In Daring Greatly, Dr. Brene Brown dispels the widely accepted myth that vulnerability is a weakness. She argues rather that vulnerability is strength and when we shut ourselves off from vulnerability – from revealing our true selves – we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives.
INTRODUCTION: MY ADVENTURES IN THE ARENA
In Atomic Habits, author and world-renowned habits expert James Clear conveys how big change starts with small everyday shifts. In this extract from the book, he writes about how any new habit can start with a simple two-minute action.
How to Stop Procrastinating
Grab your gobblefunk dictionary and dust off your dream-catching jars
because Roald Dahl Story Day is just around the corner on 13 September!
To celebrate, we've rounded up seven splendiferous books from the world's
most scrumdiddlyumptious storyteller. From chocolate rivers to peachy
adventures, each tale is packed with unforgettable characters, mischievous
mayhem, and all the wonder your whizzpopping heart could desire. Whether
The whispers started long before the accident on Harlow Lane . . . There was the party, where Whitney screamed at her ten-year-old, Xavier. Afterwards, the silence was deafening.
To celebrate its third anniversary, The Penguin Post is giving away hampers to the collective value of R16 000!
The Penguin Post has been exciting book lovers all over South Africa for the last three years and has proved to be an invaluable source of insight for booksellers across the country.
The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize is the leading literary awards for single works of fiction published in the UK in English. We have three phenomenal books on the longlist for 2023. Check them out!
Mikki Brammer's The Collected Regrets of Clover is a big-hearted and life-affirming debut about a death doula who, in caring for others at the end of their life, has forgotten how to live her own. Mikki chats about Clover and her other memorable characters, and addressing her own regret in the writing of this astounding book.
When we all know we're going to die, how do we make sure we truly live? Clover Brooks has forgotten how to live. It might be because she spends her time caring for people in their final days, working as a death doula in New York City. Or it might be because she has a regret of her own - one she can't bring herself to let go of. But then she meets Claudia: a feisty old woman who has one last wish . . . As Clover begins a new adventure, will she remember how to live her own big, beautiful life?
The new unputdownable thriller from the 'queen of the one-sit read', multi-million-copy bestselling author. Secrets start to unravel in a family-friendly neighbourhood when a local girl goes missing.
Chapter One
As a girl, Marie-Jeanne realizes that she can see the marks Love has left on the people around her - tiny glowing lights on their faces and hands that shimmer more brightly when the one meant for them is near. Before long, Marie-Jeanne is playing matchmaker in her village. As she grows up, Marie-Jeanne helps her foster father, Francis, set up a mobile library that travels through the many small mountain towns in the region of Nyons.