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How to Shine a Shoe: A Gentleman's Guide to Choosing, Wearing, and Caring for Top-Shelf Styles (How To Series)
by Potter GiftThe best-dressed men know that great style starts from the ground up, and this follow-up to How to Tie a Tie is a handsome guide to men's shoes--oxfords, brogues, loafers, and more. With a cover that looks and feels like the top of a wing-tip derby, this book includes info on how to pick out quality footwear that suits your style (for any occasion); tips on pairing shoes with patterned socks, ties, belts, and bags; and instructions for care of them, making it a great gift for anyone interested in menswear.Investing in a pair of good-quality oxfords, brogues, or loafers is a rite of passage (though not an inexpensive endeavor) for any graduate or young job seeker. With proper care, those shoes will stick by you through multiple promotions, weddings, and other special events. Here's a book on how to treat them right, with great tips and tricks for pairing them with chinos, suit pants, and denim so you always look great wherever you are.
How to Sit
by Thich Nhat Hanh Jason DeantonisThe first book in the Mindfulness Essentials Series by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Sit offers clear, simple directions and inspiration for anyone wanting to explore mindfulness meditation. <P> In short, single-paragraph chapters, Nhat Hanh shares detailed instructions, guided breathing exercises and visualizations, as well as his own personal stories and insights. This pocket-sized book is perfect for those brand new to sitting meditation as well as for those looking to deepen their spiritual practice. With sumi ink drawings by Jason DeAntonis.
How to Skim a Stone (Little Ways to Live a Big Life #6)
by Ralph Jones'A modest masterpiece and a complete delight' - Derren BrownThis is the ultimate guide to skimming a stone.Stone skimming is an art and a science: a brief distraction on a country walk and an international sport with highly competitive championships.Ralph Jones covered last year's World Stone Skimming Championships and here, he investigates the physics, the strategy and the philosophy behind the urge we all experience when we come across a body of water and some nice flat stones. In this beautiful little book, you'll learn how to select the perfect stone, add just the right amount of spin, calculate the angle and measure the ideal distance to the first bounce on the water. Whether you're a rookie beginner or a seasoned pro, or somewhere in between, this delightful book will have you making ripples in no time.
How to Skimm Your Life
by The SkimmIt might seem like everyone you know took secret classes on budgeting, owning their career, and choosing the right wine—and you were sick that day. Enter: How to Skimm Your Life.With theSkimm’s trademark mix of real talk, humor, and inspirational messaging, this book gives you the information you need to make informed and empowered decisions in your life. Covering everything from personal finance, to career, to stress management, global politics, and more, How to Skimm Your Life breaks down some of the less glamorous parts of adulting and answers questions like:• “What’s the difference between an ETF and a mutual fund?”• “How should I negotiate my salary when I’m offered a new job?”• “Should I claim standard or itemized deductions on my taxes?”• “How should I tip while traveling abroad?”• “How do I read the wine list without breaking out a dictionary?”And much more . . . Wine & Food • Travel • Networking • Job Searching • Personal Growth • Mental Health • Time Management • Budgeting • Investing • Health Insurance • International Relations • US Government With life hacks for anyone who’s starting out in the real world, looking to make a change, or just wants a reset, How to Skimm Your Life will be time well spent—making it the perfect gift for graduation, birthdays, or your best friend “just because.”
How to Sleep Like a Baby, Wake Up Refreshed, and Get More Out of Life
by Dianne HalesDescribes the stages of sleep, discusses sleep research, shares tips on sleeping well, and suggests solutions to common sleep problems.From the Trade Paperback edition.
