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Teenager June must figure out how to exist in a world where she's the only one left with a heart--and whether she wants to keep hers at all.

“Beautiful, tender, and relevant. Full of mystery, and not surprisingly, full of heart.”—Tillie Walden, award-winning author of SpinningWhat would you do if you were the only person left with a heart? The only person left who felt anything at all? Would you give in to the pressure to conform? Or would you protect your heart at all costs? Part Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and part Severance, this debut teen graphic novel is a vivid and haunting read for fans of Nimona and This One Summer. Not that long ago, the Scientist discovered that all sadness, anxiety, and anger disappeared when you removed your heart. And that's all it took. Soon enough, the hospital had lines out the door—even though the procedure numbed the good feelings, too.&nbsp;Everyone did it. Everyone except high school student June. But now the pressure, loneliness, and heartache are mounting, and it’s becoming harder and harder to be the only one with a heart. One day, June comes across an abandoned heart in a jar. The heart in the jar intrigues her, it baffles her, and it brings her hope. But the heart also brings her Max, a classmate with a secret of his own.And it may rip June’s own heart in two.Part speculative fiction and part cautionary tale, The Faint of Heart is a moving and ethereal debut that questions morality and the feelings that seem too big to contain.&nbsp;

Wilson K: The Faint of Heart

The Faint of Heart

A Graphic Novel

What if the biggest obstacle to solving our problems is nothing more than a failure to believe that we can?Rick Caruso has spent his life stepping optimistically into places where other people see no way forward by asking a deceptively simple question: What can we do to make this better? From his appointment as Commissioner to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and later the City's troubled Police Department, to the creation of his bold and innovative real estate ventures including L.A.'s world-renowned retail center The Grove, Caruso built a reputation for finding steadfast solutions even in the face of staunch adversity. By employing the great teachers of experience and curiosity, he continues to do what he can to improve Los Angeles, the city he loves, and in Breaking New Ground, he shares lessons learned along the way--while offering us all a path forward to a better future.Again and again, Caruso discovered that breakthroughs rarely come from knowing everything at the outset. They come from asking better questions, bringing the right people into the room, listening without ego, separating ideology from reality, and refusing to give up until workable solutions emerge. Ultimately, they require a steadfast dedication to the belief that there is always a solution and that defeat is not an option.Breaking New Ground is the story of how his philosophy was forged--from the examples of immigrant grandparents and a father who lost one fortune and built another, to Caruso's own successes, failures, public battles, family life, faith, and unexpected turns through business and government.Caruso is less interested in prescribing a formula for becoming successful than in exploring how successful problem-solvers think: how they distinguish what matters from what merely makes noise; how they balance conviction with compromise; how they recognize when conventional wisdom has stopped working; and how they remain fearless enough to see difficult decisions through.Part memoir, part argument, and part blueprint for action, Breaking New Ground offers a timely proposition for anyone confronting a problem that feels too complicated, entrenched, or divisive to solve.There is always another way forward. Sometimes you simply have to be willing to build it.

It’s Not too Late to Build Toward a Better Future!

The Power of Finding Steadfast Solutions

Breaking New Ground

A classic, seventeenth-century Chinese guide to the harmony of ordinary objects of everyday life Written in the seventeenth century by Chinese scholar Wen Zhenheng, Treatise on Superfluous Things offers a compelling glimpse into the tastes and cultural values of the educated elite in late Ming China. This guide to everyday items—from window frames and old master paintings to caged birds, fruits, and vegetables—is the most complete surviving account of the material and cultural tastes of the era in one of China’s largest and richest cities. It is also a guide to finding joy, pleasure, and harmony in the everyday objects that surround us.

A classic, seventeenth-century Chinese guide to the harmony of ordinary objects of everyday life Written in the seventeenth century by Chinese scholar Wen Zhenheng, Treatise on Superfluous Things offers a compelling glimpse into the tastes and cultural values of the educated elite in late Ming China. This guide to everyday items—from window frames and old master paintings to caged birds, fruits, and vegetables—is the most complete surviving account of the material and cultural tastes of the era in one of China’s largest and richest cities. It is also a guide to finding joy, pleasure, and harmony in the everyday objects that surround us.

