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A unique guide to Britain's classic pub walks. In this boxed
collection of 35 walking cards you'll find a happy mix of routes
around Britain's loveliest towns and countryside bringing together
two supremely British past-times - pubs and walks! Each route has
been carefully researched to unite a truly great walk and a truly
great pub, and on these handy, pull-out cards, the pub walk has
never been easier. Each card provides useful information on the
pub, its ales, wines and food, interesting history of the building
or landlord and essential details for the day. * Inspirational
walks on handy, pocket size cards * Year-round walks specially
designed for all seasons * Box includes transparent sleeve so if it
rains you can pop the walking card into the sleeve to protect it
from the elements * Points of interest are included with each
walking route so you know what to look out for along the way * A
selection of easy half-day walks as well as some more challenging
one and two-day routes Pocket a card, leave the box on your
bookshelf and enjoy a truly great walk with a truly great pub.
A game-changing book about the revolutionary potential of working
from home, by two experts who work - and live - together. Out of
Office is a book for every office worker - from employees to
managers - navigating the return to the office since the outbreak
of COVID-19. The lockdowns of 2020-21 have shown us a new path
forward, one that doesn't involve hellish daily commutes and set
schedules that no longer make sense. But how can we realise that
future in a way that benefits workers and companies alike? Using
groundbreaking reporting and interviews with workers and managers
around the world, Charlie Warzel and Anne Helen Petersen illuminate
the key values that should be driving this conversation: trust,
fairness, flexibility, inclusive workplaces, equity, and work-life
balance. Above all, they argue that companies need to listen to
their employees - and that this will promote, rather than impede,
productivity and profitability. Out of Office is about so much more
than Zoom meetings and hybrid schedules: it aims to reshape our
entire relationship to the office.
**A Stylist Book Club pick** 'In a time when women are under
constant attack, I am so grateful for Anne Helen Petersen's sharp
and topical book. Petersen nails the magnetism of women who break
boundaries and the punishment that often comes along with it. All
women will see a bit of themselves in the "unruly"' Jessica
Valenti, New York Times-bestselling author of Sex Object You know
the type: the woman who won't shut up, who flaunts it, who's too
brazen, too opinionated - too much. Sometimes, she's the life of
the party; others, she's the focus of gossip. She's the unruly
woman, and she's one of the most provocative, powerful forms of
womanhood today. The unruly woman has been around for as long as
there have been boundaries of what constitutes acceptable
'feminine' behaviour - that is, for ever - but these days she is
more visible and less easily dismissed than ever before. In Too
Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud, cultural critic and Buzzfeed writer Anne
Helen Petersen explores 'unruliness' through the lens of eleven pop
culture powerhouses, including Serena Williams, Melissa McCarthy,
Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Kim Kardashian, Hillary Clinton, Caitlyn
Jenner and Lena Dunham. Petersen examines why our culture loves to
love and berate these controversial figures for being 'too'
something: too queer, too strong, too naked, too old, too shrill,
too much. This is an incisive, candid, conversation starting
analysis of the part influential women play in redefining
contemporary femininity. 'An oasis in a world of hot takes, a set
of crisp essays on the provocateurs who fascinate and enrage us.
With warmth and wit, Anne Helen Petersen celebrates the power of
being just a little too much, seeking the rebel inside the
trainwreck' Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker critic 'Raucous and smart .
. . Because these criticisms are, writ large, the same ones flung
daily at non-celeb women, the book is a timely and essential read'
US Elle 'Anne Helen Petersen's gloriously bumptious, brash ode to
nonconforming women suits the needs of this dark moment . . .
Crucial reading' Rebecca Traister, author of All the Single Ladies
An incendiary examination of burnout - what got us here, the
pressures that sustain it and the need for drastic change Are you
tired, stressed and trying your best but somehow it's never enough?
Does your job seep into your evenings and your home life creep into
your work? Does the bottom half of your To Do list feel
unreachable? This is burnout and it is affecting how we work,
parent, socialise and live. Through her own experience, original
interviews and detailed analysis, Anne Helen Petersen traces the
institutional and generational causes of burnout. And, in doing so,
she helps us to let go of our guilt and imagine a possible future.
'Genuinely enlightening... Can't Even is a reminder to the burned
out generation that things can be different' Observer
**One of NPR's Best Books of 2017** "Petersen's gloriously
bumptious, brash ode to nonconforming women suits the needs of this
dark moment. Her careful examination of how we eviscerate the women
who confound or threaten is crucial reading if we are ever to be
better."-Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author of All
the Single Ladies NOW WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR From
celebrity gossip expert and BuzzFeed culture writer Anne Helen
Petersen, a bold, accessible, and analytical look at how female
celebrities are pushing society's boundaries You know the type: the
woman who won't shut up, who's too brazen, too opinionated-too
much. Sometimes she's the life of the party; other times she's the
center of gossip. She's the unruly woman, and she's on eof the most
provocative, powerful forms of womanhood today. There have been
unruly women for as long as there have been boundaries of what
constitutes acceptable "feminine" behavior, but there's evidence
that she's on the rise--more visible and less easily dismissed. In
Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud, Anne Helen Petersen uses the lens of
"unruliness" to explore the ascension of contemporary pop culture
powerhouses, from Serena Williams to Kim Kardashian to Hillary
Clinton. Petersen explores why the public loves to love (and hate)
these controversial figures, each of who has been conceived as
"too" something: too queer, too strong, too honest, too old, too
pregnant, too shrill, too much. With its brisk, incisve analysis,
Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud is a conversation-starting book on
what makes and breaks famous women today. "Must-read
list."-Entertainment Weekly Named one of Cosmopolitan's "Books You
Won't Be Able to Put Down This Summer" Selected as one of Amazon's
"Best Books of the Month" A Refinery29 Editors' Pick
A game-changing book about the revolutionary potential of working
from home, by two experts who work - and live - together. When the
COVID-19 pandemic closed offices around the world, sending millions
into makeshift home offices, it was a forced compromise made under
duress. But 2020 taught us that there may be another way to work:
one that doesn't involve hellish commutes and set schedules that no
longer make sense, especially for companies with international
reach. While working from home can make people happier and make
companies more productive, it has its pitfalls. Doing it well takes
some thought. Out of Office combines Charlie and Anne's
first-person experiences of moving to a rural area and working
remotely - for years before the pandemic hit - to demonstrate how
workers everywhere can find new ways of working anywhere.
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