FEATURING A BRAND NEW CHAPTER ON KING CHARLES III AND HIS CORONATION'Fascinating' The Times'Tantalising' Telegraph The gripping account of how the royal family really operates. Valentine Low, royal correspondent for The Times, asks the important questions: who really runs the show and, with Charles now crowned as King, what will happen next? Today, as ever, a vast team of people hidden from view steers the royal family's path between public duty and private life. The question of who is entrusted to guide the royals has never been more vital, and yet the task those courtiers face has never been more challenging. With the departure of both Harry and Meghan and the disgraced Prince Andrew from royal life, the complex relationship between modern courtiers and royal principals has been exposed to global scrutiny. William and Kate - equipped with a very twenty-first-century approach to press and public relations - now hold the responsibility of making an ancient institution relevant for the decades to come.Courtiers reveals an ever-changing web of complex characters, shifting values and ideas over what the future of the institution should be. This is the story of how the monarchy really works, at a pivotal moment in its history. Read more

The No. 1 BestsellerBiography of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023The Last Word Listeners' Choice Award, Irish Book Awards 2023'One of the best [books] I have read about the complexities of poverty . . . one of the most remarkable people you will ever meet' GuardianLike young girls everywhere Katriona O’Sullivan grew up bright, enthusiastic, curious. But she was also surrounded by abject poverty and chaos, and after she became pregnant and homeless at 15, what followed was five years of barely surviving. Yet today Katriona is an award-winning academic whose work explores barriers to education for girls like her.What set Katriona on this unexpected path were the mentors and supporters who truly saw her. The teachers who showed her how to wash in the school toilets or turned up at her door to convince her to sit at least one GCSE. The community worker who encouraged her to apply for training schemes. The friend who introduced Katriona to Trinity College’s access program while she was a cleaner. Simple acts that would help her turn her life around.Told with warmth, clarity and compassion – compassion for her parents, for her younger self, for others – Poor is both an astonishing personal testimony and an impassioned plea for the future of our children.‘Powerful – Katriona is a legend’ Barry Keoghan‘Raw, passionate and resolutely honest – I’ll never forget it’ Annie Mac'Full of insight . . . so important' Fi Glover, Times Radio 'I read poor in one sitting I found it so compelling . . . moving, uplifting, brave, heroic' Nuala McGovern, Woman's Hour, BBC Radio Four'Moving, funny, brave and original - just like the author . . . absolutely incredible' Roísín Ingle, Irish Times Women's Podcast‘One of the books of the year’ Patrick Kielty, Late Late Show, RTÉ One'One of the most important books I have ever read … a beautiful telling of determination despite the odds' Lynn Ruane, Irish Times'Fearless, funny and searingly honest' Adil Ray OBE'Raw and remarkable' Irish Independent 'A book of empowerment and hope' Patricia Scanlan‘Remarkable . . . a vivid retelling of Katriona flourishing, despite her beginnings’ BBC News West MidlandsNumber 1 bestseller, Irish Times, March 2024 Read more

Taking readers on a global journey through human history, Natasha Tidd examines how lies can change the world around us, from Julius Caesar’s deceptive PR machine to the cover-ups that caused Chernobyl.From forgeries that created centuries worth of conflict and domination, such as The Donation of Constantine, the Protocols of Zion and the mysterious Testament of Peter the Great, to mass political and press cover-ups including Britain’s Boer War concentration camps, a Pulitzer Prize-winning whitewash of the Ukraine Famine and the infamous Dreyfus Affair in France.Alongside these are examinations of how our retellings of history can turn fiction into fact, including The Spanish Inquisition’s deceitful legacy. Plus, there is an in-depth look at how historic lies can still impact our lives today, such as the deadly legacy of America’s Tuskegee Experiment.Meet incredible people, including Jeanne de Clisson who became the fourteenth century's most feared pirate – all because of a lie.A Short History of the World in 50 Lies details the profound impact of this secretive side of history and shows that the truth really is stranger – and far more dangerous – than any fiction.Other books in the series:A Short History of the World in 50 Places (9781789291971)A Short History of the World in 50 Animals (9781789292954)A Short History of the World in 50 Books (9781789294088)A Short History of the World in 50 Failures (9781789296938) Read more

