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Supercharge Your Brain
Sep 21, 2024 5:37 PM

Author:James Goodwin

Supercharge Your Brain

'Some people improve mentally with age - here's how you can be one of them.' Mail on Sunday

'More than a game-changer, this book's a no-brainer for anyone who wants to optimise their brain.' Piers Morgan

With a new chapter on Covid and the Brain, this is the definitive guide to keeping your brain healthy for a long and lucid life, by one of the world's leading scientists in the field of brain health and ageing.

The brain is our most vital and complex organ. It controls and coordinates our actions, thoughts and interactions with the world around us. It is the source of personality, of our sense of self, and it shapes every aspect of our human experience.

Yet most of us know precious little about how our brains actually work, or what we can do to optimise their performance. Whilst cognitive decline is the biggest long-term health worry for many of us, practical knowledge of how to look after our brain is thin on the ground.

In this ground-breaking new book, leading expert Professor James Goodwin explains how simple strategies concerning exercise, diet, social life and sleep can transform your brain health paradigm, and shows how you can keep your brain youthful and stay sharp across your life. Combining the latest scientific research with insightful storytelling and practical advice, Supercharge Your Brain reveals everything you need to know about how your brain functions, and what you can do to keep it in peak condition.

Reviews

More than a game-changer, this book's a no-brainer for anyone who wants to optimise their brain.

—— Piers Morgan

Some people improve mentally with age - here's how you can be one of them.

—— Mail on Sunday

Little things you do every day can help ensure your brain is fit and healthy - and it's never too late to start, says ageing expert James Goodwin.

—— New Scientist

The secrets to a better brain. Goodwin unwraps the mystery of the brain - and how to give it a boost so that you can keep on enjoying life.

—— Top Sante

A remarkable book, which turns cutting-edge science into simple strategies for a healthier life that all of us should use.

—— Phillip Polakoff

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed reading the book. [The brain] is absolutely extraordinary.

—— Ella Mills, Deliciously Ella

A great book, which explains, in plain English, the workings of the brain and how to keep it healthy.

—— Adrian Chiles

Packed with the most relevant information on how to maximise your brain health. A great way to make better informed choices about your body and brain. It serves as a perfect reminder of how vital and connected this complex organ really is.

—— How it Works

This is where storytelling meets brain health. A thoroughly enjoyable read by Dr. Goodwin, a founding member of our Global Council on Brain Health, with a gift for clever elucidations.

—— Sarah Lenz Lock, Executive Director of the Global Council on Brain Health

Essential tips to help keep your grey matter fighting fit.

—— Healthy For Men

One of the best accounts I have yet come across of the nature of biological science and discovery

—— Henry Marsh on The Beautiful Cure

Lucid and entertaining … Much as Siddhartha Mukherjee did in his book The Gene, Davis expertly weaves together human stories and scientific endeavour

—— The Times on The Beautiful Cure

A terrific book by a consummate storyteller and scientific expert

—— Guardian on The Beautiful Cure

Wow, what a debut! I was left wanting more - more of Ronke, Boo and Simi and more of Nikki's brilliant writing about food and friendship. Warm and fun, I loved watching the more sinister side to the story emerge. Fantastic!

—— SARAH PEARSE, author of THE SANATORIUM

A funny, tragic, piercing portrait of modern women and friendship written in glittering and discerning prose

—— EMMA STONEX, Author of THE LAMPLIGHTERS

WAHALA delivers! Nikki's style is warm and comforting on one page and razor-sharp on the next. There's a twist folks, and it's not one I saw coming.

—— LIZZY DENT, author of THE SUMMER JOB and THE SET-UP

Sometimes it's not enough to just read a novel, you actually want to climb inside it. I adored hanging out with Ronke, Boo and Simi and I miss them already.

—— CLARE POOLEY, author of THE AUTHENTICITY PROJECT

Bold, juicy and real! WAHALA is tense and powerful, it's friendship at its best and its worst, and it's THE book to read this year!

—— LAUREN NORTH, author of SAFE AT HOME

Sharp, precise, unapologetic, modern. In one word, Exquisite!

—— Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström, author of IN EVERY MIRROR SHE'S BLACK

Dazzling and bursting with life. WAHALA is as joyous, complex and all-encompassing as female friendship itself. I loved it.

