Health & Wellbeing Books
She Writes Press Carry Me: Stories of Pregnancy Loss
Book SynopsisAfter Frieda Hoffman’s second miscarriage, she felt alone, ignorant, and overwhelmed with emotions. Finding little literature or support available, her entrepreneurial spirit kicked in and she decided to create the resource she wished she’d had: real stories about pregnancy loss from real women without the off-putting lens of religion or academia so typical of the self-help genre. Through Hoffman’s own journey and those of nineteen women she interviewed, Carry Me explores universal themes of grief, bearing witness, transforming adversity into opportunity, and the paradox of feeling alone while sharing a common experience. The diverse women and narratives unpack the physical, emotional, and financial challenges of loss; notions of womanhood and motherhood; and the intersections of public health, body politics, and patient care. Readers are called to action to share their own stories in order to heal themselves and support others. Nearly everyone knows someone affected by pregnancy loss, yet most of us are not comfortable, even in the relative safety of the company of friends and sisters, discussing this serious health issue. It’s time to normalize the dialogue and help one another through our losses by sharing our resources, our wisdom, and our stories—by carrying one another.Trade Review“Carry Me is a welcome exploration of the intimate details and sociopolitical complexities of pregnancy loss. These twenty stories will leave you gasping, crying, and even laughing through grief, while also inspiring a sense of candidness and unabashed self-compassion. An important addition to the growing voices of grievers demanding more awareness, better care and open dialogue around miscarriage.”—Jessica Zucker, Ph.D., author of I Had a Miscarriage: A Memoir, a Movement “Frieda Hoffman has not only written a beautiful and important book, she has written a book that does something few narratives dare: she casts light onto a subject so many keep hidden in the darkness, and guides readers, knowledgeably and tenderly, into a territory that one might just call Hope. This book is a gift.” —Lee Daniel Kravetz, best-selling author of Strange Contagion: Inside the Surprising Science of Infectious Behaviors and Viral Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves and coauthor of Supersurvivors: The Surprising Link Between Suffering and Success“Pregnancy loss stubbornly remains woefully misunderstood, leaving parents-to-be unsupported and isolated in their grief. This is why Hoffman’s compassionate book is of such great value: the stories she shares will resonate, make valuable connections and provide solace and soothing. They also educate, so please read them if you have had no experience of such loss yourself.”—Julia Bueno, author of The Brink of Being: Talking about Miscarriage“Hoffman has found a way to call attention to what is normally termed ‘women’s issues’, illustrating that it is in fact a public-health issue that must be addressed. This book offers insight into what women suffering pregnancy loss may be experiencing and the understanding that they are not alone.” —Miriam Chickering, CEO, Nurses International“Finally! We’ve needed this. Carry Me illuminates a topic so taboo it has rarely been openly discussed. This book is a gift for generations to come, revealing the full complexity of a common human event so that women no longer have to suffer in silence." —Bethany N. Golden, Women’s Health Expert and Co-Founder of Juntos Adelante
£11.69
She Writes Press Framing a Life: Building the Space To Be Me
Book SynopsisOn a blustery Maine day, thirty-nine-year-old Roberta Kuriloff found herself standing on a plot of land purchased with her former partner, holding a couple of wood stakes to mark off exactly where her new house would sit. No longer their land. No longer their dream. Now, just hers. Immersed in a world of blueprints, materials, contractors, and critters, Roberta confronted the major losses she’d suffered in her life—in particular the deaths of her mother and aunt from cancer and her separation from her father and brother during her placement in an orphanage—and to try to understand how those losses had shaped the woman, lawyer, and activist she’d become. As she cleared land, hammered nails, lifted beams, and shivered in her rented mobile home, the answers began to come to her. Roberta soon found love again, with a woman named Nancy . . . only to lose her abruptly just one year later in a car accident. Her grief over Nancy’s death, and the psychic and out-of-body events she experienced following that loss, led to an eight-year spiritual quest where she explored her Jewish roots, the Kabbalah, Buddhism, and reincarnation. As she healed, new love beckoned with Bernice—and at long last Roberta found that intrinsic sense of self, that unshakable foundation of heart and soul, that home, that she’d been searching for all along.Trade Review“This remarkable memoir—one of the deepest I’ve ever read—is my kind of revelation. The book made me cry out, cover my eyes, mourn, beam with pride, and appreciate the trials that led to my own emotional and spiritual growth. Kuriloff’s story will find a place alongside Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Amy Chua’s Tiger Mother. Permeated with humility, bravery, and a bold feminist intersection, Framing a Life is a triumph for many of us with both hurting and joyful hearts. It will last in our times and long into the future.”