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Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day The answers will surprise you Predictably Irrational is an intriguing witty and utterly original look at why we all make illogical decisions Why can a 50p aspirin do what a 5p aspirin can t If an item is free it must be a bargain right Why is everything relative even when it shouldn t be How do our expectations influence our actual opinions and decisions In this astounding book behavioural economist Dan Ariely cuts to the heart of our strange behaviour demonstrating how irrationality often supplants rational thought and that the reason for this is embedded in the very structure of our minds Predicatably Irrational brilliantly blends everyday experiences with a series of illuminating and often surprising experiments that will change your understanding of human behaviour And by recognising these patterns Ariely shows that we can make better decisions in business in matters of collective welfare and in our everyday lives from drinking coffee to losing weight buying a car to choosing a romantic partner

A dazzling passionate polemic against anti science movements of all kinds Cover note Each copy of the new edition of Unweaving the Rainbow features a unique wavelength pattern No two covers are exactly alike Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours In this illuminating and provocative book Richard Dawkins argues that Keats could not have been more mistaken and shows how an understanding of science enhances our wonder of the world He argues that mysteries do not lose their poetry because they are solved the solution is often more beautiful than the puzzle uncovering even deeper mysteries Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality combining them in a landmark statement on the human appetite for wonder Cover note Each copy of the new edition of Unweaving the Rainbow features a unique wavelength pattern No two covers are exactly alike

When THE PRIMAL SCREAM was published in 1970 it caused an international sensation In introduced a revolutionary new approach to psychological thinking Primal Therapy which encourages patients to relive core experiences instead of taking refuge from reality in a comfortable half world of neurosis Twenty years on THE NEW PRIMAL SCREAM takes the theory even further showing that repressed pain is bad not only for mental but also for physical health Citing case histories Dr Janov shows how the application of his therapy has helped victims of incest and other abuse overcome subsequent illness The implications are as devastating as the therapy is revolutionary THE NEW PRIMAL SCREAM discusses and reaches some startling conclusions about illness and Primal Therapy exploring Primal pain the great hidden secrets Repression the gates of the brain and loss of feeling How early experience is imprinted Illness as the silent scream Sex sensuality and sexuality The role of weeping in psychotherapy Why we have to relive our childhood to get well

A concise illustrated history of one of art s most important and elusive elements Over the millennia humans have used pigments to decorate narrate and instruct Charred bone ground earth stones bugs and blood were the first pigments New pigments were manufactured by simple processes such as corrosion and calcination until the Industrial Revolution introduced colors outside the spectrum of the natural world Pigments brings together leading art historians and conservators to trace the history of the materials used to create color and their invention across diverse cultures and time periods This richly illustrated book features incisive historical essays and case studies that shed light on the many forms of pigments the organic and inorganic the edible and the toxic and those that are more precious than gold It shows how pigments were as central to the earliest art forms and global trade networks as they are to commerce ornamentation and artistic expression today The book reveals the innate instability and mutability of most pigments and discusses how few artworks or objects look as they did when they were first created From cave paintings to contemporary art Pigments demonstrates how a material understanding of color opens new perspectives on visual cul

A science fiction genius Ted Chiang is a superstar The Guardian With Stories of Your Life and Others his masterful debut collection multiple award winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably varied stories From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth to the firmament above to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and reality Chiang s unique imagination invites us to question our understanding of the universe and our place in it The title novella Story of Your Life was the basis for the Academy Award winning film Arrival starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner United by a humane intelligence that speaks very directly to the reader and makes us experience each story with immediacy and Chiang s calm passion China Mieville author of The City & The City Part of the Picador Collection a series showcasing the best of modern literateure

Bestselling author of the Wheat Belly franchise brings his next big game changing idea the human microbiome and the silent epidemic of SIBO to the mainstream Dr Davis has connected the dots between gut health and many common modern ailments and complaints 1 in 3 people have SIBO small intestinal bacterial overgrowth which causes a long list of health issues and illnesses it is a silent and profound epidemic created by the absence of microbial species that our ancestors had even 50 100 years ago which have been erased by the industrialisation of food and medicine Super Gut shares a four week plan to reprogram your microbiome based on research and techniques that not only gets to the root of many diseases but improves levels of oxytocin the bonding happy hormone brain health and promotes anti aging and weight loss Dr Davis provides not just the science and case studies but also more than 40 recipes and solutions In Super Gut he ensures readers understand the science diagnose their gut issues eradicate them and maintain their long term health

