The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us about Innovation: With a New Preface and Discussion Guide (Johansson Frans)(Paperback)

The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us about Innovation: With a New Preface and Discussion Guide (Johansson Frans)(Paperback)

Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs.Frans Johansson's The Medici Effect shows how

Thank You for Arguing, Fourth Edition (Revised and Updated): What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us about the Art of Persuasion (Heinrichs Jay)(Paperback)

The definitive guide to getting your way, revised and updated with new material on writing, speaking, framing, and other key tools for arguing more powerfully 'Cross Cicero with David Letterman and you get Jay Heinrichs.'--Joseph Ellis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Quartet and American

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

The Ecology of Care: Medicine, Agriculture, Money, and the Quiet Power of Human and Microbial Communities (Donovan Peter)(Paperback)

What can Cuban doctors, innovative ranchers in Saskatchewan, and the microbiome teach us about how to care for people and the Earth at the same time? In this richly layered book, Didi Pershouse takes us on a fast-moving, sharp-witted journey through her own life: from growing up with 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 Making of a Leader: What Elite Sport Can Teach Us about Leadership, Management and Performance (Young Tom)(Paperback)

From polar explorers and politicians to CEOs and sports coaches, we are fascinated with the makeup of leaders. How do they thrive under pressure and inspire others to do the same? How do they establish a culture of long-term success? Performance psychologist Tom Young has worked closely with teams

The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us (Knight Douglas a.)(Paperback)

In The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us, preeminent biblical scholars Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levine deliver a broad and engaging introduction to the Old Testament--also known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible--offering a wealth of

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

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

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

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

The Scene That Became Cities: What Burning Man Philosophy Can Teach Us about Building Better Communities (Caveat Magister (Benjamin Wachs))(Paperback)

A practical and irreverent guide to Burning Man, its philosophy, why people do this to themselves, and how it matters to the world Over 30 years Burning Man has gone from two families on a San Francisco beach to a global movement in which hundreds of thousands of people around the world create

The Halo Effect... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers (Rosenzweig Phil)(Paperback)

With two new chapters and a new preface, the award-winning book The Halo Effect continues to unmask the delusions found in the corporate world and provides a sharp understanding of what drives business success and failure.Too many of today's most prominent management gurus make steel-clad

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

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

Vibrational Medicine: The #1 Handbook for Subtle-Energy Therapies (Gerber Richard)(Paperback)

The original comprehensive guide to energetic healing with a new preface by the author and updated resources. - Explores the actual science of etheric energies, replacing the Newtonian worldview with a new model based on Einstein's physics of energy. - Summarizes key points at the end of each

The Simple Guide to Collective Trauma: What It Is, How It Affects Us and How to Help (De Thierry Betsy)(Paperback)

- What is collective trauma?- How can it impact children and communities?- What can we do about it? Providing accessible answers to these complex questions and more, this guide explores the key characteristics of collective trauma and provides practical advice on how to help children, young people

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,

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

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

Economics: The User's Guide - A Pelican Introduction (Chang Ha-Joon)(Paperback / softback)

What is economics? What can - and can't - it explain about the world? Why does it matter? This book teaches economics at Cambridge University, and writes a column for the

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

The Great Guide: What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well (Baggini Julian)(Pevná vazba)

Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophers David Hume (1711-1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. Yet Hume's

The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us about Living Fully (Ostaseski Frank)(Paperback)

The cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project and pioneer behind the compassionate care movement shares an inspiring exploration of the lessons dying has to offer about living a fulfilling life. Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of every