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Simone is one of the Glitterati, the elite living lives of luxury and leisure. Slave to the ever-changing tides—and brutal judgements—of fashion, he is immaculate. To be anything else is to be unfashionable, and no one wants to be unfashionable, or even worse, ugly. When Simone accidentally starts a new fashion with a nosebleed at a party, another Glitterati takes the credit. Soon their rivalry threatens to raze their opulent utopia to the ground, as no one knows how to be vicious like the beautiful ones.

Journalist and author Oliver Burkeman is well-known for his long-running Guardian column, 'How to Change Your Life', and has written three best-selling books on happiness, productivity and time management. In this radio collection, he looks at four central ills of modernity—busyness, anger, the insistence on positivity and the decline of nuance. Talking to a range of experts, he discovers how these problems became so widespread, and how we can go about tackling them.

Long before Oliver Sacks became a distinguished neurologist and best-selling writer, he was a small English boy fascinated by metals - also by chemical reactions (the louder and smellier the better), photography, squids and cuttlefish, H.G. Wells, and the periodic table. In this endlessly charming and eloquent memoir, the he chronicles his love affair with science and the magnificently odd and sometimes harrowing childhood in which that love affair unfolded.

This is one of the true classics in world legal literature. Written by a master of law and language, it is a primary source book for anyone interested either in legal theory or political science. For the layman, it serves to clarify the very essence of the common law, the cornerstone of our present legal system.

Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon. His widely quoted works have led to countless movie adaptions, graphic novels, pop songs, and even t-shirts. In this Very Short Introduction, Oliver Gloag chronicles the inspiring story of Camus' life. From a poor fatherless settler in French-Algeria to the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Gloag offers a comprehensive view of Camus' major works and interventions.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.

When Taddy the Tadpole goes missing, Detective Duck and her friends in the Pond Squad are on the case. What first seemed like a simple search and rescue mission gets more complicated when her friends find a pipe leaking a strange brown liquid along with a cluster of peculiar blue-green plants that make it difficult for the pond creatures to breathe.

Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd (est. 1761) to apply for a job. Allured by the smell of old books and the temptation of a management-approved afternoon nap, Darkshire was soon unteetering stacks of first editions and placating the store's resident ghost (the late Mr. Sotheran, hit by a tram). A novice in this ancient, potentially haunted establishment, Darkshire describes Sotheran's brushes with history (Dickens, the Titanic), its joyous disorganization, and the unspoken rules of its gleefully old-fashioned staff.

Stefan de Marco was looking for a position...again. Being a high scoring magical anchor was only useful in his world when he had someone to partner with. His slender body and elfin looks meant he was usually only chosen to anchor people who believed his duties should extend well past working hours, and that wasn't something Stefan was interested in.

Hank is nothing like his cousin Judith Ann. When she comes to stay with the Zipzer family while taking part in a junior chef competition, she gives off an air of perfection. She’s an excellent cook and doesn’t let Hank forget it, either. But when Hank enters the competition, too, he finds out that he and Judith Ann have more in common than he thinks - and it’s not cooking!

Twelve-year-old Kassy O’Roarke wants to win the Thompson prize at her school newspaper. Her pesky little brother Percy and his key-stealing ferret try to help, and that’s when the trouble begins. Apollo the cougar cub goes missing from their family’s petting zoo. Kassy puts her detective skills to the test to find him before Animal Control does. Can Kassy outsmart the dogcatcher and rescue Apollo before being grounded for life?

The two crucial questions most often asked by salespeople are: "How can I close more sales?" and "What can I do to reduce objections?" The answer to both questions is the same: You learn to sell from a buyer's point of view. The Sales Advantage, a proven, logical, step-by-step guide from the most recognized name in sales training, will show you how.

There's a ritual of the modern workplace - one you've heard and most likely indulged in yourself. It's the call and response we go through when you ask a workmate how they're doing: 'Busy!' 'So busy.' It is pretty obviously a boast disguised as a complaint. And our simultaneously grim and half chuckled reply comes as a kind of congratulation: 'Ha, better than the opposite.' When did we start doing that? As if he didn't have enough to do, Oliver Burkeman explores this epidemic of busyness to reveal that it may not be what it at first seems.

In Wasteland, journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis takes us on a shocking journey inside the waste industry—the secretive multi-billion dollar world that underpins the modern economy, quietly profiting from what we leave behind.

Air travel is one of the safest modes of transportation, but when an aircraft crashes, the consequence is devastating. Why did they happen? Were they caused by bad weather, mechanical failure, or human errors? In this book, the author introduces the 10 deadliest plane crashes in aviation history. He goes through the key events that brought down the doomed commercial jets, and he discusses how we used the painful lessons to improve aviation safety.

Are awkward silences and cringeworthy conversations keeping you up at night? In How to Be Liked by Everyone Without Looking Stupid, Oliver K. Castillo delivers a practical, no-nonsense guide to help you move through any social setting—office meetings, family dinners or impromptu parties—with confidence and ease. Drawing on real-life examples, subtle psychology and hands-on exercises, you’ll discover that a few simple tweaks—rather than a total personality overhaul—can dramatically improve how others see you.

Sterben – oder weiterleben? Schuld – oder Gerechtigkeit? Wie entscheidest du dich? Als die Tochter des CEO von Vendorff Richter einem bestialischen Mord zum Opfer fällt, wird Ex-Elitesoldat Lukas Keller zurück in eine Welt der Gewalt katapultiert, die er eigentlich hinter sich lassen wollte. Wider Willen taucht Keller in das geheime Doppelleben der Toten ein. Dabei kommt er fragwürdigen Machenschaften der Konzernspitze auf die Spur. Business ist Krieg – und nichts, wie es zuerst scheint. Zu spät erkennt Keller, dass er zum Spielball in einem schmutzigen Spiel erklärt wurde.

This is Off Topic, our new non-hit podcast. We’ll talk about (almost) anything, and (almost everything), and we’ll be generally off topic. Enjoy listening! WARNING: This is not family friendly and there is some explicit content, primarily bad language, and other things.Our YouTube channel has all the links you need! https://www.youtube.com/@Off_Topic-u3j

A Techmánia podcast egy igazi mélymerülés a technológia és digitalizáció univerzumába. Az AI-tól a mobiltelefonokig foglalkozunk mindennel, ami körülöttünk alakul, és arra keressük a választ, hogy ezek az eszközök hogyan formálják át az életünket – legyen szó munkáról, szórakozásról vagy emberi kapcsolatainkról. Közben a legfrissebb tech híreket is tálaljuk nektek: érthetően, izgalmasan, hogy ti is képben legyetek a digitális világ legújabb trendjeivel. Azt valljuk, hogy a technológia nem csak a bennfenteseké.

This is Off Topic, our new non-hit podcast. We’ll talk about (almost) anything, and (almost everything), and we’ll be generally off topic. Enjoy listening! WARNING: This is not family friendly and there is some explicit content, primarily bad language, and other things.Our YouTube channel has all the links you need! https://www.youtube.com/@Off_Topic-u3j