Download or read book The Power of Fun written by Catherine Price and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’re not having fun, you’re not fully living. The author of How to Break Up with Your Phone makes the case that, far from being frivolous, fun is actually critical to our well-being—and shows us how to have more of it. “This delightful book might just be what we need to start flourishing.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Grant Journalist and screen/life balance expert Catherine Price argues persuasively that our always-on, tech-addicted lifestyles have led us to obsess over intangible concepts such as happiness while obscuring the fact that real happiness lies in the everyday experience of fun. We often think of fun as indulgent, even immature and selfish. We claim to not have time for it, even as we find hours a day for what Price calls Fake Fun—bingeing on television, doomscrolling the news, or posting photos to social media, all in hopes of filling some of the emptiness we feel inside. In this follow-up to her hit book, How to Break Up with Your Phone, Price makes the case that True Fun—which she defines as the magical confluence of playfulness, connection, and flow—will give us the fulfillment we so desperately seek. If you use True Fun as your compass, you will be happier and healthier. You will be more productive, less resentful, and less stressed. You will have more energy. You will find community and a sense of purpose. You will stop languishing and start flourishing. And best of all? You’ll enjoy the process. Weaving together scientific research with personal experience, Price reveals the surprising mental, physical, and cognitive benefits of fun, and offers a practical, personalized plan for how we can achieve better screen/life balance and attract more True Fun into our daily lives—without feeling overwhelmed. Groundbreaking, eye-opening, and packed with useful advice, The Power of Fun won’t just change the way you think about fun. It will bring you back to life.
Download or read book Entertaining Is Fun written by Dorothy Draper and published by Antique Collector's Club. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published in 1941, Dorothy Draper extends her decorating philosophy to hosting and proves that living well never goes out of fashion. This is a book on making living fun. On having your friends to the house and on how to give them a good time. With her wit and can-do flair, Draper guides aspiring hosts and hostesses on how to excel at dinner parties, holiday meals, weekend guests, weddings, and more. And indeed, Draper's secret is simple: If a hostess has fun, her guests will too!" --
Download or read book Entertaining written by Martha Stewart and published by Clarkson Potter Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to entertaining includes three hundred original recipes, and offers tips on cocktail and dinner parties, holiday buffets, breakfasts, and wedding receptions for groups ranging from two to two hundred.
Download or read book Entertaining with Charm written by Eden Passante and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food and lifestyle blogger Eden Passante shares her signature style and party ethos with a vibrant array of fresh recipes, menu ideas, tabletop designs, holiday flair, and more for adding delicious charm to spark every and any occasion. Entertaining with Charm will guide you in hosting beautiful gatherings with delicious dishes and simple style. Organized by category, the book is filled with appealing recipes, refreshing signature cocktails, and mouthwatering desserts and is about bringing people together for unfussy food and drink. It’s about enjoying the simple things in life: celebrations made easy with fresh food that’s straightforward to prepare, charming details, and memorable gatherings around the table. With her inspiring Sugar & Charm blog—which has won accolades from legions of fans as well as award nods from Saveur, Domino, and more—Eden extols her wisdom for the art of entertaining and becoming a confident home entertainer with easy-to-execute recipes, cocktails, and hosting knowhow. The cookbook includes expert advice on party planning and simply natural ways to add style and charm, from fresh flowers and table decor to candles and cozy ambiance. Whether it's an intimate movie night, an alfresco dinner party, or a festive bonfire gathering, this book has all the recipes, tips, and ideas to make your event one that everyone will remember—and will teach you that the only reason to host a party is to have fun. IMPRESS YOUR GUESTS: Recipes are accessible and shareable, with a strong emphasis on fresh ingredients and ease; dishes are also visually appealing, delicious, and perfect for gatherings ENTERTAINING WITH AN EXPERT: Includes Eden’s go-to essentials for her kitchen, hosting, and parties, as well as entertaining guides for drinks and apps, décor, and more INSPIRING FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY: Stunning lifestyle images showcase vibrant food, seasonal tabletops, party details, and styling ideas
Download or read book Flowing Streams written by Stuart Briscoe and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A flowing stream cuts its own channel. —Major W. Ian Thomas, founder of Torchbearers International Over the past sixty years, Stuart Briscoe’s life stream has cut a very deep channel. Thousands of sermons preached. Hundreds of thousands of airline miles flown. Seven continents visited. Thousands of church members added and eight churches planted. More than forty books authored. A lifetime of touching his audience with plainspoken, accessible Bible teaching. Now Briscoe looks back over his years to share his accumulated wisdom, with the point that every life matters—and everyone has a significant part to play in the grand cosmic flow of the Spirit. With a reputation built in the twentieth century, Stuart Briscoe has a fresh, vibrant message for twenty-first-century Christians. It is a vision of what one person can be and do, what God can call a single person to accomplish in his name. Flowing Streams is sage. It is poignant. It is Stuart Briscoe’s legacy.
