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American Philosophy: A Love Story
John J Kaag · FSG
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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The epic wisdom contained in a lost library helps the author turn his life aroundIn American Philosophy, John Kaag--a disillusioned philosopher at sea in his marriage and career--stumbles upon a treasure trove of rare books on an old estate in the hinterlands of New Hampshire that once... |
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The Wisdom of the Myths: How Greek Mythology Can Change Your Life
Luc Ferry · Harper Perennial; First Edition edition
Format: Print book |
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More than 100,000 copies sold in FranceA fascinating new journey through Greek mythology that explains the myths' timeless lessons and meaningHeroes, gods, and mortals. The Greek myths are the founding narratives of Western civilization: to understand them is to know the origins of philosophy,... |
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Kidding Ourselves: The Hidden Power of Self-Deception
Joseph T Hallinan · Crown Publishers
Pages: 260
Format: Print book |
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Why We Make Mistakes, an illuminating exploration of human beings' astonishing ability to deceive themselves. To one degree or another, we all misjudge reality. Our perception - of ourselves and the world around us - is much more... |
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Anatomy of malice : the enigma of the Nazi war criminals
Joel E Dimsdale · Yale University Press
Pages: 243
Format: Print book |
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When the ashes had settled after World War II and the Allies convened an international war crimes trial in Nuremberg, a psychiatrist, Douglas Kelley, and a psychologist, Gustave Gilbert, tried to fathom the psychology of the Nazi leaders, using extensive psychiatric interviews, IQ tests,... |
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The Psychology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Dk. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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Now in paperback, The Psychology Book explores more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the field using highly visual graphics, clear text, a directory of scientists, and a vocabulary glossary.The Psychology Book looks at the biggest names in psychology, including William James, Sigmund Freud,... |
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Rock Breaks Scissors: A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody
William Poundstone · Little, Brown
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover |
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A practical guide to outguessing everything from multiple-choice tests to the office football pool to the stock market. People are predictable even when they try not to be. William Poundstone demonstrates how to turn this fact to personal advantage in scores of everyday situations, from... |
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South American Handbook 2015
Ben Box · Footprint Handbooks; 91st Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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South America is epic. Home to the worlds highest waterfall, the longest mountain range and the largest rainforest this continent will baffle you with its enormity. While cities like Rio de Janeiro swing to the sounds of samba, locals jostle around market stalls in Cuzco and indigenous... |
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Manhood: How to Be a Better Man-or Just Live with One
Terry Crews · Zinc Ink
Format: Hardcover |
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From NFL player turned film and TV star Terry Crews comes a wise and warmhearted memoir chronicling his lifelong quest to become a good man, loving husband, and responsible father. Â What does it mean to be a man? Terry Crews, TVs iconic Old Spice Guy and co-star of the hit Golden Globe... |
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Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs
Joshua Wolf Shenk · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A revelatory synthesis of cultural history and social psychology that shows how one-to-one collaboration drives creative success  Weaving the lives of scores of creative duos—from John Lennon and Paul McCartney to Marie and Pierre Curie to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak—Joshua Wolf... |
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Find Momo: A Photography Book
Andrew Knapp · Quirk Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback |
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Thousands of Internet fans play hide-and-seek with Momo the border collie every day. And now, in his New York Times best-selling book, you can too! Momo and his best buddy Andrew Knapp have traveled all over - through fields, down country roads, across cities, and into yards, neighborhoods,... |
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A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
Nicholas Wade · Penguin Press
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover |
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Drawing on startling new evidence from the mapping of the genome, an explosive new account of the genetic basis of race and its role in the human story Fewer ideas have been more toxic or harmful than the idea of the biological reality of race, and with it the idea that humans of different... |
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