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<p>The Good Fight</p>

<p>Against the electrifying backdrop of the 1960s, Danielle Steel unveils the gripping story of a young woman who discovers a passion to right wrongs and fight for justice.</p>

<p>The daughter and granddaughter of prominent Manhattan lawyers, Meredith McKenzie is destined for the best of everything: top schools, elite social circles, the perfect marriage. Spending her childhood in Germany as her father prosecutes war criminals at the Nuremberg trials, Meredith soaks up the conflict between good and evil. When her family returns to the United States, encouraged by her liberal grandfather Meredith is determined to become a lawyer, despite her father’s objections.</p>

<p>As her grandfather rises to the Supreme Court, Meredith enlists in the most pressing causes of her time, joining a new generation of women, breaking boundaries socially, politically and professionally. But when the violence of the era strikes too close to home, her once tightly knit family must survive a devastating loss and rethink their own values and traditions.</p>

<p>The Good Fight&nbsp;by Danielle Steel is an inspiring, uplifting story of a woman changing the world as she herself is changed by it.</p>

<p>The Psychology of Stupidity</p>

<p>The Number One International bestseller</p>

<p>'We need books like this one' - psychologist Steven Pinker</p>

<p>At last, stupidity explained! And by some of the world’s smartest people, among them Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, Aaron James and Ryan Holiday.</p>

<p>Stupidity is all around us, from the colleagues who won’t stop hitting ‘reply all’ to the former school friends posting conspiracy theories on Facebook. But in order to battle idiocy, we must first understand it. In The Psychology of Stupidity, some of the world’s leading psychologists and thinkers – including a Nobel Prize winner – will show you . . .</p>

<p>· Why smart people sometimes believe in utter nonsense</p>

<p>· How our lazy brains cause us to make the wrong decisions</p>

<p>· Why trying to debate with fools is a trap</p>

<p>· How media manipulation and Internet overstimulation makes us dumber</p>

<p>· Why the stupidest people don’t think they’re stupid</p>

<p>As long as there have been humans there has been human stupidity, but with wit and wisdom these great thinkers can help us understand this persistent human affliction.</p>

<p>Hyperfocus: How To Work Less To Achieve More</p>

<p>'The most productive man you'd ever hope to meet' TED</p>

<p>Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey is a practical guide to managing your attention – the most powerful resource you have to become more creative, get stuff done, and live a more meaningful life.</p>

<p>In Hyperfocus, you will learn:</p>

<p>- How working fewer hours can increase our productivity

- How we get more done by making our work harder, not easier

- How we do our best creative work when we're the most tired</p>

<p>Our attention has never been as overwhelmed as it is today and we've never been so busy while accomplishing so little.</p>

<p>In Hyperfocus, Chris Bailey provides profound insights into how we can best manage our attention. He reveals how the brain switches between two mental modes – hyperfocus, our deep concentration mode, and scatterfocus, our creative, reflective mode – and how the surest path to being our most creative and efficient selves at work is to combine them both.</p>

<p>'The best productivity plans call for strategy, not just hacks or tactics – and Hyperfocus gives you strategy in spades. When you read this book, get ready to do your most important work!' Chris Guillebeau</p>

<p>How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life Of The Brain</p>

<p>'How Emotions Are Made&nbsp;did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood and turned my understanding upside down' - Malcolm Gladwell</p>

<p>When you feel anxious, angry, happy, or surprised, what's really going on inside of you?</p>

<p>Many scientists believe that emotions come from a specific part of the brain, triggered by the world around us. The thrill of seeing an old friend, the fear of losing someone we love - each of these sensations seems to arise automatically and uncontrollably from within us, finding expression on our faces and in our behaviour, carrying us away with the experience.</p>

<p>This understanding of emotion has been around since Plato. But what if it is wrong? In&nbsp;How Emotions Are Made, pioneering psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett draws on the latest scientific evidence to reveal that our common-sense ideas about emotions are dramatically, even dangerously, out of date - and that we have been paying the price. Emotions aren't universally pre-programmed in our brains and bodies; rather they are psychological experiences that each of us constructs based on our unique personal history, physiology and environment.</p>

<p>This new view of emotions has serious implications: when judges issue lesser sentences for crimes of passion, when police officers fire at threatening suspects, or when doctors choose between one diagnosis and another, they're all, in some way, relying on the ancient assumption that emotions are hardwired into our brains and bodies. Revising that conception of emotion isn't just good science, Barrett shows; it's vital to our well-being and the health of society itself.</p>

<p>The Clockmakers Daughter</p>

<p>From the bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Secret Keeper, Kate Morton brings us her trademark mix of secrets, lies, and intricately layered mysteries in her sixth novel, The Clockmaker's Daughter.</p>

<p>My real name, no one remembers.

