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**THE TIKTOK SENSATION**Read THE razor-sharp satire that everyone is talking about...On the surface ,our narrator has everything you could want in life. She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate and lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her inheritance.But there is a vacuum in her life and she's got the perfect solution. She's going to take a year under sedation to relax and hide away from the world.What could possibly go wrong?Blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, is the perfect read for fans of The Secret History by Donna Tartt and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.PRAISE FOR MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION:'The book that everyone is talking about' The Times'Diamond-hard entertainment' Guardian'Electrifying...compelling...Moshfegh's protagonist is an unlikely revolutionary' Vanity Fair

How doing nothing can change your life:· Napping and gentle exercise can enhance brain size· Spending time in nature can boost creativity· Silence fosters the growth of new brain cellsWe are constantly told to make the most of every precious moment - but when we let our brains rest and our minds wander, something magical happens...In The Brain at Rest, Dr Joseph Jebelli shares the transformative neuroscience that shows why doing nothing will change your life for the better. Drawing on ground-breaking new research, you will learn how to achieve a happier, healthier and more balanced life.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTH'A tonic for the frazzled mind' David Robson, author of The Expectation Effect'The Brain at Rest is inspiring and practical' Johanna Thomas-Corr, Sunday Times'Stop what you’re doing and read this book' Anna Lembke, bestselling author of Dopamine Nation'This excellent book is precisely what we need to stop, reset, and rest' Johann Hari, bestselling author of Stolen Focus'This book is magic' Chris Bailey, bestselling author of Hyperfocus and The Productivity Project'Offers practical, science-backed solutions for reclaiming your life' Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Hooked and Indistractible'The most important part of your brain you've never heard of' Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, PhD, author of Work Less, Do More and Rest‘A powerful, heartfelt manifesto for rest’ Dr Hannah Critchlow, author of Joined-Up Thinking* Waterstones Non-fiction Book of the Month, January 2026, #3 Sunday Times bestseller, paperback non-fiction, January 2026.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe second bestselling book from 'the most joyous and brain-enhancing podcast out there' (The Times) - also including puzzles and a quiz!Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook bring you an alphabetical miscellany, taking on some of history’s best and most bizarre moments. Charge forth against the traitors of the American Revolution, journey through Baghdad to discover the origins of the Arabian Nights and head to Sicily to witness the first face-off between Carthage and Rome.Along the way you'll find the answers to questions like:- Was Henry V's great-grandfather, Edward III, the biggest lad in British history?- Which Mitford sister tried to seduce her girlish crush, Adolf Hitler?- Who are history's top 10 monkeys?- Why did the Romans inspire so much American science fiction?Dust off your tricorne hat, grab your lasso and get ready for a rollicking rollercoaster ride through the past . . . ‘All history podcasts have to be measured against The Rest is History. To listen to anyone else attempt to tell historical stories in audio form is to realise just how good Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland are’ James Marriott, The Times‘Holland and Sandbrook have reached a peak of listenability at which you’d happily hear them chortle through a history of paperclips or phonebooks’ Jasper Rees, Telegraph‘A global sensation . . . Dives into the past with raucous good cheer’ Wall Street Journal

The Way of Rest gathers nearly 200 of Jeff Foster’s most inspiring essays, poems, and reflections on restoring and reviving ourselves when we feel exhausted or defeated. Drawing from his personal journey—including his own struggles with illness and depression—Jeff invites us to contemplate "the Way of Rest" and its potential to transform our experience of:• Imperfection—how we are "gloriously flawed" yet complete exactly as we are• Not knowing—how we come to trust in the greater intelligence of life• Melancholy and loneliness—how we learn to release the healing energies of "exquisite sensitivity"• Ordinary moments—recognizing and receiving "the closest thing of all"• Discomfort and discontent—how our frustrations become an opening to deep peace• Love—rediscovering who we are beyond our carefully constructed facades• Silence—discovering the vibrancy of living by letting go of thoughts and concepts"I hope the words in this book inspire, challenge, and encourage you. But most of all, I hope they help you remember that you are life, inseparable from the power that grows the flowers and gives birth to galaxies," writes Jeff Foster. The Way of Rest brings you his companionship and support whenever you need it most.