Treatise on Superfluous Things

The instant USA Today bestseller 'Honest, funny and genuinely useful' - Mark Manson, bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck 'Like a warm, insightful pep talk from your best friend' - David Epstein, New York Times bestselling author of Range The personal development book for people who don't have time for personal development. Some people wake up at 4 a.m., run 15 miles barefoot and have an ice bath. This book is for the rest of us. Let's start with the good news: despite what your brain might tell you, you are not a failure. You are a human who has failed at something. Life is messy, unexpected and can surprise us at the worst possible time. In How to Try Again, Steve Kamb gives you permission to be imperfect and ditch the 'tough love' (which doesn't work) and still get things done. Drawing from his seventeen years of experience helping busy people transform their lives at Nerd Fitness, Kamb seamlessly blends philosophy, psychology, real-life stories and hilarious insights from pop culture to help you confidently navigate life's chaos. In this practical and humorous guide, you'll learn how to:<ul><li>Embrace failure as the first step, not the last.</li><li>Escape the 'Doom Loop' and finally break free.</li><li>Strategically tread water when overwhelmed.</li><li>Pick the right 'thing' to try next and follow through.</li></ul>This book isn't for the superhuman few; it's for anyone who has struggled with consistency and has felt like they're never going to be able to change. The overworked parents, burned-out employees and frustrated people who can't seem to make progress. It's time to stop feeling less than and start making changes that stick - without the guilt. 'Compassionate and deeply practical' - Anne-Laure Le Cunff, neuroscientist and bestselling author of Tiny Experiments 'Insightful, helpful, funny, wise . . . Steve Kamb is a brilliant guide' - Josh Kaufman, bestselling author of The Personal MBA 'A practical guide to rebuilding momentum' - Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Beyond Belief and Indistractable

The No-Guilt Guide to Making Changes That Stick

How To Try Again

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Ab Juni 2026 sind Unternehmen durch das EU-Entgelttransparenzgesetz dazu verpflichtet, ihre Gehaltsstrukturen offenzulegen und nachvollziehbar zu gestalten. Dadurch soll es Beschäftigten erleichtert werden, ihren Anspruch auf gleiche Bezahlung bei gleicher oder gleichwertiger Arbeit besser durchzusetzen.&nbsp;Der Crashkurs von Gunther Wolf erläutert die Anforderungen und Auswirkungen des neuen Entgelttransparenzgesetzes für Unternehmen in Deutschland und des neuen Gleichbehandlungsgesetzes in Österreich. Es zeigt, wie Unternehmen rechtssicher Vergütungssysteme gestalten, interne Prozesse anpassen und Entgeltstrukturen transparent und diskriminierungsfrei gestalten können.Inhalte:<ul><li>Rechtliche Anforderungen im Überblick: Auskunftsrechte, Berichtserstattungspflichten, Sanktionen&nbsp;</li><li>Praktische Tools und Methoden zur Analyse und strategischen Gestaltung von Entgeltsystemen und Entgeltstrukturen</li><li>Chancen und Risiken der Analyse und Neugestaltung der Entgeltsysteme und Entgeltstrukturen</li><li>Best Practices und Fallbeispiele&nbsp;</li><li>Zukunftsperspektiven</li></ul>

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Neue Energie für die Arbeitswelt - mit dem 'Heartbeat' erfolgreicher Organisationen Wie bleiben Unternehmen in Zeiten von Digitalisierung, Wertewandel und Fachkräftemangel zukunftsfähig? Welche Arbeitskultur verbindet mentale Gesundheit, Sinn und Leistungsfähigkeit? "Heartbeat" liefert wissenschaftlich fundierte Antworten - praxisnah und hochrelevant für Führungskräfte, HR-Expert:innen und Organisationsentwickler:innen. Basierend auf einer der umfassendsten Studien im DACH-Raum - mit über 1.900 Unternehmen und mehr als 200.000 Mitarbeitenden - zeigen Prof. Dr. Heike Bruch und Marvin Neu, was vitale Organisationen heute auszeichnet. Im Zentrum steht der Heartbeat - eine Kultur, die nicht nur Leistung fördert, sondern auch Sinn vermittelt und die psychische Gesundheit stärkt. Ein Schlüsselwerk für die Arbeitswelt von morgen <ul> <li>Drei Organisationstypen im direkten Vergleich - mit klaren Handlungsempfehlungen</li> <li>Wissenschaftlich fundierte Interventionen für mehr Energie, Fokus und Resilienz</li> <li>Impulse für nachhaltigen Wandel - über Abteilungen, Branchen und Hierarchien hinweg</li> </ul> "Heartbeat" ist ein strategischer und zugleich inspirierender Leitfaden für alle, die Organisationen zukunftsfähig gestalten wollen - mit mehr Klarheit, Vitalität und messbarem Erfolg.

