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Personality Traits in Online Communication by Barrie Gunter, 2019
Authoritative and illuminating, this book demonstrates how we reveal the secrets of our character through the disclosures we make about ourselves in the online world.
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A History of Modern Germany 9ed by Dietrich Orlow, 2025
Now in its ninth edition, A History of Modern Germany provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of this complex country's history, beginning in 1871 and ending in the present day.
Global Champions of Sustainable Development by Patricia M. Flynn et al, 2020
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) embody the collective aspirations of the world’s peoples: peace, freedom, development and sustainability. The challenges associated with the struggle for attainment of these goals and objectives are as diverse and complex as the variety of human societies, national conditions and natural ecosystems worldwide.
Attachment and Psychopathology by Manuel Hernández Pacheco, 2025
Anxiety and its Origin
This English translation of the Spanish bestseller Apego y psicopatología is an interdisciplinary study on how the early years of our lives can influence the way we view ourselves and others.
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The Routledge Handbook on Biochemistry of Exercise by Peter M. Tiidus, 2020
From its early beginnings in the 1960s, the academic field of biochemistry of exercise has expanded beyond examining and describing metabolic responses to exercise and adaptations to training to include a wide understanding of molecular biology, cell signalling, interorgan communication, stem cell physiology...
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Patricia Routledge lived a life full of inner growth. What she shared one year before her death about her inner development is amazing. She wrote about 'Keeping up appearances':
" That character taught me to embrace my quirks and quietly healed something deep within me."
https://substack.com/@healthyseniors/note/c-162834122?r=5768vy
One month before turning 95, Patricia Routledge wrote this, she died today aged 96. “I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. When I was younger, I often worried I wasn’t good enough—that I’d never be cast again, that I’d disappoint my mother. But these days begin in peace and end in gratitude.” In my forties, my life finally began to make sense. Before that, I’d performed steadily—provincial stages, radio plays, West End productions—but felt somewhat lost. I was searching for something within myself, a home I hadn’t yet found. At 50, I took a television role that many of you would later know me by—Hyacinth Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would just be a minor role, a brief moment. I never expected it to become beloved across the globe. That character taught me to embrace my quirks and quietly healed something deep within me. At 60, I started learning Italian—not for my career, but simply so I could sing opera in its native tongue. I learned the gentle art of living alone without loneliness, reading poetry aloud each night—not to perfect diction, but to soothe my spirit. At 70, I returned to Shakespearean theatre, a place I once thought I’d aged out of. This time, there was nothing to prove. I stepped onto those legendary boards with calmness. The audience felt that serenity. I had stopped performing; I was simply being. At 80, I discovered watercolor painting. I painted flowers from my garden, nostalgic hats from my youth, and faces glimpsed on the London Underground—each painting was a silent memory made tangible. Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning the simple joy of baking rye bread. I still breathe deeply each morning. Laughter remains precious, though I no longer feel the need to make others laugh. Quietness is sweeter than ever. I’m writing this today to share something simple and true: Growing older isn’t a final act—it can be life’s most exquisite chapter if you allow yourself to bloom once more. Let the years ahead be your treasure years. You don’t have to be perfect, famous, or adored. You only need to be present—fully—for the life that’s yours. With warmth and gentle love, — Patricia Routledge RIP
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