How To Know Everything

Author : Elke Wiss
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473591457
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Know Everything written by Elke Wiss and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The international bestseller that will sharpen your mind, broaden your perspective and transform your relationships. _____________________________________________________ WHY ARE WE SO BAD AT ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS? In an increasingly polarized world, asking better questions in our daily and working lives is a radical shortcut to personal and professional success. It can create space for us to rethink our positions, find answers together, and even change our minds for the better. Drawing on the lessons of Socrates and other great thinkers, practical philosopher Elke Wiss lays out an essential toolkit to help you: · Transform debates into dialogues · Embrace your doubts like a true philosopher · Ditch your ego and become an active listener · Discover an open and curious Socratic attitude · Learn Sherlock Holmes's powers of observation · Open conversations up or dig down deeper with key question types · Explore thorny issues and avoid classic question pitfalls · Face your fear of asking and start connecting The right questions can unlock the answers to anything - and help you know everything, without being a know-it-all. _____________________________ WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: 'Read this book, it will enrich your life!' 'A disarming and urgent book in today's world!' 'A great book for anyone who wants to better understand themselves and others!' 'Everyone should read this. What fascinating conversations we would have then!' 'A clear and practical book for brave thinkers who want to start having better, deeper conversations.' 'I found this book so valuable! A real enrichment to my daily life.' 'What a gem this book is!' 'Highly recommended for anyone who usually gets bogged down in discussions, quarrels, disagreements that lead to nothing.' 'A ray of hope in a time of dispute and polarization.' 'Elke Wiss makes practical philosophy manageable for everyone. A must read!' 'A cheerful, unconventional book.' 'An inspiring, easy-to-read book, full of practical exercises to get yourself started right away. For me it's a must read!' 'Its powerful message urges us to connect more with each other and with ourselves.' 'Some books can actually change your worldview or your daily actions, and as far as I'm concerned this is one of them. I recommend it to everyone.'

Author : Alex Gino
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545956269
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (Scholastic Gold) written by Alex Gino and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Gino, the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of Melissa, is back with another sensitive tale based on increasingly relevant social justice issues. Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister, Emma, is born deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. The world is going to treat Jilly, who is white and hearing, differently from Emma, just as it will treat them both differently from their Black cousins. A big fantasy reader, Jilly makes a connection online with another fantasy fan, Derek, who is a Deaf, Black ASL user. She goes to Derek for help with Emma but doesn't always know the best way or time to ask for it. As she and Derek meet in person, have some really fun conversations, and become friends, Jilly makes some mistakes . . . but comes to understand that it's up to her, not Derek to figure out how to do better next time--especially when she wants to be there for Derek the most. Within a world where kids like Derek and Emma aren't assured the same freedom or safety as kids like Jilly, Jilly is starting to learn all the things she doesn't know--and by doing that, she's also working to discover how to support her family and her friends. With You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P!, award-winning author Alex Gino uses their trademark humor, heart, and humanity to show readers how being open to difference can make you a better person, and how being open to change can make you change in the best possible ways.

Author : Karen Weekes
Publisher : Quirk Books
ISBN 13 : 9781594741692
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Know Everything! written by Karen Weekes and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings? To me it's the latter, so I sign up." (Margaret Atwood)"Brevity is the soul of lingerie." (Dorothy Parker)With a fresh, fun and contemporary design, "Women Know Everything!" will become a perennial gift-book favourite. It features more than 3,000 quotes by women on virtually every subject imaginable: art, business, dating, family, sex, writing and more. Women like Oprah Winfrey, Zadie Smith, Ani DiFranco, Arundhati Roy, Madonna, Frida Kahlo, Angelina Jolie, Ursula LeGuin, Zora Neale Hurston, Sojourner Truth and Mother Teresa share inspiring, smart and funny truths.

Author : Igloo Books
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781845619985
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Know-It-All written by Igloo Books and published by . This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The ultimate guide to absolutely everything and more with over 1,000 facts! Do you know what the first ever motorcycle ran on? Do you know how many times you blink every minute? Do you know who invented the first coat hanger? Do you know which bird lays the largest eggs? How many amazing facts do you know the answers to? Know It All! Know Everything! is packed with them -- awesome, astonishing, mind-boggling bits of information that will make you say 'I didn't know that!', and will make your friends say, 'Wow!' Open this book anywhere and you'll find answers to questions you never even knew you had, and the pictures to go with them. How many facts will you know the answers to? Lots"--Page 4 of cover

