Psychology in Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant by Marcus Weeks
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: In Minutes
To what extent is memory based on mood? Why do we compare ourselves to others? Are there different types of intelligence? How do we change with age? This book answers all these questions and many more in 200 short and accessible essays. From Pavlov's dogs to experimental ethics and from the development ...Show more
Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman
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Category: General Non Fiction
For more than two decades, psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman has been scouting the leading edge of the human sciences for what's new, surprising, and important. In Focus, he delves into the science of attention in all its varieties, presenting a long overdue discussion of this little-noticed an ...Show more
The Odditorium: The Tricksters, Eccentrics, Deviants and Inventors Whose Obsession Changed the World by David Bramwell
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Category: General Non Fiction
The Odditorium is a playful re-telling of history, told not through the lens of its victors, but through the fascinating stories of a wealth of individuals who, while lesser-known, are no less remarkable. Throughout its pages you'll learn about the antics and adventures of tricksters, eccentrics, devian ...Show more
The Secret Life of the Periodic Table by Ben Still
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Secret Life Of Ser.
Every element has character, be it volatile, aloof, gregarious or enigmatic. They also have incredible stories of how they came to be, how they were discovered and how their qualities have been harnessed to make everything we have in the world. The Secret Life of the Periodic Table gives a fascinating ...Show more
The Voices Within by Charles Fernyhough
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Wellcome
We all hear voices. Ordinary thinking is often a kind of conversation, filling our heads with speech: the voices of reason, of memory, of self-encouragement and rebuke, the inner dialogue that helps us with tough decisions or complicated problems. For others - voice-hearers, trauma-sufferers and prophet ...Show more
Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Selves by Patricia S. Churchland
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Category: General Non Fiction
A trailblazing philosopher?s exploration of the latest brain science?and its ethical and practical implications.
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base by Annie Jacobsen
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Category: General Non Fiction
The explosive, untold story of the Cold War's biggest secret. The REAL X-Files. It is the most famous military installation in the world. And no credible insider has ever divulged the truth about his time inside of it. Until now. This is the first book based on interviews with scientists, pilots and eng ...Show more
Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction by Steven Beller
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions
Antisemitism, as hatred of Jews and Judaism, has been a central problem of Western civilization for millennia, and its history continues to invite debate. This Very Short Introduction untangles the history of the phenomenon, from ancient religious conflict to 'new' antisemitism in the 21st century. Stev ...Show more
Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein by John Nixon
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Category: General Non Fiction
What Saddam told John Nixon during the conversations he had with him after his capture in late 2003 and early 2004 was to make Washington policymakers very unhappy. He convincingly rebutted the justifications used by the Bush administration for going to war. Were people ready to listen to this informati ...Show more
A History of New York in 101 Objects by Sam Roberts
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Category: General Non Fiction
Delightfully surprising .A portable virtual museum an entertaining stroll through the history of one of the world s great cities ("Kirkus Reviews"), told through 101 distinctive objects that span the history of New York, almost all reproduced in luscious, full color. Inspired by "A History of the World ...Show more
Science : A History in 100 Experiments by Mary Gribbin
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Category: General Non Fiction
A history of science distilled into 100 notable experiments - epic moments that have fuelled our understanding of Earth and the Universe beyond. The history of science is a fascinating and long one, covering thousands of years of history. The development of scientific experiments involves some of the mo ...Show more
Reality is Not What it Seems by Carlo Rovelli
$39.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics comes a new book about the mind-bending nature of the universe What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing ...Show more