The Truth about Us: The Very Good News about How Very Bad We Are (Hansen Brant)(Paperback)

The Truth about Us: The Very Good News about How Very Bad We Are (Hansen Brant)(Paperback)

What would happen if you admitted you weren't a good person?It's a seemingly crazy question. From priests to prisoners, nearly everyone thinks they're morally better than average. Why change our minds? Why admit the truth about ourselves?In his conversational, fun-to-read, and delightfully

Insight: The Surprising Truth about How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves, and Why the Answers Matter More Than We Think (Eurich Tasha)(Paperback)

Choice Theory: A Very Short Introduction (Allingham Michael)(Paperback)

We make choices all the time--about how to spend our money, about how to spend our time, about what to do with our lives. And we are also constantly judging the decisions other people make as rational or irrational. But what kind of criteria are we applying when we say that a choice is rational?

Net Zero: How We Stop Causing Climate Change (Helm Dieter)(Paperback)

What can we really do about the climate emergency? The inconvenient truth is that we are causing the climate crisis with our carbon intensive lifestyles and that fixing - or even just slowing - it will affect all of us. But it can be done.In Net Zero the economist Professor Dieter Helm addresses

Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World's Network of Corruption

VERY BAD PEOPLE is about following the money, going undercover in the world's most dangerous places, and bringing down the people behind the crimes. Case by case we see maverick investigators pitched against warlords, grifters and super-villains who bear every resemblance to The Night Manager's

Book about Getting Older - Lucy Pollock

Now more than ever, we need to talk about getting older. Many of us are living to a very great age.But how do we give those we love, and eventually ourselves, long lives that are as happy and healthy as possible?Dr Lucy's book gives us answers to the questions we can voice - and those that we

The Truth about Nature: Environmentalism in the Era of Post-Truth Politics and Platform Capitalism (Bscher Bram)(Paperback)

How should we share the truth about the environmental crisis? At a moment when even the most basic facts about ecology and the climate face contestation and contempt, environmental advocates are at an impasse. Many have turned to social media and digital technologies to shift the tide. But what if

Do We Need Pandas?: The Uncomfortable Truth about Biodiversity (Thompson Ken)(Paperback)

How much do we really know about the species that make up the natural world? In this fascinating book Ken Thompson explains what we do and don't understand about biodiversity. We know that most species remain undiscovered, and that biodiversity is gravely threatened - by overfishing, habitat loss,

F*** You Very Much - The surprising truth about why people are so rude (Wallace Danny)(Paperback / softback)

That we say we don't want rude politicians, but we vote for them anyway? Or that rude language can sway a jury in a criminal case? Adam Grant author of Originals, Give and Take, Option B*This book was originally published under the title, I Can't Believe You Just Said

The Good News about Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever -- And What to Do about It (Lewis Katherine Reynolds)(Paperback)

The current model of parental discipline is as outdated as a rotary phone. Why don't our kids do what we want them to do? Parents often take the blame for misbehavior, but this obscures a broader trend: in our modern, highly connected age, children have less self-control than ever. About half of

(Honest) Truth About Dishonesty - How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves (Ariely Dan)(Paperback)

Fascinating and provocative, Ariely's The Truth About Dishonesty is an insightful and brilliantly researched take on cheating, deception and willpower. Internationally bestselling author Ariely pulls no punches when it comes to home

Why We Get Fat: And What to Do about It (Taubes Gary)(Paperback)

What's making us fat? And how can we change? Building upon his critical work in Good Calories, Bad Calories and presenting fresh evidence for his claim, bestselling author Gary Taubes revisits these urgent questions. Taubes reveals the bad nutritional science of the last century--none more damaging

Net Zero - How We Stop Causing Climate Change (Helm Dieter)(Pevná vazba)

What can we really do about the climate emergency? The inconvenient truth is that we are causing the climate crisis with our carbon intensive lifestyles and that fixing - or even just slowing - it will affect all of us. But it can be

Criminal - The Truth About Why People Do Bad Things (Gash Tom)(Paperback / softback)

After the Fact?: The Truth about Fake News (Gilroy-Ware Marcus)(Paperback)

Why do we no longer trust facts, experts and statistics? In this essential guide to the turbulent times in which we live, Marcus Gilroy-Ware investigates our era of post-truths and fake news and answers the question of where we can go from here. We are supposed to have more information at our

Bad News - What the Headlines Don't Tell Us (Pack Mark)(Pevná vazba)

The essential guide to interpreting the news in the post-truth

Everything Bad is Good for You - How Popular Culture is Making Us Smarter (Johnson Steven)(Paperback / softback)

The author puts forward a radical alternative to the endless complaints about reality TV, throwaway movies and violent video games. In this title, he shows that mass culture - 'The Simpsons', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Apprentice', 'The Sopranos', 'Grand Theft Auto' - is actually more

How Do You Feel? (Browne Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

A book about feelings, for the very young

Licence to Be Bad: How Economics Corrupted Us (Aldred Jonathan)(Paperback)

'It is going to change the way in which we understand many modern debates about economics, politics, and society' Ha Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Over the past fifty years, the way we value what is 'good' and 'right' has changed dramatically. Behaviour that

Design: A Very Short Introduction (Heskett John)(Paperback)

John Heskett wants to transform the way we think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal, and the car we drive to work in, to the medical equipment used to save lives. Design combines 'need' and 'desire' in the form of a

Life on the Screen (Turkle Sherry)(Paperback)

Life on the Screen is a book not about computers, but about people and how computers are causing us to reevaluate our identities in the age of the Internet. We are using life on the screen to engage in new ways of thinking about evolution, relationships, politics, sex, and the self. Life on the

Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick (Wood Wendy)(Paperback)

A landmark book about how we form habits, and what we can do with this knowledge to make positive changeWe spend a shocking 43 percent of our day doing things without thinking about them. That means that almost half of our actions aren't conscious choices but the result of our non-conscious mind

Your Voice Speaks Volumes: It's Not What You Say, But How You Say It (Setter Jane)(Paperback)

Why do we speak the way we do, and what do our voices tell others about us? What is the truth behind the myths that surround how we speak? Jane Setter explores these and other fascinating questions in this engaging introduction to the power and the science of the voice. The book first takes us on a

We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

'When women get together and talk about men, the news is almost always bad news,' writes bell hooks. 'If the topic gets specific and the focus is on black men, the news is even worse.' In this powerful new book, bell hooks arrests our attention from the first page. Her title--We Real Cool; her