Modern Relationships

Marcus Berkmann's funny, instantly recognisable description of middle-age in A Shed of One's Own struck a chord and turned it into a bestseller. Now he looks at life ten years on. Well, as Marcus describes, the body continues to fall apart, along with the bank balance - but it's certainly not all doom and gloom. You have come to terms with your deficiencies and eccentricities (and if you have a partner they may be better adjusted to them too); you might have finally conquered your FOMO; and you have embraced the notion of the Power Nap.

Are you one of the millions of people who struggle to be productive? Have you tried endlessly to get your career or personal life on track to no avail? Does your attention seem to wander so far away that you are not sure you can ever get it back? Is it starting to feel like productivity is only a pipe dream? Do stimuli such as your phone constantly distract you? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you are not alone.

It is possible to start your own company and increase your purchasing power so that you can become a billionaire. In this audiobook, you will learn about the most influential billionaires in the world. We will tell you their stories, their background, what they studied, and most important of all, how they became billionaires.

“Med stoiskt lugn”: Så brukar man säga om människor som till synes inte låter sig rubbas av någonting – och kanske önskar du dig detsamma för egen del lite oftare? Då borde du ta en titt på den verkliga Stoa, och den här boken visar hur stoicism enkelt kan implementeras i vardagen! Att reagera känslolöst på händelser och inte låta sig påverkas av glädjefyllda stunder, irritationer eller motgångar: denna Stoa-stereotyp verkar omöjlig och föga eftersträvansvärd – men vore det inte bra att ha lite mer kontroll över sitt inre liv?

In this captivating novel, an erupting Icelandic volcano grounds all flights in and out of Europe, forcing four vacationing Americans to reckon with the problems they'd hoped to leave behind in Barcelona. Whitney and Will are a perfect couple by all appearances, their relationship rock-solid...

Penny Miller is lonely and bored. By day she works at a library; by night she mixes cocktails in a seedy neighbourhood bar. At 22 she's given up her dreams of college and lives with her grandmother on the miserable outskirts of the city, longing for the kind of romance she reads about in books - love with a capital L.

In this charming, sexy, and "laugh-out-loud" (USA Today) funny romantic comedy, an online dating ghostwriter's life gets hilariously complicated when she recognizes one of her clients' matches--her ex!--and finds herself forced to flirt with him again, on someone else's behalf... We switch. I...

"I've been single for my entire life. Not one boyfriend. Not one short-term dating situation. Not one person with whom I regularly hung out and kissed on the face." So begins Katie Heaney's memoir of her years spent looking for love, but never quite finding it. By age 25, equipped with a college...

Held captive by her employers -- and by her own demons -- on a mysterious farm, a widow struggles to reunite with her young son in this uniquely American story of freedom, perseverance, and survival. Darlene, once an exemplary wife and a loving mother to her young son, Eddie, finds herself...

From the author of Happiness for Humans, a romantic comedy for the technology age: a young woman unlucky in love gets a little help from the most unlikely of places to find her perfect match. Wouldn't it be great if everyone had a team of smart machines to handle all the messy emotional stuff?...

A compulsively listenable behind-the-scenes memoir that takes listeners inside the weddings section of The New York Times - the good, bad, and just plain weird - through the eyes of a young reporter just as she's falling in love herself.

Patterns are your catalyst for growth. Life will hold you back in old situations until you make a new decision. Blaming others won’t serve you. Change starts by taking responsibility. Once you accept this level of accountability, you take back your power and transform from a victim to a conscious creator.

You see this, and then you look at the stone busts of Stoicism’s leading proponents: Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius. All seem dour and foreboding. They may have been stern-faced gentlemen, but the fact remains, many who have incorporated Stoicism into their daily lives report that they can face life’s challenges with greater equanimity. Your Daily Dose of Stoic Wisdom is a 30-day guide to practicing the foundational tenets of Stoicism. Without being a primer on Stoic philosophy, the book is here to help you integrate its basic principles into your everyday experiences.

Jon, who is losing his wife to another man, is trying to understand what happened to his Great Love, by working, painfully, to see the story from her perspective. It begins as he asks her: "Can you tell me about us?" As he looks to his past and within himself, he begins to question the conventions of masculinity and femininity, understanding himself uncommonly as a man who challenges the male role - he's deeply embedded in family life and identifies as sensitive, vulnerable, and nurturing.

When a single mom ends up playing an unwilling fake girlfriend to a charming playboy baseball player, love suddenly turns everything upside down in this fun, heartwarming multicultural romance. Angel Gomez has never lived by the book. A Bronx-based unwed mother by the time she was sixteen...

The ultimate learning companion for the modern man/woman pursuing the ways of the timeless renaissance! You are here right now because you want to be able learn all sorts of things in a short amount of time, whether to further your understanding of the world, master your craftsmanship, or continue your never-ending quest for learning. By being knowledgeable, you will be able to impress others with your wide array of knowledge, as a walking human encyclopedia, and you will excel at whatever work you do.

Every human (including you, your sister, your crush, even Elon Musk) lives their life through the feeling of their thinking. And that experience is totally different for everyone. It’s like we each live inside our own thought/feeling bubble which colors our world in a way deeply personal to us. That’s the human experience—no matter who you are, no matter where you are, no matter what.

Stoicism for the Modern Mind shows you how ancient Stoic philosophy can help you navigate the challenges of modern life with grace, resilience, and focus. This practical guide breaks down timeless Stoic principles and explains how to apply them in today’s chaotic environment. Learn how to stay calm under pressure, handle adversity with wisdom, and make decisions based on reason rather than emotion.

The Gaggle captures the zeitgeist of today's "post-dating" world, where the rules for sex, dating, and relationships have completely changed. You know you're great, so why haven't you been on a classic dinner-and-a-movie date since... well, forever? Because, as it turns out, you are now living in a post-dating world, where the old rules for sex and relationships no longer apply.

Dit luisterboek is tot stand gekomen met behulp van een AI-stem. Hét boek om je voor te bereiden op wat er allemaal komen gaat als aanstaande vader is er nu in een nieuwe, uitgebreide editie, inclusief alles over de komst van een tweede kind én de nieuwste wet- en regelgeving omtrent ouderschapsverloff. Alles wat je als moderne vader wilt weten! Dit leuke en praktische boek is er voor alle vaders die goed geïnformeerd willen zijn tijdens de eerste periode van het vaderschap.