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Have you ever felt like you're talking, but nobody is listening? Renowned five-time TED Talk speaker and author Julian Treasure reveals how to speak so that people listen - and how to listen so that people feel heard. As this leading sound expert demonstrates via interviews with world-class speakers, professional performers, and CEOs at the tops of their fields, the secret lies in developing simple habits that can transform our communication skills, the quality of our relationships, and our impact in the world.

Introducing Stuart, Gillian and Oliver. One by one they take their turn to speak straight out to the camera - and give their side of a contemporary love triangle. What begins as a comedy of misunderstanding slowly darkens and deepens into a compelling exploration of the quagmires of the heart.

Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour, and wit. Maybe Adrian was more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life. Now Tony is retired.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Why we don’t do what we know we should. You know what you should be doing. You’ve decided to do it. And then you don’t. You scroll, tidy, or put it off until tomorrow, even though you can see exactly where this is heading. Why do we act against...

In the not-too-distant future, a 21-member crew launches from Earth. Their mission: to establish a temporary colony on Mars. Little do they know that colony will become permanent–and the last stand of the human race. Because, without warning, every single person left on Earth simply...vanishes. Now, a thousand years later, the resources needed to sustain life are running out, and the very existence of the Mars colony is threatened. Humankind has only one option–to return to its home planet.

Is it right to eat a pig that wants to be eaten...? Thought experiments are short scenarios that pose a moral or philosophical problem in a vivid and concrete way. In this book Julian Baggini presents 100 of the most intriguing thought experiments from the history of philosophy and ideas.

The human voice is a powerful instrument. When it comes to speaking effectively, just as in music, targeted training and regular practice are key. In the modern technological era, a greater number of obstacles exist to overcome for listening and speaking successfully. From conversing with friends to addressing large audiences, a robust communication toolkit equipped to handle these challenges will benefit anyone hoping to convey an important message. A strong and prepared communicator is better received and more accurately understood.

Listen to "Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast," where we explore Princeton University psychologist Julian Jaynes's theory of the origin of consciousness and the bicameral mind, as described in his best selling book, "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind." Produced by Julian Jaynes Society Executive Director Marcel Kuijsten. Learn more about Julian Jaynes's theory or become a member by visiting the Julian Jaynes Society at https://www.julianjaynes.org.

Forged during the tumultuous aftermath of Partition in 1947, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) has grown to become the preeminent intelligence service in Pakistan. Its capabilities are comprehensive, its remit covers both foreign and domestic intelligence, and it is one of the most feared and respected agencies of the Global South. Pakistan's ISI provides an up-to-date and detailed introduction to the ISI and its historical evolution.

'It's rare to find a book that is not only intensely personal but deeply practical. Julian Fisher has somehow pulled it off, in this fascinating and engaging guide to the art of influence. Think Like a Spy is a fantastic read, full of eye-opening espionage tradecraft as well as insightful tips...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. At a London masquerade, Seraphina Vale enters under a borrowed name and a carefully chosen mask. She has spent years learning the habits of Lucian Vane, Duke of Blackmere, because his family holds the answer to the ruin of her father. Her plan is to...

Brought to you by Penguin. In six weeks in 1940, France was over-run by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. At that moment...

Liebe, Intrige und Verrat - Downton Abbey im London des 19. Jahrhunderts. London, 1841. James Trenchard ist ein ehrgeiziger Mann, der sich mit seinem Baugewerbe einen gewissen Wohlstand erarbeitet hat. Vor 25 Jahren starb seine Tochter im Kindbett, das uneheliche Kind Charles wurde in die Obhut eines Geistlichen gegeben und seine Herkunft vertuscht. Jetzt droht das Familiengeheimnis enthüllt zu werden. Einzig die beiden Großmütter Anne Trenchard und Lady Brockhurst können den Enkelsohn vor üblen Machenschaften bewahren.

Departure(s) is the story of a man called Stephen and a woman called Jean, who fall in love when they are young and again when they are old. It is the story of an elderly Jack Russell called Jimmy, enviably oblivious to his own mortality. It is also the story of how the body fails us, whether through age, illness accident or intent. And it is the story of how experiences fade into anecdotes, and then into memory. Does it matter if what we remember really happened? Or does it just matter that it mattered enough to be remembered?

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. How much of who you are is really up to you? Two people make the same careless choice. One gets away with it, and the other doesn’t. Should we judge them the same? Most of us feel we shouldn’t blame anyone for what they couldn’t control. Yet that...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When thinking harder stops helping. You’ve weighed every option, compared every detail, and you still can’t decide. More thinking hasn’t brought clarity. If anything, it’s made things worse. Why does that happen, and what should you do instead?...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When someone just as smart as you disagrees. You’ve thought hard about a question and reached a conclusion. Then someone you respect, just as informed and just as careful, reaches the opposite one. What should you do? Dig in, back down, or something...

Ehrlich? Noch ein Filmpodcast? Jap. Es ist uns ein Anliegen, Licht auf etwas zu werfen, das länger im Schatten sein Dasein gefristet hat. Den 2. Teil. Es gibt so viele 2. Teile, und in der Regel spricht man über den ersten. Das wollen wir, Julian und Christian, nun ändern. Wir geben den Fortsetzungen eine Stimme - allerdings nur der Nummer 2, daher der Name. Silberedition - der Filmpodcast bespricht und sammelt Filme, die durch ihre Position die metaphorische Silbermedaille belegt haben. Also: Wenn’s um 2. Teile und Sequels geht, dann Silberedition - der Filmpodcast, zuverlässig an jedem...

A bonzer (p. 288) discussion of the strange but dinkum (p. 289) pedigree (p. 224) of the naughty (p. 202), nice (p. 212), and, sometimes, obscene (p. 217) English language. We live in a torrent of words — from radio and television, books and newspapers, and now from the internet. But, as Julian Burnside reminds us in this new edition of the bestselling Wordwatching, words are a source both of pleasure and power, and can be deployed for good or for ill.

Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on morality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and homage to the French writer Jules Renard. Though he warns us that 'this is not my autobiography', the result is a tour of the mind of one of our most brilliant writers.