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This third book in the best-selling Big Ideas series introduces readers to the classics, as well as modern children's fiction--a charming addition to Big Ideas for Curious Minds and Big Ideas from HistoryGreat stories are often universal: our very souls shine with new ideas when we read them. Books can be so powerful, helping us through tricky times, offering us wisdom we haven't learnt yet, showing us that there are people like us, or showing us the opposite, that other people live very different lives. Books can be a friend when you need one the most and you can use them to help and inspire others, too.Big Ideas from Literature helps the child discover key ideas that lots of different books are trying to teach through the stories they tell - and helps the growing child develop empathy and resilience.This book teaches children (and adults!) about the history of literature, from the first ever story that was written down to the invention of books just for children. The best children's books become our dearest friends and companions. Children discover characters from a diverse range of books - including J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Young Dark Emu: A Truer History by Bruce Pascoe - and learn how these stories can help them better understand the world around them.

A 15th anniversary collection of The School of Life's most popular and essential essays on self-knowledge, relationships, work and culture.The School of Life is an organization with a mission at its heart: to help foster calm, self-understanding and greater emotional maturity. For the last 15 years, we have produced landmark essays on important life topics, now gathered together for the first time.Among the essays collected here, conveniently, in one volume: On Confidence: a guide to throwing off inhibition in the name of a more free and creative lifeSelf-Knowledge: a method for knowing ourselves better in order to make optimal choices in love and workWhy You Will Marry the Wrong Person: a hopeful and wry survey of the trials and joys of marriageIn elegant and clear, helpful prose, these essays take us on a tour around the banner topics of our emotional life, leaving us enlightened, calm and ready to tackle the harder things in life.This beautiful edition of The School of Life's best advice is a perfect companion to carry around or keep on a bedside table-- a concise compendium of some of the wisest things we'll ever need to know.What our readers have been saying about the individual essaysOn Confidence"Brief but insightful! Will be back for more School of Life reads. Works really well on Audible""Brilliant! Thought provoking. Kept concise enough to really focus on the subject and give you time to think about the subject in terms of yourself."Self-Knowledge"It's such a simple and small book but with a powerful message! I really needed it and I'm grateful I got to read this book and work on the exercises. The exercises are definitely a plus and they're very well thought-through!"Just perfect. Must-read for everyone who considers at least dating, not to mention serious commitment. Beautifully exposed all the myths and concepts of love, sex and relationships. While this is very entertaining and funny, the topics are very serious and make me think and change my attitude... a lot."Why You Will Marry The Wrong Person"Excellent little book for perspective on a considerably important subject. If you plan on marrying, take a day and read this magnificent little title."Essays from this series available as audiobooks: Self-KnowledgeOn Confidence