Sociology
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Harari, Yuval NoahRandom House 2018Random House presents the audiobook edition of 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, read by Derek Perkins. **FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER S...
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Skin in the game : hidden asymmetries in daily life
Taleb, Nassim NicholasBooks on Tape 2018From the New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance an...
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Enlightenment now : the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress
Pinker, StevenPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2018An assessment of the human condition in the twenty-first century presents data demonstrating that life quality, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on t...
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The culture code : the secrets of highly successful groups
Coyle, DanielBooks on Tape 2018"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Talent Code comes a book that unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides tomorrow's leaders with the tools to b...
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Happiness is a choice you make : lessons from a year among the oldest old
Leland, JohnMacmillan Audio 2018Meet the elders -- Surprise of a lifetime -- The paradox of old age -- Why older means wiser -- Love in the time of Lipitor -- On the other hand ... -- More years, less life? -- Th...
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Braving the wilderness : The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
Brown, Brené"True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are." Social scientist Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the expe...
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Irresistible : The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
Alter, AdamPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2017"An urgent and expert investigation into behavioral addiction, the dark flipside of today's unavoidable digital technologies, and how we can turn the tide to regain control. Behav...
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Homo Deus : A Brief History of Tomorrow
Harari, Yuval NoahHarperCollins 2017Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative...
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Letters to a young Muslim
Ghobash, Omar Saif"Omar Saif Ghobash was born in 1971 in the United Arab Emirates - the same year the country was founded - to an Arab father and a Russian mother. After a traumatizing experience lo...
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Homo Deus : A Brief History of Tomorrow
Harari, Yuval Noah"Over the past century, humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eati...
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Weapons of Math Destruction : How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
O'Neil, CathyPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2016Longlisted for the National Book AwardNew York Times BestsellerA former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to rip...
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Nudge : improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness
Egan, MarkMacat International Limited 2017Do people always act rationally and in their own best interests? Thaler and Sunstein do not believe so. They are convinced that psychological factors often stop people from making...
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The industries of the future
Ross, Alec"While Alec Ross was working as Hillary Clinton's Senior Advisor on Innovation, he traveled to forty-one countries. He visited some of the toughest places in the world--from refuge...
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The village effect : how face-to-face contact can make us healthier, happier, and smarter
Pinker, SusanTantor Media 2014 -
In pursuit of silence : listening for meaning in a world of noise
Prochnik, GeorgeGildan Media 2010Listening for the unknown ; Why we hear ; Why we are noisy ; Retail: the soundtrack ; Sounds like noise ; Silent interlude ; Soundkill ; Freeway to noise ; Home front ; This is war...
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The tipping point : how little things can make a big difference
Gladwell, MalcolmHachette Audiobooks 2000Why did crime in New York drop so suddenly in the mid-90s? How does an unknown novelist end up a bestselling author? Why is teenage smoking out of control, when everyone knows smok...