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Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea. For centuries, China had been the world's sole tea manufacturer.

"If ever there was a book to read in the company of a nice cuppa, this is it." -The Washington Post In the dramatic story of one of the greatest acts of corporate espionage ever committed, Sarah Rose recounts the fascinating, unlikely circumstances surrounding a turning point in economic history. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the British East India Company faced the loss of its monopoly on the fantastically lucrative tea trade with China, forcing it to make the drastic decision of sending Scottish botanist Robert Fortune to steal the crop from deep within China and bring it back to British plantations in India. Fortune's danger-filled odyssey, magnificently recounted here, reads like adventure fiction, revealing a long-forgotten chapter of the past and the wondrous origins of a seemingly ordinary beverage.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The dramatic, untold history of the heroic women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory in World War II "Gripping. Spies, romance, Gestapo thugs, blown-up trains, courage, and treachery (lots of treachery)--and all of it true."--Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was on the front lines. To "set Europe ablaze," in the words of Winston Churchill, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose spies were trained in everything from demolition to sharpshooting, was forced to do something unprecedented: recruit women. Thirty-nine answered the call, leaving their lives and families to become saboteurs in France. In D-Day Girls, Sarah Rose draws on recently de­classified files, diaries, and oral histories to tell the thrilling story of three of these remarkable women. There's Andr e Borrel, a scrappy and streetwise Parisian who blew up power lines with the Gestapo hot on her heels; Odette Sansom, an unhappily married suburban mother who saw the SOE as her ticket out of domestic life and into a meaningful adventure; and Lise de Baissac, a fiercely independent member of French colonial high society and the SOE's unflap­pable "queen." Together, they destroyed train lines, ambushed Nazis, plotted prison breaks, and gathered crucial intelligence--laying the groundwork for the D-Day invasion that proved to be the turning point in the war. Rigorously researched and written with razor-sharp wit, D-Day Girls is an inspiring story for our own moment of resistance: a reminder of what courage--and the energy of politically animated women--can accomplish when the stakes seem incalculably high. Praise for D-Day Girls "Rigorously researched . . . a] thriller in the form of a non-fiction book."--Refinery29 "Equal parts espionage-romance thriller and historical narrative, D-Day Girls traces the lives and secret activities of the 39 women who answered the call to infiltrate France. . . . While chronicling the James Bond-worthy missions and love affairs of these women, Rose vividly captures the broken landscape of war."--The Washington Post "Gripping history . . . thoroughly researched and written as smoothly as a good thriller, this is a mesmerizing story of creativity, perseverance, and astonishing heroism."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The dramatic, untold history of the heroic women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory in World War II "Gripping. Spies, romance, Gestapo thugs, blown-up trains, courage, and treachery (lots of treachery)--and all of it true."--Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was on the front lines. To "set Europe ablaze," in the words of Winston Churchill, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose spies were trained in everything from demolition to sharpshooting, was forced to do something unprecedented: recruit women. Thirty-nine answered the call, leaving their lives and families to become saboteurs in France. In D-Day Girls, Sarah Rose draws on recently de­classified files, diaries, and oral histories to tell the thrilling story of three of these remarkable women. There's Andr e Borrel, a scrappy and streetwise Parisian who blew up power lines with the Gestapo hot on her heels; Odette Sansom, an unhappily married suburban mother who saw the SOE as her ticket out of domestic life and into a meaningful adventure; and Lise de Baissac, a fiercely independent member of French colonial high society and the SOE's unflap­pable "queen." Together, they destroyed train lines, ambushed Nazis, plotted prison breaks, and gathered crucial intelligence--laying the groundwork for the D-Day invasion that proved to be the turning point in the war. Rigorously researched and written with razor-sharp wit, D-Day Girls is an inspiring story for our own moment of resistance: a reminder of what courage--and the energy of politically animated women--can accomplish when the stakes seem incalculably high. Praise for D-Day Girls "Rigorously researched . . . a] thriller in the form of a non-fiction book."--Refinery29 "Equal parts espionage-romance thriller and historical narrative, D-Day Girls traces the lives and secret activities of the 39 women who answered the call to infiltrate France. . . . While chronicling the James Bond-worthy missions and love affairs of these women, Rose vividly captures the broken landscape of war."--The Washington Post "Gripping history . . . thoroughly researched and written as smoothly as a good thriller, this is a mesmerizing story of creativity, perseverance, and astonishing heroism."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The dramatic, untold story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory, for fans of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE by Sonia Purnell'Gripping: Spies, romance, Gestapo thugs, blown-up trains, courage, and treachery (lots of treachery) - and all of it true, all precisely documented' ERIK LARSON, author of THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY'The mission is this: Read D-Day Girls today. Not just for the spy flair but also because this history feels more relevant than ever, as an army of women and girls again find themselves in a fight for the common good'LILY KOPPEL, author of THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB 'Thoroughly researched and written as smoothly as a good thriller, this is a mesmerising story of creativity, perseverance, and astonishing heroism' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred review* * *In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was fighting. Believing that Britain was locked in an existential battle, Winston Churchill had already created a secret agency, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose spies were trained in everything from demolition to sharpshoot­ing. Their job, he declared, was to 'set Europe ablaze'. But with most men on the front lines, the SOE was forced to do something unprecedented: recruit women. Thirty-nine answered the call, leaving their lives and families to become saboteurs in France. In D-Day Girls, Sarah Rose draws on recently de­classified files, diaries, and oral histories to tell the thrilling story of three of these remarkable women. There's Andrée Borrel, a scrappy and streetwise Parisian who blew up power lines with the Gestapo hot on her heels; Odette Sansom, an unhappily married suburban mother who saw the SOE as her ticket out of domestic life and into a meaningful adventure; and Lise de Baissac, a fiercely independent member of French colonial high society and the SOE's unflap­pable 'queen'. Together, they destroyed train lines, ambushed Nazis, plotted prison breaks, and gathered crucial intelligence-laying the groundwork for the D-Day invasion that proved to be the turning point in the war. Rigorously researched and written with razor-sharp wit, D-Day Girls is an inspiring story for our own moment of resistance: a reminder of what courage-and the energy of politically animated women-can accomplish when the stakes seem incalculably high.

