Why We Make Art. And Why it is Taught, Second Edition, Paperback - ***

In this thorough and accessible text, Richard Hickman rejects the current vogue for social and cultural accounts of the nature of art-making in fav...

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Reducere. Status is ubiquitous in modern life, yet our understanding of its role as a driver of inequality is limited. In Status, sociologist and social psyc...

"A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom." - Stephen Fry

Examines the curious endeavor to teach the unteachable that is generally known as college-level art instruction. This book traces the development (...

Publisher: Ozark Mountain PublishingAuthor(s): Pauline (Pauline Delcour-Min) Delcour-MinNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2018Dimensions: 140 x...

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A fascinating look at feminism, and what it means to be a feminist, for girls and boys

Much more than a knack for snappy comebacks, wit is the quick, instinctive intelligence that allows us to think, say, or do the right thing at the ...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Steven PinkerNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 29Cover type: Paperback / sof...

In the twenty-first century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding - and at the same time appears to be losing its mind. How...

The UN, World Bank, and the IMF were all created in the radically different world of the 1940s. It is becoming increasingly apparent that our globa...

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Reducere. At least one third of our waking hours are lived on autopilot. But habits of the mind do not have to control us--we can steer them. Drawing on the ...

"A compelling exposae of the failings of corporate anti-slavery initiatives"--

The only practical guide to tackle climate change on an individual level with global results, focusing on food, fashion, technology and more, by th...

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IncAuthor(s): Hal HerzogNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 136 x 203 x 28Cover type: Paperba...

Reducere. "This book completely changed the way I think about creative innovation . . . A must-read." -- Cal Newport, best-selling author of Deep Work "If we...

Bill Bryson meets Thomas Frank in this deeply insightful, unexpectedly hilarious story of how politicians hijacked American democracy and how we ca...

Reducere. "Refreshingly candid . . . Get off Instagram and read this book."--Sacha Baron Cohen From the dynamic head of ADL, an impassioned argument about th...

What is music? How is it made? And what's changed --- and what hasn't --- about how we listen to it? Here's all the best stuff about the science an...

Reducere. In Born to Wonder, Alister McGrath, a prolific Oxford scholar, scientist, and theologian, explores the deepest mystery at the heart of life itself....

Through discussion of key messages from educational research, and drawing on a track record of success, Bruce Robertson explores how the barriers t...

Get stuck in -Ó Why do some people become demons when they get behind a wheel? Why does the other lane always move faster? Why do New Yorkers jaywa...

Think your union doesn't represent you? Then maybe it's time to change it.Publisher: Pluto PressAuthor(s): Eve LivingstonNumber of pages: 160Collec...

What does it really mean to be intelligent? Ron Ritchhart presents a new and powerful view of intelligence that moves beyond ability to focus on co...

A powerful, practical approach for solving difficult problems, creating connected relationships and making a difference in the world.Publisher: Pra...

Learn why President Trump is the ideal changemaker that can put an end to America's uncontrollable and corrupt system of government ruled by specia...

If you think art history has to be pale, male and stale - think again.

A short, powerful exploration of antisemitism - what it is, and why we urgently need to gain a firmer shared understanding

Internationally acclaimed thought-leader Jonathan Sacks demonstrates how we can build a strong collective morality for the modern era.

A detailed look at the concept of consent, how it works, and why it matters.

Reducere. Energy is a valuable resource that comes in many different forms. This book will help kids learn about the history and science of the world's sourc...

What's making us fat? And how can we change? Building upon his critical work in Good Calories, Bad Calories and presenting fresh evidence for his c...

In trying to understand the relationship of the British people to religion - specifically Christianity - we tend to say that people: believe - or d...

Reducere. Most anti-smoking campaigns inadvertently encourage people to smoke. The scent of melons helps sell electronic products. Subliminal advertising may...

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Is the gift of tongues for today? Does God want me to have the gift of tongues? Should I ask for the gift of tongues? Believers have asked these qu...

Everyone in Gardiners Bay has a secret.When Jenna Dallas and Adam Cole find Colleen O'Dell's body floating off the shore of their coastal town, the...

The author of }Bully-Proof Kids{ presents a book for adults dealing with anxiety, exploring the potential for misreading self-help messages.

An urgent analysis of global gender inequality and a passionately argued case for change by a pioneer in the movement for women's economic empowerm...

Your mind is not built to make you happy; it's built to help you survive. So far, it's done a great jobBut in the process, it may have developed so...

A WORLD WITHOUT PAIN?Can such a place exist? It not only can--it does. But it's no utopia. It's a colony for leprosy patients: a world where people...

A timely, ambitious and vivid history of freedom - and how it happens to be a uniquely British invention.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Daniel H...

Blending memoir, self-help and science, and offering practical help, Tim Clare asks us to rethink anxietyPublisher: Canongate Books LtdAuthor(s): T...

Instant Bestseller on Amazon in Marketing and Sales FACT: Less than ONE percent of all leads become customers. As a business, how can you break tha...

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 ...

Reducere. WHY PLAY THE HIGH STAKES GAME OF SCHOOL? "In this must-read book, Robert Fried shows us that playing the game of school day after day is an intoler...

This book is a timely intervention into the apparently growing culture wars around free speech as a political and social issue. These debates take ...

Told through case studies and medical history, this is an enlightening, in-depth book on the fascinating science behind pain and the complexities o...