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What the F

What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves

de Benjamin K. Bergen ...

It may be starred, beeped, and censored -- yet profanity is so appealing that we can't stop using it. In the funniest, clearest study to date, Benjamin Bergen explains why, and what that tells us about our language and brains.Nearly everyone swears-whether it's over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet, we sit idly by as words are banned from ... Leer más

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It may be starred, beeped, and censored -- yet profanity is so appealing that we can't stop using it. In the funniest, clearest study to date, Benjamin Bergen explains why, and what that tells us about our language and brains.Nearly everyone swears-whether it's over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet, we sit idly by as words are banned from
... Leer más

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Louder Than Words

The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning

de Benjamin K. Bergen ...

Whether it's brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning -- a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else's mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things -- from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

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Whether it's brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning -- a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else's mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things -- from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from
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What the F

What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves

de Benjamin K. Bergen ...

Narrado por Benjamin K. Bergen ...

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8 hora 45 minutos

Nearly everyone swears—whether it’s over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet, we sit idly by as words are banned from television and censored in books. We insist that people excise profanity from their vocabularies and we punish children for yelling the very same dirty words that we’ll mutter in relief seconds after they fall asleep. Swearing, it ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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Nearly everyone swears—whether it’s over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet, we sit idly by as words are banned from television and censored in books. We insist that people excise profanity from their vocabularies and we punish children for yelling the very same dirty words that we’ll mutter in relief seconds after they fall asleep. Swearing, it
... Leer más

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Louder Than Words

The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning

de Benjamin K. Bergen ...

Narrado por Benjamin K. Bergen ...

Completo

6 hora 41 minutos

Whether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning—a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else’s mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things—from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from Roger ... Leer más

$29.99 USD

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Whether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning—a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else’s mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things—from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from Roger
... Leer más

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You Are What You Click

How Being Selective, Positive, and Creative Can Transform Your Social Media Experience

de Brian A. Primack ...

Narrado por Eric Jason Martin ...

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7 hora 21 minutos

An empowering, forward-thinking solution for creating intentional and healthy social media habits from an expert on media, technology and health.Internationally acclaimed behavioral scientist and social media expert Brian Primack, MD, PhD, believes we do not need to swear off social media, delete all our online accounts, or give up our phones to live healthier, happier lives. In You Are What You ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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An empowering, forward-thinking solution for creating intentional and healthy social media habits from an expert on media, technology and health.Internationally acclaimed behavioral scientist and social media expert Brian Primack, MD, PhD, believes we do not need to swear off social media, delete all our online accounts, or give up our phones to live healthier, happier lives. In You Are What You
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The Tapping Solution to Create Lasting Change

A Guide to Get Unstuck and Find Your Flow

de Jessica Ortner ...

Narrado por Jessica Ortner ...

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11 hora 58 minutos

Navigate change with clarity and ease using the tools of EFT in this guide from New York Times best-selling author and Tapping expert Jessica Ortner. "The Tapping Solution to Create Lasting Change gets right down to the heart of what it takes to change and have a better, healthier, and more love-filled life." -- Christiane Northrup, M.D. Why do we fear the unknown so intensely that we're willing ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

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Navigate change with clarity and ease using the tools of EFT in this guide from New York Times best-selling author and Tapping expert Jessica Ortner. "The Tapping Solution to Create Lasting Change gets right down to the heart of what it takes to change and have a better, healthier, and more love-filled life." -- Christiane Northrup, M.D. Why do we fear the unknown so intensely that we're willing
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Longpath

Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs – An Antidote for Short-Termism

de Ari Wallach ...

Narrado por Ari Wallach ...

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3 hora 46 minutos

""An antidote to nearsightedness. Ari Wallach won’t just leave you planning months or years ahead—he challenges you to look generations ahead. Get ready to think and think again."" — Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLifeA paradigm-shifting manifesto for transforming our thinking from reactionary short-termism to the long-term, widening ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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""An antidote to nearsightedness. Ari Wallach won’t just leave you planning months or years ahead—he challenges you to look generations ahead. Get ready to think and think again."" — Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLifeA paradigm-shifting manifesto for transforming our thinking from reactionary short-termism to the long-term, widening
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Word by Word

The Secret Life of Dictionaries

de Kory Stamper ...

Narrado por Kory Stamper ...

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9 hora 48 minutos

Do you have strong feelings about the word “irregardless”? Have you ever tried to define the word “is”? Brimming with intelligence and personality, this vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made is a must-read for word mavens.Many of us take dictionaries for granted, and few may realize that the process of writing dictionaries is, in fact, as lively and dynamic as language itself. ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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Do you have strong feelings about the word “irregardless”? Have you ever tried to define the word “is”? Brimming with intelligence and personality, this vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made is a must-read for word mavens.Many of us take dictionaries for granted, and few may realize that the process of writing dictionaries is, in fact, as lively and dynamic as language itself.
... Leer más

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Radical Technologies

The Design of Everyday Life

de Adam Greenfield ...

Narrado por Michael Butler Murray ...

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12 hora 14 minutos

Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with the networked objects, services, and spaces that define us. It is time to re-evaluate the Silicon Valley consensus determining the future.We're told ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with the networked objects, services, and spaces that define us. It is time to re-evaluate the Silicon Valley consensus determining the future.We're told
... Leer más

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Hype

How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following

de Gabrielle Bluestone ...

Narrado por Eileen Stevens ...

Completo

10 hora 2 minutos

From former Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters and snake oil salesmen of the digital age—and why we can’t stop falling for them.We live in an age where scams are the new normal. A charismatic entrepreneur sells thousands of tickets to a festival that never happened. Respected investors pour ... ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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From former Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters and snake oil salesmen of the digital age—and why we can’t stop falling for them.We live in an age where scams are the new normal. A charismatic entrepreneur sells thousands of tickets to a festival that never happened. Respected investors pour ...
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The Art of Logic in an Illogical World

de Eugenia Cheng ...

Narrado por Moira Quirk ...

Completo

9 hora 22 minutos

How both logical and emotional reasoning can help us live better in our post-truth worldIn a world where fake news stories change election outcomes, has rationality become futile? In The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, Eugenia Cheng throws a lifeline to readers drowning in the illogic of contemporary life. Cheng is a mathematician, so she knows how to make an airtight argument. But even for ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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How both logical and emotional reasoning can help us live better in our post-truth worldIn a world where fake news stories change election outcomes, has rationality become futile? In The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, Eugenia Cheng throws a lifeline to readers drowning in the illogic of contemporary life. Cheng is a mathematician, so she knows how to make an airtight argument. But even for
... Leer más

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The Story of China

The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

de Michael Wood ...

Narrado por Liam Gerrard ...

Completo

20 hora 18 minutos

Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years.After a century and a half of foreign invasion, civil war, and revolution, China has once again returned to center stage as a global superpower and the world's ... Leer más

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Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years.After a century and a half of foreign invasion, civil war, and revolution, China has once again returned to center stage as a global superpower and the world's
... Leer más

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