Alex Ross’s sweeping history of twentieth-century classical music, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is a gripping account of a musical revolution.The landscape of twentieth-century classical music is a wild one: this was a period in which music fragmented into apparently divergent strands, each influenced by its own composers, performers and musical innovations. In this comprehensive tour, Alex Ross, music critic for the ‘New Yorker’, explores the people and places that shaped musical development: Adams to Zweig, Brahms to Björk, pre-First World War Vienna to ‘Nixon in China’.Above all, this unique portrait of an exceptional era weaves together art, politics and cultural history to show how twentieth-century classical music was both a symptom and a source of immense social change.This edition includes a definitive list of the greatest recordings of twentieth-century music.

From Tricia Hersey, the celebrated founder of the Nap Ministry and author of the New York Times bestseller Rest Is Resistance, this deck of 50 powerful rest practices helps you embrace rest as a form of radical communal care and personal liberation.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND SUBJECTThis is about more than naps. Rest is anything that allows you to connect your body with your mind."The Nap Ministry's Rest Deck is a rousing call to reclaim rest in everyday life. Delivered in a stunning package with gold accents and gorgeous artwork throughout, the deck combines restorative meditations with prescient wisdom from celebrated activist and teaching artist Tricia Hersey, a.k.a. "the Nap Bishop," and founder of the Nap Ministry.Readers will discover 50 inspiring cards, each with an empowering affirmation and a simple practice to encourage rest, care, and imagination. Rooted in social justice and imbued with spirituality, these cards offer short, accessible practices designed to uplift anyone suffering from the toxic effects of grind culture.CELEBRATED AUTHOR: Tricia Hersey, a.k.a. "the Nap Bishop," is the founder of the Nap Ministry and the bestselling author of Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto. Her work as an activist, artist, and thought leader has been featured by the New York Times, NPR, The Cut, and the Atlantic, among many others. In this deck, she distills her profound and celebrated teachings into 50 accessible practices.TOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: Brimming with practices to empower personal liberation as a step toward building a healthier, more just world, this deck offers readers a new way to engage with social justice and invites a wide audience to embrace the power of rest as an essential balm for our collective exhaustion.BEAUTIFUL TO GIFT AND DISPLAY: This bold, eye-catching package with colorful illustrations and gold accents is a beautiful and meaningful gift for friends, activists, and anyone feeling overwhelmed and exhausted by the demands of grind culture.• A powerful new tool for social justice activists• Great gift or self-purchase for socially engaged millennials and Gen-Zers• For anyone seeking mindful affirmation cards to aid their healing practice• Perfect for fans of the Nap Ministry, Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto, Layla Saad, Adrienne Maree Brown, Chani Nicholas, and Alex Elle• For readers of Me and White Supremacy, I'm Still Here, and How to Do Nothing

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'Extremely important and brilliant work... [Hersey] is a revolution.' - Glennon Doyle, activist and bestselling author of Untamed, Love Warrior and Carry On, Warrior'Essential...Rest is a necessary step in reclaiming our power to resist systemic oppression.' - Ibram X. Kendi, activist, professor and bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist'This book will save lives and transform the world. - Emily Nagoski Ph.D., bestselling author of Come As You Are and Burnout'This book has honestly left me changed and rearranged.' - Afua Hirsch, bestselling author of Brit(ish)RECLAIM POWER, REST AND HEAL FROM GRIND CULTURE'May we have space to navigate our lives from a liberated rest state. May all of culture slow down. The time to rest is now.' - The Nap MinistryBy founder and creator of The Nap Ministry, Rest is Resistance is a call-to-action for anyone suffering from the toxic urgency of modern-day life. It centres around the systemic issues that cause us to overwork, and ultimately burn out, and offers us liberation through rest. In its simplest form, rest becomes an act of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it disrupts and pushes back against capitalism and white supremacy. Slowing down moves us away from trying to operate at machine levels of productivity, to make us all more human.In this fierce and tender manifesto, Tricia Hersey elevates rest as a divine right, and paves the way towards a more well-rested life that empowers imagination, invention and healing. Divided into four sections, Rest is Resistance explains Tricia's philosophy and methods, and includes both storytelling and practical advice. It will offer you the guidance and context to craft a rest practice for long-term health, both within yourself and society as a whole.Rest is Resistance is not self-care: it is the urgent wake-up call you need to nap, rest and, most importantly, dream once more.

