Author: Thomas W Hodgkinson Publisher: Icon Books ISBN: 1785781634 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 217
Book Description
Cool can’t be taught. That’s the received wisdom, yet this wry, entertaining compendium by Thomas W. Hodgkinson (author of the indispensable How to Sound Cultured) shows that, on the contrary, anyone can increase their cool quotient by learning from the masters and the methods of the past. It’s never an easy journey. But to set yourself on the path to true cool, you’ll need this invaluable roadmap.
Author: Will Smith Publisher: John Murray Pubs Limited ISBN: 9780719524905 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 242
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How can you be cool at work, or in bed, or in a bar, or in a restaurant? What is cool when it comes to dating? Calling? Not calling? Standing in their garden with a placard and a megaphone? Coolness is a dark art and takes years of practice. But help is at hand. How To Be Cool is your trusty handbook for ineffable coolness in every eventuality. Award-winning comedian Will Smith is your guide through a world where a nifty quip, a signature drink and an outright lie about how much you like Italian arthouse movies can make you feel like Johnny Depp, rather than John McCririck. Glaring social ineptitude will happily be a thing of the past.
Author: Hubert Van Den Bergh Publisher: Icon Books Ltd ISBN: 1848319312 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 446
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'Damn, all my cheating secrets revealed. In book form' Stephen Fry Which philosopher had the maddest hairstyle? Which novelist drank 50 cups of black coffee every day? What on earth did Simone de Beauvoir see in Jean-Paul Sartre? How to Sound Cultured offers a wry and yet profoundly useful look inside the mirrored palaces of high culture. Covering such inscrutable characters as Heidegger, Montaigne, Kahlo and Lévi-Strauss (apparently not just a designer of jeans), inscrutable polymaths Thomas W. Hodgkinson and Hubert van den Bergh – the author of the acclaimed How to Sound Clever – have done the hard work of sorting the cultural wheat from the chaff. Read this book and you'll never again mistake Rimbaud for Rambo or Georg Lukacs for George Lucas, you'll know precisely when to drop Foucault's name into a conversation and how to pronounce 'Borgesian', and you'll learn many more essential pointers for the intellectual life.
Author: Ellen Hendriksen Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 1250122236 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 305
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Picking up where Quiet ended, How to Be Yourself is the best book you’ll ever read about how to conquer social anxiety. “This book is also a groundbreaking road map to finally being your true, authentic self.” —Susan Cain, New York Times, USA Today and nationally bestselling author of Quiet Up to 40% of people consider themselves shy. You might say you’re introverted or awkward, or that you're fine around friends but just can't speak up in a meeting or at a party. Maybe you're usually confident but have recently moved or started a new job, only to feel isolated and unsure. If you get nervous in social situations—meeting your partner's friends, public speaking, standing awkwardly in the elevator with your boss—you've probably been told, “Just be yourself!” But that's easier said than done—especially if you're prone to social anxiety. Weaving together cutting-edge science, concrete tips, and the compelling stories of real people who have risen above their social anxiety, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen proposes a groundbreaking idea: you already have everything you need to succeed in any unfamiliar social situation. As someone who lives with social anxiety, Dr. Hendriksen has devoted her career to helping her clients overcome the same obstacles she has. With familiarity, humor, and authority, Dr. Hendriksen takes the reader through the roots of social anxiety and why it endures, how we can rewire our brains through our behavior, and—at long last—exactly how to quiet your Inner Critic, the pesky voice that whispers, "Everyone will judge you." Using her techniques to develop confidence, think through the buzz of anxiety, and feel comfortable in any situation, you can finally be your true, authentic self.
Author: Johanna Edwards Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780425221426 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 372
Book Description
Having lost a significant amount of weight and launching a new career as a professional makeover consultant, Kylie struggles to hide the truth about her deep-rooted insecurities, an effort that unravels when an apartment fire forces her to move back home and a handsome journalist threatens to expose her secrets. By the author of The Next Big Thing. Reprint.
Author: Jessica Hagy Publisher: Workman Publishing Company ISBN: 0761176861 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 273
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An inspiring visual guide to a richer life. “If there’s a thinker to steal from, it’s Jessica Hagy.”—Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like an Artist and Newspaper Blackout How to Be Interesting is passionate, positive, down-to-earth, and irrepressibly upbeat, combining fresh and pithy life lessons, often just a sentence or two, with deceptively simple diagrams and graphs. Each of the book's more than 100 spreads will nudge readers a little bit further out of their comfort zones and into a place where suddenly everything is possible. It’s about taking chance—but also about taking daily vacations. About being childlike, not childish. It’s about ideas, creativity, risk. It’s about trusting your talents and doing only what you want—but having the courage to get lost and see where the path leads. Because it’s what you don’t know that’s interesting.
Author: Jory John Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062979191 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 42
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The “too-cool-for-school” third picture book from the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of The Bad Seed and The Good Egg, Jory John and Pete Oswald Everyone knows the cool beans. They’re sooooo cool. And then there’s the uncool has-bean . . . Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd—until one day the cool beans show him how it’s done. With equal measures of humor, wit, and charm, the #1 New York Times bestselling duo Jory John and Pete Oswald craft another incredible picture book, reminding us that it’s cooler to be kind. Check out Jory John and Pete Oswald’s funny, bestselling books for kids 4-8 and anyone who wants a laugh: The Bad Seed The Good Egg The Cool Bean The Couch Potato The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, the Spooky! The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool as It Gets That’s What Dinosaurs Do
Author: James Dean Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062974033 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 53
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Kindness is cool! Pete the Cat shares some groovy words on kindness in this fun collection of his favorite famous quotes about sharing, lending a helping hand, and having compassion for others. Cool cat Pete adds his own spin on well-known classic quotes from luminaries ranging from Booker T. Washington to Henry James. Everyone’s favorite blue cat reminds us that “it’s cool to be kind.” Fans of the bestselling Pete the Cat series will delight in this fun take on quotes, which are accompanied by Pete's witty responses and illustrations created by New York Times bestselling team Kimberly and James Dean. A perfect graduation gift. Plus check out Pete’s other groovy guides! Pete the Cat’s Groovy Guide to Life Pete the Cat’s Groovy Guide to Love Pete the Cat’s 12 Groovy Days of Christmas
Author: Suzanne Weyn Publisher: Simon Spotlight ISBN: 9780671008338 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 100
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Michelle can't believe what the other kids wrote about her in their slam book. They all think she's boring! Michelle decides to show them that she can be as cool as anyone in school.
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