Exploring Top Books of Shelfari

In this book, Alec Fisher aims to teach directly an important range of thinking skills. The skills are fundamental critical (and creative) thinking skills, and they are taught in a way which expressly aims to facilitate their transfer to other subjects and other contexts. The method is to use 'thinking maps' which help improve thinking by asking key questions of students when they are faced with different types of... (more)

Logic

by Paul Tomassi

Logic brings elementary logic out of the academic darkness into the light of day. Paul Tomassi makes logic fully accessible for anyone trying to come to grips with the complexities of this challenging subject. This book is written in a patient and user-friendly way which makes both the nature and value of formal logic crystal clear. This textbook proceeds from a frank, informal introduction to fundamental logical... (more)

The Competition of Ideas

by W. Glenn Campbell

The memoir of the late Glenn Campbell, who over forty years built the highly-respected Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Why Think? The Evolution of the Rational Mind

Why Think? The Evolution of the Rational Mind

by Ronald De Sousa

In a world where natural selection has shaped adaptations of astonishing ingenuity, what is the scope and unique power of rational thinking? In this short but wide-ranging book, philosopher Ronald de Sousa looks at the twin set of issues surrounding the power of natural selection to mimic rational design, and rational thinking as itself a product of natural selection. While we commonly deem ourselves... (more)

Emoticon

by Jessica Durlacher

Der Schrecksenmeister

by Walter Moers

Community: The Structure of Belonging (Bk Business)

Community: The Structure of Belonging (Bk Business)

by Peter Block

Modern society is plagued by fragmentation. The various sectors of our communities--businesses, schools, social service organizations, churches, government--do not work together. They exist in their own worlds. As do so many individual citizens, who long for connection but end up marginalized, their gifts overlooked, their potential contributions lost. This disconnection and detachment makes it hard if not... (more)

Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age

Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age

by Maggie Jackson

Foreword by Bill McKibben , author of The End of Nature and The Bill McKibben Reader We have vast oceans of information at our disposal, yet increasingly we seek knowledge with brief glimpses at online headlines while juggling other tasks. We are networked as never before, but we communicate even with our most intimate friends and family via instant messaging, email, and fleeting face-to-face moments... (more)

The 100 Percent Factor: Living Your Capacity

The 100 Percent Factor: Living Your Capacity

by Jodee Bock

Whatever your role within an organization, "The 100 Percent Factor" will give you fresh perspectives on ordinary concepts and ideas to help create a new attitude about the world of work, and the world outside of work. By supporting employees in bringing 100 percent of themselves to work, employers can expect at least 100 percent return on their investment. By examining and then producing their own 100 percent with... (more)

The Power of Impossible Thinking: Transform the Business of Your Life and the Life of Your Business

The Power of Impossible Thinking: Transform the Business of Your Life and the Life of Your Business

by Yoram Wind, Robert Gunther

This book is about getting better at making sense of the world...so you can make decisions that respond to reality, not some obsolete model of reality. Drawing on the latest neuroscientific research and their experience with corporate transformations, Jerry Wind and Colin Crook explain how your mental models stand between you and reality, distorting all your perceptions...and how they create both limits and... (more)

Minusvisionen : Unternehmer ohne Geld : Protokolle

Minusvisionen : Unternehmer ohne Geld : Protokolle

by Ingo Niermann

Das weiße Känguruh

by Matthias Praxenthaler

A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative

A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative

by Roger von Oech

This is the 25th anniversary edition of the creativity classic by Dr. Roger von Oech. Over the years, A WHACK ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD has been praised by business people, educators, scientists, homemakers, artists, youth leaders, and many more. The book has been stimulating creativity in millions of readers, translated into eleven languages, and used in seminars around the world. Now Roger von Oech's fully... (more)