Whitehall Effect - How Whitehall Became the Enemy of Great Public Services and What We Can Do about It (Seddon John)(Paperback / softback)

Whitehall Effect - How Whitehall Became the Enemy of Great Public Services and What We Can Do about It (Seddon John)(Paperback / softback)

In The WHITEHALL Effect, John Seddon explains how and why it is that governments repeatedly fail to deliver what our public services need and exposes the devastation that three decades of political fads, fashions and bad theory have caused. Although his examples come from the UK, he and his

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

New Urban Crisis - Gentrification, Housing Bubbles, Growing Inequality, and What We Can Do About It (Florida Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Cities are both the engines of innovation and the seedbeds of inequality - how can we keep what's good and break free of the

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 Inequality Crisis: The Facts and What We Can Do about It (Brown Roger)(Paperback)

What are the causes of the rise in economic inequality in the West and what can be done about it? Inequality has at last taken centre stage in the political discourse, but there is very little to explain the inequality debates and to offer solutions for the UK. Written by an award-winning academic

Bombarded: How to Fight Back Against the Online Assault on Democracy (Krohn Cyrus)(Paperback)

A powerful assessment of how online information became unreliable--and what can be done about it. - Kirkus ReviewsImagine an imminent America where citizens are bombarded with personalized political messages from every smart device - yet information is so suspect, nobody can tell what the truth is

Pure, White and Deadly - How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It (Yudkin John)(Paperback / softback)

Sugar. It is killing us. Why do we eat so much of it? What are its hidden dangers? Using everyday language and a range of scientific evidence, the author explores the ins and out of sugar, from the different types - is brown sugar really better than white? - to how it is hidden inside our everyday

The Power of Bad: How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It (Tierney John)(Paperback)

'The most important book at the borderland of psychology and politics that I have ever read.'--Martin E. P. Seligman, Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology at that University of Pennsylvania and author of Learned Optimism Why are we devastated by a word of criticism even when it's mixed with

Great Divide (Stiglitz Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Why has inequality increased in the Western world - and what can we do about it? This title argues that inequality is a choice - the cumulative result of unjust policies and misguided priorities. It exposes the inequality that is afflicting America and other Western countries in thrall to

Sex Matters - How male-centric medicine endangers women's health and what we can do about it (McGregor Dr Alyson J.)(Paperback / softback)

A clarion call about the dangers of medicine for women, as well as a manual for how women can get the right care for their

All That Is Solid - How the Great Housing Disaster Defines Our Times, and What We Can Do About It (Dorling Danny)(Paperback / softback)

Looks at the UK's dangerous relationship with housing - and how it's all going to come crashing down. In this book, this book argues that housing is the defining issue of our

Blinded by Corona - How the Pandemic Ruined Britain's Health and Wealth and What to Do about It (Ashton John)(Paperback / softback)

In this hard-hitting book Britain's leading public-health expert Professor Dr John Ashton describes how we can make Britain safe

Before You Know It - The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do (Bargh John)(Paperback / softback)

And most crucial of all: if we understood how our unconscious worked - if we knew why we do what we do - could we finally, fundamentally, know ourselves?From checking a dating app to holding a cup of coffee or choosing who to vote for, our unconscious secretly governs everything we feel, think and

Influence - What it really means and how to make it work for you (Nabben Jenny)(Paperback / softback)

The honest truth about influence: what it is, how it works and how you can do it better. Your ability to influence can spell the difference between success and failure in business: with it you can get things done, spark change and transform results as you gently persuade, convince and

Philosophy of Religion: A Very Short Introduction (Bayne Tim)(Paperback)

What is the philosophy of religion? How can we distinguish it from theology on the one hand and the psychology/sociology of religious belief on the other? What does it mean to describe God as 'eternal'? And should religious people want there to be good arguments for the existence of God, or is

Mask of Command - A Study of Generalship (Keegan John)(Paperback / softback)

The Mask of Command is about generals: who they are, what they do and how they affect the world we live in. Grant and the false heroic of Hitler - John Keegan propounds the view of heroism in warfare as inextricable linked with the political imperative of the age and

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

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

What Do We Know and What Should We Do about the Future of Work? (Simms Melanie)(Paperback)

'An excellent summary of why and how we work.' People Management magazine What do we know about the current state of work and employment and what does the future of work look like? Professor Melanie Simms provides a far-reaching overview of paid employment in the UK, examining why we work, how we

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

Pink Brain, Blue Brain - How Small Differences Grow into Troublesome Gaps - And What We Can Do About It (Eliot Lise Ph.D.)(Paperback / softback)

Drawing on years of research and the author's own work in the field of neuroplasticity, this title argues that infant brains are so malleable that small differences at birth become amplified over time as parents, teachers, and the culture at large unwittingly reinforce gender

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

How to Speak Money: What the Money People Say-And What It Really Means (Lanchester John)(Paperback)

To those who don't speak it, the language of money can seem impenetrable. Fortunately, John Lanchester--the best-selling novelist and reporter hailed by The Economist for 'explain[ing] complex stuff in a down-to-earth and witty style'--is here to bridge the gap between the money people and the rest

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