Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life (Niequist Shauna)(Paperback)

Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life (Niequist Shauna)(Paperback)

Shauna Niequist calls us to see the beauty, hope, and dimension in our ordinary days through the life-giving practice of celebration. Cold Tangerines is beautiful narration of Shauna's journey as a young writer, wife, and mom making peace with herself and crafting a life that celebrates the

Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s (Fitzpatrick Sheila)(Paperback)

Here is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by a leading authority on modern Russian history. Focusing on the urban population, Fitzpatrick depicts a world of privation, overcrowding, endless lines, and broken homes, in which the regime's promises of future

Aesthetics of the Familiar: Everyday Life and World-Making (Saito Yuriko)(Paperback)

Yuriko Saito explores the nature and significance of the aesthetic dimensions of people's everyday life. Everyday aesthetics has the recognized value of enriching one's life experiences and sharpening one's attentiveness and sensibility. Saito draws out its broader importance for how we make our

Murmur (Eaves Will)(Paperback / softback)

Murmur evokes the extraordinary life of Alan Turing, the beauty and sorrows of love, and the nature of consciousness. Winner of the Wellcome Prize and shortlisted for the Goldsmiths

Psychopathology of Everyday Life (Freud Sigmund)(Paperback / softback)

A brand new transaction of the 'Psychopathology of Everyday Life' - one of 15 volumes in the new Freud series commissioned for the Penguin classics. This edition aims to reach beyond the institiutional/clinical

Idea Work - Lessons of the Extraordinary in Everyday Creativity (Carlsen Arne)(Paperback / softback)

Holy Shocking Saints - The Extraordinary Lives of Twelve Irish Saints (Quinn Sine)(Pevná vazba)

Celebrating the extraordinary lives of twelve remarkable

How Not to Be Wrong - The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life (Ellenberg Jordan)(Paperback / softback)

Explores the mathematician's method of analyzing life, from the everyday to the cosmic, showing us which numbers to defend, which ones to ignore and when to change the equation entirely. This book tells us that maths touches on everything we do, and a little mathematical knowledge reveals the

Remembering Utopia: The Culture of Everyday Life in Socialist Yugoslavia (Luthar Breda)(Paperback)

This collection of essays helps uncover various aspects of everyday life during the time of socialism in Yugoslavia, such as leisure, popular culture, consumption, sociability and power. This volume attempts to uncover various aspects of everyday life during the time of socialism in Yugoslavia from

Physics of Everyday Things - The Extraordinary Science Behind an Ordinary Day (Kakalios James)(Paperback / softback)

Vindolanda - Everyday Life on Rome's Northern Frontier (Birley Robin)(Paperback / softback)

A fascinating insight into everyday life on Hadrian's Wall. The translations of the Vindolanda Scrolls ('send fresh socks' etc) are also a

I Love You (Nearly Always) (Llenas Anna)(Paperback / softback)

An extraordinary picture book about friendship and celebrating differences from the author of The Colour Monster. Roly is a w oodlouse and Rita is a firefly. They are very different, but this is w hy they like each other. Then, one day, Rita thinks Roly's suit is too hard and Roly thinks Rita

Starlight Man: The Extraordinary Life of Algernon Blackwood (Ashley Mike)(Paperback)

Wild Things: The Material Culture of Everyday Life (Attfield Judy)(Paperback)

What do things mean? What does the life of everyday objects reveal about people and their material worlds? Has the quest for 'the real thing' become so important because the high-tech world of total virtuality threatens to engulf us? This pioneering book bridges design theory and anthropology to

The Dark Triad of Personality: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy in Everyday Life (Lyons Minna)(Paperback)

The Dark Triad of Personality: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy in Everyday Life summarizes the latest research on how these personality traits (psychopathology, narcissism, Machiavellianism) are defined and displayed, while also exploring the impact they have on individuals and

Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai (Khan Hiba Noor)(Paperback / softback)

Malala is known across the world for her bravery, resilience and hope in the face of terrifying adversity. From playing in the Swat Valley in Pakistan to making speeches at the United Nations, she has become an inspiration for people fighting for justice. Discover what it took for one incredible

Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes (Bridges William)(Paperback)

Celebrating 40 years of the best-selling guide for coping with life's changes, named one of the 50 all-time best books in self-help and personal development -- with a new Discussion Guide for readers, written by Susan Bridges and aimed at today's current people and organizations facing

Zuzu Bailey's It's a Wonderful Life Cookbook (Grimes Karolyn)(Paperback)

Newly updated in honor of the 75th anniversary of It's a Wonderful Life! Celebrating one of the most beloved, heartwarming American Christmas films of all time, director Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, this book is replete with movie lore and recipes meant to delight cooks, tempt their

Dandy Style: 250 Years of British Men's Fashion (Cole Shaun)(Pevná vazba)

Celebrating 250 years of male self-expression, investigating the portraiture and wardrobe of the fashionable British man The style of the dandy is elegant but bold--dedicated to the perfection of taste. This meticulously choreographed look has a vibrant history; the legacy of Beau Brummell, the

It Tolls for Thee: A Guide to Celebrating and Reclaiming the End of Life (Morton Tom)(Paperback)

A funeral celebrant's story about how celebrating death, and creating personalised space for grief, can enrich lives and give meaning to death. When journalist Tom Morton suffered a heart attack in 2015, his close encounter with death led him on an extraordinary journey into the world of the dead

Shaun Leane (Leane Shaun)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive visual record of the life's work of this renowned jewellery designer, known for his work with Alexander

Life Project - The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives (Pearson Helen)(Paperback / softback)

James Monroe: A Life (McGrath Tim)(Paperback)

The extraordinary life of James Monroe: soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to hold the presidency, a man who helped transform thirteen colonies into a vibrant and mighty republic. 'A first-rate account of a remarkable life.' --Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The

The History of Life: A Very Short Introduction (Benton Michael J.)(Paperback)

Here is the extraordinary story of the unfolding of life on Earth, told by Michael J. Benton, a world-renowned authority on biodiversity. Ranging over four billion years, Benton weaves together the latest findings on fossils, earth history, evolutionary biology, and many other fields to highlight