Neue Energie für die Arbeitswelt – mit dem »Heartbeat« erfolgreicher Organisationen 
 
 Wie bleiben Unternehmen in Zeiten von 
 Digitalisierung, Wertewandel und Fachkräftemangel
 zukunftsfähig? Welche Arbeitskultur verbindet 
 mentale Gesundheit, Sinn und Leistungsfähigkeit
 ? 
 „Heartbeat“
 liefert wissenschaftlich fundierte Antworten – praxisnah und hochrelevant für Führungskräfte, HR-Expert:innen und Organisationsentwickler:innen.
 
 Basierend auf einer der umfassendsten Studien im DACH-Raum – mit über 
 1.900 Unternehmen und mehr als 200.000 Mitarbeitenden
 – zeigen 
 Prof. Dr. Heike Bruch
 und 
 Marvin Neu
 , was vitale Organisationen heute auszeichnet. Im Zentrum steht der 
 Heartbeat
 – eine Kultur, die nicht nur Leistung fördert, sondern auch Sinn vermittelt und die psychische Gesundheit stärkt.
 Ein Schlüsselwerk für die Arbeitswelt von morgen<ul><li>Drei Organisationstypen
 im direkten Vergleich – mit klaren Handlungsempfehlungen
 </li><li>Wissenschaftlich fundierte Interventionen
 für mehr Energie, Fokus und Resilienz
 </li><li>Impulse für nachhaltigen Wandel
 – über Abteilungen, Branchen und Hierarchien hinweg
 </li></ul>„Heartbeat“
 ist ein strategischer und zugleich inspirierender Leitfaden für alle, die 
 Organisationen zukunftsfähig gestalten
 wollen – mit mehr Klarheit, Vitalität und messbarem Erfolg.

Wie Unternehmen ihre Energie freisetzen und Zukunft schaffen

Heartbeat

A history of the technology of supply-chain management from punch cards to neural nets, and how the ambiguity built into that technology helps companies and exploits workersSeeing Like a Supply Chain is a compelling investigation into the hidden networks that drive our global economy. Miriam Posner presents a blow-by-blow account of the technology of supply-chain management from punch cards to neural nets, revealing how the system's built-in ambiguity shields companies from accountability while exploiting workers.Drawing on more than a decade of research, Posner shows how computation converged with the growth of global trade to allow for a lightning-quick, astoundingly efficient supply chain that lets corporations source products without any notion of where their goods are actually being produced. At a time when multinational firms fear the reputational damage of human rights violations in the making of their products, the supply chain's shroud of vagueness is a feature, not a bug. Posner shows how this is technically accomplished-and how the strategic disavowal of information extends through every step of that chain.

The Hidden Life of Logistics

Seeing Like a Supply Chain

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'Of course I'm starting my screenplay. I'm just going to Hoover the stairs first.'If you are at all interested in the nuts and bolts of story-telling and the curious workings of the entertainment industry, then this is the most informative, inspiring and funniest book on writing you will ever read, by someone who's been nominated for every showbiz award going (and then lost them all).Covering four decades in an ever-changing industry, John O'Farrell shares his writing journey from unsolicited radio sketches to huge Broadway musicals, crafting stories that have made people laugh, cry or sneak out to the pub in the interval. Here he reveals the inside secrets of every genre from sketches to sitcoms, novels to screenplays - as John kept swapping industries just before they noticed the missing Post-It Notes.Maybe If I Changed The Font? is packed with invaluable advice on structure, character, theme as well as guidance on how to get your work read by professionals and produced to great acclaim from millions - or maybe just several members of your family - you never know which way it's going to go. But you must read this book before you start - it's the perfect avoidance.'The most honest book about writing I have ever read' William Shakespeare

Some Things I Learned Writing Every Genre Except Poetry and Panto

Maybe If I Changed The Font?

