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  The Closed Partisan Mind - A New...

  Matthew D. Luttig

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  American politics today can be defined by the intense and increasingly toxic divide between Democrats and Republicans. Matthew D. Luttig explores why so many Americans have endorsed this level of political conflict.Luttig illustrates how the psychological need for closure leads people, regardless of whether they identify as Democrat or Republican, to express more polarized political attitudes. This association between closed minds and partisan polarization is a new phenomenon and can be traced to broader changes in American society, such as the creation of ideologically distinct political parties and a fragmented media environment. These developments have simplified politics into a black-or-white, us-versus-them, conflict—making politics appeal to those with closed minds.Today, strong partisans do not just cheer for their political party to win elections. Instead, more akin to religious true believers, strong partisans use their affiliation as a means of understanding right and wrong, friend and enemy, true and false. The Closed Partisan Mind reveals that these dynamics have manifested in both a new type of partisanship and a new type of partisan. The emergence of this new closed partisanship illustrates the dangers that polarization has wrought on society, politics, and the minds of Americans.

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  Their Fate Is Our Fate - How...

  Peter Doherty

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  At the heart of this book by Nobel Prize–winning immunologist and professor Peter Doherty is this striking observation: Birds detect danger to our health and the environment before we do. Following a diverse cast of bird species around the world—from tufted puffins in Puget Sound to griffon vultures in India, pigeons in East Asia, and wedge-tailed shearwaters off the islands of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef—Doherty illuminates birds’ role as an early warning system for threats to the health of our planet and our own well-being.Their Fate Is Our Fate is an impassioned call not only to attention but to action. As “citizen scientists” we can collect data, vital to cutting-edge research, that depends on the birds that are all around us. Armed with our observations, scientists will continue to uncover new ways to glimpse our future in birds—and to affirm how, truly, their fate is our fate.

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  Not Another Apple for the...

  Jack Mingo, Erin Barrett

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  From devastating remarks made by teachers ("Addled, backward dunce" said about young Thomas Edison) to the rich and famous on campus (William Randolph Hearst kept a pet alligator at Harvard), this is a spirited and humorous collection of facts about teachers and students.

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  Go fund you - create financial...

  Stephanie Sterlings

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  Take Control of Your Financial Future 
  Hal Elrod, New York Times best-selling author of The Morning Miracle series, calls it "a how-to guide brimming with straightforward strategies anyone can use to overcome the key fears associated with managing debt and building financial security." 
  Go Fund You, the first book by veteran financial advisor Stephanie Sterlings, provides teenagers, Millennials, and adults alike with a solid foundation for their financial education. Written in an easy-to-understand, conversational style, this invaluable resource teaches you how to: 
  ·      Set goals using a time-tested, proven method 
  ·      Establish a budget and track your spending 
  ·      Build credit and maintain an excellent credit score 
  ·      Escape debt by implementing the Debt Snowball or Debt Avalanche 
  ·      Benefit from compounding interest 
  ·      Strategically save for retirement using tax-advantaged accounts 
  This book provides readers with financial literacy that is not often taught in schools. You will be inspired to transform your life using the step-by-step approach outlined in each chapter. 
  Buy Go Fund You today and take the first step in creating the life you've always dreamed of!

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  Switch by Chip Heath Dan Heath -...

  FlashBooks, Dean Bokhari

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  "Switch" by Chip Heath, Dan Heath : Book SummaryNOTE–THIS IS A BOOK SUMMARY OF THE FOLLOWING BOOK: Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath, Dan HeathORIGINAL BOOK DESCRIPTION:Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives?The primary obstacle is a conflict that’s built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed bestseller Made to Stick. Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems—the rational mind and the emotional mind—that compete for control. The rational mind wants a great beach body; the emotional mind wants that Oreo cookie. The rational mind wants to change something at work; the emotional mind loves the comfort of the existing routine. This tension can doom a change effort—but if it is overcome, change can come quickly.In Switch, the Heaths show how everyday people—employees and managers, parents and nurses—have united both minds and, as a result, achieved dramatic results: ?      The lowly medical interns who managed to defeat an entrenched, decades-old medical practice that was endangering patients.?      The home-organizing guru who developed a simple technique for overcoming the dread of housekeeping.?      The manager who transformed a lackadaisical customer-support team into service zealots by removing a standard tool of customer service            In a compelling, story-driven narrative, the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change. Switch shows that successful changes follow a pattern, a pattern you can use to make the changes that matter to you, whether your interest is in changing the world or changing your waistline.

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  The Uses of Delusion - Why It's...

  Stuart Vyse

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  Although reason and rationality are our friends in almost all contexts, in some cases people are better off putting reason aside. In a number of very important situations, we benefit by not seeing the world as it is, and by not behaving like logic-driven machines. The Uses of Delusion is about aspects of human nature that are not altogether rational but, nonetheless, help us achieve our social and personal goals. Psychologist Stuart Vyse presents a lively, accessible exploration of the psychological concepts behind "useful delusions," fleshing out how delusional thinking may play a role in love and relationships, illness and loss, and personality and behavior. Along the way Vyse draws on the work of William James, Daniel Kahneman, and Joan Didion—who wrote about her compelling belief that her husband, though deceased, would soon return to her.Throughout, Vyse strives to answer the question: why would some of our most illogical beliefs be as helpful as they are? The concluding chapter offers an explanation grounded in natural selection—the ability to fool ourselves, Vyse argues, has actually helped us to survive. In the last section of The Uses of Delusion, Vyse offers suggestions for determining when reason should rule and when intuition and emotion should be allowed to take over.

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