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Mark Manson (Author)

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*Ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Editura: HARPER COLLINS

Anul aparitiei: 2016

#1 New York Times Bestseller - More than 10 million Copies SoldIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.For decades, we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let's be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn't sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is--a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let's-all-feel-good mindset that has infected modern society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited--"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson ...

Collins Dictionaries

Easy Learning Italian Vocabulary

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2012

The quickest way to study the essential Italian words and the perfect companion to titles in the ever-popular Easy Learning Italian range. Designed for learners of Italian of all ages, whether you are learning at school, in an evening class, for business or to go on holiday. Easy to use: Collins Easy Learning Italian Vocabulary gives you all the words and phrases you need in order to communicate effectively in natural Italian. Easy to read: clear layout and 50 handy vocabulary sections ensure that you find what you are looking for quickly and easily. Easy to understand: example phrases show you how Italian is really used. Easy to learn: within each topic, Italian vocabulary is split into essential, important and useful words, so you can decide which level of learning is right for you.

Collins Pub Quiz Book

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2004

A revised compilation of the best questions and answers from the bestselling Collins Quiz Books, with questions covering all levels from the easy to the brain teaser. (a) How many brothers were in America's Kennedy family? (b) What film features Holly Golightly? (c) Who lost her heart to a starship trooper in 1978? Easily identifiable categories, including Famous People, Who Said That, Stage & Screen, Music, Sport & Leisure, Food and Drink, All our Yesterdays, The Written Word, Science & Technology, and The Written Word Easily located answers Special tie-break section Answers: (a) four, (b) Breakfast at Tiffany's, (c) Sarah Brightman

Manser Martin

Collins Dictionary for Writers and Editors

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2007

The essential reference work for writers, editors and proofreaders. Well-known or well known? Affect or effect? Majorca or Mallorca? Royal Family or royal family? Spell check cannot be relied upon to help you with the trickier aspects of the English language. Even the most sophisticated writers of English will be faced with questions and problems in the quest for clear, elegant and correct writing. The new paperback edition of the Collins Dictionary for Writers and Editors answers these questions, and thousands of other usage conundrums, with a comprehensive collection of entries designed to sweep the minefield of the English language. Whether you're a writer, proofreader or editor, for books, periodicals or websites, the Collins Dictionary for Writers and Editors will be your essential reference. It contains accessible information covering everything from style and Americanization (or Americanisation), to proofreading marks and transliterations. It also includes: abbreviations and acronyms misspellings compound words plurals capitalisation apostrophes titles

Drayton Joanne

Ngaio Marsh Her Life in Crime

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2009

The Empress of Crime's life was the ultimate detective story - revealed for the first time in this forthright and perceptive biography. While Ngaio Marsh had a flamboyant public persona, she was fiercely protective of her private life. And no one knows better how to cover tracks with red herrings and remove incriminating evidence than a crime fiction writer... This fascinating biography of Ngaio Marsh pieces together both the public and private Marsh in a way that is as riveting as a crime novel. Through her writing and her theatre work, Joanne Drayton assembles the pieces to the puzzle that is Marsh, proving that life can be as thrilling as fiction. Marsh wrote her first detective novel in a London flat in the depths of the 1930s Depression, bringing life to Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn in her first book, A Man Lay Dead. Through 32 novels he would establish himself as one of the great super-sleuths, and Marsh as one of the four Queens of Golden Age detective fiction, alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers and Margery Allingham. In 1932, a family tragedy brought Marsh home to New Zealand, to a life divided - between hemispheres, between passionate relationships at home ...

The Times KenKen Book 3 The New Brain-Training Puzzle Phenomenon

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2009

KenKen is the brilliant successor to Su Doku that's taken Japan by storm. In collaboration with The Times, Collins - the no 1 puzzle publisher - are proud to publish it in the UK. KenKen is a brain-training puzzle based on logic and simple arithmetic. Perfect for all ages and highly addictive, KenKen puzzles challenge and entertain in an entirely new way. The puzzle was invented by a charismatic Japanese maths teacher, Tetsuya Miyamoto in 2004. The name comes from 'Ken' which is the Japanese word for clever and KenKen translates as'square wisdom'. It's based on simple arithmetic and each puzzle involves some or all of the following skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. As with Su Doku there are clearly defined levels for each type of puzzle from beginner and intermediate to advanced and the puzzles can be on any size grid, from 3 x 3 up to 9 x 9. The puzzles improve numeracy, logical thinking, concentration and perseverance. Can you KenKen?

