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A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller

In this iconic bestseller, legendary business thinker and bestselling author Seth Godin proves that winners are really just the best quitters. Godin shows that winners quit fast, quit often and quit without guilt – until they commit to beating the right Dip.

Every new project (or job, or hobby, or company) starts out fun . . .then gets really hard, and not much fun at all. You might be in a Dip – a temporary setback that will get better if you keep pushing. But maybe it’s really a Cul-de-Sac – a total dead end. What really sets superstars apart is the ability to tell the two apart.

Winners seek out the Dip. They realize that the bigger the barrier, the bigger the reward for getting past it. If you can beat the Dip to be the best, you’ll earn profits, glory and long-term security.

Whether you’re an intern or a CEO, this fun little book will help you figure out if you’re in a Dip that’s worthy of your time, effort and talents. The old saying is wrong – winners do quit, and quitters do win.

You’ve been to her kitchen, enjoyed her desserts, and mastered the essentials now go with raw food goddess Ani Phyo back to her roots for the first ever Asian raw food cookbook. Along with recipes from Korea, China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, and Hawaii and background information on traditional dishes, Ani’s Raw Food Asia also offers essential tips on green living, well-being, longevity, fitness, beauty, and entertaining as inspired by a healthy Asian lifestyle. Recipes include: Mixed Vegetable Skewers with Almond-Butter Sauce, Creamed Curry Saag, Vegetable Tempura with Orange Lemongrass Dipping Sauce, Marinated Shiitake Mushroom Dumplings, Corn Fritters with a Hot and Sour Cucumber Dipping Sauce, Dosas, Moo Shoo Vegetables, and more.

And so begins a hilarious dip into the choppy waters of a nightly ritual that parents and children alike often dread. Filled with soapsuds, rubber duckies, and existential angst, Simon Rich’s debut picture book is a splashy tale of cleanliness-and survival. This irreverent read-aloud treat about facing fear and embracing adventure might just change the way you see bath time (and your bathroom) forever.

PURE BLISS is an indispensable handbook for the 21st century. Written by leading spiritual writer and teacher Gill Edwards, you will learn how to:

* Tap into your inner wisdom
* Be more creative and productive
* Fulfil your higher purpose
* Find your peak performance;
* Enjoy the simple pleasures of life
* Find inner peace.

PURE BLISS offers 75 simple and practical guidelines for living in ‘Soft Time’. The 75 short chapters are to be dipped into, meditated on and enjoyed. They cover themes that resonate with us all – such as your personal relationships, the inner you, parenting, work, prosperity, health and your home.

Everyone loves food. But did you know that every day is a national food or drink holiday? It’s true! There’s National Bloody Mary Day, National Cheese Lover’s Day, and even National Blueberry Pancake Day,just to name a few. Based on the popular blog Almanac of Eats, Eat the Year is a tribute to food-lovers everywhere that introduces a national food or drink holiday for every day of the year. From National Martini Day to National Chip and Dip Day, this book includes tasty recipes, food history, and a variety of food holidays that are as diverse as they are delicious!

Living with an Open Heart contains brief readings which blend Buddhist and western psychology. It thoughtfully presents ideas and techniques drawn from Buddhism, western psychological approaches, as well as the authors’ personal experiences in working to develop compassion in their own lives and in their work with others.

Designed to be easy to dip into, this fascinating book is organised into brief chapters to include discussions, reflections and contemplations, personal stories, and specific techniques for deepening compassion.

Each chapter provides fuel for thought and contemplation as the reader goes through his or her day, inspiring their motivation to be compassionate, helping them to understand compassion, and giving them specific methods for applying it in their lives.

According to ancient sources, Hannibal was only nine years old when his father dipped the small boy’s hand in blood and made him swear eternal hatred of Rome. Whether the story is true or not, it is just one of hundreds of legends that have appeared over the centuries about this enigmatic military genius who challenged Rome for mastery of the ancient world.

In this new biography, historian John Prevas reveals the truth behind the myths of Hannibal’s life, wars, and character- from his childhood in Carthage to his training in military camps in Spain, crossing of the Alps, spectacular victories in Italy, humiliating defeat in the North African desert, banishment from Carthage, and suicide. Hannibal’s Oath is an epic account of a monumental figure in history.

