The leading Harvard professor shows how we can all become better at conversation – and why this will help us all thrive

Conversation is at the heart of our relationships and our decision-making. From meeting a colleague to saying goodnight to our loved ones, our days are filled with verbal communication -- but the science of everyday conversation is little known. We may spend time thinking about difficult exchanges, but research shows that there’s room to improve seemingly easy interactions too.

In Talk, Harvard professor Alison Wood Brooks shows how simple changes in how we communicate can enhance our relationships, our performance at work and our lives; who we talk to affects our happiness; and how to talk across differences. Her original research, based on thousands of conversations from sales calls to speed dating, provides fascinating insights - for instance, the way that certain questions affect dating success, and the role of jokes in reaching leadership positions.

Learning to converse even a little more effectively can make a big difference. Through her original TALK framework – Topics, Asking, Levity and Kindness – Wood Brooks will give you the tools that her MBA students say transforms their lives. Bringing together psychology, linguistics, sociology and neuroscience, Talk will show how we can use science to help us enrich our lives, one conversation at a time.

Harness the power of protein, with 80 simple and delicious recipes, all under 500 calories.

Join Niall Kirkland and The Good Bite to discover vibrant, flavourful food that feels deliciously indulgent while supporting your fitness or weight loss journey. With a focus on big flavours, real ingredients and meals that will leave you feeling happy and satisfied, these are The Good Bite’s signature high-protein recipes, just a little bit lighter. Fill your week with:

• Chilli Oil Scrambled Eggs
• Hot Honey Chicken Tenders Salad
• Sweet Chilli Tofu
• Baked Cajun Cod
• Firecracker Crispy Beef Rice Bowls
• Black Bean Chilli with Creamy Guac and Wild Rice
• Honey Jerk Shrimp Bowl
• Peri Peri Steak & Chips
• Meal Prep Salt & Pepper Chicken & Potatoes
• Marry Me Chicken Pasta
• Peanut Butter Blueberry Baked Oat Bars

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Dan Heath comes a revolutionary guide to fixing what’s not working – in work and in our daily lives.

Reset will help you get unstuck, shake off old habits, and overcome the inertia of the way things always work. Heath shares a framework, based on research in psychology and hundreds of interviews, to help you vault toward what really matters.

Crucially, you can make positive changes without the need for additional time or money (which, for most of us, is not forthcoming). The secret is to find leverage points: places where a little bit of effort can yield a disproportionate return.

In Reset, you’ll discover:

• Why the middle of a change effort is often the hardest
• How leaders can uncover and stop wasteful activities
• Why your team’s motivation is often squandered (and how to avoid that mistake)
• The paradox that inefficiency can sometimes accelerate progress

The book traces not only how people transform their work but how they decide what to work toward. Their aspirations couldn’t be more different. You’ll visit fast-food managers who’ve crafted a freakishly effective drive-thru line. You’ll meet a couples therapist who swears by a powerful, perception-shaping trick. And you’ll encounter a veterinarian who hatched a plan that ultimately saved the lives of five million cats.

Their aspirations differ, but their resolve is the same: to escape the stifling gravity of entrenched systems. To unlock forward momentum – making steady progress toward our highest goals – without the need for more resources. The same people, the same assets, but dramatically better results.

Yesterday, we were stuck. Today, we reset.

The slow cooker is the ultimate one-pot, hands-off way to make everyday delicious.

Whatever the time of year, there is nothing more satisfying than knowing mealtimes are sorted. From pot to table, cooking in the slow cooker is minimal effort for maximum flavour with all ingredients thrown together in one pot and cooked low and slow..

Eating more vegetables all year round has never been so easy. From light and bright Thai Green Curry to fresh and fragrant Stuffed Aubergines to comforting and earthy Miso Ramen to warming and hearty Mac and Cheese with Butternut Squash, there is a slow cooker recipe inside for anyone who wants to eat vegetarian and vegan meals that fit around their busy lives.

It’s almost impossible to feel confident we’ve made the right choice when we are constantly faced with conflicting data. From choosing the right school for our children to understanding major social and political events, making informed decisions can feel overwhelming. In a world overflowing with data, it is more important than ever to decipher what the numbers tell us.

Drawing on years of work interpreting and explaining data about almost anything, renowned data journalist Kiko Llaneras offers practical tools and shortcuts to help you understand the numbers and make better decisions using a quantitative lens. Through a series of compelling examples, he reveals some of the surprising insights that a data-driven perspective can offer such as:

• What caused the Chernobyl disaster
• How Barack Obama made decisions and slept so peacefully during his presidency
• Why so many footballers are born in January

An essential guide for decoding the complexities of our modern world, Think Clearly will transform the way you view and use data in every aspect of your life.

A step-by-step guide to recovering from low self-esteem and revolutionizing your relationships, career, goals, and life satisfaction—from an internationally renowned expert in self-esteem.

If you’re trying to become your very best and most desirable self but struggling with low self-worth, vicious cycles, and negative scripts, this book is the place to start. The Self-Esteem Class guides you toward a deeper understanding of your own unique value and an internal sense of validation as you define confidence and happiness on your own terms.

Dr. Yoon Hong Gyun has dedicated his life to understanding the role of self-esteem in human happiness. With The Self-Esteem Class, a runaway bestseller in his native Korea, he shares everything he’s learned as a practicing psychologist. His step-by-step method helps readers recover from low self-esteem and build the confidence for lasting contentment.

He teaches you to:

• bring the focus back to yourself and your decisions
• overcome vicious cycles and the wounds of your past
• harness the energy of your emotions
• separate your own sense of self from other people's judgments
• commit to loving yourself unconditionally and more!