How to Sleep Well: The Science of Sleeping Smarter, Living Better and Being Productive
by Neil StanleyIt has never been more important to sleep well. Stop sabotaging your own sleep and finally wake up energised and refreshed How to Sleep Well is a guidebook that can change your sleep and help you live your life more fully. Whether you struggle to fall asleep, sleep too lightly, wake too often or simply cannot wake up, this book can help you get on track to sleeping well and living better. It all starts with the science of sleep: how much you really need, what your body does during sleep and the causes behind many common sleep problems. Next, you’ll identify the things in your life that are disrupting your sleep cycle and learn how to mitigate the impact; whether the pressure of workplace or you simply cannot quiet your own mind, these expert tips and tricks will help you get the sleep you need. Finally, you’ll learn how to support healthy sleep during the waking hours — what works with or against your sleep — and you’ll learn when the problem might be best dealt with by your GP. Don’t spend another restless night waiting for a bleary, groggy morning and sleepy day. Take control of your sleep tonight! Learn how sleep — or a lack thereof — affects every aspect of your life Identify the root causes of your sleep issues and cut them off at the source Discover the sleep advice that works, and the tips that are just plain daft. Create a healthy, calming bedtime routine that will help you get the rest you need Sleep affects everything. Work and school performance, relationships, emotional outlook, your appearance and even your health. Sleeping poorly or not sleeping enough can dramatically impact your quality of life, but most sleep problems can be solved with a bit of self-adjustment. How to Sleep Well puts a sleep expert with over 36 years’ experience at your disposal to help you finally get the restful, restorative sleep you need to live better and be productive.
How to Smash Stress: 40 Ways to Get Your Life Back
by James WitheyStress is a nasty infectious rash, but it's how we deal with it that counts. This books gives you forty ways to manage it and stop it spreading.You'll learn how smashing plates works wonders, that watching lambs (not eating them) can help, and that you should always, always listen to someone called Gina.It's for anyone who has woken up at four o'clock in the morning dreading the day ahead. It's for anyone who feels like the world is piling up on them with family arguments, an unmanageable workload, money worries and the dog doing lethal farts in the kitchen again.If it feels as though stress is taking over your life, it's time to smash it.
How to Smash Stress: 40 Ways to Get Your Life Back
by James WitheyStress is a nasty infectious rash, but it's how we deal with it that counts. This books gives you forty ways to manage it and stop it spreading.You'll learn how smashing plates works wonders, that watching lambs (not eating them) can help, and that you should always, always listen to someone called Gina.It's for anyone who has woken up at four o'clock in the morning dreading the day ahead. It's for anyone who feels like the world is piling up on them with family arguments, an unmanageable workload, money worries and the dog doing lethal farts in the kitchen again.If it feels as though stress is taking over your life, it's time to smash it.
How to Smash Stress: 40 Ways to Get Your Life Back
by James WitheyStress is a nasty infectious rash, but it's how we deal with it that counts. This books gives you forty ways to manage it and stop it spreading.You'll learn how smashing plates works wonders, that watching lambs (not eating them) can help, and that you should always, always listen to someone called Gina.It's for anyone who has woken up at four o'clock in the morning dreading the day ahead. It's for anyone who feels like the world is piling up on them with family arguments, an unmanageable workload, money worries and the dog doing lethal farts in the kitchen again.If it feels as though stress is taking over your life, it's time to smash it.
How to Smile (Mindfulness Essentials #10)
by Thich Nhat HanhThe final book in the bestselling How To series: simple, refreshing meditations of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh give us inspiration and tools for transforming our suffering and cultivating happinessIn inspiring passages and simple exercises, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us what he calls &“the art of suffering.&” He gives us teachings and tools for transforming suffering as well as ways to touch moments of happiness and smile even while suffering is still there.Written with characteristic simplicity and wisdom, these insightful meditations—born from the Zen master&’s lifetime of Zen practice and peacemaking—teach us how to come back to ourselves, calm our body and mind, and not let suffering overwhelm us. When we&’re willing to face our suffering and look deeply into it, we begin to understand its origins. Transformation and healing become possible, and along with it a greater capacity to understand the suffering of others and resolve conflicts in our relationships. Creating peace and understanding in ourselves and our relationships in this way is essential for helping create true understanding and peace in our communities, society, and the world. Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices for transforming our own suffering, listening deeply to the suffering of others, and especially how to cultivate our own smile and happiness.All Mindfulness Essentials books are illustrated with playful sumi-ink drawings by California artist Jason DeAntonis.
