If I Get to Five: What Children Can Teach Us about Courage and Character (Epstein Fred)(Paperback)

If I Get to Five: What Children Can Teach Us about Courage and Character (Epstein Fred)(Paperback)

'This book is a testament to the extraordinary depth, powers, and resiliency of children's spirits.' --Marion Wright Edelman, president, Children's Defense Fund If I Get to Five is a one-of-a-kind book by a one-of-a-kind human being. The medical world knows him as Fred Epstein, M.D., the

Gametek (Engelstein Geoffrey)(Paperback)

What games can teach us about life, the universe and ourselves. If you shuffle a deck of cards what are the odds that the sequence is unique? What is the connection between dice, platonic solids and Newton's theory of gravity? What is more random: a dice tower or a number generator? Can you

The Psychology of Sex (Barker Meg John)(Paperback)

What can psychology teach us about sex?How do different bodies and brains respond sexually?How can we prevent people being stigmatised for their sexuality?The Psychology of Sex takes you on a tour through the different ways that psychologists have created and sustained certain understandings of sex

Visions of Empire: How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World (Kumar Krishan)(Paperback)

What the rulers of empire can teach us about navigating today's increasingly interconnected worldThe empires of the past were far-flung experiments in multinationalism and multiculturalism, and they have much to teach us about navigating our own increasingly globalized world. Visions of Empire

Thank You for Arguing - What Cicero, Shakespeare and the Simpsons Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion (Heinrichs Jay)(Paperback / softback)

Frighteners - Why We Love Monsters, Ghosts, Death & Gore (Laws Peter)(Paperback / softback)

A celebratory exploration of what our morbid tendencies can teach us about humanity, society and spirituality from the 'Sinister

Two Beats Ahead - What Great Musical Minds Teach Us About Creativity and Innovation (Panay Panos A.)(Paperback / softback)

Presidential Leadership: What Presidents Can Teach You about Being a Better Leader (Taylor Brent)(Paperback)

In a divided nation, Presidential Leadership unites insightful leadership qualities by pairings US Presidents and applying their common leadership skills to the modern home, business, community, and

Courage to Create (May Rollo)(Paperback)

What if imagination and art are not, as many of us might think, the frosting on life but the fountainhead of human experience? What if our logic and science derive from art forms, rather than the other way around? In this trenchant volume, Rollo May helps all of us find those creative impulses

Going to a Concert (Rissman Rebecca)(Paperback / softback)

This book teaches readers about what field trips are, why people take field trips, and what you can learn from a field trip to a

What Alexander McQueen Can Teach You about Fashion (Finel Honigman Ana)(Pevná vazba)

If Alexander McQueen were to give a masterclass on design, creativity and attitude, what wisdom would he impart? Discover McQueen's life, work and legacy in this sharply curated biography focusing on artistic spirit.Alexander McQueen will go down in history as the most talented and enigmatic 'bad

Understanding Research with Children and Young People (Clark Alison)(Paperback)

How do views about children shape research concerned with their lives? What different forms can research with children take? What ethical issues does it involve? How does it impact on policy and practice, and on the lives of children themselves? This book helps you to understand how research is

Sex by Numbers - What Statistics Can Tell Us About Sexual Behaviour (Spiegelhalter David)(Paperback / softback)

Everything you ever wanted to know about sex (and

Amakomiti: Grassroots Democracy in South African Shack Settlements (Ngwane Trevor)(Paperback)

Can people who live in shantytowns, shacks and favelas teach us anything about democracy? About how to govern society in a way that is inclusive, participatory and addresses popular needs? This book argues that they can. In a study conducted in dozens of South Africa's shack settlements, where more

What Philosophy Can Teach You about Being a Better Leader (Reynolds Alison)(Paperback)

For decades, we have looked to management theorists, organizational psychologists and economists to tell us how we can squeeze the most out of people at work. The result? People are uninspired, feel like cogs in a machine and prefer to leave traditional work structures behind. Numbers and

Hunt, Gather, Parent - What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About Raising Children (Doucleff Michaeleen)(Paperback / softback)

In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff looks back to our ancestors for solutions to our failing modern-day parenting theories.When Dr Michaeleen Doucleff became a mother, she examined the studies behind modern parenting guidance and found that the evidence was frustratingly limited,

The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd (Camp Joe)(Paperback)

A heartwarming story of a couple and their horse exploring what caring for a horse can teach us about companionship--whether it's with a four-legged friend or a fellow human. A surprise birthday gift plunged Joe and his wife, Kathleen, into the world of horses as complete neophytes without a clue

How Democracies Die - The International Bestseller: What History Reveals About Our Future (Levitsky Steven)(Paperback / softback)

How does a democracy die? What can we do to save our own? What lessons does history teach us? In the 21st century democracy is threatened like never before. Drawing insightful lessons from across history - from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey - Levitsky

Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty (Baumeister Roy F.)(Paperback)

Why is there evil, and what can scientific research tell us about the origins and persistence of evil behavior? Considering evil from the unusual perspective of the perpetrator, Baumeister asks, How do ordinary people find themselves beating their wives? Murdering rival gang members? Torturing

Adverbs (Handler Daniel)(Paperback)

Can Joe help it if he falls in love with people who don't make him happy? And what about Helena--she's in love, but somehow this isn't enough. Shouldn't it be? And if it isn't enough, does this mean she's not really in love? It certainly seems to be spoiling the love she's in. And let's say there's

Feel the Wind (Dorros Arthur)(Paperback)

Read and find out about the wind--what causes it, how it can be used to help us, and how it affects the weather--in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.Air is always moving. We can't see air moving, though we can watch it push clouds across the sky, or shake the leaves of a tree. We

Maturity: Growing Up and Going on in the Christian Life (Ferguson Sinclair B.)(Paperback)

What are the most important lessons the New Testament has to teach us about being a Christian? Sinclair Ferguson shows that a deep-seated concern of the writers of the New Testament was to see Christians grow to spiritual maturity‚'‚€‚'and if that was the concern of the first

Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making (Klein Gary A.)(Paperback)

An expert explains how the conventional wisdom about decision making can get us into trouble--and why experience can't be replaced by rules, procedures, or analytical methods.In making decisions, when should we go with our gut and when should we try to analyze every option? When should we use our

Wisdom of the Shamans: What the Ancient Masters Can Teach Us about Love and Life (Ruiz Don Jose)(Paperback)

For generation after generation, Toltec shamans have passed down their wisdom through teaching stories. The purpose of these stories is to implant a seed of knowledge in the mind of the listener, where it can ultimately sprout and blossom into a new and better way of life. In The Wisdom of the