There is no shortcut to contentment, but the secrets revealed in The Self-Esteem Class will transform your outlook on life forever.

“Kwantu means home” – Vusumzi Ngxande.

Journey Kwantu is inspired by Vusumzi Ngxande’s popular podcast of the same name that delves into South African spiritual identity and beliefs and shows how it has evolved over hundreds of years. The book is rooted in extensive historical research, lived experiences and interviews with healers, teachers and ordinary people trying to live out their truth.

With a unique ability to simplify complex issues and ask taboo questions, the author endeavours to answers questions like, “Who are we?” and “How did we come to believe what we believe?” In the process he deals with issues he has struggled with on his own spiritual journey, such as death and the afterlife and the authority of the Ancestors vs the Power of God to more practical matters like performing rituals in urban areas and understanding lineage and its impact on one’s spiritual life.

Deeply perceptive and engaging, Journey Kwantu offers a guide and spiritual sustenance to African believers.

Most people think of low self-esteem as a disadvantage. Now an acclaimed spiritual teacher and New York Times best-selling author shows you how to embrace it as your superpower.

Do you struggle to feel worthy? Have you tried countless methods to overcome self-doubt that don’t make you feel any more confident—or, in fact, make you feel worse because you’re failing at them? What if you could discover the secret gifts that low self-esteem can give?

Candidly sharing her personal experience of struggling with self-worth, Denise Linn reveals the powerful perceptions she gained on her own journey of redefining her narrative and embracing her life. And she guides you to find your own path.

You’ll learn to identify the personal source of your low esteem, whether it stems from your biochemistry, your childhood experiences, your culture or religion, or the energy of the people and things around you. Maybe you’re feeling drained by predecessor energies, past lives, or toxic “dream stompers” in your life right now. Maybe you’re an empath and absorbing the negative emotions of those around you. Maybe you’re influenced by social media, the news cycle, or even the cycles of nature. Whatever the case, Denise shows you the great benefits of low self-esteem and strategies to support you when it can feel overwhelming.

You’ll discover:

• How to be a glorious imperfectionist
• The upside of rejection
• The unexpected benefits of imposter syndrome
• How stress can be good for you
• The holy act of radical self-acceptance
• And much more

“This book equips you to provide the nutrition and environment your child needs beyond their first 1 000 days, following clear, science-backed recommendations. Kath and Jenny have produced a book that just could be the best investment you make in your child’s life. It provides a very clear strategy to get us back to the table as a family, to listen, to connect, to have fun and make eye contact and to create a nurturing environment while enjoying the best nutrition you can provide.” - Dr Simon Strachan MBChB(UCT) FCPaed(SA) SPECIALIST PAEDIATRICIAN, CEO SOUTH AFRICAN PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS FORUM

• improves gut and mental health
• sustained energy
• reduced sugar cravings
• improved concentration
• increased health and vitality
• enhanced athletic performance
• longer, deeper sleep
• improved digestion
• strategies for fussy eaters
• reaching and maintaining healthy body weight

Mindful Meals contains easy, practical and effective strategies you can apply in your everyday life, including over 100 recipes with a special focus on the powerful connection between the gut and the br ain.

Sinkhuisresepte is Willie Strauss se tweede kookboek en volg op Daar is ‘n engel in my koskas (Human & Rousseau). Hierdie boek is propvol heerlike, pretensielose resepte.

In sy sinkhuis, een van die oorspronklike huise in Cullinan, maak Willie vinnige en maklike kos wat hy vir gaste as ’n visuele en kreatiewe fees voorsit. Die leser kan uitsien na meer as 100 smaakvolle resepte met bestanddele wat jy in jou koskas het. Willie se stories gaan jou laat glimlag en sommige sal jou laat terugverlang na jou ma en ouma se kombuis met bekende geure van anys, vleispastei, appelkoos en bros blaardeeg.

Interessante nuutjies soos vye-en-biltong-paella is ook op die spyskaart en Sinkhuisresepte sluit selfs af met peuselhappies vir jou dierekinders.

Nostalgiese stories en resepte waarmee jy grootgeword het is so deel van Willie dat jy nie kan help om met ’n glimlag na hom te luister of sy stories te lees en sy resepte te gebruik nie. Hierdie boek nooi jou om saam met Willie in sy sinkhuis te kuier.

Transform your perception of time and learn to truly live in the present with this practical guide from Himalayan monk and spiritual leader Ishan Shivanand.

Born in India, Ishan's formative years were spent in monasteries, learning the importance of achieving Mahakaal - a state where, instead of limiting yourself as a finite being, you infinitely stretch your relationship with the time that you have to create good health, success, happiness and positivity.

Rooted in the principles of meditation and mindfulness, The Practice of Immortality offers proven, effective lessons in becoming immortal, informed by the transformative journey that inspired Ishan to share the wisdom of his lineage with the world.

Feeling anxious is part of being human; sometimes it can even be necessary or useful. But what about when anxiety takes over? When you feel like it’s too often dictating your life?

Have you ever considered that you might be addicted to anxiety?

In this groundbreaking book, bestselling author and psychotherapist Owen O’Kane explores how we all unwittingly build habits around our anxiety. This, he argues, is how we become addicted – the behaviours and thought patterns that help us feel safe in the short term ultimately serve to perpetuate it.

Put simply, we get hooked.

The answer? Break the cycle.

How?

• Recognize: You must understand your anxiety and identify your triggers before you can start to unpick it.
• Tackle: Discover vital techniques for breaking the underlying habits and patterns.
• Move forward: Learn strategies for navigating setbacks or relapses on the road ahead.