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans with all sorts of disabilities came to be labeled as "unproductive citizens." Before that, disabled people had contributed as they were able in homes, on farms, and in the wage labor market, reflecting the fact that Americans had long viewed productivity as a spectrum that varied by age, gender, and ability. But as Sarah F. Rose explains in No Right to Be Idle, a perfect storm of public policies, shifting family structures, and economic changes effectively barred workers with disabilities from mainstream workplaces and simultaneously cast disabled people as morally questionable dependents in need of permanent rehabilitation to achieve ""self-care"" and ""self-support.""By tracing the experiences of policymakers, employers, reformers, and disabled people caught up in this epochal transition, Rose masterfully integrates disability history and labor history. She shows how people with disabilities lost access to paid work and the status of "worker"--a shift that relegated them and their families to poverty and second-class economic and social citizenship. This has vast consequences for debates about disability, work, poverty, and welfare in the century to come.

In einer Welt, in der Gesundheitsbewusstsein zunehmend in den Vordergrund r ckt, k mpfen viele Menschen mit der st ndigen Sorge, an einer schweren Krankheit zu leiden. Doch wie erkennt man, ob es sich um echte Symptome oder um eine bersteigerte Angst vor Krankheiten handelt? "Hypochondrie erkennen: Ein Leitfaden zur Selbstdiagnose und Verst ndnis der Symptome" bietet eine umfassende und fundierte Einf hrung in das Ph nomen der Hypochondrie. Dieses Buch richtet sich an Menschen, die sich h ufig mit der Sorge um ihre Gesundheit auseinandersetzen und nicht sicher sind, ob ihre ngste begr ndet oder bertrieben sind. Es bietet wertvolle Einblicke in die psychologischen Mechanismen, die dieser St rung zugrunde liegen, und hilft dabei, die eigenen Symptome besser zu verstehen und einzuordnen. Mit wissenschaftlich fundierten Informationen, praktischen Selbsttests und Fallbeispielen unterst tzt dieses Buch den Leser dabei, die Anzeichen von Hypochondrie zu erkennen und die Unterschiede zu realen gesundheitlichen Problemen zu verstehen. Dar ber hinaus werden Strategien zur Bew ltigung der Angst und zur F rderung des eigenen Wohlbefindens vorgestellt. Dieses Buch ist ein unverzichtbarer Ratgeber f r alle, die lernen m chten, ihre gesundheitlichen ngste besser zu verstehen und eine fundierte Einsch tzung ihrer eigenen Situation zu gewinnen. Ein wertvolles Werkzeug, um den ersten Schritt in Richtung eines ruhigeren, ges nderen Lebens zu machen.