—June S. Gould, PhD, poet, workshop leader for the International Women’s Writing Guild, and author of The Writer in All of Us“Framing A Life by Roberta S. Kuriloff is about the search for home, family, and love—yet is so much more. This story examines the grief of losing all we human beings long for in this world, but still moving forward with faith, love, and tenacity. You will smile. You will cry. Best of all, you will cheer on Roberta as she learns home is not necessarily a place. It is embedded in your core, your heart, and your soul.”—Laura L. Engel, author of You’ll Forget This Ever Happened: Secrets, Shame, and Adoption in the 1960s“Roberta Kuriloff uses the metaphor of home to deepen our understanding of belonging. Overcoming a stark life in a city orphanage, she becomes a lawyer driven to become a voice for abandoned and abused children and ultimately builds a home of her own in Maine to shelter her loved ones. An inspiring memoir about the construction and union of both an inner and outer life.”—Maureen Murdock, PhD, author of The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness and Unreliable Truth: On Memoir and Memory“Roberta’s memoir is honest, poignant, and shares with grace how she overcame her life’s tragedies. Her courage, optimism, and the ways she found and built her true home—in the deepest sense of the word—will uplift and inspire many readers.”—Rivvy Neshama, author of Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles“Rarely have I read a memoir that was so captivating. Roberta Kuriloff’s resilience and tenacity in the face of adversity is inspiring. Through her work as a lawyer and her interactions with family and friends, she demonstrates what it means to be a compassionate feminist and a joyful, spiritual person.”—Patricia Ould, PhD, co-author of Same-Sex Marriage, Context, and Lesbian Identity: Wedded but Not Always a Wife“Framing A Life: Building The Space to Be Me is the story of one woman’s quest for self-understanding, love, and the meaning of home. On days when I despair that nothing much is going right, I look to Roberta and her courage, perseverance, and optimism. Her story could have been the story of a bitter woman, beaten down by life and loss. It is anything but. It is a shining light held aloft for any woman struggling to find that place within that is whole, complete and at peace.”—Cathleen O'Connor, PhD, author of High Heels on the Hamster Wheel, The Everything Law of Attraction Dream Dictionary, and The Collection: Flash Fiction for Flash Memory“Kuriloff tells her amazing story of resilience. This is the journey of her survival, her intense drive to succeed, and the later death of her partner—a woman she loved. Finding the surprising depths of her spiritual side, she not only relearns how to love, but she also relearns how to live. It is an intensely personal yet very relatable work.”—Linda Bergman, screenwriter, producer, and author of So You Think Your Life’s A Movie: The Sequel“In Framing a Life, Roberta S. Kuriloff constructs—from fragments of past scenes, journal entries, night dreams, changing states of being, and reflections—a textual home for herself and the reader to reside in, inside the territory of a culturally evolving America. This narrative—of a return to a whole and expanded self, one evoking Walt Whitman’s iconic line ‘I am large, I contain multitudes’ —is a timely permission to illuminate the manifold pieces of one’s own life and reassemble them into a compassionate definition of oneself, alive at a certain moment, in a certain place, in human history.”—Marj Hahne, writer, editor, and teacher
£11.04
She Writes Press Reconfigured: A Memoir
Book SynopsisWhen Barbara Terao moves into a new home in Washington, two thousand miles from her husband in Illinois, she doesn’t know when—or if—she’ll ever live with him again. Her diagnosis of breast cancer three months later changes both of them in ways they never imagined. In the ensuing months, Barbara’s husband and adult children show up to help her through a year of difficult treatments and surgery, and Barbara, in her Whidbey Island cottage, learns to listen to her heart and intuition. Nurtured by Douglas fir forests, the Salish Sea, and her community, she changes her life from the inside out. Her journey, she realizes, wasn’t about leaving her husband so much as finding herself. Reconfigured in body, mind, and spirit, Barbara finally has words for what she wants to say—and the strength to be a survivor.Trade Review“In her memoir of seeking and finding, Barbara Wolf Terao invites readers into her circle of friends, family members, doctors, nurses, ferry boat personnel, and shoe salesmen. It’s a big, beautiful circle on Whidbey Island and one I did not want to leave. With no recriminations, she tells the story of her stalled marriage and her diagnosis of breast cancer, both of which demand ‘reconfiguration.’ She approaches all her challenges with wit, grit, and a belief in nature and spirit that inspires and warms. One of the many strengths of this book—and its author—is that Terao never asks, ‘Why me?’ but instead, ‘What’s next?’” —Sharon Fiffer, author of Imagining America and the Jane Wheel mysteries and coeditor of the memoir collections Home: American Writers Remember Rooms of Their Own; Family: American Writers Remember Their Own; and Body “To read Reconfigured by Barbara Wolf Terao is to be transported via the unlikely vehicles of a failing marriage, a cancer diagnosis, and an enchanted desert horse to a place of understanding of what it means to be alive. Changing her karma with every challenge, Barbara literally turns her medications from poison to medicine, and she figuratively does the same with her new life on Whidbey Island. I couldn’t put it down, and I couldn't help but cheer her on her way!” —Nancy Slonim Aronie, founder of the Chilmark Writing Workshop on Martha’s Vineyard and author of Memoir as Medicine and Writing from the Heart: Tapping the Power of Your Inner Voice “This insightful memoir takes readers on a journey of courage and endurance in the aftermath of a terrifying diagnosis, celebrating self-discovery and the circles of love and support necessary to surmount unexpected obstacles.” —James McKusick, author of Green Writing: Romanticism and Ecology “Barbara Terao weaves a clear-voiced narrative that braids self-determination, marriage, and cancer recovery. Her story illustrates how the healing of one life challenge can become a healing for all, and her style invites readers to reflect on their own lives while reading. This awareness of our common struggles and triumphs is the gift of memoir.” —Christina Baldwin, author of Storycatcher: Making Sense of our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story “I greatly appreciate Barbara’s transformative memoir—written with honesty, vulnerability, and courage. She faced life challenges of cancer, marriage issues, and relocation with grit and grace. Her Buddhist perspective reminds me of the analogy of the lotus flower: out of adversity she reclaimed her authentic Self.” —Susan Wisehart, MS, LMFT, holistic psychotherapist and author of Soul Visioning: Clear the Past, Create Your Future “Barbara Wolf Terao has written a beautiful account of her journey with marriage, motherhood, cancer, and finding her own place in the world. Those who have sustained or hope to sustain long-term relationships will be grateful for the honesty about what they entail.” —Michael Lerner, president and cofounder of Commonweal and cofounder of CancerChoices.org and Healing Circles Global“Barbara is one terrific writer! What I find remarkable is her way of interweaving ‘things spiritual’ with nitty-gritty aspects of dealing with cancer. She gave voice to much of what I felt going through my own cancer experience. Since reading her memoir, I often find myself thinking of what she wrote.” —Bradford Garton, composer and professor of music at Columbia University “Reconfigured is a deeply moving and absorbing chronicle of Barbara Wolf Terao’s cancer journey, but even more of her path to find wholeness, home, and her authentic self. This beautifully written book reminds us all to listen to and trust not just ourselves but also the universe.” —Donna Cameron, author of A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You “Stirringly inspirational. . . . The memoir’s power is in its message that suffering ‘carves out space’ in our hearts ‘for more compassion,’ and illness provides an opportunity for us to discover our better selves.” —Kirkus Reviews “What a compelling story, filled with spirit! As a breast cancer survivor, I received guidance, affirmation, and inspiration from this book. The ways Barbara Wolf Terao copes with her ‘reconfiguration’ can benefit anyone going through changes.” —Kathleen Hudson, PhD, poet and author of Telling Stories, Writing Songs: An Album of Texas Songwriters and Corazón Abierto: Mexican American Voices in Texas Music “Reconfigured is a lesson of ‘turning poison into medicine’ in the truest sense of that. Barbara Wolf Terao is the epitome of grace and triumph and transformation. Her life is a gift; her memoir is the gift we get to share.” —Amy Ferris, author of Marrying George Clooney: Confessions from a Midlife Crisis
£11.69
She Writes Press Finding Loretta
Book SynopsisAdopted as an infant by a naval officer and his wife during the Baby Scoop Era, Diane Wheaton has always heard conflicting versions of the truth of her origins - but it's not until she is forty-seven years old that she begins to search for her biological family in earnest. Amid search and reunion, however, Diane's adoptive parents become ill - and while overseeing their care, she is told about a secret they have kept from her for over fifteen years. This shocking disclosure complicates her already complicated feelings for them, and she finds herself faced with an important decision - one that feels almost impossible to make, but which results in a level of healing she never could have anticipated. A touching memoir of self-discovery, Finding Loretta is Diane's tale of searching for history, roots, and family. Ultimately, she comes to accept the two distinct dynamics of the families who have helped make her who she is today, and in doing so she learns to embrace herself and feel grateful for everything she has experienced - even loss.
