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The Other Side of Innovation ENCompanies can't survive without innovating. But most put far more emphasis on generating Big Ideas than on executing them - turning ideas into actual breakthrough products, services, and process improvements. That's because ideating is energizing and glamorous. By contrast, execution seems like humdrum, behind-the-scenes dirty work. But without execution, Big Ideas go nowhere. In The Other Side of Innovation, Vijay…
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Brock Bastian The Other Side of HappinessIn today's culture, happiness has become the new marker of success, while hardships are viewed as personal weaknesses, or problems to be fixed. We increasingly try to eradicate pain through medication and by insulating ourselves from risk and offence, ...
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Brock Bastian The Other Side of HappinessIn Western culture, we have become addicted to positivity. We try to eradicate pain through medication and by insulating ourselves and our children from risk, even though we are the safest generation that ever lived, and often view difficulty as a persona
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Philippa Gregory The Other Queen ENA dramatic novel of passion, politics and betrayal from the author of The Other Boleyn Girl. Mary, Queen of Scots, fights to regain her kingdom whilst under the guard of Queen Elizabeth's trusted accomplice, Bess of Hardwick. Mary is Queen of Scotland but she has been forced to flee her land and take refuge in an England that is ruled by her cousin Elizabeth. But England, precarious in its Protestant state, set…
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Luc Sante The Other Paris ENParis, the City of Light. We think of it as the city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of white facades, discreet traffic and well-mannered exchanges. But there was another Paris, hidden from view and virtually extinct today - the Paris of the working and criminal classes that shaped the city over the past two centuries. In the voices of Balzac and Hugo, assorted boulevardiers, barflies, rabble-rousers and tramps,…
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Ana Martins The Other Office ThreeThe Other Office 3 looks at international trends in creative workplace design. At the heart of the book are 100 pioneering design projects drawn from practices all over the world. Featured offices include ad agencies, media outfits, and technology firms,
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Carmel McNamara, Will Georgi The Other Office 2 ENEleven years ago the successful book The Other Office was published. The book sold out long ago but the demand endures. This second edition satisfies that demand. Taking things further than the first book, this time the number of featured spaces has tripled. International trends in creative workplace design are shown through one hundred case studies from all over the world. Featured interiors range from financial…
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Chris Cleave The Other Hand (flipback) ENWe don't want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn't. And it's what happens afterwards that is most important. Once you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about it. When…
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Joanna Glen The Other Half of Augusta HopeAugusta Hope has never felt like she fits in. At six, she's memorising the dictionary. At seven, she's correcting her teachers. At eight, she spins the globe and picks her favourite country on the sound of its name: Burundi. And now that she's an adult,..
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Joanna Trollope The Other Family ENRichie had been a celebrated musician, wealthy, popular, and adored by Chrissie and their three daughters. But when he dies, without warning, Chrissie has to deal not only with her grief but with the knowledge that her beloved Richie had another family, one which he had deserted many years before but which now needs to be involved. And their involvement extends not only to the immediate aftermath of a sudden death,…
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David Guterson The Other ENSeattle, 1972: two teenage boys are standing at the start line of an 800m race. Neil Countryman is from the public high school in the north of the city: he slumps at his desk all day and gets high in the park at lunchtime, and wears a moustache that makes him look like the guy in the Camel cigarette ads. John William Barry is from Lakeside, a private academy for the more privileged of Seattle's youth: he is an…
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Robert Ludlum The Osterman WeekendIn a secret room in Washington DC John Tanner is asked to stake his life - and those of his wife and children - on a gamble whose goals and risks no one will fully reveal to him. In a small suburban town, where only the nicest...
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Adam Johnson The Orphan Master's Son ENHe knows he must be the son of the master of the orphanage, not some kid dumped by his parents - it was obvious from the way his father singled him out for beatings. He knows he is special when he is picked as a spy and kidnapper for his country, the glorious Democratic Republic of North Korea. He knows he must find his true love, Sun Moon, the greatest opera star who ever lived, before it's too late. He knows he's…
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Hannah Arendt The Origins of Totalitarianism'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' Washington PostHannah Arendt's chilling analysis of the conditions that led to the Naziand Soviet totalitarian regimes is a warning from history about thefragility of freedom, exploring how propaganda, scapegoats, terror andpolitical isolation all aided the slide towards total domination. 'A non…
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Edward O. Wilson The Origins of CreativityBy studying fields as diverse as paleontology, evolutionary biology and neuroscience, Wilson demonstrates that human creativity began not 10,000 years ago, as we have long assumed, but over 100,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Age. Chronicling the evolution of creativity from primates to humans, Wilson shows how the humanities, in large part spurred on by the invention of language, have played a previously…
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Cat Patrick The Originals ENThree Girls. One Life. Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey Best grew up believing they were identical triplets. Then they learned the truth - and no one else can know. Now, to the outside world, the Best family appears to consist of a single mother with one seventeen-year-old daughter named Elizabeth. Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey take turns going to school, pursuing extracurriculars, and even dating. Then Lizzie meets Sean Kelly,…
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Benjamin Ludwig The Original Ginny MoonMy name is Ginny Moon. Ginny is fourteen years old and has autism. She likes the colour red, making lists and knowing exactly what time it is. She doesn’t like hugs, surprises or people telling lies...
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Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm ENWhen Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, and Cinderella would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions,…
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Naoki Inaba The Original Area MazesThe rules are simple . . . The math is easy . . .The puzzles get harder and harder! Once you match wits with area mazes, you’ll be hooked! Your quest is to navigate a network of rectangles to find a missing value.Just Remember:Area = length × widthUse spatial reasoning to find helpful relationshipsWhole numbers are all you need. You can always get the answer without using fractions! Originally invented for gifted…
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