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In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation. Along the way we learn why some people and companies struggle to change, despite years of trying, while others seem to remake themselves overnight. We visit laboratories where neuroscientists explore how habits work and where, exactly, they reside in our brains. We discover how the right habits were crucial to the success of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, and civil-rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr. We go inside Procter & Gamble, Target superstores, Rick Warren's Saddleback Church, NFL locker rooms, and the nation's largest hospitals and see how implementing so-called keystone habits can earn billions and mean the difference between failure and success, life and death. At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. Habits aren't destiny. As Charles Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.
| Авторы | Чарльз Духигг |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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Outliers: The Story of Success can be enjoyed for its bits of trivia, like why most pro hockey players were born in January, how many hours of practice it takes to master a skill, why the descendents of Jewish immigrant garment workers became the most powerful lawyers in New York, how a pilots' culture impacts their crash record, how a centuries-old culture of rice farming helps Asian kids master math. But there's more to it than that. Throughout all of these examples - and in more that delve into the social benefits of lighter skin color, and the reasons for school achievement gaps - Gladwell invites conversations about the complex ways privilege manifests in our culture. He leaves us pondering the gifts of our own history, and how the world could benefit if more of our kids were granted the opportunities to fulfill their remarkable potential.
| Авторы | Малкольм Гладуэлл |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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Ця книга містить адаптований текст відомого науково-фантастичного роману «Загублений світ» (1912) видатного шотландського письменника сера Артура Конана Дойла (1859–1930). Основною сюжетною лінією твору є британська експедиція до Південної Америки та відкриття професором Челленджером і його супутниками острова, заселеного динозаврами та іншими істотами часів кам’яної доби. Загадкові явища та смертельна небезпека пронизують усі сторінки роману. Текст супроводжується системою вправ, метою яких є перевірити розуміння змісту, відпрацювати та закріпити лексику, сприяти розвитку мовленнєвих навичок і творчих здібностей. Вправи розроблено з урахуванням сучасних вимог методики викладання іноземних мов. До книги додається англо-український словник. Призначена для учнів загальноосвітніх і спеціалізованих шкіл, гімназій, ліцеїв, а також широкого кола читачів, які вивчають англійську мову самостійно.
| Авторы | Артур Конан Дойл |
| Издательство | Арій |
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The world moves fast, but that doesn't mean we have to. In this timely guide to mindfulness, Haemin Sunim, a Buddhist monk born in Korea and educated in the United States, offers advice on everything from handling setbacks to dealing with relationships and loved ones, in a beautiful book combining his teachings with calming full-colour illustrations. Even as we speed toward what comes next, Haemin Sunim's messages of encouragement speak directly to the anxieties that have become part of modern life and remind us of the strength and joy that come from slowing down. Overwhelmingly popular in his native Korea, Haemin Sunim is a spiritual leader whose teachings transcend religions and borders and resonate with people of all ages. With insight and compassion drawn from a life full of change, he shows, as millions have seen, he succeeds at encouraging all of us to notice that when you slow down, the world slows down with you.
| Авторы | Суним Геним |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a 'classical Europe', using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures. As this consistently fresh and surprising new book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves, whose myths, history, and buildings were an elaborate engagement with an already old and revered past filled with great leaders and writers, emigrations and battles. Indeed, much of the reason we know so much about the classical past is the obsessive importance it held for so many generations of Greeks and Romans, who interpreted and reinterpreted their changing casts of heroes and villains. Figures such as Alexander the Great and Augustus Caesar loom large in our imaginations today, but they were themselves fascinated by what had preceded them. The Birth of Classical Europe is therefore both an authoritative history, and also a fascinating attempt to show how our own changing values and interests have shaped our feelings about an era which is by some measures very remote but by others startlingly close.
