Sociology

A deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays from number-one best-selling author John Green, adapted from his critically acclaimed podcast....

Every day, we make decisions on topics ranging from personal investments to schools for our children to the meals we eat to the causes we champion....

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Winner of the British Book Awards, Author of the Year, 2007.
Shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Book of the Year, 2007.
Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, 2007.
Winner of the Audiobook Download of the Year, 2007.

Beyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions....

How can an art expert differentiate between a fake and an original piece of art within seconds? How can a marriage analyst know within minutes whether the couple will stay together or not? Some ideas like this and much more gain a true resolution in Blink....

Neuroscientist, philosopher, podcaster and best-selling author Sam Harris has been exploring some of the greatest questions concerning the human mind, society and the events that shape our world....

The Bengalis are the third largest ethno-linguistic group in the world, after the Han Chinese and the Arabs. A quarter of a billion strong and growing, the community has produced three Nobel laureates, world-class scientists, legendary political leaders and revolutionaries....

Drawing on his own groundbreaking work, Silver examines the world of prediction, investigating how we can distinguish a true signal from a universe of noisy data....

What does it mean, exactly, to be a Muslim woman in the West today? According to the media, it’s all about the burqa. Here’s what it’s really about.... 

Have you noticed how the onion has so many layers? And have you seen your mother's eyes water when she cuts an onion? Here is a remarkable story to tell you why....

This is an audio summary of Being Mortal, a book that explores the inevitable process of aging and ultimately death, and takes a critical look at how the medical profession does not yet have a firm grip on how to handle these processes well....

Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry? Author James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields.... 

A relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing. Offering bold new ways of conceiving the present, Lauren Berlant describes the cruel optimism that has prevailed since the 1980s, as the social-democratic promise of the postwar period in the United States and Europe has retracted. 

Informative, entertaining, and upbeat, this audiobook continues Grazier and Cass’ exploration of how technology, science, and scientists are portrayed in Hollywood productions. Both big and small-screen productions are featured and their science content illuminated - first by the authors and subsequently by a range of experts from science and the film world. Starring roles in this volume are played by, among other things, computers (human and mechanical), artificial intelligences, robots, and spacecraft. 

Che cosa dici davvero quando parli o scrivi? Sei consapevole dell'effetto che le tue parole hanno su di te e sugli altri? In questo podcast realizzato in esclusiva per Audibile, Paolo Borzacchiello, autore di bestseller e podcast di successo e massimo esperto di intelligenza linguistica, ci spiega come funzionano le parole, che effetti producono su chi le dice e chi le ascolta o legge e, soprattutto, come cambiare il nostro linguaggio per cambiare la nostra vita, privata e professionale.

Che cosa dici davvero quando parli o scrivi? Sei consapevole dell'effetto che le tue parole hanno su di te e sugli altri? In questo podcast realizzato in esclusiva per Audibile, Paolo Borzacchiello, autore di bestseller e podcast di successo e massimo esperto di intelligenza linguistica, ci spiega come funzionano le parole, che effetti producono su chi le dice e chi le ascolta o legge e, soprattutto, come cambiare il nostro linguaggio per cambiare la nostra vita, privata e professionale.

Che cosa dici davvero quando parli o scrivi? Sei consapevole dell'effetto che le tue parole hanno su di te e sugli altri? In questo podcast realizzato in esclusiva per Audibile, Paolo Borzacchiello, autore di bestseller e podcast di successo e massimo esperto di intelligenza linguistica, ci spiega come funzionano le parole, che effetti producono su chi le dice e chi le ascolta o legge e, soprattutto, come cambiare il nostro linguaggio per cambiare la nostra vita, privata e professionale.

Che cosa dici davvero quando parli o scrivi? Sei consapevole dell'effetto che le tue parole hanno su di te e sugli altri? In questo podcast realizzato in esclusiva per Audibile, Paolo Borzacchiello, autore di bestseller e podcast di successo e massimo esperto di intelligenza linguistica, ci spiega come funzionano le parole, che effetti producono su chi le dice e chi le ascolta o legge e, soprattutto, come cambiare il nostro linguaggio per cambiare la nostra vita, privata e professionale.