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Outliers
By Malcolm Gladwell
Paperback
Published 24-Jun-2009
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Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? This book looks at everyone from rock stars to professional athletes, software billionaires to scientific geniuses, to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and far more fascinating, than we could ever have imagined.
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Willpower
By Roy F Baumeister
Paperback
Published 06-Sep-2012
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Reveals the secrets of self-control. This title shows us that willpower is like a muscle that can be strengthened with practice and improved over time. It teaches you how to gain from self-control without pain, and discover the real power in willpower.
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Chimp Paradox
By Steve Peters
Paperback
Published 05-Jan-2012
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Provides mind management programme that helps elite athletes and senior managers alike to conquer their fears and operate with control, focus and confidence. This title helps you to control your emotional impulses and reach your potential, leading to success at work and a happier, harmonious home life.
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Missing Out
By Adam Phillips
Hardback
Published 07-Jun-2012
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Demonstrates that there might in fact be much to be said for the unlived life. This title suggests that in missing out on one experience we always open ourselves to the potential of another, and that in depriving ourselves of the frustration of not getting what we think we want, we would be depriving ourselves of the possibilities of satisfaction.
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Zero Degrees of Empathy
By Simon Baron-Cohen
Paperback
Published 07-Jun-2012
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Is it possible that - rather than thinking in terms of 'good' and 'evil' - all of us instead lie somewhere on the empathy spectrum, and our position on that spectrum can be affected by both genes and our environments? Why do some people treat others as objects? This book examines an understanding in a study of what it means to be human.
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Robber of Memories
By Michael Jacobs
Hardback
Published 01-Nov-2012
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A gripping journey up the River Magdalena into the central regions of Colombia, and a moving, deeply personal meditation on memory and its loss in the footsteps of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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Dreamland
By David K Randall
Hardback
Published 14-Sep-2012
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An engrossing examination of the science behind the little-known world of sleep.
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Righteous Mind
By Jonathan Haidt
Hardback
Published 29-Mar-2012
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Why can it sometimes feel as though half the population is living in a different moral universe from you? Why is it so easy to see the flaws in others' arguments, and less in our own? This book reveals that the reason we find it so hard to get along is because our minds are designed to be moral.
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How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week
By Dominic O'Brien
Paperback
Published 10-Nov-2005
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A practical year-long programme to bring the benefits of a better memory to one and all.
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Difficult Mothers
By Terri Apter
Hardback
Published 15-Jun-2012
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An essential work for readers seeking compassionate, wise guidance about the powerful relationship between mothers and their sons and daughters.
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