Basic books apr 2021 (5 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From Roxane Gay to Leslie Jamison, thirty brilliant writers share their timeless stories about the everlasting magicand occasional miseryof living in the Big Apple, in a new edition of the classic anthology.In the revised edition of this classic collection, thirty writers share their own stories of loving and leaving New York, capturing the mesmerizing allure the city has always had for writers, poets, and wandering spirits. Their essays often begin as love stories do, with the passion of something newly discovered: the crush of subway crowds, the streets filled with manic energy, and the sudden, unblinking certainty that this is the only place on Earth where one can become exactly who she is meant to be.They also share the grief that comes like a gut-punch, when the grand metropolis loses its magic and the pressures of New York's frenetic life wear thin for even the most dedicated dwellers. As friends move away, rents soar, and lovestillremains just out of reach, each writer's goodbye is singular and universal, just like New York itself. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A handsome hardcover edition of Robin Waterfield's definitive translation, with rich annotations providing everything readers need to understand this timeless masterpiece of practical philosophy. "A treat (and an eye-opening experience) If you haven't read Marcus Aurelius or if you haveyou should read this book and then read it again."?Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of The Daily Stoic An inexhaustible source of wisdom, Meditations is one of the greatest works of popular philosophy ever written. As Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius was the most powerful man in the world, yet he was also an intensely private person with a rich interior life and one of the wisest minds of his generation. He collected his thoughts in not Elektronisches Buch, the entries ranging from one-line aphorisms to essays, from profundity to bitterness, but always with an eye to how one can live with dignity and thrive in an adverse world. A beautiful object on your bookcase or in your hand, this hardcover edition offers the definitive translation of this much beloved text. Copious notes from world-renowned classics expert Robin Waterfield enrich the understanding of even the most devoted Stoic, while guiding those new to the text through Marcus Aurelius' world and the timeless insights he offers.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Spite angers and enrages us, but it also keeps us honest. In this provocative account, a psychologist examines how petty vengeance explains human thriving.Spite seems utterly useless. You don't gain anything by hurting yourself just so you can hurt someone else. So why hasn't evolution weeded out all the spiteful people As psychologist Simon McCarthy-Jones argues, spite seems pointless because we're looking at it wrong. Spite isn't just what we feel when a car cuts us off or when a partner cheats. It's what we feel when we want to punish a bad act simply because it was bad. Spite is our fairness instinct, an innate resistance to exploitation, and it is one of the building blocks of human civilization. As McCarthy-Jones explains, some of history's most important developmentsthe rise of religions, governments, and even moral codeswere actually redirections of spiteful impulses.A provocative, engaging read, Spite shows that if you really want to understand what makes us human, you can't just look at noble ideas like altruism and cooperation. You need to understand our darker impulses as well.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Unlock the secrets to understanding yourself and others with the surprising science of the human mind's greatest power: introspection. "Are you sure "Whether in a court room, a doctor's office, a gameshow's hot seat, or a student's desk, we are always trying to answer that question. Should we accept eyewitness testimony or a physician's diagnosis Do we really want to risk it all on a final question And what should we be studying in order to do as well as possible on a test In short, how do we know what we and others knowor as importantly, don't know As cognitive neuroscientist Stephen Fleming shows in Know Thyself, we do this with metacognition. Metacognition, or thinking about thinking, is the most important tool we have for understanding our own mind. Metacognition is an awesome power: It is what enables self-awareness as well as what lets us think about the minds of others. It is the ultimate human trait, and in its most rarefied forms is a power that neither other animals, nor our current artificial intelligences, have. Metacognition teaches us the limits of our own knowledge. Once we understand what it is and how it works, we can improve our performance and make better decisions. For example, on the SAT, it helps us gauge when we should skip a question rather than lose points getting an answer wrong.Know Thyself, like the metacognition itself, is equal parts scientific, philosophical, and practical. And that means, like Thinking, Fast and Slow and Predictably Irrational, it's that rarest of books: one that can both expand our minds and change our lives.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Stephen Hawking was widely recognized as the world's best physicist and even the most brilliant man alivebut what if his true talent was self-promotion When Stephen Hawking died, he was widely recognized as the world's best physicist, and even its smartest person.He was neither.In Hawking Hawking, science journalist Charles Seife explores how Stephen Hawking came to be thought of as humanity's greatest genius. Hawking spent his career grappling with deep questions in physics, but his renown didn't rest on his science. He was a master of self-promotion, hosting parties for time travelers, declaring victory over problems he had not solved, and wooing billionaires. In a wheelchair and physically dependent on a cadre of devotees, Hawking still managed to captivate the people around himand use them for his own purposes.A brilliant exposé and powerful biography, Hawking Hawking uncovers the authentic Hawking buried underneath the fake. It is the story of a man whose brilliance in physics was matched by his genius for building his own myth.…