£15.29
Simon And Schuster Group USA Watching Sarah Rise
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£13.59
She Writes Press The Wild Why
Book SynopsisWhat is wonder? Wonder is curiosity and awe put together. We are born with our wonder intact. Why? What? How? Wow! Look at that rainbow! What makes a rainbow? Wonder is what we need to survive and thrive, not just as individuals but also as a civilization. It's what's lauded and honored by our society in young children. Until it isn't. The Wild Why calls for an illuminating end to this endemic crisis of self, and a return to what we know at birth and need to reclaim. This is a book of teaching, and teaching-spirited stories, all centered on how to find our true self-expression and the wonder that spawns it.
£15.29
She Writes Press Reaching for Beautiful
Book SynopsisWhen Sally learns that her twenty-one-year-old son Christopher died tragically in a boat accident, her greatest fear is realized. Christopher was often drawn to risk and struggled with addiction, and in this riveting memoir, Sally captures the wild ride of his jam-packed life and her deep love for him while also reflecting on her own childhood and family legacy of alcoholism. This book is for any parent raising a child from the edge of their seat, or for those suffering the trauma of losing a child. Sally shares insights about what it's like to experience the emotional aftershocks of acute grief, and readers may see themselves in Sally's bittersweet illusion of trying to keep Christopher safe; in how she is challenged to let go of her fear, guilt, and regret in order to forgive herself; and in the ways grief teaches her about the power of love.Reaching for Beautifulis a luminous story of how love triumphs over pain, love transcends fear, and love never dies.
£15.29
She Writes Press Barely Visible
Book SynopsisAlthough Asperger syndrome is considered a form of autism, few people are aware of its existence and even fewer can recognize it. Barely Visible is not a series of helpful hints and best practices, or a heroic tale of a champion parent. It is a relatable story of one mother's struggle with the gray space between her son appearing normal on the surface and being not quite normal beneath it. Walking that fine line between when to say something and when to bite your tongue, hoping your child can handle life on his own, requires tremendous discernment and energy. How do you convince others to 'cut your child some slack' when the kid they see looks like every other kid they know? How do you explain away behavior that, at face value, looks like the result of bad parenting? And how do you prevent others from discriminating against your child once you do disclose their disability? Chronicling a journey spanning twenty-three years, Barely Visible is a mother's admission of guilt for choosing to ignore her son's diagnosis initially; acceptance of defeat, for rarely knowing the right thing to do; and an acknowledgment of love - not only for her son, but for herself.
£15.29
She Writes Press The Roots of the Guava Tree
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£15.29
Pkcs Media, Inc. Break Free From The Narcissist and Psychopath:
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£17.24
Author Academy Elite Child and Family Dis-services: Objective
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£14.99
Author Academy Elite Finding Value in a Cracked Pot: Faith to Overcome
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£12.21
Author Academy Elite Fearlessly Chosen: A Journey Through His Hands To
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£11.63
Author Academy Elite Your Brilliant Inner Whisper: Discover why your Inner Voice is your greatest asset and how to tap its brilliance
£999.99
Author Academy Elite The 8 Facets of Life: Everyone ends up somewhere - make sure you end up somewhere on purpose
£15.19
Bravex Publications Manipulation: The Ultimate Guide to Manipulation Techniques, Human Behavior, Dark Psychology, NLP, Deception, and Increasing Influence
£22.49
Go to Publish Embodiment: How Animals and Humans Make Sense of
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£10.44
Adventure Publications Florida Day Trips
£15.16
Howexpert First Aid 101: How To Do First Aid Step By Step
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£28.49
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Aiditorial Books Estrategias de Impuestos: Cómo Ser Más
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£16.49
Aiditorial Books Mindfulness: Una Guía Práctica para una Vida de
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£20.42
Aiditorial Books Intermittent Fasting for Women: A Simple 14-Day
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£23.39
Aiditorial Books Mindfulness Bible: 4 BOOKS IN 1: Beginner's
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£30.59
Aiditorial Books Tax Strategies: How to Outsmart the System and
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£19.79
Aiditorial Books Tax Strategies: How to Outsmart the System and
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£23.39
Aiditorial Books How to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck: How to
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£26.99
Gesundheit Der Moderne Flacher Bauch über Nacht: 57 Jahre altes Model
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£999.99
Edition Sirtuin Schlanke Sirtfood Rezepte: Das große Kochbuch zur
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£22.49
Suhland Glück finden: Ich will endlich ankommen... -
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£22.49
Anderson Familien Rezepte! Mit Punkten! Gesund Kochen mit
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£999.99
Suhland Mein neues Ich - Das große Arbeitsbuch zu den 5
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£33.99
Medien Der Gewinner Das Mind-Power-System: Durch mentale Stärke und
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£13.59
Harvard Business Review Press HBR Guide to Beating Burnout
Book SynopsisBurnout is rampant. Recognize the signs and make the right changes.The always-on workplace and increasing pressures are leading to a high rate of burnout. Unmanaged, chronic work stress doesn't just lead to lower productivity and negative emotions—it can have dire personal and professional consequences. Are you and your team at risk?The HBR Guide to Beating Burnout provides practical tips and advice to help you, your team, and your organization navigate the perils of burnout and rediscover healthy engagement at work. You'll learn how to: Understand the difference between normal stress and burnout Keep your passion for work from leading to burnout Avoid working from home burnout Protect your high performers from burnout Help prevent burnout on your team—even if you're burned out Bounce back and regain your productivity and effectiveness Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.
