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Within the scientific community, the field of Psychiatry has been in freefall for a number of years. Its treatments and medications rest on assumptions that are, at best, unsupported, and at worst, entirely false. There is increasing recognition that environmental factors play a far greater role in mental health than genetic inheritance or inherent brain structure. Despite this, we have never been more medicated. No Such Thing as Normal is a deeply researched, timely, essential book that will shine a light on the psychiatric industry: its genesis, its obsession with often ineffective, over-medicalised treatments, and its relationship with a pharmaceutical industry driven by profitability rather than meaningful social welfare and change. Above all, Bigg will highlight those who most get left behind by the psychiatric machine, laying out the steps for a mental health system that helps, rather than neglects the people it claims to serve, and calling for long-overdue, desperately needed change.

The holiday season is here, and for most of us, our minds will be on carefree days in the sunshine. But for every trip to the seaside or sultry afternoon on the sunlounger, there's someone who's busy packing a suitcase full of secrets and a motive ... for murder. Join ten of the best crime writers in history for the trip of a lifetime, as they puzzle, astound and delight you with these classic mysteries.

An extraordinary first-hand account of the building of Expo 2020When Ground Shifts is the extraordinary story of the building of the first Expo to be held in the Middle East. As minister responsible, the author Reem Al-Hashimy dealt with the twin challenges of both Covid delays and pregnancy to host one of the most unifying and groundbreaking international events of this century, for the first time providing an equal platform for exhibitors of all nations. The book also offers the fascinating wider context of the Emirates' and its role not only in large international events such as Expo and COP but also, in its rejection of colonialism, as a broker between nations and a leader of the Global South.

Whether it's pumping oil, mining resources or shipping commodities across oceans, the global economy runs on extraction. Promises of frictionless trade and lucrative speculation are the hallmarks of our era, but the backbone of globalisation is still low-cost labour and rapacious corporate control. Extractive capitalism is what made - and is still making - our unequal world. In this landmark collection, Professor Laleh Khalili reflects on the hidden stories behind late capitalism, from seafarers abandoned on debt-ridden container ships to the nefarious reach of consultancy firms and the cronyism that drives record-breaking profits. Piercing, witty and constantly revealing, Extractive Capitalism is a definitive account of the dark truths behind the world's most crucial industries.

The world of work is full of ideas. Some are even useful, shaping the work we do and the way we do it. But it can often be hard to sort the wheat from the chaff. When ideas really do break new ground and change the way we think about what we do and how, they can help all of us to be better, happier and more productive. The trick is to know which ones offer the most reliable guide, and how they can be adapted and deployed to best effect. By summarizing and explaining the best of this thinking, 50 Ideas that Changed the World of Work is both digest and route map, an invaluable and insightful guide to navigating the world of work today.

In the world of the bourgeoisie and aristocrats, names are everything. They are currency that cannot be bartered but give their owners access, respect and above all, protection from the laws that govern those unfortunate souls who belong to classes without names, people who might as well be nameless. To the narrator of Constance Debré's third novel, her name is a dead weight to cut herself free from. Tracing a family legacy of aristocrats and politicians, including her late grandfather, a former president of France, the narrator unravels a tapestry of relationships and bonds made fraught by addiction, pride and grief. As her parents struggle with substance abuse and their own histories, our narrator becomes resolute in her choice to live an existence unencumbered by responsibility, expectations, and a name she has long been ready to part with.

Ask This Book A Question will help you gain the insight you need to approach any decision with confidence. Start with a question and follow it through the book, learning how cognitive biases can either sharpen your judgement or lead you astray: - What do I want right now? Consider how the Appeal to Novelty might be draining your resources. - Am I drinking too much? Recognise the role of Restraint Bias in your quest for well-being. - Should I quit my job? Confront the Sunk-Cost Effect to consider a career change. Follow the paths to different outcomes and over time the lessons of Ask This Book A Question will become deeply ingrained, empowering you to make more intentional, self-aware choices.

Lina never wanted children, but here are two lines on the test stick. Recently orphaned and resident in Dubai, her options are limited. Her mother-in-law is delighted and interferes with every aspect of Lina's pregnancy. Her husband does nothing to help. When Lina receives proof of a horrifying family secret from Mumbai, she realises she has a choice when it comes to her baby, her marriage and her place in the world - but is it a choice she wants to make? A bittersweet yet life-affirming debut that dares to ask difficult questions about motherhood and family, Shape of an Apostrophe is an astute exploration of obedience, rebellion and the surprising persistence of love.

