The New York Times Bestseller, acclaimed by author such as Freakonomics co-author Steven D. Levitt, Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Nudge co-author Richard Thaler, Thinking Fast and Slow offers a whole new look at the way our minds work, and how we make decisions. Why is there more chance we'll believe something if it's in a bold type face? Why are judges more likely to deny parole before lunch? Why do we assume a good-looking person will be more competent? The answer lies in the two ways we make choices: fast, intuitive thinking, and slow, rational thinking. This book reveals how our minds are tripped up by error and prejudice (even when we think we are being logical), and gives you practical techniques for slower, smarter thinking. It will enable to you make better decisions at work, at home, and in everything you do. ,
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives from the author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain As David Brooks observes, There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood. And yet we humans don t do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us do better, posing questions that are essential for all of us: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person s story should you pay attention to? Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and his determination to grow as a per
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The classic, best-selling story of life in the football-driventown of Odessa, Texas, with a new afterword that looks at theplayers and the town ten years later.. Return once again to thetimeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa--the winningesthigh-school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known tobe a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes anddreams of this small, dusty town going. Socially and raciallydivided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust pathof the oil business. In bad times, the unemployment rate barrelsout of control; in good times, its murder rate skyrockets. Butevery Friday night from September to December, when the PermianHigh School Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes aplace where dreams can come true. With frankness and compassion, H.G. Bissinger chronicles a season in the life of Odessa and showshow single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community andinspires--and sometimes shatters--the teenagers who wear
In an attractive, oversized format, enlivened withillustrations, sidebar quotes, personal accounts, techniques totry, and profiles of leaders in the field, Discovering The Body'sWisdom is a basic resource for well-being and natural health. Body disciplines and therapies have enjoyed phenomenal growth inthe past decade, becoming a major alternative to mainstreammedicine and traditional psychotherapy. But with more than 100,000practitioners and dozens of methods available in the United Statesalone, how can consumers choose the right one for themselves? Mirka Knaster's richly informative guide provides an overview ofthe principles and theories underlying the major Eastern andWestern body therapies, or "bodyways." It shows readers how tobefriend their own bodies, getting back in touch with theirinternal sources of health and wisdom. It also describes more than75 individual approaches, answering such questions as: How doeseach therapy work? What can we expect from one session or a series?What ar
