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BOOK OF THE WEEK with Charlie Richards.
Pugh’s New Year’s Resolutions, Jonathan Pugh, ISBN 978-1780722887 (Short Books) BD4.900 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
Day in day out, Jonathan Pugh delights Daily Mail readers with his uniquely affectionate and witty cartoons. He has a disarming ability to poke gentle fun while cutting right to the heart of all our foibles. In this wonderful Christmas gift collection, Pugh casts a masterly eye over our annual attempts at self improvement - why is it that we always set the bar just a little too high?
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A Year of Doing Good: One Woman, One New Year’s Resolution, 365 Good Deeds, Judith O’Reilly, ISBN 978-0670921133 (Penguin) BD6.300 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members.
Fed up of New Year’s resolutions involving diets and exercise abandoned on January 2nd, Judith is attempting to be good for one whole year. She embarked on a mission to do one good deed every day. Some called it a social experiment. At times she called it madness. Juggling family, friends and a variety of neighbours in the small Northumberland village she calls home, she recounts the ups, downs, moments of doubt and sheer bloody hard work of doing good. From the small - babysitting a friend’s child, clearing up her neighbour’s dead mice and feeding her friendship cake Herman the German, to the slightly larger - trying to raise £10,000 for charity with her Jam Jar Army and teaching a severely handicapped child to write - she describes what she learns along the way: that no good deed is too small and that being good makes you happy. Well, most of the time.
MY FAVOURITE READ OF THE WEEK
Finding Your Element, Ken Robinson, ISBN 978-0241952023 (Penguin) BD4.900 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
The Element has inspired readers all over the world to change their lives and this new companion is a practical guide containing all the tools, techniques and resources you need to discover the depth of your abilities and unlock your potential. Among the questions it answers are: l How do I find out what my talents and passions are? l What if I love something I’m not good at - or I’m good at something I don’t love? l What if I can’t make a living from my Element? l How do I do help my children find their Element? No matter what you do, or where you are in life, if you’re searching for your Element, this book will help you find it. Sir Ken Robinson, PhD, is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation, and human potential. He advises governments, corporations, education systems, and some of the world’s leading cultural organizations. The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference have been seen by an estimated 200 million people in over 150 countries.
