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Click Moment
In The Click Moment, Frans Johansson, author of The Medici Effect, shows how to stay ahead when you can't predict the future Success is random. But we can capture this randomness and turn it in our favour. According to bestselling author Frans Johansson, planning and careful analysis no longer guarantee success. But dig deep into the actions of successful people and organizations and you find one common theme. A turning point occurs and they take advantage of that 'click moment' to change their fate. Diane von Furstenberg saw a matching skirt and top on TV and the wrap-dress was born. Microsoft Windows was on the brink of being shut down until two people met at a party. Starbucks sold brewing equipment until Howard Schultz experienced his first latte. These people capitalized on their luck and altered the course of their lives. The Click Moment shows how we can follow them by opening ourselves up to chance encounters and harnessing the forces of success that follow.
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12,50 €
Series of Unfortunate Events 10: Slippery Slope
What would you do if you found yourself trapped in a runaway caravan hurtling down a precipitous mountain slope? Fourteen-year-old Violet, the oldest orphan of the three Baudelaires, decides to try to slow the velocity of the caravan with a drag-chute invention involving a viscous combination of blackstrap molasses, maple syrup, maraschino liqueur, peanut butter, etc. If plummeting to their death weren't scary enough, Violet and her brother Klaus have been separated from Sunny, their baby sister who is in a car headed in the opposite direction up the mountain with the facinorous" Count Olaf, his "villainous and stylish" girlfriend Esme Squalor, and their creepy sidekicks. Do Violet and Klaus find Sunny on the mountain? How will they survive the treacherous, snow-covered peaks with not much more than a ukulele and a bread knife, especially in the face of the "organized, ill-tempered" snow gnats?"
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8,17 €
8,60 €
Clothes... and other things that matter
'Clothes is the perfect isolation read - clever, emotionally intelligent, revelling in style without making us yearn to shop' - Hannah Betts, The Times'Self-deprecating and stylish, this is sure to become a classic.' - Vanity Fair'A life beyond Moss, mwahs and Manolo Blahniks - by the fashionista that really knows [...] a wry and candid part-memoir, part-fashion history, part-social commentary.' - Mail on SundayChosen as 'book of the week' by the Observer -'Its jacket of bubblegum pink letters on grown-up navy certainly suggested to me that it might just be the perfect lockdown pick-me-up [...] among its pages, there are some lovely, resonant set pieces.''Shulman can craft a good story and has an eye for great pictures [...] it will make perfect lockdown reading, an opportunity to shut out the real world and meander through the Arcadian years of fashion.' - The Sunday Times'She has written about her clothes, and given us some scintillating reading. [...] hugely engaging memoir.' - Emily Bearn, The Spectator'I really loved this book - it's warm, thought-provoking and honest. In the end, I had to ration myself because I didn't want to finish.
In these frankly strange times it was wonderful and comforting.' - Victoria Hislop'I loved this book. It's great company and a Corona comfort. Alexandra Shulman's style is unaffected, immediate and hilariously dry.
She's brilliant at observing everyday feelings in a joy-sparking turn of phrase - but better still she has made me feel so much better about owning too many clothes. Instead of doing a ruthless edit I find myself curating my own private exhibition - inside my wardrobe hang not just clothes, not just stories but my own autobiography.' - Helena Bonham Carter'From the hat that went to the a Royal wedding to a life-changing bathrobe, Alexandra Shulman tells her life story in clothes ... in her hotly anticipated memoir' -You magazine 'Such a great read - so open and honest and funny.
