Real Work

THE NERO BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED AUTHOR What does it mean for a stranger to think you’re brave? Readers called me ‘raw’ because I wrote about crying into takeaway containers and drunk texting my dead sister’s number. People wanted to believe it was fearless of me to broadcast my breakdown...

The chaos of everyday business forces people into an exhausting, ineffective, seemingly never-ending cycle of work-arounds, firefighting, and Whac-a-Mole. The irritatingly urgent crowds out the lastingly important. There has to be a better way. And there is: the game-changing discipline of dynamic work design improves productivity, reduces costs, and increases efficiency, ensuring that all parts of a company can work in concert. It has been used in organizations around the world to close the gap between results promised and results delivered.

Master person-centered gerontology and ethical social work to empower aging populations facing complex trauma and grief. Whether you are commuting to a demanding clinical placement or seeking calm, practical guidance for daily caregiving, this audio guide transforms theory into real-world impact...

Master trauma-informed care and build resilience to turn clinical theory into confident, ethical practice. Whether commuting to a demanding shift or studying for exams, this grounding guide translates core values into concrete actions. Navigate complex systems without losing your compassion...

Under the recent advice of social distancing and “stay safe, stay at home”, the advantage in today’s workforce lies with those people who are able to do real work from home. Because, let’s face it, this will not be the only instance in our lifetime where we will encounter the need to lock down and shelter in place. In my book, I show you over 100 ways you can have a successful career working from the comfort of your own home.

From leading contributors to Jacobin magazine, a sweeping vision for a better world and concrete steps to get there, from expansive social welfare guarantees to worker-managed firms to a new culture of innovation. Socialism, the pundits insist, is at best a noble delusion. Good in...

Learn Claude from beginner to mastery, even if you have never used AI before. Learning Claude from Beginner to Mastery is an unofficial, plain-English guide to using Claude AI for writing, research, planning, productivity, automation, business, coding support, and real-world workflows. This book is designed for complete beginners, busy professionals, entrepreneurs, freelancers, students, creators, and non-technical users who want to stop guessing and start getting useful results from Claude. You do not need coding experience. You do not need a technical background.

This edition includes an additional essay exclusive to the audiobook. 'Language gave to me the body I knew was mine and brought into existence so many possibilities for what my gender can be.' Across these twenty fresh and boldly intimate stories, Erin Riley writes about the things that matter...

Imagine if we could remove from work all stress, exhaustion, and insecurity. Imagine if work became the expression of our deepest, most authentic self. Imagine if it no longer looked as though anything depended on it. Imagine if the idea of work dissolved altogether and became the simple, sheer joy of living. We don’t have to imagine it. We can live it. Ease explores the transformation of self, work, colleagues, performance, success, and money as we come back in touch with reality.

AI Prompt Engineering for Beginners Made Simple is a practical, no-code guide for anyone who wants better results from generative AI without confusing technical jargon, coding skills, or endless trial and error. If you have ever typed a prompt into an AI tool and received an answer that felt too broad, too robotic, too inaccurate, or impossible to use, this book will show you what to do differently.

Each day we deal with the challenges of ordinary life: a series of mundane experiences that could be summarized by the title of this book, Work, Sex, Money. We all hope that these aspects of our life will be a source of fulfillment and pleasure, and they often are. Yet they are also always sources of problems for which we seek practical advice and solutions.

Brought to you by Penguin. If you could change one thing about the way you think, feel or behave today, what would it be? We all have things that hold us back in life, preventing us from achieving true success and happiness. Andrew Parr has written the ultimate guide to escaping, resolving, and...

After the global financial panic and recession of 2007–2009, you don’t have to be president or a hedge fund manager to know that “It’s the economy, stupid.” Yet while the economy dominates the headlines, how it works and who influences it remain a mystery to most people. In The Little Book of Economics, Greg Ip, an award-winning journalist renowned for making complex economics easy to understand, walks you through how the economy really works.

Learn the secret of what really drives sales - and how to give people what they need so they want to buy from you.  

Learn Git and GitHub the practical way—without confusion, intimidation, or wasted time. Version control is one of the most important skills every developer needs, but for beginners, Git and GitHub can feel overwhelming. Commands, branches, commits, repositories, pull requests, merge conflicts, and collaboration workflows can seem confusing at first—especially when most tutorials assume you already understand the basics. Git and GitHub for Beginners gives you a clear, step-by-step path from complete beginner to confident user.

Meet Justin Campbell. He’s a newly minted MBA who’s landed a coveted job in consulting. He’s headed to Chicago to serve HGS, a large client with an intriguing new technology its executives haven’t yet decided how to exploit. Constrained by a short timeline and limited information, Justin and his team use state-of-the-art strategy tools to analyze various possibilities. But Justin soon finds the application of his strategy toolkit isn’t as straightforward as he’d expected.

Master practical clinical workflows and separate medical science from marketing hype to safely treat today's patients. Perfect for your daily commute or professional learning time, this authoritative audio experience equips healthcare leaders with actionable strategies for real-world care...

Based on extensive research and workplace experience, The Female Vision demonstrates that what women perceive in organizations and beyond that goes unnoticed and unrewarded is exactly what so many companies need to succeed. Helgeson and Johnson delve deeply into the stories of a number of women whose vision improved their companies - although often they had to struggle not only against unresponsive organizations, peers, or others, but also against their own personal fears.

Financial Times Best Business Book of 2025 Winner of SABEW Best in Business Book Award Two leading gender experts and Harvard researchers reveal a new paradigm for fairness at work and offer professionals at every level, in any kind of organization, immediate, proven, and evidence-based ways...

Master DeepSeek AI in Just 2 Hours—No Jargon, No Overwhelm. Ever felt like AI tools were made for techies, not real people? Think again. DeepSeek Made Simple is your fast-track guide to mastering one of the world’s fastest-growing AI tools—without needing a tech background.