The international bestseller. ... Sometimes you have to travel a long way to see what's right in front of you. It's not the journey that counts, but who's at your side. Nana is on a road trip, but he is not sure where he is going. All that matters is that he can sit beside his beloved owner Satoru in the front seat of his silver van. Satoru is keen to visit three old friends from his youth, though Nana doesn’t know why and Satoru won't say. Set against the backdrop of Japan's changing seasons and narrated with a rare gentleness and humour, Nana’s story explores the wonder and thrill of life's ... |
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Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results. No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level ... |
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Though numbering just 35 known works, the œuvre of Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675) is hailed as one of the most important and inspiring portfolios in art history. His paintings have prompted a New York Times bestseller, a film starring Scarlett Johansson, and record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington. Vermeer's subjects focus on daily domestic activities, from letter writing to music playing to preparations in the kitchen. The scenes astound with their meticulous detail, majestic planes of light, and with Vermeer’s extraordinary ability to draw out narrative intrigues. In such ... |
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"Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old" is a guide to the biggest issue we all face. Ageing - not cancer, not heart disease - is the world's leading cause of death and suffering. What would the world be like if we could cure it? Living disease - free until the age of 100 is achievable within our lifetimes. In prose that is lucid and full of fascinating facts, "Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old" introduces us to the cutting edge research that is paving the way for this revolution. Computational biologist Andrew Steele explains what occurs ... |
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Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing. Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert, Dr Bruce Perry, discuss the impact of trauma and adverse experiences and how healing must begin with a shift to asking "What happened to you?" rather than "What's wrong with you?". Through wide-ranging and often deeply personal conversation, Oprah Winfrey and Dr Perry explore how what happens to us in early childhood - both good and bad - influences the people we become. They challenge us to shift from focusing on "What's wrong with you?" or "Why are you behaving ... |
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How Entrepreneurial Management Transforms Culture and Drives Growth. Author of the international Bestseller "The Lean Startup". ... Entrepreneur and bestselling author of The Lean Startup, Eric Ries reveals how entrepreneurial principles can be used by businesses of all kinds, ranging from established companies to early-stage startups, to grow revenues, drive innovation, and transform themselves into truly modern organizations, poised to take advantage of the enormous opportunities of the twenty-first century. In The Lean Startup, Eric Ries laid out the practices of successful startups - building a minimal ... |
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This gorgeous boxed set of all of her classic romantic novels includes "Pride and Prejudice", "Emma", "Sense and Sensibility", "Mansfield Park", "Persuasion" and "Northanger Abbey", and each individual volume is beautifully designed and features a bespoke jacket, introduction or afterword, and Hugh Thomson's timeless, evocative illustrations. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Whether in the electrically charged chemistry of Elizabeth Bennett and ... |
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The art and science of communicating numbers. Making Numbers Count is a lively, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to turning cold, clinical data into a memorable story. How many hours' worth of songs are on your Spotify Wrapped this year? How much is your commute time really worth? How do you work out how likely you are to get Covid based on the official statistics? How do your viewing hours track against the most popular shows on Netflix? Whether you're interested in global problems like climate change, and understanding that the Australian wildfires destroyed an area twice the size of Portugal, or just ... |
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New York Times bestseller. From the )1 bestselling author of "Drive" and "A whole new mind". "Brims with a surprising amount of insight and practical advice." The Wall Street Journal ... The groundbreaking book that unlocks the scientific secrets of good timing to help you flourish at work, at school, and at home. Every day we confront a never-ending stream of "when" decisions. When to change jobs. When to schedule a meeting or a class. When to get serious about a person or a project. Yet we make such decisions haphazardly-based on intuition and guesswork. In "When", ... |
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Научете за какво се използват CSS стиловете и как да ги прилагате правилно. Запознайте се със структурата им, начините за тяхното свързване с уеб страниците, задаването на приоритети, както и използването на селектори и коментари. За да усъвършенствате работата си с езика, книгата включва подробно описание на над 180 свойства, подредени по азбучен ред. Включено е предназначението на всяко свойство, описание на стойностите, които може да приема и пример за това как се прилага. Книгата включва и ценен справочник на свойствата по следните групи: преобразуване и оформление на текст, таблици и списъци; манипулиране на ... |
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