How do you create happiness? In this story, one child finds a way. She mixes the smell of warm biscuits and the seaside with the taste of chocolate ice cream, apple juice and the warmth of sunshine. S
How people conceive of happiness reveals much about who they are and the values they hold dear. Drawing on ethnographic insights from diverse field sites around the world, this book offers a unique wi
Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.Money—investing, personal finance, and business decisions—is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together.In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics.
Lessons on retirement from thought leaders in retirement planningWhat are the secrets to a healthy, happy, and wealthy retirement?To answer that question, longtime Morningstar columnist and podcaster Christine Benz asked 20 retirement thought leaders to go deep on a single lesson that they believe contributes to success in retirement.These lessons range from nitty gritty financial matters to quality-of-life considerations that help pre-retirees and retirees maximize their “time on earth” allocations.On the financial side of the ledger, the book delves into knowing your retirement income style (Wade Pfau), understanding how your spending might change in retirement (David Blanchett), and organizing your portfolio to support in-retirement cash flows (William Bernstein).Other interviews probe softer but no less important considerations, such as how to spend in order to optimize happiness (Ramit Sethi), the value of burnishing relationships later in life (Laura Carstensen), and living life
Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama re-creates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-speculators. He tells us how the Dutch celebrated themselves and how they were slandered by their enemies. "History on the grand scale...An ambitious portrait of one of the most remarkable episodes in modern history."--New York Times"Wonderfully inclusive; with wit and intense curiosity he teases out meaning from every aspect of Dutch seventeenth-century life."--Robert Hughes
Aa is for always-that's how long I'll love you for. Bb is for bear hug,to show I love you more. Discover all the ways we can say we love one another with this beautiful ABC board book.Gentle rhyming text and adorable animal characters introduce little learners to the concept of love and the many ways we can show it. From making others feel like they fit in and belong, to sharing special moments, there are so many little acts of kindness that can make others feel loved. With chunky pages and soothing pastel colours, this is the perfect book to read with your little one before bed.A delicate first-concepts book about learning the alphabet and learning to be kind. From the author and illustrator of ABC of Kindness, 123 of Thankfulness, Friendship is Forever and Happiness is a Rainbow.
This triumphant, upbeat story, shows how one small action can bring big, positive change. From the creators of the international bestseller and much-loved classic, Giraffes Can't Dance. And as the tree began to blossom,Just like Chutney said,The Children both began to feelThe happiness it spread.Chutney the chimpanzee has a special tree - a happy tree! Can he plant it in Drabsville and bring hope and joy to a once dreary town?A colourful, rhyming story about happiness and positivity from the creative-duo behind Giraffes Can't Dance. Giraffes Can't Dance has been a much-loved family favourite for over 20 years, and has sold over 7 million copies worldwide. (Adapted from The Chimpanzees of Happy Town, first published in 2006.)