I devoured it in one sitting.' - Kirsty Wark'It's so wonderful, and has kept me beautiful, nostalgic, wry, clever company during this time. I love it.' - Sophie Dahl'For those to whom clothes are a source of happiness this book is possibly the perfect lockdown pick-me-up. It is the chance to meander quietly through the golden years of fashion, accompanied by the one woman who has been there, done that and definitely worn the t-shirt.' - A Little BirdChosen by Evening Standard as one of the best books to look forward to in 2020 - 'a must-read memoir for even those beyond the fashion set.' Chosen by Stylist as one of 2020's best non-fiction books -'In the funny and opinionated Clothes...
and other things that matter, former Vogue UK editor Alexandra Shulman explores the meaning of clothes and how we wear them. From the little black dress to the white shirt and the bikini, she takes pieces of clothes and examines their role in her own life and the lives of women in general, touching on issues including sexual identity, motherhood, ambition, power and body image. A must-read for anyone, like Miranda Priestly, who knows that clothes might not maketh the woman, but they certainly help.' 'Clothes...
and other things that matter is a book not only about clothes but about the way we live our lives. From childhood onwards, the way we dress is a result of our personal history. In a mix of memoir, fashion history and social observation I am writing about the person our clothes allows us to be and sometimes the person they turn us into.' - Alexandra ShulmanIn Clothes...
and other things that matter, Alexandra Shulman delves into her own life to look at the emotions, ambitions, expectations and meanings behind the way we dress. From the bra to the bikini, the trench coat to trainers, the slip dress to the suit, she explores their meaning in women's lives and how our wardrobes intersect with the larger world - the career ladder, motherhood, romance, sexual identity, ambition, failure, body image and celebrity. By turns funny, refreshingly self-deprecating and often very moving, this startlingly honest memoir from the ex-Editor of British Vogue will encourage women of all ages to consider what their own clothes mean to them, the life they live in them and the stories they tell.
A kiégés társadalma
SAJÁT MAGUNK KIZSÁKMÁNYOLÓI LETTÜNK.
A neoliberális kapitalizmus nem az emberek megfélemlítésében, hanem az engedelmes és hasznos munkavállalók kitermelésében érdekelt. Az ember teste és az élet ideje a nyereségtöbblet kiszámításához elengedhetetlen mértékegységgé változott. A teljesítmény társadalma úgy gyarmatosította az életünket, hogy a kívülről érkező elvárásokat belső kényszerre váltotta. Mi történik akkor, ha az úr és a szolga egyetlen személyben egyesül? A bennünk összpontosuló hatalom erőszaktétele már csak testünk betegségeinek tüneteiben mutatkozhat meg. A lázadás elfojtása az önkizsákmányolás formájában jelenik meg, és az egyén önként hajszolja magát a teljes kiégésig - a tőke pedig szabadon áramlik tovább.
Hogyan jelenthet kiutat ebből a lidérces álomból az unalom, a személődő figyelem vagy éppen az inspiráló fáradtság? Ha létezik korszellem, akkor Byung-Chul Han telibe találta azt. A filozófia és szociológia klasszikusait metsző pontossággal kell olvasni ahhoz, hogy a mai világ leírásához szükséges új fogalmi kereteket megalkothassuk. Jelen kötet erre tesz kísérletet.
In My Heart
Starring the same little girl in the same charming illustration style as Hello In There!, In My Heart explores emotions--happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness and more. Unlike other feelings books that tend to oversimplify, In My Heart lyrically explains what an emotion feels like, physically, inside. For example: "When I get really angry, my heart feels like it's going to explode! Don't come near me! My heart is yelling, hot and loud. This is when my heart is mad." Toddlers will be empowered by this new vocabulary and able to practice articulating and identifying their own emotions. On the cover and the right side of each spread, a die-cut heart decreases in size, creating a multi-coloured heart the depth of the entire book.
List
Phoebe Henderson may be single but she sure doesn't feel fabulous. It's been a year since she found her boyfriend Alex in bed with another woman, and multiple cases of wine and extensive relationship analysis with best friend Lucy have done nothing to help. Faced with a new year but no new love, Phoebe concocts a different kind of resolution. The List: ten things she's always wanted to do in bed but has never had the chance (or the courage!) to try. A bucket list for between the sheets. One year of pleasure, no strings attached. Simple, right? Factor in meddlesome colleagues, friends with benefits, getting frisky al fresco and maybe, possibly, true love and Phoebe's got her work cut out for her.