The truth about that summer, no one else knows.</p>

<p>In the depths of a nineteenth-century winter, a little girl is abandoned in the narrow streets of London. Adopted by a mysterious stranger, she becomes in turn a thief, a friend, a muse, and a lover. Then, in the summer of 1862, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she retreats with a group of artists to a beautiful house on a quiet bend of the Upper Thames . . . Tensions simmer and one hot afternoon a gun-shot rings out. A woman is killed, another disappears, and the truth of what happened slips through the cracks of time.</p>

<p>Over the next century and beyond, Birchwood Manor welcomes many newcomers but guards its secret closely - until another young woman is drawn to visit the house because of a family secret of her own . . .</p>

<p>As the mystery of The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton begins to unravel, we discover the stories of those who have passed through Birchwood Manor since that fateful day in 1862. Intricately layered and richly atmospheric, it shows that, sometimes, the only way forward is through the past.</p>

<p>My Magical Dragon</p>

<p>Enter a magical world and go for a ride on the back of a friendly dragon!With push, pull and turn mechanisms and a sparkly foil cover wheel, My Magical Dragon has plenty to keep little ones engaged and entertained.Yujin Shin's beautifully coloured illustrations are paired with gentle rhyming text and lots of things to spot in four bright and busy magical scenes. Enjoy more magical adventures with My Magical Unicorn.</p>

<p>From My Heart: The Autobiography</p>

<p>'While I don’t have any choice in how long I have to live, I do have a choice in how I spend the time I have. And I’ve chosen not to spend it constantly stressing about cancer. I’ve chosen to enjoy the little things. I’ve chosen to laugh. And I’ve chosen to look back on my life and thank God for it.'</p>

<p>In March 2017, Linda Nolan was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer and was given the terrible news that, while it was treatable, it was not curable. Her first thought was to worry about her family, who were still grieving the loss of their sister Bernie. Her second was, ‘But I’m alive and I’m going to fight it.’</p>

<p>In&nbsp;From My Heart, Linda writes honestly about growing up in her big Irish family and finding fame with her sisters in The Nolans and reveals the shocking family secrets and feuds that threatened to tear them apart. She also describes her original battle with breast cancer and how the death of her husband left her deeply depressed, to the point of feeling suicidal. Just as she’d learned to embrace life again, and even to start dating, the cancer came back . . . In this warm, brave and funny memoir, Linda shows that it’s never too late to learn what really matters.</p>

<p>Radical Candor: How To Get What You Want By Saying What You Mean</p>

<p>Featuring a new preface, afterword and Radically Candid Performance Review Bonus Chapter, the fully revised &amp; updated edition of&nbsp;Radical Candor&nbsp;is packed with even more guidance to help you improve your relationships at work.</p>

<p>'Reading&nbsp;Radical Candor&nbsp;will help you build, lead, and inspire teams to do the best work of their lives.' Sheryl Sandberg, author of&nbsp;Lean In.</p>

<p>If you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all . . . right?</p>

<p>While this advice may work for home life, as Kim Scott has seen first hand, it is a disaster when adopted by managers in the work place.</p>

<p>Scott earned her stripes as a highly successful manager at Google before moving to Apple where she developed a class on optimal management.&nbsp;Radical Candor&nbsp;draws directly on her experiences at these cutting edge companies to reveal a new approach to effective management that delivers huge success by inspiring teams to work better together by embracing fierce conversations.</p>

<p>Radical Candor&nbsp;is the sweet spot between managers who are obnoxiously aggressive on the one side and ruinously empathetic on the other. It is about providing guidance, which involves a mix of praise as well as criticism – delivered to produce better results and help your employees develop their skills and increase success.</p>

<p>Great bosses have a strong relationship with their employees, and Scott has identified three simple principles for building better relationships with your employees: make it personal, get stuff done, and understand why it matters.</p>

<p>Radical Candor&nbsp;offers a guide to those bewildered or exhausted by management, written for bosses and those who manage bosses. Drawing on years of first-hand experience, and distilled clearly to give practical advice to the reader,&nbsp;Radical Candor&nbsp;shows you how to be successful while retaining your integrity and humanity.&nbsp;Radical Candor&nbsp;is the perfect handbook for those who are looking to find meaning in their job and create an environment where people love both their work and their colleagues, and are motivated to strive to ever greater success.</p>

<p>The Great Blue Yonder</p>

<p>'You'll be sorry when I'm dead.'</p>

<p>That's what Harry said to his sister, before the incident with the lorry. And now he is just that - dead.</p>

<p>And he wishes more than anything that he hadn't said it. He wishes he could say sorry. And say goodbye to everyone he left behind - his mum, his dad, his best friend Pete, even Jelly Donkins, the class bully.</p>

<p>Now he's on the Other Side, waiting to move on to the Great Blue Yonder. But he doesn't know how to get there - until he meets Arthur, a small boy in a top hat, who's been dead for years, who helps him say goodbye...</p>

<p>The Great Blue Yonder by Alex Shearer is the quirky, gentle journey of a boy stuck between looking back, and moving on.</p>