We’ve selected five of the best new local and international non-fiction releases to warm up your brain on your way to and from work.
Still Lucky
Rebecca Huntley
Stop checking your emails, sit up and look around at your fellow commuters. Who do you see? Still Lucky reveals that Australians are actually kinder, more progressive, more fortunate and more alike than we assume. George Megalogenis describes the book as: “[T]he essential work on the Australian people in the 21st century.”
Love Voltaire Us Apart: A Philosopher’s Guide to Relationships
Julie Edelman and Hallie Bateman
Need some guidance for navigating relationships in the modern world? Whether it’s impressing your friends with philosophical quips over a Sunday roast, or seeking age-old wisdom on how to ask your handsome new colleague in the office on a date, this humorous manual will always have a laugh on hand when winter’s loneliness is making you blue.
The Future of Happiness: 5 Modern Strategies for Balancing Productivity and Well-Being In the Digital Era
Amy Blankson
Get those frozen brain cogs turning and learn how to rethink technology through a lens that sees our wellbeing as priority. The co-founder of international positive psychology consulting firm GoodThink, Blankson seeks to teach us how to thrive and be satisfied in the draining pull of the digital age. Through five key strategies, she guides us through innovative tech usage that helps to manage a balance between our smartphones, our productivity and our happiness.
Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
Kim Scott
Find it hard to know how to balance praise and criticism when it comes to your colleagues? Try this guide to strengthening work relationships. A highly successful manager at Google, then at Apple, Kim Malcolm Scott has developed a new approach to management – the “radical candor” method. It’s simple: make it personal, get it done, and understand why it matters.
How To Live In a City
Hugo Macdonald
Most of the world’s population lives in cities: but do we really know how to do it? Hugo Macdonald is motivated to change this, and his pocket-sized handbook is the ideal tool for navigating our relationships with the urban environment. To and from work, we tend not to pay attention to our surroundings. Sometimes it’s difficult to see the beauty in the bustle, especially when the pavement is cold and the sky is grey. How To Live In a City will help you appreciate what the city gives you and appreciate it in return.
