While the formal rules of etiquette are not taught the way they once were, good manners are as critical today as they ever were. 50 Things Every Young Lady Should Know provides a modern update on the ageless idea that girls should know appropriate and courteous responses to any given situation.

Fumio Sasaki changed his life when he became a minimalist. But before minimalism could really stick, he had to make it a habit. All of us live our lives based on the habits we’ve formed, from when we get up in the morning to what we eat and drink to how likely we are to actually make it to the gym. In Hello, Habits, Sasaki explains how we can acquire the new habits that we want - and get rid of the ones that don’t do us any good.

【シリーズ解説】本場アメリカのビジネスシーンで使われている生の会議スキル。自己紹介から会議の議事進行まで、ドラマ仕立てのストーリーに添って、楽しくレッスンできます。ビジネスは「仕事」とはいうものの、「社交」の場でもあります。ビジネスの世界で成功するには社交界での成功なしでは成り立ちません。このシリーズを通して、ビジネスと社交における「ビジネス会話」、「文書スキル」、そして「社交スキル」を学習します。このシリーズは、国際的な会議を開催しそれに参加するグループの人々を追いながら学習していきます。それぞれの登場人物を通して、ビジネススキルはもちろん、国際的な時代の文化や友情、はたまた恋愛関係についてまで学べます。またこのシリーズでは「アメリカ社会」、「ビジネス文化」、「国際的な問題」についても取り上げます。ビジネス英語を聞く、話す、ということは、言葉だけではなく、その文化的背景の違いを理解することが一番重要です。このシリーズは、そんなビジネスシーンで英語を使おうとしている人にぴったりのエッセンスが満載です。　【シリーズストーリー】日本人エンジニアの昭が、シリコンバレーのスタートアップで活躍する姿を等身大で描いています。シャイだけど仕事に関してはとても優秀な昭。上司や同僚との付き合い方、国際会議での振舞い方、上手なプレゼンの進め方、はたまた片思いの彼女への気持ちの伝え方など、日常生活が満載

For centuries, experts have argued that learning was about memorizing information: You're supposed to study facts, dates, and details, burn them into your memory, and then apply that knowledge at opportune times. But this approach to learning isn't nearly enough for the world that we live in today, and in Learn Better journalist and education researcher Ulrich Boser demonstrates that how we learn can matter just as much as what we learn.

Written in 1920 by the British author Hugh Lofting, the Doctor Dolittle books were a series of children's novels about a man who learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world. It was one of the novels in the series which was adapted into the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle.

In the first book in this series, eight-year-old Drake is snatched up by King Roland's soldier and taken to the castle. He is to be trained as a Dragon Master. At the castle, he is joined by three other young Dragon Masters-in-training: Ana, Rori, and Bo. The Dragon Masters must learn how to connect with and train their dragons - and they must also uncover their dragons' special powers.

Inspired as a boy by the multiple meanings to be found for a single word in the dictionary, Kohei Araki is devoted to the notion that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty-seven years creating them at Gembu Books, it's time for him to retire and find his replacement. He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majime - a young, disheveled square peg with a penchant for collecting antiquarian books and a background in linguistics - whom he swipes from his company's sales department.

With the third refreshed edition of 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself, Steve Chandler helps you create an action plan for living your vision, in business and in life. It features 100 proven methods to positively change the way you think and act - methods based on feedback from the hundreds of thousands of corporate and public seminar attendees Chandler speaks to each year. The book now also includes techniques and breakthroughs he has created for individual coaching clients.

Tokyo resident Keiko Furukara has never fit in - neither in her family, nor in school - but when at the age of 18 she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of national convenience store chain Smile Mart, she realizes instantly that she has found her purpose in life. Delighted to be able to exist in a place where the rules of social interaction are crystal clear (many are laid out line-by-line in the store's manual), Keiko does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, and mode of speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a "normal" person excellently, more or less.

Classical guitarist Satoshi Makino has toured the world and is at the height of his career when he first lays eyes on journalist Yoko Komine. Their bond forms instantly. Upon their first meeting, after Makino’s concert in Tokyo, they begin a conversation that will go on for years, with long spells of silence broken by powerful moments of connection. She’s drawn by Makino’s tender music and his sensitivity, and he is intrigued by Yoko’s refinement and intellect. But neither knows enough about love to see it blooming nor has the confidence to make the first move.