How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information (Cairo Alberto)(Pevná vazba)

How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information (Cairo Alberto)(Paperback)

Today, public conversations are increasingly driven by numbers. While charts, infographics, and diagrams can make us smarter, they can also deceive--intentionally or unintentionally. To be informed citizens, we must all be able to decode and use the visual information that politicians, journalists,

How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information (Cairo Alberto)(Pevná vazba)

We've all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if we don't understand what we're looking at? Social media has made charts, infographics, and diagrams ubiquitous--and easier to share than ever. We associate charts with science and reason; the flashy visuals are both appealing and

Information is Beautiful (New Edition) (McCandless David)(Pevná vazba)

A visual guide to how the world really works, through stunning infographics and data visualisations, thoroughly revised, recalculated and reimagined for this new

Say It With Charts: The Executive's Guide to Visual Communication (Zelazny Gene)(Pevná vazba)

Reveals tips for preparing effective presentations and shows how to combine those tips with technologies for better visuals. This book provides information on how to prepare different types of charts - pie, bar, column, line, or dot - and when to use each, and recommendations on lettering size,

The Great Graph Contest (Leedy Loreen)(Paperback)

Learn everything about graphs, charts, and how to organize information in this fun picture book introduction. Follow two comical creatures as they go graph-crazy Gonk the frog and his friend Chester have all kinds of questions-- do more of their friends like mud, or not? Who has the biggest feet?

Gap Selling: Getting the Customer to Yes: How Problem-Centric Selling Increases Sales by Changing Everything You Know About Relatio (Keenan)(Pevná vazba)

A Guide to Film and TV Cosplay (Swinyard Holly)(Pevná vazba)

'This guide offers background information about how contemporary cosplay has developed as well as nuts and bolts practical information for those wishing to start or continue participation in the hobby.' -- BooklistHave you ever wanted to escape into a comic book and become your favourite superhero?

Lewis Carroll's Photography and Modern Childhood (Waggoner Diane)(Pevná vazba)

How Lewis Carroll's photographs of children gave visual form to evolving ideas about childhood in the Victorian era Lewis Carroll began photographing children in the mid-nineteenth century, at a time when the young medium of photography was opening up new possibilities for visual representation and

Outsider (Camus Albert)(Pevná vazba)

Albert Camus' laconic masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in colonial Algeria is famous in its time for diagnosing a state of alienation and spiritual exhaustion which summed up the mood of the mid-twentieth

The Better Baby Book: How to Have a Healthier, Smarter, Happier Baby (Asprey Lana)(Pevná vazba)

How to create a healthier, happier, smarter baby-the breakthrough pregnancy diet and lifestyle plan based on cutting-edge genetic scienceWhether you're planning for pregnancy or are already pregnant, this essential prenatal guide draws on the latest genetic research to give you a complete program

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (McKeown Greg)(Pevná vazba)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Essentialism isn't about getting more done in less time. It's about getting only the right things done. 'A timely, essential read for anyone who feels overcommitted, overloaded, or overworked.'--Adam Grant Have you ever: - Found yourself stretched too thin?-

Think Like a Lawyer: How to Get What You Want by Using Advocacy Skills (Dudley Robert J.)(Pevná vazba)

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Albert Einstein (Munoz Isabel)(Pevná vazba)

Meet Albert Einstein and find out about his life and work in this engagingly illustrated biography. Join physicist Albert Einstein on his journey of scientific discovery and see how the Nobel Prize winner forever changed the way we think about energy, gravity, and the world around us. Children

The Design of Race: How Visual Culture Shapes America (Fine Peter Claver)(Pevná vazba)

Hockey in Pictures: A Visual History (Caulfield Chris)(Pevná vazba)

Through more than 200 stunning photographs, Hockey In Pictures charts the history of the sport across more than a century of action on the ice. Exploring hockey's rise from a humble pastime to one of the most exciting and popular sports in the world, it showcases key events and unforgettable

Princess Arabella Mixes Colors(Pevná vazba)

The latest book about the popular little Princess Arabella, with fun information about mixing

Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Davies Peter Ho)(Pevná vazba)

A heartbreaking, soul-baring novel about the repercussions of choice from the award-winning author of The Welsh Girl and The

The Circus: A Visual History (Jacob Pascal)(Pevná vazba)

This beautiful book charts the development of the circus as an art form around the world, from antiquity to the present day. Using over 200 circus related artworks from the French National Library's private collections, celebrated cultural historian Pascal Jacob tells the story of travelling

How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything (Seidman Dov)(Pevná vazba)

The flood of information, unprecedented transparency, increasinginterconnectedness-and our global interdependence-aredramatically reshaping today's world, the world of business, andour lives. We are in the Era of Behavior and the rules of the gamehave fundamentally changed. It is no longer what you

Rebel Sun (McKeand Sophie)(Pevná vazba)

A collection about the fluidity of time and place, Rebel Sun charts our gradual unraveling; the compulsion to transform and shape-shift, to slowly unwind roots from the earth - grow fin and feather, know water and

Amour - How the French Talk about Love (Rousselle Stefania)(Pevná vazba)

Reinventing Management: Smarter Choices for Getting Work Done (Birkinshaw Julian)(Pevná vazba)

The economic crisis was not just caused by a failure of regulation or economic policy; it was a story of the failure of management in a fundamental sense--a deeply flawed approach to management that encouraged bankers to pursue opportunities without regard for their long-term consequences, and to

Find Out about Astronomy (Kerrod Robin)(Pevná vazba)

Find out all about astronomy and stargazing: how to spot constellations, how the universe is expanding, and what the planets in our solar system are like. This hands-on book is perfect for home or school use, with practical projects that help you discover things for yourself: make a telescope,

The Brain Book: How to Think and Work Smarter (Dobson Phil)(Pevná vazba)

The Brain Book' unlocks recent advances in neuroscience and explains exactly how to apply them to specific areas of your daily life. Grounded in research you'll learn prac-tical techniques to keep your brain in top condition, train your brain to think more effectively, and discover the principles