—— TAMMY COHEN, author of THE WEDDING PARTY

LOVED Wahala. Funny and sharp - I completely fell in love with the characters. Definitely one to add to your list

—— LAURA MARSHALL, Author of FRIEND REQUEST

Dark, fresh, compelling - all about female friendship and with an outstanding cast of vibrant loveable (and not-so-loveable) characters

—— ELIZABETH KAY, Author of SEVEN LIES

Fast-paced and filled with witty dialogue, and the book explores the depth and complexity of friendships between women

—— INDEPENDENT: 10 BEST BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS

Wildly entertaining

—— THE BOOKSELLER

I LOVED this absolute cracker of a book about the cuckoo in the next and a toxic female friendship. Highly recommended

—— LIZ NUGENT, author of LYING IN WAIT and OUR LITTLE CRUELTIES

I loved hanging out with Ronke, Simi and Boo. A brilliant portrayal of how complicated friendships can sometimes be

—— NINA POTTELL

This story draws you in and spits you out, breathless. Echoes of Atwood's The Robber Bride but so its own thing. A treat.

—— KATE SAWYER, author of THE STRANDING

A heady mix of friendship, dark comedy and murder. WAHALA is razor-sharp

—— OK! MAGAZINE

May's nuanced exploration of race and gender makes this refreshing. This will leave readers intrigued to see what May does next

—— PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

A terrific, witty debut

—— I-NEWS

WAHALA hooked me from page one and kept me enthralled till the (TWIST!) end. A riot of colour and noise, friendships, enemies, secrets, lies and soul food. Written with a lightness of touch. Insightful, clever, and honest. I will read anything and everything she writes

—— ERICKA WALLER, author of DOG DAYS

This gripping debut is a journey of friendship, revenge and finding your true self

—— STYLIST MAGAZINE

Nikki May builds a propulsive reading experience as she slowly reveals Isobel's manipulations while keeping the reasons behind them hidden. Compelling character studies of each of the women don't shy away from the jealousies and judgements that sometimes make the line between friend and enemy razor thin...A fascinating look at the dark side of female friendship

—— KIRKUS

A funny brilliant read

—— BELLA

This will satisfy hungry appetites and blow your thriller taste buds. Deliciously spicy

—— HEAT MAGAZINE, Read of the Week

Nikki May's sharp and funny debut novel is a delight on many levels. WAHALA bursts with life from start to finish

—— DAILY EXPRESS, 'Books of 2022'

May seamlessly weaves love, betrayal, self-reflection, and Nigerian food, clothing, and customs into this fast-paced debut...Fans of domestic suspense will revel in this tale of friendship, family, and forgiveness, set in the cultural milieu of Lagos

—— LIBRARY JOURNAL

Sharp and darkly witty

—— CULTURE FLY

A rapid and wildly hilarious page-turner

—— COUNTRY AND TOWN HOUSE

A hotly tipped debut for 2022

—— DAILY EXPRESS

WAHALA combines a frank and daring exploration of modern female friendship with a dark, punchy thriller

—— WOMAN AND HOME

Fabulously fun

—— PRIMA MAGAZINE

May's skill for weaving together entertaining personal problems with a wistfulness for Nigerian food, customs and culture is unparalleled. WAHALA is hard to put down - an energetic, entertaining interrogation of a fundamentally flawed friendship

—— I-NEWS

Refreshing and original. Exhilarating

—— SUNDAY TIMES, Best Popular Fiction of 2022

Contemporary female friendship goes glam in this lively debut novel with remarkable depth

—— WASHINGTON POST

I would definitely recommend this book to friends. I already have!

—— Recommended Read, BBC Radio 2 Book Club

Sharply observed ... sophisticated and culturally adept ... May is a masterful chronicler of Black upper-middle-class lie and ennui in Britain. WAHALA is both great fun and extremely smart in how it captures some of the central issues in modern city living: women's evolving roles in home and work, interracial relationships and multicultural identity, the current competition that runs through so many friendships and daily interactions and, most of all, how easily intimacy can morph into enmity

—— NPR.ORG

Witty-wity-edge. Its humour is pin sharp

—— THE SHIFT, Sam Baker's Summer Reading

A dazzling, rich and efferverscent read. It's relevant and full of life. The killer edge was unexpectedly shocking. Just fantastic in every way

—— NB MAGAZINE

A glorious read

—— STYLIST MAGAZINE, 'The Style List'

Spicy as Aunty K's moin moin, satisfying as a plate of Ronke's jollof rice

—— SAGA MAGAZINE

Pacy, fun and gripping ... May wanted to write "a brown Sex and the City, or a brown Big Little Lies" - we reckon WAHALA could be just as big

—— EVENING STANDARD, Faces of 2022

Like "Sex and the City" but set in London. And with mystery. And murder

—— COSMOPOLITAN

The upshot is a funny, slightly murdery story about three women and their wahala, or "trouble" - their boyfriends, their professional aspirations, and their weaves

—— GLAMOUR MAGAZINE

The novel's strength lies in May's attention to her main character's identities. May's breezy prose is well-suited to these moments of casual intimacy, unfolding over drinks, at the hairdresser's or at the kitchen table, where all the best gossip takes place

—— NEW YORK TIMES

Some of the smartest reading fun I've had all year

—— DAISY BUCHANAN
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