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This study examines the children s books of three extraordinary
British writers J.K. Rowling, Diana Wynne Jones, and Terry
Pratchett and investigates their sophisticated use of narrative
strategies not only to engage children in reading, but to educate
them into becoming mature readers and indeed individuals. The book
demonstrates how in quite different ways these writers establish
reader expectations by drawing on conventions in existing genres
only to subvert those expectations. Their strategies lead young
readers to evaluate for themselves both the power of story to shape
our understanding of the world and to develop a sense of identity
and agency. Rowling, Jones, and Pratchett provide their readers
with fantasies that are pleasurable and imaginative, but far from
encouraging escape from reality, they convey important lessons
about the complexities and challenges of the real world and how
these may be faced and solved. All three writers deploy the tropes
and imaginative possibilities of fantasy to disturb, challenge, and
enlarge the world of their readers."
In How to Have a Good Day, economist and former McKinsey partner
Caroline Webb shows readers how to use recent findings from
behavioral economics, psychology, and neuroscience to transform our
approach to everyday working life. Advances in these behavioral
sciences are giving us ever better understanding of how our brains
work, why we make the choices we do, and what it takes for us to be
smart and savvy. But it's not always been easy to see how to apply
these insights in the workplace - until now. In How to Have a Good
Day, Webb explains how three big scientific ideas can help us be at
our best every day. She shows us exactly how to apply this science
to our plans, tasks and conversations, in step-by-step guidance
that allows us to: - Set better priorities - Make the hours go
further - Turn every interaction into a success - Strengthen our
personal impact - Be resilient in the face of setbacks - Sustain
our energy over the course of the day Webb teaches us how to be at
our best under pressure, and gives us specific tools to tackle
common work challenges - from conflict with colleagues, to dull
meetings and packed inboxes. Filled with stories of people who have
used Webb's insights to boost their job satisfaction and
performance at work, How to Have a Good Day is the book so many
people wanted when they finished Nudge, Blink and Thinking Fast and
Slow, and were looking for practical ways to apply this fascinating
science to their own lives and careers. A remarkable and much
needed book, How to Have a Good Day firmly delivers on its promise,
showing us all how to have a lifetime of good days. 'Wise, fun and
humane. The best behavioural self-help book by far. Everyone should
read it.' - Cass R. Sunstein, co-author of Nudge
In How to Have a Good Day, economist and former McKinsey partner Caroline Webb shows readers how to use recent findings from behavioral economics, psychology, and neuroscience to transform our approach to everyday working life.
Advances in these behavioral sciences are giving us ever better understanding of how our brains work, why we make the choices we do, and what it takes for us to be at our best. But it has not always been easy to see how to apply these insights in the real world – until now.
In How to Have a Good Day, Webb explains exactly how to apply this science to our daily tasks and routines. She translates three big scientific ideas into step-by-step guidance that shows us how to set better priorities, make our time go further, ace every interaction, be our smartest selves, strengthen our personal impact, be resilient to setbacks, and boost our energy and enjoyment. Through it all, Webb teaches us how to navigate the typical challenges of modern workplaces—from conflict with colleagues to dull meetings and overflowing inboxes—with skill and ease.
Filled with stories of people who have used Webb’s insights to boost their job satisfaction and performance at work, How to Have a Good Day is the book so many people wanted when they finished Nudge, Blink and Thinking Fast and Slow and were looking for practical ways to apply this fascinating science to their own lives and careers.
A remarkable and much-needed book, How to Have a Good Day gives us the tools we need to have a lifetime of good days.
This study examines the children's books of three extraordinary
British writers-J.K. Rowling, Diana Wynne Jones, and Terry
Pratchett-and investigates their sophisticated use of narrative
strategies not only to engage children in reading, but to educate
them into becoming mature readers and indeed individuals. The book
demonstrates how in quite different ways these writers establish
reader expectations by drawing on conventions in existing genres
only to subvert those expectations. Their strategies lead young
readers to evaluate for themselves both the power of story to shape
our understanding of the world and to develop a sense of identity
and agency. Rowling, Jones, and Pratchett provide their readers
with fantasies that are pleasurable and imaginative, but far from
encouraging escape from reality, they convey important lessons
about the complexities and challenges of the real world-and how
these may be faced and solved. All three writers deploy the tropes
and imaginative possibilities of fantasy to disturb, challenge, and
enlarge the world of their readers.
Even before the advent of mass tourism, Verona was a popular
destination for travellers, including those undertaking the popular
'Grand Tour' across Europe. In this book, Caroline Webb compares
the experiences of travellers from the era of Shakespeare to the
years following the incorporation of the Veneto into the new
kingdom of Italy in 1866. She considers their reasons for visiting
Verona as well as their experiences and expectations once they
arrived. The majority of English visitors between 1670 and 1760
were young members of the aristocracy, accompanied by tutors, who
arrived on their way to or from Rome, as part of a 'Grand Tour'
intended to 'finish' their classical education. With the Industrial
Revolution in the second half of the eighteenth century, and the
resultant increasing wealth of the upper middle classes, the number
of visitors to Verona increased although this tourism was derailed
once Napoleon invaded Italy in the late 1790s. After 1815 and the
allied victory at Waterloo, there was a new flood of visitors
previously deprived of the opportunity of continental travel during
the Napoleonic wars. As the nineteenth century progressed,
especially with the arrival of the railway, an increasing number of
visitors appeared from across Europe and even from across the
Atlantic, keen to explore the fabled city of Shakespeare's Romeo
and Juliet. In comparing a myriad of varied accounts, this book
provides an unrivalled perspective on the history of one of Italy's
most seductive cities.
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