Showing results by publisher "Transworld Digital" in Personal Development

Brought to you by Penguin. If home is where the heart is, why do we neglect our domestic lives? Amid unattainable interiors trends and a growing housing crisis, it's unsurprising that one in three people don't feel at home where they live, and only 56% experience joy there. Worse still, our...

Brought to you by Penguin. Happiness is impossible to define and illusory. How then are we to lead happier lives? In A Little Happier Derren Brown condenses the lessons of his international bestseller Happy into 17 beautifully-wrought, wise and profoundly reassuring mini-chapters, each one...

Brought to you by Penguin. Have you ever been on a disastrous date and vowed never to use apps again? Are you blaming yourself for the things going wrong in your love life? Do you always seem to become attached to people who treat you badly? The sad truth is that when it comes to modern dating...

Brought to you by Penguin. What is language? Why do we have it? Where does it come from? Why does that matter? Upending centuries of scholarship (including, most recently, Chomsky and Pinker) The Language Game shows how people learn to talk not by acquiring fixed meanings and rules, but by...

Brought to you by Penguin. *THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* What is a dream? Why do we dream? How do our bodies and minds use dreams? These questions are the starting point for this unprecedented, astonishing study of the role and significance of dreams, from the beginning of human history. An...

Brought to you by Penguin. There's no pain, no theatrical agony. No screaming, no shouting. The kill shot is catastrophic, yet surgically precise. I slumped silently on to my knees and toppled forward, head first, into the dirt. The lads had seen enough death to assume mine was instantaneous...

Brought to you by Penguin. OUR OBSESSION WITH ACHIEVEMENT IS A TRAP. THIS IS HOW TO BREAK FREE. Emma Gannon was thriving in her portfolio career, enjoying a happy personal life and to anyone looking in, she was undoubtedly a success... She was also burned out and confused at why she felt unhappy...

Brought to you by Penguin. In her final book, Nora Ephron reflects on life, growing older, and everything she will and won't miss. Filled with Nora's trademark wit, wisdom and warmth. * No one actually likes to admit they're old. The most they will cop to is that they're older. Or oldish. *...

Brought to you by Penguin. Let's be brief. What do you really, really want? And how can you make that happen? When leading brand strategist Bonnie Wan found herself in a personal crisis - with a crumbling marriage, a big job and three young children - she didn't know where to turn. But having...

Brought to you by Penguin. FROM THE STAR OF THE PHENOMENAL NETFLIX SHOW, ADOLESCENCE, COMES A POWERFUL MEMOIR, PACKED WITH INSPIRING STORIES AND HARD-EARNED WISDOM FOR LIFE'S MOST CHALLENGING MOMENTS. “I wanted to write this book for that person who feels like the world doesn’t understand...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the bestselling personal development guide designed to help you feel confident, exude calm, establish boundaries, and live an easier, more self-determined life. Often, just one line can turn a difficult situation around or stop trouble in its tracks: I decide...

Brought to you by Penguin. Women are being diagnosed with ADHD at unprecedented rates. Historically overlooked, ADHD in girls often presents less conspicuously than in boys, leading to late diagnoses. With growing awareness, more women are seeking help. Yet, waiting lists are soaring, and there...

Brought to you by Penguin. In 1987, Angela Findlay walked into a prison and instantly but inexplicably felt at home. For years she had wrestled with a sense of 'badness' within her. But working with prisoners was just the beginning of her search for answers that took her to Nazi Germany and the...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the heartfelt, witty and inspiring first official autobiography from one of Britain's most beloved celebrities. 'Raw and revelatory' Sunday Times 'Showbiz memoir of the year' Daily Express 'A rip roaring and honest story that pulls absolutely no punches' Best...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'It's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.' This was Seneca's assessment two millennia ago, and arguably it's not much different now. Billions of us are here together with no clear idea why anything exists, no agreement on what to do...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Can death bring something good to my life?' A few weeks before Christmas, Clover's sister died of breast cancer, aged forty-six. Just days before, she had been given years to live. Her sudden death split Clover's life apart. The Red of My Blood charts Clover's...

Brought to you by Penguin. In the beginning was the earth... From the Paleozoic volcanoes that stained its soil, to the Saxons who occupied it, to the Tudors who traded its wool, to the Land Girls of wartime, John Lewis-Stempel charts a sweeping, lyrical history of Woodston: the quintessential...

Brought to you by Penguin. Everyone wants to feel at home and at ease with themselves. We all want to be able to face any situation, both in life and at work, without feeling daunted, intimidated or stressed. But no-one wants to be labelled over-confident, arrogant or smarmy, or to get caught up...

Brought to you by Penguin. This story began because I was dying to live. It ends with having learned how. Wise beyond her years, Shell Rowe's life took an abrupt turn when, aged 20, instead of being able to follow her dream and continue her film studies in America, she discovered a lump on her...

Brought to you by Penguin. Sometimes the fastest way forward starts with a pause. In our hyper-paced world, today’s teams face relentless demands, endless distractions and intense pressure to deliver more with fewer resources and in less time. Overwhelmed with an endless stream of tasks and...