A fascinating exposé of office culture, in the style of the bestselling Affluenza, from popular psychologist Oliver James. The modern working world is a dangerous place, where game-playing, duplicity, and sheer malevolence are rife. Do talent and hard work count for nothing? Is politics everything? In this fascinating exposé, Oliver James reveals the murky underside of modern office life. With cutting-edge research and eye-opening interviews, he highlights the nasty practices that propel people to the top and shows how industries and cultures are fostering this behavior He then divulges strategies and techniques for not only surviving but thriving in these difficult environments. With the right mindset, you can distinguish and deal with toxic and overpromoted colleagues, charm your way through interviews, and use office politics to your advantage. Office Politics will overthrow your perceptions of office life and set you on a new path to success.

A humorous and insightful guide to campus birds

The sixteen birds detailed in this charming field guide will be well known to birders in Connecticut, but the attention to detail and personality quirks in each bird's description make this book special for any reader. Having dropped out of high school, Blue Jays are truants experiencing cheap thrills. Written after leading a student forum on field ornithology, Oliver James developed the book to introduce non-birders to a wonderful new way to experience the world--through encounters with the birds that are most likely to be found on the campus of this liberal arts college. Each species is described through its most distinctive characteristics, and through specific connections to campus (turkey vultures often seem to be inspecting students on Foss for signs of life as they spiral lazily overhead.)

The book features original color illustrations by the author in mixed media--watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil--capturing the beauty and unique field marks of each bird. Written while the author was a Wesleyan senior and originally published by a student-run publishing group, Wesleyan University Press has issued this new edition to share it with a larger audience.

Natural ways to look after yourself, using the wisdom of your body and the extraordinary power of breath.

Are you desperate for a good night's sleep? Do you require powerful pain relief or wish to supercharge your fitness and self care? Oliver James, a body-led psychotherapist and growing presence in the world of breath and breathwork, introduces readers to the power of breathwork through twenty-one simple but effective breathing techniques. Weaving psychotherapy and science with movement and breath, James provides a way to experience life's simplicity through breathing exercises. Sketches and easy-to-follow instructions will help you experience the remarkable potential that has always been right under your nose.

In this groundbreaking book, clinical psychologist Oliver James shows that it is the way we were cared for in the first six years of life that has a crucial effect on who we are and how we behave. Nurture, in effect, shapes our very nature. In a remarkable analysis of science and popular culture, James combines the latest research with revealing case studies, interviews, and biographies with the likes of Michael Jackson, Mia Farrow, and Prince Charles to prove his point. In addition to presenting his findings, James explains how they can be a source of liberation in our lives. Through the use of provocative questions and insightful examples, he helps readers better understand the way their childhood past is affecting their present and how to be your own scriptwriter. He also argues that his findings could have huge implications for society as a whole. A top-seller and recipient of significant attention in the U.K., They F*** You Up is an opinionated, entertaining read which causes us to ponder the origins of our present behavior.

There is currently an epidemic of affluenza throughout the world--an obsessive, envious, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses--that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. Over a nine-month period, bestselling author Oliver James traveled around the world to try and find out why. He discovered how, despite very different cultures and levels of wealth, affluenza is spreading. Cities he visited include Sydney, Singapore, Moscow, Copenhagen, New York, and Shanghai, and in each place he interviewed several groups of people in the hope of finding out not only why this is happening, but also how one can increase the strength of one's emotional immune system. He asks: why do so many more people want what they haven't got and want to be someone they're not, despite being richer and freer from traditional restraints? And, in so doing, uncovers the answer to how to reconnect with what really matters and learn to value what you've already got. In other words, how to be successful and stay sane.

Love Bombing is a radical new method for resetting the emotional thermostats of troubled children and their parents, setting them on a much happier trajectory. It is simple to do, easily explained and works for both severe and mild problems from aged three to early teenage. Many, if not most, parents feel that their children may have missed out in some way during the early years. Offering a simple, relatively trouble-free self-help method for putting that right is what parents are waiting for. This book is written in highly accessible language, assures Oliver James. The method is explained as simply as possible, illustrated with cases. Love Bombing is a very simple technique which helps most children from aged three to early teenage. Because so many parents are, or have had, periods of living very busy or miserable or complicated lives, most of us need to reconnect with our children from time to time. Love Bombing does the job, explains James.

Interest in experimental research in public management is on the rise, yet the field still lacks a broad understanding of its role in producing substantive findings and theoretical advances. Written by a team of leading international researchers, this book sets out the advantages of experiments in public management and showcases their rapidly developing contribution to research and practice. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the relationship between experiments and public management theory, and the benefits for examining causal effects. It will appeal to researchers and graduate-level students in public administration, public management, government, politics and policy studies. The key topics addressed are the distinct logic of experimental methods in the laboratory, in the field, and in survey experiments; how leading researchers are using different kinds of experiment to build knowledge about theory and practice across many areas of public management; and the research agendas for experimental work in public management.

