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Messengers: 8 Ways to Get Heard
125.00 DHWhy can some people effortlessly command the attention of everyone in the room?
What makes some individuals seem immediately credible and others appear inherently untrustworthy?
And how is it that precisely the same idea can be enthusiastically embraced or roundly rejected depending on who has put it forward?
When we talk to others, we assume that they are carefully weighing our words and arguments. But these are far from being the only factors that hold sway.
In this groundbreaking new book, bestselling behavioural scientists Stephen Martin and Joseph Marks explore the eight powerful human traits that help determine whether what we have to say gets heard or lands on deaf ears. They show how seemingly irrelevant details about our demeanour influence others’ responses. They explain how trust is won, even when it may not be deserved. They show how the most trivial of signals – like the shape of our face, the shoes we wear or the car we drive – can influence how people respond to us.
And in a world of uncertainty and fake news they demonstrate how, increasingly, the Messenger is the Message.
‘Some books make us better citizens. Others make us better at our jobs. This amazing book does both!’
Dan Pink, author of When, Drive and To Sell is Human
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‘A tour de force. Timely and thoroughly researched.’
Professor Robert Cialdini, author of Influence and Pre-suasion‘Messengers is engaging, informative and entertaining. It will change the way you think about who you follow and take advice from. But why would you listen to me? Read their book to find out.’
Professor Tali Sharot, author of The Optimism Bias and The Influential Mind‘A powerful, profoundly illuminating exploration of one of the most important subjects of our time. Martin and Marks have a terrific talent for combining evidence and research with lively and vivid writing. Trust these messengers!’
Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard University, and author of Conformity‘Fascinating’
The Economist‘Zeitgeisty’
Financial Times, Business Book of the Month‘Messengers is a crucial reminder that the messenger is as important as the message. Superficial indicators count.’
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Dare to Change Your Life
150.00 DH‘Lawrence is an inspiration to me and, after reading his story, he’ll become an inspiration to you.’ Anthony Joshua
‘An inspirational and important role model’ Guvna B
Discover the mindset that made Lawrence Okolie a champion…
‘Whatever your situation, I want to help you. I’m proud of the changes I’ve made to my life. While flipping burgers in McDonald’s, I found my ambition and now I’m a boxing champion. I’ve changed how I look at myself. how I look at the world. and I’ve improved my lifestyle.
If I can do this. I know you can too.
Perhaps you’re feeling scared. a bit hopeless or unsure about where you’re heading in life and what to do next? Maybe you feel stuck and you can’t see a way out? I want to help you to change your life.’ Lawrence Okolie
Discover:
How anything is possible
Why you don’t need luck but you do need purpose and faith
When fear and risks are good things
Why positive energy and kindness are essential
How curiosity is power
That you are not defined by your past
Why you shouldn’t fear failure
That you can control your futureAnd much more…
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13 Reasons Why
119.00 DH**The second season of the Golden Globe nominated Thirteen Reasons Why is now on Netflix.**
Read the sensational book that has taken the YA world by storm.
This special edition is complete with exclusive behind-the-scenes content including a 16-page full-colour photo insert featuring scenes from the show, and interviews with the cast and crew.
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You can’t stop the future. You can’t rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play.
Clay Jensen returns home from school one day to find a mysterious box with his name on it, outside his front door. Inside he discovers a series of cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker – his classmate and crush.
Only, she committed suicide two weeks earlier.On the first tape, Hannah explains that there are 13 reasons why she did what she did – and Clay is one of them.
If he listens, Clay will find out how he made the list – what he hears will change his life forever.
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Praise for Thirteen Reasons Why:
‘There are 500 reasons why I love this book . . .’ Jennifer Niven author of All the Bright Places
A stealthy hit with staying power . . . thriller-like pacing (New York Times)
If you’re affected by any of the issues raised in Thirteen Reasons Why, click below for a list of UK-based support organisations that can help.
http://po.st/UKHelplines
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Milkman
140.00 DH‘Blazing.’ Daily Telegraph
‘Outstanding.’ New Statesman
‘A triumph.’ Guardian
‘Utterly compelling.’ Irish Times
‘The best Booker winner in years.’ MetroIn an unnamed city, where to be interesting is dangerous, an eighteen-year-old woman has attracted the unwanted and unavoidable attention of a powerful and frightening older man, ‘Milkman’. In this community, where suggestions quickly become fact, where gossip and hearsay can lead to terrible consequences, what can she do to stop a rumour once it has started? Milkman is persistent, the word is spreading, and she is no longer in control . . .
Winner of the International Dublin Literary Award 2020 and the Man Booker Prize 2018
Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
280.00 DHIn his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green – co-creator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers and SciShow – spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realising she’s part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.
The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship – like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armour – April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world – everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires – and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the centre of an intense international media spotlight.