It's 1989, and Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom is far from restful. Fifty-six and overweight, he has a struggling business on his hands and a heart that is starting to fail. His family, too, are giving him cause for concern. His son Nelson is a wreck of a man, a cocaine addict with shattered self-respect. Janice, his wife, has decided that she wants to be a working girl. And as for Pru, his daughter-in-law, she seems to be sending out signals to Rabbit that he knows he should ignore, but somehow can't. He has to make the most of life, after all. He doesn't have much time left ...

A TLS, FINANCIAL TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR'Feels less like reading a novel and more like sitting in a car beside a dear friend . . . a profoundly moving experience' ANN PATCHETT 'Deeply human ... a beautifully quiet and devastating book' SARAH JESSICA PARKER 'Funny, wise and knowing' CLARE CHAMBERS When Tom's wife had an affair, he resolved to leave her once their children had grown up. Twelve years later, after driving his daughter to university, he remembers his pact and keeps driving West to visit friends, family and an old girlfriend.But he also has secrets of his own - trouble at work and health issues - and sometimes running away is the hardest thing to do.What readers are saying about The Rest of Our Lives: 'What a powerful tale; a really unexpected treasure.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Highly recommended if you want to read something real and something that will resonate.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The best novel I've read this year.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The perfect mix of funny, poignant and thought-provoking.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Deeply heartfelt and engrossing . . . I can't stop thinking about it!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'It packs an emotional punch . . . I know Tom will stay with me for a long time.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I loved it - almost a coming-of-old-age story.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

In her final year of a degree in psychology, and struggling to relate to the world around her and find her place within it, a young woman drifts from lectures on gifts, vision, the history of global warming, and study groups discussing babies manipulating objects. Yet nothing seems to bring her closer to the great insight she's been promised - except, perhaps, for her budding interest in a fellow student named Luke, a postgraduate in computer sciences, with whom a series of seemingly mundane encounters provides her with a hint of what she might be looking for - a hidden meaning to all that surrounds her. But a chasm between them that grows and shrinks unexpectedly calls into question whether he might be as incomprehensible as the world around her. She yearns, and continues to endeavour to shape her experiences and environment - a Louise Bourgeois exhibition, the underwhelming men she meets on Tinder, a Mitski song, the dreams she has of Luke's ex-girlfriend - she narrates all as she grapples with questions of embodiment and subjectivity.Set in an unnamed campus in England in the early 2020s, To Rest Our Minds and Bodies queries the nature of one's experience, mapping the disintegration of a young woman's sense of self and her struggle to keep a grip on reality. From a voice as unique as it is relatable, and in prose that is keenly observant, delightfully wry, and utterly despairing, the anonymous narrator of this unconventional coming-of-age novel is as brave as she is unforgettable.'A work of art. Armstrong's prose has that meticulous and urgent quality reminiscent of Beckett and Duras, achieving the same uncanny shared consciousness that keeps you hooked from the first sentence... It charts some deep and dark territories we all know but barely acknowledge. It cuts through the platitudes of love and life in a way most writers wouldn't dare.' - Luke Kennard, author of Notes on the Sonnets'There is great skill and craft involved in the construction of a voice which feels simultaneously as alive and deliberate... Harriet Armstrong is unafraid to look honestly at sex, love and humiliation and consequently has written a book which is somehow both confronting and warm.'-Rachel Connolly, author of Lazy City'An assertive and captivating novel, To Rest Our Minds and Bodies is a poignant portrait of the uncertain state of being alive.' - Rebecca Watson, author of I Will Crash'The rarest debut... a must read, a new immediate classic, a heart-wrenching work of fiction that for once tells the real truth about being young, ravenous, desperate, too big for the container of the body of youth.... This novel is written in gold - every line is marvellous and perfect. I can't believe this novel exists.' - Luke Goebel, author of Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours'A novel of humiliations and revelations where heartbreak gets logged in a spreadsheet. Harriet Armstrong has a singular voice, writing girlhood like a field study - obsessive, precise, and unexpectedly tender.'- Madeline Cash, author of Earth Angel'There is something so beautifully gentle, humane and optimistic about the writing, that is uplifting despite the sadness of the plot. There is a real sense of freedom in the prose - an openness, a plasticity, a suppleness. This is ultimately unflinching and brave prose.' - SJ Naude, author of The Alphabet of Birds'A devastating page-turner of an impossible love story, with insight and surprise on every page. Reading this felt like being given pure, clean glasses after wearing really stressfully and depressingly dirty glasses for many years.'- Adelaide Faith, author of Happiness Forever'An astonishingly poised, absorbing debut. It combines conceptual erudition with an attention to the body, sexuality and the cadences of everyday life in a voice that is both sophisticated and winningly uncynical.'- Alice Blackhurst, author of Luxury, Sensation and the Moving Image

WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTHShortlisted for the British Psychological Society Book Award for Popular ScienceMuch of value has been written about sleep, but rest is different; it is how we unwind, calm our minds and recharge our bodies. The Art of Rest draws on ground-breaking research Claudia Hammond collaborated on: 'The Rest Test', the largest global survey into rest ever undertaken, completed by 18,000 people across 135 different countries. The survey revealed how people get rest and how it is directly linked to your sense of wellbeing.Counting down through the top ten activities which people find most restful, Hammond explains why rest matters, examines the science behind the results to establish what really works and offers a roadmap for a new, more restful and balanced life.

'When I'd slept enough, I'd be okay. I'd be renewed, reborn.'This is the story of a woman with no name. Young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, she lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her inheritance. Yet she longs to lose herself completely.It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a savagely funny novel of a woman looking out from the abyss.Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Now with a fun pub quiz*'An idiosyncratic ride through history' Independent 'Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' The TimesThe nation’s favourite historians, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, take on the most curious moments in history, answering the questions we didn’t even think to ask . . .- What was the most disastrous party in history?- How did a hair appointment almost blow Churchill’s cover?- Why did the Nazis believe they were descended from the people of Atlantis?- What made Alfred the Great so great?From a British political leader who allegedly plotted to feed his lover to alligators, to a Brazilian emperor whose subjects mistook him for a banana, there is nothing too big or too small for Tom and Dominic to unpick.

A dark, suspenseful thriller with pitch-black humour, in which a series of grisly murders in the week of 31 October take place in the 'Halloween town' of Little Horton - a community famed throughout the Midwest for celebrating the festival with gusto. Perfect for fans of Ronald Malfi and Rachel Harrison.In one Halloween obsessed Midwestern town, everyone's on red alert after a local politician goes missing. Little do they know it's only the beginning.It's been close to twenty years since forensic pathologist Dolores Hawthorne left her hometown of Little Horton, Wisconsin. The town is famous for its Halloween celebrations, but also its history of violent deaths linked to the holiday. To Dolores, it's the place she fled, family, bad memories, and all. Until the FBI calls to tell her that her father--the former mayor turned US Senator--is missing under mysterious circumstances.Some people count to ten to wake up from a nightmare. Dolores always counts the bones of her head instead: sphenoid, frontal, lacrimal. But no matter how many times she counts them, it doesn't change the fact that her father is missing, that his final words of warning to her were to trust no one, and that now, the rest of her family is giving Dolores a chilling welcome. With Halloween fast approaching, Dolores must face the past she left behind before it's too late.