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9,98 €
10,50 €
Yours Always
Love letters are potent. They breathe. They speak. They can arouse, comfort, captivate. They can also cut deep. The powerful, deeply personal letters collected here reveal the painful underside of love. Witness Winston Churchill 'growl with anger to be treated with benevolent indifference' and Edith Piaf reel in the throes of a 'terrible' passion. Through the letters of literary icons Charlotte Bronte, Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolf, Hollywood stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and statesmen Henry VIII and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Yours Always offers an unusually intimate insight into the lives of such illustrious figures. Love is revealed here in its many shades of disharmony and confusion: unrequited, uncertain, imbalanced, unconventional, thwarted, failed and forbidden. Love is not always rose-tinted, and Yours Always illuminates the sorrows that can accompany falling in, falling out, and staying in love. Includes letter to and from: Charlotte Bronte, Richard Burton, Lord Byron, Winston Churchill, Marie Curie, Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway, Henry VIII, Ted Hughes, Graham Greene, Franz Kafka, Marilyn Monroe, Iris Murdoch, Edith Piaf, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Elizabeth Taylor, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, W.B. Yeats
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12,83 €
13,50 €
Protest Stencil Toolkit
This book enables non-designers to create graphics for protests. The 46 different stencils in the book, including 2 typefaces, can be combined to create slogans and powerful visual messages. The die-cut stencils are robust enough to be re-used many t
imes. The selection of images has been made to reflect the concerns of our times, such as the environment and the financial system. There are also a number of images taken from the great protest movements of the 20th Century. With a mixture of powerf
ul images and the limitless potential to create slogans, the book is not only fun, but also a serious look at the graphics of protest.
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21,84 €
22,99 €
Sleeping Beauty Theatre
Based on the success of her strikingly original storybook The Fairytale Princess, Su Blackwell's sumptuous fairytale images, cut out from the pages of classic fables, are now brought to life in three dimensions in this beautiful paper theatre. Everything a child needs to re-enact the well-loved story of Sleeping Beauty is provided, including interchangeable scenery and delightful moveable versions of the characters. The covers open out to reveal an ingeniously designed pop-up theatre stage, complete with a set of slot-in scenery sheets, moveable characters and free-standing props. The theatre includes storage for the elements not in use, and an enclosed booklet contains instructions on how to stage your own performance of Sleeping Beauty for family and friends, including a script to follow. The Sleeping Beauty Theatre will be coveted by children and adults alike.
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28,03 €
29,50 €
How To Pack For Any Trip 1
With Lonely Planet's stylishly illustrated How to Pack for Any Trip, learn to up your packing game. Take the pain out of packing by using our cut-out-and-keep lists. Teach the kids to pack and learn how to edit your own capsule wardrobe. Make your tech work harder by choosing apps that will pack for you. Find luggage that's a true soulmate for your travel style that will be in it for the long haul. Even take comfort and inspiration in stories of packing mishaps and luggage pioneers from days gone by. Are you a stylish city weekender wanting to look your best while on the go, a streamlined business traveller looking for even more efficient carry-on packing techniques, a tipping-the-scales travelling family preparing for any kind of meltdown or an adventuring adrenaline junkie needing necessary kit supplies? Headed for a beach break, a jungle trek, a 48-hour jaunt or a six-month expedition? Preparing for sweltering heat or subzero conditions? No matter what type of traveller you are or what kind of trip you're planning, the various tailored packing lists, tips, techniques and advice in this book will help you unleash the packing pro within and keep your luggage light and organised. Includes: * comprehensive packing lists * tried-and-tested packing methods * advice for choosing luggage * how-to illustrations * kit ideas for every type of trip Packing light is once again a la mode. As the author Antoine de Saint-Exupery once said: 'He who would travel happily, must travel light.' When it comes to your suitcase, less really is more, leaving you light on your feet and free to immerse yourself in local culture and nature without being weighed down. However, regarded as an art, a science, or even a necessary evil, packing is a task all travellers must tackle before their journey even begins, yet not many of us, do it well or approach it with any sense of pleasure. Let us fix that! Step away from that mountainous pile of clothing, get up off that suitcase you're trying to squash shut, and allow this book to unclutter your path to luggage liberation. Indeed, packing light can take more time and strategy. Happily, this guide will teach you the skills to decide what is absolutely necessary and what can be done without. Happy packing! About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)
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10,40 €
10,95 €
Crazy Rich Asians
When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens to be the country’s most eligible bachelor.
