Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life ISBN: 0544947126 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780544947122 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 15630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: "Sharp and original, this book should alter how readers look at the world. " --Kirkus "This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book will make you see the world more clearly than you ever have before. And that clarity will transform how you deal with the challenges and opportunities you face every day." -- Leonard Mlodinow, author of Subliminal and The Drunkard's Walk How could looking at Monet's water lily paintings help save a company millions? How can noticing people's footwear foil a terrorist attack? How can your choice of adjective win an argument, calm your children, or catch a thief? In her celebrated seminar, The Art of Perception, art historian Amy Herman has trained experts from many fields to perceive and communicate better. By showing people how to look closely at images, she helps them hone their "visual intelligence," a set of skills we all possess but few of us know how to use effectively. She has spent more than a decade teaching doctors to observe patients instead of their charts, helping police officers separate facts from opinions when investigating a crime, and training professionals from the FBI, the State Department, Fortune 500 companies, and the military to recognize the most pertinent and useful information. Her lessons highlight far more than the physical objects you may be missing; they teach you how to recognize the talents, opportunities, and dangers that surround you every day. "Herman offers a compelling case for the life-enhancing value--and central importance--of careful observation . . . Visual Intelligence is a fascinating book and an important one--and it is a great read." --Daniel Weiss, president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Автор: Bowles, Jane Название: Two serious ladies ISBN: 147462040X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474620406 Издательство: Orion Рейтинг: Цена: 10110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: `Readers who`ve not yet read Jane Bowles are almost to be envied, like people who`ve still to read Austen or Mansfield or Woolf` ALI SMITH A daring and original masterpiece way ahead of its time
Автор: Dolan Penny Название: Reading Champion: Flip the Flamingo ISBN: 1445154803 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781445154800 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 5050.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE)
Автор: Heidish Marcy Название: The Secret Annie Oakley ISBN: 0983116407 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780983116400 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13750.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
A riveting investigation of the myriad ways that parasites control how other creaturesincluding humansthink, feel, and act.
These tiny organisms can only live inside another animal, and as McAuliffe reveals, they have many evolutionary motives for manipulating their host's behavior. Far more often than appreciated, these puppeteers orchestrate the interplay between predator and prey. With astonishing precision, parasites can coax rats to approach cats, spiders to transform the patterns of their webs, and fish to draw the attention of birds that then swoop down to feast on them.
We humans are hardly immune to the profound influence of parasites.
Organisms we pick up from our own pets are strongly suspected of changing our personality traits and contributing to recklessness, impulsivityeven suicide. Microbes in our gut affect our emotions and the very wiring of our brains. Germs that cause colds and flu may alter our behavior even before symptoms become apparent.
Parasites influence our species on the cultural level too.
As McAuliffe documents, a subconscious fear of contagion impacts virtually every aspect of our lives, from our sexual attractions and social circles to our morals and political views. Drawing on a huge body of research, she argues that our dread of contamination is an evolved defense against parasitesand a double-edged sword. The horror and revulsion we feel when we come in contact with people who appear diseased or dirty helped pave the way for civilization, but may also be the basis for major divisions in societies that persist to this day.
In the tradition of Jared Diamond'sGuns, Germs and Steeland Neil Shubin'sYour Inner Fish,This Is Your Brain on Parasitesis both a journey into cutting-edge science and a revelatory examination of what it means to be human.
Автор: Dolan Naoise Название: Exciting Times ISBN: 0062968750 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062968753 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 14950.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание:
This debut novel about an Irish expat millennial teaching English and finding romance in Hong Kong is half Sally Rooney love triangle, half glitzy Crazy Rich Asians high livingand guaranteed to please.Vogue
A RECOMMENDED BOOK FROM: The New York Times Book Review * Vogue * TIME * Marie Claire * Elle * O, the Oprah Magazine * The Washington Post * Esquire * Harper's Bazaar *Bustle * PopSugar * Refinery 29 * LitHub * Debutiful
An intimate, bracingly intelligent debut novel about a millennial Irish expat who becomes entangled in a love triangle with a male banker and a female lawyer
Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children.
Julianis a banker. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. But when she asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more than "I like you a great deal."
EnterEdith.
A Hong Kongborn lawyer, striking and ambitious, Edith takes Ava to the theater and leaves her tulips in the hallway. Ava wants to be herand wants her.
And then Julian writes to tell Ava he is coming back to Hong Kong... Should Ava return to the easy compatibility of her life with Julian or take a leap into the unknown with Edith?
Politically alert, heartbreakingly raw, and dryly funny,Exciting Timesis thrillingly attuned to the great freedoms and greater uncertainties of modern love.
In stylish, uncluttered prose, Naoise Dolan dissects the personal and financial transactions that make up a lifeand announces herself as a singular new voice.
Автор: Mayer-Schonberger Viktor, Cukier Kenneth Название: Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think ISBN: 0544227751 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780544227750 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 14030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: "Financial Times" Business Book of the Year Finalist "Illuminating and very timely . . . a fascinating -- and sometimes alarming -- survey of big data's growing effect on just about everything: business, government, science and medicine, privacy, and even on the way we think."--"New York Times" It seems like "big data" is in the news every day, as we read the latest examples of how powerful algorithms are teasing out the hidden connections between seemingly unrelated things. Whether it is used by the NSA to fight terrorism or by online retailers to predict customers' buying patterns, big data is a revolution occurring around us, in the process of forever changing economics, science, culture, and the very way we think. But it also poses new threats, from the end of privacy as we know it to the prospect of being penalized for things we haven't even done yet, based on big data's ability to predict our future behavior. What we have already seen is just the tip of the iceberg. "Big Data" is the first major book about this earthshaking subject, with two leading experts explaining what big data is, how it will change our lives, and what we can do to protect ourselves from its hazards. "An optimistic and practical look at the Big Data revolution -- just the thing to get your head around the big changes already underway and the bigger changes to come." -- Cory Doctorow, boingboing.com
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