How to Smoke Pot (Properly): A Highbrow Guide to Getting High
by David BienenstockOnce literally demonized as "the Devil's lettuce," and linked to all manner of deviant behavior by the establishment's shameless anti-marijuana propaganda campaigns, cannabis sativa has lately been enjoying a long-overdue Renaissance. So now that the squares at long last seem ready to rethink pot's place in polite society, how, exactly, can members of this vibrant, innovative, life-affirming culture proudly and properly emerge from the underground--without forgetting our roots, or losing our cool?In How to Smoke Pot (Properly), VICE weed columnist and former High Times editor David Bienenstock charts the course for this bold, new, post-prohibition world. With plenty of stops along the way for "pro tips" from friends in high places, including cannabis celebrities and thought leaders of the marijuana movement, readers will learn everything from the basics of blazing, to how Mary Jane makes humans more creative and collaborative, nurtures empathy, catalyzes epiphanies, enhances life's pleasures, promotes meaningful social bonds, facilitates cross-cultural understanding, and offers a far safer alternative to both alcohol and many pharmaceutical drugs.You'll follow the herb's natural lifecycle from farm to pipe, explore cannabis customs, culture and travel, and discover how to best utilize and appreciate a plant that's at once a lifesaving medicine, an incredibly nutritious food, an amazingly useful industrial crop, and a truly renewable energy source. You'll even get funny and informative answers to burning questions ranging from: How can I land a legal pot job? to Should I eat a weed cookie before boarding the plane? In two-color, with charts and illustrations throughout, How to Smoke Pot (Properly) is truly a modern guide to this most revered herb. And remember, marijuana has the potential to help us live more meaningful, satisfying and authentic lives, and create safer, happier, more harmonious communities, but first we must learn to consume this miracle plant properly.From the Trade Paperback edition.
How to Sort Your Self-Esteem: 40 Ways to Improve Your Confidence and Self-Worth
by James WitheyFeaturing 40 simple, practical and often amusing techniques, this book will help strengthen your sense of self-worth, whether your self-esteem impacts you on a daily basis or are experiencing a crisis of confidence for the first time.
How to Sort Your Self-Esteem: 40 Ways to Improve Your Confidence and Self-Worth
by James WitheyFeaturing 40 simple, practical and often amusing techniques, this book will help strengthen your sense of self-worth, whether your self-esteem impacts you on a daily basis or are experiencing a crisis of confidence for the first time.
How to Speak How to Listen
by Mortimer J. AdlerFrom the author of the bestselling How to Read a Book comes a comprehensive and practical guide for learning how to speak and listen more effectively.With over half a million copies in print of his &“living classic&” How to Read a Book in print, intellectual, philosopher, and academic Mortimer J. Adler set out to write an accompanying volume on speaking and listening, offering the impressive depth of knowledge and accessible panache that distinguished his first book. In How to Speak How to Listen, Adler explains the fundamental principles of communicating through speech, with sections on such specialized presentations as the sales talk, the lecture, and question-and-answer sessions and advice on effective listening and learning by discussion.