Download or read book Styling for Entertaining written by Susie Coelho and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 12 one-day makeovers, rising media star Susie Coelho shows how her eight "everyday styling" steps can transform homes into festive entertaining spaces!
Download or read book Selling in Your Comfort Zone written by Robert N. Kohn and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2009 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will help anyone overcome their discomfort with selling. It will help the reader achieve a fundamental shift in attitude and behavior. This guide proves that selling can be done effectively and comfortably, by motivating the reader to take action and identify strategies and tasks that they are comfortable doing.
Download or read book A Novice s Guide to Entertaining written by R. M. Gibson and published by R. M. Gibson. This book was released on 2010 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you ever wanted to know about the fine art of entertaining is contained in this helpful how to guide. Take a journey into a new and relaxed way of cooking and learn the secrets of guaranteed success in the kitchen.
Download or read book The Most Fun We Ever Had written by Claire Lombardo and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • “A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory.” —Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe In this “rich, complex family saga” (USA Today) full of long-buried family secrets, Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, blithely ignorant of all that awaits them. By 2016, they have four radically different daughters, each in a state of unrest. Wendy, widowed young, soothes herself with booze and younger men; Violet, a litigator turned stay-at-home-mom, battles anxiety and self-doubt; Liza, a neurotic and newly tenured professor, finds herself pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she loves; and Grace, the dawdling youngest daughter, begins living a lie that no one in her family even suspects. With the unexpected arrival of young Jonah Bendt—a child placed for adoption by one of the daughters fifteen years before—the Sorensons will be forced to reckon with the rich and varied tapestry of their past. As they grapple with years marred by adolescent angst, infidelity, and resentment, they also find the transcendent moments of joy that make everything else worthwhile.
Download or read book Hedderwick s miscellany of instructive and entertaining literature ed by J Hedderwick written by James Hedderwick and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nathalie Dupree s Comfortable Entertaining written by Nathalie Dupree and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Viking, 1998.
Download or read book Sharpe s London magazine a journal of entertainment and instruction entitled Sharpe s London journal entitled Sharpe s London magazine conducted by mrs S C Hall written by Anna Maria Hall and published by . This book was released on with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cincinnati Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cincinnati Magazine taps into the DNA of the city, exploring shopping, dining, living, and culture and giving readers a ringside seat on the issues shaping the region.
Download or read book Advances in Computer Entertainment written by Dennis Reidsma and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment, ACE 2013, held in Boekelo, The Netherlands, in November 2013. The 19 full paper and 16 short papers presented together 42 extended abstracts were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 133 submissions in all categories. The papers cover topics across a wide spectrum of disciplines including new devices; evaluation and user studies; games as interface to serious applications; creating immersion; interfaces; new experiences; procedural approaches and AI; and theory. Focusing on all areas related to interactive entertainment they aim at stimulating discussion in the development of new and compelling entertainment computing and interactive art concepts and applications.
Download or read book Monetizing Entertainment written by Larry Wacholtz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monetizing Entertainment: An Insider's Handbook for Careers in the Entertainment & Music Industry offers a thorough, guided exploration of the current state of the industry, with an emphasis on trends in copyright, digital streaming, and practical advice for developing a career as an artist, technician, or industry executive. This book investigates a variety of topics within the entertainment and music industry, ranging from traditional and emerging business models to intellectual property rights to the creative destruction happening currently. The book strategically outlines the existing gaps that make being successful as an artist a dynamic interaction between creativity and business. This book includes the following: An overview of the creative destruction process that has destroyed some of the old business models and created a number of career options. A look at innovative, entrepreneurial career options. A step-by-step examination for both creative and business professionals of the administrative and financial structures of the industry. Detailed analysis of trends and topics shaping the current entertainment and music industry drawn from insiders' perspectives and other contemporary resources. An accompanying website (www.routledge.com/cw/wacholtz), hosting case studies, videos, data, infographics, and blog posts on business models, is the perfect companion to this authoritative resource.
Download or read book Sharpe s London Magazine a Journal of Entertainment and Instruction for General Reading written by and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 22-23 include illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Download or read book Entertainment Computing written by Ryohei Nakatsu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Entertainment Computing (IWEC 2002). Entertainment has been taking very important parts in our life by refreshing us and activating our creativity. Recently by the advancement of computers and networks new types of entertainment have been emerging such as video games, entertainment robots, and network games. As these new games have a strong power to change our lives, it is good time for people who work in this area to discuss various aspects of entertainment and to promote entertainment related researches. Based on these considerations, we have organized a first workshop on entertainment computing. This workshop brings together researchers, developers, and practitioners working in the area of entertainment computing. It covers wide range of entertainment computing such as theoretical issues, hardware/software issues, systems, human interfaces, and applications. The particular areas covered by the workshop are: 1. Computers & Games Computer game algorithms, modeling of players, web technologies for networked games, human interface technologies for game applications. 2. Home/Arcade Games and Interactive Movies Video game computer technologies, motion capture technologies, real-time computer graphics technologies, interactive movie systems, story generation for games/movies, human factors of video games.
