Penguin Pardon My French. Unleash Your Inner Gaul Timoney Charles

Do you find yourself plagued by anxiety or depression? Do you struggle with an eating disorder or constantly criticise the way you look? Do you often feel stuck in destructive patterns/cycles and toxic relationships with partners/family/friends/colleagues? Do you feel like you play small and have lost touch with the real you? If you said yes to any of these then Find Your True Voice was written for you • Trained psychotherapist, Emmy Brunner, has created the ultimate 11-step self-healing guide you need to identify and overcome the wounds of the past that are negatively impacting your mental health and preventing you from being the happiest version of yourself. She will help you to • Identify your inner critical voice and challenge limiting beliefs Identify your personal unresolved trauma and shame/guilt you are carrying Find new, positive coping strategies Recognise and articulate your needs Confront and overcome fear, worry and anxiety Discover self-acceptance and begin to show up fully in all your relationships and your career Uncover your true purpose and reconnect with your passions/desires Using a combination of case studies, practical clinical advice and personal experiences, this book is guaranteed to help you take your first steps towards a more joyful, fulfilling life

Neil Shubin's Your Inner Fish is the unexpected story of how one creature's journey out of the water made the human body what it is today - and one man's voyage of discovery in search of our origins • Have you ever wondered why our bodies look and work and fail the way they do? • One of the world's leading experts in evolutionary history, Neil Shubin reveals the secrets of our biology: why if we want to understand our limbs we should take a close look at Tiktaalik, the first fish capable of doing a push-up; why if we want to know why we hiccup, the answer is in the way fish breathe; and why it is that fish teeth are surprisingly similar to human breasts • 'This would be Darwin's book of the year' • Sunday Telegraph • 'An intelligent, exhilarating, and compelling scientific adventure story' • Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat • 'Delightful

In six weeks in the early summer of 1940, France was over-run by German troops and quickly surrendered. The French government of Marshal Petain sued for peace and signed an armistice. One little-known junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. 'Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished.' At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered into history • For the rest of the war, de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him. He insisted on being treated as the true embodiment of France, and quarrelled violently with Churchill and Roosevelt. He was prickly, stubborn, aloof and self-contained

The French: serious and frivolous, charming and infuriating, rational and mystical, pessimistic, pleasure-loving - and perhaps more than any other people, intellectual. This original and entertaining book shows exactly what makes the French so ... French

Have you ever dreamt of doing something new - setting up a business, getting in shape, or writing a novel - but haven't gotten round to actually doing it? Does 'now' never feel like a good time to start? The time has come • In January 2015, entrepreneur and bestselling author Shaa Wasmund made a decision: to finally get what she wanted. Years after packing in her business (and her salary) to take the plunge, life is everything she hoped it would be. As she discovered, the key to getting what you want is within reach • Building on her many years of professional experience and inspired by her own personal challenges and sh*t-fixing moments, How to Fix Your Sh*t is your pocket life coach. In this simple and systematic guide, Wasmund will empower you to conquer fear, ditch the excuses and start living your best life today

Meet Aisling. She's a small-town girl with a big heart • She has a steady job and a loyal boyfriend (though he hasn't put a ring on it even after seven years) • Then one disastrous romantic getaway convinces Aisling to leave him behind and head for the bright lights • But with glamorous new flatmates, a scandal at work and a weird love square, Aisling has no idea what's about to hit her • Fans of Marian Keyes, Bridget Jones and Sophie Kinsella will LOVE this

Alex Cross is being hunted • Now his predator is priming himself for the kill • As a police detective, Alex Cross has devoted his life to protecting others. His only refuge from the horrors of his job is his family - something his enemies have noticed • He's never faced a foe like this before. One by one, everyone he loves is being taken from him • If Alex doesn't act fast, he'll have no one left

Фредрик Бакман определяет жанр книги "Что мой сын должен знать об устройстве этого мира" как "расширенный блог" - она действительно напоминает онлайн-дневник или серию постов в ЖЖ. Обращаясь к своему маленькому сыну, автор рассуждает о самых разных предметах - от футбола до "Икеи", от компьютерных игр до категорий добра и зла. И попутно делится первым, порой комичным, опытом отцовства - с той уникальной чисто бакмановской смесью иронии и нежности, которая принесла ему любовь миллионов читателей. Это не только разговор на равных с крохотным существом, которому еще предстоит вырасти в личность, но и честный разговор с самим собой, попытка осмыслить свою ответственность за происходящее в мире • Книга на английском языке • In between the sleep-obsessed lows and oxytocin-fuelled highs, Backman takes a step back to share his own experience of fatherhood and how he navigates such unchartered territory

In Joe and Kate Keller's family garden, an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry, lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm. But his loss is not the only part of the family's past they can't put behind them. Not everybody's forgotten the court case that put Joe's partner in jail, or the cracked engine heads his factory produced which caused it and dropped twenty-one pilots out of the sky

'I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room' • Cynical Los Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe always falls for a sob story. Eight years ago Moose Malloy and cute little redhead Velma were getting married - until Malloy was framed for armed robbery. Now he's out and he wants Velma back. Marlowe meets Malloy one hot day in Hollywood and, out of the generosity of his jaded heart, agrees to help. Dragged from one smoky bar to another, Marlowe's search for Velma turns up plenty of gangsters with a nasty habit of shooting first and talking later. And soon what started as a search for a missing person becomes a matter of life and death

A fun and practical guide to help children grow their confidence, manage their anxiety and feel like they can change the world • Is anxiety your arch-enemy? • Are your emotions hulking out? • Is low confidence your kryptonite? • Then this book is for you • With this practical guide, child psychiatrist Dr Laura Meek, is here to help every child feel like a superhero • From developing their telepathic powers (empathy and listening skills), to controlling fire (anger) and water (anxiety), this book his book will take children through a series of activities designed to help them feel in control of their lives, happier and more confident • We're all superheroes. Sometimes we just need a bit of help finding our powers

Find your confidence • From public speaking to asserting yourself, decision-making to relationships, internationally renowned author of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway Susan Jeffers shows you how to get the best out of yourself once you know how to overcome fear • The Little Book of Confidence offers practical advice and thought-provoking tips on how to transform your fears into certainty