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Be Antiracist - A Journal for Awareness, Reflection and Action by Ibram X. Kendi
$26.00 NZD
Category: Psychology
Being antiracist is not something you are. It's something we do. In his global, game-changing bestseller How To Be An Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Centre for Antiracist Research at Boston University, showed that when it comes to racism, neutrality is not an option: until we become part of ...Show more
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
$28.00 NZD
Category: Psychology
Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What ...Show more
We Need To Talk About Mum & Dad by Jean Kittson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Psychology
Everything you need to know about supporting ageing parents, from author and comedian Jean Kittson.This warm and witty practical guide is a one-stop shop for information on how to support your ageing loved ones: how to protect their health and wellbeing, keep them safe and secure, and enable them to ...Show more
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
$30.00 NZD
Category: Psychology
Malcolm Gladwell's provocative new #1 bestseller -- now in paperback. Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a pebble and a sling-and ever since, the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between under ...Show more
Everything is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails by Duncan J. Watts
$40.00 NZD
Category: Psychology
Common sense underpins the constellation of decisions and opinions we make and form every day. As individuals, and as a society, the way we behave, react and interact is grounded in our perception of 'the sensible thing to do'. But history is a litany of the insensible; misunderstandings and failure ...Show more
Lateral Thinking: A Textbook of Creativity by Edward De Bono
$29.00 NZD
Category: Psychology
In schools we are taught to meet problems head-on: what Edward de Bono calls 'vertical thinking'. This works well in simple situations - but we are at a loss when this approach fails. Lateral thinking is all about freeing up your imagination. Through a series of special techniques, in groups or working ...Show more
Top Brain, Bottom Brain: Surprising Insights into How You Think by Stephen Kosslyn; G. Wayne Miller
$37.00 NZD
Category: Psychology
In this groundbreaking contribution to the literature of human personality, a celebrated psychologist and an award-winning author offer an exciting new way of thinking about our minds--and ourselves--based on a new way of looking at the brain. IN THIS GROUNDBREAKING contribution to the literature on hum ...Show more
Test Book: 66 Tools to Lead You to Success by Mikael Krogerus
$29.00 NZD
Category: Psychology | Series: The\Tschäppeler and Krogerus Collection
This pocket-sized compendium of sixty four of the world's most useful tests is a vital tool for anyone looking to gauge their abilities and improve their performance. From intelligence to personality type via creativity and leadership skills, Krogerus and Tschappeler will help you see how you fare on ev ...Show more
The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence by Dacher Keltner
$35.00 NZD
Category: Psychology
A revolutionary rethinking of everything we know about power It shapes every interaction we have, whether we're trying to get a two-year-old to eat green vegetables or ask for a promotion at work. But how do we really gain power? And what does it do to us? As renowned psychologist Dacher Keltner rev ...Show more
I Just Want You to be Happy: Preventing and Tackling Teenage Depression by Leanne Rowe
$33.00 NZD
Category: Psychology
One of the most challenging and problematic issues facing Australia today is the increasing rate of youth depression and the high suicide rates of our young people. When most parents only want their teenagers to be happy, it is distressing to know that 1 in 5 teenagers will experience major depression b ...Show more
The Superior Person's Book of Words by Peter Bowler (illus Roderick Mills)
$35.00 NZD
$39.99 (12% off)
Category: Psychology
A dictionary for every lover of good words, neglected words and downright mad words. The secret to being a truly Superior Person is to use really superior words. More impressive than a top hat, much more effective than a fist-fight, here are five hundred words to help you wiggle out of sticky debates, d ...Show more
Wilful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril by Margaret Heffernan
$42.00 NZD
Category: Psychology
In the 2006 case of the US Government vs Enron, the presiding judge instructed the jurors to take account of the concept of wilful blindness as they reached their verdict about whether the chief executives of the disgraced energy corporation were guilty. It was not enough for the defendants to say that ...Show more