On Nick’s arm, Rachel may as well have a target on her back the second she steps off the plane, and soon, her relaxed vacation turns into an obstacle course of old money, new money, nosy relatives, and scheming social climbers.
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10,44 €
10,99 €
Speaking From Among Bone
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Eleven-year-old amateur detective and ardent chemist Flavia de Luce is used to digging up clues, whether they’re found among the potions in her laboratory or between the pages of her insufferable sisters’ diaries. What she is not accustomed to is digging up bodies. Upon the five-hundredth anniversary of St. Tancred’s death, the English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey is busily preparing to open its patron saint’s tomb. Nobody is more excited to peek inside the crypt than Flavia, yet what she finds will halt the proceedings dead in their tracks: the body of Mr. Collicutt, the church organist, his face grotesquely and inexplicably masked. Who held a vendetta against Mr. Collicutt, and why would they hide him in such a sacred resting place? The irrepressible Flavia decides to find out. And what she unearths will prove there’s never such thing as an open-and-shut case. Acclaim for Speaking from Among the Bones “[Alan] Bradley scores another success.
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5,65 €
5,95 €
Az idióta agy - Miben töri a fejét a szürkeállományunk?
Az emberek memóriája tényleg öntelt és egoista?
Az összeesküvés-elméletek és a babonák valóban az egészséges agy elkerülhetetlen hatásai?
Tényleg igaz, hogy az alkohol javíthatja a memóriát? *
Van egy jó és egy rossz hírünk. Kezdjük a rosszal: az agyunk, bármilyen fejlettnek is gondolja magát, alig bírja tartani a tempót a minket körülvevő világgal. Még azt sem érti meg, ha járművel utazunk, hanem a saját biztonságunk érdekében folyamatos rettegésben tart. Ráadásul egy nevet sem képes olyan hamar megjegyezni, mint a hozzá tartozó arcot. Túl későn jelez, ha degeszre esszük magunkat, és még az emlékeinket is hajlamos megmásítani csak azért, hogy jó színben tüntessen fel minket önmagunk előtt.
Most mondjuk a jó hírt: mindezekről, és sok egyéb agyi jelenség okairól is olvashatnak ebben a könyvben!
* Szerkesztő megjegyzése: kérjük, olvassa el a könyvet, mielőtt tesztelné ezt a következtetést!
Dr. Dean Burnett neurobiológus, tapasztalt oktató és előadó, blogger, valamint a The Guardian és más mainstream kiadványok rendszeres publicistája. Jelenleg a Cardiff Egyetem Pszichológiai Iskolájában kutatómunkatárs (tiszteletbeli), és feleségével, két gyermekével, valamint riasztóan pszichopata kiscicájával, Pickle-vel él a wales-i fővárosban.
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12,26 €
12,90 €
The Patriots
Growing up in 1930s Brooklyn, Florence Fein will do anything to escape the confining values of her family and her city, and create a life of meaning and consequence. When a new job and a love affair lead her to Moscow, she doesn't think twice about abandoning America - only to discover, years later, that America has abandoned her. Now, as her son Julian travels back to Moscow - entrusted to stitch together a murky transcontinental oil deal - he must dig into Florence's past to discover who his mother really was and what she became. He must also persuade his own son, Lenny, to abandon his risky quest for prosperity in the cut-throat Russian marketplace. As he traces a thread from Depression-era America, through the collective housing and work camps of Stalin's USSR, to the glittering, oil-rich world of New Russia, Julian finally begins to understand the role he has played - as a father, and as a son.Epic in sweep and intimate in detail, The Patriots is both a compelling portrait of the entangled relationship between America and Russia, and a beautifully crafted story of three generations of one family caught between the forces of history and the consequences of past choices.
