Evan: 602 books
Dying: What Happens When We Die?
A Selection from Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
In the ancient Indian epic, Mahabharata, the Lord of Death asks, "What is the most wondrous thing in the world?", and his son answers, "It is that all around us people can be dying and we don't believe it can happen to us." This refusal to face the inevitability of death is especially...
by Evan Bradley
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
How Did Childhood Obesity Become Such A Problem And How Do I Deal With It?
An estimated 43 million pre-school children (aged below 5) were obese or overweight in 2013, a 60 % increase since 1990. If the current trends continue, the total number of overweight or obese children might increase...
That or Which, and Why
A Usage Guide for Thoughtful Writers and Editors
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
That or Which, and Why is an insightful and witty guide to writing. Based on Evan Jenkins's long-running column 'Language Corner' in Columbia Journalism Review, the book is compiled of brief, alphabetically arranged entries on approximately 200 major writing stumbling blocks, from the wonderful world...
Waking, Dreaming, Being
Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
A renowned philosopher of the mind, also known for his groundbreaking work on Buddhism and cognitive science, Evan Thompson combines the latest neuroscience research on sleep, dreaming, and meditation with Indian and Western philosophy of mind, casting new light on the self and its relation to the...
by XiaoHu Wang, Evan M. Berman
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2016
Through the use of critical thinking questions and data-based exercises, Evan Berman and Xiaohu Wang’s Exercising Essential Statistics helps students apply the techniques described in Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts, Fourth Edition. This accompanying workbook gives students...
by H. Evan Woodhead
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Anchor Management: Letting Innovation off the Leash is a guide and tool kit for removing the barriers to creative problem solving.Anchors are the things that make it so hard to come up with fresh ideas, to think of new and different solutions. People talk about being “inside the box” and...
Finding Oz
How L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2009
A groundbreaking new look at an American icon, The Wizard of Oz.
Finding Oz tells the remarkable tale behind one of the world’s most enduring and best loved stories. Offering profound new insights into the true origins and meaning of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 masterwork, it delves into the personal...
by Evan McHugh
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
These people are very different, but they have much in common. They're the salt of the outback, but they're not from long ago and far away. You can rub shoulders with them here and now. They're our outback legends.
Immerse yourself in these armchair travels and heart-warming life stories as...
Pint-Sized Ireland
In Search of the Perfect Guinness
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
One man's tour of Ireland on tap; a rollicking travelogue in the tradition of Round Ireland with a Fridge and McCarthy's Bar.
"Regret" is the word that best describes Evan McHugh's first taste of Guinness. For an Australian raised on Vegemite, Ireland's black brew is very much an...
by Evan Kindley
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
After the 1929 crash, Anglo-American poet-critics grappled with the task of legitimizing literature for public funding and consumption. Modernism, Evan Kindley shows, created a new form of labor for writers to perform and gave them unprecedented say over the administration of culture, with consequences for poetry’s role in society still felt today.
by Evan Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
90 math problems designed to challenge you and help you hone your math skills. Each problem is designed to test your limits, and explanations are given with every problem, as well as tips for tackling arithmetical obstacles to make them simpler than they may seem. Also provided are formula sheets...
Rituals for Our Times
Celebrating, Healing, and Changing Our Lives and Our Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1998
All human cultures across time have created rituals, bringing family members together to celebrate, welcome, honor, or mourn. While contemporary rituals still exist to serve these important functions, we often perform them automatically, without considering their vital roles in our lives. Many individuals...
Get Your Venture Backed with Persuasive Data Viz
An HBR Collection for Building the Perfect Pitch Deck
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
Two books to help you craft your story, design better visualizations, impress your audience, and turn your idea into reality.
Provides the new "how to write a business case" for the start-up generation.
Great visual examples of pitch decks.
Detailed walkthroughs on how to create your...
by Evan Weiner
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
For many sports is a form of entertainment. People root for their team, although what they really are cheering is dirty laundry to use the words of the comedian Jerry Seinfeld. But sports is much more than that. Sports is powered by governments that make laws which regulate the business of sports....