The Entrepreneurial Adventure is perfect for anyone with an interest in business or with aspirations to start their own business.

The author outlines key principles of the entrepreneurial adventure and the business world, bringing it to life using case studies. This book contains useful and practical information about business and entrepreneurship gives a robust understanding of the theory and real-world implications of running a successful business. It describes and explains the whole process from understanding the implications and risks, the start-up stage through to future expansion. The authors clearly demonstrate that if the good business habits and practices described in this book are followed consistently, you really will achieve entrepreneurial success and the opportunities that come with it.

For developers, programmers, and DevOps engineers venturing into the hard world of API development, the Postman Cookbook becomes a must-read. This short solutions book offers recipes and troubleshooting approaches to address typical API lifecycle management challenges. Using Postman's rich features, readers of all skill levels will learn how to create APIs that will improve workflows, increase productivity, and lead to operational success.

The book covers a wide range of topics, from the fundamentals of web-based communication to more complex topics including protocol stacks, secure communication protocols, and the dynamics of WebSockets interactions. The following sections cover advanced subjects such as custom protocol handling, network troubleshooting, and proxy management, allowing readers to confidently solve complex networking challenges. This book covers more than simply the technical aspects of Kubernetes. It discusses the influence of security measures, maximizing performance, and successful scaling solutions. These features are critical for microservice architectures and cloud-native apps. This book teaches early developers and programmers the foundations of API testing and development, including networking and protocols.

Key Learnings

• Enable real-time API connectivity for dynamic apps using WebSockets capability.
• Protect API endpoints from security flaws by configuring SSL/TLS in Postman.
• Define, implement, and debug bespoke protocols to connect proprietary systems to Postman.
• Master the art of network optimization and troubleshooting using Postman to ensure your API runs smoothly.
• Use Postman's proxy management to safely access APIs in a variety of network settings.
• Test APIs in Kubernetes and improve the deployment and development of microservices.
• Exploit Postman's features for thorough API tracking, logging, and analysis of performance.
• Secure API access with Postman's advanced authentication flows-OAuth, JWT, and more.

Table of Content

1. Up and Running with Postman
2. Designing Simple to Complex APIs
3. Advanced API Requests and Workflows
4. Testing and Securing APIs
5. Managing GraphQL and gRPC with Postman
6. Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD)
7. API Scalability and Performance
8. Integration with Third-Party Services
9. Working with Kubernetes and Microservices
10. API Networking and Protocols

Build, test, debug, document and publish APIs faster throughout the entire lifecycleMastering Postman is the ultimate guide for anyone looking to streamline their API development process. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting, this book will take you through every step of the API lifecycle and equip you with the knowledge and tools to create better APIs faster.

Starting with API design, the book covers the best practices for creating intuitive, easy-to-use, and scalable APIs. Before deploying, you'll learn how to use Postman to test your APIs thoroughly and ensure they're working as intended. The book then delves into API documentation and mocking, showing you how to create comprehensive documentation that's easy to understand and use. You'll also learn how to use Postman to mock your APIs, allowing you to test your code in a safe environment before deploying it to production. Focusing on Python, Flask, and JavaScript coding, Mastering Postman teaches you how to build powerful, efficient, and easy-to-use APIs. You'll also learn about implementing API governance, integration, publishing, and the Postman CLI in detail.

Throughout the book, you'll find practical examples, real-world scenarios, and tips and tricks to help you become more productive and efficient as you work on your APIs. Whether you're a developer, a product manager, or a technical writer, Mastering Postman will give you the skills and knowledge you need to create APIs that are robust, reliable, and easy to use. With this book as your guide, you'll be able to streamline your API development process and deliver better APIs faster than ever before.

Key Learnings

• Streamline API development process with Postman for faster delivery.
• Learn API design, testing, documentation, and mocking with real-world examples.
• Build APIs using Python, Flask, and JavaScript for better performance.
• Master API governance, integration, and publishing with Postman.
• Leverage Postman CLI for advanced API testing and automation.
• Collaborate efficiently using Postman collections, environments, and workspaces.

Table of Content

1. API LifeCycle and Postman
2. API Design
3. API Development
4. API Testing
5. API Security
6. Using Postman CLI
7. API Documentation & Publishing
8. API Integration
9. API Performance
10. API Governance
11. Advanced API Developer Skills

Audience

Mastering Postman is ideal for developers and software engineers who want to build end-to-end APIs efficiently and effectively. It is suitable for both beginners new to API development and experienced developers who want to master their API development, testing, debugging and integration skills.
Before reading this book, you should understand web development, HTTP protocol, and API concepts.

