Atlantic Numb and Number. How to Avoid Being Mystified by the Mathematics of Modern Life Hartston William

In this urgent, singularly authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical--and accessible--plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid an irreversible climate catastrophe • Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help and guidance of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on exactly what must be done in order to stop the planets slide toward certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only gathers together all the information we need to fully grasp how important it is that we work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases but also details exactly what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal

Некоторые люди исключительно манипулятивны. Они могут убедить кого угодно в чем угодно и завлечь их своим обаянием. Им нравится контролировать других, и они сделают все, чтобы получить то, что хотят • Звучит знакомо? • Плохая новость в том, что на самом деле от них никуда не деться. Но есть и хорошая новость: вы можете победить их в их собственной игре • После описания взлетов и падений различных типов личности (Красного, синего, зеленого и желтого) в своем международном бестселлере "В окружении идиотов" шведский эксперт по поведению Томас Эриксон теперь покажет вам, как другие люди могут использовать ваши слабости и личностные черты и как вы можете остановить их на их пути • Узнав больше о своем типе личности и о том, как он работает, вы сможете распознать манипулятивное поведение любого психопата и отразить его попытки посеять хаос в вашей жизни

This international bestseller explains everything you need to know about body language, how to read it, and how to put your best self forwards • What people say is often very different to what they think or feel • Now, with THE DEFINITIVE BOOK OF BODY LANGUAGE, you can learn to read others people's thoughts by their gestures. It sounds implausible, but body language is easy to pick up and fun to use. Find out • How to tell if someone is lying • How to make yourself likeable • How to get co-operation from other people • How to interview and negotiate successfully • How to choose a partner • Learn the secrets of body language with Allan and Barbara Pease, bestselling authors of WHY MEN DON'T LISTEN AND WOMEN CAN'T READ MAPS

This invaluable little book highlights the real mistakes that students make in the exam – and shows how to avoid them • Based on analysis of thousands of exam scripts, each unit targets a key problem area • Clear explanations and exercises help students to use the language accurately • Regular tests offer students a further opportunity to check and consolidate what they have learnt

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One — and since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 • Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over 60 essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in between ranging from Hank Williams to Nina Simone. He analyses what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal. These essays are written in Dylan’s unique prose. They are mysterious and mercurial, poignant and profound, and often laugh-out-loud funny

The author of the celebrated The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to Rousseau • In a short period - from the early 1640s to the eve of the French Revolution - Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all made their mark on Western thought. The Dream of Enlightenment tells their story and that of the birth of modern philosophy. What does the advance of science entail for our understanding of ourselves and for our ideas of God? How should a government deal with religious diversity - and what is government actually for? Their questions remain our questions, and it is tempting to think these philosophers speak our language and live in our world; but to understand them properly, we must step back into their shoes

The third volume in the New York Times bestselling Wes Anderson Collection series showcases the best artwork from “Bad Dads,” an annual exhibition of art inspired by the films of Wes Anderson • Curated by Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco, “Bad Dads” has continued to grow and progress as a dynamic group exhibition since its inaugural show in 2011, and has featured work from more than 400 artists from around the world. Those artworks range from paintings to sculptures to limited-edition screen prints and vary greatly in style, making for a diverse and lively show each year. Though each piece is distinct in its own right, the artworks’ unifying element is the shared imagery and beloved characters from • · Bottle Rocket • · Rushmore • · The Royal Tenenbaums • · The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou • · The Darjeeling Limited • · Fantastic Mr

A brilliantly original exploration of what we can learn about the meaning of human life and how we should live our lives, drawing both on the wisdom of the great thinkers and on the insights of modern science. For all readers of Alain de Botton • Every culture rests on a bedrock of folk wisdom handed down through generations. The pronouncements of philosophers are homespun by our grandmothers, and find their way into our common sense: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Happiness comes from within • But are these 'truths' really true? Today many of us seem to prefer to cling to the notion that a little bit more money, love or success will make us truly happy. Are we wrong? • In The Happiness Hypothesis, psychologist Jonathan Haidt exposes traditional wisdom to the scrutiny of modern science, delivering startling insights

In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire • Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace. The two wars were the worst we had ever known and the episodes of peace among the most turbulent and surprising. As the political forum moved from Edwardian smoking rooms to an increasingly democratic Westminster, the people of Britain experimented with extreme ideas as they struggled to answer the question 'How should we live?' Socialism? Fascism? Feminism? Meanwhile, fads such as eugenics, vegetarianism and nudism were gripping the nation, while the popularity of the music hall soared