Psychology genre books (288)
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Collaborating with the Enemy : How to Work with People You Don't Agree with or Like or Trust by Adam Kahane EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Collaboration is increasingly difficult and increasingly necessary Often, to get something done that really matters to us, we need to work with people we don’t agree with or like or trust. Adam Kahane has faced this challenge many times, working on big issues like democracy and jobs and climate change and on everyday issues in organizations and families. He has learned that our conventional understanding of collaboration—that it requires a harmonious team that agrees on where it’s going, how it’s going to get there, and who needs to do what—is wrong. Instead, we need a new approach to collabor... continue
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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
U.S. poet/writer 1809-1849.
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Conscious : A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind by Annaka Harris EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience. What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of being in the world for granted. But the very existence of consciousness raises profound questions: Why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious? How are we able to think about this? And why should we? In this wonderfully accessible book, Annaka Harris gu... continue
Poland35.
Cum să schimbi lumea by John-Paul Flintoff RO
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Cum poți schimba ceva în lume? Cu toții ne dorim să trăim într-o lume mai bună, însă uneori pare că nu avem puterea de a influența mersul lucrurilor. Jean-Paul Flintoff ne reamintește că de-a lungul generațiilor societatea a fost transformată de acțiunile celor care au înțeles că, dacă ceva nu le place, îl pot schimba. Discutând noi perspective asupra istoriei, politicii și culturii moderne, această carte îți insuflă curajul de a-ți depăși propria rutină și indiferență, te ajută să-ți identifici cele mai pregnante temeri și te inspiră să faci acel impo... continue
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Dagboek Majdan by Andrej Jurʹevič Kurkov NL
RussiaDescription:
Dagboekfragmenten van de Oekraïense schrijver (1961) waarin hij een inkijkje geeft in zijn dagelijks leven ten tijde van de grootschalige Euromajdan-protesten in Kyiv van november 2013 tot en met april 2014.
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Dark Matter : A Novel by Blake Crouch EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • COMING SOON TO APPLE TV+ • A “mind-blowing” (Entertainment Weekly) speculative thriller about an ordinary man who awakens in a world inexplicably different from the reality he thought he knew—from the author of Upgrade, Recursion, and the Wayward Pines trilogy “Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the kidnapper knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man he’s never met smiles down at him and says, “Welcome back, my friend.” In this w... continue
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NorwayDescription:
Als in einer Kleinstadt ein Jugendlicher verschwindet, steht der Schuldige schnell fest: Hat Richard seinen Freund Tom im Wald von einer Brücke in den reißenden Fluss gestoßen? Richard wehrt sich gegen die Anschuldigungen, doch er verstrickt sich dabei in Lügen. Niemand glaubt ihm. Dabei ist Toms Abwesenheit so ungeheuerlich, dass Richard selbst kaum noch zu atmen wagt. Seine Suche nach dem Freund führt ihn auf die dunkle Seite von Ballantyne. Dort steht das Nachthaus. Was geschah in jener Nacht?
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Days in the History of Silence by Merethe Lindstrom EN
Description:
From the acclaimed Nordic Council Literature Prize winner, a story that reveals the devastating effects of mistaking silence for peace and feeling shame for inevitable circumstances Eva and Simon have spent most of their adult lives together. He is a physician and she is a teacher, and they have three grown daughters and a comfortable home. Yet what binds them together isn’t only affection and solidarity but also the painful facts of their respective histories, which they keep hidden even from their own children. But after the abrupt dismissal of their housekeeper and Simon’s increasing withdr... continue
Czech Republic