The greatest joys of retiring, writes Dr Bob, are not having to get up early in the morning, not having to work at weekends and, above all, not being called out of bed at night. He should have added that it gives him more time to dip into his rich fund of lighthearted stories of wit, wisdom and the world at large.

You’re Still a Doctor, Doctor! gives us amusing insights into his medical career, and the writing and broadcasting career, and the writing and broadcasting career that took him under the spotlights and into some very embarrassing situations indeed . . .

He also paints colourful pictures of patients and colleagues, records time spent messing about on boats, and the hilarious adventures of holidays abroad where he met, amongst countless others a man from Wolverhampton who married an eskimo . . .

Best Food Writing 2005 assembles, for its sixth year, the most exceptional writing from the past year’s books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and Web sites. Included are the best writers on everything from celebrated chefs to the travails of the home cook, from food sourcing at the greenmarket to equipping one’s kitchen, from erudite culinary history to food-inspired memoirs. Like past collections, the 2005 round-up will include pieces from food-writing stars such as Robb Walsh, John Thorne, Calvin Trillin, Amanda Hesser, Ruth Reichl, Colman Andrews, Jason Epstein, and Jeffrey Steingarten. Opinionated, evocative, nostalgic, brash, thought-provoking, and sometimes just plain funny, it’s a tasty sampler to dip into time and again, whether you’re in the mood for caviar or hot dogs.

This book is aimed at students at almost every level, including college and university, adult learners, access students and students on correspondence and distance learning courses. It will be particularly valuable for those who have been out of a learning situation for some time and are lacking the confidence to re-enter the educational environment.

The book covers all aspects of study skills, from improving reading, writing, listening and thinking skills, to knowing how to study independently, conduct research and take tests and examinations.The user-friendly and accessible format enables readers to dip in and out of the book whenever they need to brush up on a particular skill.It also includes uesfeul exercises, addresses, websites and further reading for those who wish to follow up the information provided in the book.

The activity book to get your family through isolation!

Bored of seeing everyone you know glued to their phones all the time?

Switch It Off! is a revolutionary, pocket-sized activity book the same size and shape as a smartphone.

It’s packed with entertaining games, challenges, jokes, puzzles and illusions – and it will change your life.

You can dip into it, leaf through it, pass it around, colour in it, scribble on it, and even rip it up.

It’s all about having fun, any way you want, either on your own, or with your family and friends.

Its groundbreaking features include:

a battery life as long as your imagination!

wifi, cables & earphones are not required!

it’s 100% recyclable!

We hope it gets people talking – face to face. And laughing – together.

So what are you waiting for? To switch your real social life back on, just Switch It Off!

‘I knew if anyone could help me get to where I wanted to be, it was Mr Kit-e-Licious, the cat of my dreams.’

Even as a kitten, Nancy knew she was different. Unlike her peers who were content to hunt mice and sunbathe all day, Nancy was born with a thirst for adventure.

She tastes local fame after hitching rides in strangers’ cars, and soon Nancy starts a blog, becomes a Facebook sensation, and dips her paws in the world of show business. She dreams of meeting Mr. Kit-e-Licious, the country’s number-one cat star – they could be the Brad and Angelina of the cat world. When she is signed by a celebrity agent it seems like her dream is about to come true. But will Nancy find the glamour-puss life is all that she thought it would be?

What often holds aspiring writers back is the lack of confidence to get started. How do I structure my story? How do I bring my characters to life and make them believable? How do I write convincing dialogue?

In this dip-into book a professional, award-winning writer and lecturer on creative writing has developed a collection of revealing and highly accessible masterclasses that will inform and encourage creative writers. The book is arranged in easy-to-find subjects and includes mini tutorials, examples, top tips, and summaries of learning points in

· Developing all your writing skills
· Keeping the reader involved
· Creating great characters
· Writing natural dialogue
· Using viewpoint effectively
· Enjoying the process of writing

The lessons are designed to increase your skills, add to your knowledge, and help you fulfil your creative potential.

‘Brilliant! Will make a perfect Xmas stocking filler’
Bronya Ralley

‘Delightful. This dip-in-anywhere book put a smile on my face from the first page . . . for everyone who likes a good chuckle’
Ruth Milligan

As we all know, the oxymoron is one of the great beauties of the English language. It has been defined as ‘a figure of speech that juxtaposes elements that appear to be contradictory’. Famous examples would include ‘bitter-sweet’, ‘open secret’ and ‘compassionate Conservatism’.

