Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds (Noor Mohamed A. F.)(Paperback)

Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds (Noor Mohamed A. F.)(Paperback)

An engaging journey into the biological principles underpinning a beloved science-fiction franchiseIn Star Trek, crew members travel to unusual planets, meet diverse beings, and encounter unique civilizations. In these remarkable space adventures, does Star Trek reflect biology and evolution as we

Life Finds a Way - What Evolution Teaches Us About Creativity (Wagner Andreas)(Paperback / softback)

How can new insights into evolution help us solve problems in life, art, business and

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

Two Dogs and a Parrot - What Our Animal Friends Can Teach Us About Life (Chittister Joan)(Paperback / softback)

Joan Chittister invites us to embrace and celebrate the deep bond between humans and animals. Our companion animals draw us out of ourselves and show us what it truly means to be

Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End-Of-Life Care (Ellison Koshin Paley)(Paperback)

This book isn't about dying. It's about life and what life has to teach us. It's about caring and what giving care really means. In Awake at the Bedside, pioneers of palliative and end-of-life care as well as doctors, chaplains, caregivers and even poets offer wisdom that will challenge, uplift,

The Life and Death of Latisha King: A Critical Phenomenology of Transphobia (Salamon Gayle)(Paperback)

What can the killing of a transgender teen can teach us about the violence of misreading gender identity as sexual identity?The Life and Death of Latisha King examines a single incident, the shooting of 15-year-old Latisha King by 14-year-old Brian McInerney in their junior high school classroom in

Beyond Past Lives - What Parallel Realities Can Teach Us about Relationships, Healing, and Transformation (Kelley Mira)(Paperback / softback)

People are able to transform powerfully when they experience the stories and the profound lessons of their past lives. In this book, the author shares the life-changing lessons that she has learned from her clients to help you find support and understanding, and to empower you in your

Live Long and . . .: What I Learned Along the Way (Shatner William)(Paperback)

Star Trek legend and veteran author William Shatner discusses the meaning of life, finding value in work, and living well whatever your age. I have always felt, William Shatner says early in his newest memoir, that like the great comedian George Burns, who lived to 100, I couldn't die as long as I

What's Science Ever Done for Us: What the Simpsons Can Teach Us about Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe (Halpern Paul)(Paperback)

A playful and entertaining look at science on The Simpsons This amusing book explores science as presented on the longest-running and most popular animated TV series ever made: The Simpsons. Over the years, the show has examined such issues as genetic mutation, time travel, artificial intelligence,

How to Think Like a Philosopher: Scholars, Dreamers and Sages Who Can Teach Us How to Live - Peter Cave

In showing how the great philosophers of human history lived and thought - and what they thought about - Peter Cave provides an accessible and enjoyable introduction to thinking philosophically and how it can change our everyday lives. With a lightness of touch, he addresses questions such as: Is

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

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

UX Fundamentals for Non-UX Professionals: User Experience Principles for Managers, Writers, Designers, and Developers (Stull Edward)(Paperback)

What can a WWII-era tank teach us about design? What does a small, blue flower tell us about audiences? What do drunk, French marathon-runners show us about software? In 40+ chapters and stories, you will learn the ways in which UX has influenced history and vice versa, and how it continues to

Think Least of Death: Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die (Nadler Steven)(Pevná vazba)

From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach us about life's big questions In 1656, after being excommunicated from Amsterdam's Portuguese-Jewish community for 'abominable heresies' and 'monstrous deeds,' the young Baruch Spinoza abandoned his family's

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

Hannibal and Me: What History's Greatest Military Strategist Can Teach Us about Success and Failu Re (Kluth Andreas)(Paperback)

The life of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with his army in 218 BCE, is the stuff of legend. And the epic choices he and his Roman enemies made on the battlefield and in life offer timeless lessons to us today about how we should respond to our own victories and defeats

Guidance from the Greatest - What the World War Two generation can teach us about how we live our lives (Mortimer Gavin)(Pevná vazba)

A timely exploration of the twelve best qualities of the wartime generation - and how we can use these to improve our individual character and collective response in the face of

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

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

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us about Loss, Love, an (Perry Bruce D.)(Paperback)

A renowned psychiatrist reveals how trauma affects children-and outlines the path to recovery 'Fascinating and upbeat....Dr. Perry is both a world-class creative scientist and a compassionate therapist.' (Mary Pipher, PhD)How does trauma affect a child's mind--and how can that mind recover? In the

Make It Count: An extraordinary 100-year-old man’s 9 lessons for living a life to be proud of - Benjamin Ferencz

What a century of life experience can teach us about happiness, ambition, courage, love and how to make the most of the lives we've been given. How many people do you know grew up as a poor immigrant in America during the Great Depression, won a scholarship to Harvard Law School, landed on the

Guidance from the Greatest: What the World War Two Generation Can Teach Us about How We Live Our Lives (Mortimer Gavin)(Paperback)

'We will overcome it [and] I hope in the years to come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge, and those who come after us will say the Britons of this generation were as strong as any' Her Majesty The Queen The Coronavirus pandemic forced the great British

Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom (Yetunde Pamela Ayo)(Paperback)

Nautilus Book Award Gold Recipient. Leading African American Buddhist teachers offer lessons on racism, resilience, spiritual freedom, and the possibility of a truly representative American Buddhism. With contributions by Acharya Gaylon Ferguson, Cheryl A. Giles, Gyōzan Royce Andrew Johnson, Ruth

Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us about Driving Secure Behaviors (Carpenter Perry)(Paperback)

Expert guidance on the art and science of driving secure behaviors Transformational Security Awareness empowers security leaders with the information and resources they need to assemble and deliver effective world-class security awareness programs that drive secure behaviors and culture change