I en verden der helsebevissthet blir stadig viktigere, er det mange som sliter med en konstant bekymring for lide av en alvorlig sykdom. Men hvordan kan man gjenkjenne om det dreier seg om reelle symptomer eller en overdreven frykt for sykdom? gjenkjenne hypokondri: En guide til selvdiagnose og symptomforst else gir en omfattende og grundig innf ring i fenomenet hypokondri. Boken henvender seg til mennesker som ofte er bekymret for egen helse, og som er usikre p om frykten er berettiget eller overdrevet. Den gir verdifull innsikt i de psykologiske mekanismene som ligger til grunn for denne lidelsen, og hjelper folk til bedre forst og kategorisere sine egne symptomer.Med vitenskapelig basert informasjon, praktiske selvtester og casestudier hjelper denne boken leseren til gjenkjenne tegnene p hypokondri og forst forskjellene til reelle helseproblemer. Den gir ogs strategier for mestre angst og fremme personlig velv re.Boken er en uunnv rlig guide for alle som nsker l re seg forst sin egen helseangst bedre og f en mer informert vurdering av sin egen situasjon. Et verdifullt verkt y for ta det f rste skrittet mot et roligere og sunnere liv.1. utgave 2024

W świecie, w kt rym świadomośc zdrowotna coraz częściej zajmuje centralne miejsce, wiele os b zmaga się z ciąglym niepokojem związanym z poważną chorobą. Ale jak rozpoznac, czy są to prawdziwe objawy, czy przesadny strach przed chorobą?"Rozpoznawanie hipochondrii: A Guide to Self-Diagnosis and Understanding Symptoms" stanowi kompleksowe i doglębne wprowadzenie do zjawiska hipochondrii. Książka ta skierowana jest do os b, kt re często martwią się o swoje zdrowie i nie są pewne, czy ich obawy są uzasadnione czy przesadzone. Oferuje cenny wgląd w psychologiczne mechanizmy leżące u podstaw tego zaburzenia i pomaga ludziom lepiej zrozumiec i skategoryzowac wlasne objawy.Dzięki naukowo popartym informacjom, praktycznym testom i studiom przypadk w, książka ta pomaga czytelnikowi rozpoznac oznaki hipochondrii i zrozumiec r żnice w stosunku do rzeczywistych problem w zdrowotnych. Zawiera r wnież strategie radzenia sobie z lękiem i promowania dobrego samopoczucia.Książka ta jest niezbędnym przewodnikiem dla każdego, kto chce nauczyc się lepiej rozumiec swoje lęki zdrowotne i uzyskac bardziej świadomą ocenę wlasnej sytuacji. To cenne narzędzie pozwalające zrobic pierwszy krok w kierunku spokojniejszego, zdrowszego życia.

У світі, де обізнаність про здоров'я все більше виходить на перший план, багато людей борються з постійним страхом захворіти на серйозну хворобу. Але як розпізнати, чи це справжні симптоми, чи перебільшений страх перед хворобою? Розпізнати іпохондрію Посібник із самодіагностики та розуміння симптомів надає всебічний і глибокий вступ до феномену іпохондрії. Ця книга призначена для людей, які часто турбуються про своє здоров'я і не впевнені, чи їхні страхи виправдані, чи перебільшені. Вона пропонує цінну інформацію про психологічні механізми, що лежать в основі цього розладу, і допомагає людям краще зрозуміти та класифікувати власні симптоми. Завдяки науково обґрунтованій інформації, практичним самотестам та аналізу конкретних випадків ця книга допомагає читачеві розпізнати ознаки іпохондрії та зрозуміти, чим вона відрізняється від справжніх проблем зі здоров'ям. Вона також пропонує стратегії подолання тривоги та сприяння особистому благополуччю. Ця книга є незамінним посібником для всіх, хто хоче навчитися краще розуміти свої тривоги, пов'язані зі здоров'ям, і отримати більш обґрунтовану оцінку власної ситуації. Цінний інструмент для того, щоб зробити перший крок до більш спокійного та здорового життя.