How to be a Brit: Includes the Classic Bestseller How to be an Alien Mikes George Penguin Group

Would you let an algorithm determine your fate? Hannah Fry lifts the lid on the world of algorithms, examining how they impact our future and whether they really are an improvement on the humans they replace

Джордж Майкс написал много успешных книг на самые разные интересные темы, но ни одна из них не была столь успешной, как те, что посвящены теме, наиболее важной для его собственного опыта: его приемной стране. Первая из них вышла в 1946 году: знаменитая книга "Как быть инопланетянином". Позже он дополняет картину "Как быть неподражаемым" и "Как быть декадентским". Все три книги были проиллюстрированы мастером карикатуристического искусства, покойным Николасом Бентли • Книга на английском языке • George Mikes has written many successful books on a variety of interesting subjects, but one so successful as those on the subject most central to his own experience: his adopted country. The first of these came out in 1946: the ever famous "How to be an Alien

The Tudor era encompasses some of the greatest changes in our history. But while we know about the historical dramas of the times - most notably in the court of Henry VIII - what was life really like for a commoner like you or me? • To answer this question, the renowned "method historian" and historical advisor to the BBC Ruth Goodman has slept, washed and cooked as the Tudors did - so you don't have to! She is your expert guide to this fascinating era, drawing on years of practical historical study to show how our ancestors coped with everyday life, from how they slept to how they courted • Using a vast range of sources, she takes you back to the time when soot was used as toothpaste and the "upper crust" of bread was served to the wealthier members of the house

The secret to sales success: don't just build relationships with customers. Challenge them • What's the secret to sales success? If you're like most business leaders, you'd say it's fundamentally about relationships-and you'd be wrong. The best salespeople don't just build relationships with customers. They challenge them • Matthew Dixon, Brent Adamson, and their colleagues at CEB have studied what determines the performance of thousands of sales reps worldwide. And what they discovered may be the biggest shock to conventional sales wisdom in decades • The Challenger Sale argues that classic relationship building is a losing approach. Every sales rep in the world falls into one of five distinct profiles, and while all of these types of reps can deliver average sales performance, only one - the Challenger - delivers consistently high performance

Быть стратегом - важнейший навык. Это позволяет вам решать проблемы изо дня в день, одновременно заглядывая в долгосрочную перспективу, предвидя возможности и избегая угроз • Фред Пелард уже почти 20 лет обучает стратегическому мышлению руководителей всех уровней в ведущих компаниях по всему миру. "Как быть стратегом" - это его доступное и подробное руководство по стратегическому мышлению в любой ситуации. Он содержит 12 наглядно иллюстрированных, действенных методик от ведущих экспертов, таких как Эрик Рис, Чан Ким и Барбара Минто, и поможет вам каждый раз находить свой собственный путь к правильному решению • Книга на английском языке • Being strategic is a critical skill. It enables you to solve problems on a day-to-day basis while also keeping an eye on the long term, anticipating opportunities and mitigating threats along the way

Every time we are faced with change, no matter how great or small, we also face risk. We feel uncertain and exposed. We feel vulnerable. Most of us try to fight those feelings - or feel guilt for feeling them in the first place • In a powerful new vision Dr Brene Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability, and dispels the widely accepted myth that it's a weakness. She argues that, in truth, vulnerability is strength and when we shut ourselves off from vulnerability - from revealing our true selves - we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives • Daring Greatly is the culmination of 12 years of groundbreaking social research, across every area of our lives including home, relationships, work, and parenting

Как жили и работали, что ели, чем лечились, на чем ездили, во что одевались и как развлекались обычные англичане ушедших эпох? Каково было готовить на угле, пить пиво на завтрак, чистить зубы толченой костью каракатицы, ездить на работу в конном омнибусе и трудиться по дому в корсете? Книга авторитетного британского историка Рут Гудман, основанная на солидном документальном материале (дневники, письма, автобиографии, периодические издания и книги), рассказывает о многих аспектах типичного распорядка дня в XIX веке, включая питание, заботу о здоровье, интимную близость, моду, труд и развлечения. Снабженная рядом черно-белых и цветных иллюстраций книга "Как жить в Викторианскую эпоху" представляет собой яркую коллекцию удивительных обычаев, привычек и подробностей частной жизни англичан в период правления королевы Виктории

A disturbing look at obsession, delusion and the way boundaries between the domestic and the wild can blur, HOW TO BE HUMAN marks the arrival of an incredible new voice • SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2018 • 'In evocative and elegant prose Cocozza delves deep into the psyche of a strange and troubled woman. The reader is invited to share in her intense connection to a fox and will admire the author's mordantly witty dissection of contemporary manners.' -Sarah Perry, chair of Judges for Desmond Elliott Prize • You've seen a fox • Come face to face in an unexpected place, or at an unexpected moment • And he has looked at you, as you have looked at him. As if he has something to tell you, or you have something to tell him • But what if it didn't stop there? • When Mary arrives home from work one day to find a magnificent fox on her lawn - his ears spiked in attention and every hair bristling with his power to surprise - it is only the beginning

How to Be a Christian brings together the best of Lewis’s insights on Christian practice and its expression in our daily lives. Cultivated from his many essays, articles, and letters, as well as his classic works • From the revered teacher and best-selling author of such classic Christian works as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters comes a collection that gathers the best of C. S. Lewis’s practical advice on how to embody a Christian life • The most famous adherent and defender of Christianity in the twentieth century, C. S. Lewis has long influenced our perceptions and understanding of the faith. More than fifty years after his death, Lewis’s arguments remain extraordinarily persuasive because they originate from his deep insights into the Christian life itself

How to Be Happy (or at least less sad) is a workbook offering a place of solace, distraction, and a fresh perspective on life. This book will not fix you and it will not make you happy, but it promises to help you rediscover the simple pleasures in life and, 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 and its author is no Pollyanna. It's an explicit map that leads to a place where you're going to feel measurably better, and better equipped to face life's vicissitudes

Fall in love with art and design! This creative kids book introduces them to the wonderful world of art history and creating art! • Discover your artistic style through the pages of this children's craft book. More than that, this book encourages art as a STEM field and teaches kids the history of art, art theory, and introduces them to the most notable artists who have influenced art movements • How To Be An Artist includes fascinating details on how art has developed through the years and gives children the opportunity to learn key artistic skills. The book includes • - Step-by-step projects, information about artistic movements, and profiles on pioneering artists • - Four sections: drawing, painting, crafting, nature, and animating • - Information on the educational importance of including art in STEM learning • - Over 30 art activities for kids to try at home • Create your own masterpieces while you learn to paint, draw and design

A beautiful, moving story of family, friendship and self-discovery • Super rich. Super shy. Super lonely • Lucas is all alone • Since his mum died, Lucas and his dad don’t seem to understand each other at all – it’s almost as if they’re speaking different languages. With a long, hot summer facing him, Lucas is dreading the drama club that his dad has signed him up for – he doesn’t know how to be around new people and he can’t stand performing. But the people Lucas meets at the club force him to open up and start talking, and when disaster strikes, Lucas is forced to step in and help. Can his new-found friends teach Lucas how to be himself? • Filled with empathy and insight, and sensitively touching on issues including grief, anxiety, loneliness with great understanding and an incredible lightness of touch, How to be Me is a kind, heartwarming, and uplifting story, from the author of the high-acclaimed novels Ella on the Outside and Not My Fault – perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Lisa Thompson