McRaney brings his popular blog of the same name to book form. He collects more than 46 of the lies we tell ourselves every day, then pulls back the psychological curtain to explain how people routinely trick themselves using such...
Perception
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Author:McRaney, DavidSummary: - Author:Grandin, TempleSummary:
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism because she is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and...
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Author:Keller, HelenSummary:The World I Live In by Helen Keller is a collection of essays that poignantly tells of her impressions of the world, through her sense of touch, smell, her imagination and dreams. My hand is to me what your hearing and sight together...
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Author:Heighton, StevenSummary:Most people go through life chasing illusions of success, fame, wealth, happiness, and few things are more painful than the reality-revealing loss of an illusion. But if illusions are negative, why is the opposite, being disillusioned,...
- Author:Chabris, ChristopherSummary:
Reading this book will make you less sure of yourself--and that's a good thing. In The Invisible Gorilla, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, creators of one of psychology's most famous experiments, use remarkable stories...
- Author:Olsen, RenaSummary:
In this powerful psychological suspense debut, when a woman's life is shattered, she is faced with a devastating question: What if everything she thought was normal and good and true ... wasn't? Clara Lawson is torn from her...
- Author:Kandel, Eric R.Summary:
A brilliant book by Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind - our conscious and...
- Author:Medina, John J.Summary:
De façon pétillante et divertissante, John J. Medina dévoile 12 vérités scientifiques au sujet de notre matière grise et propose des idées novatrices visant à améliorer notre façon de travailler, d’apprendre et de vivre, rien de moins...
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Author:Goldstein, E. BruceSummary: -
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Remnants is an exploration of our relationships with family and perception, told through a profound investigation of a father's life and sudden death. Employing various voices and hybrid forms—including dialogues, questionnaires,...
- Author:Braden, Ann.Summary:
Agnes has been raised to keep her opinions to herself, but how do you keep silent when you're full of burning questions?Agnes has been encouraged not to question authority by her mom--but that's especially hard in religion...
- Author:Meyok, RosemarieSummary:
In this adorable book to be shared with babies and toddlers, mothers explore their love for their babies as experienced through the five senses. From the sound of a baby's giggles to the smell of a kunik, this book celebrates the unique...
- Author:Abram, DavidSummary:
As the climate veers toward catastrophe, the innumerable losses cascading through the biosphere make vividly evident the need for a metamorphosis in our relation to the living land. For too long we've inured ourselves to the wild...
