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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This book offers a fresh take on the Victorian notion of expressing oneself with the symbolic language of flowers. Happy Day features bright, cheery flowers with uplifting sentiments. Each spread features a flower that ”flips up” from the page, a brief description of the flower`s meaning, & its special message for the recipient. When all of the blossoms are popped up, the book can be displayed on a desk just like a vase of flowers. ...

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 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 ...

The Happy Flight Travel Organizer in this bright red 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 ...

The Happy Flight Travel Organizer in this bright sky blue 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 ...

1 International bestseller”I love Niklas`s food, & it certainly makes me happy to eat it. It`s fascinating to see that the links between good food & good mood are backed by the latest science. All the more reason to tuck into these delicious dishes.” Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, May 2018` Writing this book has changed our lives. & it could soon change yours too. Although both Niklas & I have devoted a great deal of our adult lives to food & how it affects us, the work we`ve done on HAPPY FOOD has forced us to re-evaluate everything that we have learned.`
- Henrik Ennart The conversation around gut health & the food we eat has been ongoing for a while, but in this book Niklas Ekstedt & Henrik Ennart go one step further to look at how the food we eat affects our brains & mental health, too. You won`t find a more interesting & hands-on book about this subject that delves deep enough into the science without being dry. The unbeatable combination of Ekstedt`s recipes & kitchen know-how with Ennart`s research & flowing narrative, along with beautiful pictures & impeccable Nordic cooking, makes this book a must-have. HAPPY FOOD brings Hygge & lagom into your kitchen, allowing everyone the chance to live & eat like the Scandinavians. With its practical & inspiring advice, HAPPY FOOD will be your companion in everyday life, both in & out of the kitchen. Ennart & Ekstedt elegantly navigate between the ” Early Bird” health-shot & the anti-inflammatory burger all the way to super-beetroot juice. It`s all about good food, & how the right meal can change your life.
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The first series from the bestselling & award-winning picture book genius Rob Biddulph! A brand new, creatively cretaceous story from the bestselling Rob Biddulph
- & the first book in his first ever series! Meet Otto, Winnie, Greg (osaurus) & all the other dinosaur juniors, as they traverse life`s first ups & downs
- all in Rob`s trademark rhyme filled with warmth & humour. This first book is perfect for Rob`s youngest fans, with colourful, detailed artwork & a simple rhyming text perfect for reading aloud.

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