£13.29
Harvard Business Review Press Communicate Better with Everyone (HBR Working
Book SynopsisConduct more productive conversations.As a working parent, you lead meetings, advocate for your children, and make presentations that win clients—all with ease. But when your personal life spills into your professional life—whether it's negotiating a schedule change with your boss or talking to your spouse about responsibilities at home—it can be a challenge to communicate effectively and reach agreement.Communicate Better with Everyone provides the expert advice, sample language, and practical solutions you need to help you have more productive conversations with everyone, from your manager to yourself.You'll learn to: Discuss your career and family commitments with your boss Set boundaries—and stick to them Create a safe environment for open, honest conversations Decide whether—and what—to disclose when facing a personal crisis Talk back to your inner critic The HBR Working Parents Series with Daisy Dowling, Series Editor, supports readers as you anticipate challenges, learn how to advocate for yourself more effectively, juggle your impossible schedule, and find fulfillment at home and at work. Whether you're up with a newborn or planning the future with your teen, you'll find the practical tips, strategies, and research you need to make working parenthood work for you.
£11.99
Harvard Business Review Press Speak Up, Speak Out (HBR Women at Work Series)
Book SynopsisMake yourself heard.Having your voice heard at work can be challenging, whether you're confronting a colleague about an inappropriate comment or trying to avoid being talked over by a male peer. But you can find ways to raise issues without raising your voice.Speak Up, Speak Out provides the research, advice, and practical tips you need to address issues large and small. From talking about sexual harassment to handling microaggressions to breaking through subconsciously gendered conversational patterns, you'll find the insight and sample language you need to be heard.This book will inspire you to: Address and redirect an inappropriate conversation Step in when you witness questionable behavior Break ingrained conversational habits like apologizing and complimenting Deal with interrupters and those who habitually speak over others The HBR Women at Work Series spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout their careers. With interviews from the popular podcast of the same name and related articles, stories, and research, these books provide inspiration and advice for taking on issues at work such as inequity, advancement, and building community. Featuring detailed discussion guides, this series will help you spark important conversations about where we're at and how to move forward.