Arnold Jean

Victorian Jewelry, Identity, and the Novel Prisms of Culture

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2011

In this study of Victorian jewels and their representation, Jean Arnold explores the role material objects play in the cultural cohesion of the West. Diamonds and other gems, Arnold argues, symbolized the most closely held beliefs of the Victorians and thus can be considered "prisms of culture." Mined in the far reaches of the empire, they traversed geographical space and cultural boundaries, representing monetary value and evoking empire, class lineage, class membership, gender relations, and aesthetics. Arnold analyzes the many roles material objects fill in Western culture and surveys the cross-cultural history of the Victorian diamond, uncovering how this object became both preeminent and representative of Victorian values. Her close readings of Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone, George Eliot's Middlemarch, William Makepeace Thackeray's The Great Hoggarty Diamond, and Anthony Trollope's The Eustace Diamonds show gendered, aesthetic, economic, fetishistic, colonial, legal, and culturally symbolic interpretations of jewelry as they are enacted through narrative. Taken together, these divergent interpretations offer a holistic view of a material culture's affective attachment to ...

Morris Ruth

Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Yorkshire Dialect, Place and Setting in Victorian Sensation Literature

Editura: Academica Press

Anul aparitiei: 2010

This scholarly monograph offers new research on Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1916) who wrote over eighty novels and rivalled Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins in popularity in mid and late Victorian times. The study looks at the representations of Yorkshire across over thirty of her novels and analyses her uses of the Yorkshire dialect, her Yorkshire settings and specific towns and cities in the county (Braddon mentions more than 25 of these by name). It provides both an overview of her work and also contains some in-depth study of specific novels (including the best-seller Aurora Floyd). The study spans a significant time frame (over sixty years) to analyse how depictions of the county change. As well as looking at Braddon's work, it also considers the representations of Yorkshire by other prominent nineteenth-century writers including Elizabeth Gaskell, Edward Bulwer-Lytton and George Eliot amongst others. Place has an important role in "sensation" fiction, of which Braddon was a major exponent, much praised and pilloried by critics in her time. . The domestic setting of many of her novels was one reason why the genre was so heavily criticized. There are no studies which ...

Collins Steve, Young Sherman

Beyond 2.0 The Future of Music

Editura: Equinox Publishing Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2014

The music industry, as with most other media forms, is in the middle of a period of enormous transformation. Digital technologies have empowered producers and consumers of music - traditional ways of making and distributing music are under threat as musicians and their audiences embrace new opportunities, many of which bypass the incumbent middlemen. Whilst it is clear that the music industry is thriving, the traditional recording industry, dominated by a handful of multinational corporations is struggling to stay relevant.The changes are so dramatic that the term "Music 2.0" has become commonly used to delineate old and new business models and approaches. But the demise of the traditional music industry is overstating things - the reality is that (whilst their profits may be diminishing) they still dominate a multi-billion dollar marketplace and exercise unprecedented control over the star-making process. And, of course, they have the resources to be able to reinvent themselves.The actual future of music is a complex and contested one. This book aims to unpack that complexity, map the changes and explain the causes and motivations surrounding an industry undergoing change. It ...

Collins Dictionaries

Collins Japanese Phrasebook and Dictionary Gem Edition Essential Phrases and Words in a Mini, Travel-Sized Format

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2017

In all of the most common travel situations, you need the reassurance that you can communicate with ease. A reliable, portable and easy-to-use phrasebook is a travel essential, and with Collins Gem Japanese Phrasebook & Dictionary , the right word will always be at your fingertips. This indispensable language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up every day, from finding a hotel and setting up your wifi, to going shopping. Includes: travel information and tips, 3,000 word dictionary, comprehensive menu decoder, grammar and pronunciation sections, and "Face to face" key conversation phrases.

Christie Agatha

Cat Among Pigeons B2+ Level 5

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2017

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the correct level for an intermediate learner. This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2 with a word count of 20,000 - 26,000 words. Each book includes: - Full reading of the adapted version available for free online- Helpful notes on characters- Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot- A glossary of the more difficult words- Free online resources for students and teachers atwww.collinselt.com/readers The plot: Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious light in the school Sports Pavilion. Among the tennis racquets and lacrosse sticks, they find the body of the unpopular games mistress - shot through the heart. Schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows too much, and begins to worry that she might be the next victim. Can detective Hercule Poirot find the killer ...

