The provocative follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Predictably Irrational * Why can large bonuses make CEOs less productive? * How can confusing directions actually help us? * Why is revenge so important to us? * Why is there such a big difference between what we think will make us happy and what
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We live in a time of changes that include accelerating globalization, mounting quantities of information, the growing hegemony of science and technology, and the clash of civilizations. Those changes call for new ways of learning and thinking in school, business, and the professions. In this audiobook, psychologist Howard Gardner defines
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We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, we’re consuming 30 percent of the world’s resources and creating 30 percent of the world’s waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets! This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the
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We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet-having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created breathtaking works of art-while chimps remain animals concerned primarily with the basic necessities of
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Kitchen Science Explained"Like having a scientist at your side to answer your questions in plain, non-technical language."Science NewsWhy is red meat red? How do they decaffeinate coffee? Do you wish you understood the science of food but don’t want to plow through dry, technical books?
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PACO UNDERHILL, the author of the hugely successful Why We BuyThe Call of the Mall, reports on the growing importance of women in everybody’s marketplace--what makes a package, product, space, or service "female friendly." Underhill offers a tour of the world’s marketplace--with shrewd observations
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The odds of being hit by lightning each year are only about 1 in 750,000 in the U.S. And yet this rare phenomenon has inspired both fear and fascination for thousands of years. In this groundbreaking, brilliantly researched book, journalist John S. Friedman probes lightning’s scientific, spiritual, and cultural
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Here is the first and only guide to cover all 572 species of birds known to occur within the 7,100 islands that comprise the Philippines. The Philippines are the home of nearly 172 species that are not found anywhere else in the world-many of which are endangered as the result of high levels
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Award-winning journalist Liza Mundy captures the human narratives, as well as the science, behind the controversial, multibillion-dollar fertility industry, and examines how this huge social experiment is transforming our most basic relationships and even our destiny as a species.Skyrocketing infertility rates and dizzying technological advances are revolutionizing American families
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