The Myth of Experience: Why We Learn the Wrong Lessons, and Ways to Correct Them (Soyer Emre)(Pevná vazba)

The Myth of Experience: Why We Learn the Wrong Lessons, and Ways to Correct Them (Soyer Emre)(Pevná vazba)

Experience is a great teacher-except when it isn't.Our personal experience is key to who we are and what we do. We judge others by their experience and are judged by ours. Society venerates experience. From doctors to teachers to managers to presidents, the more experience the better. It's not

Lessons from History: Hidden Heroes and Villains of the Past, and What We Can Learn from Them (Deane Alex)(Pevná vazba)

Lessons from History is a joyful romp through the obscurest parts of the past, scouring the annals for overlooked figures and events that nonetheless left a footprint, and bringing them hilariously and often poignantly back to

10 Things Schools Get Wrong (and How We Can Get Them Right) (Cooney Horvath Jared)(Paperback)

What counterintuitive lessons can we learn from the meteoric rise of Mindset Theory in education? Why have computers so overwhelmingly failed to become the academic panacea many expected them to be? How can the simple act of assigning grades drive student narcissism and damage teacher

Life Moves Pretty Fast - The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies (and Why We Don't Learn Them from Movies Any More) (Freeman Hadley)(Paperback / softback)

Hadley Freeman brings us her personalised guide to American movies from the 1980s - why they are brilliant, what they meant to her, and how they influenced movie-making

The Inflation Myth and the Wonderful World of Deflation (Mobius Mark)(Pevná vazba)

What if everything you've learned about inflation is wrong? The Inflation Myth and the Wonderful World of Deflation illustrates our rapidly changing world where constant technological innovation leads to cheaper and better products. These changes are no longer reflected in the ways we measure

The Failures of Philosophy: A Historical Essay (Gaukroger Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

The first book to address the historical failures of philosophy--and what we can learn from them Philosophers are generally unaware of the failures of philosophy, recognizing only the failures of particular theories, which are then remedied with other theories. But, taking the long view, philosophy

Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live (Falick Melanie)(Pevná vazba)

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019 Why do we make things by hand? And why do we make them beautiful? Led by the question of why working with our hands remains vital and valuable in the modern world, author and maker Melanie Falick went on a transformative, inspiring journey. Traveling across

Why Don't We: In the Limelight (Why Don't We)(Pevná vazba)

In the Limelight is the official Why Don't We autobiography, full of never-before-seen photos and behind-the-scenes info about one of today's hottest bands.When five guys decided to form a band, they never imagined that they would go from playing music online to playing tours across the world so

How History Gets Things Wrong: The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories (Rosenberg Alex)(Paperback)

Why we learn the wrong things from narrative history, and how our love for stories is hard-wired.To understand something, you need to know its history. Right? Wrong, says Alex Rosenberg in How History Gets Things Wrong. Feeling especially well-informed after reading a book of popular history on the

The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today (Bream Shannon)(Pevná vazba)

The women of the Bible lived timeless stories--by examining them, we can understand what it means to be a woman of faith. People unfamiliar with Scripture often assume that women play a small, secondary role in the Bible. But in fact, they were central figures in numerous Biblical tales. It was

Power of Not Thinking - How Our Bodies Learn and Why We Should Trust Them (Roberts Dr Simon)(Pevná vazba)

A fascinating and revelatory look at how our bodies learn unconsciously and how understanding this can transform our

Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting (Genova Lisa)(Pevná vazba)

A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice.'Using her expertise as a neuroscientist and her gifts as a storyteller, Lisa Genova explains the

The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words (Mole Tom)(Pevná vazba)

We love books. We take them to bed with us. They weigh down our suitcases when we go on vacation. We display them on our bookshelves or store them in our attics. We give them as gifts. We write our names in them. We take them for granted. And all the time, our books are leading a double life. The

Fluke: The Math and Myth of Coincidence (Mazur Joseph)(Pevná vazba)

A mathematical guide to understanding why life can seem to be one big coincidence-and why the odds of just about everything are better than we would think.What are the chances? This is the question we ask ourselves when we encounter the strangest and most seemingly impossible coincidences, like the

The Ten Commandments: What They Mean, Why They Matter, and Why We Should Obey Them (DeYoung Kevin)(Pevná vazba)

Are the 10 Commandments still relevant today? Do they still apply? Which ones? What do they mean in light of God's mercy revealed in Jesus? Highlighting the timelessness and goodness of God's commands, pastor Kevin DeYoung delivers critical truth about the 10 Commandments as he makes clear what

Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain (Barrett Lisa Feldman)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a myth-busting primer on the brain in the tradition of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob

Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain (Feldman Barrett Lisa)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a myth-busting primer on the brain in the tradition of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a

The Digital Environment: How We Live, Learn, Work, and Play Now (Boczkowski Pablo J.)(Pevná vazba)

Understanding digital technology in daily life: why we should think holistically in terms of a digital environment instead of discrete devices and apps. Increasingly we live through our personal screens; we work, play, socialize, and learn digitally. The shift to remote everything during the

Silence and Honey Cakes (Williams Rowan)(Paperback)

The Archbishop of Canterbury explores the lessons we can learn from the wisdom and spirituality of the desert

Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes... and How to Correct Them: Lessons from the Life-Changing Science of Behavioral Economics (Belsky Gary)(Paperback)

Protect and grow your finances with help from this definitive and practical guide to behavioral economics--revised and updated to reflect new economic realities.In their fascinating investigation of the ways we handle money, Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich reveal the psychological forces--the

The Future of Nutrition: An Insider's Look at the Science, Why We Keep Getting It Wrong, and How to Start Getting It Right (Campbell T. Colin)(Pevná vazba)

2020 Foreword Indie Award Winner in the 'Health' Category From the coauthor of The China Study and author of the New York Times bestselling follow-up, Whole Despite extensive research and overwhelming public information on nutrition and health science, we are more confused than ever--about the

Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person: A Pessimist's Guide to Marriage, Offering Insight, Practical Advice, and Consolation. (The School of Life)(Pevná vazba)

Number Bias - How numbers dominate our world and why that's a problem we need to fix (Blauw Sanne)(Pevná vazba)

A playful, sharp-eyed myth-busting reassessment of the part numbers and statistics play in our

The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause (Mattern Susan)(Paperback)

A surprising look at the role of menopause in human history-and why we should change the ways we think about it Are the ways we look at menopause all wrong? Susan Mattern says yes and, in The Slow Moon Climbs, reveals just how wrong we have been. From the rainforests of Paraguay to the streets of