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1	The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century more books like this by Thomas L Friedman In THE WORLD IS FLAT, the highly-regarded New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman advances the work on globalization that made his THE LEXUS AND THE OLIVE TREE a bestseller. Claiming that the world is now at an important historical point--as important as the changes brought by the discoveries by Columbus or by the Industrial Revolution- ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.31! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable more books like this by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, PH.D., MBA Taleb delivers a groundbreaking look at the role played by the unexpected in life and history, and a fascinating examination of why we know less than we think we do--and what to do about it. see all copies from £10.07! new only from £10.07!
3	Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools more books like this by Jonathan Kozol A searing, eye-opening expose of the inequality built into America's public education system, written by the National Book Award-winning author of Death at an Early Age and Rachel and Her Children. Kozol blames the disparity among public school systems on the local funding structure that ensures a direct connection between affluence of a community ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Emotional Intelligence more books like this by Prof. Daniel Goleman Author Daniel Goleman uses vivid examples of emotional intelligence in order to delineate the critical role it plays in relationships, work, even our physical well-being. What emerges is a crucial new way to talk about being smart--one that accounts for the other forces at work when a person of high IQ appears to be stymied, while someone of ... see all copies from £4.96! new only from £10.07! \| first editions
5	The Lexus and the Olive Tree more books like this by Thomas Friedman Half of this new, post-Cold War world is intent on building a better lexus, on streamlining their societies and economies for the global marketplace, while the other half is locked in elemental struggles over who owns which olive tree, which strip of land. The key question, addressed in this book, is how best to retain national identity and ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £5.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief more books like this by Dr. Francis S Collins, M.D., PH.D. Does science necessarily undermine faith in God? Or could it actually support faith? Beyond the flashpoint debates over the teaching of evolution, or stem-cell research, most of us struggle with contradictions concerning life's ultimate question. We know that accidents happen, but we believe we are on earth for a reason. Until now, most scientists ... see all copies from £6.70! new only from £8.50! \| first editions
7	Culture Warrior more books like this by Bill O'Reilly With three straight #1 bestsellers and more than four million copies of his books in print, the most powerful traditional force in the American media now takes off his gloves in the ongoing struggle for Americas heart and soul, and dissects the forces driving the secular-progressive agenda in the media and behind the scenes. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, & a Dream more books like this by H G Bissinger The classic, best-selling story of life in the football-driven town of Odessa, Texas, with a new afterword that looks at the players and the town ten years later. Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odessa--the winningest high school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to ... see all copies from £4.02! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Structure of Scientific Revolutions more books like this by Thomas S Kuhn Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series of aphorisms. . . . Kuhn does not permit truth to be a criterion of scientific ... see all copies from £4.86! new only from £8.02! \| first editions
10	Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships more books like this by Daniel P Goleman, Ph.D. "Emotional Intelligence" was an international phenomenon, appearing on the "New York Times" bestseller list for over a year and selling more than five million copies worldwide. Now, once again, Daniel Goleman has written a groundbreaking synthesis of the latest findings in biology and brain science, which reveals that we are "wired to connect" and ... see all copies from £5.69! new only from £5.98! \| first editions
11 view cover	Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences more books like this by Howard Gardner A revolutionary challenge to the widely held notion that intelligence is a single general capacity possessed by every individual to a greater or lesser extent. . More than 200,00 copies of earlier editions have been sold; this reissue includes a new introduction by the author to mark the twenty-first birthday of this remarkable book. 0465004407 ... see all copies from £4.87! new only from £11.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark more books like this by Carl Sagan Scientist Dr Carl Sagan argues that modern tales of the paranormal, such as alien abduction stories, are in fact simply a modern version of fairy tales and only exist in the mind, and asserts that these accounts come from a potentially hazardous lack of scientific thought and knowledge, a situation which he feels should be remedied. see all copies from £6.07! new only from £9.53! \| first editions
