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No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy
Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader
2024 || Paperback || Mark Hodkinson || Canongate Books
This love letter to reading is a philosophical take on why we read and collect books, told through a working-class lens
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The Expectation Effect (Heruitgave)
how Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life
2022 || Paperback || David Robson || Canongate Books
People who believe ageing brings wisdom live longer.
Lucky charms really do improve athletic performance.
Taking a placebo, even when you know it is a placebo, can still benefit your health.
Welcome to The Expectation Effect.
David Robson takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge research happening right now that suggests our expectations shape our experience. Of course, you can't just think yourself thinner, happier or fitter, but using this book you can reframe many different facets of your li...
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Between Britain
Walking the History of England and Scotland
2024 || Hardcover || Alistair Moffat || Canongate Books
A walking tour of the border region where England and Scotland meet by the award-winning Scottish writer, meditating on the conflict and union of their relationship through history and in the future
Drive
The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
2018 || Paperback || Daniel H. Pink || Canongate Books
A book that will change how you think and transform how you live Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people - at work, at school, at home. It is wrong. As Daniel H.
Pink explains in his paradigm-shattering book Drive, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today's world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and the world. Along the way, he takes us to companies that are enlisting new...
maandag verzonden
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy
Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader
2024 || Hardcover || Mark Hodkinson || Canongate Books
This love letter to reading is a philosophical take on why we read and collect books, told through a working-class lens
Feeding the Machine
the Hidden Human Labour Powering AI
2024 || Paperback || James Muldoon e.a. || Canongate Books
The first book to tell the stories of the army of underpaid and exploited workers powering artificial intelligence, Feeding the Machine tells the story of a global technology through the eyes of the people who produce it.
Big Tech has sold us the illusion that artificial intelligence is a frictionless technology that will bring wealth and prosperity to humanity. But hidden beneath this smooth surface lies the grim reality of a precarious global workforce of millions that labour under often ap...