Now April has to deal with the pressure on her relationships, her identity and her safety that this new position brings, all while being on the front lines of the quest to find out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us.
Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, rhetoric and radicalisation; how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration spring from the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye.
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Here’s what people have been saying about Hank’s book:
‘A fun, contemporary adventure that cares about who we are as humans, especially when faced with remarkable events’ Kirkus (starred review)
‘An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is pure book joy’ Lev Grossman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians Trilogy
‘Fun and full of truth. To be honest, I’m a little irritated at how good the book is. I don’t need this kind of competition’ Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kingkiller Chronicles
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In Search of Lost Time, Vol 3 : The Guermantes Way
140.00 DHTHE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION
In The Guermantes Way Proust’s narrator recalls his initiation into the dazzling world of Parisian high society. Looking back over his time in the glamorous salons of the aristocracy, he satirises this shallow world and his own youthful infatuation with it. His observations, and his experiences with his lover Albertine, also educate him in the volatile nature of desire as he walks the path towards adulthood.
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In Search of Lost Time, Vol 4 : Sodom and Gomorrah149
149.00 DHTHE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION
In Sodom and Gomorrah Proust’s narrator not only depicts the class tensions of a changing France at the beginning of the twentieth century but also exposes the decadence of aristocratic Parisian society and muses upon the subjects of homosexuality and sexual jealousy.
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We Were Liars
159.00 DHWe are the Liars. We are beautiful, privileged and live a life of carefree luxury.We are cracked and broken. A story of love and romance.A tale of tragedy. Which are lies? Which is truth? -
Little Fires Everywhere
130.00 DH‘Just read it…Outstanding’ Matt Haig
‘To say I love this book is an understatement…It moved me to tears’ Reese Witherspoon
‘Beautifully written, completely charming, and extremely wise on the subject of adolescence and influence’ Nick Hornby
Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down.
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned – from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules.
Enter Mia Warren – an enigmatic artist and single mother- who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past, and a disregard for the rules that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.
When old family friends attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town – and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. But her obsession will come at an unexpected and devastating cost…
What readers are saying:
‘Highly recommended, beautifully written and thought-provoking’
‘An engrossing read’
‘Absolutely brilliant’
‘Great characters, interesting plot that leaves you desperate to read more and written beautifully. I loved it and highly recommend it!’
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Crossed
119.00 DHRules are different outside the Society.
Chasing down an uncertain future, Cassia makes her way to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky – taken by the Society to his certain death – only to find that he has escaped into the majestic, but treacherous, canyons. On this wild frontier are glimmers of a different life and the enthralling promise of rebellion. But even as Cassia sacrifices everything to reunite with Ky, ingenious surprises from Xander may change the game once again.
Narrated from both Cassia’s and Ky’s points of view, this hotly anticipated sequel to Matched will take them both to the edge of Society, where nothing is as expected and crosses and double-crosses make their path more twisted than ever . . .
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Hidden Bodies : The sequel to Netflix smash hit YOU
150.00 DHWe all binged on YOU when it became a major hit Netflix series last Christmas.
***Now the major Netflix series is back for SERIES TWO, based on the even more twisted HIDDEN BODIES***JOE GOLDBERG IS BACK . . .
Joe came to Los Angeles to start over, to forget about what happened in New York. But in a darkened room in Soho House everything suddenly changed.
She is like no one he’s ever met before.
She doesn’t know about his past and never can.
The problem is, hidden bodies don’t always stay that way.
Praise for You:
‘THRILLER OF THE YEAR’ Daily Mail
‘I am RIVETED, AGHAST, AROUSED you name it. The rare instance when prose and plot are equally delicious’ Lena Dunham
‘Hypnotic and scary’ Stephen King
‘Brilliant thriller with attitude, guts and true insight into the nature of obsession’ Sophie Hannah
‘A fantastically creepy thriller…. The kind of book you put your life on hold for’ Glamour
‘Clever and chilling’ Elle
‘A brilliant tale … It’s Gone Girl meets a sinister version of Girls’ Marie Claire
‘An addictive thriller!’ Closer
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If I Stay
108.00 DHNOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING CHLOE GRACE MORETZ
‘Just listen,’ Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel.’ I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen.
‘Stay,’ he says.Everybody has to make choices.
Some might break you.
For seventeen-year-old Mia, surrounded by a wonderful family, friends and a gorgeous boyfriend decisions might seem tough, but they’re all about a future full of music and love, a future that’s brimming with hope.
But life can change in an instant.
A cold February morning . . . a snowy road . . . and suddenly all of Mia’s choices are gone. Except one.
As alone as she’ll ever be, Mia must make the most difficult choice of all.
Haunting, heartrending and ultimately life-affirming, If I Stay will make you appreciate all that you have, all that you’ve lost – and all that might be.
Includes interviews with the stars of the film, Chloe Moretz and Jamie Blackley.