| Авторы | Саймон Прайс, Питер Тонманн |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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Bestselling author Deepak Chopra joins forces with leading physicist Menas Kafatos to explore nine of the biggest and most baffling questions about science and the nature of reality. Their answers will present a bold new understanding of who we are and how we can reach our greatest potential. In this book, that combines cutting edge science with real world applications, Chopra and Kafatos redefine our nature of reality and what is possible. Here they ask 9 questions: • What Came Before the Big Bang? • Why Does the Universe Fit Together So Perfectly? • Where Did Time Come From? • What Is the Universe Made Of? • Is There Design in the Universe? • Is the Quantum World Linked to Everyday Life? • Do We Live in a Conscious Universe? • How Did Life First Begin? • Does the brain create the mind? You Are The Universe offers answers that open up new possibilities for all of us to lead more fruitful, peaceful and successful lives.
| Авторы | Чопра Дипак, Менас Кафатос |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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It’s the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally the loneliest man on earth. No one he has ever known or loved has been born yet. Perhaps now they never will be. Stanton knows that a great and terrible war is coming. A collective suicidal madness that will destroy European civilization and bring misery to millions in the century to come. He knows this because, for him, that century is already history. Somehow he must change that history. He must prevent the war. A war that will begin with a single bullet. But can a single bullet truly corrupt an entire century? And, if so, could another single bullet save it?
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Rediscover the ultimate comfort read in the classic story of friendship, loyalty and secrets set in the deep south of America in the 1930s. The day Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison opened the Whistle Stop Cafe, the town took a turn for the better. It was the Depression and that cafe was a home from home for many of us. You could get eggs, grits, bacon, ham, coffee and a smile for 25 cents. Ruth was just the sweetest girl you ever met. And Idgie? She was a character, all right. You never saw anyone so headstrong. But how anybody could have thought she murdered that man is beyond me. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a mouth-watering tale of love, laughter and mystery. It will lift your spirits and above all it'll remind you of the secret to life: friends.
| Авторы | Фэнни Флэгг |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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The Sunday Times Bestseller behind the major new film from Ridley Scott starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain. I'm stranded on Mars. I have no way to communicate with Earth. I'm in a Habitat designed to last 31 days. If the Oxygenator breaks down, I'll suffocate. If the Water Reclaimer breaks down, I'll die of thirst. If the Hab breaches, I'll just kind of explode. If none of those things happen, I'll eventually run out of food and starve to death. So yeah. I'm screwed. Andy Weir's second novel Artemis is now available for pre-order
| Авторы | Вейер Энди |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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Ця книга призначена передусім для громадян України та українців інших країн, які виїжджають за кордон, зокрема до франкомовних країн, а також для школярів, студентів і всіх, хто вивчає французьку мову. Вона містить найуживаніші слова та словосполучення, а також корисну для туристів інформацію країнознавчого характеру.
| Авторы | Олег Таланов |
| Издательство | Арій |
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The Velveteen Rabbit is a classic, much-loved children's story by Margery Williams. Once there was a velveteen rabbit who longed to be Real. He was owned by a boy who loved him more and more every day, even when the rabbit's velveteen coat grew old and shabby and worn. Then one day something magical happened, and the rabbit's wish began to come true...
| Авторы | Марджери Уильямс |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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330 грн
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Ця книга містить адаптований текст філософської драми «Фауст» (1808) видатного німецького письменника та мислителя Йоганна Вольфґанґа фон Ґете (1749–1832), над яким він працював упродовж 60 років. Прототип головного героя – доктор Йоганн Фауст – жив у XVI ст., його вважали магом і чорнокнижником, який продав душу дияволу. Дія починається на небесах, де злий дух Мефістофель і Господь укладають парі про те, чи зможе Фауст врятувати свою душу. Текст супроводжується системою вправ, метою яких є перевірити розуміння змісту прочитаного, відпрацювати та закріпити лексику й граматичні конструкції, сприяти розвитку мовленнєвих навичок і творчих здібностей у дітей. Вправи розроблено з урахуванням сучасних вимог методики викладання іноземних мов. До книги додаються підсумковий тест і англо-український словник.
| Авторы | Йоганн Вольфганг Гете |
| Издательство | Арій |
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is the sequel to one of Roald Dahl's best-loved stories, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Willy Wonka has asked Charlie and the rest of the Bucket family to live with him. Now, moments after Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ended, we rejoin the adventure as the Great Glass Elevator blasts into outer space...
