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Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong. How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think...

In an eye-opening tour of the unconscious, as contemporary psychological science has redefined it, Timothy D. Wilson introduces us to a hidden mental world of judgments, feelings, and motives that introspection may never show us. This is not your psychoanalyst's unconscious. The adaptive unconscious that empirical psychology has revealed, and that Wilson describes, is much more than a repository of primative drives and conflict-ridden memories.

Across the world the number of refugees and exiles, the dispossessed and displaced, the politically homeless and the economically excluded is growing. In the decade since she left her own home, Ece Temelkuran has been a political Cassandra, warning those convinced it couldn't happen in their country that fascism is coming. Now, as oppression spreads and temperatures rise she has written Nation of Strangers: a series of letters from one stranger to another.

Neville Chamberlain redet mit Adolf Hitler - und versteht doch nicht, was der vorhat. Amanda Knox beteuert ihre Unschuld, von den italienischen Richtern wird sie dennoch wegen Mordes verurteilt. Der Spion, der Jahre unentdeckt auf den höchsten Ebenen des Pentagons verbringt. Warum verstehen wir so oft andere Menschen falsch? Warum ist es so schwer, eine Lüge zu entdecken, ein Gesicht zu lesen oder die Motive eines Fremden zu beurteilen? Wir sind überzeugt, dass alles, was wir in einer persönlichen Begegnung erfahren, besonders wertvoll ist.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Burden’s searing, probing memoir explores . . . what she learned about intimacy and her own spirit.”—People​​ “A beautifully written instant classic. Strangers is gripping and heartbreaking and a must-read for every wife—and husband...

Brought to you by Penguin. Will and Rosie meet as teenagers. They're opposites in every way, but over secret walks home and late-night phone calls they become closer, destined to be one another's great love story. Until, one day, tragedy strikes and any possibility of them being together...

Brought to you by Penguin. The highly anticipated new book from Malcom Gladwell, host of the chart-topping podcast Revisionist History. With original archival interviews and musical scoring, this enhanced audiobook edition of Talking to Strangers brings Gladwell's renowned storytelling to life...

Life is a series of choices, but the options you see are limited by your level of awareness. Who’s Talking helps you expand that awareness, uncover subconscious blind spots, and reconnect with the authentic version of YOU waiting beneath the surface. Over years of helping people, author Chris Hinton has come to realize one powerful truth: everything we do is relational. The relationship we have with money, family, food, friends—even ourselves—shapes every aspect of our lives.

Brought to you by Penguin. Three women. One Killer. Talking to strangers has never been more dangerous... When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland, journalist Kiki Nunn is determined this will be the big break she so desperately needs. Because she...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis. Why is there so much inequality? In this short book, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis sets out to answer his 11-year-old daughter Xenia's deceptively simple question. Using personal stories and famous myths, he explains what the economy is and why it has the power to shape our lives.

Medium Nina Herzberg beleuchtet in diesem berührenden Meditations-Hörbuch unsere Welt aus zwei verschiedenen Blickwinkeln. Aus der Sicht der Menschen sind Themen wie Trauer, Schmerz und Leiden existenziell, sehr dramatisch und traurig. Die Sichtweise der geistigen Welt dagegen ist eine andere, denn sie hat einen anderen Überblick, sieht Zusammenhänge und versteht den irdischen Lebensplan. Durch den Wechsel der Perspektiven erhält der Leser einen anderen Einblick in sein eigenes Leben auf dieser Erde und ein anderes Verständnis für seine eigenen Gefühle und Gedanken.

A dog walker finds a human bone on lonely Salisbury Plain. DCI Mackenzie Jones investigates the grisly discovery but cannot explain how it ended up there. She contacts disgraced ex-detective Atticus Priest and the two of them trace the bone to a graveyard in the nearby village of Imber. But the village was abandoned after it was purchased by the Ministry of Defence to train the army, so why have bodies been buried in the graveyard since the church was closed?

With millions of copies sold The Stranger is one of the most widely read novels in the world. It stands as perhaps the greatest existentialist tale ever conceived. When a young Algerian named Meursault kills a man, his subsequent imprisonment and trial are puzzling and absurd. This remarkable translation by Matthew Ward has been considered the definitive English version since its original publication.

Matt Dahlia was a recent college grad with no direction in his life: his business was dead on arrival and all his friends had left town. He was broke and searching for belonging in a world that didn’t understand him. That is, until he serendipitously met Thomas, who not only felt the same way he did, but had a project in mind: Together, along with two more like-minded strangers, they were going to move into a one-bedroom apartment and film themselves doing 30 things they had never done before in 30 days.

Talking to strangers plays a huge, ephemeral role help us manage communications. We have covered the topic from diverse angles, in case you are keen to learn more. Communicating with those around us and maintaining our well-being requires us to be social within some boundaries and to know when and how to talk with the people we meet in daily life.

A sexy novel, rich with love, laughter, and steamy passion that sizzles with New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas’s hallmark sensuality and delicious tension Millionaire Texas playboy Jack Travis lives for pleasure. He has money, women, and no commitments, and that’s just the way...

The last time Rachel and her friends entered the giant Yeerk pool beneath their town things went very bad. This time they plan to be careful, and sneak in as roaches, just to spy. Once they're inside, though, the team gets caught. But right as things are looking their most dire, everything stops. Everything. Then Rachel and the Animorphs hear a voice. It belongs to a very old, very powerful being, and it says it can save them. But if it does, the Earth will be defenseless.

The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar, or a parking lot, or at the grocery store. His identity is unknown. His motives are unclear. His information is undeniable. Then he whispers a few words in your ear and disappears, leaving you picking up the pieces of your shattered world...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022/2023 FIRST NATION COMMUNITIES READ AWARD, 2022 MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS’ CAROL SHIELDS WINNIPEG BOOK AWARD, MARGARET LAURENCE AWARD FOR FICTION, AND MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD...

This book is Peter Rosengard's extraordinary account of his life so far and the endless adventures in which he made, lost, and remade a fortune; founded London's famous Comedy Store; discovered and managed some of the greats in stand-up comedy; turned an unknown boy band into a chart-topping sensation; and, from a cold call in a public phone box, sold the world's biggest ever life insurance policy for $100m.