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The Invention of Yesterday
৳ 370.00 – ৳ 450.00Traveling across millennia, weaving the experiences and world views of cultures both extinct and extant, The Invention of Yesterday shows that the engine of history is not so much heroic (battles won), geographic (farmers thrive), or anthropogenic (humans change the planet) as it is narrative. -
Crazy Like Us by Ethan Watters
৳ 290.00 – ৳ 350.00Watters describes how American 'exports' of psychotherapy and psychotropic medications to non-Western cultures often clash with local conceptions and customs surrounding health and illness, usually resulting in negative outcomes for the local culture. -
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman , Olivier Sibony
৳ 360.00 – ৳ 440.00It was first published on May 18, 2021. The book concerns 'noise' in human judgment and decision-making. The authors define noise in human judgment as "undesirable variability in judgments of the same problem" and focus on the statistical properties and psychological perspectives of the issue. -
American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear by Khaled A. Beydoun
৳ 270.00 – ৳ 350.00“I remember the four words that repeatedly scrolled across my mind after the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. ‘Please don’t be Muslims, please don’t be Muslims.’ The four words I whispered to myself on 9/11 reverberated through the mind of every Muslim American that day and every day after.… Our fear, and the collective breath or brace for the hateful backlash that ensued, symbolize the existential tightrope that defines Muslim American identity today.” -
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
৳ 290.00 – ৳ 370.00The book that started the Quiet Revolution At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society. -
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home by Dan Ariely
৳ 300.00 – ৳ 380.00The provocative follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Predictably Irrational Why can large bonuses make CEOs less productive? How can confusing directions actually help us? Why is revenge so important to us? Why is there such a big difference between what we think will make us happy and what really makes us happy? -
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
৳ 260.00 – ৳ 340.00Now a New York Times bestseller and from the author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame. 'It's about the terror, isn't it?' 'The terror of what?' I said. 'The terror of being found out.' -
Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto #5) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
৳ 250.00 – ৳ 330.00From the New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just society, detect nonsense, and influence others. Citing examples ranging from Hammurabi to Seneca, Antaeus the Giant to Donald Trump, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows how the willingness to accept one’s own risks is an essential attribute of heroes, saints, and flourishing people in all walks of life.