£15.19
Harvard Business Review Press The Messenger: Moderna, the Vaccine, and the
Book SynopsisThe inside story of an unprecedented feat of science and business.At the start of 2020, Moderna was a biotech unicorn with dim prospects. Yes, there was the promise of its disruptive innovation that could transform medicine by using something called messenger RNA, one of the body's building blocks of life, to combat disease. But its stock was under water. There were reports of a toxic work culture. And despite ten years of work, the company was still years away from delivering its first product. Investors were getting antsy, or worse, skeptical.Then the pandemic hit, and Moderna, at first reluctantly, became a central player in a global drama—a David to Big Pharma's Goliaths—turning its technology toward breaking the global grip of the terrible disease. By year's end, with the virus raging, Moderna delivered one of the world's first Covid-19 vaccines, with a stunningly high rate of protection. The achievement gave the world a way out of a crippling pandemic while validating Moderna's technology, transforming the company into a global industry power. Biotech, and the venture capital community that fuels it, will never be the same.Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Loftus, veteran reporter covering the pharmaceutical and biotech industries and part of a Pulitzer Prize–finalist team, brings the inside story of Moderna, from its humble start at a casual lunch through its heady startup days, into the heart of the pandemic and beyond. With deep access to all of the major players, Loftus weaves a tale of science and business that brings to life Moderna's monumental feat of creating a vaccine that beat back a deadly virus and changed the business of medicine forever.The Messenger spans a decade and is full of heroic efforts by ordinary people, lucky breaks, and life-and-death decisions. It's the story of a revolutionary idea, the evolution of a cutting-edge American industry, and one of the great achievements of this century.Trade Review"This book offers a fascinating view inside the company behind the vaccine." — CHOICE, the publication of the American Library Association"Mr. Loftus' book is an easy and great read for anyone interested in science and business." — Business Standard"Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Loftus provides the inside track on the company in The Messenger, an engagingly pacy yet detailed narrative that traces the scientific origins of the Moderna story through the various dramas that led to the licensing of the vaccine in December 2020." — The Irish Times"Offers readers an inside view of the company's ascent from secretive startup to one of the most valuable health care companies in the world." — Science magazine"Based on nearly 300 interviews with more than 150 people, including Moderna employees, co-founders, members of the company's board and investors past and present, the book tells the story of the bet Moderna made on developing a vaccine for Covid-19." — Financial Times"Wall Street Journal reporter Loftus charts in his captivating debut Moderna's spectacular rise from a small biotech company with "no products [and] no profits" in 2018 to a key player in the race for a Covid-19 vaccine." — Publisher's Weekly"A satisfying look at how a smart business can both identify opportunity and do well by doing good." — Kirkus ReviewsAdvance Praise for The Messenger:"The Messenger delivers a riveting account of Moderna's unprecedented quest to develop a vaccine against Covid-19. With deep reporting and clear writing, Loftus compellingly chronicles the high-stakes drama behind one of the most important science-business stories of our time." — Ron Winslow, former Deputy Bureau Chief, Health and Science, and award-winning medical reporter, the Wall Street Journal"Peter Loftus's new book is an in-depth look at how a controversial startup whose vaccine was one of the few miracles of the pandemic rose from nothing to a company that at its peak was valued at over $200 billion. The book is part business story, part science story, and entirely a story of people who wouldn't entertain the notion of failure." — Bethany McLean, contributing editor, Vanity Fair; columnist, Thomson Reuters; and coauthor, New York Times bestselling author, All the Devils Are Here"The Messenger is a compelling, page-turning story of the development of the mRNA vaccine for Covid-19 by a collaboration between Moderna and scientists at the National Institutes of Health. Given the incredible importance of mRNA vaccines in combating both Covid-19 and other pathogens in the future, this well-written, accessible, and exciting narrative is a must-read." — Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH; Professor of Medicine and Associate Division Chief, HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
£20.90
Harvard Business Review Press HBR Guide to Better Mental Health at Work (HBR
Book SynopsisBuild a mentally healthy workplace.Mental health is just as important as physical health. Yet being honest about depression, anxiety, and other psychological conditions at work can feel risky—and hasn’t always been welcome. How can you ensure that you and your colleagues feel as though mental health is supported at the office?The HBR Guide to Better Mental Health at Work contains practical tips and advice to help you bring mental health out of the shadows and into everyday conversations. You'll learn how to: Build habits to support your mental health Stay productive even when you're not feeling like yourself Talk about mental heath with peers and managers Reach out to someone who might be struggling Consider the impact of intersectionality Offer the benefits people really need Fight the stigma and reduce shame Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.
£12.34
Harvard Business Review Press HBR Guide to Smarter Networking (HBR Guide
Book SynopsisMake the connections that will help you succeed—and advance faster.Networking doesn't stop once you've landed the job. Building a high-quality, diverse network is key to learning and growth, influencing others, and launching your ideas. But how do you move beyond small talk and cold emails to building a network that is strategic and effective, made up of authentic relationships?The HBR Guide to Smarter Networking will give you the tools you need to connect confidently, get your initiatives off the ground, and move up in your career.This guide will help you: Make great first impressions Connect better at conferences—in-person or virtual Reach out to find your next job Overcome obstacles to building your network Avoid networking burnout Keep your network healthy over the long haul Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.
