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The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker
RRP: $25.46Booksplease Price: $12.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143127796Author Steven PinkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint -
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.66Why do we laugh? What makes memories fade? Why do people believe in ghosts? How the Mind Works explores every aspect of mental life, showing that our minds are not a mystery, but a system of organs... -
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker 9780393334777
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $22.50In this Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestseller, one of the world's leading cognitive scientists tackles the workings of the human mind. What makes us rational-and why are we so often... -
Words And Rules Prof Steven Pinker 9780753810255
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.24One of the world's science superstars presents a brilliantly illuminating, entertaining and cutting-edge account of how language actually works.How does language work? How do children learn their... -
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $14.08'Dazzling... Pinker's big idea is that language is an instinct...as innate to us as flying is to geese... Words can hardly do justice to the superlative range and liveliness of Pinker's... -
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature by Steven Pinker
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $14.08In The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature, Steven Pinker looks at how the relationship between words and thoughts can help us understand who we are. Why do so many swear words... -
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.08'A passionate defence of the enduring power of human nature ... both life-affirming and deeply satisfying' Daily TelegraphRecently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our ... -
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker 9780142003343
RRP: $29.48Booksplease Price: $20.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142003343Author Steven PinkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint -
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters by Steven Pinker
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.37A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 'Punchy, funny and invigorating ... Pinker is the high priest of rationalism' Sunday Times 'If you've ever considered taking drugs to make yourself smarter, read... -
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.66THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Bristles with pure, crystalline intelligence, deep knowledge and human sympathy' Richard Dawkins Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate... -
The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity by Steven Pinker
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.67'The most inspiring book I've ever read' Bill Gates, 2017'A brilliant, mind-altering book ... Everyone should read this astonishing book' Guardian'Will change the way you see the world' Daily... -
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
RRP: $32.16Booksplease Price: $14.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Cundill Prize 2012.Book InformationISBN 9780143122012Author Steven PinkerFormat -
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.37Steven Pinker, the bestselling author of The Language Instinct, deploys his gift for explaining big ideas in The Sense of Style - an entertaining writing guide for the 21st centuryWhat is the secret... -
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker 9780143111382
RRP: $25.46Booksplease Price: $13.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143111382Author Steven PinkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint -
An End To Murder: Human beings have always been cruel, savage and murderous. Is all that about to change? Colin Wilson 9781780331782
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.75Creatively and intellectually there is no other species that has ever come close to equalling humanity's achievements, but nor is any other species as suicidally prone to internecine conflict. We are... -
The Science of Hate: How prejudice becomes hate and what we can do to stop it by Matthew Williams
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.80Why do people hate? A world-leading criminologist explores the tipping point between prejudice and hate crime, analysing human behaviour across the globe and throughout history in this vital book. ... -
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature by Steven Pinker 9780141015477 [USED COPY]
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $3.23In The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature, Steven Pinker looks at how the relationship between words and thoughts can help us understand who we are. Why do so many swear words... -
Drunk Tank Pink: The Subconscious Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave by Adam Alter
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.37'Drunk Tank Pink' is a particular shade of pink. In 1979 psychologists discovered that it has an extraordinary effect: if you stare at it for two minutes, you dramatically weaken in strength. In... -
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Science of Harmony, Hypocrisy and Outrage by Steven Pinker 9780241618837
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $16.96'One of the most insightful books I've read about what makes us human and how we understand each other' Bill GatesSteven Pinker, one of the world's greatest thinkers and bestselling author of... -
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows. . .: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life by Steven Pinker 9781420526363
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Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages Gaston Dorren 9781781256411
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $9.88If you were to master the twenty languages discussed in Babel, you could talk with three quarters of the world's population. But what makes these languages stand out amid the world's estimated 6,500... -
Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova 9781838954178
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $13.11*A New York Times bestseller*'Using her expertise as a neuroscientist and her gifts as a storyteller, Lisa Genova explains the nuances of human memory' - Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of... -
The Empathy Instinct: How to Create a More Civil Society Peter Bazalgette 9781473637535
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.41'If we hope to meet the moral test of our times, then I think we're going to have to talk more about the "empathy deficit". The ability to put ourselves in somebody else's shoes, to see the world... -
Stranger in the Mirror: The Scientific Search for the Self by Robert Levine
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $5.37Who are we? Where is the boundary between us and everything else? Are we all multiple personalities? And how can we control who we become?From distinguished psychologist Robert Levine comes this... -
Stranger in the Mirror: The Scientific Search for the Self Robert Levine 9781472146960
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $13.47Who are we? Where is the boundary between us and everything else? Are we all multiple personalities? And how can we control who we become?From distinguished psychologist Robert Levine comes this... -
The Flame of Reason: Clear Thinking for the Twenty-First Century by Christer Sturmark 9781803280998
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.28A passionate, highly accessible clarion call to a world dangerously threatened by irrational superstitions of all kinds. 'Truly a book for our time' Steven Pinker 'In Sweden's public square,... -
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First by Frank Trentmann
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.67In this monumental study, acclaimed historian Frank Trentmann unfolds the extraordinary history that has shaped our material world, from late Ming China, Renaissance Italy and the British Empire to... -
How to Think Like a Philosopher: Essential Principles for Clearer Thinking by Julian Baggini 9781783788538
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with the world? How to Think Like A Philosopher is a revelatory exploration of... -
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.37Happy City is the story of how the solutions to this century's problems lie in unlocking the secrets to great city livingThis is going to be the century of the city. But what actually makes a good... -
The Story of the Brain in 10½ Cells by Richard Wingate
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $11.28There are more than 100 billion brain cells in our heads, and every single one represents a fragment of thought and feeling. Each cell possesses a mysterious beauty, with branching, intricate... -
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Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference by William MacAskill 9781783350513 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $2.84A radical reassessment of how we can most effectively help others by a rising star of philosophy and leading social entrepreneur.'A surprising and often counterintuitive look at the best ways to make... -
Plain Words by Rebecca Gowers
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65'Be short, be simple, be human.'When Sir Ernest Gowers first wrote Plain Words, it was intended simply as a guide to the proper use of English for the Civil Service. Within a year, however, its... -
Fair Shot by Chris Hughes 9781408899816
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $10.57Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes makes the case that one percenters like him should pay their fortune forward in a radically simple way: a guaranteed income for working people The first half of... -
The Animal and the Idea: The Battle for Meaning in Our Divided Selves by John Duncan 9780753560938
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $21.28Why are we so often in conflict-arguing with ourselves and with others, uncertain over who we are and what we need from our lives?In The Animal and The Thinker, the world-leading, pioneering... -
War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right by Benjamin R. Teitelbaum
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.37'Insightful and immersive' Sunday Times'An intellectual non-fiction thriller' Financial TimesA riveting expose of the hidden philosophical movement that drives the populist right around the... -
Scots: The Mither Tongue Billy Kay 9781845960520
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29Scots: The Mither Tongue is a classic of contemporary Scottish culture and essential reading for those who care about their country's identity in the twenty-first century. It is a passionately... -
Books do Furnish a Life: An electrifying celebration of science writing by Richard Dawkins
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.92'A rich feast of his essays, reviews, forewords, squibs and conversations, in which talent and passion are married to deep knowledge.' Matt Ridley'Enjoy the unfailing clarity of his thought and... -
The Soul of the Marionette: A Short Enquiry into Human Freedom by John Gray
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $9.54TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'Gray must be one of the best read of contemporary philosophers, trawling insouciantly through high-, middle- and low-brow literature with the sharp-eyed eclecticism of a... -
Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behaviour Moshe Hoffman 9781529376821
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $23.58'Packed with fresh and clear insights that will change the way you think about the world' Uri Gneezy'One of those books that you pick up and then can't put down' Steve Stewart-Williams'This is a book... -
Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behaviour by Moshe Hoffman 9781529376845
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.11'Packed with fresh and clear insights that will change the way you think about the world' Uri Gneezy'One of those books that you pick up and then can't put down' Steve Stewart-Williams'This is a book...