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Ian Morris Why West Rules for Now ENWhy does the West rule? Eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing uniquely on 15,000 years of history and archaeology, and the methods of social science.
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Barry Schwartz Why We Work ENPart of the TED series: Why We Work Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising, complex and urgent. We've long been taught that the reason we work is primarily for a paycheck. In fact, we've shaped much of the infrastructure of our society to accommodate this belief. Then why are so many people dissatisfied with their work, despite healthy…
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Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosaki Why We Want You to Be Rich ENDiscusses the importance of financial education and offers advice for using financial literacy to increase wealth.
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Wolfgang Herrndorf Why We Took the Car ENMike doesn't get why people think he's boring. Sure, he doesn't have many friends. (OK, zero friends.) And everyone laughs at him when he reads his essays out loud in class. And he's never invited to parties. But one day Tschick, the odd new boy at school, shows up at Mike's house out of the blue. He dares him to go on a road trip with him. No parents, no map, no destination. Will they get hopelessly lost in the…
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Halina Pawlowská Why We Think the Things We ThinkHave you ever found yourself alone with your thoughts? Have you ever been asked if the glass is half full or half empty? Do you wonder what true happiness is or how to attain it? Or maybe nothing really matters if everything is just an illusion or a dream? These ideas are some of the central questions of philosophical enquiry that have engaged, troubled and exasperated some of the greatest minds throughout the…
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Matthew Walker Why We SleepSleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world ...
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Peter Korn Why We Make Things and Why it Matters ENWhy do we make things? Why do we choose the emotionally and physically demanding work of bringing new objects into the world with creativity and skill? Why does it matter that we make things well? What is the nature of work? And what is the nature of a good life? Part memoir, part polemic, part philosophical reflection, this is a book about the process of creation and what it means to be a craftsman in a mass…
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Melanie Joy Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear CowsRed Wheel Weiser: How can we love our pets and value kindness to animals generally, yet consume meat from corporations that severely abuse and slaughter 10 billion sentient creatures a year? Melanie Joy addresses this question and builds a compelling case for Veganism. She is the ultimate Veganista! In addition, Joy examines corporate animal agribusiness, and the millions of dollars they spend creating the fiction…
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Isabel Hardman Why We Get the Wrong PoliticiansIn an era when politicians are responsible for the Brexit logjam and embroiled in sexual-harassment and expenses scandals, it's no wonder we've lost our faith in government. Every year, they introduce new legislation that doesn't ...
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William D. Cohan Why Wall Street MattersIf you like your smartphone or your widescreen TV, your car or your pension, then, whether you know it or not, you are a fan of Wall Street. William D. Cohan, bestselling author of House of Cards, ...
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Josh McDowell Why Wait? ENThe presussure is huge! Can youth win the fight to be sexually pure until marriage? Are you a parent? Do you work with preteens or teenagers? You can help young person say no to sexual pressure. Are you teenager? Then here are the solid facts you have been wanting! Why wait?... on true love? gives the emotional, relatioanal physical and spiritual reasons to stand strong against sexual pressure. You will learn the…
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Poviedky od rôznych autorov Why Vinyl MattersIn 2015, vinyl sales in the US increased by 30% - a raise for the tenth year in succession - and 1.29 million vinyl albums were sold in the UK in 2014, the first time the million mark has been surpassed since 1996. Vinyl, once thought to be a dying market, is now facing a major revival. Pop culture writer and historian Jennifer Otter Bickerdike interviews some of our most iconic artists, including hip-hop stars,…
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Susan Ware Why They MarchedLooking beyond the national leadership of the suffrage movement, an acclaimed historian gives voice to the thousands of women from different backgrounds, races, and religions whose local passion and protest resounded throughout the land...
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Jean Jullien Why The Face?Jean Jullien tickles the funnybone once again with a book of facial overreactions. Faces are presented first, allowing the reader to wager predictions of what may have prompted such an expression, before the dramatic answer is revealed...
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Katherine Ormerod Why Social Media is Ruining Your LifeDo you ever obsess about your body? Do you lie awake at night, fretting about the state of your career? Does everyone else's life seem better than yours? Does it feel as if you'll never be good enough? ...
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Rob Goffee, Gareth Jones Why Should Anyone Work Here?Imagine designing the best company on earth to work for. What would that company be like? How would you build and sustain it? As a leader, you need to know. In the past, businesses made people ...
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Rob Goffee, Gareth Jones Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?Are you an authentic leader? Too many companies are managed not by leaders but by mere role players and faceless bureaucrats. What would it take to replace these empty suits with real leaders—men and women who are confident ...
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Italo Calvino Why Read The Classics? ENWhy Read the Classics? is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that people always say they are 'rereading', not 'reading'), this is an absorbing collection of Italo Calvino's witty and passionate criticism.
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Cass R. Sunstein Why Nudge?The bestselling author of Simpler offers a powerful, provocative, and convincing argument for protecting people from their own mistakes Based on a series of pathbreaking lectures given at Yale University in 2012, ...
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Mindy Kaling Why Not Me?From the author of the beloved New York Times bestselling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and the creator and star of The Mindy Project comes a collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal...
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James Robinson Why Nations Fail ENAprovocative new theory of political economy explaining why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity. Why are some nations more prosperous than others?Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. Drawing on an extraordinary range of…
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Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson Why Nations Fail ENAprovocative new theory of political economy explaining why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity. Why are some nations more prosperous than others?Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. Drawing on an extraordinary range of…
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Matthew Inman Why My Cat Is More Impressive Than Your BabyWhy My Cat Is More Impressive Than Your Baby is chockfull of comics about cats, babies, dogs, lasers, selfies, and pigeons! This book contains a vast wealth of never-before-seen comics, including informative guides, ...
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Gill Sims Why Mummy SwearsThe hilarious second novel, and Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller, from author of the smash hit Why Mummy Drinks. Monday, 25 JulyThe first day of the holidays. I suppose it could've been worse.I brightly announced that perhaps it might be a lovely idea to go t
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