Confidence is within your reach Confidence doesn't come naturally to everyone & needs to be developed over time If you struggle to feel calm & poised under pressure or wish you had the self-assurance to shoutabout all your star qualities then look no further this book is here to help Bursting with tips assertive statements & activities How to Be Confident will enable you to work through whatever is holding you back so you can embrace your inner confidence ...

Denmark is the country of the moment Recently named the happiest nation in the world it's the motherland of The Bridge Borgen & The Killing & home to Noma the world's best restaurant But though we wear their jumpers & watch their thrillers how much do we really know about the Danes themselves? Part reportage part travelogue How to be Danish is an attempt to fill in some of the gaps
- an introduction to contemporary Danish culture that spans television food design architecture politics & race From the set of The Killing to the chefs of Noma via the woman who knitted that jumper Patrick Kingsley takes us on a journey to the mysterious heart of Denmark
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Welcome to depression! First you're going to need sweatpants Next you're going to need a sense of humor Authorcomedian Dana Eagle offers a mix of tongue-in-cheek advice wry wisdom & "therapeutic" activities like a bad-poetry generator Hilarious & hilariously honest How to Be Depressed will make readers cry-with laughter For anyone who's ever been sad really sad-or just known someone who's been really sad! Your can-do guide to the mood disordersweeping the nation! Just what the shrink ordered funny books! Paperback; 575 x 775 inches 144 pages ...

How to be Good is Nick Hornby's hilarious bestselling novel on life love & charity'I am in a car park in Leeds when I tell my husband I don't want to be married to him any more ' London GP Katie Carr always thought she was a good person With her husband David making a living as ' The Angriest Man in Holloway' she figured she could put up with anything Until that is David meets DJ Goodnews & becomes a good person too A far-too-good person who starts committing crimes of charity like taking in the homeless & giving their kids' toys away Suddenly Katie's feeling very bad about herself & thinking that if charity begins at home then maybe its time to move This laugh-out-loud novel from the bestselling author of About a Boy & High Fidelity will have you gripped from start to finish & will appeal to fans of David Nicholls & Jonathan Coe as well as readers in need of a moral compass everywhere' Pins you in your armchair ad won't let go How to be Good? How to be bloody marvellous more like' Mail on Sunday' It does exactly what it says on the cover Hornby's prose is artful & effortless his spiky wit as razored as a number-two cut' Independent' The writing is so funny & the set-pieces so brilliant Hornby's best book since Fever Pitch' Lynn Truss The Times ...