| Авторы | Роальд Даль |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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Designed to appeal to book lovers everywhere, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman's great collection of poetry which he revised and expanded throughout his lifetime. This new collection of his poetry, edited and introduced by Professor Bridget Bennett, is taken from the final version, the `death-bed edition', published 1891-2. It includes all his most famous poems such as `Song of Myself' and `I Sing the Body Electric'. First published in 1855, Leaves of Grass was groundbreaking in its subject matter and in its direct and unembellished style. Whitman wrote about the United States and its people, its revolutionary spirit and about democracy. He wrote openly about the body and desire in a way that completely broke with convention. Truly radical, Leaves of Grass paved the way for a completely new kind of poetry.
| Авторы | Уолт Уітмен |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, areasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. The Godfather. A modern masterpiece,The Godfather is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. It is also the intimate story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and ripped apart by its unique position at the core of the American Mafia. Still shocking forty years after it was first published, this compelling tale of blackmail, murder and family values is a true classic.
| Авторы | Пьюзо Маріо |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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The novel «The Chimes» by the Englishman Charles Dickens (1812—1870) belongs to the series of «Christmas stories». After talking to the judge, Toby begins to believe that all the poor are bad from birth. However, the spirits of church bells with the help of magic change Toby himself as well as the course of events.
Повість «Дзвони» англійця Чарльза Діккенса (1812—1870) належить до циклу «різдвяних повістей». Носильник Тобі після розмови зi суддею починає вірити, що всі бідняки лихі вже від народження. Однак духи церковних дзвонів за допомогою казкових чар змінюють хід подій і самого Тобі.
Повість «Дзвони» англійця Чарльза Діккенса (1812—1870) належить до циклу «різдвяних повістей». Носильник Тобі після розмови зi суддею починає вірити, що всі бідняки лихі вже від народження. Однак духи церковних дзвонів за допомогою казкових чар змінюють хід подій і самого Тобі.
| Авторы | Чарлз Діккенс |
| Издательство | Фолио |
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130 грн
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Discover John Fowles’ compelling classic first novel ‘Short and spare and direct, an intelligent thriller with psychological and social overtones’ Sunday Times Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, art student Miranda. Coming into unexpected money, he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. Alone and desperate, Miranda must struggle to understand her captor if she is to gain her freedom…
| Авторы | Джон Фаулз |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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From the Ice Age to the Cold War, from Reykjavik to the Volga, from Minos to Margaret Thatcher, Norman Davies here tells the entire story of Europe in a single volume. It is the most ambitious history of the continent ever undertaken. Norman Davies' seminal biography of a whole continent; 'it brims with learning, crackles with common sense, coruscates with wit and abounds in good judgement.' Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Sunday Times
| Авторы | Норман Дэйвис |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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From the international bestselling auhor of Gomorrah, this searing expose of dirty money and the drug trade reveals how they are at the heart of our lives, our economy, and our world. 'The most important book of the year ... Here it is, laid bare: cartel as corporation, corporation as cartel; cocaine as pure capitalism ... Saviano realises the brutal truth: that to understand narco-traffic is to understand the modern world ... it is revolutionary' Ed Vulliamy, Observer. 'A dense, dazzling, dizzying narrative about the terrifying violence of the cocaine trade, but also the vast, unassailable reach of it' Rose George, Independent. 'A tremendously gripping work of reportage' Ian Thomson, Evening Standard. 'Italy's bravest investigative writer ... must-read nonfiction' GQ. 'Impassioned, remarkable' Misha Glenny, Financial Times. 'After reading Saviano, it becomes impossible to see Italy, and the global market, in the same way again' The New York Times
| Авторы | Роберто Савиано |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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Contrary to the usual image of the press as cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitous in its search for truth, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. They skillfully dissect the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news. They reveal how issues are framed and topics chosen, and contrast the double standards underlying accounts of free elections, a free press, and governmental repression between Nicaragua and El Salvador; between the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the American invasion of Vietnam; between the genocide in Cambodia under a pro-American government and genocide under Pol Pot. What emerges from this groundbreaking work is an account of just how propagandistic our mass media are, and how we can learn to read them and see their function in a radically new way.
| Авторы | Ноам Хомский, Эдвард С. Херман |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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476 грн
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