Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind, Paperback - Mark Pagel

Reducere. A unique trait of the human species is that our personalities, lifestyles, and worldviews are shaped by an accident of birth--namely, the culture i...

What explains the staggering diversity of cultures in the world? Why are there so many languages, even within small areas? Why do we rejoice in rit...

Reducere. We usually consider literary thinking to be peripheral and dispensable, an activity for specialists: poets, prophets, lunatics, and babysitters. Ce...

This book provides an opportunity to teach the exquisiteness of being human to our children. Teaching Values of Being Human is a curriculum filled ...

Contributor(s): Author: Jaak PankseppAuthor: Lucy BivenWhat makes us happy? What makes us sad? How do we come to feel a sense of enthusiasm? What f...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Britt AndreattaDiscover the surprising truth about what creates and destroys peak-performing teams."In this team-focused er...

From the world's foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes the untold story of what happens in our brains when we are in love.Publisher: Littl...

Reducere. Fully revised and expanded second edition We are biologically wired to learn. It's the key to our survival and the path to fulfilling our potential...

In a sweeping synthesis of new research in a number of different disciplines, this book argues that we humans are not who we think we are. As he ex...

From the world's foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes the untold story of what happens in our brains when we are in love.Publisher: Littl...

American students vary in educational achievement, but white students in general typically have better test scores and grades than black students. ...

Reducere. The origin of the human mind remains one of the greatest mysteries of all times. The last 150 years since Charles Darwin proposed that species evol...

Reducere. This compelling book reveals the six fundamental levels that form the architecture of our minds. The growth of these levels, four of which are deep...

Reducere. Universe of the Mind A Semiotic Theory of CultureYuri M. LotmanIntroduction by Umberto Eco Translated by Ann ShukmanA major book by one of the init...

The fascinating exploration of the Hermetic origins of modern science and the secret agenda behind the search for the truth from the bestselling te...

DescriptionThis series of lectures on the science of spiritual knowledge begins by addressing an audience in Dornach, Switzerland, where only month...

Reducere. Alfred Louis Kroeber offers an all-embracing account of human culture, looking at its historical definitions, contemporary definitions, and its rol...

Reducere. Discover how to rewire the neurons in your brain and turn negative thoughts into positive actions. Did you know that the human mind is hardwired fo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gary MarcusHow is it that we can recognize photos from our high school yearbook decades later, but cannot remember what we ...

Reducere. The remarkable story of a ""talking"" chimp, a leading scientist, and the profound insights they have uncovered about our speciesHe has been featur...

A brief and original prehistory of the world

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Michael (Duke University) TomaselloNumber of pages: 408Collection: Jean Nicod LecturesPublication date: 2010Dime...

Social Anthropology and Human Origins - Alan Barnard

Ian Mann turns the black art of social engineering into an information security risk that can be understood, measured and managed effectively. The ...

Reducere. How do leaders perceive threat levels in world politics, and what effects do those perceptions have on policy choices? Mark L. Haas focuses on how ...

A short popular science book about how the brain works

DescriptionHumans learn by association. Every concept that you understand is connected to an earlier concept. So then, what happens if you retrace ...

The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypa...

DescriptionNew edition of a classic work on the history of propaganda. Topical new chapters on the 1991 Gulf War, September 11 and terrorism. An id...

What makes human consciousness unique? John Parrington draws on early Russian ideas and the latest neuroscience to argue that humans went through a...

A PATTERNIST NOVEL (2): a young woman comes into her own power and challenges the ruthless man who controls her.

Reducere. DescriptionThe Art of Hunting Humans presents key aspects of the human mind. With straightforward language, weird metaphors and practical examples,...

Reducere. This lively and provocative book leaves no stone unturned and no taboo untouched as it pieces together evidence from highly controversial artifacts...

Reducere. If You're Curious About NLP, This Book Will Help You Get Started What if you woke up with the mindset of a self-made millionaire?What if you could ...

Reducere. This classic book on mystical experience was originally published in 1901. Bucke's personal experience with divine illumination led to his theory t...

Presents a philosophical portrait of human persons on which we are entirely irreducible to anything non-personal, by synthesizing claims from many ...

Richard Leakey's personal account of his fossil hunting and landmark discoveries at Lake Turkana, his reassessment of human prehistory based on new...

Democracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of peoples, sexual and racial equalit...

New research and evidence that the Sphinx is thousands of years older than previously thought - Contrasts what Egyptologists claim about the Sphinx...

Reducere. Black & Blue is the first systematic description of how American doctors think about racial differences and how this kind of thinking affects the t...

Does climate change cause conflict? Did it cause the Syrian uprising? Some policymakers and academics have made this claim, but is it true? This st...

Cognitively human minds produced a list of behavioral singularities that indicate a discontinuity between them and all other living things. This fa...

An in-depth analysis of Sitchin's revelations about the Anunnaki, early humanity, and Earth's future - Examines Sitchin's research into the Anunnak...

DescriptionA finalist for the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book Bloomberg Best Book of 2018 The N...

Reducere. From the dawn of humanity, the desire to control the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of others has been a pervasive one. From the use of coercive ...

Reducere. Rise of the Red Engineers explains the tumultuous origins of the class of technocratic officials who rule China today. In a fascinating account, au...