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‘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

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

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

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

Doctors are the people we turn to in our darkest moments. We trust them with our lives. But what does that stress do to a person? • What does it take to confront death, disease, distress and suffering every day? To work in a healthcare system stretched to breaking point? To make decisions that will change lives - or possibly end them? And how do doctors cope with their own questions and fears, when they are expected to have all the answers? • Caroline Elton is a psychologist who, for two decades, has specialised in helping doctors: the obstetrician whose own fertility treatment failed; the trainee oncologist struggling to face patients with the disease that killed her father; the brilliant neurosurgeon whose career stalled in an environment hostile to women; and many more

This collection of original articles provides a state-of-the-art overview of key issues and approaches in contemporary language teaching. Written by internationally prominent researchers, educators, and emerging scholars, the chapters are grouped into five sections: rethinking our understanding of teaching, learner diversity and classroom learning, pedagogical approaches and practices, components of the curriculum, and media and materials. Each chapter covers key topics in teaching methodology such as reflective pedagogy, teaching large classes, outcomes-based language learning, speaking instruction, and technology in the classroom. Chapters assume no particular background knowledge and are written in an accessible style • Key features • A companion to The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Teacher Education, this anthology provides a valuable resource for a course in methodology

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'A past more dramatic than Chekhov, more tragic than Tolstoy and more romantic than Pasternak' • Between the first revolution in February 1917 and Lenin's Bolshevik coup in October, Petrograd (the former St Petersburg) was in turmoil. Foreign visitors who filled hotels, bars and embassies were acutely aware of the chaos breaking out on their doorsteps. Among them were journalists, diplomats, businessmen, governesses and volunteer nurses. Many kept diaries and wrote letters home: from an English nurse who had already survived the sinking of the Titanic; to the black valet of the US Ambassador, far from his native Deep South; to suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, who had come to Petrograd to inspect the indomitable Women's Death Battalion led by Maria Bochkareva

On two days in 1761 and 1769 hundreds of astronomers pointed their telescopes towards the skies to observe a rare astronomical event: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun • United by this momentous occasion, scientists from around the globe came together to answer the essential question: how can the universe be measured? In Chasing Venus Andrea Wulf paints a vivid portrait of the rivalries, triumphs and misfortunes that befell these men, along with their passion and determination to succeed. This extraordinary book tells their story and how one single event prompted the first international scientific collaboration

Английская феминистка Мэри Уолстонкрафт и писательница Мэри Шелли были матерью и дочерью, но эти две необыкновенные женщины никогда не знали друг друга. Тем не менее, их страстные и новаторские жизни оставались тесно переплетенными, их выбор, мечты и трагедии пугающе похожи • "Романтические преступницы. Необыкновенные жизни Мэри Уолстонкрафт и Мэри Шелли" отправляют читателя в яркое путешествие по революционной Франции и Викторианской Англии, чтобы исследовать в этой новаторской двойной биографии автора "В защиту прав женщины" и автора, написавшего "Франкенштейна", мать и дочь - пару дальновидных женщин, которые должны были жить одной жизнью, но вместо этого разделяют мощное литературное и феминистское наследие • Книга на английском языке • English feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and author Mary Shelley were mother and daughter, yet these two extraordinary women never knew one another

The easy, effective and playful way to potty train - fast! • Potty training is a major and exciting milestone for toddlers yet something all parents universally dread – and put off! Amanda Jenner, ITV’s Toilet Training expert with decades of experience, is here to help you think differently and approach this challenge with confidence – and even with a little bit of magic • Amanda’s hugely successful five day plan, with no need to take time off work or wait until the holidays, will help you to • *know when your toddler is ready and how best to prepare • *see the world through your toddler’s eyes – and be their best coach • *overcome setbacks including regression and constipation • *use the most effective language and harness creative play to make it all fun! • Covering every conceivable problem, and suitable for children with learning difficulties, with Amanda’s super easy playful plan there’s no excuse not to get started

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