HOW TO BE HAPPY (OR AT LEAST LESS SAD) is a workbook offering a place of solace distraction & a fresh perspective on life This book will not fix you & it will not make you happy but it promises to help you rediscover the simple pleasures in life & ultimately make you feel that little less sad This book made me nervous when I first scanned through it because I knew it would work! This isn't a self-help book; it's more of a blue-collar get-down-to business friend with calloused hands who is ready to boogie when you are This book is about action But also acknowledgement There are no platitudes & its author is no Pollyanna It's an explicit map that leads to a place where you're going to feel measurably better & better equipped to face life's vicissitudes
- Rob Delaney Comedian
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FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FRAZZLEDA three way encounter between a Monk a neuroscientist & Ruby Wax sounds like the set up for a joke Instead it's produced one of the most fascinating intriguing & informative books about minds & bodies & brains & mindfulness I've ever encountered A triangulation on what it means to be human Utterly readable & surprisingly wise Neil Gaiman How to Be Human is without exaggeration a lifeline; wise practical & funny it is a handbook for those in despair It is actually for everyone alive for the curious or disillusioned or muddled or just plain happy Ruby the Monk & the Neuroscientist are today's Magi Joanna Lumley With this marvellous book Ruby Wax has confirmed her position as one of the most readable inspirational & engaging writers in the field of human mental health happiness & fulfilment Stephen Fry It took us 4 billion years to evolve to where we are now No question anyone reading this has won the evolutionary Hunger Games by the fact you're on all twos & not some fossil This should make us all the happiest species alive
- most of us aren't what's gone wrong? We've started treating ourselves more like machines & less like humans We're so used to upgrading things like our iPhones as soon as the new one comes out we don't think twice we dump it (Many people I know are now on i Wife 4 or i Husband 8 the motto being if it's new it's better) We can't stop the future from arriving no matter what drugs we're on But even if nearly every part of us becomes robotic we'll still fingers crossed have our minds which hopefully we'll be able use for things like compassion rather than chasing what's 'better' & if we can do that we're on the yellow brick road to happiness I wrote this book with a little help from a monk who explains how the mind works & also gives some mindfulness exercises & a neuroscientist who explains what makes us 'us' in the brain We answer every question you've ever had about evolution thoughts emotions the body addictions relationships kids the future & compassion How to be Human is extremely funny true & the only manual you'll need to help you upgrade your mind as much as you've upgraded your iPhone
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In How to be a Human Ruby Wax tries to come up with some answers to that niggling question about who we are With the input of a monk (an expert on our inner lives) & a neuroscientist (an expert on the brain) Ruby explores how to find happiness in the modern world
- despite the constant bombardment of bad news the need to choose between 5000 different types of toothpaste & the loneliness of having hundreds of friends who we&ve never met & don&t know us Filled with witty anecdotes from Ruby&s own life & backed up by scientific authority How to be a Human is the only guide you need for building a healthy happy relationship with yourself
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How To Be Parisian brilliantly deconstructs the French woman's views on culture fashion & attitude Bohemian free-thinkers & iconoclasts Anne Berest Caroline De Maigret Audrey Diwan & Sophie Mas cut through the myths in this gorgeous witty guide to Parisienne savoir faire These modern Parisiennes say what you don't expect to hear just the way you want to hear it They are not against smoking in bed & all for art politics & culture making everything look easy & going against the grain They will take you on a first date to a party & through a hangover They will tell you how to be mysterious & sensual make your boyfriend jealous the right way to approach weddings & the gym & they will share their address book in Paris for where to go at the end of the night for a birthday for a smart date for vintage finds & much more Full of wit & self-deprecating humour How To Be Parisian explains those confusing subjects of clothes makeup men culture & lifestyle as only a true Parisienne can ...

Matthew Inman-Eisner Award-winning creator of The Oatmeal & 1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You-serves yet another helping of thoughtful hilarity in this charming illustrated gift book for anyone who is irked by the question Are you happy? In How To Be Perfectly Unhappy Inman explores the surprising benefits of forgetting about happiness & embracing instead the meaningful activities that keep us busy & interested & fascinated NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR with a proven track record & 269000 copies sold of his debut collection 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth 896000 copies sold of his second book How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You (a 1 New York Times bestseller) & 104000 copies sold of My Dog The Paradox The Oatmeal receives more than 7 MILLION visitors a month As of 2617 4 MILLION Facebook fans; 711K Instagram followers; 553K Twitter followers PULSE OF TECHNOLOGY & ENTERTAINMENT Inman lampoons & embraces technology & has a loyal following of coders digital illustrators self-proclaimed geeks & IT gurus not to mention grateful English teachers Brilliant original & astonishingly funny Inman's unique perspective & ability to take you from a knowing nod to raucous laughter with every page turn is exasperating I hate him so much David Thorne 27bslash 6 A delightfully deranged potty-mouthed Gary Larson for the 21st Century Lauren Beukes Arthur C Clarke award-winning author of Zoo City Dangerously funny Rosa Golijan TODAYcom The man behind the crude drawings & crass jokes is 28-year-old Matthew Inman In 2009 Inman put his hand to the page & the world hasn't stopped laughing since Nick Carbone Time ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play There&8217;s a right way to be single a wrong way to be single & then&8230;there&8217;s Alice & Robin Lucy Meg Tom David New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match be it a love connection a hook-up or something in the middle & somewhere between the teasing texts & one-night stands what these unmarrieds all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love Sleeping around in the city that never sleeps was never so much fun Actors Dakota Johnson Rebel Wilson Leslie Mann Damon Wayans Jr Directors Christian Ditter Producers Drew Barrymore Dana Fox Nancy Juvonen John Rickard Language English Subtitles English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Number of discs 1 ...