Elements of Surprise: Our Mental Limits and the Satisfactions of Plot, Hardcover - Vera Tobin

Contributor(s): Author: Vera TobinWhy do some surprises delight--the endings of Agatha Christie novels, films like The Sixth Sense, the flash aware...

DescriptionWith his boyish good looks, Arthur Warren Waite charmed into marriage the daughter of wealthy Grand Rapids business tycoon John E. Peck ...

We need a coherent picture of our world. Life's realities won't let us ignore its fundamental questions, but with so many opposing views, how will ...

Reducere. We need a coherent picture of our world. Life's realities won't let us ignore its fundamental questions, but with so many opposing views, how will ...

The Book of Jonah stands unique among the biblical books of the prophets because it is almost entirely narrative. And, in contrast to all the other...

Many of us are tired, stressed, and overworked. When we look for help, we find suggestions designed to maximize our lives even further. The Good Ne...

This is a 'top-shelf' canter along the information super-highway to the secretive hubs of data-storage. Those that grasp all the lessons will be th...

Half fable, half manifesto, this brilliant new take on the ancient concept of cash lays bare its unparalleled capacity to empower and enthrall us. ...

DescriptionWe need a coherent picture of our world. Life's realities won't let us ignore its fundamental questions, but with so many opposing views...

Reducere. A collection of personal narratives of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border, Voices of the Border brings us closer to this community of people an...

Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience and the Stories of Our Lives: The Relational Roots of Mental Health offers a new understanding of identity and mental ...

How filling life with play-whether soccer or lawn mowing, counting sheep or tossing Angry Birds-forges a new path for creativity and joy in our imp...

Reducere. From the author of the heartfelt Jade's Secret Ingredients: A Recipe for Managing Feelings, comes a new story that celebrates the unconditional lov...

In a friendly and easy-to-digest style, Laura guides us through the simple and often surprising changes we can all make to save our planet.Publishe...

"The Elements" has become an international sensation, with over one million copies in-print worldwide. An eye-opening, original collection of gorge...

Reducere. For many, the Doukhobor story is a sensational one: arson, nudity, and civil disobedience once made headlines. But it isn't the whole story. In Our...

Reducere. No.1 bestselling ebook in the UK, USA and Canada, used in schools around the world.The third book in the best selling 'Harry The Happy Mouse' serie...

Reducere. **This SPECIAL EDITION hardcover includes supplemental materials for group study!Includes a 40 page Leader's Guide with additional discussion quest...

Reducere. DescriptionThis Benziger Brothers classic from 1925 is a delightful collection of rhymes, each beginning with a successive letter of the alphabet, ...

Contributor(s): Author: Olaf KoobAt a time of increasing volatility in healthcare provision, we all have to become more responsible for our own wel...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Had you said "What a guy " in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Chandaria family--emigrants from the Indian-enclave of Nairobi--have managed to flourish in America. Premchand, the father, is a doc...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David Ezra SteinIllustrator: David Ezra SteinSurpriseThe little red chicken is back -- and as endearingly silly as ever -- ...

This book shows that the declining American marriage rate and the proliferation of single-parent families are due to the deteriorating economic sta...

Reducere. You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style man...

The surprising story of perhaps the darkest episode in American espionage history: the "midnight war" to depose Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. It re...

Reducere. DescriptionA unique exploration of how investors may act with deeper consideration of the meaning of money, The Purpose of Capital: Elements of Imp...

If contemporary culture were a school, with all the tasks and expectations meted out by modern life as its curriculum, would anyone graduate? In th...

Reducere. Should we regulate artificial intelligence? Can we? From self-driving cars and high-speed trading to algorithmic decision-making, the way we live, ...

Reducere. "Speak softly and carry a big stick" Theodore Roosevelt famously said in 1901, when the United States was emerging as a great power. It was the rig...

Moving, sometimes funny and often dramatic, the pieces are written by some of the key activists in the mental health survivors' movement, as well a...

A gorgeous nonfiction book for kids from bestselling artist and author Lisa Congdon The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Elements leads young reader...