Cognitive Surplus : Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age by Clay Shirky
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Category: Social Sciences
In the past, we filled our free time with the tools at our disposal. Television became a kind of universal part-time job, and sitcoms and soap operas sponged up our cognitive surplus: the collective surfeit of time, intellect and energy at our disposal. Today, tech has finally caught up with human poten ...Show more
Outliers: The Story of Success0 by Malcolm Gladwell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Social Sciences | Reading Level: very good
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful ...Show more
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
$32.95 AUD
Category: Social Sciences | Reading Level: very good
A brilliant new book from the bestselling author of <i>The Tipping Point</i> and <i>Blink</i>. He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where successful people are from: their culture, their family, and their ge ...Show more
Ecological Intelligence: The Coming Age of Radical Transparency by Daniel Goleman
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Category: Social Sciences | Reading Level: very good
Although we all want to help the environment, our knowledge of what are 'green' choices is often so limited that we can do more harm than good. This book shows you: Why a T-shirt that claims it is '100% organic cotton' may be in fact no such thing; and, Why it's good to buy tulips from Kenya and wine fr ...Show more
The Language of Things by Deyan Sudjic
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Category: Social Sciences
We live in a world drowning in objects. But what do they tell us about ourselves? In "The Language of Things", Design Museum Director, Deyan Sudjic charts our relationship - both innocent and knowing - with all things designed. From the opulent excesses of the catwalk, or the technical brilliance of a l ...Show more
Microtrends : Surprising tales of the way we live today by Mark J. Penn
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Category: Social Sciences
Should cars now come with matching lipsticks? Why is the number of left-handers increasing? And where are all the tattoo boutiques? Welcome to the surprising world of microtrends, where Snowed-Under Slobs are increasing in number - but so are Extreme Commuters; where teenagers are becoming millionaire b ...Show more
The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone by Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett
$26.95 AUD
Category: Social Sciences | Reading Level: very good
Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan? Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy than the French? What makes the Swedish thinner than the Greeks? The answer: inequality. This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: how almost everyt ...Show more
Singled Out : How two million women survived without men after the First World War by Virginia Nicholson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
In 1919, a generation of young women discovered that there were, quite simply, not enough men to go round, and the statistics confirmed it. After the 1921 Census, the press ran alarming stories of the 'Problem of the Surplus Women - Two Million who can never become Wives...'. This book is about those wo ...Show more
Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre by Dana Thomas
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Category: Social Sciences | Reading Level: very good
Fashion may be fabulous, but what price true luxury? With incredible access to the glamorous world of the luxury brand, "Deluxe goes" deep inside the workings of today's world of profit margins and market share to discover the fate of real luxury. From the importance of fashion owners, to red carpet sta ...Show more
Gut Feelings : Short Cuts to Better Decision Making by Gerd Gigerenzer
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Category: Social Sciences
Think less - and know more.A sportsman can catch a ball without calculating its speed or distance. A group of amateurs beat the experts at playing the stock market. A man falls for the right woman even though she's 'wrong' on paper. All these people succeeded by trusting their instincts - but how does i ...Show more
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (TPB) (EE) by Malcolm Gladwell
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Category: Social Sciences | Reading Level: very good
Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell revolutionises the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consis ...Show more
The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology by Nicholas Abercrombie
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Category: Social Sciences | Series: Dictionary, Penguin Ser.
Written by three eminent professors, The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology has been updated to reflect the shifts of sociological thought in the last five years, making it the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date dictionary available. It is essential reading for all students and teachers of so ...Show more