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The act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is. How can a few black marks on white paper evoke an entire universe of meanings? It's even more amazing when we consider that we read using a primate brain that evolved to serve an entirely different purpose. In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene, author of How We Learn, explores every aspect of this human invention, from its origins to its neural underpinnings.

For listeners who long to dig deeper into what makes them uniquely them (and why that matters), popular blogger Anne Bogel has done the hard part - collecting, exploring, and explaining the most popular personality frameworks, such as Myers-Briggs, StrengthsFinder, Enneagram, and others. She explains to listeners the life-changing insights that can be gained from each and shares specific, practical real-life applications across all facets of life, including love and marriage, productivity, parenting, the workplace, and spiritual life.

In How to Read People like a Book, we will go deep into exploring body language - not just to understand people, but to also connect with them. After all, why do we find the need to interpret and understand what people say and do? Because, we want to connect with them, create relationships, and be part of a community.

If you've always been interested in discovering how to develop your psychic abilities, then pay attention... Maybe you’re passionate about honing your already existing psychic abilities but don’t know where to start.

Interweaving her vast knowledge of neurology, sociology, psychology, and philosophy with fascinating down-to-earth examples and lively personal anecdotes, developmental psychologist, neuroscientist, and dyslexia expert Wolf probes the question, "How do we learn to read and write?" This ambitious and provocative new book offers an impassioned look at reading, its effect on our lives, and explains why it matters so greatly in a digital era.

Boring Books for Bedtime is a weekly, ad-free, AI-free sleep podcast in which we calmly, quietly read something rather boring to silence the brain chatter keeping you awake. Think Aristotle, Thoreau, and whoever wrote the 1897 Sears Catalog—mostly nonfiction, mostly old, a perfect balance of vaguely-but-not-too interesting. If you're on Team Sleepless, lie back, take a deep breath, and let us read you to rest.

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Brought to you by Penguin. IT'S TIME TO START LIVING LIKE YOU MATTER TOO In How to Be Selfish, chartered psychologist Suzy Reading challenges everything we’ve learnt about selflessness, and dispels the widely accepted myths about what it is to be 'selfish'. Drawing on somatic therapy...

Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties is a practical, accessible, in-depth guide to reading assessment and intervention. It provides a detailed discussion of the nature and causes of reading difficulties, which will help develop the knowledge and confidence needed to accurately assess why a student is struggling.

In a fascinating tour of creativity and the brain, Nancy Andreasen, professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa and the winner of the National Medal of Science, explores how the human brain achieves creative breakthroughs--in art, literature, music, and science--the role of genes and environment, extraordinary creativity vs. ordinary creativity, and the question of genius and insanity.

We communicate constantly, not just through words but through a rich tapestry of unspoken cues. From the subtle flicker of an eyebrow to the unconscious shift in posture, our bodies are constantly broadcasting messages, often revealing more than consciously intended. This book serves as a guide to understanding this complex and fascinating world of nonverbal communication. We will embark on a journey to unlock the secrets hidden within human interaction.

The ultimate 'prep' talk, casual classroom and virtual coffee shop with the good chat. The place where you'll be equal parts inspired and equal parts prepared to put your best step forward. When you're coasting through life, feeling like nothing is going your way and living a life you’re not obsessed with - things can feel pretty hard. But you're in the right place, because Mindset and Lifestyle Coach, Jess is about to help you fall back in love with your life. From reframing your internal belief system, transforming the way you see yourself and rebuilding your self trust, Jess will help you...

Welcome to Meg's Reading Room! I'm so glad you're here. On this podcast, I share personal and comforting conversations with writers and bookish friends as we reflect on our reading lives. We share the stories we're loving, but also the stories we're living. I hope this time together can be a soft place to land in the middle of your week. Welcome in!

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A riveting account of the two years literary scholar Mikita Brottman spent reading literature with criminals in a maximum-security men’s prison outside Baltimore, and what she learned from them—Orange Is the New Black meets Reading Lolita in Tehran. On sabbatical from teaching literature to...

Each month we'll dive into a different book while we explore our challenges and triumphs through life and put the words on the page into practice. New episodes drop the 1st of every month!

Reading is an essential life skill which most people possess, however, not everyone can speed read through books, magazines or webpages, remembering every single detail. Think about the time and energy you can save by reprogramming your mind to give you the unique ability to speed read with ease. It’s time to unlock the power of speed reading, with a little help from hypnosis.

Life gets busy and we might not know how to best approach the studying of God's word. But we can't let that keep us from God. Enter . . . the Bible Tribe! Join us as we read the Bible this year and do a daily check-in and summary of one key verse.

Herzlich Willkommen zu meinem Face Reading Podcast - Dein Gesicht. Dein Weg. Dein Leben Hinter jedem Menschen verbirgt sich ein ganzes Universum. Interessiert es Dich, dieses Universum zu entdecken, um mehr Freude und Qualität in Dein Leben zaubern zu können? Spannende Themen warten auf Dich: Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, Entdeckung deiner Talente & Entfaltung Deines Potenzials, Lösungsansätze für mehr Lebensfreude und Lebensqualität, Mindset und vieles mehr. Mein Name ist Antoanela Tocari. Ich bin FaceReader und LifeCoach und freue mich, Dir wertvolle Impulse aus meiner täglichen Arbeit...

This renowned journalist's classic Pulitzer Prize winning investigation of schizophrenia - now reissued with a new postscript - follows a flamboyant and fiercely intelligent young woman as she struggles in the throes of mental illness. "Sylvia Frumkin" was born in 1948 and began showing signs of schizophrenia in her teens. She spent the next seventeen years in and out of mental institutions. In 1978, reporter Susan Sheehan took an interest in her and, for more than two years, became immersed in her life.