‘Work hard, get paid.’ It’s simple. Self-evident. But it’s also a lie—at least for most of us. For people today, the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure, wellpaying job in the future. Far from equating to riches and fulfilment, ‘work’ means precarity, anxiety and alienation. Amelia Horgan poses three big questions: what is work? How ...(展开全部)

Review “...to give a bullet-point summation of takeaways is to deny the real value of this lovely book.”--Harvard Business Review Product Description Why trying to be the best … competing like crazy … makes you mediocre Every few years a book—through a combination of the author’s unique voice, storytelling ability, wit, and insight—simply breaks the mold. Bill Bryson’s A Walk i...(展开全部)

Why trying to be the best … competing like crazy … makes you mediocre Every few years a book—through a combination of the author’s unique voice, storytelling ability, wit, and insight—simply breaks the mold. Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods is one example. Richard Feynman’s “ Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” is another. Now comes Youngme Moon’s Different, a book ...(展开全部)

Review “...to give a bullet-point summation of takeaways is to deny the real value of this lovely book.”--Harvard Business Review Product Description Why trying to be the best … competing like crazy … makes you mediocre Every few years a book—through a combination of the author’s unique voice, storytelling ability, wit, and insight—simply breaks the mold. Bill Bryson’s A Walk i...(展开全部)

Why trying to be the best … competing like crazy … makes you mediocre Every few years a book—through a combination of the author’s unique voice, storytelling ability, wit, and insight—simply breaks the mold. Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods is one example. Richard Feynman’s “ Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” is another. Now comes Youngme Moon’s Different, a book ...(展开全部)

Modern life encourages us to pursue the perfect identity. Whether we aspire to become the best lawyer or charity worker, life partner or celebrity influencer, we emulate exemplars that exist in the world – hoping it will bring us happiness. But this often leads to a complex game of envy and pride. We achieve these identities but want others to imitate us. We disagree with those...(展开全部)

A dark, wry, captivating tale, inspired by an unsolved American true crime mystery. 'My Sister, My Love' is based on the controversial true-crime mystery of the JonBenet Ramsey murder. When a beautiful, ice-skating child prodigy is found brutally murdered, suspicion immediately mounts against friends, neighbours -- and even the young girl's own family. Told from the point of v...(展开全部)

简介：世家里有位傲气的清冷小贵公子，他玩着，行着，走世间，有一天，竹青带回了小乞丐…小乞丐乖乖的，怯生生的眼眸小心翼翼的寻找着立足之地…后来，他有了名字，就叫阿福，阿福很喜欢竹青，很喜欢很喜欢…(一周一更)

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.