The seductive and action packed follow up to Alex Aster s instant 1 New York Times 1 Wall Street Journal and internationally bestselling novel Lightlark now in paperback Isla Crown has secured the love of two powerful rulers and broken the curses that plagued the six realms for centuries but few know the true origins of her powers Now in the wake of a crushing betrayal Isla finds herself struggling to win respect as the newly crowned leader of two separate realms Worse her fellow rulers haven t ceded victory quietly and there are others in Isla s midst who don t believe her ascent to power was earned As certain death races toward Lightlark and secrets from the past begin to unravel Isla must weigh her responsibility to her people against the whims of the most dangerous traitor of all her heart Alex Aster s intricate world expands after the riveting culmination of the Centennial games delving more deeply into Isla s memories of her past as her future hurtles toward two possible fates

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Surrounded by Idiots Are you overshadowed by the narcissists in your life Are you worn out by their constant demands for attention their absolute belief they are right even when clearly they are not their determination to do what they want regardless of impact and their baffling need to control everyone and everything around them In this thought provoking sanity saving book Thomas Erikson helps you understand what makes narcissists tick and crucially how to handle them without wearing yourself out in the process With the help of the behavioural model made famous in Surrounded by Idiots Erikson provides all the tools you need to manage not just the narcissists around you but everyday narcissism as well itself becoming more widespread in this age of social media Engaging and practical Surrounded by Narcissists will help you free yourself from narcissistic agendas so you can pursue a happier more fulfilling and successful life

¿Qué hace el elefante, cuando es hora de ir a dormir? ¿Y el león? ¿Y el zorro?

Una escritura tensa, se diría, al tanto de la vivencia y la oralidad que la conduce, capaz de albergar la mole -también tensa- de pensamiento y acción, creando (re-creando) una bolsa de sustrato linguistico, cognitivo e intuitivo que ira creciendo y ferti

* Una de las tendencias gastronómicas más prácticas es la de comer en un bol, en lugar de en un plato tradicional, con todos los ingredientes a la vista, lo que facilita preparar una comida equilibrada. * Incluye comidas en bol coloridas, vegetarianas, con carne o con pescado, saladas, pero ¡tambien dulces! y pokes? * Descubra recetas, consejos y tutoriales para preparar la comida en un bol en casa, como todo un gourmet. La comida en un bol lleva una base vegetal, una porcion de proteinas, cereales integrales, hortalizas y toppings o aderezos con grasas saludables. Deje de comprarlo, ¡preparelo!

Beyond the genre-defining influence of Dracula, Bram Stoker was also a master of the short story form. This new collection of the author's tales represents his diverse interests in the macabre and un

EL LIBRO DEFINITIVO SOBRE LA HISTORIA DE LA SUPER BOWL Hoy en día, la Super Bowl es más que un evento deportivo: forma parte integral de la cultura americana y se ha convertido en un auténtico fenóm

Nada retenía ya a Yosef Coen en su Alepo natal. La guerra civil se había llevado a todos sus seres queridos y su destino aguardaba lejos, a miles de kilómetros del horror y del dolor de revivir. Tras pasar la frontera hacia la hostil Turquia, el camino de este judio sefardi, medico de profesion, se cruza con el de la bella Yasmina, enfermera y musulmana sufi, quien se ve impelida a compartir con el su huida en pos de un lugar donde empezar de nuevo. De este modo nace su historia.Unidos por un mismo anhelo resuelto de libertad, Yosef y Yasmina se embarcan en un viaje que ha de conducirlos por varios paises hasta situarlos frente a la Gran Dama que recibe a los desamparados en Nueva York. Su recorrido, que los familiarizara con culturas de toda indole y personas de toda condicion, les hara confrontar la cara mas amarga y dura del mundo con otra mas amable, generosa y acogedora; y en el tendran ocasion de constatar, desprovistos a la fuerza de recelos y convencionalismos, la poderosa fuerza de un amor convertido en credo.Mi nombre es cualquiera es un emocionante relato que nos confronta con la fragilidad y la resiliencia del espiritu humano. Un testimonio de la busqueda de la paz y la esperanza en un presente convulso e incierto. Una invitacion honesta a la reflexion sobre l

