Lifestyle

There is an epidemic of 'affluenza' throughout the world - an obsessive, envious - that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. This book aims to uncover the answer to how to reconnect with what really matters and learn to value what you've already got. It shows how to be successful and stay sane.

Are you embarrassed that you can no longer fly off in your private jet to Barbados for Christmas? Downright mortified you can’t pay for your wife’s much-needed facelift? Humiliated that you can no longer afford to snort cocaine off a prostitute’s backside? Well, have no fear, for the special credit crunch price of £5.99, Cityboy instructs you how to come to terms with your newly reduced financial circumstances without losing face (substitute talcum powder for charlie). Aided by helpful drawings and diagrams, he explains how to keep your job and your partner (send her out caroling to pay for Christmas dinner), or, failing that, find new ones. Finally, he shows you how to save cash whilst giving the impression that you’re actually living a more luxurious life than ever before (photoshop photos of your kids onto some exotic backdrop and past liberally over facebook).

ISBN: 9780755319466

For millions of years, humankind has used a brilliantly successful survival strategy. If we like something, we chase after more of it: more status, more food, more info, more stuff. Then we chase again. Its how we survived famine, disease and disaster to colonise the world. But now, thanks to technology, weve suddenly got more of everything than we can ever use, enjoy or afford. That doesnt stop us from striving though and its making us sick, tired, overweight, angry and in debt. It burns up our personal ecologies and the planets ecology too. We urgently need to develop a sense of enough. Our culture keeps telling us that we dont yet have all we need to be happy, but in fact we need to nurture a new skill the ability to bask in the bounties all around us. ENOUGH explores how our Neolithic brain-wiring spurs us to build a world of overabundance that keeps us hooked on more. John explains how, through adopting the art of enoughness, we can break from this wrecking cycle. With ten chapters on topics such as Enough food, Enough stuff, Enough hurry and Enough information, he explores how we created the problem and gives us practical ways to make our lives better.

ISBN: 9780340935927

Cult bestseller, new buzz word... Freakonomics is at the heart of everything we see and do and the subjects that bedevil us daily: from parenting to crime, sport to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams. Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living and reaching some astonishing conclusions, Freakonomics will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens.

Hate your job? Lost your job? Steve Miller - the man who gets you off your arse - is back, and this time he's here to help you find the career you've always wanted. If your job is more irritation than inspiration, or you're facing an uncertain future, then now is the time to do something about it. Steve Miller will help you discover what you want out of work and life and, using his no-nonsense commonsense approach, he'll help you get it. Whether you need to figure out what it is you are good at, or whether you need to overcome a lack of confidence, or whether you need to learn how to sell yourself - Steve Miller has sound and practical advice for you, all given in his unique, cheeky but helpful style. So no more Monday morning gloom; it's time to get cracking, and get the job you were made for. You won't regret it.

ISBN: 9780755317721

What happens when you want to take a holiday or even just pop out for a drink and your dog looks up at you with expectant eyes? Do you know which pubs welcome muddy paws with a bowl of water and a dog biscuit? Or where you and your dog can both enjoy a comfortable overnight stay? From the editors of the UK's number 1 travel guide, the much loved "Good Pub Guide", comes the latest edition of the "Good Guide to Dog Friendly Pubs, Hotels and B&Bs". Featuring a fantastic new easy-to-use page-layout and fully updated information, the guide provides you with hundreds of wonderful places in the UK to drink, eat and stay with your pet. So don't leave your dog a treat and take your faithful friend on holiday too!

Answers the 1000 most-asked questions that can frustrate various DIYers. This book includes questions about choosing the right product for the right job, wonder remedies that can be bought over the counter, simple solutions to lighting and storage problems, dealing with household maintenance emergencies, and eco-friendly DIY alternatives.