Author : Josh Kaufman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101623047
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First 20 Hours written by Josh Kaufman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the 10,000 hour rule— what if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less? Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills—time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill. In this nonstop world when will you ever find that much time and energy? To make matters worse, the early hours of prac­ticing something new are always the most frustrating. That’s why it’s difficult to learn how to speak a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. It’s so much easier to watch TV or surf the web . . . In The First 20 Hours, Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition— how to learn any new skill as quickly as possible. His method shows you how to deconstruct com­plex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By complet­ing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you’ll go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well. Kaufman personally field-tested the meth­ods in this book. You’ll have a front row seat as he develops a personal yoga practice, writes his own web-based computer programs, teaches himself to touch type on a nonstandard key­board, explores the oldest and most complex board game in history, picks up the ukulele, and learns how to windsurf. Here are a few of the sim­ple techniques he teaches: Define your target performance level: Fig­ure out what your desired level of skill looks like, what you’re trying to achieve, and what you’ll be able to do when you’re done. The more specific, the better. Deconstruct the skill: Most of the things we think of as skills are actually bundles of smaller subskills. If you break down the subcompo­nents, it’s easier to figure out which ones are most important and practice those first. Eliminate barriers to practice: Removing common distractions and unnecessary effort makes it much easier to sit down and focus on deliberate practice. Create fast feedback loops: Getting accu­rate, real-time information about how well you’re performing during practice makes it much easier to improve. Whether you want to paint a portrait, launch a start-up, fly an airplane, or juggle flaming chain­saws, The First 20 Hours will help you pick up the basics of any skill in record time . . . and have more fun along the way.

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Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781426201240
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Knowledgebook written by and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, visual reference, enhanced by two thousand photographs and illustrations, provides information on all major fields of knowledge and includes timelines, sidebars, cross-reference, and other useful features.

Author : Anita Silvey
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
ISBN 13 : 1429963476
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book written by Anita Silvey and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What children's book changed the way you see the world?" Anita Silvey asked this question to more than one hundred of our most respected and admired leaders in society, and she learned about the books that shaped financiers, actors, singers, athletes, activists, artists, comic book creators, novelists, illustrators, teachers... The lessons they recall are inspiring, instructive, and illuminating. And the books they remember resonate as influential reading choices for families. EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM A CHILDREN'S BOOK--with its full color excerpts of beloved children's books, is a treasury and a guide: a collection of fascinating essays and THE gift book of the year for families.

Author : Robert Scheer
Publisher : Bold Type Books
ISBN 13 : 1568584539
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book They Know Everything About You written by Robert Scheer and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They Know Everything About You is a groundbreaking exposé of how government agencies and tech corporations monitor virtually every aspect of our lives, and a fierce defense of privacy and democracy. The revelation that the government has access to a vast trove of personal online data demonstrates that we already live in a surveillance society. But the erosion of privacy rights extends far beyond big government. Intelligence agencies such as the NSA and CIA are using Silicon Valley corporate partners as their data spies. Seemingly progressive tech companies are joining forces with snooping government agencies to create a brave new world of wired tyranny. Life in the digital age poses an unprecedented challenge to our constitutional liberties, which guarantee a wall of privacy between the individual and the government. The basic assumption of democracy requires the ability of the individual to experiment with ideas and associations within a protected zone, as secured by the Constitution. The unobserved moment embodies the most basic of human rights, yet it is being squandered in the name of national security and consumer convenience. Robert Scheer argues that the information revolution, while a source of public enlightenment, contains the seeds of freedom's destruction in the form of a surveillance state that exceeds the wildest dream of the most ingenious dictator. The technology of surveillance, unless vigorously resisted, represents an existential threat to the liberation of the human spirit.

Author : The Editors of Stackpole Books
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 1603762736
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Survival Wisdom & Know How written by The Editors of Stackpole Books and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2012-09-19 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survival Wisdom is a large-scale practical guide, jam-packed with information on every aspect of outdoor life and adventure. Survival Wisdom & Know-How is the most complete, all-in-one volume on every aspect of outdoor adventure and survival ever, from orienteering to campfire cooking to ice climbing and beyond. Culled from dozens of respected books from Stackpole, the industry's leader in outdoor adventure, this massive collection of wilderness know-how leaves absolutely nothing to chance when it comes to surviving and thriving in the wilderness—and appreciating every minute of it. Topics include Building Outdoor Shelter, Tracking Animals, Winter Camping, Tying Knots, Orienteering, Reading the Weather, Identifying Edible Plants and Berries, Surviving in the Desert, Bird Watching, Fishing and Ice Fishing, Hunting and Trapping, Canoeing, Kayaking, and White Water Rafting, First Aid, Wild Animals, Cookery, and much more. Useful illustrations and photos throughout make it easy to browse and use. With contributions by the experts at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) as well as the editors of Stackpole's Discover Nature series, Survival Wisdom & Know-How is the definitive, must-have reference for the great outdoors.

Author : Diane Muldrow
Publisher : Golden/Disney
ISBN 13 : 0736434267
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Disney Little Golden Book (Disney) written by Diane Muldrow and published by Golden/Disney. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you forgotten how to see the magic in the world around you? To get that childlike sparkle back in your life, look no further than timeless Disney Little Golden Books! Featuring illustrations from classic favorites such as Cinderella, Frozen, Dumbo, Peter Pan, The Lion King, Snow White, Finding Nemo, Sleeping Beauty, and Cars, this inspirational hardcover collection helps readers of all ages rediscover the enchanting power of Disney and those Little Golden Books with shiny foil spines that we all grew up with! The perfect gift, this book will have you clapping for Tinker Bell and more.