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We are living through a time of extraordinary technological advance, political turmoil and social upheaval. How can business leaders navigate these waves of disruption and uncertainty? How can citizens and politicians learn how to get ahead of perpetual change? By adopting The Future Habit and building it into their way of thinking, operating and seeing the world.In fostering the Future Habit, business leaders can develop the muscle memory to deal confidently with the future and give themselves a competitive advantage over those stuck in a status quo mindset.The Future Habit is a practical and provocative guide for building the one capability every organisation, team and leader needs: a disciplined habit of working with the future. Drawing on cognitive science, applied foresight and decades of strategic experience, the book introduces an actionable framework for developing the future edge a repeatable process of anticipating, adapting to and shaping emerging realities.Unlike most books that treat foresight as trendspotting or speculative fiction, The Future Habit insists on one thing: the future is not something we predict; its something we practice. It offers a methodical approach to working with the future in real-world contexts through scenario work, predictions, pre-mortems, narrative exploration and the integration of AI.The authors have spent years embedding foresight in companies at the forefront of the tech revolution and use this experience to ensure that The Future Habit is a practical book that will make a positive difference to all readers who follow its lessons.

From the pretty villages, rural byways and bustling market towns of Essex come ten of the most dramatic and tragic murder cases in British history. Brutality, passion, jealousy, greed and moments of inexplicable rage have led to violent and horrifying deaths and, sometimes, the killers expiation of the crime on the scaffold.This chilling follow-up to Essex Murders brings together more true cases, dating between 1823 and 1960, that shocked not only the county but also made headline news across the nation. They include the extraordinary events resulting from the obsession of a young farmers daughter with a married man twice her age, the bloody killing of a police sergeant, a murder carried out in the depths of Epping Forest, the Dutch au pair found dead in a ditch, and a case that made criminal history in which the accused said he had strangled the victim while he was asleep. Linda Stratmanns well-illustrated and enthralling text will appeal to everyone interested in true crime and the shadier side of Essexs past.

Paul Celan (192070) stands as one of the greatest post-war European poets, a writer whose painful struggle with the possibilities and limitations of German, his native language, has helped to define the response of poetry in the aftermath of the Holocaust.Celans prose is as thought-provoking as, and less familiar than, his poetry. The writings and aphorisms on poetry and art illuminate the sources of his language: he explores the condition of being a stranger in the world, the necessity and limitation of discourse, enlarging our understanding of the poet and his vocation. A spare and reluctant prose writer, Celan speaks with a quiet authority that insists on the centrality of poetry in the modern world.Rosmarie Waldrops translation remains true to the poetic rhythms of Celans prose; her introduction sets the pieces in context.

A practical guide to the importance of testosterone for health, the consequences of deficiency and the options for restoring hormonal balance by a doctor who needed TRT to reclaim his life. Over the past few decades, average testosterone levels have been declining at an alarming rate, even when adjusted for age. Deficiency impacts not only fertility and muscle mass, as is generally recognised, but all aspects of physical, mental and emotional health. Furthermore, it can affect the epigenetics of a mans future children low testosterone today may set the stage for even greater hormonal and metabolic dysfunction in the next generation. This book provides a structured overview and distillation of what the author had to learn through his own research, clinical practice, patient experience and personal journey because this was not part of his medical training or education. His book goes beyond symptom lists and blood test results (both controversial) to provide a roadmap for the individual to understand testosterones central role in their development, health and identity.

Were trying the natural way, Havers once said when asked about children in their queer partnership. What follows is their sparklingly disruptive debut, drawing on inside jokes, ironies and imaginings for new ways of thinking about what we call natural and the ways and paths we choose to get there.From Oscar Wilde to an unlikely pelican, this books wandering way resists the traditional nature poem, instead digging into the muck and rock of queer wilderness. Formally inventive, these poems span the width of the page and draw on mathematics, tablecloth patterns and swimming pools for their structures. Ingenious and funny, Havers debut questions received ideas about inheritance and legacies: what if, it asks, we live outside the familiar, familial archive?