Seriously Funny, and Other Oxymorons brings together a great many examples of the oxymoron genre, amusingly illustrated by Paul Thomas.

The book is arranged according to various categories ranging from Popular Culture to Political Principles and Business Ethics, all covered in Simon Brett’s inimitably witty style.

Anyone with an ‘unbiased opinion’ will quickly grasp that Seriously Funny makes a ‘devilishly nice’ book.

A chunky, feel-better book packed with 101 tips, advice, exercises and inspiration to keep by your bedside or in your handbag for instant comfort and confidence. Easy to read and dip into, the wisdom and advice in this book will carry you through low times and offer hope and encouragement for times to come. With the media full of doom and gloom (redundancy, unemployment, bankruptcy etc), this book will meet a current need – to find inner strength, courage and positivity in times of difficulty and stress. The book is for everyone going through a period of turmoil or change, whether it is financial, emotional, health or work-related. Topics include: becoming your own chief comforter; bolstering your confidence; managing your moods; energising your body; boosting your brain power; mobilizing your motivation; reinforcing your resources; strengthening your circle of support; standing up to sabotage; and maintaining your momentum.

This large, fully-illustrated book provides the entire family with the information they need to make the shift toward self-sufficient living.

Self-Sufficiency provides tips, advice, and detailed instructions on how to improve everyday life from an environmentally and organic perspective while keeping the focus on the family. Readers will learn how to plant a family garden and harvest the produce; can fruits and vegetables; bake bread and cookies; design interactive and engaging ‘green’ projects; harness natural wind and solar energy to cook food and warm their homes; boil sap to make maple syrup; and build treehouses, furniture, and more.

Also included are natural crafts readers can do with their kids, such as scrapbooking, making potato prints, dipping candles, and constructing seasonal decorations. Whether the goal is to live entirely off the grid or just to shrink their carbon footprints, families will find this book a thorough resource and a great inspiration.

In her fabulous new book, 7 DAYS TO AMAZING SEX, sex and lifestyle expert Sarah Hedley explains how to completely revitalise your sex life in just seven days. Not only will she help you to feel sexier and more confident in the bedroom, but you will also see benefits in every area of your life. A healthy, regular sex life will:

* Make you look younger and live longer
* Help you reduce your weight and improve overall fitness
* Defend against illness and relieve pain
* Boost your self-esteem and reduce stress

Each of the book’s seven chapters will relate to a day in the programme, which makes it an accessible book for readers to dip into. Packed with Q&A sessions, real-life case studies, practical exercises and essential tips, this is the perfect book for everyone who cares about their health, sex life and well-being and wants to change them for the better.

Eisner’s flavour-bomb recipes are simpler than ever, with quick cooking and each Instant Pot recipe using no more than ten ingredients (including salt, pepper, and oil)-and often many fewer. But make no mistake: these shortcut dishes never skimp on flavour. They deliver the same delectable satisfaction that keeps cooks coming back time and time again. Plus, each recipe also works for smaller households, with instructions to serve from 1 to 6 people.

100 mouth-watering recipes include:
* Creamy Tortellini Soup
* French Onion Mac & Cheese
* Dan Dan-Style Noodles
* Lasagna Risotto
* Chicken Stroganoff
* Chinese-style Spareribs
* Beef Birria Tacos
* Shrimp Scampi
* Spinach & Artichoke Dip
* Deep-Dish Chocolate Chip Cookie
Authorized by the makers of the Instant Pot and featuring hundreds of step-by-step photos to make each meal fool proof, this cookbook will turn your dinners into winners.

Under his railway arch in Loughborough Junction, South London, Robert Sutton is taking leave of a lifetime of hard work. His dry-cleaning shop lies at the heart of a lively community, a fixed point in a changing world. And, as he explains to his successor, young East Londoner Akeel, it is also the resting place for the contents of his customers’ pockets – and for their secrets and lies. As he helps Akeel to make a new life out of his old one, Robert also hands on all he knows of his world: the dirty dip of the Thames; the parks, rare green oases in a desert of high-rises and decaying mansion blocks; and the varied lives that converge at the junction.

Humming with life, packed tight with detail, The Room of Lost Things is a hymn of love to a great and overflowing city, and a profoundly human story that holds us in its grip from the first sentence until the last.

