Making Sense: Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity by Sam Harris
38.00 NZD
Category: Psychology / Sociology:
"Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations." Sam Harris, has been exploring some of the greatest questions concerning the human mind, society, and the events that shape our world. Harris' search for deeper understanding of how we think has led him to engage and exchange with some of ou ...Show more
All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership by Darcy Lockman
39.99 NZD
Category: Psychology / Sociology:
Why do men do so little at home? Why do women do so much? Why don't our egalitarian values match our lived experiences?Journalist-turned-psychologist Darcy Lockman offers a clear-eyed look at the most pernicious problem facing modern parents--how progressive relationships become traditional ones when ch ...Show more
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
26.00 NZD
Category: Psychology / Sociology:
Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers -- and why they often go wrong. How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he c ...Show more
You Can't Lie to Me: The Revolutionary Program to Supercharge Your Inner Lie Detector and Get to the Truth by Janine Driver
41.00 NZD
Category: Psychology / Sociology:
No machine built to date has proven more effective than a well-trained humanlie detector, says world-renowned body language expert Janine Driver, a former federal law enforcement investigator who has trained agents at the ATF, CIA, and FBI. Today, Driver teaches people like you to supercharge your inter ...Show more
Owning Your Own Shadow by Robert A. Johnson
32.99 NZD
Category: Psychology / Sociology:
In this repackaged paperback - rebranded with a new "themed series look" - a bestselling author shows how we can make peace with the "shadow" side of our personality.
The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way by Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
29.99 NZD
Category: Psychology / Sociology: | Reading Level: near fine
Learn to make every moment a once-in-a-lifetime experience with this definitive guide to the Japanese art of ichigo ichie, from the bestselling authors of Ikigai. 'I love [this] book... I read it and it's bewitched me ever since. I'm spellbound' (Chris Evans, Radio 2) 'Ikigai urges individuals to simpli ...Show more
Me and White Supremacy - How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World by Layla F Saad
37.99 NZD
Category: Psychology / Sociology: | Reading Level: good-very good
'White supremacy is a violent system of oppression that harms Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. And if you are a person who holds white privilege, then you are complicit in upholding that harm, whether you realise it or not. This is not my opinion. This is fact. And if you are person who holds whi ...Show more
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker
30.00 NZD
Category: Psychology / Sociology:
"A model of scientific writing: erudite, witty, and clear." --New York Review of Books In this Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestseller, one of the world's leading cognitive scientists tackles the workings of the human mind. What makes us rational--and why are we so often irrational? How do we s ...Show more
Arguments by The School The School of Life
24.99 NZD
Category: Psychology / Sociology: | Series: The\School of Life Love Ser.
An average couple will have between thirty and fifty significant arguments a year--and yet we're seldom taught very much about why they happen and how they could grow a little less intense. This is a guide to arguments in love: it teaches us why they might occur, what their symptoms are, how we could le ...Show more
How to Overcome Your Childhood by The School The School of Life
24.99 NZD
Category: Psychology / Sociology: | Series: THE SCHOOL OF LIFE
When trying to deal with our current troubles and anxieties, it can be deeply irritating to be asked to consider our childhoods. They happened so long ago; we can probably barely remember, let alone relate to, the little person we once were. But one of the most powerful explanations for why we may, as a ...Show more
Heartbreak by The School The School of Life
27.99 NZD
Category: Self Improvement | Series: The\School of Life Love Ser.
Almost no one gets through life without, at some point, having their heart broken. Advice at such a dark moment tends to focus on letting time do the healing. But there is also a vital role for understanding and perspective. We sometimes make our situation far worse than it needs to be through certain i ...Show more
Stop Reading the News - A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life by Rolf Dobelli
29.99 NZD
Category: Psychology / Sociology: | Reading Level: near fine
News is to the mind as sugar is to the body. In 2013 Rolf Dobelli stood in front of a room full of journalists and proclaimed that he did not read the news. It caused a riot. Now he finally sets down his philosophy in detail. And he practices what he preaches: he hasn't read the news for a decade. Stop ...Show more