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Harvard Business Review Press The Microstress Effect: How Small Things Create
Book SynopsisHow a million little things are dragging you down, and what to do about it.There's a force we encounter every day that we aren't aware of—and it threatens to derail otherwise promising careers and lives: microstress.This hidden epidemic of small moments of stress has insidiously infiltrated both our work and our personal lives with invisible but devastating effects. Microstress doesn't trigger the normal stress response in our brains to help us deal with it. Instead, it embeds itself in our minds and accumulates daily, one microstress on top of the other. The long-term impact can be debilitating. Unregistered microstress weighs us down, damages our physical and emotional health, and contributes to a decline in our well-being. What's more, microstress is baked into our lives. The source is seldom a classic antagonist, such as a demanding client or a jerk boss. Instead, it comes from the people with whom we are closest: our friends, family, and colleagues.The good news is that once you understand microstress, you can fight back. Drawing on fresh research, Rob Cross and Karen Dillon explain the science behind the phenomenon. They also share the secrets of a small set of people who've endured their share of microstress but have still managed to cultivate relationships that enable them to thrive both at work and in life. Compelling interviews with these high achievers bring to life best practices that show you how to build resilience against microstress and ultimately how to find purpose—purpose that helps you break free from this quietly invasive force that's stealing your life.Trade ReviewAs seen in the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Quartz, Fast Company, and more.Named one of the "Best summer books of 2023" by the Financial Times"Through their research, which involved hundreds of interviews with high performers across a multitude of companies [Cross and Dillon offer] strategies to make small adjustments that reduce the impact of microstress—in particular, by strengthening connections with others." — Financial Times"The Microstress Effect is a great read for anyone, but especially for the person who wants to understand where their mental energy is going and how best to rebuild and protect it." — Porchlight Books"… Cross and Dillon bring a fresh perspective to navigating the small pressures of the day…" "This book empowers you to take back control of your life by eliminating microstresses and replacing them with micromoments of meaningful connections with others that will give you a rich, multidimensional life." — TD magazine (Association for Talent Development)"In the authors' words, 'to enjoy overall well-being, you must develop strategies not only to combat stress but also to help you live the life you want to live through resilience, physical health, and purpose.' This reminder, for me, was the most powerful message I got from this very useful book." — Psychology TodayAdvance Praise for The Microstress Effect:"The Microstress Effect is a revelation. Cross and Dillon offer practical and sensible strategies for regaining control of your time and your well-being, drawn from years of academic research. If small hassles and burdens are infecting your life, this remarkable book is the antidote." — Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author, The Power of Regret, Drive, and When"Cross and Dillon provide fresh insight into one of the most important topics of our time—why so many high performers are at risk of burnout in both their careers and their lives. Based on solid academic research, The Microstress Effect offers not only hope but also practical guidance for fending off microstress and living a rich, fulfilling life." — Susan David, #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Emotional Agility"This book should be required reading for corporate leaders and individuals alike! I will be giving it to the people I care most about." — Jacqueline Williams-Roll, Chief Human Resources Officer, General Mills"I read this brilliant book and said 'Yup, yup, yup' over and over again. Cross and Dillon put the experiences of high performers into words. Microstresses exist and cause inordinate social, emotional, and physical risk. Following their astute insights, readers will recognize their own stresses and how to overcome them. Nothing could be more meaningful in this emotionally demanding time." — Dave Ulrich, Rensis Likert Collegiate Professor of Business Administration, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; Partner, The RBL Group"Timely, credible, and timeless, with more practical tips for lowering my stress levels than anything I've read in years, The Microstress Effect is a game changer. I read it in one sitting and need the people around me to read it—now!" — Tom Rath, bestselling author, StrengthsFinder 2.0 and Life's Great Question
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Harvard Business Review Press Energy + Motivation (HBR Emotional Intelligence
Book SynopsisPush through when procrastination calls.Some days you're on fire at work; other days you're burned out and easily distracted. How can you maintain your drive, make consistent progress, and expend your energy wisely?This book will help you identify what's behind your flagging engagement and productivity—and provide the expert research and advice on what to do about it.This volume includes the work of: Annie McKee Heidi Grant Shawn Achor Elizabeth Grace Saunders How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.
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Harvard Business Review Press HBR Guide to Designing Your Retirement
Book SynopsisSet yourself up for a successful transition.Retirement is perhaps the greatest and most deeply personal career transition you'll ever make. Will you switch gears, slow down, or stop work entirely? Will you have the money, the good health, and the companionship you need to enjoy it?The HBR Guide to Designing Your Retirement provides the practical tips, research, stories, and advice you need to take stock of your skills and interests and define retirement for yourself.You'll learn how to: Assess your readiness to make the transition Craft a plan to slow your pace—or stop working altogether Experiment with possible future selves Find new ways to apply old skills Communicate your plan to key partners Bridge your old identity to your new one Stay connected Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.Trade Review"What sets this retirement guide apart from others is the perspectives brought by the contributing writers. In addition to presenting case histories and addressing the best ways to assess your life goals and financial needs, the authors discuss specific steps to help you think about encore careers in coaching, consulting or teaching; practical tips for coping with different stresses; and how to view the career you're leaving as a period of "preretirement" to help you evaluate what comes next." — The Wall Street Journal
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Harvard Business Review Press Good Habits (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
Book SynopsisImprove the way you work—and feel—by forming better habits.We all have habits. Some of them we've carefully established; others we may have simply fallen into. Some help us get our work done; others hold us back.This book explores how to change your behavior to break counterproductive tendencies, combat everyday stressors, and ultimately reach your goals at work and in life.This volume includes the work of: James Clear Rasmus Hougaard Jacqueline Carter Whitney Johnson How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.
