We all face thousands of decisions every day. They define the trajectory of our lives. There’s just one problem: most of us have no idea how to make them.

Here, Shane Parrish – ‘the former spy who helps Wall Street mavens think smarter’ (New York Times) – draws upon conversations with the world’s leading entrepreneurs and experts to offer a simple, revolutionary method to clear your head and make better decisions. It will help you unlock the life you seek.

Al die geluide in die woud is vir Tier vreeslik opwindend. Saam met sy vriende (pronkende Pou, verstrooide Renoster en trompetterende Olifant) soek hy na 'n antwoord op die opwindendste vraag van almal: Wie is die koning van die woud?

Soos elke jaar klim al die diere en skepsels teen die heuwel op vir 'n vergadering. Hierdie jaar het olifant 'n vraag, 'n moeilike vraag: Hoe weet mens dat jy iemand liefhet? Die verhaal begin met 'n groot prent van 'n treurige olifant met 'n klein stoeltjie op sy kop en 'n blom in sy mond. Die vergadering wat olifant se vraag moet bespreek, word gelei deur Mier, wat die woord gee aan Muis, Sneeuwitjie, 'n klip, 'n swerwer, 'n ysbeer en nog vele ander skepsels. As hulle saam by klomp filosofiese antwoorde oor die liefde gekom het, word die vergadering gesluit en gaan elkeen tevrede huis toe. Net Mier, wat oor die liefde skepties is, weet nie waarom sy skielik so alleen voel nie. Olifant se vraag is 'n ontroerende verhaal oor die vele fasette van die liefde. Leen van der Berg bied die jong leser veel om verder oor te droom en te filosofeer. Kaatje Vermeire se illustrasies, 'n kombinasie tussen grafiek en illustrasies, is 'n pragtige versmelting van realisme en fantasie. Die boek vorm sowel vir die oogstrelende fantasieryke prente, as vir die boeiende teks, stof tot nadenke en bepeinsing.

Pieter die parkopsigter is altyd besig om die diere in sy park te voer. Maar een koue winternag ontdek Pieter dat sy vriendjies meer as net broodkrummels nodig het. Hy moet 'n manier kry om hulle te help!

Pieter die parkopsigter het die dag af. Dis die perfekte dag vir niksdoen. Maar Pieter se rustige piekniek word onderbreek toe 'n konyntjie onverwags in 'n waterput val.

“My fiets het altyd pap bande gehad.” “Bande? Bande? Jy was gelukkig. My fiets het nie eens bande gehad nie. Ek het op 'n fiets met houtwiele gery. En die saal was altyd ’n bietjie los.” “Is dit al? My fiets het vierkantige houtwiele gehad, geen saal nie en slegs een pedaal.” Dirk kuier by sy oupas, maar hy moet steeds skool toe gaan. Daarom het sy oupas vir hom 'n fiets aanmekaargesit. As Dirk versigtig uitwys dat die fiets 'n bietjie lendelam is, begin die oupas grootpraat oor die teespoed wat hulle moes trotseer om betyds by die skool uit te kom. 'n Skreeusnaakse verhaal!

Gister het ek wakker geword met my bababoetie Ben wat in my kamer rondkruip en aan my goed lek ... Toe skree ek: GAAN UIT MY KAMER UIT! en dit was die begin van MY GROOT SKREEDAG! Bella het ’n slegte dag – niks is soos sy dit wil he nie en al wat sy kan doen is skree. Maar slegte dae hou nie vir altyd aan nie, en Bella leer daardie spesiale woord … JAMMER! 'n SKREEUSNAAKSE kinderboek.

Tant Bettie het 'n gunstelingbroekie wat op 'n dag van die wasgoeddraad afgewaai word – en wilde avonture beleef. Sal Tant Bettie ooit weer haar broekie terugkry? 'n Storie met koddige kinkels en vrolike illustrasies, perfek vir voorlees!

Wikkels Vark kry 'n verrassingspakkie by 'n partytjie. Hy is so gretig om dit oop te maak, dat hy sy sagte speelding Snoekels aan 'n ballon vasbind, en nie sien wat gebeur nie! Met die oulike Wikkels Vark in die hoofrol, is hierdie ’n oulike verhaal oor skeidingsangs; 'n situasie wat elke ouer en kind sal herken.

'n Huis vir Tippie is 'n pragtige, atmosferiese verhaal oor die vriendskap tussen 'n seuntjie en 'n straatkat. Die seuntjie bring elke dag 'n nuwe bakkie melk en wen so die kat Tippie se vertroue. Maar op 'n dag is daar nie 'n bakkie nie. Geen bakkie nie, en ook geen seuntjie nie. Tippie verdwaal en verkeer in gevaar. Sal die twee vriende mekaar ooit weer sien?

Daar’s ’n kermis in die stad! Sam en Julia gaan kyk hoe die vermaaklikhede gebou word. Daar kom ’n agtbaan wat so hoog is dat dit tot by die derde verdieping van die Muishuis reik. Hulle kan nie wag om op daardie rit te klim nie! Maar daar is een probleem: Alle plesierritte kos geld en hulle het nie geld nie. Hulle bedink saam met die rommelboer ’n plan om ekstra sakgeld te verdien. En dan kom die groot dag. Die dag waarop Sam en Julia kermis toe mag gaan! En dit is ’n geweldige kermis, want alles waarvan ’n muisekind maar kan droom, is daar. ’n Balgooikraampie, stampkarretjies, ’n spookhuis en die einste agtbaan …

Sammy is raiding his mother' cupboard to make himself the biggest sandwich in the world. But will the sandwich with the chocolate spread, mustard, chocolate vermicelli, raisins, jam, peanut butter, a spoon of sweet honey and almost everything in the fridge be enough to appease his hunger?