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11,35 €
11,95 €
An Atlas of Countries that Dont Exist
Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton takes us on a magical tour of countries that, lacking diplomatic recognition or UN membership, inhabit a world of shifting borders, visionary leaders and forgotten peoples. Most of us think we know what a country is, but in truth the concept is rather slippery. From Catalonia to the Crimea, and from Africa's last colony to the European republic that enjoyed just a solitary day of independence, the places in this book may lie on the margins of legitimacy, but all can be visited in the real world. Beautifully illustrated by fifty regional maps, each shadowy country is literally cut out of the page of this book. Alongside stories, facts and figures, this Atlas brings to life a dreamlike world of nations that exist only in the minds of the people who live there.
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24,65 €
25,95 €
IncrediBuilds - Star Wars: R2-D2 Deluxe Book and Model Set
Build your own R2-D2 with this "IncrediBuilds: Star Wars" model kit, featuring a full-color booklet with facts and trivia on everyone's favorite droid. Build and color your own 3D R2-D2 model and learn all about the classic Star Wars character in this deluxe IncrediBuilds book set. Everyone's favorite unflappable astromech, R2-D2, takes center stage in this exciting "Star Wars" book and wood model set. The full-color, hardcover book is packed with information on R2 from his basic capabilities to his most heroic intergalactic adventures and filled with amazing imagery from the "Star Wars" films. The wooden model is easy to assemble and snaps together to form a dynamic, displayable 3D version of R2-D2 that fans will love. Includes: -Laser-cut, FSC-certified wood sheet with easy-to-assemble pieces -Step-by-step instructions -Coloring and crafting ideas -An R2-D2 guidebook, "An Inside Look At The Ultimate Astromech Droid" Skill Level: Advanced"
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19,48 €
20,50 €
My Grannys Purse
Small is beautiful! Introducing the Mini Edition of My Granny's Purse, which brings all the interactive features and fun of the original book to a cleverly designed format that's affordably priced and just the right size for kids to carry anywhere and everywhere they go. The book opens up to eight sturdy, individually die-cut leaves that lift, slide, unfold, and pull out for hours of play. My Granny's Purse reveals a delightful story told through Granny's treasures. Kids can look through all the stamps in her passport and try on her sunglasses and rings. New are a banana with a joke, and a smartphone this granny likes to keep up with the times. The Mini Edition is jam-packed with objects to discover and explore.
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15,19 €
15,99 €
Infamous
OMG, Madison Parker is back once again for the third book in her deliciously mean The Fame Game series. The claws are out in the race to become Hollywood's brightest star...Madison Parker made a name for herself as best frenemy of nice-girl-next-door-turned-reality-celeb Jane Roberts in L. A. Candy. Now she's ready for her turn in the spotlight and she'll stop at nothing to get it. But with backstabbing friends and family, relentless paparazzi and tabloid scandals she can't control, Madison is going to have her work cut out for her...Filled with characters both familiar and new, this third book in Lauren Conrad's glamorous series about life in front of the camera dishes Hollywood gossip and drama at every turn.
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9,98 €
10,50 €
Merde Factor
Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, and doing his best not to annoy the French. But recently things have been going tres wrong: He's stuck in an apartment so small that he has to cut his baguettes in two to fit them in the kitchen. His research into authentic French cuisine is about to cause a national strike - and it could be all his fault. His Parisian business partner is determined to close their tea-room. And thinks that sexually harrassing his female employees is a basic human right. And Paul's gorgeous ex-girlfriend seems to be stalking him. Threatened with eviction, unemployment and bankrupcy, Paul realises that his personal merde factor is about to hit the fan...
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9,03 €
9,50 €