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Lisa Feldman Barrett How Emotions Are Made ENWhen you feel anxious, angry, happy, or surprised, what's really going on inside you? Most scientists would agree that emotions come from specific parts of the brain, and that we feel them whenever they're triggered by the world around us. The thrill of seeing an old friend, the sadness of a tear-jerker movie, the fear of losing someone you love - each of these sensations arises automatically and uncontrollably…
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Chris Butterworth, Lucia Gaggiotti (ilustrácie) How Does My Home Work?The third title in a series of process books, this stylishly illustrated book explains how our homes are supplied with electricity, water and gas. A sequel to Lunchbox: The Story of Your Food and Where Do Clothes Come From? ...
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Olivia Cosneau, Bernard Duisit How Do You Sleep?This product complies with the essential requirements of the relevant European health, safety and environmental protection legislation.
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Holly Bourne How Do You Like Me Now?veryone wants to be Tori Bailey. A straight-talking, bestselling author, she's inspired millions of women around the world with her self-help memoir and uplifting Instagram posts. What's more, her perfect relationship with her long-term ...
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Holly Bourne How Do You Like Me Now?There's no doubt that Tori is winning the game of life. She's inspired millions of women to stick two fingers up at convention with her bestselling memoir, and she has the perfect relationship to boot...
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Robert Peston How Do We Fix This Mess? ENIn Robert Peston's new book he explains in his characteristically straightforward way how the world got itself into the current economic mess - and how we might get out of it. 'How do we fix this mess? I don't know. But don't stop reading now. Perhaps if we have a clearer understanding of what went wrong, we'll have a better idea of what needs to be done. This book is a map of what needs to be fixed.' The record…
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Steven Levitsky How Democracies DieHow does a democracy die? What can we do to save our own? What lessons does history teach us? In the twenty-first century democracy is threatened like never before...
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Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt How Democracies DieDemocracies can die with a coup d'état - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse of governmental power and the complete repression of opposition. All three steps are being taken around the world - not least with the election of Donald Trump - and we must all understand how we can stop them. In How Democracies Die,…
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Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt How Democracies DieDonald Trump’s presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we’d be asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than twenty years studying the breakdown...
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Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt How Democracies DieDemocracies can die with a coup d'état - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse of governmental power and the complete repression of opposition...
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Jonathan B. Rosenberg How Debuggers Work: Algorithms, Data Structures, and Architecture ENDebuggers are an indispensable tool in the development process. In fact, during the course of the average software project, more hours are spent debugging software than in compiling code. Yet, not many programmers really know how to constructively interpret the results they get back from debuggers. And even fewer know what makes these complex suites of algorithms and data structures tick. Now in this extremely…
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Ernest T. Pascarella How College Affects Students ENThis is the long-awaited second volume of Pascarella and Terenzini's 1991 award-winning review of the research on the impacts of college on students.The authors review their earlier findings and then synthesize what has been learned since 1990 about college's influences on students’ learning.The book also discusses the implications of the findings for research, practice, and public policy.This authoritative and…
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Cass R. Sunstein How Change HappensWhen do social movements take off? Sexual harassment was once something that women had to endure; now a movement has risen up against it. White nationalist sentiments, on the other hand, were largely kept out of mainstream discourse; ...
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How Business WorksDefines and explains the key concepts behind business, finance and company management. With the right knowledge, business does not have to be difficult. Do you know the difference between profit margin, gross profit and net profit? ...
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Jun Cen (ilustrácie) How Big is Big? How Far is Far? All Around MeDid you know that a squid's eyeball is as big as a beach ball? Or that there was once a dinosaur about as big as a... goat. How big is Big? How Far is Far? All Around Me finds creative ways of explaining measurements by comparing weight, size ...
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Matt Fitzgerald How Bad Do You Want it? ENHow Bad Do You Want it? revisits some of the most extraordinary moments from the history of endurance sports to show how mental strength allows some athletes to perform at a level way beyond their physical limits - to will their body to do what was previously thought biologically impossible. Drawing on cutting-edge scientific research it suggests concrete habits and tactics we can use to cultivate our own mental…
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Alison Gopnik How Babies ThinkOrion Publishing Co: Learning begins in the first days of life. Scientists are now discovering how young children develop emotionally and intellectually, and are beginning to realize that from birth babies already know a staggering amount about the world around them. In the first book of its kind for a popular audience, three leading US scientists draw on twenty-five years of research in philosophy, psychology,…
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Joe Studwell How Asia Works ENA provocative look at what has worked - and what hasn't - in East Asian economics, now in paperback. Until the catastrophic economic crisis of the late 1990s, East Asia was perceived as a monolithic success story. But heady economic growth rates masked the most divided continent in the world - one half the most extraordinary developmental success story ever seen, the other half a paper tiger. Joe Studwell explores…
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Ann Kay How Art WorksThis enticing introduction to art appreciation for children looks at art history, themes in art, and art techniques - from cave paintings to modern art. Children will learn to step back, think, and look at art in a new way....
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Bridget Watson Payne How Art Can Make You Happy ENFor all those people who love art but don't make time for it and feel guilty as a result, Art Happiness is the answer. This easy, breezy handbook is full of advice and insight to help regular people have a more rewarding and less stressful relationship with art. With tips on how to visit museums, how to talk about art at cocktail parties, and how to let art wake you up to the world around you, this little guide…
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How Are You Today?Create all sorts of different hilarious and wacky expressions by flipping the flaps on this fun interactive board book. Can you make the expression with your own face? ...
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Peter D. Schiff, Andrew J. Schiff How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes ENHow an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes uses illustration, humor, and accessible storytelling to explain complex topics of economic growth and monetary systems. In it, economic expert and bestselling author of Crash Proof, Peter Schiff teams up with his brother Andrew to apply their signature 'take no prisoners' logic to expose the glaring fallacies that have become so ingrained in our country's economic…
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Matthew Reilly Hover Car Racer ENIn the world of the near future, people travel everywhere in cars that hover four feet above the ground. This brilliant new technology has brought with it the invention of a new super-fast, super-dangerous, competitive sport...hover car racing. Jason Chaser is a hover car racer, but he and his younger brother have to battle for their places amongst the glamour and wealth of the professional circuit through their…
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Alison Penton Harper Housewife Down ENThe days I had previously filled with the duties of chief cook and bottle-washer now lay strangely empty and stretched out before me like a blank canvas. I kept looking at it, but couldn`t think of anything to paint . . . Preparing dinner for her husband’s colleagues, nervous, and listening to a woman complain about domestic slavery on the radio, Helen Robbins hits the bottle hard. For thirteen years she has lived…
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