Black and White Thinking is a groundbreaking and timely exploration of how our binary thinking creates polarization - and what we can do about it • Our brains are hardwired to sort, categorize and draw lines. It's how we navigate the infinite kaleidoscope of everyday information. But imagine failing an exam by a mere 1 per cent. Or being caught speeding at just 1 mph over the speed limit. It doesn't seem fair. And yet we have to draw the line somewhere, we say, even though lines can be unhelpful or even dangerous when drawn where they aren't wanted, or in too thick a hand. By thinking in terms of ' 'them' or 'us' and 'this' or 'that' we isolate ourselves from ideas we don't agree with and people who are not the same as us. We fail to listen to the other side of the argument and beliefs become increasingly polarized
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Почему именно Джонни стал видеть мёртвых? Ответа на этот вопрос никто не знает. Но как-то раз, проходя через кладбище, он постучал в дверь одного склепа – и дверь открылась. Так Джонни познакомился с Олдерменом (1822-1906). И этот призрак, то есть, простите, гражданин, перешедший в новое качественное состояние, оказался далеко не единственным! Жаль только, большинству живущих нет дела до старого кладбища и тех, кто на нем похоронен, – городские власти уже решили судьбу этого места, продав землю под застройку. Что тут может сделать двенадцатилетней мальчишка? • «Джонни и бомба», роман одного из самых ярких писателей жанра фэнтези, Терри Пратчетта, станет великолепным подарком для поклонников творчества автора • Книга на английском языке • Sell the cemetery? • Over their dead bodies
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Плоский Мир – это диск, покоящийся на спинах четырёх слонов, которые стоят на спине Великого А`туина, черепахи, плывущей в бесконечной пустоте космоса. А ещё это самое смешное место во всей вселенной • Наше сознание творит с нами самые невообразимые вещи. Мы помним только хорошее. Вот драконы, к примеру. Очень романтичные, красивые, полные достоинства зверюги. Но мы забываем, что к этим чертам следует добавить абсолютную прожорливость, мгновенную воспламеняемость и крайнюю зубастость. А эльфы? Да, они танцуют при луне, поют песни – в общем, веселые, милые существа… Но будете ли вы рады, когда они вернутся? О да, эльфы очень любят разные игры – только весело им, а не вам • «Дамы и господа», роман одного из самых ярких писателей жанра фэнтези, Терри Пратчетта, станет великолепным подарком для поклонников творчества автора
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Вот почему алгебре и физкультуре в школе учат, а действительно необходимым вещам – нет? Ведь ни на одном уроке не услышишь: "Время детям не игрушка! Если вы вдруг увидите на улице машину (или магазинную тележку) времени – тихонечко пройдите мимо. Иначе вас ждут Большие Неприятности. Например, встретите собственного дедушку в коротеньких штанишках, и он задразнит вас до слез. Или вас примут за шпиона и арестуют. Или вы до конца жизни застрянете в Былых Временах, когда даже чипсов еще не придумали". Никому и в голову не приходит предупредить об этом. Зато если из-за неосторожного обращения со временем взорвется Вселенная – кто будет виноват? Правильно, Джонни Максвелл. А он всего-то хотел написать реферат по истории. Ну и, может быть, чуть-чуть эту историю изменить
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Fleeing from the ruins of New Undertown, young librarian knight Rook Barkwater and his colleagues – Felix Lodd and his banderbear friends – must lead the escaping population to a new life in the Free Glades • But perils aplenty are ahead for the crowd, and Rook knows the journey will be full of danger. Meanwhile, in the Goblin Nations, the tribes are amassing for war. Will Rook be able to keep his friends, himself and their new lives safe? • Freeglader is the third book of the Rook Saga – third trilogy in The Edge Chronicles, the internationally best-selling fantasy series, which has featured on the UK and the New York Times best-seller lists and sold more than 3 million copies. There are now 13 titles and four trilogies in the series, but each book is a stand-alone adventure, so you can read The Edge Chronicles in any order you choose
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High school can be hell • Cam knows what it’s like to be haunted. He’s spent more time in Hell than any angel ever should. And his freshest Hell is high school, where Lilith, the girl he can’t stop loving, is serving out a punishment for his crimes • Cam made a bet with Lucifer: he has fifteen days to convince the only girl who really matters to him to love him again. If he succeeds, Lilith will be allowed back into the world, and they can live their lives together. But if he fails . . . there’s a special place in Hell just for him • Tick-tock • The long-awaited new novel in the global bestselling Fallen series
