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JOY IS A RISK WORTH TAKING by Kelly McGonigal is OUT NOW 🎉

In this delightful book, author and renowned psychologist Kelly McGonigal offers a life-changing guide to embracing joy in our daily life:

Joy gives life meaning, sustains hope and helps us feel close to others. Yet, many people find it difficult to allow themselves to feel joy; they worry that it is selfish to seek it and question whether it is even attainable when life gets hard. How can we allow ourselves to trust the feeling of joy and welcome it into our lives?

Weaving together personal storytelling with insights from psychology, neuroscience and research conducted around the world, McGonigal offers tangible ways to experience this powerful emotion in everyday life. You’ll discover:

- How joy works in the brain and body to provide relief
- Why joy is a form of social support and how to bring joy to others
- Strategies to counteract joy dampening that keeps us from enjoying good moments
- Tools to navigate common obstacles to joy, such as envy, guilt, anxiety and grief
- 20 ‘joy experiments’ you can begin implementing today

Motivating and uplifting, JOY IS A RISK WORTH TAKING shows that seeking and sharing joy is an act of courage and compassion - and one you can take even when life is difficult.

#books #bookstagram #fyp #selfhelpbooks #psychology by @headline_press

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From Woodward and Bernstein’s famous exposé of a crooked American president to the shocking murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia who confronted deep-rooted corruption in Malta, HARD TRUTH explores ten dramatic cases where journalists showed astonishing bravery in uncovering the truth, sometimes paying the ultimate price.

Stephen Sackur spent many years holding political leaders to account as the presenter of BBC HARDtalk. In HARD TRUTH he takes us inside in a series of global investigations, highlighting the work of extraordinarily courageous journalists in a journey that leads him from Washington to the West Bank, Moscow to Manila.

Hard Truth is also the story of Sackur re-examining the assumptions underpinning the journalism he grew up with. Is it enough to bear witness and move on? What does impartiality mean when the truth itself is drowning in a sea of distraction, distortion and disinformation? Do we need journalists who see themselves as ‘activists for truth’?

In a media landscape dominated by a handful of tech oligarchs, in which lies are weaponised and reality is warped by algorithms, independent journalists are increasingly on the front line of the fight to save democracy itself. Hard Truth shows us that there is hope. It is a fight that can still be won.

#books #nf #geopolítics #journalism #journalismmatters by @headline_press

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9 days ago

📢 Calling all non-fiction readers 📢

From the 1st of October to the 31st, Kindle users in the UK can purchase the eBook editions of ECONOMICA by Victoria Bateman, POWER AND THE PALACE by Valentine Low, SHADOW CELL by Andrew and Jihi Bustamante, THE RED EMPEROR by Michael Sheridan and TAKEOVER by Timothy W Ryback for just 99p — so don’t miss out!

#books #bookstagram #bookrecs #octobertbr #tbr by @headline_press

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16 days ago

📢 Calling all UK Audible Members 📢 Are you looking to learn more about the world? Do you enjoy books about nature, economics, history or current affairs?

From the 1st to the 31st of October, MY BODY IS A MEADOW by Bethany Handley, AMERICAN HOPE by CNN correspondent Christopher Lamb, ECONOMICA by Victoria Bateman and STEEPLE CHASING by bestselling author Peter Ross will all be available at a reduced price — so don’t miss out!

#books #nonfiction #octobertbr #tbr #bookrecommendations by @headline_press

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Have you read My Body is a Meadow? If you have I need your help.

Readers trust other readers. Honest reviews are the best way to spread my message.

Everyone deserves access to nature. Nobody should feel excluded.

If my book resonated with you, would you leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads?

And maybe more disabled people will feel welcome in the outdoors! by @headline_press

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We loved this article by @palebackwriter for The Guardian!

You can read more of Gabriella Bennett’s beautiful writing in her book, HOW TO BUILD A CITY: Journeys into the Urban Future. Gabriella takes readers on a globe-trotting journey to learn how we are reimagining home and embracing the challenges of contemporary living. From political instability to wildfires, flooding and an increased pressure on materials and space, the built environment is under threat like never before. It must change - and it is.

Celebrating human ingenuity and resilience, How to Build a City is a remarkable investigation into where we’ll live and why it matters.

#books #tbr #bookstagram #architecture #nonfiction by @headline_press

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“Adaptive surfing hasn’t returned me to my old life – it’s given me a new one.”

If you’re reading the Guardian today you’ll find me reminiscing on the first time I was able to return to the waves as a wheelchair user, with the unending support and encouragement of my brother Leon.

