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  • Sahel

    The Perfect Storm

    by Morten Bøås ...
    The Sahel is the borderland of 3 million square kilometers between the Sahara Desert and the African savannah and forest lands further south. Much of this huge area is inhospitable. Insurgencies are common, as are migration and smuggling, jobs being as rare here as effective government intervention-state power extends only fitfully, and the region resists attempts to subdue militants, people ... Read more

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  • The Language Game

    How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World

    Forget the language instinct—this is the story of how we make up language as we goLanguage is perhaps humanity’s most astonishing capacity—and one that remains poorly understood. In The Language Game, cognitive scientists Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater show us where generations of scientists seeking the rules of language got it wrong. Language isn’t about hardwired grammars but about near ... Read more

    Was $18.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Great at Work

    The Hidden Habits of Top Performers

    Wall Street Journal Business BestsellerA Financial Times Business Book of the MonthNamed by The Washington Post as One of the 11 Leadership Books to Read in 2018From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Great by Choice comes an authoritative, practical guide to individual performance—based on analysis from an exhaustive, groundbreaking study.W... ... Read more

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  • The Pocket Calculator Story

    by Andrew Morten ...
    Before the 1970s, for anything but basic arithmetic, a pen and paper was needed, and complex calculations required a slide rule or logarithm tables. Electronic calculators were in use in the 1960s, but they were based on valve or transistor technology, and so they were both bulky and expensive machines. But with the development of the microchip on the back of the space race, the rapid process of ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • A Dictionary of Thought Distortions

    Thought distortions are “techniques”, that, unconscious or conscious, are used from an interest in finding ways of getting on in the world, rather than an interest in finding ways of discovering the truth. Thought distortions are the background for poor reasoning, diversionary ploys, seductive reasoning errors, techniques of persuasion and avoidance, psychological factors, which can be obstacles ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • I'm Afraid Debbie from Marketing Has Left for the Day

    How to Use Behavioural Design to Create Change in the Real World

    How to Use Behavioural Design to Create Change in the Real WorldIn this ground-breaking book, author Morten Münster presents a set of rules that individuals and companies can follow to bring about necessary change.Using behavioural design and an accessible four-step method, he shows how people can be persuaded to do one thing instead of another and thereby achieve success.By examining an ar... ... Read more

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  • Shark Drunk

    The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean

    A salty story of friendship, adventure, and the explosive life that teems beneath the oceanThe Lofoten archipelago, just North of the Arctic Circle, is a place of unsurpassed beauty—the skyline spikes with dramatic peaks; the radiant greens and purples of the Northern Lights follow summers where the sun never sets. It’s a place of small villages, where the art of fishing, though evolving, is still ... Read more

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  • Forbidden Desires: Exploring Paraphilias

    by Morten Maehre ...
    This book explores the fascinating world of paraphilias, shedding light on the psychological intricacies that drive unconventional desires. This unbiased description of paraphilias combines straight-forward information, research and anecdotes to paint a clear picture of the diversity of human sexuality.Chapters include A Sexual History, A Historical Perspective on Sexual Deviance and Defining and ... Read more

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  • The human factor in esport

    Esport psychology

    If you want to master your game, you must first learn to master yourself. The world of esport is developing at a constant velocity, paving the way for technological competitions across the globe. The athletes participating at all levels are facing immense opportunity and serious difficulties. How can we meet these opportunities and problems in a way that lets us grow as individuals, teams, leaders ... Read more

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  • Leadership: Lesson One

    Mastering the fundamentals of leadership

    LEADERSHIP: LESSON ONE focuses on the fundamentals of effective leadership by providing a simple and actionable framework that leaders can apply to any project or initiative. Thanks to its simplicity, it is universally applicable.Just like in sports, it is crucial to master the fundamentals. These core elements may not appear difficult, but it requires training and even more training again to ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

  • Agent Storm

    My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA

    The true story of a jihadi convert seeking redemption in “a rollicking read and a rare insider’s account of Western spying in the age of al Qaeda” (The New York Times Book Review).Standing over six feet tall with flaming red hair, Morten Storm was an unlikely jihadi. But after a troubled youth in his native Denmark, Storm found peace and purpose in his conversion to Islam. His absolute devotion ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Africa

    Why Economists Get It Wrong

    by Morten Jerven ...
    Series series African Arguments
    'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its countries.What, then, is the truth behind Africa's growth, or lack of it? In this provocative book, ... Read more

    $22.19 USD