Sleep isn't passive rest, but a critical driver of performance.In high-pressure environments, sleep is often the first thing to go. Long hours are treated as commitment. Pushing through is expected. But the cost builds, often in ways we don't immediately see, leading to distraction, poor decisions, emotional reactivity and missed signals.In this groundbreaking guide, sleep neuroscientist and executive advisor Els van der Helm, PhD, shows that sleep is not just a habit to optimise. It's a system to understand.Blending cutting-edge research with real-world stories and interviews - from global executives to frontline professionals - Dr van der Helm reframes sleep as a hidden driver of performance, resilience and leadership. Her practical, science-backed six-principle framework reveals how we can: <ul><li>Identify our chronotype and align our schedule with peak performance windows</li><li>Use chronotherapy to align work, energy, and recovery across the day</li><li>Understand how REM sleep supports emotional control, creativity, and decision-making - and how to protect it</li><li>Use strategic napping to recover faster and sustain high performance</li><li>Navigate periods of poor sleep, reducing the impact of bad nights and building long-term resilience</li><li>Become a 'sleep leader,' rethinking how work and life are structured to make sustained performance possible, at work and at home</li></ul> Perfect for leaders, ambitious professionals and anyone operating in high-demand environments, Sleep Intelligence offers a new way of thinking about sleep - and how we work, recover and live as a result.

The High-Performance Blueprint for Sharper Thinking

Sleep Intelligence

When life disrupts work, leaders need to know what to do next. This practical guide shows&nbsp;leaders at organizations of every size, from small businesses to large corporations, how to support employees through hard moments while strengthening trust across the workplace. This is the book to read before the crisis happens, so you can respond with confidence, care, and clarity when it does. Life disruptions do not stay outside the workplace. Grief, illness, caregiving, divorce, infertility, and other major life events shape how people show up at work, yet most organizations still do not prepare leaders for these moments. Even caring managers can freeze, unsure what to say, how to help, or how to balance support with team needs. The challenge is not whether a life disruption will affect your team. It is when. The leaders who build trust in difficult moments are the ones who prepare before those moments arrive. Drawing on original PhD research, interviews with employees and leaders, and nearly two decades of experience advising employers on benefits and workplace strategy, Dr. Nataliya Boychenko Stone gives leaders a practical guide for responding with confidence and care. She shows readers how to <ul><li>understand what support an employee actually needs,</li><li>connect people with the right workplace resources,</li><li>adjust work with clarity and flexibility,</li><li>stay present after the first crisis moment, and</li><li>support employees while maintaining accountability.</li></ul> This practical framework helps managers, HR professionals, and organizational leaders navigate life's most challenging moments at work while strengthening trust, loyalty, and performance across their teams.

When life disrupts work, leaders need to know what to do next. This practical guide shows&nbsp;leaders at organizations of every size, from small businesses to large corporations, how to support employees through hard moments while strengthening trust across the workplace. This is the book to read before the crisis happens, so you can respond with confidence, care, and clarity when it does. Life disruptions do not stay outside the workplace. Grief, illness, caregiving, divorce, infertility, and other major life events shape how people show up at work, yet most organizations still do not prepare leaders for these moments. Even caring managers can freeze, unsure what to say, how to help, or how to balance support with team needs. The challenge is not whether a life disruption will affect your team. It is when. The leaders who build trust in difficult moments are the ones who prepare before those moments arrive. Drawing on original PhD research, interviews with employees and leaders, and nearly two decades of experience advising employers on benefits and workplace strategy, Dr. Nataliya Boychenko Stone gives leaders a practical guide for responding with confidence and care. She shows readers how to: <ul><li>understand what support an employee actually needs,</li><li>connect people with the right workplace resources,</li><li>adjust work with clarity and flexibility,</li><li>stay present after the first crisis moment, and</li><li>support employees while maintaining accountability.</li></ul> This practical framework helps managers, HR professionals, and organizational leaders navigate life's most challenging moments at work while strengthening trust, loyalty, and performance across their teams.

