You may love the movie franchise, but what do you know about the origins of the Marvel Universe?
Critic and superfan Douglas Wolk read all 27,000 Marvel superhero comics published since 1961 to write #AllOfTheMarvels, an eye-opening guide to the ‘epic of epics’. In his mission, he finds a magic mirror to the past 60 years, exploring the atomic terrors of the Cold War and the political divides of our present. From the Avengers to X-Men, and from Spider-Man to Squirrel Girl, this book is an exciting celebration of Marvel’s vast universe.
#AllOfTheMarvels by Douglas Wolk is out on Thursday. Link in bio!
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Will You Answer the Call? ☎️ 🦁
Bestselling author @ryanholiday’s new book #CourageisCalling is out today.
'An urgent call to arms for each and all of us’ @officiallymcconaughey
This inspiring anthem to the power, promise, and challenges of courage, is the first in a series examining the timeless Stoic virtues.
Fortune favours the bold. All great leaders of history have known this, and were successful because of the risks they dared to take. But today so many of us are paralysed by fear.
Drawing on ancient Stoic wisdom and examples across history and around the world, Ryan Holiday shows why courage is so important, and how to cultivate it in our own lives. Courage is not simply physical bravery but also doing the right thing and standing up for what you believe; it's creativity, generosity and perseverance. And it is the only way to live an extraordinary, fulfilled and effective life.
Everything in life begins with courage. This book will equip you with the bravery to begin.
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Read by the extraordinary Kate Mosse, the audiobook of An Extra Pair of Hands is out on Thursday!
Don’t miss this deeply moving story of what it means to care for those we love - by bestselling author Kate Mosse, writer of Labyrinth and The City of Tears.
As our population ages, more and more of us find ourselves caring for parents and loved ones - some 8.8 million people in the UK. An invisible army of carers holding families together.
Here, Kate Mosse tells her personal story of finding herself as a carer in middle age: first, helping her mother look after her beloved father through Parkinson's, then supporting her mother in widowhood, and finally as 'an extra pair of hands' for her 90-year-old mother-in-law.
This is a story about the gentle heroism of our carers, about small everyday acts of tenderness, and finding joy in times of crisis. It's about juggling priorities, mind-numbing repetition, about guilt and powerlessness, about grief, and the solace of nature when we're exhausted or at a loss. It is also about celebrating older people, about learning to live differently - and think differently about ageing.
But most of all, it's a story about love.
'A truly beautiful book, shot through with honesty, heartbreak and joy. I loved it' Adam Kay
'Luminous with love' Nicci Gerrard
'A celebration of ageing, womanhood and what love really means' Christie Watson, author of The Language of Kindness
Out in audio on Thursday, read by the author!
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'This is a story about celebrating older people and ageing'
It's just a week until @katemosse's beautiful memoir of caring hits shelves!
Have you pre-ordered your copy? https://bit.ly/AnExtraPairofHands
Excited about gym classes reopening today?
So are we! But we're also reminded that the gym is not enough.
Time to get up to speed with the cutting-edge science of the mind-body connection and discover how just a little bit of movement could shift your own head to a better place.
Did you know that walking can improve your cognitive skills? That strengthening your muscular core reduces anxiety? That light stretching can combat a whole host of mental and bodily ailments, from stress to inflammation? We all know that exercise changes the way you think and feel. But scientists are just starting to discover exactly how it works.
In Move!, Caroline Williams explores the emerging science of how movement opens up a hotline to our minds. Interviewing researchers and practitioners around the world, she reveals how you can work your body to improve your mind. As lockdown throws us back on our own mental and physical resources, there is no better time to take control of how you think and feel.
Out now in audio!
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'How did it come to this? I am tough, I am smart, I have lived alone. Now I am cracking, right down the middle...'
Six months after the birth of her son, Emma Jane Unsworth finds herself in the eye of a storm. Nothing - from pregnancy to birth and beyond - has gone as she expected. A birth plan? It might as well have been a rough draft! Furious and exhausted, her life is the complete opposite of what it used to be. She's swapped all night benders for grazed labia and Whac-a-Moling haemorrhoids. How did she end up here?
In this brave and hilarious account of postnatal depression, Emma tells her story of despair and recovery. She tackles the biggest taboos around motherhood and mental health, from botched stitches and bleeding nipples to anger and shame. How does pregnancy adapt our brains? Is postnatal depression a natural reaction to the trauma of modern motherhood? And are people's attitudes finally changing?
Dazzling and vital, After the Storm is a celebration of survival, holding out a hand to women everywhere.
After the Storm is out now in audio! Discover Emma Jane Unsworth’s incredible memoir, which tells of her experience of postnatal depression and new motherhood.
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On #WorldParkinsonsDay @katemosse tells us about her beloved father Richard, and the support @parkinsonsuk gave her in caring for him.
If you'd like to donate to @parkinsonsuk, you can do so here: https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/donate
This Thursday, we publish a ground-breaking work of neuroscience that sets out a startling, radical theory of consciousness. @Mark_Solms will change how you see your own mind - forever.
Begin your journey to #TheHiddenSpring: https://profilebooks.com/the-hidden-spring/
Stuart Heritage reads 'The Night Before Brexmas'
Michael Rosen's Book of Play
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