From avalanches to glaciers and seals to snowflakes, from igloos to icebergs, permafrost to hoarfrost, chilblains to frostbite, Bill Streever unearths the consistent, ongoing influence of cold on the planet.
Evoking history, myth, geography and ecology, Streever’s quest for icy, forty-below cold gains purchase in July, while he’s taking a dip in an Arctic swimming hole; in September, while excavating our planet’s ice ages; and in October, while exploring animals’ hibernation habits, from humans to wood frogs to bears. In March he even does his best to escape it, bundling up in layers of polyester, spandex and Primaloft fill to face thermometers reading twenty-three below.
Streever visits an underground Cold War-era tunnel, where preserved remains mingle with new-fangled machinery and gear; weighs in on the scientific quest to reach absolute zero (-459° F); and describes how refrigeration evolved from worldwide ice shipping to the chemical coolants we know today.

Make Your Desserts Even Sweeter,With Salt! If you’ve ever dipped pretzels in melted chocolate or sprinkled salt over a juicy melon slice, then you’ve discovered the magic alchemy in mixing saltiness with sweetness. The recipes in Sea Salt Sweet take it up a notch, combining these two great tastes in ways you’ve never imagined. award-winning blogger and master baker Heather Baird teaches you how to use fine artisan salts , from Maldon Sea Salt and Red Hawaiian Salt, to Himalayan Black and French Grey Salt , to make mouthwatering desserts for any occasion. From sure-to-please classics like Chocolate Chunk Kettle Chip Cookies and Lemon Pie with Soda Cracker Crust, to more exotic choices like Black Sesame Cupcakes with Matcha Buttercream or Smoke & Stout Chocolate Torte, Sea Salt Sweet offers delectable must-try” treats for the salty-sweet lover.

Imagine a company so big and so powerful that its annual turnover is equal in size to China’s entire GDP. A company whose gross turnover for just one financial year is sufficient to buy at current market value the world’s three largest public companies: General Electric, Royal Dutch Shell and Microsoft. A company that if it dipped into its petty cash could in the same year also buy Coca-Cola. A company where ten days’ turnover is in excess of the combined assets of the world’s top fifty banks.

It exists. Its current annual turnover of more than $500 billion is derived from just three products: heroin, cocaine, marijuana. The drugs cartel of cartels is a factual reality, but sometimes it is only through fiction that one can get close to the real truth.

Drawing on years of experience as a bestselling investigative writer, David Yallop has produced an explosive fiction debut. Unholy Alliance is a breath-taking high-speed race that goes straight to the truth behind the modern American nightmare and into an alarming, but all too believable future.

In a world of screens and social media, people are constantly searching for ways to reconnect to the handmade and the authentic-to add a personal spark and a beautiful look to everyday objects and occasions. The art of modern lettering is a point of connection, a way of crafting letters and words into something that delights the eyes and feeds the soul. With unique projects and an Instagram-worthy aesthetic, By Hand provides an inspirational jumping-off point for readers who want to incorporate lettering into a slower, more intentional lifestyle.

Blending the aspirational and the instructional, By Hand brings the beauty of lettering beyond the page, through 30 distinct projects, from dip-dyed place cards to acrylic home furnishings. Relatable lessons introduce readers to the essentials of lettering, including tools (watercolor brushes, brush pens, and markers), fonts, and essential lessons, with the warm and welcoming approach of popular Instagram letterer Nicole Miyuki Santo. Encouraging lessons sprinkled throughout the book add a touch of mindfulness, while bright, airy photography and step-by-step lettered samples make this lovely volume a stunning approach to an on-trend pastime.

New Yorker Molly Blum knows everything about her lifelong nemesis, Jude Stark. With their families so close, they should have been best friends. Instead, she thinks he’s a too-charming slacker, and he thinks she’s allergic to fun. After years of one-upping each other’s pranks (chocolate-dipped cat treats are not as delicious as they appear), one high school joke went too far, and they stopped speaking completely. But now that they’re supposed to help plan a massive party for their parents-together-there’s no better time to resume their war.

And it is on. Only somewhere between all the sniping and harmless hijinks, a reluctant friendship develops, along with an unexpected spark of sexual tension. It might have to do with the fact that she’s been dating Jude-lookalikes and he’s been dating Molly doppelgangers. Or the fact that neither of them is nearly as horrible as they thought. All Molly and Jude know is that they’ve mastered the art of hating each other. Falling in love, on the other hand, is a whole new battlefield.