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The Divided Brain: Iain McGilchrist's new ebook explains 'why we are so unhappy'
Monday, 16 July 2012
In his new short ebook The Divided Brain and the Search for Meaning author and psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist asks why - despite the vast increase in material well-being - people are less happy today than they were half a century ago. McGilchrist probes the idea that the division between the two hemispheres of the brain has a critical effect on how we see and understand the world around us. Accessible to readers who haven't yet read McGilchrist's bestselling The Master and His Emissary as well as those who have, this is a fascinating, thought-provoking essay that delves to the very heart of what it means to be human.
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Yale's new History Catalogue is available to order and download now!
Thursday, 05 July 2012
Yale's 2012 history catalogue is available now to order and download. Inside you'll find Yale's acclaimed list of history books, which cover every aspect of the discipline, from ancient to modern and national to international. Highlights from the forthcoming Autumn season include J. H. Elliott's History in the Making, in which the eminent historian offers rare insight into his craft, and Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker, which investigates why there was so much violence, unrest and suffering in the 17th century.
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Punching Below Our Weight: Frank Ledwidge takes aim at military leaders with his new ebook short
Monday, 18 June 2012
Frank Ledwidge, author of the bestselling and controversial book on British military policy Losing Small Wars, has returned with a startling ebook essay on rivalry between top ranks of the UK military forces. In Punching Below Our Weight: How Inter-Service Rivalry has Damaged the British Armed Forces, priced at just 99p (excluding VAT), Ledwidge takes aim at the military leaders whose actions (or inactions) have such an enormous impact on the lives of those following their orders. And he doesn’t pull any punches.