Social sciences

A successful Wall Street trader turned neuroscientist reveals how risk taking and stress transform our body chemistry Before he became a world-class scientist, John Coates ran a derivatives trading desk in New York City. He used the expression “the hour between dog and wolf” to refer to the moment of Jekyll-and-Hyde transformation traders passed through when under pressure. They became cocky and

The New York Times bestselling guide to thinking like literature's greatest detective. "Steven Pinker meets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" (Boston Globe), by the author of The Confidence Game.  No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these abiliti

The bestselling author of The How of Happiness reveals how to find opportunity in life’s thorniest moments   Focusing on life’s biggest, messiest moments, Sonja Lyubomirsky provides readers with the clear-eyed vision they need to build the healthiest, most satisfying life. Lyubomirsky argues that we have been given false promises—myths that assure us that lifelong happines

The Oscar-shortlisted documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric Schlosser's book and continues to explore the little-known history of the management and safety concerns of America's nuclear aresenal. “A devastatingly lucid and detailed new history of nuclear weapons in the U.S. Fascinating.” —Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine “Peril

With Give and Take, Adam Grant not only introduced a landmark new paradigm for success but also established himself as one of his generation's most compelling and provocative thought leaders. In Originals he again addresses the challenge of improving the world, but now from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformit

In the spirit of Gretchen Rubin´s megaseller The Happiness Project and Eric Weiner´s The Geography of Bliss, a journalist embarks on a project to discover what it takes to love where you live The average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime. For Melody Warnick, it was move #6, from Austin, Texas, to Blacksburg, Virginia, that threatened to unhinge her. In the lonely aftermath of u

In this Queen Bees and Wannabes for the elementary and middle school set, child and adolescent psychotherapist Katie Hurley shows parents of young girls how to nip mean girl behavior in the bud. Once upon a time, mean girls primarily existed in high school, while elementary school-aged girls spent hours at play and enjoyed friendships without much drama. But in this fast-paced world in which youn

Self-talk matters, but what methods of building healthy self-talk actually work? This how-to guide shares evidence-based techniques to go from being your own worst critic to your own best friend. Perhaps you want to be nicer to yourself but don´t really know how to get there. Or maybe you´re someone who assumes self-criticism is a permanent part of your personality. Rest assured y

A beautifully curated presentation of the Thousand Character Essay, a masterpiece of Chinese calligraphy that has served as the art form's classic manual for over 1,400 years. Sung to infants as a lullaby, used to teach reading and writing, and employed as library index codes, the Thousand Character Essay is China's most widely used and beloved calligraphy textbook. Composed by the literary gian

¡OLVIDA LA REGLA DE LAS 10,000 HORAS, PARA APRENDER LO QUE NECESITAS SÓLO NECESITARÁS 20 HORAS! Si pudieras aprender lo que quisieras ¿Qué encabezaría tu lista? ¿Qué te detiene? ¿Te preocupan las habilidades que necesitarás o el tiempo requerido? En sólo 20 horas ofrece un enfoque sistemático para la rápi

Perder el miedo a la muerte de un ser querido desde el amor, la compasión y el cuidado. «Abrazar hasta el último aliento es una muy necesitada orientación y enseñanza para quienes deben enfrentar estos momentos tan difíciles y delicados en la vida familiar, cuando un ser querido está en la etapa final de su existencia.» —Marcelo Rittner

¿Qué nos estanca en el sufrimiento cuando perdemos a un ser amado? ¿Por qué todo parece una pesadilla interminable? ¿Qué puede ayudarnos para atravesar el pantano de la tristeza? ¿Es posible ser felices después de esta tormenta? Sí, sí es posible y la mejor orientación nos la ofrece Mario Guerra en este libro &iacut

A new edition of A.E. Waite's classic The Pictorial Key to the Tarot that explores tarot's radical political potential and its usefulness for the left. A.E. Waite´s The Pictoral Key to the Tarot has been a mainstay among tarot reference guides for more than a century. As an acclaimed occultist and scholar of the Kabbalah, Waite collaborated with artist Pamela Colman Smith to create what has beco

Keep your thoughts safe and secure from the Warden and other hostile mobs with this Minecraft–inspired lock & key diary. Use this diary to keep your private thoughts under lock and key, and away from prying eyes. Write your secrets down with the included ballpoint pen and use its magic reveal light to find hidden objects printed in invisible ink throughout the pages of the diary. 192-

En fängslande historia om Nordamerikas ursprungsbefolkningar – från mäktiga forntida städer till dagens kamp för suveränitet. Kathleen DuVal visar hur inhemska nationer formade kontinentens historia och behöll inflytande långt efter européernas ankomst. En nyckelbok som sätter urfolkens makt i centrum.

"Tanks are like dinner jackets", an Australian general once commented, "you don't need them very often, but when you do, nothing else will do."

An authoritative history of the tank and the remarkable individuals who designed them and fought in them, from a former officer and best-selling historian

Tanks are the ultimate embodiment of industrial age war

'The transformation of the US into an autocracy has advanced. By 2024, it might be irreversible [and] will change almost everything in the world. Nobody has outlined this danger more compellingly than Robert Kagan.' - Martin Wolf, Financial Times

A chilling and clear-eyed warning about the threats to our democracy posed by the increasing radicalization of the Republican

A ground-breaking guide to working with your hormones for better periods, more energy and improved health, from one of the UK's most trusted and influential health experts, Dr. Hazel Wallace (aka The Food Medic).

Infantilised: How Our Culture Killed Adulthood is the definitive grown-up's guide to a cultural landscape predicated on the primacy and constancy of youth.