Interoception is one of our most important - and most mysterious - senses. It's how our bodies tell our brains what we're feeling - when we're hungry, when we're cold, how we're feeling in ourselves and how to respond to stress or panic. Little understood until now, unlocking its mechanics could transform mental health and wellbeing science. Caroline Williams is an expert in mind-body science. In Inner Sense, she uncovers a field that's poised to revolutionise health, and explores groundbreaking new techniques that can improve our mental and physical wellbeing. She meets brain scientists mapping the nervous system, neurodivergent researchers working to hone their interoception skills and health practitioners investigating how this inner sense can aid mindfulness, treat eating disorders and help find a sense of calm. Combining science, medicine, mindfulness and physical therapy, Inner Sense is the first book to bring this exciting new field of medicine to a general readership.

In November 2022, Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power in Israel after the fifth election in less than four years. Propped up by a bloc of far-right and ultra-religious parties, Netanyahu's government is the most extreme administration in Israeli history. It has pushed Israeli society to breaking point. Israel now faces cataclysmic rifts and an existential crisis. Pfeffer charts the mass protests against Netanyahu's attempts to silence the judiciary and expand settlement in the West Bank, as well as the shattering of Israel's core beliefs after October 7th and the calamitous war in Gaza. No King For Israel is the definitive story of Israel's fractured democracy, and of the fight to define what Israel should be.

Abe and Jane have been together for fifty years: as two among the thousands of starry-eyed young lovers in Central Park, as frustrated and exhausted parents, as an artist and a writer whose careers were taking flight. Now, Jane is seriously unwell, and together she and Abe look back on their marriage - on the parts they cherished, and those they didn't: Abe's early betrayal; the trials of raising their son Max, who, now grown, still believes his mother chose art over parenthood. A homage to New York, to loss, heartbreak and love that endures despite or perhaps because of what life throws at us, This Is a Love Story brings these layered voices together in a chorus as complex, radiant and captivating as the city itself.

'Palestine's greatest prose writer' Observer'Shehadeh is a great inquiring spirit with a tone that is vivid, ironic, melancholy and wise' Colm TóibínBattered by repeated suicide bombs, the Israeli army invaded Palestine in April 2002 and held many of the principal towns, including Ramallah, under siege. A tank stood at the end of Raja Shehadeh's road; there were Israeli soldiers on the rooftops; his mother was sick, and he couldn't cross town to help her.Shehadeh - winner of the 2008 Orwell Prize and a finalist for the 2023 National Book Awards - kept a diary. This is an account of what it is like to be under siege: the terror, the frustrations, as well as the moments of poignant relief and reflection on the profound crisis gripping both Palestine and Israel.

With an introduction by Thomas HardingDuring the winter of 1945, the last dark days of World War II stretch out in occupied Holland as the populace wait for the Allies to arrive. A Dutch Nazi collaborator, Fake Ploeg, infamous for his cruelty, is assassinated as he rides home on his bicycle. His body is moved from one family's doorstep to another along the same road and the remaining Germans retaliate by burning down the final house and killing its inhabitants. Only their twelve-year-old son Anton survives. The Assault traces the complex repercussions of this horrific incident on Anton's life. Determined to forget, he opts for a carefully normal existence: a prudent marriage, a successful career as an anaesthesiologist, and colorless passivity. But the past keeps breaking through, in relentless memories and in chance encounters with others who were involved in the assassination and its aftermath, until Anton finally learns what really happened that night in 1945-and why. Powerful in its emotional restraint, lucid on the hardest of moral questions and fiercely moving, The Assault is an excavation of Dutch collaboration, resistance and the terrible collateral damage wrought on innocent people in times of war

Coach George Raveling is a living icon in the fields of sport and leadership. His story begins in the 1930s, under the shadow of segregation, and stretches over eight decades of excellence and achievement against the odds. In this remarkable book, written with long-time friend and mentee Ryan Holiday, Raveling explores the contours of his extraordinary life and offers valuable lessons in leadership. From his ground-breaking tenure as a basketball coach and his life-changing encounter with Martin Luther King Jr to his appointment as Nike's first Director of International Basketball and his integral role in signing Michael Jordan, Raveling reveals the hard-won lessons of a career that has defined sport and excellence for a generation. Far from a typical sports memoir, this book offers unique wisdom to illuminate the path for anyone who wants to achieve their full potential and navigate life with clarity and purpose.