當你翻開這本書時，如果湊巧想起了一位失聯的朋友，請你努力將今天記下來，或者寫在日誌上，因為《小王子》說：「把朋友忘了，是一件很可悲的事，並非每個人都有朋友的……」《小王子》適合9歲到99歲的人閱讀，書中的隱喻既明朗又隱諱，一筆一筆勾勒出人類心中最原始的美。小王子是好奇的頑童，為了探險來到地球，當他仰望成千上萬個星星時，小王子永遠有辦法辨別出那個最特別的星球，就像漂泊的人類，心裡惦記著一塊終究會回去的原鄉。閱讀本書，你可能大吃一驚，彷彿遇到熟識的朋友，分享你的心情；你也可能為了某些橋段傷心，書中的語言那樣深刻，共鳴響起，猶如你親筆寫下的日記。你可以把閱讀《小王子》的經驗當作一個珍藏秘密，每一次閱讀都重新洗淨你的心靈。《小王子》如此平實地存在著，正如同你我生活的意境。 The Little Prince addresses the feelings hidden in the depths of your heart. Perhaps it has been years since you decided to dwell in solitude. Every day you try your best to avoid dangers that might hurt your feelings. After many years, you may find out nobody can gain access to your heart. You may even forget how to grasp happiness when it shows up.The Little Prince awakens your mind. It approaches your heart with a gentle motion. Before you know it, The Little Prince has done everything to prepare you for grace and love. That is the magic of this book. The author of The Little Prince uses a child’s point of view to offer profound and ke
她不僅活了下來，現在還要講給你聽。一張祝福紙條，讓Lily的故事透過社交媒體紅遍全球：只要活著離開集中營，就會不斷講述真相。即便要與痛苦的記憶對抗，她仍堅持說出自己的故事。這是Lily的回憶錄，也是人類惡行與人性光輝的見證。 The Sunday Times top 10 bestsellerThe incredibly moving and powerful memoir of an Auschwitz survivor who made headlines around the world. With a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. 'Unforgettable' - Daily MailWhen Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert was liberated in 1945, a Jewish-American soldier gave her a banknote on which he'd written 'Good luck and happiness'.And when her great-grandson, Dov, decided to use social media to track down the family of the GI, 96-year-old Lily found herself making headlines round the world. Lily had promised herself that if she survived Auschwitz she would tell everyone the truth about the camp. Now was her chance.In Lily's Promise she writes movingly about her happy childhood in Hungary, the death of her mother and two youngest siblings on their arrival at Auschwitz in 1944 and her determination to keep her two other sisters safe. She desc
Fans of Susan Lee and Dustin Thao will be enchanted by this soulful YA romance about how we love, how we heal, and how we find the strength to go on“Where were you thinking of going?”“Nowhere.”“Great,” he says lightly, putting the car in gear. “Then we’ll go there.”Seventeen-year-old Deedee's life is full of family ghosts and questions she can't ask. She longs to escape her stifling home, but guilt holds her back—that, and the fact that her strict Filipino single mom won't let her learn to drive.But one sleepless night leads Deedee down a road she never thought possible: secret driving lessons with the new boy next door, Jay, whose turbulent family life also keeps him up until sunrise.As midnights stretch into days, Jay helps Deedee begin to unravel her past, and as shared secrets blossom into love, Deedee starts to imagine a life where happiness is possible. But the deeper she digs into the trauma that has shaped her, the more that trauma threatens to tear Deedee and Jay apart. Togeth
Art projects to inspire and nurture your creativity. Screen-free, relaxing, colorful--and suitable for artists of all ages and levels of experience Live the life of a true creative! Marion Deuchars invites you into her world, introducing over 100 projects and ideas, and plenty of inspiration to release your artistic potential. Projects like hand printing, marbling, cyanotype, and rubber stamping will absorb you for an enjoyable afternoon; others like street photography, beach sculpture, and dog doodling can be done in the moment. It's never too late to discover--or rediscover--your artistic side. With Marion's inspiring ideas to get you started, you'll learn how a little creativity every day can bring happiness and fulfillment.
Isadora Moon is special because she's different. Her mum is a fairy and her dad is a vampire and she is a bit of both. Isadora loves the night, bats and her black tutu, but she also loves the sunshine, her magic wand and Pink Rabbit.She is proud to be different, but with parents like hers, everyday activities don't always go to plan!When Isadora discovers a wishing well, the mischievous nymph who lives inside grants her the wish of constant happiness. But being happy all the time isn't quite as enjoyable as Isadora expects. Can Isadora convince the nymph to undo the wish, and allow her to feel all of her feelings again?A funny and heartwarming story that gently explores how feelings aren't 'good' or 'bad', and that experiencing all of your feelings is part of what makes you human (or half vampire half fairy!).Beautifully presented in hardback with silver sprayed edges, this is the perfect gift for Harriet Muncaster fans.
Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being-defined as "the optimal