How to Speak Money: What the Money People Say-And What It Really Means
by John LanchesterAn entertaining and indispensable guide to the language of finance and economics by the writer hailed for "explain[ing] complex stuff in a down-to-earth and witty style" (The Economist). To those who don't speak it, the language of money can seem impenetrable and its ideas too complex to grasp. In How to Speak Money, John Lanchester--author of the New York Times best-selling book on the financial crisis, I.O.U.--bridges the gap between the money people and the rest of us. With characteristic wit and candor, Lanchester reveals how the world of finance really works: from the terms and conditions of your personal checking account to the evasions of bankers appearing in front of Congress. As Lanchester writes, we need to understand what the money people are talking about so that those who speak the language don't just write the rules for themselves. Lanchester explains more than 300 words and phrases from "AAA rating" and "amortization" to "yield curve" and "zombie bank." He covers things we say or hear every day--such as GDP, the IMF, credit, debt, equity, and inflation--and explains how hedge funds work, what the World Bank does, and why the language of money has gotten so complicated. Along the way he draws on everything from John Maynard Keynes to the Wu-Tang Clan, Friedrich Hayek to Thomas Piketty, The Wealth of Nations to Game of Thrones. A primer, a polemic, and a reference book, How to Speak Money makes economics understandable to anyone. After all, "money," as Lanchester writes, "is a lot like babies, and once you know the language, the rule is the same as that put forward by Dr. Spock: 'Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.'"
How to Spot a Liar: Why People Don't Tell the Truth . . . and How You Can Catch Them
by Gregory Hartley Maryann KarinchFrom a US Army interrogator, expert advice on how to ask questions, assess body language and facial expressions, to extract the truth from anyone.Have you ever been lied to? Of course you have, whether you knew it or not. Ever caught a spouse, business partner, parent, boss, or child brazenly lying right to your face? What if you could tell someone was lying, just by listening to them, and observing their action and behavior?How to Spot a Liar is the first book that gives you the tools to figure out what’s really going on: to gain the upper hand in salary negotiation, move a prospective client toward the outcome you desire, and find out why you need to end a business or personal relationship.Who needs How to Spot a Liar? Anyone with a cheating spouse or manipulative boss. Anyone conducting job interviews or cold-calling prospective customers. Lawyers who need to “read” witnesses or jurors. Anyone trying to survive the dating scene or faced with a string of business meetings with clients. Anyone who has teenagers at home or works on Capitol Hill. Anyone whose success and happiness depends on clear interaction with others. And anyone who wants to become just a bit more inscrutable, in business, life . . . even at the poker table!
How to Stand Out
by Rob YeungWin the respect you deserve You probably already have the skills to be more fulfilled and successful. But sometimes it's about showcasing these skills so that colleagues, customers, friends and the rest of the world can recognize what you do.Drawing on extensive research and inspiring real-life examples, psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Rob Yeung guides you through proven techniques that will get you noticed for all the right reasons.
How to Start a Business on Your Kitchen Table
by Shann Nix JonesInspired by the author's rags-to-riches business story, this book explains how to combine passion with innovation to start a business.Practical tools, expert advice and innovative ideas to help you create a successful business that reflects your values, supports your lifestyle and creates real fulfilment.In 2014, in her farmhouse kitchen in Wales, Shann Nix Jones started to manufacture a relatively unknown probiotic goat's milk called kefir. It was a powerful healing remedy that cured her son's eczema and even saved her husband from a life-threatening MRSA infection. Today, the business she started on her kitchen table has 300,000 customers and an annual turnover of £4.5 million.In this book, Shann shares the innovative methods that helped her turn her passion into a sustainable business. Following these steps, you'll learn how to: • develop an idea into a viable business that supports any lifestyle • operate with meaningful values and stand out from the competition • convert every obstacle into a launch pad • balance work and family - and even weave both together to enhance your family lifeShann believes that anyone can start a business following her 13 steps, and that doing so can bring you closer to creating a life in which you are the CEO of your business and your destiny.
