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The Power of Regret
How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
2023 || Paperback || Daniel H. Pink || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From the internationally bestselling author of When, Drive and To Sell is Human, a new book about the transforming power of that crucial and misunderstood emotion: regret
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Otherlands
A World in the Making - A Sunday Times bestseller
2023 || Paperback || Thomas Halliday || Veltman Distributie Import Books
FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING - HIGHLY COMMENDED
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
'The best book on the history of life on Earth I have ever read' Tom Holland
'Epically cinematic... A book of almost unimaginable riches' Sunday Times
This is the past as we've never seen it before.
Otherlands is an epic, exhilarating journey into deep time, showing us the Earth as it used to exist, and the wo...
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The Decisive Mind
How to Make the Right Choice Every Time
2023 || Paperback || Sheheryar Banuri || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A new model for understanding and optimising your decision making skills by a leading behavioural economist*
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Have you ever set yourself a goal but struggled to achieve it?
In a world overflowing with choices and distractions, indecision can be paralysing. It can lead to missed opportunities, stress, even damaged relationships. In The Decisive Mind, decision making expert Professor Sheheryar Banuri provides a new framework to choose the life you want, one decision at a time.
Using r...
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Edible Economics
A Hungry Economist Explains the World
2022 || Paperback || Ha-Joon Chang || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Economic thinking - about climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most digestible form
For decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this is bland and unhealthy - like British food in the 1980s, when bestselling author and Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang first arrived in the UK from South Korea. Just as eating a wide range of cuisines contributes to a balanced diet, so too is it essential we listen to a variety of economic...
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Number Go Up
Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
2023 || Paperback || Zeke Faux || Veltman Distributie Import Books
he “endlessly entertaining” (Matt Levine) and “ludicrously compelling” (Evan Osnos) account of the crypto delusion, and how Sam Bankman-Fried and a cast of fellow nerds and hustlers turned useless virtual coins into trillions of dollars
“One of the greatest business stories of all time.”—A.J. Jacobs, bestselling author of The Puzzler
In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it, celebrities like Tom Brady endorsed it, and TV ads hailed it as the ...
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What If?2
Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2023 || Paperback || Randall Munroe || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, and the Sunday Times bestseller What If?, even more hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.
Food for Life
Your Guide to the New Science of Eating Well
2024 || Paperback || Tim Spector || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'Life-changing' DAVINA McCALL
'A must-read' DR RUPY AUJLA
'Fascinating' NIGELLA LAWSON
'Empowering' LIZ EARLE
**AS HEARD ON THE DIARY OF A CEO PODCAST**
Empowering and practical, Food for Life is nothing less than a new approach to how to eat - for our health and the health of the planet.
Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat in the age of ultra-processed food has never seemed so complicated.
Drawing on cutting-edge research and personal insights, Professo...
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Get it Done
Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation
2023 || Paperback || Ayelet Fishbach || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The perfect guide to mastering your motivations and achieving your ambitions, from renowned psychologist and behavioural scientist Ayelet Fishbach, PhD.
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The Song of the Cell
An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
2023 || Paperback || Siddhartha Mukherjee || Veltman Distributie Import Books
**A NEW YORK TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST, MAIL ON SUNDAY and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**
'Will leave you in awe' Guardian
From the dawn of life itself, every being that has ever lived owes its existence to the cell.
The discovery of this vital form led to a transformation in medicine but also in our understanding of ourselves - not as bodies or machines but as ecosystems. It has also given us the power to treat a vast array of mortal maladies...and even to create new kinds of human alto...
The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking
Leading Your Organization Into the Future
2024 || Paperback || Michael Watkins || Veltman Distributie Import Books
How did John F. Kennedy put a man on the moon in just under ten years?What can chess teach us about actionable insights?And why should you shake up a business at a time of great success?All of these questions have their answer in strategic thinking. But what is strategic thinking exactly? Are we born with it, or can we nurture it?As a distinct and important capability in leaders, strategic thinking is a remarkably poorly defined, little understood concept, confined to management courses and b...