Four different characters, each at a crucial point in their lives, arrive at a French vineyard estate for an unforgettable experience - but not the kind they expected. Avery gave up her exploitative sommelier job to come, while wine prodigy Cosmo's life is in freefall. The chemistry between the pair is unmistakable, but so are signs of danger. Millionaire Sonny owns a tacky wine brand and can't help aggravating Cosmo, while caustic magazine writer Maëlys hovers with her pen poised. A future favourite for fans of Luster and Assembly , this accomplished debut from a major new British voice tackles serious themes with wit and charm. The perfect holiday read: captivatingly romantic yet painfully wise, here is one to savour.

A trial is rather like a play. We wear our costumes. We perform to the audience. And on a good day no-one gets murdered. Six nights a week the cast of the smash-hit play The Washington Murders gathers in the chapel of All Souls Cemetery to perform to a sold-out audience, with thousands more watching the livestream around the world. But on this night, the dramatic finale of the third act ends not in applause but in death, as leading lady Alexandra Dyce is beheaded live on stage. And what is at first thought to be a tragic accident is soon revealed to be cold-blooded murder. Every cast member appears to have a motive, but it is the dead woman's co-star - and ex-husband - Leo Lusk who is charged with the crime. For defence barrister, Charles Konig KC, this ought to be the case of a lifetime: a glamorous victim, a world-famous client, and the chance to defeat his greatest rival, who is leading the prosecution's case. But Lusk is not an easy client; a method actor, he has taken extreme steps to get into the character of George Washington, and his demand to plead presidential immunity is derailing the defence. It becomes clear that Konig's only chance of victory may be to identify the real murderer himself. As he and his co-counsel New York lawyer Yara Ortiz sift through the evidence, they realise that clues lie in the play itself... but also that the murderer may be about to strike again.

This year, as they have for millennia, people will set out on pilgrimages. From Mecca to the Outer Hebrides, each of these journeys will be filled with spiritual and personal meaning - and as well as political statements, cultural battlegrounds and contested stories. Holy Places follows the trail of pilgrimage from the humble origins of the greatest faiths to sites of modern devotion and celebrity. In Rome, pilgrimage shaped the city's streets in ways still visible today. Muxima in Angola testifies to the violent blending of Christianity and indigenous tradition. Tai Shan has helped generations of Chinese leaders cement power, while pilgrims to the Ganges must grapple with modern pollution as they seek spiritual purity in its waters. Pilgrimages have meant the start of faiths, the birth of cultures and the end of civilizations. Holy Places wrestles with the complex histories and contemporary endurance of one of our most fundamental human urges.

In The Anti-Ableist Manifesto, founder of Diversability and creator of the viral TikTok Anti-Ableism series Tiffany Yu takes readers on a revelatory examination of disability. Yu celebrates the power of stories and lived experiences to foster the proximity, intimacy, and humanity of disability identities that have too often been 'othered' and rendered invisible, and demonstrates how to:- Encourage conversation and identify microaggressions- Remove ableist language from our daily vocabulary - Create inclusive environments and promote wellbeing- Understand what is lost when disabled employees and consumers are excludedWith contributions from disability advocates, activists, entrepreneurs and more, The Anti-Ableist Manifesto is an essential book for going beyond mere awareness and becoming an active anti-ableist, working to create an equitable society for all.

Drawing on the latest international research, leading physician and healthcare expert Professor Geoffrey Guy examines how quantum phenomena affect processes as diverse as the functioning of the brain and the body's approach to combating inflammation and disease. He shows how we may need to rethink the ways in which energy and information are carried round our nervous system. This groundbreaking book assesses the implications for cancer treatment and mental disorders and reopens discussion of areas such as light therapy. It also raises questions about the potentially damaging effects of space travel on astronauts' health and how they might have to be mitigated. Key to the author's approach is his ability to explain lucidly our current knowledge while drawing in cutting-edge research. Written for the general reader, but with a scope and depth that will satisfy medical professionals, Quantum Biology reveals the latest findings from this most fascinating medical frontier.

