Tom Mcgrath

Et sents totalment esgotat? Penses que la teva vida és una successió d''aclaparaments? En aquest cas, un tractat sobre com vencer l''estrés seria per a tu, més que un remei, una tasca afegida. Contra !''estres, amb els seus consells breus, pero profunds, es una guia practica i efectiva per reconeixer i posar remei a l''estres. Aquest llibre no et fara invulnerable a la fatiga, pero si pot ajudar-te a tractar positivament l''estres.Una col·leccio de petits llibres il·lustrats per en R. W. Alley que contenen interessants missatges i consells dautoajuda. Els dos protagonistes dels dibuixos, sensibles, plens de recursos, desperit i cor amable, juntament amb la seva comunitat damics, ens revelen el que es veritablement important. Ens transmeten en cada missatge la seva joia, la seva capacitat de sorpresa, la seva jovialitat, el seu esperit comunitari; ens apropen a la plenitud, al miracle de la vida.

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024 A fascinating first history of the Yuppie phenomenon, chronicling the roots, rise, triumph and (seeming) fall of the young urban professionals who radically altered American life between 1980 and 1987."Entertaining and insightful." Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of Bitcoin Billionaires By the time their obituary was being written in the late 1980s, Yuppiesthe elite, uber educated faction of the Baby Boom generationhad become a cultural punchline. But amidst the Yuppies preoccupation with money, work, and the latest status symbols, something serious was happening, too, something that continues to have profound ramifications on American culture four decades later. Brimming with lively and nostalgic details (think Jane Fonda, The Sharper Image, and over-the-top fashion), Triumph of the Yuppies charts Boomers transformation from hippie idealists in the late 1960s to careerists in the early 1980s, and details how marketers, the media, and politicians pivoted to appeal to this influential new group. Yuppie values had an undeniable impact on the worlds of fashion, food, and fitness, as well as affecting the broader culturefrom gentrification and an obsession with career success to an indulgent materialism. Most significantly, the me first mindset typical of Yuppieness helped create the largest income inequality in a century. Tom McGraths masterful cultural history reveals how Yuppies reshaped American society. It is a portrait of America just as it was beginning to come apartand the origin story of the fractured country we live in today.

Growing up in Waterford, Tom McGrath never noticed the odd gaps in the stories of his parents lives before he was born; it was only many years after they died that he uncovered the unspoken truths, which did so much to explain the people they had been.Here he tells the incredible true story of his fathers conscription into the British Army, his escape from a prisoner-of-war camp in Poland, his daring journey across Europe and subsequent recapture and the devastating news that awaited him in England. Toms research also led him to discover that his mother also carried a heartbreaking secret.In writing this book Tom not only recreated his fathers nail-biting escape but also embarked on a journey of his own to reconnect with previously unknown family members in order to piece together an extraordinarily rare tale that encompasses memoir, family history, and the parallel stories, which were almost lost for ever, of his parents lives of desperate hardship.

La enfermedad es especialmente angustiosa para los niños. Este libro acompaña al pequeño a través del extraño, pavoroso y a menudo solitario mundo de la enfermedad y la hospitalización. Comprender los sentimientos y las cuestiones confusas de los niños enfermos permite ofrecerles ayuda y consuelo. Los pequeños duendes que habitan en estas páginas presentan modos creativos para que los pequeños puedan entretenerse, permanezcan unidos a sus familias y amigos, y se ayuden a sí mismos a curarse.