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Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill. It defines us as a species • It enabled us to walk out of Africa and to spread as far as Alaska and Australia. It freed our hands and freed our minds. We put one foot in front of the other without thinking - yet how many of us know how we do that, or appreciate the advantages it gives us? In this hymn to walking, neuroscientist Shane O'Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits it confers on our bodies and minds, and urges us to appreciate - and exercise - our miraculous ability

It's not what you know, it's who you know. Or so the adage goes. Professor Matthew Jackson, world-leading researcher into social and economic networks, shows us why this is far truer than we'd like to believe • Based on his ground-breaking research, The Human Network reveals how our relationships in school, university, work and society have extraordinary implications throughout our lives and demonstrates that by understanding and taking advantage of these networks, we can boost our happiness, success and influence • But there are also wider lessons to be learnt. Drawing on concepts from economics, mathematics, sociology, and anthropology, Jackson reveals how the science of networks gives us a bold new framework to understand human interaction writ large - from banking crashes and viral marketing to racism and the spread of disease

Failure is the small print in life's terms and conditions • Covering everything from examination dreams to fourth-placed Olympians, If You Should Fail is about how modern life, in a world of self-advertised success, makes us feel like failures, frauds and imposters. Widely acclaimed observer of daily life Joe Moran is here not to tell you that everything will be all right in the end, but to reassure you that failure is an occupational hazard of being human • As Moran shows, even the supremely gifted Leonardo da Vinci could be seen as a failure. Most artists, writers, sports stars and business people face failure. We all will, and can learn how to live with it. To echo Virginia Woolf, beauty "is only got by the failure to get it . . . by facing what must be humiliation - the things one can't do

‘For 30 years I was the voice of sport at The Times – but that’s enough about me. What matters is sport.’ • This is an autobiography from which the author, award-winning writer Simon Barnes, has been surgically removed. He has reported on six World Cups, seven Olympic Games, cricket on five continents and more than 20 Wimbledons, watching Diego Maradona, Usain Bolt, Sachin Tendulkar and Roger Federer at their peak. Along the way he had soul-revealing conversations with Ayrton Senna and sat on Desert Orchid • His journalist’s experience gives him perspective, until the addictive madness of sport takes over. Epic is a stunning mosaic of some of the greatest sporting moments in recent years, which build up to provide the reader with a better idea of what sport is for, what differentiates winners from losers, and reveals how sport teaches us how better to enjoy life

TRUST IS FUNDAMENTAL TO EVERY ACTION, EVERY RELATIONSHIP, EVERY TRANSACTION • AND IT MATTERS NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE • In this ground-breaking book world-renowned trust expert Rachel Botsman reveals that we are at the tipping point of one of the biggest social transformations in human history. We might have lost faith in institutions and leaders, but millions of people travel in cars with total strangers, exchange digital currencies, or find themselves trusting a bot • We still trust: but not the way we used to

Язвительные и забавно полные отчаяния электронные письма автора коллегам из "The Daily Telegraph" о грамматических ошибках и стилистических промахах с годами привлекают все больше ярых поклонников. В книге "Строго по-английски. Правильный Способ Написания... И почему это так важно" Саймон Хеффер страстно призывает покончить с неряшливостью, которая стала такой характерной чертой повседневной речи и письма • Книга на английском языке • Издание полностью на английском языке • The author's incisive and amusingly despairing emails to colleagues at the "The Daily Telegraph" about grammatical mistakes and stylistic slips have attracted a growing band of ardent fans over the years. In this book, he makes an impassioned case for an end to the sloppiness that has become such a hallmark of everyday speech and writing