We know students have more to learn than ever before and there is a lot of pressure to perform well on tests, demonstrating superior learning. However, common study strategies such as cramming, highlighting text, and repeated reading have little impact in the longer-term. This exciting new book reveals the effective study strategies that will help you to use your time more efficiently, ace your tests, and retain information over time. In full color and accompanied by beautifully illustrated graphics, Ace That Test offers evidence-based learning strategies that students can use during their study sessions, including dual coding and the power of retrieving what they know. Including concrete examples of the ways students can use each strategy, illustrations to leverage dual coding principles of learning, and questions and activities for retrieval practice, the book covers: • How to prepare your mind for learning • Making better decisions about what you study • Planning study sessions • Use visuals and words to aid understanding • Understanding concepts • Improving learning in the long run • Reading and note-taking strategies With QR codes linking to answers to embedded questions and supplemental material, this is essential reading for college, university, and school students as well as educators teaching study skills or learning to learn courses. Read more

Would you like to have the life of your dreams?Great healthAmazing relationshipsA fantastic careerSignificant wealthReal happinessThen this book is for you!Millions of people are familiar with manifesting what they want, creating results through goal setting, focus of attention and actions. Paul McKenna has spent the last four decades studying super-achievers, uncovering some extraordinary discoveries to create a revolutionary formula for getting what you want in life, through an advanced set of easy-to-do processes called 'Power Manifesting'. Using scientifically proven techniques, he has created a specific set of strategies that programme your neuro-coding to place powerful, positive suggestions in your unconscious mind that direct all your behaviours, thoughts, feelings and energy into achieving whatever it is you want!If you are not getting what you want in life, or even if your life is already amazing, by using the new science of Power Manifesting, it will take it to even greater heights of success, happiness and joy, in every area of your life! In the few hours that it takes you to read this book and do the techniques, you will start to notice massive changes in levels of motivation and positivity.Through a mix of quantum physics and Neuro-Linguistic Programming, you will be able to easily programme your mind for success and your life will become even more amazing than you'd ever dreamed possible before! Read more

World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea-the power of our mindset.Dweck explains why it's not just our abilities and talent that bring us success-but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn't foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment, but may actually jeopardize success. With the right mindset, we can motivate our kids and help them to raise their grades, as well as reach our own goals-personal and professional. Dweck reveals what all great parents, teachers, CEOs, and athletes already know: how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning and a resilience that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area. Read more

In this pioneering, practical book for parents, neuroscientist Daniel J. Siegel and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson explain the new science of how a child's brain is wired and how it matures. Different parts of a child's brain develop at different speeds and understanding these differences can help you turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child's brain and raise calmer, happier children. Featuring clear explanations, age-appropriate strategies and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole-Brain Child will help your children to lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives using twelve key strategies, including:Name It to Tame It: Corral raging right-brain behavior through left-brain storytelling, appealing to the left brain's affinity for words and reasoning to calm emotional storms and bodily tension.Engage, Don't Enrage: Keep your child thinking and listening, instead of purely reacting.Move It or Lose It: Use physical activities to shift your child's emotional state.Let the Clouds of Emotion Roll By: Guide your children when they are stuck on a negative emotion, and help them understand that feelings come and go.SIFT: Help children pay attention to the Sensations, Images, Feelings, and Thoughts within them so that they can make better decisions and be more flexible.Connect Through Conflict: Use discord to encourage empathy and greater social success. Read more

'Buy this book' DOUGLAS MURRAY'An urgent call for reformation’ DAVID GOODHARTTHE EXPLOSIVE NEW BOOK FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NATIONAL POPULISM AND VALUES, VOICE AND VIRTUE.Depressed tutors and disillusioned students. Funding crises and falling standards. Culture wars and campus protests. Welcome to the broken world of academia. Welcome to Bad Education.-------------------------Our universities are broken. Established as sanctuaries of truth and higher learning, they are now decaying institutions that are failing a generation of young people. Consumed by funding and admissions crises, mired in political scandal and governed by self-interest, their founding principles have been corrupted. This explosive book shows us why, and what we must do to fix them.Matt Goodwin spent decades working as an academic in some of the world’s leading universities, delivering underfunded courses to increasingly disengaged lecture theatres, sitting on rudderless committees, counselling depressed colleagues and concerned students, watching standards slip and academic integrity decline.At the heart of this crisis is an increasingly politicised campus. Once bastions of free speech, forums for open debate and incubators of bold new ideas, our universities are increasingly becoming monocultures, ruled by an ideology that is silencing respected voices, stifling discussion and violently shutting down diverse opinion, betraying intellectual freedom and failing to deliver the very basics of an education.Unflinching, shocking and urgent, this first-hand account provides an insider's view of how the founding principles of academia are in decline and why we should all consider what this means for the students of today, tomorrow and the world they will shape. Read more

