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'An accessible thought provoking book that offers something of interest to anyone responsible for organising (or participating in) meetings.' Jackie Weaver, Chief Officer of the Cheshire Association of Local CouncilsZoom fatigue? Calendar full of meetings that could just be an email? Online and offline, too much valuable time is wasted in meetings. Often little advance planning takes place, resulting in productivity drains rather than productivity gains. Providing realistic and practical advice, productivity professionals Graham Allcott and Hayley Watts show how to reduce the amount of time you spend in meetings, and ensure that the ones that you do attend are genuine opportunities to collaborate and get things done.Learn how to hold and attend meetings where the focus is on the outcome; get to grips with the 40-20-40 Continuum, so that only 20 per cent of your attention for each meeting is spent in the meeting itself - the rest is in the preparation and the follow-through; and understand when it's necessary to say that you won't be attending - and how best to do so.

Follow-up to the successful 101 Tiny Changes to Brighten Your Day focuses on improving your personal, work and wider worlds

Takes tried and tested techniques from business innovation to turn you into an ideas machine, with guidance and inspiration for every step of the way

Six ideas that reveal how to see through lies, deceptions and empty rhetoric, and a warning that we currently misunderstand both intelligence and education.

The history, theory and impacts of this world-dominating economic ideology

Fifty years after Stonewall, critic James Polchin reveals the hidden history of violence against gay men in America.

The first authoritative account of a well-kept secret: the British Fifth Column and its activities during the Second World War.

April 1945. As Alliedbombs rain down on Europe, a 400-year-old institution looks set to be wiped offthe face of the Earth. The famous white Lipizzaner stallions of the SpanishRiding School in Vienna, unique and precious animals representing centuries ofcareful breeding, are scattered across rural Austria and Czechoslovakia inareas soon to be swallowed up by Soviet forces - there, doubtless, to becomerations for the Red Army.Their only hope lies withthe Americans: what if a small, highly mobile US task force could be sent deepbehind German lines, through fanatical SS troops, to rescue the horses beforethe Soviets arrive. Just five light tanks, a handful of armoured cars and jeeps,and 300 battle-weary GIs must plunge headlong into the unknown on a rescuemission that could change the course of European history.So beginsOperation Cowboy, the greatest Second World War story that has never been fullytold. GIs will join forces with surrendered German soldiers and liberatedprisoners of war to save the world's finest horses from fanatical SS and theruthless Red Army in an extraordinary battle during the last few days of thewar in Europe.

The emerging science of quantum economics can help us create a `real-world' economics that actually works for us all

The great conundrum that has taxed the finest minds in physics

Is Earth reallydoomed to be destroyed by a cosmic catastrophe?

The lyrical retelling of a relationship that defined an age.

A compassionate, life-changing guide to coping with pain.

Boost performance, improve focus and eat your way to success

Explore the legends, history and secrets of great castles and palaces around the world.

How did the Earth get to be the way it is? Just like all of us, it's a product of its ancestors.

An original, practical and informed guide to living with and understanding teenagers.

From the author of the acclaimed The Time In Between - what mental illness is really like for young women, and how we can all better understand it.

Make other people say'Yes'! Yes to your requests. Yes to your ideas. Yes to your products. Yes toyour proposals.A Practical Guide toPersuasionuses psychology,expert advice and practical techniques to teach you how to influence the peoplearound you in an ethical way.Learn how to increase your presence, by knowing when to talk and when tolisten; develop a strategy of success, by preparing, planning and craftingopportunities and make change happen by understanding what drives youraudience.

Introducing Personal Finance, by economics expert Michael Taillard, teaches you everything you need to know about managing your financial life. It's crammed full of practical advice on how to save, earn and get the most out of your money. MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU by matching your spending and investments to your valuesCONTROL YOUR SPENDING BEHAVIOUR by gathering and tracking financial information efficientlySIMPLIFY YOUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT by learning to use the right tools effectively REALIZE YOUR SAVINGS GOALS by understanding what you want to and can achieve

Whether you suffer from panic attacks or feelings of crippling dread, Introducing Overcoming Phobias offers proven techniques to help you break down your fears into manageable parts. Psychologist Patricia Furness-Smith teaches the reader to understand their phobias and remove the anxiety surrounding them. STAND UP TO FEAR and increase your self-confidence. UNDERSTAND PANIC ATTACKS so that the symptoms no longer frighten you. CONTROL THE FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE and free yourself from avoidance behaviours.

An inspiring tour of the highlights of the most-loved churches, abbeys and cathedrals of the United Kingdom.

From comfort eating and skipping meals to anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, our relationship with food is at breaking point. With expert advice from an experienced psychologist, this book will help you get back on track and get the help you need. BREAK BAD HABITSand replace them with better onesUNDERSTAND YOUR ISSUESso you can move forwardLOVE YOUR BODYby learning to accept yourselfOVERCOME YOUR FEARSand discover how to enjoy food again

Introducing Business Creativity: A Practical Guide provides innovative techniques and proven theories to help you improve your creative thinking and get more out of yourself and your business. Whether you are trying to develop entirely new initiatives or redesign the way you operate, this book will help you break out of your old patterns of thought, think outside the box and generate pioneering ideas that you can put into action. Introducing Practical Guides bring you the world's greatest theories and research to improve your life, your skills and your well-being. Packed full of straightforward, realistic advice that has immediate results, Practical Guides are engineered by experts in their fields to help you achieve your goals.

How feminism shapes the world

The three stars of a golden generation of French football

A new biography of electrical pioneer Nikola Tesla, one of the most enigmatic and influential figures in the history of science.

An expose of Southeast Asia's criminal underworld in the 21st century and its surprising links to the West.

How good are you at code-breaking? Can you solve this fiendish cumulative puzzle?

This Practical Guide shows you how raising your self-esteem can make you feel better about yourself; let you stop you worrying about whether you are doing the right thing or whether you are good enough; help you engage in relationships constructively without putting yourself down and allow you to assert yourself effectively in all situations. Self-esteem has been shown to be a key indicator of success in life and in the work place. Filled with straightforward, practical advice, this guide shows you how to improve your self-esteem and stop worrying about what other people think.