How to Start a Revolution: Young People and the Future of American Politics
by Lauren DucaTeen Vogue award-winning columnist Lauren Duca shares a smart and funny guide for challenging the status quo in a much-needed reminder that young people are the ones who will change the world.A columnist at Teen Vogue, Lauren Duca has become a fresh and authoritative voice on the experience of millennials in today’s society. In these pages she explores the post-Trump political awakening and lays the groundwork for a re-democratizing moment as it might be built out of the untapped potential of young people. Duca investigates and explains the issues at the root of our ailing political system and reimagines what an equitable democracy would look like. It begins with young people getting involved. People like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman ever to be elected to Congress; David and Lauren Hogg, two survivors of the Parkland, Florida shooting who went on to become advocates for gun control; Amanda Litman, who founded the nonprofit organization Run For Something, to assist progressive young people in down ballot elections; and many more. Called “the millennial feminist warrior queen of social media” by Ariel Levy and “a national newsmaker” by The New York Times, Dan Rather agrees “we need fresh, intelligent, and creative voices—like Lauren’s—now as much—perhaps more—than ever before.” Here, Duca combines extensive research and first-person reporting to track her generation’s shift from political alienation to political participation. Throughout, she also draws on her own story as a young woman catapulted to the front lines of the political conversation (all while figuring out how to deal with her Trump-supporting parents).
How to Stay Human in a F*cked-Up World/Cómo seguir siendo humano en un mundo j*d: Practicar el mindfulness en la vida cotidiana
by Tim Desmond¿Cómo podemos ser más conscientes cuando el mundo está j*dido?Cómo mantenerse humano en un mundo j*dido es la respuesta fresca y atractiva a esta importante pregunta. Si has intentado la atención plena y has fallado, le entendemos. Probablemente le dijeron que se sentara en una almohada en una habitación oscura, meditar o contar sus respiraciones. Pero la atención plena no se trata de separarnos de los problemas del mundo. En cambio, se trata de volver a aprender cómo salir, conectarse con el sufrimiento de cada ser viviente y, al hacerlo, abrazar su propio sufrimiento personal para curarse, transformarse, crecer y finalmente encontrar la paz.Tim Desmond, un estimado filósofo budista que ha dado conferencias sobre psicología tanto en Harvard como en Yale y estudió con el maestro zen Thich Nhat Hanh, ha pasado su vida cultivando nuevas formas de cerrar la brecha entre la antigua tradición de la atención plena y la vida moderna. Con How to Stay Human in a F * cked Up World Desmond llega directamente al corazón de nuestro dolor colectivo con una práctica de atención plena que le cambia la vida para sobrevivir al mundo a veces miserable en el que vivimos, con estrategias e información que puede comenzar a utilizar para sentirse. Más conectados, alegres, y presentes hoy.
How to Stay Human in a F*cked-Up World: Mindfulness Practices for Real Life
by Tim DesmondHow can we be more mindful when the world is this f*cked up?How to Stay Human in a F*cked Up World is the fresh, engaging answer to this important question. If you’ve tried mindfulness before and failed, we get it. Likely you were told to sit on a pillow in a dark room, meditate, or count your breaths. But mindfulness isn’t about separating ourselves from the problems in the world. Instead, it is about re-learning how to get out there, connect with the suffering of every living being and in so doing, embrace your own personal suffering to heal, transform, grow, and finally find peace.Tim Desmond—an esteemed Buddhist philosopher who has lectured on psychology at both Harvard and Yale and studied under Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh—has spent his life cultivating new ways to bridge the gap between the ancient tradition of mindfulness and modern life. With How to Stay Human in a F*cked Up World Desmond gets right to the heart of our collective pain with a life-changing mindfulness practice for surviving the sometimes-miserable world we live in, featuring strategies and guidance you can start using to feel more connected, joyful, and present today.
How to Stay Sane in a House Share
by Alice Wilkinson“A brilliantly researched and compelling read.” - Emma Reed Turrell 'An essential guide to modern living' - Daisy Buchanan How do you keep it together when you're living together? If you’ve found yourself asking this question (returning home from a day of winning in the workplace only to realize you've lost the fight for your own living room — again) then it’s likely that you're one of the millions of people living in a house share in the UK, US and beyond. Between marriage rates dwindling and the cost-of-living soaring, house sharing is becoming more and more common – but that doesn’t stop it being one of the most complex living set-ups of the 21st century. Thankfully, journalist and serial house sharer, Alice Wilkinson is here to help you stay sane when you're feeling stuck. This is the ultimate handbook for house sharers. From how to choose the right housemate to navigating conflict when it (inevitably) arises, Alice draws on interviews with experts and case studies to explore the anxieties that run the lives of young professionals living in house shares and how to navigate them to create a more harmonious home life.