The Poetry Book Society Translation Choice Spring 2026May the stone steps and the deep-sleeping door summon the camellias impossible paradise and your face the impossible key May the window shudder May the notes be blue and the candleflame shake unequivocally (from May the Rain)One of Taiwans most celebrated poets, Chen Yuhong draws on both Western and Asian literary traditions, inflected by her work as a translator of contemporary English-language women poets (Gluck, Oswald, Duffy). This selection makes her art widely available in English for the first time.Her award-winning translators, George OConnell and Diana Shi, carry across the richly metaphorical lexicon of her poems and their uncanny inhabitation of places both real and imagined, conjuring mood, angles of thought or light, animal presence, and the tides of the seasons.In a world where much that seemed united has frayed, Chen Yuhongs finely balanced poems bring us news of other imagined worlds, and acknowledge the unexpected, its capacity to terrify or astonish.

Taking its title from a line in Hotel du Nord, a 1938 film of doomed romance, Do I Look Like an Atmosphere? brings background into the foreground, and asks us to pay close attention to that which we inhabit and change. In these poems the atmosphere is under our skin and in our bones.Reviewing Skouldings previous collection, Joey Connolly observed that her work is clever, but it is also pleasurable as poetry, and its theory arises from within. Here again, Skouldings ingenious, innovative forms evokea natural world newly vulnerable to human actions. Faced with the inseparability of the non-human world from the destructiveness of human activity, these poems trace their connection across times and places: the humble mussel connects the coast of north Wales with fishing communities world-wide, while the calcium of its shell is found in the limestone of the Norman castles that colonised Wales.

"Este livro lhe entrega as ferramentas para reescrever o seu código. É, ao mesmo tempo, um desmantelamento das falsas narrativas que o mantêm doente e uma interface passo a passo para a mais avançada

A wild party. A friendship. A cherished pet. And a night that changes everything.Its Julies eighteenth birthday, and shes throwing a party in her fathers extravagant townhouse. Her boyfriend has just dumped her and her long-suffering best friend Christine is trying to pick up the pieces. As the revellers pile into the booze, down in the kitchen Christine and her boyfriend Jon son of Julies cleaner clear up and dare to dream of the future.But as the volume goes up and the shots go down, Julie concocts a twisted cocktail of privilege, desire and destruction.Laura Lomass play The House Party spins Strindbergs classic play Miss Julie into intense, fizzing life for todays generation. It was first performed at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, in 2024, co-produced with Headlong in association with Frantic Assembly, and directed by Holly Race Roughan.This new edition is published in 2026.

A Umbanda é uma religião brasileira que cultua os Orixás e as entidades espirituais que se manifestam nos terreiros, onde são desenvolvidos diversos trabalhos para o amparo a milhares de pessoas que

An anthology of poems and short stories. Based on a true story and includes a variety of fictional characters created by the author.

The Marquis de Sade, infamous for his obscene writing and sexual cruelty, was incongruously married to a pious wife. A wife who, despite his peccadilloes, loved him devotedly for thirty years, through betrayal, imprisonment, and national turmoil.Bearing his children, editing his manuscripts, visiting him in prison, Renee-Pelagie de Montreuil endured her chaotic marriage with grace, achieving independence in an era when women were entitled to none. Their complex relationship, set against the French Revolution and its aftermath, is brought to life with humour and compassion by Margaret Crosland, the translator of Sades Gothic Tales.

A classic Polish childrens bookThe Times, Childrens Book of the WeekAn irresistible collection of charming adventures featuring the classic duo, Detective Nosegoode and his talking dog, Cody.In the sleepy town of Lower Limeood lives famous detective Ambrosius Nosegoode. These days he enjoys a quiet retirement with his faithful companion Cody - a dog remarkable in many ways, not least because he can talk!But even cosy Lower Limewood has its secrets. When a series of puzzling crimes occur its up to Nosegoode and Cody to investigate!Join the beloved crime-solving duo in this charmingly illustrated collection, featuring three delightful mysteries: Detective Nosegoode and the Music Box Mystery, Detective Nosegoode and the Kidnappers, and Detective Nosegoode and the Museum Robbery. Part of the new Pushkin Childrens Classics series of thrilling, magical and inspiring stories from around the world, which young readers will return to time and again.Translated by Eliza Marciniak.Illustrated by Jerzy Flisak.Marian Orlon (1932-1990) worked as a teacher, and then a librarian while pursuing an extremely successful career as a childrens writer. His subtle sense of humour and exciting plots made the stories in his Detective Nosegoode series bestsellers in Poland. His books have now been translated into six languages. In 1981 he was given Polands highest literary honour, the Council of Ministers award, for his lifes work.Jerzy Flisak (1930-2008) was a well-known Polish illustrator and designer of film posters and stage sets. He illustrated more than 70 books over his long career.