We dance with liminality or in-between times whenever we make a major change. And now we're experiencing a collective liminality as billions of people re-evaluate how to live a good life on an increasingly turbulent planet. Liminality (from the Latin limen, "threshold") can cause anxiety and paralysis, but applied neuroscience and creativity expert Anne-Laure Le Cunff says it is also a time of creative possibility, a time for growth, change, and discovery. LIMINAL MINDS: PREDICTABLE SUCCESS IN AN UNPREDICTABLE WORLD offers a radical reinvention of how we plan and achieve goals. Le Cunff rejects rigid "SMART" goals as an artifact of a siloed, orderly world that no longer exists (if it ever did). And where other books addressing information overload and unavoidable interconnectivity advise digital detoxes and ruthless curation, Le Cunff says since you can't shut the world out, why not invite it in?LIMINAL MINDS replaces the old, linear model of success with a circular "PARI" (Pact/Act/React/Impact) model, in which goals are discovered, pursued, and adapted-always in conversation with the outside world. To make the most of liminality, readers actively shape their digital and IRL communities; they identify the smallest units of success for daily action; and they learn to widen their cone of uncertainty in times of duress. Le Cunff proposes Mind Gardening to turn chaos into creative insight and shows how anchor rituals are an important principle of Mindful Productivity. When collaborating with whatever turmoil the outside world delivers, readers will use Metacognition for sanity and self-knowledge. It's a model that not only helps us get our work done but keeps us engaged, curious and thriving along the way.

'A superb chronicler of cop culture' - SUNDAY TIMES'Disher is the gold standard for rural noir' - CHRIS HAMMER'The equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' - THE TIMESA cloud of despondency hangs over the Mornington Peninsula. An ageing corpse is fished out the sea, though remains unidentifiable. A two-year-old is missing, but without sufficient evidence the Waterloo Police can't charge their lead suspect. And what was a simple case of burning letterboxes has quickly escalated into torched stolen cars. Detective Inspector Hal Challis is desperate for a break. And then he gets a call from his friend, aerial photographer Kitty Casement. Someone's damaged her plane, leaving her life at risk. Is this another case doomed to run cold, or could it provide the break they all need?From the multiple Ned Kelly Award-winning author of Consolation and Day's End comes the second instalment in the stunning Peninsula series, for readers of Jane Harper, Ian Rankin and Chris Hammer.

'A superb chronicler of cop culture' - SUNDAY TIMES'Disher is the gold standard for rural noir' - CHRIS HAMMER'The equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' - THE TIMESSummer is approaching on the Mornington Peninsula. The heat is ramping up, a draught has been forecast, and Detective Inspector Hal Challis is already recycling his shower water and dreading the upcoming holiday madness. But then he's called to the sleepy town of Waterloo, where there's something more to fear. Women are being abducted, their bodies found along the Old Highway. The media demand answers, and with a team who cause as much trouble as they solve, Challis is under increasing pressure. But this killer's business is far from over... From the multiple Ned Kelly Award-winning author of Consolation and Day's End comes the first instalment in the stunning Peninsula series, for readers of Jane Harper, Ian Rankin and Chris Hammer.

The challenges of democracy today are abundant. In the wake of Brexit, Covid, and successive attempts by government to overhaul our legal system, there has never been more tension over how our democracy works and the biggest threats to it.Wholly original, Sumption continues to cut through the political noise with quick intelligent analysis, providing clarity on the most acute threats to our democratic processes, today and in the past, from the bloody English Civil War to the present day. Drawing on celebrated legal cases, historical examples and the big issues of our day, this book applies the brilliance of 'the cleverest man in Britain (the Guardian) to the most urgent political issues of our day.

The year is 2272 and the last of the polar icecaps have melted. New York and Buenos Aires were submerged years ago and the Patagonian Archipelagos have been radically transformed into the only habitable lands on Earth. Here, in the unbearable heat of Victorica, Argentina, our child protagonist is a humanoid mosquito. Carrier of the deadly dengue virus, his monstrous appearance not only makes him a target for his cruel classmates - led by the little tyrant El Dulce - but also elicits disgust from his own mother. As the world spirals to its end, Dengue Boy searches for the meaning of his life and his true origins. Elsewhere, adults negotiate the value of pandemics on the Stock Exchange and waste the last of Earth's resources, while children more privileged than Dengue Boy plug into virtual realities and constant streams of violent video games. In delirious prose that brings together the picaresque, manga, body horror and cyberpunk, Dengue Boy delivers an extraordinary and bizarre portrait of a demented future.