The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter, Paperback - Joseph Henrich

Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, lik...

The author puts forward a radical alternative to the endless complaints about reality TV, throwaway movies and violent video games. In this title, ...

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Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Tom HighamNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 24Cover type: Paperback / softba...

Why understanding evolution-the most reviled branch of science-can help us all, from fighting pandemics to undoing racism? ?Publisher: Basic BooksA...

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The extraordinary story of how the human brain evolved... and is still evolving.Publisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Joseph JebelliNumber of page...

In collaboration with IKEA, this inspirational study explores how to live more sustainably - and well - based on the experience of both ordinary an...

Become inspired, find your voice, and create work that matters. Why are human beings driven to make? It's as if we collectively intuited, long befo...

Reducere. Our current environmental crises -- most notably, climate change -- call on us to upgrade to a new way of life that will sustain us and our world f...

Publisher: Red Wheel/WeiserAuthor(s): Meg Blackburn (Meg Blackburn Losey) LoseyNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 215 x 140 x 17...

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The complete DNA molecules comprising the human genome were deciphered two decades ago. With this discovery began a remarkable genomic voyage back ...

A hard-hitting expose of the overwork culture and modern management techniques that seduce millions of people to hand over the best part of their l...

Reducere. An up-close look at how porn permeates our culture Pictures of half-naked girls and women can seem to litter almost every screen, billboard, and ad...

Harrowing journeys of animals and plants - fleeing skyrocketing temperatures and mega-droughts - reported from the frontlines of the greatest migra...

Publisher: Ebury PublishingAuthor(s): Louis WeinstockNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 146 x 222 x 33Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

Publisher: North Atlantic Books, U.S.Author(s): Mia KalefNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 15Cover type: Paperback ...

Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty LtdAuthor(s): Yun ShuIllustration(s): 55 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 212Publication dat...

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Here, for the first time, is a simple, single explanation for the major problems facing the world today. Environmental superstar Annie Leonard has ...

A hot cup of tea, coffee, or cocoa is calming and comforting--but how can holding a warm mug affect our emotions? In Heartwarming, social psycholog...

Dale Dougherty, creator of MAKE: magazine and the Maker Faire, provides a guided tour of the international phenomenon known as the Maker Movement, ...

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Reducere. Chris Stringer's bestselling The Origin of our Species tackles the big questions in the ongoing debate about the beginnings of human life on earth....

Humans are a striking anomaly in the natural world. While we are similar to other mammals in many ways, our behavior sets us apart. This book offer...

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A revolutionary new understanding of identity, showing how our group affiliations have a powerful influence on our feelings, beliefs, and behaviour...

Ido Oren challenges American political science's definition of itself as an objective science attached to democracy. The material Oren unearthed in...

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Publisher: Legend Press LtdAuthor(s): Torill KornfeldtTranslator: Fiona GrahamNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 147 x 223 x 25C...

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Reducere. The story of human evolution has fascinated us like no other: we seem to have an insatiable curiosity about who we are and where we have come from....

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A revolutionary new understanding of identity, showing how our group affiliations have a powerful influence on our feelings, beliefs, and behaviour...

Itchy palms...cold feet...a pain in the neck. Not a day goes by that our bodies don't "speak" to us through tickles and tingles, belches and bellya...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Ruben AnderssonIllustration(s): 12 maps, 6 charts, 6 photosNumber of pages: 360Publication date...

Our breath catches and we jump in fear at the sight of a snake. We pause and marvel at the sublime beauty of a sunrise. These reactions are no acci...

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This book is the chance to find out how the world works today. It tells the whole story of how history has evolved into our present period, Postmod...