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Author
Publisher
Crown Business
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Discusses how the concept of common sense is inadequate in an increasingly complex world and draws on multiple disciplines to offer insight into the sources of such topics as popularity, economics, and self-deception.
Author
Series
Publisher
Editorial Kairos
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
Español
Description
En este esperado libro, el psicologo y periodista Daniel Goleman, autor del best-seller mudial Inteligencia emocional, nos ofrece una vision radicalmente nueva del talento mas escaso y subestimado de nuestra sociedad, una capacidad que resulta ser el secreto para la excelencia: la atencion.
64) Mapas mentales
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
205 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
Español
Publisher
Path Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
54 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Poems that envelop eight decades, from cotton picker to rocket scientist to poet! These poems by Hollis Davis embrace his individuality, but are for sharing a community of thoughts to trigger memories in the mind of the reader. He shares almost nine decades of his life. Some poems are congenial and others share the emotions of past experiences. We all go through phases of life and each of our associates becomes a part of what and who we are. The author's...
Author
Publisher
Bala Kids
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Just a Thought is an exploration of thoughts and their role and importance in our lives. Whether they are happy thoughts, sad thoughts, scared or worried thoughts, the book highlights their movement, behavior, and purpose, and questions their audacity and boldness in constantly requiring our attention. It would seem, at times, that we are nothing but thought!"--
68) I am Henry Finch
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
This is a book about Henry Finch who strives for greatness, gets it all a bit wrong, then makes it right again in a very surprising way -- truly becoming great. --
Author
Publisher
Profile Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
157 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume, but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life. Most of us don't want to think, writes the American essayist Alan Jacobs. Thinking is trouble. It can force us out of familiar, comforting habits, and it can complicate our relationships with like-minded friends. Finally, thinking is slow, and that's a problem when our habits...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book will shine light on some of the hard-to-reach places in the brain, showing the ways in which we are not the ones driving the boat. Why does the conscious mind know so little? What do visual illusions unmask about the machinery running under the hood? How much of our lives are determined by choices and behaviors that are hard-wired, unconscious, and beyond our control? Do we have any management over who we find gorgeous or repugnant? How...
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Captain Snout and the Super Power Questions : Don't Let the Ants Steal Your Happiness, written by board certified child psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen, playfully encourages children to correct their negative thinking patterns in order to live happier and healthier lives. Comical illustrations bring the story alive as our main character, Captain Snout, reveals the super power questions that can rid us of our automatic negative thoughts (ANTs) and lead...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin/Beyond Words
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
910L
Physical Desc
xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the creators of the What If...? Conference comes a quirky book that encourages kids to explore and engage with the world around them by asking more than eighty wild, absurd, and thought provoking questions. What if a book didn't just tell you how to think or what to know, but rather encouraged you to think for yourself? What if there was a book that focused on asking questions instead of just answering them. The Book of What If...? does just...
Author
Publisher
Diana
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Edicion revisada y ampliada.
Physical Desc
126 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Somos la única especie, en medio de millones en la naturaleza, que piensa, tiene conciencia de sí misma y escribe su propia historia. Un privilegio indescriptible. ¿Pero hemos escrito una historia que nos libera o una que nos aprisiona? Muchos viven en sociedades libres, aunque permanecen esclavos de sus propias emociones. Todos queremos tener una mente saludable, plena de placer, segura, con capacidad de resiliencia y creativa, pero con frecuencia...
Author
Publisher
Debols!llo
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
666 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
Español
Description
Get to know your brain and learn to avoid troublesome 'glitches' as you explore the two engines that drive the mind and learn how to use quick and slow thinking to your advantage.
Daniel Kahneman, uno de los pensadores más importantes del mundo, recibió el premio Nobel de Economía por su trabajo pionero en psicología sobre el modelo racional de la toma de decisiones. Sus ideas han tenido un profundo impacto en campos tan diversos como la economía,...
Author
Publisher
Perigee Book
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 218 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Across the country, the revolutionary MindUP program, developed under the auspices of the Hawn Foundation, established by Goldie Hawn, is teaching children vital social and emotional skills. By understanding how their brains work, children discover where their emotions come from and become more self-aware. They learn to appreciate the sensory aspects of their lives and to value the positive effects of mindfulness, compassion, and kindness. This, in...
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