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Harvard Business Review Press Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for
Book SynopsisStrategies that successful career changers use—and how to make them work for you.Nearly all of us have entertained the notion of changing careers. Feeling burned out at work, unfulfilled, or just plain unhappy with whatever we're doing, we long to reinvent ourselves on a new and different career path. But how do we make this transition successfully?In this update of the groundbreaking classic, bestselling author Herminia Ibarra presents a model for career reinvention that flies in the face of everything we've learned from "career experts"—and is tailor-made for changing careers in today's uncertain world. Career transition is not a linear path toward some predetermined identity, according to Ibarra, but a crooked journey along which we try on a host of "possible selves" we might become. Successful reinvention comes not from deciphering and analyzing our past, but from inventing and testing our possible futures.Using new examples of people in different stages of a career transition, Ibarra identifies the three critical strategies—experiment with new professional activities and identities, interact in new networks of people, and make sense of what is happening to us in light of emerging possibilities—that all successful career changers use. She shows how you can use these strategies to: Explore your possible selves Craft and execute "identity experiments" Create "small wins" that keep momentum going Connect with role models and mentors who can ease the transition Arrange new learnings into a coherent story Now with action-oriented exercises to help you work successfully through your own career transition, this updated edition gives you the tools to discover a new path and find success in your new career.Trade ReviewAdvance Praise for Working Identity:"I don't have to predict that this book will become a classic. It already has. Well ahead of its time when first published, Working Identity now finds its sweet spot of ultrarelevance in our tumultuous era of career searching and pivoting." — Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School; author, Right Kind of Wrong"With a deft combination of story and science, Ibarra both debunks a portion of popular wisdom and demystifies the process of work transition. I've probably recommended this book more frequently than any other, including my own." — David Epstein, author, #1 New York Times bestseller Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World and bestseller The Sports Gene"There has never been a better time to understand career transitions—and there has never been a better author to help us navigate these transitions." — Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice, London Business School; author, Redesigning Work; and coauthor, The 100-Year Life"Herminia Ibarra's groundbreaking Working Identity continues to defy and disrupt conventional wisdom around career change. Even more relevant than it was two decades ago, this book is a gem for anyone who wants something more. Simply brilliant." — Whitney Johnson, CEO, Disruption Advisors; Thinkers50 Top 10 Management Thinker; and Wall Street Journal bestselling author"Herminia Ibarra flips our way of thinking. What we do shifts what we say to ourselves, which shifts our mindsets, which shifts our identity, which then expands what we can do. It's an upward spiral. This book is a new paradigm and pure genius." — Carol Kauffman, coauthor, Real-Time Leadership"Whether you're looking to switch industries, start your own business, or find a more fulfilling role within your current organization, this is the book you need to start your change today." — Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author, The Earned Life, Triggers, and What Got You Here Won't Get You There"Sophisticated and savvy, Herminia Ibarra's timeless book challenges much of the conventional wisdom about how and why people change careers—and illuminates the experimentation, struggle, and joy that are essential to the process. For professionals contemplating a career change, Working Identity is essential reading." — Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author, The Power of Regret
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Harvard Business Review Press HBR Guide to Your Job Search
Book SynopsisLand the job of your dreams.You're ready to take the next step in your career. But securing the right role can take a lot of work—and a lot of time and energy. How do you move forward without getting overwhelmed by the process?The HBR Guide to Your Job Search is here to help. Whether you’re new to the workforce or have a well-established career, this book contains practical advice for navigating your job hunt.You'll learn how to: Structure your search strategically Translate your strengths into a strong personal story Activate your network to find opportunities Write a résumé that gets callbacks Craft answers to common interview questions Set yourself up for success in your new role Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.
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Gant Group LLC The 24k Life Code: The only difference between
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Bibliotech Press Hygiene: A Manual of Personal and Public Health
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Skyhorse Publishing The Ultimate Vaccine Timeline
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