A cult bestseller in the US, available around the world for the first time, The Great Mental Models introduces the simple tools we all need to see the world clearly.Time and time again, great thinkers like Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger have credited their success to mental models: simple representations of how the world works that can be applied in a wide array of contexts. Mastering a small number of these concepts enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others don’t, and better anticipate outcomes.The Great Mental Models introduces the most powerful models that anyone can use right away to improve decision making and productivity. In this volume, Shane Parrish introduces key concepts that both art and economics rely on, including:Creative destruction: New innovations must sometimes come at the cost of the maintaining the status quo.Representation: The depiction of an idea can be visual, but it can also rely on symbols or other ideas.Genre: A form of communication with socially constructed norms developed collaboratively over time.Building a latticework of mental models is one of the most powerful things you can do to become a better thinker, leader, or creator. The Great Mental Models is the accessible guide you need to unlock this ability. Read more

Astonishing and prophetic, The Abolition of Man is one of the most debated of C. S. Lewis’s extraordinary works. National Review chose it as number seven on their "100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century." In this classic The Abolition of Man, Lewis, one of the most important Christian writers of last century, sets out to persuade his audience of the importance and relevance of universal values such as courage and honor in his contemporary society. The deep yet fundamental concepts in this timeless classic are even more relevant and important for our contemporary society today. Read more

What are your goals in the stock market? Because once you are clear with your goals you can choose the type of book you should read to achieve that goal.If your goal is to make money in the long term then there are many good books on that topic. But if your goal is to catch short-term explosive stock moves and get out with your profits within a few days, then this book will be of great help to you.This book is especially helpful for short-term traders who want either monthly income from the markets or who prefer short-term positional trading over long-term investing. This book helps them find explosive short-term stock moves with the help of 20 EMA alone. ( 20 Period Exponential Moving Average).I have also shared some of my successful trades using the exact setup and with detailed explanations around the entry and exit decisions. I have also included some practice charts for you to practice the setup learned in this book. These practice charts are also followed by detailed explanations.Some of the moves from these setups are so explosive that they give 40-50 % or more returns in a matter of 6-7 days. It’s all about catching the move from the 20-period exponential moving average and avoiding the traps. We will discuss that in detail in this book. Sometimes the move from these setups gives a 100-200% move within 3-4 months, but we focus mostly on the short-term explosive moves in this book. Then it will be up to you how you want to use the information in your trading. Read more

Learn one of the most essential skills to be successful in this decade: Systems ThinkingDo you notice how the world around us is becoming increasingly complex and the problems you need to solve more and more challenging? Are you tired of running into the same issues again and again, but don’t know how to find a solution that finally works? Have you heard about Systems Thinking as a key discipline that elevates your thinking and improves your problem solving, but you never found the time to learn about it?Systems Thinking for Beginners introduces you to this profound but very practical approach to business and life in a simple and easy-to-follow way. If you are new to Systems Thinking but don’t have the time to read a complex, academic textbook, this easy-to-read guide is for you.You will learn everything you need to know to see the world through the eyes of a Systems Thinker and to apply the Systems Thinking toolkit to find solutions that work in your professional and everyday life.Start finding sustainable solutions and avoid unintended consequencesSystems Thinking has become an invaluable tool for private and not-for-profit organisations. It is an approach to problem-solving that is grounded on the principle that we are surrounded by interconnected systems. Practically anything can be looked at as a system: the people we live with, the company we work for, and the community we reside in. Systems Thinkers understand that problems in these systems cannot be solved in isolation. This comprehensive guide will teach you:The unique tools Systems Thinkers have developed that allow you to recognize systems and understand how all their parts work together How systems respond to changing conditions and how they can adjust on their own How to use diagrams to illustrate common problem patterns that Systems Thinkers have shown crop up repeatedly in business, politics, and personal life How you can optimise the systems around you and become more successful in your professional and everyday lifeYou will also learn:A wide range of graphical tools Systems Thinkers use to help them understand and communicate Many real-life examples of systems, how they work and why they might break down How to unpack some knotty social issues and how you might use systems thinking to zero in on underlying causes and find solutions This book will provide you with a new mindset that will help you to notice the details that matter, and at the same time, help you develop an appreciation for the larger picture in a way that is very grounded to real-life situations.Are you ready to elevate your thinking and become a Systems Thinker?Do not hesitate—you can learn the essential Systems Thinking tools today if you scroll up right now, click the “Buy Now” button at the top of the page and start working through this proven guide with ease. The sooner you start the quicker you will see results in your life — and you can start now! Read more