В этой книге, сочетающей в себе передовые научные достижения с их практическими применениями в реальной жизни, Чопра и Кафатос переосмысляют природу нашей реальности и то, что возможно • В книге поднято 9 вопросов • Что было до Большого взрыва? • Почему во Вселенной все так идеально сочетается? • Откуда взялось время? • Из чего состоит Вселенная? • Есть ли дизайн во Вселенной? • Связан ли квантовый мир с повседневной жизнью? • Живем ли мы в сознательной Вселенной? • Как зародилась жизнь? • Мозг создает разум? • You Are The Universe предлагает ответы, которые открывают для всех нас новые возможности вести более плодотворную, мирную и успешную жизнь • язык издания: Английский • In this book, that combines cutting edge science with real world applications, Chopra and Kafatos redefine our nature of reality and what is possible

Почему все человеческие культуры - сегодня и на протяжении всей истории - создавали музыку? Почему музыка вызывает такие сильные эмоции? Как мы воспринимаем музыкальный звук? • Это вопросы, которые до недавнего времени оставались загадочными. Теперь "Музыкальный инстинкт" исследует, как последние исследования в области музыкальной психологии и науки о мозге складывают воедино головоломку о том, как наш разум понимает музыку и реагирует на нее. Начиная от фуг Баха и заканчивая детскими стишками и тяжелым роком, Филип Болл переплетает философию, математику, историю и неврологию, чтобы показать, почему музыка так сильно волнует нас • Не требуя каких-либо специальных знаний, музыкальный инстинкт одновременно углубит ваше понимание музыки, которую вы любите, и откроет двери для музыки, которая когда-то казалась чуждой, скучной или пугающей, предлагая страстный призыв к важности музыки в образовании и в повседневной жизни

Умение слушать способно изменить наши взаимоотношения и нашу трудовую жизнь, улучшить наше самопознание, повысить нашу креативность и счастье. Хотя это может потребовать некоторых усилий, это навык, которому можно научиться и усовершенствовать • Книга Кейт Мерфи "Ты не слушаешь. Чего Вам не хватает и почему это важно" изменит вашу жизнь, навсегда изменит ваши разговоры • Когда все, чего мы жаждем, - это понять и быть понятыми, то, что ты не слушаешь, показывает нам, как это сделать • Книга на английском языке • 'Brilliant' Chris Evans, Virgin Radio Breakfast Show • When was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you? • This life-changing book will transform your conversations forever • At work, we're taught to lead the conversation

How does Britain get its food? • Why is our current system at breaking point? • How can we fix it before it is too late? • British food has changed remarkably in the last half century. As we have become wealthier and more discerning, our food has Europeanized (pizza is children's favourite food) and internationalized (we eat the world's cuisines), yet our food culture remains fragmented, a mix of mass 'ultra-processed' substances alongside food as varied and good as anywhere else on the planet • This book takes stock of the UK food system: where it comes from, what we eat, its impact, fragilities and strengths. It is a book on the politics of food. It argues that the Brexit vote will force us to review our food system. Such an opportunity is sorely needed

A succinct, expert Pelican history of the most contentious issue of our time • After all the debates, manoeuvrings, recriminations and exaltations, Brexit is upon us. But, as Kevin O'Rourke writes, Brexit did not emerge out of nowhere: it is the culmination of events that have been under way for decades and have historical roots stretching back well beyond that. Brexit has a history • O'Rourke, one of the leading economic historians of his generation, explains not only how British attitudes to Europe have evolved, but also how the EU's history explains why it operates as it does today - and how that history has shaped the ways in which it has responded to Brexit. Why are the economics, the politics and the history so tightly woven together? Crucially, he also explains why the question of the Irish border is not just one of customs and trade, but for the EU goes to the heart of what it is about

Most people now realize that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all our problems. Instead, we need a philosophy and a science which encompasses a much fuller range of human need and experience • This book argues that the goal for a society must be the greatest possible all-round happiness, and shows how each of us can become more effective creators of happiness, both as citizens and in our own organizations • Written with Richard Layard's characteristic clarity, it provides hard evidence that increasing happiness is the right aim, and that it can be achieved. Its language is simple, its evidence impressive, its effect inspiring