In this timely book Gardeners' World's thrifty & resourceful Alys Fowler shows that there is a way to take the good life & re-fashion it to fit in with life in the city 256 pages fc photographs & bw lino cuts throughout Fowler Alys ...

By the author of The Handmaid's Tale & Alias Grace Marian is determined to be ordinary She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancee & quietly awaits marriage But she didn't count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine & her digestion Marriage a la mode Marian discovers is something she literally can't stomach The Edible Woman is a funny engaging novel about emotional cannibalism men & women & desire to be consumed' Margaret Atwood not only has a sense of humour she has wit & style in abundance a joy to read' Good Housekeeping' Written with a brilliant angry energy' Observer 'A witty elegant generous & patient writer' Punch ...

The myth If you get into a good college study hard & graduate with excellent grades you will be pretty much set for a successful career The reality The biggest thing you won't learn in college is how to succeed professionally Some of the smartest most successful people in the country didn't finish college None of them learned their most critical skills at an institution of higher education & like them most of what you'll need to learn to be successful you'll have to learn on your own outside of school Michael Ellsberg set out to fill in the gaps by interviewing a wide range of millionaires & billionaires who don't have college degrees including fashion magnate Russell Simmons Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz & founding president Sean Parker Word Press creator Matt Mullenweg & Pink Floyd songwriter & lead guitarist David Gilmour This book is your guide to developing practical success skills in the real world Even if you've already gone through college the most important skills weren't in the curriculum
- how to find great mentors build a world-class network learn real-world marketing & sales make your work meaningful (and your meaning work) build the brand of you master the art of bootstrapping & more Learning the skills in this book well is a necessary addition to any education This book shows you the way whether you're a high school dropout or a graduate of Harvard Law School
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Jan Peter & Jule are three leftist political activists who break into the homes of the rich leaving a calling card from the ' Edukator' When Jule leaves her mobile phone in a home that the trio have recently broken into they return only to find the owner waiting for them ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KATE WILLIAMSSebastian is young handsome & romantic the heir to a vast & beautiful English country estate He is a fixed feature in the eternal round of lavish parties intrigues & traditions at the cold decadent heart of Edwardian high society Everyone knows the role he must play but Sebastian isn't sure he wants the part Position privilege & wealth are his if he can resist the lure of a brave new world ...

A new breakthrough idea about how to win customer loyalty from Matthew Dixon the bestselling author of The Challenger Sale Everyone knows that the best way to create customer loyalty is with service so good so over the top that it surprises & delights But what if everyone is wrong? In their acclaimed bestseller The Challenger Sale Matthew Dixon & his colleagues at CEB busted longstanding myths about sales Now they've turned to a new vital business subject
- customer loyalty
- with a book that turns conventional wisdom on its head Companies devote untold time & resources trying to dazzle customers Yet CEB's careful research proves that is wildly overrated loyalty has a lot more to do with how well companies deliver on their basic promises than on how dazzling the service experience might be Forget bells & whistles & just solve your customer's problems The Effortless Experience lays out the four pillars of a low-effort customer experience with robust data in-sights & profiles Here are tools & templates you can start applying right away to improve service reduce costs & ultimately generate the elusive loyalty that the 'dazzle factor' fails to deliver The rewards are there for the taking & the pathway to achieving them is now clearly marked'A business detective story in which cherished truths are systematically investigated-and frequently debunked' -Dan Heath coauthor of Decisive Switch & Made to Stick Matt Dixon is Executive Director of the Sales & Service Practice at CEB He is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review & his previous book The Challenger Sale was a Wall Street Journal bestseller Nick Toman is Senior Director of Research for CEB's Sales & Services Practice & is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review Rick De Lisi is Senior Director of Advisory Services for CEB's Sales & Service Practice & a noted public speaker & facilitator

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We're used to thinking about the self as an independent entity something that we either have or are In The Ego Tunnel philosopher Thomas Metzinger claims otherwise No such thing as a self exists The conscious self is the content of a model created by our brainan internal image but one we cannot experience as an image Everything we experience is a virtual self in a virtual reality But if the self is not real why & how did it evolve? How does the brain construct it? Do we still have souls free will personal autonomy or moral accountability? In a time when the science of cognition is becoming as controversial as evolution The Ego Tunnel provides a stunningly original take on the mystery of the mind ...

In addition to their astonishing legacy of artifacts & burial sites the ancient Egyptians also produced a rich body of writing about the quest for immortality The Egyptian Book of Living & Dying traces humankind's progress from birth to death to the mysterious realm of the afterlife with this mortal cycle set against the eternal backdrop of the cosmos the gods the movement of the sun the symbolism of the stars & the great battles of Horus & Seth In particular the Book of the Dead emphasizes the hazardous voyage of the soul as it makes its way through the Underworld in search of the eternal paradise This illuminating work will help bring readers one step closer to the spirit of the ancient Egyptians ...

Welcome to the British Museum home to Lottie Lipton nine-year-old investigator extraordinaire! Lottie loves helping her Great Uncle Bert with his new exhibits at the British Museum But when she reads a magic spell that brings to life twenty mischievous Egyptian statues the museum ends up in a complete mess! Can Lottie Great Uncle Bert & Reg the caretaker track down the chaotic statues before they destroy the whole museum? Perfect for developing & newly confident middle grade readers Lottie Lipton Adventures are packed with action & puzzles for the reader to solve With a courageous heroine (with a hint of Indiana Jones about her) children will love these historical adventures ...

'I started reading this & couldn't stop It's a remarkable piece of work & very revealing A stirring rendition of a people's revolution'- Noam Chomsky' The deepest & most comprehensive account of Egypt's revolution in the English language'
- Paul Mason Egypt is a nation in turmoil caught in a cycle of revolution & counter-revolution In The Egyptians A Radical Story Jack Shenker uncovers the historical roots of today's unrest & reveals a land divided between two irreconcilable political orders authoritarian power & grassroots resistance Challenging conventional analyses that focus only on the battle between Islamists & secular forces he travels the Arab World's most populous country to explore other far more important fault lines
- the communities waging war against transnational corporations the people subverting long-established gender norms the workers seizing control of their factories & the novelists graffiti artists & back-alley DJs defying their repressive regime Showing that the revolution was no isolated episode but rather part of an ongoing struggle against state authority & economic exclusion Shenker explains why recent events are so threatening to elites both inside Egypt & abroad While Egyptian rulers seek to eliminate dissent seeded within the politics of the young generation are forms of democracy social justice & resistance that could yet change the world

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