Practice Tests for the TOEIC Test

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2019

Prepare yourself thoroughly for the TOEIC test with these practice tests that have been fully updated to reflect the new TOEIC test specifications. Page dim. 211 x 268 x 17 Series: Collins English for the TOEIC Test Weight: 768 grams

Rayner Nicola

You and Me

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2020

The perfect gripping, twisty suspense for fans of Netflix's You and Lisa Jewell's Watching You This is not a love story... Watching sunrises together should have been romantic. But you were always inside with your wife, and I sat in your garden, in the shadows. I thought you'd never know how I felt about you. Until one night, I witnessed a terrible crime. I wanted it to bring us closer together. But now the secrets are tumbling out. And they could tear everything apart... A breath-taking suspense full of twists and turns - if you think you know how this ends, think again... 'An engrossing and unsettling read with a totally unpredictable ending. Nicola Rayner is a skilled storyteller' Lesley Kara, author of The Rumour 'I was blown away. An outstanding psychological suspense, beautifully written, brilliantly plotted and impossible to put down. Loved every word!' Emma Curtis, author of The Night You Left 'Reels you in until you reach the nail-biting, show-stopping finale. I loved this book so much - the best thriller I've read this year' S.E. Lynes, author of Mother 'The definition of "unputdownable" ... Evocative, pacy and utterly gripping. I loved it' Sara Collins, author of The ...

Wells H. G.

Men Like Gods

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2020

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Page dim. 178 x 111 Series: Collins Classics Weight: 270 grams

Douglass Frederick

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2020

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Page dim. 178 x 111 Series: Collins Classics Weight: 270 grams

Coakley Tadhg

Whatever it Takes

Editura: The Mercier Press Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2020

Set in Cork city, Detective Garda Collins is at war with the leading local criminal, Dominic Molloy. Unwilling to accept the human degradation caused by Molloy's drugs, violence and prostitution. He has made up his mind to bring Molloy down, but just how far is he willing to go to make that happen? What is he willing to do and what fall-out will ensue for himself and his garda colleagues? This tense crime novel (the first in a series featuring Collins) tells the story of two immovable forces colliding. Something has to give. Running out of time before the murder of two teenagers becomes inevitable, and with a traitor in the garda station feeding information back to Molloy, Collins takes his battle to new heights. He is determined to win, whatever the cost, whatever it takes.

Taylor-Collins Nicholas

Judge for Yourself Reading Hyper-Contemporary Literature and Book Prize Shortlists

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2020

Judge for Yourself guides interested and advanced-level readers through the challenge of judging the quality of hyper-contemporary literature. Whether reading the latest bestseller or the book that everyone is recommending, Judge for Yourself guides you through the challenge of the text. Reading the longlist of the 2019 International Dylan Thomas Prize through five chapters, Judge for Yourself introduces readers to current critical debates that inform engagement and the reading experience of hyper-contemporary writing. Topics covered include feminism, postcolonialism, critical race theory, queer theory, class, and book reviews. Each chapter includes introductory questions for the reader, and Judge for Yourself is accompanied by an exploration of book prize culture and the challenge posed by hyper-contemporary literature. Judge for Yourself puts judging firmly in the hands of the reader, and not the academic or professional reviewers.

Lindsay Bruce

Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival The Lives, Song Traditions and Legacies of Sam Larner and Harry Cox

Editura: Equinox Publishing Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2020

Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival is the first book to explore in depth the lives and song traditions of two of the most influential English traditional singers: Sam Larner and Harry Cox.Larner and Cox were born in late nineteenth-century Norfolk, within six years and fifteen miles of each other. Both men grew up in large working-class families, started work before their teens, spent their working lives in hard manual labour - Larner as a trawlerman, Cox as a farm labourer - and lived into their eighties. Both men were singers from an early age, amassed large repertoires of songs that are now established in the traditional canon, and became key figures in the "folk revival" of the 1950s and 1960s. They directly influenced performers such as Martin Carthy, Shirley Collins, Peggy Seeger, Young Tradition, and Steeleye Span, while indirectly influencing Paul Simon and Bob Dylan. Their impact extends to the current generation of performers and composers in the folk, Americana, and singer/songwriter fields, as well as to Hollywood.Using extensive primary evidence - including recorded interviews with both men - this book provides the first detailed biographies of these great ...

Aurelius Marcus

Meditations

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2020

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Page dim. 198 x 129 Series: Collins Classics Weight: 270 grams

Collins David (University of Suffolk UK)

The Organizational Storytelling Workbook How to Harness this Powerful Communication and Management Tool

Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2020

This workbook is an interactive guide for leaders and managers to help you tell compelling stories at work. The Organizational Storytelling Workbook offers: a critical engagement with academic debates on organizational storytelling; and a series of exercises designed to allow users to improve their capability as organizational storytellers. The text begins with a chapter which locates organizational storytelling within a critical account of organizational cultures. This book argues that managerial accounts of organizational culture offer a limited appreciation of the ways in which people think, feel and act and suggests storytelling as a means of redeeming our understanding of all matters cultural. Having secured this new appreciation of culture and storytelling the workbook develops a series of maxims and exercises designed to allow users: (a) to improve their storytelling practice; and (b) to reassess the cultural assumptions and priorities revealed through their practice. Enriched with interactive features to walk managers practically through the process of improving their storytelling skills, including practical exercises, contemplative questions, and space to respond ...