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  • Exhaustion

    A History

    by Anna K. Schaffner ...
    Today our fatigue feels chronic; our anxieties, amplified. Proliferating technologies command our attention. Many people complain of burnout, and economic instability and the threat of ecological catastrophe fill us with dread. We look to the past, imagining life to have once been simpler and slower, but extreme mental and physical stress is not a modern syndrome. Beginning in classical antiquity, ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Art of Self-Improvement

    Ten Timeless Truths

    by Anna Katharina Schaffner ...
    A brilliant distillation of the key ideas behind successful self-improvement practices throughout history, showing us how they remain relevant todaySelf-help today is a multi-billion-dollar global industry, one often seen as a by-product of neoliberalism and capitalism. Far from being a recent phenomenon, however, the practice of self-improvement has a long and rich history, extending all the way ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

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    The Art of Self-Improvement

    Ten Timeless Truths

    by Anna Katharina Schaffner ...
    Narrated by Rachael Beresford ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 56 min

    A brilliant distillation of the key ideas behind successful self-improvement practices throughout history, showing us how they remain relevant todaySelf-help today is a multi-billion-dollar global industry, one often seen as a by-product of neoliberalism and capitalism. Far from being a recent phenomenon, however, the practice of self-improvement has a long and rich history, extending all the way ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Exhausted

    An A-Z for the Weary

    by Anna Katharina Schaffner ...
    Narrated by Eleanor Stankiewicz ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 11 min

    Burnout is said to be the defining feeling of the post-pandemic world – but why are we all so exhausted? Some of us struggle with perfectionism, while others are simply overwhelmed by the demands of modern life. But whatever you're feeling, you are not alone – and this liberating, enlightening guide to exhaustion in all its forms will help you find the energy to beat burnout and weariness. From ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The effect of the German separation on the communication in Germany

    by J. Tucholka, Anna / Wanke, C. / Schaffner ...
    Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Tourism - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,7, Stralsund University of Applied Sciences, course: Intercultural communication, language: English, abstract: Communication is everything. Nowadays communication is involved in every part of our life. Interactions and interrelations between different people is the basis for social competences, politics, economy, ... Read more

    $20.95 USD

  • Burnout, Fatigue, Exhaustion

    An Interdisciplinary Perspective on a Modern Affliction

    Edited by Sighard Neckel, Anna Katharina Schaffner, Greta Wagner ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This interdisciplinary book explores both the connections and the tensions between sociological, psychological, and biological theories of exhaustion. It examines how the prevalence of exhaustion – both as an individual experience and as a broader socio-cultural phenomenon – is manifest in the epidemic rise of burnout, depression, and chronic fatigue. It provides innovative analyses of the complex ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

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    Made in America

    The dark history that led to Donald Trump, from the award-winning political broadcaster

    by Edward Stourton ...
    Narrated by Edward Stourton ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 9 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Trump’s second term, even more than his first, is often called ‘unprecedented’. But history shows that Trump and his policies are as American as apple pie…Much of what Donald Trump does seems maverick and even mad. His actions and policy pronouncements are a stark rupture from the American style of leadership that we have lived with all our lives. But whether we like them ... Read more

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    How Not to Be a Supermodel

    A Noughties Memoir

    by Ruth Crilly ...
    Narrated by Ruth Crilly ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 37 min

    At twenty years old, five feet eight and with boobs that were 'inconveniently fulsome', Ruth was not quite young enough, tall enough, or waif-like enough to ever hope for a meteoric rise to supermodel status. And yet her sheer optimism and questionable grasp on reality led her to abandon her law degree and begin a career with one of the biggest agencies in the world.Follow Ruth through a rip ... Read more

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    Being Old...and learning to love it!

    by Prue Leith ...
    Narrated by Prue Leith ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 47 min

    SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, MARCH 2026'I devoured it.' - NIGELLA LAWSON'Few people have aged so gracefully and enterprisingly as Prue. How she's done it is a revelation, full of humour and practical advice.' - DELIA SMITH'Oh my days, this book is an absolute JOY! It is like sitting down with your fabulous, straight-talking auntie who tells it exactly how it is... but with a big c... ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    Understanding Beliefs

    by Nils J. Nilsson ...
    Narrated by Don Hagen ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 46 min

    The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series Our beliefs constitute a large part of our knowledge of the world. We have beliefs about objects, about culture, about the past, and about the future. We have beliefs about other people, and we believe that they have beliefs as well. We use beliefs to predict, to explain, to create, to console, to entertain. Some of our beliefs we call theories, and we are ... Read more

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    Wanting

    The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

    by Luke Burgis ...
    Narrated by Luke Burgis, Sean Patrick Hopkins ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 54 min

    A groundbreaking exploration of why we want what we want, and a toolkit for freeing ourselves from chasing unfulfilling desires.Gravity affects every aspect of our physical being, but there’s a psychological force just as powerful—yet almost nobody has heard of it. It’s responsible for bringing groups of people together and pulling them apart, making certain goals attractive to some and not to ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Being You

    A New Science of Consciousness

    by Anil Seth ...
    Narrated by Anil Seth ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 46 min

    INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER"Being You is an exhilarating book: a vast-ranging, phenomenal achievement that will undoubtedly become a seminal text." —The GuardianAnil Seth's quest to understand the biological basis of conscious experience is one of the most exciting contributions to twenty-first-century science.What does it mean to “be you”—that is, to have a specific, conscious experience of the ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

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