In a world devastated by climate change and overconsumption, sixteen-year-old Joes survival hangs by a thread.Living in a shack beneath towering piles of waste with his father and grandfather, the towns revered storyteller, their community faces constant danger. After a deadly avalanche of rubbish, six-year-old Lily is left deathly ill, and Joe sets out on a quest for help.As Joe journeys towards the city of Madera, the lines between reality and the magical stories his grandfather passed down begin to blur. He confronts the Prince of Madera, whose tempting promises of salvation for Joes struggling community conceal a sinister plan for exploitation."Landfill Mountains" is an imaginative young adult novel about survival, hope, and the fight to reclaim a shattered planet. It powerfully reflects on climate change and highlights the enduring magic of stories that bind communities and inspire change.This dystopian debut novel invites readers aged 12 and up to join Joes journey and ponder: Can one voice rewrite the destiny of a broken world?

Where the land meets the sea, life clings to the margins in a world of relentless change. The intertidal zone is a place of extremes - where creatures endure crashing waves, scorching sun, and the constant ebb and flow of the tides. It is a place of resilience and adaptation and home to some of the most extraordinary organisms on the planet.Blending marine biology, oceanography and evolutionary science, marine biologist Ruth Searle takes us on a journey through the deep history of the intertidal zone - from its ancient origins as the possible cradle of life to the remarkable adaptations of the species that inhabit it today. Exploring the geological forces that shape coastlines, the mechanics of tides and waves, and the evolutionary arms race that has unfolded on the shore, this book reveals how the intertidal zone has not only survived mass extinctions but has driven some of natures most extraordinary innovations.The Intertidal Zone: Life on the Edge is a celebration of one of Earths most dynamic ecosystems - its beauty, its mysteries, and its fragility. As climate change and human activity reshape coastlines across the planet, understanding this environment has never been more urgent.

Constance Chatterley lives trapped in a marriage defined by emotional distance and her husbands physical disability, an aristocrat left paralyzed after the war. In rigid postwar England, where class divisions seem insurmountable and female desire has scarcely any voice, Connie begins a clandestine affair with the estates gamekeeper. What starts as an impulsive encounter becomes a transformative experience in which the body, nature, and passion challenge the social norms and moral barriers of their time.In Lady Chatterleys Lover, D. H. Lawrence crafts one of the most controversial and groundbreaking novels of the twentieth century. Beyond the scandal that surrounded its publication, the work offers a profound reflection on industrial alienation, the split between mind and body, and the search for lost emotional authenticity.

How do you organize security in a world that has fundamentally changed? When plans fall short, resources are under pressure, and uncertainty has become the norm?This book explores security not through the traditional lens of capacity, but through capabilities: the ability to interpret complex situations, adapt when plans no longer work, build legitimacy, and maintain direction in chaos. Drawing on practical experience from international missions and police work, it weaves narrative insights into a solid theoretical framework.Not a policy document, but an invitation to reflection and dialogue on modern security management, leadership in uncertainty, and resilience. Although set in Afghanistan, the questions it raises are universal and highly relevant to todays security professionals.Uncertainty cannot be managed. It must be navigated. Capability is the compass.

The Age of Innocence, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton, is a classic love story set in late 19th century New York City. It tells the story of Newland Archer, a young lawyer, and his struggle between his arranged marriage to a beautiful but conventional woman and his passionate love for her cousin, the scandalous Countess Ellen Olenska.This novel explores the complexities of life in a society bound by rigid rules and expectations. Through the eyes of Newland Archer, readers gain insight into the hypocrisy, snobbery, and pretense of the Gilded Age. The Age of Innocence is a timeless classic that provides an honest, humorous, and often painful look at the human condition."The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton is a novel published in 1920. Set in 1870s upper-class New York society, it follows Newland Archer, a gentleman lawyer preparing to marry the beautiful but sheltered May Welland. His secure world shifts when Mays unconventional cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, arrives from Europe, fleeing a scandalous marriage. As Newland grows fascinated by Ellens bold defiance of social rules, he faces an agonizing choice between duty and desire..!