Laura Tong: 8 books

Hapless or hopeless? It’s a tough call. We’ve been called both, probably quite fairly. But despite the catalogue of disasters, bad decisions and wild swings from feeling like intrepid explorers to feeling like a luxury hotel with en suite everything we did set out from London one morning on a...

Are you constantly trying to please everyone? Do you dream of being more assertive? Are you struggling to say no without feeling guilty or creating conflict? Is this you:  'When I say 'no' I feel guilty?' ' I don't know how to build confidence or boundaries'. 'I don't know when...

Most ordinary people are being swindled out of their chance of success, doomed to permanent failure or for the vast majority, doomed to never even having a chance to try for their success, their dream. Why? Because the Road to Success is paved with... bullshit. And this book sweeps aside this bullshit...

Do you dream of doing something awesome, big or small towards a Great Life, anything indeed, but when you try to motivate yourself into actually getting off your burgeoning ass and taking some kick-ass action, nothing happens, zilch? Somehow, for some damn reason you can't identify, your motivation...

Frankly Frank says... Just thinking about all those so called 'experts' - life coaches, gurus, swamis, TV cooks, politicians, celebrity authors and faceless nobodies - desperate, to ram their knob head opinions down my throat makes me want to spew. There is no area of life left without some grubby...

The original groundbreaking 'The Bollocks People Tell You' struck a mighty blow against all those so called 'experts' - life coaches, gurus, swamis, TV cooks, politicians, celebrity authors and faceless nobodies - desperate to ram their knob head opinions down anyone and everyone's throat and destroy...

Out of their depths and out of their minds, The Dog's Rollocks is the antidote to all those tales of derring-do by fearless indefatigable supermen and women that leave one feeling woefully inadequate and semi-sucidal. Instead, it charts in a sometimes surreal diary the disastrous real-life journey...

This edited volume brings together scholars positioned in and outside of China, including former Chinese journalists, in a comprehensive and in-depth study of Chinese investigative journalists’ dreams, work practices, and strategies. It is the first book that systematically addresses the roles and...