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA Times, Spectator and Waterstones Book of the Year'Shocking and moving' Guardian'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose’ The TimesAt eight years of age, Charles Spencer was sent away to one of England's most England's most exclusive boarding schools. Here he reveals the strange secrets of the school, and the culture of cruelty and abuse he experienced in his five years there as pupil.Spencer reflects on the misery, hopelessness and abandonment he felt aged eight, viscerally describing the intense pain of homesickness and the vicious brutality of a boys' school in the 1970s. All these years later, Spencer's bafflement at the teachers' motivations to inflict such cruelty on young children in palpable. As is his fury that, even if somehow he had spoken up, he'd never have been believed.Charles Spencer's book 'A Very Private School' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 11-03-2024.Charles Spencer's book 'A Very Private School' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-03-18. Read more

The Leadership Book is Neil Jurd's top-rated, best-selling guide to leadership.If you apply the lessons in The Leadership Book you will increase your positive impact at work and beyond. Neil starts the book by explaining that good leadership makes the world a better place. Good leadership is good for morale, retention, creativity, and performance. The book presents leadership in clear and straightforward language supported by simple illustrations. Neil draws on the lessons from his 17 years' service as a British Army officer and Sandhurst Instructor, and extensive work since then developing leaders in some of the world's best-known organisations including Virgin Media, Burt's Snacks and Sanofi. The book is very popular with leaders in all lines of work, including education, the military, business, and health care.The Leadership Book is often bought in bulk by senior leaders looking to develop their boards or management teams, and by individuals keen to increase their positive impact. Amazon review comments include:5* Neil Jurd has written something remarkable. The Leadership Book is accessible, pragmatic and steeped in practical experience of leadership. Tony N, Jan 2022.5* This book by Neil Jurd is absolutely one of the best books on leadership that I have ever come across. RW, USA, Jun 2022.5* Essential Reading. Clear, concise and compelling, this is easily the best leadership book I've read and should be essential reading for new and experienced managers and leaders alike. Ben, Nov 2024.5* The author's real-world experience shines through, providing valuable, commonsense guidance that can be applied to various roles and industries. C Fernández, Jun 24. Read more

Learning German may seem like a difficult task. Especially when it comes to the nature of the German language. The good news is that’s just a false presumption. Every language can be learned if you know the right technique and the right information. It is proven that the easiest way to learn a language is to hear it in action. Hearing a natural german conversation is the best thing you can do, it’s like listening to a story. Natural is the keyword in that sentence. A natural approach to learning the language is the fastest and simplest approach to do it.Why do you think you hear people learning a language extremely fast when they move to another country? Because they hear it naturally, every day. Learn German with stories .Maybe the easiest language learning system ever created. How does that sound to you?People listen to other people’s stories.The human mind is programmed to like stories because that’s what our life is. A story. And because of this very reason, I’ve crafted stories that will easily cut you months of struggling to learn German. There will no longer be a “struggle”.Moving to Germany just to learn German is not a solution .That’s why my book “brings” Germany to you. It brings stories to you. Learning German with my stories will grab your mind into believing that you will actually “live” into German conversations. When you’re reading a story, you feel like you’re there. The same concept applies to learning German with stories.About my learning German with stories book :It contains 150 short stories about everyday situationsEvery story is followed by questions and key vocabularyThe more you read, the easier your brain will automatically get used to the German language ( isn’t that easily beautiful? )It includes more than 900 digital flashcards for those not able to understand the book completely from the beginningIt uses psychologically inserted KEY PATTERNS to make your brain automatically easily learn sentences and words (this is key)The book uses a read-word-repeat writing system along the stories for natural, fluid learning ( heavy repetition = higher retention rate )The Benefits of using my book:Easily learn German with storiesFeel at ease when reading & learning with the flow of the storiesNo struggle forcing to learn words/phrasesLearn at your own paceFeel confident in your German language skills after a few weeks ONLYOnce you learn, you NEVER forgetLearn German with my stories ( the easy way ) Read more

While his contemporaries considered Blake a madman, we now appreciate him as an important figure in the development of romantic and mystical poetry.Blake's poetry is unique from every angle: It possesses a philosophical depth that impacts the reader at a spiritual level.Blake created his own mythological world, which he outlined in his prophetic books. His complex world is inhabited by deities and heroes to whom he gave unusual names: Urizen, Luva, Tarmas, Urton, Los, Enitarmon, Aania, etc. The inspiration for Blake's mythology has many origins, including the Bible, Greek and Roman mythology, Scandinavian Eddas, and treatises by occultists and religious mystics.Contents:Poetical SketchesAn Island In The MoonAll Religions Are OneThere Is No Natural ReligionTirielSongs Of InnocenceThe Book Of ThelThe Marriage Of Heaven And HellThe French RevolutionVisions Of The Daughters Of AlbionAmerica A ProphecyEurope A ProphecyThe First Book Of UrizenSongs Of ExperienceThe Book Of LosThe Song Of LosThe Book Of AhaniaThe Four ZoasMilton A PoemJerusalem: The Emanation Of The Giant AlbionSongs And Ballads From Blake's Notebook (1793)Satiric Verses And Epigrams From Blake's NotebookUncollected Works Read more