The Leader's Guide for Supporting People Through Their Hardest Moments

When Life Disrupts Work

A provocative exposé of how our attention, behavior, and desires have been co-opted by the “choice box”—a curated set of options that offer a false sense of agency while funneling us down pre-determined paths controlled by a select few Choice boxes are all around us, but chances are you’ve never noticed them. Every time you click on a recommended video, rate an Uber driver, run a Google search, or invest in your 401k, you may think you’re the one calling the shots—but in reality, you’re limited to making the choices that a corporation wants you to make. Today, structured decision-making governs our lives to such an extent that we hardly see it at all. But who designs these choices, and whose interests do they serve? In Choose Your Captivity, historian Eli Cook introduces readers to the choice architects who first built these boxes and trapped us inside—from the maze-building eugenicist who invented the multiple-choice test to the marketing gurus who sold off our supermarket shelves to a few ultra-processed food giants. In less than a generation, architects like these have transformed a handful of online platforms into the richest businesses in the world. And by determining our options, controlling our actions, and even shaping our identities, they have laid the groundwork&nbsp;for the winner-takes-all game of digital capitalism that dominates us today. In a society built around the promise of free choice and personal responsibility, Cook argues, these hidden architects might just have the greatest power of all. A propulsive and vivid history, Choose Your Captivity opens readers’ eyes to the immense power of the choice box—and how to escape it.

A provocative exposé of how our attention, behavior, and desires have been co-opted by the “choice box”—a curated set of options that offer a false sense of agency while funneling us down pre-determined paths controlled by a select few Choice boxes are all around us, but chances are you’ve never noticed them. Every time you click on a recommended video, rate an Uber driver, run a Google search, or invest in your 401k, you may think you’re the one calling the shots—but in reality, you’re limited to making the choices that a corporation wants you to make. Today, structured decision-making governs our lives to such an extent that we hardly see it at all. But who designs these choices, and whose interests do they serve? In Choose Your Own Captivity, historian Eli Cook introduces readers to the choice architects who first built these boxes and trapped us inside—from the maze-building eugenicist who invented the multiple-choice test to the marketing gurus who sold off our supermarket shelves to a few ultra-processed food giants. In less than a generation, architects like these have transformed a handful of online platforms into the richest businesses in the world. And by determining our options, controlling our actions, and even shaping our identities, they have laid the groundwork&nbsp;for the winner-takes-all game of digital capitalism that dominates us today. In a society built around the promise of free choice and personal responsibility, Cook argues, these hidden architects might just have the greatest power of all. A propulsive and vivid history, Choose Your Own Captivity opens readers’ eyes to the immense power of the choice box—and how to escape it.

How Corporations Built Our Choices and Sold Our Freedom

Choose Your Captivity

From the bestselling author of Do Hard Things and Win the Inside Game comes a guide to showing up in the moments that demand your best and shape who you become. We’ve all been there. The nerves, pressure, doubts, and that voice in our head screaming “what if I’m not good enough?” Once we enter the arena, everything changes, and none of us are immune. Even an Olympic champion muttered on the starting line, "What the hell am I doing here?" Yet, we fundamentally misunderstand pressure and how to rise to the occasion. It’s time to redefine what it means to step up and compete. We’ve been sold a one-dimensional picture of the competitor: fearless, ruthless, dominant, the alpha dog. But fear and doubt aren’t a sign of weakness. They’re the price of admission. Drawing on new science and an original survey of over 2,000 high performers across sport, business, and the arts, Magness shows us that the best aren't defined by fearlessness or fire. They're defined by range: the ability to summon the right state at the right moment. They’re able to be fierce without becoming reckless, focused without becoming rigid, and driven without losing the people beside them. Step Into the Arena is about more than just performing. The arena isn’t just a stadium or a stage. It’s the blank page, the difficult conversation, and every moment when we care deeply, the outcome is uncertain, and failure stings. In a world of curated feeds and sideline critics, the arena is one of the last places of unfiltered truth. It’s where we stop hiding, risk failure for something worthy, and find out what we're made of. It asks something larger of us: What are we striving for? How will we strive? And who will we become in the process? For everyone who has ever known exactly what they were capable of, and watched the moment take it away, it's time to take it back. Step into the arena. It's where you'll find out who you are.

How to Master Pressure, Quiet Your Doubts, and Show Up When It Matters Most

Step into the Arena

The Faint of Heart

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