Sam en Julia woon in die Muishuis. Sam is BAIE skaam en BAIE soet, en Julia is BAIE nuuskierig en BAIE eiewys. Maar al verskil hulle so van mekaar, is hulle beste maatjies. Toe hulle op ’n dag met albasters speel, tel hulle ’n besonderse klip op – ’n gelukbringerklip. Hulle bere dit natuurlik in hul skatkissie in hul geheime hut onder die trap. Min wetend dat die klip later handig te pas sal kom … Soos in die topverkoper Die Muishuis, Sam & Julia, sien die leser gaandeweg hoe die vriendskap tussen Sam en Julia ontwikkel. Ons ontmoet ook nuwe karakters soos wat die twee muise nuwe kamers en ruimtes in die Muishuisverken. In 2012 is die oorspronklike uitgawe as Best Verzorgde Boek in Nederland aangewys.

A heart-warming picture book about the love between grandfathers and grandchildren - with gold foil on every page! For one little lion cub, days spent with Grandad are always the best days of all. From playing in the golden grass to watching a rainbow and snuggling up as night falls, Grandad is there to share, play, help and cuddle. With a beautifully reassuring rhyming text by Susannah Shane and stunning artwork by award-winning illustrator Britta Teckentrup, this picture book makes the perfect gift for children and their grandads.

Turkeys used to be worshipped as gods? Bull$#*t! Prove you are the smartest schmuck in the room with 500 world history facts that sound too absurd to be true. Knowledge is power! Crush the competition at trivia night or start the most interesting conversation ever with real facts that are hard to believe. This book is loaded with mind-blowing facts that are sure to keep you wondering, "How are these even true?" while equipping you to outsmart everyone in the room. Including: Turkeys were once worshipped as gods by the Mayans. Forks were seen as sacrilegious in 11th century Italy. Pope Gregory IV once declared a war on cats. President Abraham Lincoln is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame. The longest war in history lasted from 1651 to 1986, between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly. There were no casualties. Put your game face on and prove once and for all that you are the real history know-it-all! Gather your friends and family 'round and get ready to learn some crazy trivia they definitely didn’t teach you in history class.

Triple bill of zombie films. 'Zombie Apocalypse' (2011) is a made-for-TV horror starring Ving Rhames in which a group of human survivors of a zombie outbreak set out to make it to an uninfected island. Ramona (Taryn Manning), Billy (Eddie Steeples) and Kevin (Gerald Webb) are almost killed when they head out to search for food. Fortunately for them, they meet a tough group that includes Henry (Rhames) and Cassie (Lesley-Ann Brandt), who take on the zombies with weapons as diverse as a sledgehammer and a samurai sword. 'Abraham Lincoln Vs Zombies' (2012) is a tongue-in-cheek zombie horror in which Abraham Lincoln is distracted from his composition of the Gettysburg Address by a more pressing concern - an outbreak of the undead. Lincoln (Bill Oberst Jr.) leads a team of Secret Service agents to the area to try and contain the disaster. There is a suggestion that Lincoln may have some experience of dealing with zombies from his past and he takes under his wing a youngster by the name of Teddy Roosevelt (Canon Kuipers), who may have a role of his own to play in the American story. 'The Dead' (2010) is a zombie horror set in West Africa. Robert Freeman stars as Lieutenant Brian Murphy, a military engineer who finds himself stranded in the wilderness of Burkina Faso after a zombie outbreak lays waste to civilisation. Eventually he teams up with Sergeant Daniel Dembele (Prince David Oseia), a local soldier who has gone AWOL from the army to search for his missing son.

First, Atomic Habits transformed your behaviour. Now, Clear Thinking transforms your mind.

We all want to see the world clearly. The trouble is, we're never taught how.

Join Shane Parrish - 'the former spy who helps Wall Street mavens think smarter' (New York Times) - for a masterclass in the art of clear thinking. Drawing on examples ranging from the evolutionary origins of our 'emotion default' to the secret history of the Challenger disaster, Parrish offers powerful mental models to make sense of any situation. And he reveals a simple, actionable method for smarter decision-making, starting today.

Along the way, he shows that the secret to mental clarity lies not in how we approach the most high-stakes moments - but in our tiniest, most everyday decisions.

It's a simple idea with startling implications: if you clear your head today, you change your life tomorrow.

Providing expert advice from established scholars in the field of political science, this engaging book imparts informative guidance on teaching research methods across the undergraduate curriculum. Written in a concise yet comprehensive style, it illustrates practical and conceptual advice, alongside more detailed chapters focussing on the different aspects of teaching political methodology. Each chapter draws on practised teaching methods covering the what, how and when for teaching political methodology with an in-depth look at systematic research methods. The book is split into four distinct sections for undergraduate research methods education: the approach, the foundations of research design, quantitative analysis and qualitative data. All the advice is evidence-based and grounded in the science of teaching and learning (SoTL) literature from experienced, award-winning and highly recognized instructors of political methodology. Teaching Undergraduate Political Methodology will be required reading for faculty wanting to establish excellent methods for challenging subjects within the fields of political science, public administration and public policies. It will also serve as a useful resource for instructors wishing to gain greater student engagement with their courses by utilising different methods.