13 view cover	Holographic Universe more books like this by Michael Talbot Despite its apparent materiality, the universe is actually a kind of 3-D projection and is ultimately no more real than a hologram, a 3-D image projected in space and made with the aid of a laser. Using this model, a world-renowned physicist and a Nobel prize winning neurophysiologist has developed a new description of reality. It encompasses not ... see all copies from £5.23! new only from £8.54! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life more books like this by Richard Florida The national bestseller that defines a new economic class and shows how it is key to the future of our cities. The Washington Monthly 2002 Annual Political Book Award WinnerThe Rise of the Creative Class gives us a provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today-and where we might be headed. Weaving storytelling with masses of new ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	The Design of Everyday Things more books like this by Donald A Norman Donald Norman's best-selling plea for user-friendly design, with more than 175,000 copies sold to date, is now a Basic paperback."Provocative."--Time magazine . First, businesses discovered quality as a key competitive edge; next came service. Now, Donald A. Norman, former Director of the Institute for Cognitive Science at the University of ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £10.04! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully more books like this by Joan Chittister Not only accepting but celebrating getting old, this inspirational and illuminating work looks at the many facets of the aging process, from purposes and challenges to struggles and surprises. see all copies from £11.58! new only from £11.58!
17	The Reckoning more books like this by David Halberstam This is an analysis of the changing face of the American economy and a treatise on the pitfalls of prosperity. Through a study of two companies - Ford and Nissan - the author reveals a society that got rich too quickly for its own good, falling prey to the Japanese. Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam also wrote "The Best and the ... see all copies from £1.51! new only from £27.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945 more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward, Ken Burns (Read by) Enriched by maps and hundreds of photographs, the companion volume to the forthcoming PBS series, "The War" is the story of World War II captured in the hearts, minds, words, and deeds of those who made history at its most essential level: on the battlefields and on the homefront. see all copies from £6.82! new only from £17.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology more books like this by Ray Kurzweil, PhD Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil, the author of THE AGE OF SPIRITUAL MACHINES, provocatively argues that we are rapidly approaching the Singularity, a point in history in which advances in artificial intelligence, brain scanning, and nanotechnology will blur the division between humans and machines. When we are no longer limited by our current ... see all copies from £9.34! new only from £11.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations more books like this by Clay Shirky Shirky examines how technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them, and the resulting long-term economic and social effects. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46!
21 view cover	Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future more books like this by Bill McKibben In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy. For the first time in human history, he observes, "more" is no longer synonymous with "better" indeed, for many of us, they have become almost opposites. McKibben puts forward a new way to think about the ... see all copies from £8.19! new only from £8.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling more books like this by John Taylor Gatto This radical treatise on public education has been a best-seller for 10 years! Thirty years of award-winning teaching in New York City's public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory governmental schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders as cogs in the industrial machine. In celebration of the ten-year ... see all copies from £6.73! new only from £8.00! \| signed copies
23 view cover	Ideas & Opinions more books like this by Albert Einstein First published in 1954, this definitive collection contains Einstein's most significant writings, in five parts: Ideas and Opinions, On Politics, Government and Pacifism, On the Jewish People, On Germany, and Contributions to Science. The selections span from early in his career to a year before his death, with articles never published before in ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £6.79! \| first editions
24 view cover	Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea more books like this by Charles Seife Born in Babylonia, the Zero has donned many different hats--accountant, god, devil, infinity--and has elicited as many different responses from people across the ages. Seife's scientific yet accessible text explores the biography of this enigmatic number. Winner of the 2001 PEN Award for First Non-Fiction. see all copies from £3.12! new only from £10.44! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Other End of the Leash more books like this by Patricia B McConnell, PH.D. Noted dog expert McConnell meditates on the intricacies of the human-dog relationship, offering tips on communication, true stories, a little science, and a wealth of photographs--of dogs and their owners, naturally. see all copies from £8.86! new only from £9.02! \| signed copies \| first editions

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