Professor Robert Plomin, the world's leading geneticist, said in 2014 of his search for genes that explain differences in our psychology: 'I have been looking for these genes for fifteen years. I don't have any'.

Using a mixture of famous and ordinary people, Oliver James drills deep down into the childhood causes of our individuality, revealing why our upbringing, not our genes, plays such an important role in our wellbeing and success. The implications are huge: as adults we can change, we can clutch our fates from predetermined destiny, as parents we can radically alter the trajectory of our childrens' lives, and as a society we could largely eradicate criminality and poverty.

Not in Your Genes will not only change the way you think about yourself and the people around you, but give you the fuel to change your personality and your life for the better.

Prisoners of Circumstance is an action-thriller set in Lebanon in the 1980s when Americans were being taken hostage by radical militias and held as bargaining chips. Impatient with the agonizing delays of the diplomatic process, elements within the US Government moved to secure their release by less conventional means.

How to understand the role the past plays in your present and live a fulfilling, emotionally healthy life.

Love Bombing is a radical new method for resetting the emotional thermostats of troubled children and their parents, setting them on a much happier trajectory. It is simple to do, easily explained and works for both severe and mild problems from aged three to early teenage. Many, if not most, parents feel that their children may have missed out in some way during the early years. Offering a simple, relatively trouble-free self-help method for putting that right is what parents are waiting for. This book is written in highly accessible language, assures Oliver James. The method is explained as simply as possible, illustrated with cases. Love Bombing is a very simple technique which helps most children from aged three to early teenage. Because so many parents are, or have had, periods of living very busy or miserable or complicated lives, most of us need to reconnect with our children from time to time. Love Bombing does the job, explains James.

Interest in experimental research in public management is on the rise, yet the field still lacks a broad understanding of its role in producing substantive findings and theoretical advances. Written by a team of leading international researchers, this book sets out the advantages of experiments in public management and showcases their rapidly developing contribution to research and practice. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the relationship between experiments and public management theory, and the benefits for examining causal effects. It will appeal to researchers and graduate-level students in public administration, public management, government, politics and policy studies. The key topics addressed are the distinct logic of experimental methods in the laboratory, in the field, and in survey experiments; how leading researchers are using different kinds of experiment to build knowledge about theory and practice across many areas of public management; and the research agendas for experimental work in public management.

THE BOOK YOU NEED FOR STRUCTURING YOUR WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY

Oliver James, founder of The Weight Loss Academy and author of The Road to Weight Loss, has penned a weight loss book that is not just another option but a proven and effective solution. Sharing with you his sustainable weight management strategies, this is a weight loss book that works.

The Road to Weight Loss delivers sustainable results

Searching around the book shops and scrolling through the internet to find the best weight loss book can be stressful. Some fantastic weight loss books help you navigate the confusing world of weight loss and achieve your weight loss goal. Others are weight loss books that leave you feeling more confused than before you read them.

By reading this weight loss book:

• You will be guided through the psychology of weight loss and inspired to gain a growth mindset.
• Discover a simple way of losing weight, leading to fast and sustainable weight loss.
• Learn how to structure your weight loss journey to create a fun and stress-free one.
• Be provided with a healthy and mindful eating method that will ensure you feel great and keep the weight off.
• Build new healthy habits to ensure you only need to lose weight once.
• You are encouraged to take action at the end of each chapter to allow you to lose weight with minimal disruptions to your life.

The only way to lose weight and keep it off is to create your own way of losing weight.

Reading The Road to Weight Loss is like working with expert weight loss coach Oliver James one-on-one. Each chapter assists and guides you in developing a specific part of your weight loss plan and encourages you to take action. At the end of the book, everything will be put together to create your weight loss roadmap to success.

Creating your weight loss roadmap ensures your weight loss journey will be a simple one.

This book is unique in that it doesn't push you into a diet you don't wish to follow or a lifestyle you don't wish to live. Instead, this weight loss book helps you discover a way of eating, living and losing weight that you're happy with.

What is a weight loss roadmap?

A weight loss roadmap is a plan you create that factors in everything you need to guarantee you lose weight and keep it off for good. This structure guarantees you will be successful on your weight loss journey. A roadmap factors in your mindset, eating habits, activity levels, current lifestyle, habits and much more. It takes a holistic approach to weight loss by exploring all things that play a part in achieving your weight loss goal.

When you create your weight loss roadmap, you get to decide what changes to make, how to eat in a way that works for you, and how to lose weight without disrupting your life.

This book is your way of losing weight. The Road to Weight Loss begins here.