Lonely Planet`s ” Happy
- Secrets in Happiness from the Cultures of the World” aims to show you how & where you can recharge your
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For decades Denmark has ranked at the top of the world`s happiness surveys. 5.6 million Danes live in a country that is dark & cold nine months of the year & where income taxes are at almost 60 percent but remain content. At a time when the Western world is focused on unemployment woes, government overreach & anti-taxation lobbies, our Danish counterparts seem to breathe a healthier & fresher air. Interweaving anecdotes & research, Malene Rydahl explores how the values of trust, education & a healthy work-life balance with purpose contribute to a ”happy” population. From eye-opening stories about open-air vegetable stands to babies safely left unattended while parents have coffee, to generous paternity leave policies, Rydahl provides tips that we can all apply to our daily lives regardless of where we live. ...

A group of musicians are travelling to a cafe for a surprise celebration. Press the buttons to hear them play their instruments... & join in with the band to wish one very special little otter a very Happy Birthday! With a flute, guitar, violin & piano, plus a rousing `big band` chorus & a splendid light-up birthday cake ending, this delightful little book makes the perfect birthday gift. ...

Lily & Blue Kangaroo
- a friendship forever! It`s a double birthday celebration in this heartwarming story featuring Lily & her
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Happy City is the story of how the solutions to this century`s problems lie in unlocking the secrets to great city living. This is going to be the century of the city. But what actually makes a good city? Why are some cities a joy to live in? As Charles Montgomery reveals, it`s not how much money your neighbours earn, or how pleasant the climate is that makes the most difference. Journeying to dozens of cities
- from Atlanta to Bogota to Vancouver
- he talks to the new champions of the happy city to explore the urban innovations already transforming people`s lives. He meets the visionary Colombian mayor who turned some of the world`s most dangerous roads into an urban cycling haven; the Danish architect who brought the lessons of medieval Tuscan towns to modern-day Copenhagen; & the New York City transport commissioner who turned the gridlock of Times Square into a place to lounge in the sun. Drawing on the lessons from their stories, from brain science, & from the fascinating realm of urban experimentation, Happy City offers solutions we can all use to improve our lives & shows that simple changes can make all the difference. ” Do we live in neighbourhoods that make us happy? Montgomery encourages us to ask without embarrassment, & to think intelligently about the answer”. (The New York Times Book Review). ” Excellent... Montgomery believes in the importance of smart town planning & Happy City is a compendium of its major ideas”. (Will Dean, Independent). Charles Montgomery is a journalist & urban experimentalist from Vancouver, Canada. His writings on urban planning, psychology, culture, & history have appeared in magazines & journals on three continents. He is the author of one previous book, & was an original member of the BMW Guggenheim Lab.

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A choral novel on the hopes, disillusionments & betrayals of family life in Mexico. A rich Catholic rancher wants his four sons to become priests, while the boys themselves have other plans; a bereaved mother explains her daughter`s life to the man who killed her; three daughters meet up around their father`s coffin for the first time in ten years; a middle-aged couple meet by chance on a cruise-ship & wonder if they were once young lovers. The result is a picture of contemporary Mexico seen through a violently fragmented narrative, not unlike the internationally successful film Amores Perros. The stories are punctuated by a chorus, commenting as if in a Greek tragedy, crudely & unsentimentally on the underbelly of modern Mexican life, offering a raw but richly textured glimpse of the inequalities of that society
- street children, junkies, dead rock icons, the ideal wife, a honeymoon gone wrong, a child suicide, a man faking his death & beginning a new life
- that throw the middle-class dramas of the linked stories into harsh relief. Happy Families is a dramatic polyphony of the many conflicting strands of Latin America & the modern urban world.

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The Happy Flight Passport Cover in this bright green colour by Alife Design, is a stylish passport holder, featuring an airplane design & an embossed passport tag. Inside, on the left there is a slip-in compartment & on the right two full length slots, giving you room for your passport & extra notes or documents you wish to carry. This brightly coloured wallet will protect your passport & will make it easy to spot it when you need it or to avoid leaving it behind. Keep your passport highly visible & protected with the Alife Design ...

The Happy Flight Passport Cover in this bright pink colour by Alife Design, is a stylish passport holder, featuring an airplane design & an embossed passport tag. Inside, on the left there is a slip-in compartment & on the right two full length slots, giving you room for your passport & extra notes or documents you wish to carry. This brightly coloured wallet will protect your passport & will make it easy to spot it when you need it or to avoid leaving it behind. Keep your passport highly visible & protected with the Alife Design ...

The Happy Flight Passport Cover in this bright red colour by Alife Design, is a stylish passport holder, featuring an airplane design & an embossed passport tag. Inside, on the left there is a slip-in compartment & on the right two full length slots, giving you room for your passport & extra notes or documents you wish to carry. This brightly coloured wallet will protect your passport & will make it easy to spot it when you need it or to avoid leaving it behind. Keep your passport highly visible & protected with the Alife Design ...

The Happy Flight Travel Organizer in this bright orange colour by Alife Design, is a stylish holder for all your travel documents & money, featuring an airplane design & debossed city names. Inside, on the left there is a slip-in compartment & a full length flat pocket for your paper money & other documents, on the right there are two credit card slots & two large open pockets for passport, ticket, boarding pass, receipts, etc. This brightly coloured wallet will protect your travel documents, keep them nicely organised & together & will make it easy to spot it when you need it or to avoid leaving it behind. Keep your travel papers, highly visible & protected with the Alife Design ...