An urgent manifesto for re-defining human potential in our turbulent times, from the bestselling author of The Element 'As we face an increasingly febrile future, the answer is not to do better what we've done before. We have to do something else . . . We must urgently re-imagine education and schools' Imagination and creativity are at the root of every uniquely human achievement and those achievements have brought us to this present moment. As we reckon with the extractive practices that have depleted our natural resources and threaten our survival as a species, Sir Ken Robinson argues that we must also find a better way of cultivating human potential in order to navigate our uncertain future. This incisive book distills the thought and expertise that underpinned Sir Ken's influential work as educator, speaker and adviser; grounded in his unwavering belief in the indispensable value of human potential. Imagine If . . . reframes the ongoing debate in a compelling new way, bringing fresh inspiration and much-needed clarity, and sets out the blueprint for creating new systems of education that are based on diversity, creativity and collaboration. Read more

My name is Will Farnell. My firm has already adopted end-to-end cloud accounting. We’re happy about any future demands driven by changing client demands and I’m constantly working on making our digital transformation more efficient, profitable and scalable. I have written this book so that you can apply what I’ve learned to your own firm. I’ve included our mistakes, case studies of firms that have adopted different approaches and the advice of some of the experts I respect. Combine the increasing mobility of self employed millennials, small business managers and Tax Digitalisation with the advent of cloud accounting. Add new tech start-ups basic services at rock-bottom prices into the mix and the future of the old-fashioned accountancy firm looks pretty bad. This book shows you that these same threats to our firms come with great opportunities and help you develop a roadmap for your firm that enables you to survive and thrive. I’m not your typical accountant. I’m an entrepreneur who’s passionate about giving great service and finding radical solutions to provide value and establish efficiencies. That involves using the best tech and sharing information freely. I’m great at the big picture, enjoy working on strategy and I’m not good at detail. I have a great team who are good accountants and we complement each other in terms of skills, orientation and character. Had I been a really good technical accountant, Farnell Clarke would not be the company it is today, and it would certainly not have grown by 36% year-on-year for a decade. Early adoption of the best tech available, working towards internal and external processes that are as consistent, seamless and pain-free as possible, and creating an organisation that’s always looking for efficiencies has paid off handsomely, and I want to pass the knowledge on. Hopefully this book, which summarises what we’ve learned during our leading-and-occasionally-bleeding-edge adoption of end-to-end cloud computing, will help you maximise profit and minimise pain in your firm’s conversion to cloud accounting, helping you ensure future compliance with the currently nebulous requirements of tax digitalisation and facilitate your business’s success in this new competitive environment. Faced with important challenges in compliance practice and accounting services over the coming decade, including digital compliance requirements, AI and clients with an increasingly cloud-based digital approach to information processing, firms have to change to survive. I think going fully digital is the only logical choice. Read more

The future needs Dyslexic Thinking!British social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of charity Made By Dyslexia, Kate Griggs has been shifting the narrative on dyslexia and educating people on its strengths since 2004. Having been surrounded by an extraordinary 'smorgasbord of Dyslexic Thinking' her whole life, Griggs knows the superpower of dyslexia all too well.Revised and updated, with new research and a forward from Sir Richard Branson, This is Dyslexia covers everything you need to understand, value and support Dyslexic Thinking. From offering practical advice on how to support the dyslexics in your life to breaking down the 6 Dyslexic Thinking skills in adults, Griggs shares her knowledge in an easily digestible guide.This is Dyslexia redefines and reshapes what it means to be dyslexic. It explores how it has shaped our past and how harnessing its powers and strengths is vital to our future. Read more

“Louder Than Words takes us from an understanding of nonverbal behavior to an understanding of something far more valuable for success—nonverbal intelligence.” — Robert B. Cialdini, author of Influence: Science and Practice“Joe Navarro brings together the art and science of nonverbal communications for the business sector with the edge of a former FBI agent and the insight of a world-class observer.” — Jack Canfield, co-author of The Success PrinciplesJoe Navarro, bestselling author of What Every Body Is Saying and Phil Hellmuth Presents Read ‘Em and Reap and former FBI agent specializing in behavioral analysis, helps you successfully navigate the business world by training your brain to see what others are feeling, thinking, or intending. Job hunters and professionals of every ilk—as well as fans of the hit FOX television series Lie to Me—will find many helpful and effective tips to reading body language and microexpressions in Louder than Words. Read more