Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 01, 2020

Best Books for College Students That Want to Speed Up Learning

Are you trying to learn faster and you want to find books that will help? Read this article to learn about the best books for college students.

Best Books for College Students That Want to Speed Up Learning

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Key Texts That Will Improve Your Property Gains

Due to the economic slump of recent years, property prices are extremely low, when compared to their values in more prosperous times.

Key Texts That Will Improve Your Property Gains

Monday, September 01, 2008

Introduction to Psychology

Gillian Butler observes that one of the major problems of Psychology is that science demands that 'facts' should be objective and verifiable, but the workings of the mind cannot be observed in the way that we can observe the functioning of (for example) an engine. Instead, they are perceived only indirectly, requiring that we infer them from what can be observed: behaviour.

Introduction to Psychology

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Closing the Distance

Closing the Distance: Chasing a Father's Olympic Fencing Legacy


Every kid wants to grow up to be like his father, and Jeff Bukantz was no different - but unfortunately for Jeff, his father was a four-time Olympian and one of the greatest fencers ever! In his sentimental memoir Closing the Distance: Chasing a Father's Olympic Fencing Legacy, Jeff recounts the trials and tribulations he encountered while trying to follow in the footsteps of Danny Bukantz, a great man both on and off the fencing strip.

Closing the Distance

More Biographies

Monday, February 04, 2008

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Bestselling Computing Books

Updated selection of the best computing and internet books:

Bestselling Computing Books

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Monday, September 24, 2007

How Children Relate To Storybook Characters

A new study from University of Waterloo researchers Daniela O'Neill and Rebecca Shultis published in Developmental Psychology used an innovative approach to evaluate young children's storytelling ability and found that they are able to immerse themselves in the thoughts and feelings of fictional characters.

How Children Relate To Storybook Characters

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Adolescent Anger Management - Some Practical Texts

Anger Management - an overused phrase that often provokes more anger than management. Anyone working with angry adolescents rapidly realizes that while attention may be on the consequences - damage, disruption, violence to self and others - anger won't be resolved unless underlying issues are listened to and addressed if possible.

Adolescent Anger Management

Friday, December 22, 2006

Surprise Endings

New research suggests that not everyone enjoys a murder mystery with a surprise ending. People with low self-esteem like to feel they knew all along who committed the crime, probably because it makes them feel smarter. But everyone seemed to enjoy a mystery with no strong hint of how it would be resolved.

Surprise Endings

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Churchill Borrowed Ideas From H.G. Wells

Researching a book on Winston Churchill, Dr Richard Toye, a lecturer in history at the University of Cambridge, has found that science fiction writer H.G. Wells was a significant intellectual influence, both during the statesman's early career and subsequently.

Churchill Borrowed Ideas From H.G. Wells

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Wales Book of the Year

The 2006 Wales Book of the Year Shortlist is: (English) To Babel and Back by Robert Minhinnick; ,Body Beautiful by Ifor Evans, Ice Trap by Kitty Sewell; and (Welsh) Gwynfor Rhag Pob Brad by Rhys Evans, Llen Yr Uchelwyr by Dafydd Johnston, Rara Avis by Manon Rhys.

Details at: Wales Book the Year

Thursday, February 03, 2005

The Power of Selling a Dream

An excerpt from Everybody Wins: The Story and Lessons of RE/MAX by Phil Harkins and Keith Hollihan (WILEY: 2005)

Full article at: The Power of Selling a Dream