Wasted: How We Squander Time, Money, and Natural Resources-And What We Can Do about It (Reese Byron)(Pevná vazba)

Wasted: How We Squander Time, Money, and Natural Resources-And What We Can Do about It (Reese Byron)(Pevná vazba)

A riveting exploration of the complicated, and often surprising, ways that waste occurs in our businesses, our communities, and our lives 'A smart, unconventional book that takes readers far beyond what they think they know about a complex subject.'--Kari Byron, former cast member of MythBusters

Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong: And What We Can Do about It (Kilpatrick William)(Paperback)

In Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong: And What We Can Do About It, Kilpatrick shows how we can correct this problem by providing our youngsters with the stories, models, and inspirations they need in order to lead good lives. Kilpatrick shows how we can correct this problem by providing our

The Science of Song: How and Why We Make Music (Cross Alan)(Pevná vazba)

What is music? How is it made? And what's changed --- and what hasn't --- about how we listen to it? Here's all the best stuff about the science and history behind our connection to music.Though most of us know we love listening to music, we may not spend much time thinking about how this came to

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

How Art Can Be Thought: A Handbook for Change (Desouza Allan)(Pevná vazba)

What terms do we use to describe and evaluate art, and how do we judge if art is good, and if it is for the social good? In How Art Can Be Thought Allan deSouza investigates such questions and the popular terminology through which art is discussed, valued, and taught. Adapting art viewing to

Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth about Our Money System and How We Can Break Free (Brown Ellen Hodgson)(Paperback)

EXPLODING THE MYTHS ABOUT MONEY Our money system is not what we have been led to believe. The creation of money has been 'privatized,' or taken over by a private money cartel. Except for coins, all of our money is now created as loans advanced by private banking institutions -- including the

Digital Suffragists: Women, the Web, and the Future of Democracy (Tessier Marie)(Pevná vazba)

Why women's voices are outnumbered online and what we can do about it, by a New York Times comment moderator. If you've read the comments posted by readers of online news sites, you may have noticed the absence of women's voices. Men are by far the most prolific commenters on politics and public

That's Not How We Do It Here!: A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall--And Can Rise Again (Kotter John)(Pevná vazba)

What's the worst thing you can hear when you have a good idea at work?'That's not how we do it here ' In their iconic bestseller Our Iceberg Is Melting, John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber used a simple fable about penguins to explain the process of lead-ing people through major changes. Now, ten

Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do about It (Kelly Erin L.)(Paperback)

Why too much work and too little time is hurting workers and companies--and how a proven workplace redesign can benefit employees and the bottom line Today's ways of working are not working--even for professionals in 'good' jobs. Responding to global competition and pressure from financial markets,

How We Do Family: From Adoption to Trans Pregnancy, What We Learned about Love and LGBTQ Parenthood (Reese Trystan)(Pevná vazba)

One LGBTQ family's inspiring, heartfelt story of the many alternative paths that lead to a loving family, with lessons for every parent Trystan and Biff had been dating for just a year when the couple learned that Biff's niece and nephew were about to be removed from their home by Child Protective

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

Discomfortable: What Is Shame and How Can We Break Its Hold? (Bond A. J.)(Paperback)

The go-to guide to understand and unpack shame: what it is, why we feel it, and how to undo the lies it tells us about ourselves. Are you ready to get Discomfortable? This is a book about shame: what it is, why we have it, and how we can break its hold on our happiness. We all know shame: it's that

Post-Truth: Why We Have Reached Peak Bullshit and What We Can Do about It (Davis Evan)(Pevná vazba)

'A Malcolm Gladwell-style social psychology/behavioural economics primer' Evening Standard Low-level dishonesty is rife everywhere, in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts, economy with the truth, careful drafting - from Trump and the Brexit debate to companies that tell us 'your call

Fragile - Why we feel more anxious, stressed and overwhelmed than ever, and what we can do about it (O'Malley Stella)(Paperback / softback)

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

Dying for a Paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance--And What We Can Do about It (Pfeffer Jeffrey)(Pevná vazba)

In this timely, provocative book, a Stanford business professor contends that many modern management practices are toxic to employees--hurting engagement, increasing turnover, and destroying their physical and emotional health--and to company performance, as he offers ways to build human

That's Not How We Do It Here! - A Story About How Organizations Rise, Fall - and Can Rise Again (Kotter John)(Pevná vazba)

Written by the author of Our Iceberg is Melting That's Not How We Do It, this book tells the story of a clan of meerkats who live in the Kalahari. Well organised and efficient, the colony enjoys many years of successful growth, until it suddenly comes under threat from a new form of predator and is

We Know It When We See It - What the Neurobiology of Vision Tells Us About How We Think (Masland Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Definitive pop science from a world

Tate: Contemporary Art Decoded

What is contemporary art, and how did art come to be what it is today? How can we understand what a work of art means; and can't just about anything be called art these days?Contemporary Art Decoded takes ten key questions about contemporary art and uses them to what you're looking at, how it

The Case for the Green New Deal (Pettifor Ann)(Pevná vazba)

What is the Green New Deal and how can we afford it? To protect the future of life on earth, we need to do more than just reimagine the economy--we have to change everything. One of the seminal thinkers of the program that helped ignite the US Green New Deal campaign, Ann Pettifor explains how we

Sum of Us - What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together (McGhee Heather)(Pevná vazba)

The heartbreaking, liberating truth about what racism has cost all of

Virus (Martynoga Ben)(Paperback / softback)

WHERE DID IT COME FROM, AND HOW CAN WE BEAT IT?It's 15,000 times smaller than a flea and we can kill it with a bar of soap - so how did a tiny, fragile virus change the

Evolution's Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins (Ungar Peter)(Pevná vazba)

What teeth can teach us about the evolution of the human species Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared to those of our ancestors to teach us how we became human. In Evolution's Bite, noted

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