You can read A Moment That Changed Me online now or in today's newspaper 🌊

Link is in my stories 🌊

#surfing #AdaptiveSurfing #AdaptiveSport #Disability #ParaSport by @headline_press

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It feels trite to say change is the only constant – but we all experience transformation. Of ourselves, of the people around us, our ways of living, of the world as it changes and is changed by human action and inaction. It’s tempting to let these things sink us. But where there’s still life, there’s still hope. by @headline_press

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THE REAL NIGEL FARAGE by John Sweeney is OUT NOW 🎉

Nigel Farage is one of the most consequential British politicians of our age. He is a power in the land, and it is possible that he will become the UK’s prime minister after the next general election. But who is he?

Farage’s life has been one hell of a romp. The man who delivered Brexit makes the political weather like no one else. He talks saloon-bar English to voters, shows courage, and cracks good jokes, sometimes at his own expense. He has survived a car accident and a plane crash, and has come through it all baring his tobacco-stained teeth and croaking his trademark laugh.

But there is another, darker, side to the man who would be our leader. In The Real Nigel Farage, fearless investigative reporter John Sweeney makes the case for the prosecution, levelling seven grave charges that Farage is not a fit and proper candidate to become prime minister or be anywhere near power.

Drawing on interviews with people who have seen Farage up close and personal - from fellow Dulwich College pupils to party colleagues and at least one former lover - Sweeney paints a portrait of a man whose character can be summed up in four words: charisma, cruelty, chaos - and greed.

Sweeney has gone head-to-head with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in a career spanning three decades. Now it’s Nigel Farage’s turn. This is the real Nigel Farage. You can’t say you haven’t been warned.

#books #bookstagram #reformuk #nigelfarage #politics by @headline_press

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Reminiscing on the gorgeous, joyful whirlwind of the launch event for My Body is a Meadow. This message felt particularly important for me this week as I'm back in hospital.

How do you celebrate the little things?

Footage by @unofficialgaz

#lifeday #interdependence #disability by @headline_press

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🙏🏆 With My Own Hand: Scots Book o the Year 2026⁉️ The winning book is decided by public vote - so making that happen is entirely down to all of you lovely people out there! (Link in bio to vote!! Details at bottom of this post as well!)

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 This shortlisting means a lot, because telling Marie Maitland’s story all began with my passion for the Scots language: the language historically used in our Parliament and courts, in poetry and record, and spoken by Kings, Queens and everyday people alike – although its deserved place and prestige as a language is sadly not always recognised today.

📚 It was in the course of contributing to @natlibscot’s “Wee Windaes” project, which showcases historical Scots texts in the library’s archives, that I first discovered Marie’s name and her Sapphic poetry - and became determined to learn and share everything I could about this remarkable woman. The rest, as they say, is history.

🔎 My research into Marie Maitland took me into the archives, uncovering and decoding many records in historical Scots, which have been unseen for centuries. Because Scots was still the language of the Scottish nation in the 1500s, when Marie lived, all of the original records relating to her life, documentary and poetic, were written in historical Scots, which I share in the book, with English translations throughout.

🩷 I am immensely proud that ‘With My Own Hand’ therefore not only validates and showcases lesbian and women’s history, but also the Scots language and its rich history - all parts of our history that are unsung, but which deserve to be better known and celebrated.

🗳️ VOTE HERE (and you dinnae have to vote in every category, by the way - you can just vote in the book category!): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SLAVoting2026

@headline_press @headlinebooks @portyliterary @handsupfortrad

📸 Thanks to Aly Wight (@alywight) for the accidentally perfect photo, taken at EIBF! by @headline_press

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OUTSMART EVERYONE by Andrew Bustamante is OUT NOW 🎉

Information is the lifeblood of spycraft, and it’s also the key to unlocking opportunity, influence, and freedom in everyday life. But in a world of infinite newsfeeds, data sources, and AI-generated search results, the most powerful person in the room isn’t the one with the most information or even the best information. It’s the person who knows how to turn that information into knowledge - and how to turn that knowledge into action.

Intelligence operatives do this better than anyone on earth, and in Outsmart Everyone, Andrew Bustamante - a former CIA officer and self-made millionaire entrepreneur - shares their secrets. Packed with high-octane stories from his years undercover and practical strategies that the CIA doesn’t want you to know, Outsmart Everyone reveals how to:

- Cut through information overload and transform raw data into actionable insights
- Detect lies and hidden agendas by reading people like a professional interrogator
- Build powerful networks using the same methods that the CIA employs to recruit foreign assets
- Navigate complex human dynamics to gain an edge in negotiations, networking, and teamwork
- Separate signal from noise to notice what others miss and remember details that others forget
- Master the art of asking questions to unlock human intelligence
- And much more

These are the same elite skills that CIA operatives use to hunt terrorists, cultivate sources, and learn enemy secrets-and never get caught doing it. In this one-of-a-kind field guide, you’ll learn how to deploy these strategies to win untold success, power, and influence in your everyday life.

#bookstagram #books #selfhelp #cia #management by @headline_press

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