El gnosticismo ha estado siempre ligado al cristianismo antiguo ofreciendo una teología mucho más abierta y menos sujeta al dogmatismo que caracterizó después a la iglesia oficial. La resurrección es entendida de manera simbolica y como una experiencia transformativa que sucede aqui y ahora y el mal existe porque el mundo ha sido creado por un falso dios, el demiurgo. Solo a traves de la gnosis podra liberarse el hombre y alcanzar la salvacion. La materia y el mundo sensible se generan a traves de la mente y el intelecto, estando todo, segun el esquema gnostico, generado a partir de la consciencia, de la mente, o lo que los filosofos griegos llamaban nous, una idea que resuena en ciertas corrientes culturales y cientificas actuales como son el transhumanismo, la teoria de la simulacion y la fisica contemporanea. El gnosticismo bebe de las fuentes de la filosofia clasica griega, pero tambien de los antiguos misterios y del misticismo judio bajo la influencia de Alejandria, uno de los centros culturales mas importantes de la antiguedad. Cuando las escuelas gnosticas clasicas desaparecen con la creacion de la iglesia oficial, las ideas de los gnosticos sobreviven en la tradicion hermetica occidental, la alquimia y, en menor medida, en algunas sociedades secretas de tinte esoterico para florecer de nuevo con el neo-gnosticismo de la actualidad. El pensamiento gnostico es el punto de encuentro de la religion, la espiritualidad, la ciencia y la filosofia. Las ideas del gnosticismo nunca desaparecieron de occidente por completo y hoy vuelven a cobrar una inesperada vigencia. Darren Lorente-Bull (Londres 1972) estudio letras en la Universidad Metropolitana de Londres y ha escrito varios libros sobre francmasoneria y esoterismo, como More Light, con el escritor britanico Julian Rees, La Ordo Templis Orientis y Thelema, The Other Brotherhood, asi como Y las Montañas se movieron, novela co escrita con Ruben Legidos. Darren tambien ha traducido al ingles la novela El Sindrome de Nietzsche, de Javier Otaola, y al castellano el libro Mosaico Masonico de David Harrison.

«El rumor de la autopista se ha convertido en una frontera sonora que atravesar, rompeolas de tráfico rodado. A su lado ha surgido esta maqueta inacabada de lo nuevo, de la vida por venir, de esa nue

El artista gallego, autor de Bestiario del Norte y una de las mentes más prolíficas y originales de nuestro país, ha creado un libro inclasificable y de una belleza perturbadora. Ojos llenos de árboles puede ser un cuaderno de campo, un prodigioso ensayo naturalista, un gabinete de curiosidades arboreas o la cronica de un paseante en el que arboles y bosques, la naturaleza como testigo del tiempo y la memoria, son sagrados, simbolos de lo eterno frente a las bajezas, tropelias y violencias del ser humano, conectando magistralmente pasado y presente a traves de legendarios duelos entre leñadores vascos, enormes esvasticas construidas con arboles durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, niñas que se pierden en el bosque y cuando regresan ya no son las mismas, antiguos ermitaños que vivieron y rezaron en lo alto de los arboles, la cantante Billie Holiday perseguida por los arboles del sur o artistas fascinados con la naturaleza, como William Blake, Caspar David Friedrich, Francesca Woodman, Joseph Beuys o Anne Brigman, entre otros.

El Estado contra mí" es un libro impactante que narra las experiencias del comisario Villarejo, un testigo excepcional de los acontecimientos más relevantes de la historia reciente de España. En sus paginas, se desclasifican detalles sorprendentes sobre los atentados que sacudieron al pais, como el 11-M, el caso de Jose Maria Aznar, el atentado contra Carrero Blanco, los atentados en Las Ramblas y el intento de golpe de estado del 23-F. Este relato trepidante no dejara indiferente a nadie y revelara verdades que nunca antes se habian contado. Una lectura imprescindible para comprender los entresijos de la politica y la seguridad nacional española.