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division: From the Booker shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
by Elif ShafakIt feels like the world is falling apart. So how do we keep hold of our optimism? How do we nurture the parts of ourselves that hope, trust and believe in something better? And how can we stay sane in this world of division?In this beautifully written and illuminating polemic, Booker Prize nominee Elif Shafak reflects on our age of pessimism, when emotions guide and misguide our politics, and misinformation and fear are the norm.A tender, uplifting plea for optimism, Shafak draws on her own memories and delves into the power of stories to reveal how writing can nurture democracy, tolerance and progress. And in the process, she answers one of the most urgent questions of our time.
How to Stay Upbeat in a Beat Down World: The Art of Cultivating Enduring Hope
by Sue Patton ThoeleYour Reminder for Enjoying LifePractice these recommendations by Sue Patton Thoele on loving yourself first to live your best life.Don’t let self-doubt keep you down. Recovering from negativity can require a lot of effort. Whether from sudden changes or constant feelings of hopelessness, you’ll need practices that are effective and meaningful for you. That’s why bestselling author Sue Patton Thoele offers How to Stay Upbeat in a Beat Down World, a positive-thinking book that reevaluates self-doubt into the motivation you need to achieve happiness. With insightful advice for finding and practicing positive change, you too can rediscover peace of mind during difficult times.Find your balance again with transformative thinking. Changing hopelessness into gratitude doesn’t only take emotional work, it requires being practical. By exploring the importance of love and acceptance in your life through a new, logical perspective, you can combat those strong negative feelings no matter what. That way, you can get back to enjoying life and the beautiful moments that come with it.Inside How to Stay Upbeat in a Beat Down World, you’ll find:The power of transforming your pain into enduring hopeWhy you should trust and appreciate yourselfSelf-care affirmations to refuel your positivityHow to share your empowering journey with othersIf you liked Build the Life You Want, Donna Ashworth’s Wild Hope, or The Mindful Woman, then you will love How to Stay Upbeat in a Beat Down World.
How to Stitch an American Dream: A Story of Family, Faith and the Power of Giving
by Jenny Louise DoanFaith, family, hard work, and second chances are at the core of every great American story, and Jenny Doan&’s story is just that. In her new memoir, How to Stitch an American Dream, readers will discover the behind-the-scenes success story of the Missouri Star Quilt Company and Jenny&’s remarkable journey to overcome hardship, claim the abundance of family, and ignite the power of giving—all while revitalizing a small town along the way. Over the last decade, the Doan family business, the Missouri Star Quilt Company in tiny Hamilton, Missouri, has grown from Jenny&’s corner shop--with one quilting machine and two bolts of fabric for sale in the back--to become the largest supplier of pre-cut quilting fabric in the headquarters of Jenny&’s world-famous YouTube tutorial videos. Jenny is now giving her fans, the business world, and moms of all ages (and grandmas too!) what they&’ve been asking for: the full story of her journey, from her humble beginnings as a homeschooling mom, to founding MSQC in her fifties, through the remarkable success and inspiration she&’s so well-known for today. In this book, you&’ll learn:How she and her beloved husband, Ron, raised seven children on a shoestring budget— and had fun doing it;How, after a string of bad luck, the family made a prayer-based decision to leave California behind and start over again in rural Missouri, even though they had no place to live, no jobs lined up, and no idea how they were going to make it;How Jenny, Ron and their children worked side-by-side to patch together a family home out of a crumbling shell of a farmhouse;And how their faith, hard work, and generosity not only carried them through the hard times, but led directly to the success of the Missouri Star Quilt Company.How to Stitch an American Dream will make you laugh, cry, say &“bless your heart.&”