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Surrounded by Setbacks
Or, How to Succeed When Everything's Gone Bad
2021 || Paperback || Thomas Erikson || Veltman Distributie Import Books
So how do you handle everything life throws your way when you'd really prefer to tell everyone to get stuffed?Thomas Erikson will help you turn adversity into success with the help of the behavioural model made famous in Surrounded by Idiots.
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Emotional Ignorance
Misadventures in the Science of Emotion
2024 || Paperback || Dean Burnett || Veltman Distributie Import Books
After losing his dad, a neuroscientist goes on a journey of discovery into where our emotions come from, what purpose they serve, and why they make us feel the way they do.
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Entangled Life
How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures - The Illustrated Edition
2023 || Hardcover || Merlin Sheldrake || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller now illustrated with over 100 spectacular full-colour images, showcasing this wondrous and wildly various lifeform as never before
'Astonishing ... it seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down' Observer
'Completely mind-blowing ... reads like an adventure story' Sunday Times
*WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE 2021*
*WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRTITING 2021*
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2021*
*SHORTLISTED FO...
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Living Planet
A Portrait of the Earth
2021 || Paperback || David Attenborough || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.
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The Antisocial Network
The Major Motion Picture, Based on the Bestselling Novel Previously Published as the Antisocial Network
2023 || Paperback || Ben Mezrich || Veltman Distributie Import Books
This is definitive take on the wildest story of the year- the David-vs.-Goliath GameStop short squeeze, a tale of fortunes won and lost overnight that may end up changing Wall Street forever.
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A Brief History of Black Holes
And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong
2023 || Paperback || Becky Dr Smethurst || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Black holes are the universe's strangest and most fascinating objects. In A Brief History of Black Holes, Dr Becky explores the mysteries and realities of this misunderstood phenomenon - and that nearly everything you know about them is wrong.
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Surrounded by Idiots
The Four Types of Human Behaviour (or, How to Understand Those Who Cannot Be Understood)
2019 || Paperback || Thomas Erikson || Veltman Distributie Import Books
After a disastrous meeting with a highly successful entrepreneur, who was genuinely convinced he was `surrounded by idiots', communication expert and bestselling author, Thomas Erikson dedicated himself to understanding how people function and why we often struggle to connect with certain types of people.
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Supercommunicators
How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
2024 || Paperback || Charles Duhigg || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the people who can steer a conversation to a successful conclusion. They are able to talk about difficult topics without giving offence. They know how to make others feel at ease and share what they think. They're brilliant facilitators and decision-guiders. How do they do it?
In this groundbreaking new book, Charles Duhigg unravels the secrets of the supercommunicators to reveal the art - and the science - of successful communication. He unpicks t...
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To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before
A Joyous Journey Through All of Science
2023 || Hardcover || Luke O'Neill || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Science is a serious business, right? Wrong.
Scientists have been participants in the best reality show of all time, with all the highs, lows, bust-ups, and strange personalities of any show on telly today. From Luke O'Neill - the science teacher you wish you'd had - this hugely accessible history of science reveals the human stories behind the biggest discoveries.
For example, we meet Charles Darwin as he weighs up the pros and cons of marrying his cousin: 'constant companion' vs 'less money...
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Power Play
Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century
2022 || Paperback || Tim Higgins || Veltman Distributie Import Books
*A WALL STREET JOURNAL BUSINESS BESTSELLER*Power Play is the riveting inside story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the world's greatest car—from award-winning Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins. “A deeply reported and business-savvy chronicle of Tesla's wild ride.” (Walter Isaacson, New York Times Book Review)
Tesla is the envy of the automotive world. Born at the start of the millennium, it was the first car company to be valued at $1 trillion. Its CEO, the...