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The real story of a moment of sporting history, when an English cricket team took on Nazi Germany in 1937 • Adolf Hitler despised cricket, considering it un-German and decadent. And Berlin in 1937 was not a time to be going against the Fuhrer's wishes. But hot on the heels of the 1936 Olympics, an enterprising cricket fanatic of enormous bravery, Felix Menzel, somehow persuaded his Nazi leaders to invite an English team to play his motley band of part-timers • That team was the Gentlemen of Worcestershire, an ill-matched group of mavericks, minor nobility, ex-county cricketers, rich businessmen and callow schoolboys - led by former Worcestershire CC skipper Major Maurice Jewell. Ordered 'not to lose' by the MCC, Jewell and his men entered the 'Garden of Beasts' to play two unofficial Test matches against Germany
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A colouring book edition of this million-copy-selling classic! If you could do anything, what would you choose? And now choose the colours too! • A colouring-book edition of the bestselling classic which children can colour in and make their own • Imagine you could go anywhere, with anyone and do anything. Where would you live? Where would you sleep? Who would be your friends? What games would you play? Go on . . . You choose! With the help of Nick Sharratt's wonderful illustrations, Pippa Goodhart looks at a whole range of scenarios where choosing is made fun! • There are 24 jam-packed pages to colour in and sixty fantastic full-colour stickers to stick wherever you choose • The perfect combination of fun and learning, this is a wonderful way to expand skills in literacy
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It began with Eragon . . . It ends with Inheritance, book four in the Inheritance Series • Not so very long ago, Eragon - Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider - was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now, the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders • Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still the real battle lies ahead: they must confront King Galbatorix • When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And if they can’t, no one can. There will be no second chances • The Rider and his dragon have come farther than anyone dared to hope. But can they topple the evil king and restore justice to Alagaesia? And if so, at what cost? • Featuring spectacular artwork by cult artist John Jude Palencar, this stunning book brings the bestselling Inheritance cycle to a breathtaking conclusion
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Drawing on Derren's own experiences, this is a profound and practical guide to finding value in sadness and strength from difficult times - it is from the friction in life that we find meaning and can grow • In this thoughtful and brilliant bestselling new book, Derren Brown, internationally bestselling author of HAPPY, considers the value of difficulty in our lives. Perhaps it is in those times when we are forced to cope with adversity that we find the most meaningful rewards. As he navigates middle age, love and small talk, he dispenses with self-help platitudes and wonders if perhaps we need to more comfortably embrace uncertainty. Is anxiety in fact a pointer for growth? In chapters that take us back to the scene of childhood humiliation, to lonely evenings on tour, to the high stress of a house move, Derren explores that when we feel most alone we are often most connected to others and the flow of life
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When young librarian knight Rook Barkwater is taken captive and forced to work for Vox Verlix – nominally the Most High Academe, but no more than a prisoner in reality – he stumbles across a terrible truth. Vox is brewing a plot to destroy the goblins and the shrykes at a stroke, so that he can seize control of the Edgeworld for himself • Can Rook foil Vox's plan and save the lives of his librarian friends and colleagues? • Vox is the second book of the Rook Saga – third trilogy in The Edge Chronicles, the internationally best-selling fantasy series, which has featured on the UK and the New York Times best-seller lists and sold more than 3 million copies. There are now 13 titles and four trilogies in the series, but each book is a stand-alone adventure, so you can read The Edge Chronicles in any order you choose
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The weird and wonderful true story of a national treasure in the making • Ben Fogle's life has been action-packed to say the least. He has rowed across the Atlantic, walked to the South Pole, run the Sahara and ice-skated across Sweden. He has encountered isolated tribes in deepest Papua New Guinea, caused a Boeing 747 to dump ?100k of fuel before making an emergency landing in Sao Paolo, and frequently been mistaken for Prince William along the way • So how did a cripplingly shy, geeky, perennially homesick boy end up doing all this? Ben's still not entirely sure himself, but this wonderful book tells his story and will strike a chord with anyone puzzling about life, and how to live it differently • This is a book about defying expectations, conquering fears, battling laziness and, just occasionally, winning
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