LEARN HOW TO REST BETTER WITH THIS ESSENTIAL BOOKDo you regularly find yourself too tired after a long day to do anything other than binge TV?Do you go on holiday and still compulsively check your email?Do you work through your lunch-break, often not even leaving your desk and getting some fresh air?For most of us, overwork is the new norm, and we never truly take the time to rest and recharge. But as Silicon Valley consultant Alex Soojung-Kim Pang explains in this groundbreaking book, rest needs to be taken seriously and to be done properly, because when you rest better you work better. Drawing on emerging neuroscience, Rest is packed full of practical and easy tips for incorporating rest into our everyday:- Stopping work on a task when you know exactly what the next step is will make it easier to get started the next day- Take a long walk when you're stuck on a task; it will help stimulate new ideas and creativity- Have deliberate rest periods - scheduled into your diary - and use this time on trying a new activityWhen you rest better you'll find that it won't just be your work which improves - you'll have more time for hobbies, stronger relationships and you'll sleep better, too."An incredibly timely read for my own increasingly rest-starved life. This might be the book to finally persuade us that downtime isn't in conflict with good work; rather, it's an essential ingredient of it" Oliver Burkeman, Guardian"Take a break and read Rest: you'll make smarter decisions, have better relationships, and be happier and more creative" James Wallman, author of Stuffocation

I Chicago ligger några av USA:s mest utsatta områden. Här är fattigdomen och segregationen omfattande och gängkriminaliteten och vapenvåldet präglar invånarnas vardag. Ett av gängen är Corner Boys, bestående av omkring trettio unga män från ett område i stadens södra delar.Några av dem skapar musik i genren ”drill”, vilket är slang för att skjuta eller knivhugga någon. Det är en hyperlokal och ultravåldsam form av rap med mörka beats som går ut på att hota och håna rivaliserande gäng för att hävda sin egen överlägsenhet och autenticitet. Genom sociala medieplattformar som Youtube, Twitter och Instagram utnyttjar de allmänhetens fascination för ”ghettot” och gängkulturen, och i enstaka fall kan ett uppbyggt mikrokändisskap innebära vägen ut ur prekära levnadsförhållanden.I ”Äkta” beskriver sociologen Forrest Stuart hur sociala medier på många sätt har förändrat gängvåldets själva innebörd och funktion. I takt med digitaliseringen och demokratiseringen av kulturproduktionens medel har gängvåldet blivit en primär­produkt i egen rätt. Snarare än att använda våld för att kontrollera droghandeln, använder dessa gängassocierade Chicago-­ungdomar framställningar av våld för att generera visningar, klick och uppmärksamhet på nätet.Genom ett omfattande fältarbete och intervjuer i nära kontakt med Corner Boys ges en unik bild av vad som händer när gängkulturen och den digitala uppmärksamhetsekonomin möts.Forrest Stuart är professor i sociologi vid Stanford University och föreståndare för Stanford Ethnography Lab.

*THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER – 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD The iconic bestseller Prisoners of Geography, now fully updated with brand new content to reflect the changing global geopolitical landscape since it was first published in 2015 ‘One of the best books about geopolitics you could imagine.’ Evening Standard Prisoners of Geography is the book people need to understand what’s happening in the news today, from China’s ambitions to the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Bestselling author and geopolitics expert Tim Marshall looks at the past, present and future to offer crucial insights into one of the major factors that determines world history – because if you don’t know geography, you’ll never have the full picture. This completely revised and updated edition brings the classic text up to date with the events and trends of the past decade, with new material including:the Russia–Ukraine war and Moscow's alliances with authoritarian statesthe conflicts in the Middle EastChina’s growing military and strategic power, and its stance on TaiwanAmerican global power and pivot to the PacificEurope’s leaning towards more extreme politics, increased defence spending, and the new ‘Iron Curtain’Japan's remilitarisation and increasing powergreat power play in Africathe growth of Indian economic and military strength For a dedicated chapter on the geopolitical importance of Iran and why the Strait of Hormuz makes it a key global player, read The Power of Geography: Ten Maps that Reveal the Future of Our World by Tim Marshall. *Want to test your world knowledge? Challenge friends and family with Prisoners of Geography: The Quiz Book, and discover who is the ultimate armchair explorer! *