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TITLES
PROBLEM SOLVER
Maximizing Your Strengths to Make Better Decisions
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Psychology
Cheryl Strauss Einhorn
Italian
Bestselling author of the award-winning books Problem Solved and Investing in Financial Research.
Explore the profound connection between decisions and self-expression in 'Problem Solver.' Delve into the often-overlooked psychology of decision-making, revealing reliance on instinct, cognitive bias, and mental errors. With insightful real-life examples and actionable strategies, this guide empowers you to enhance your decision-making skills, offering immediate benefits and the confidence to navigate your future with clarity.
EARTH EMOTIONS
New Words for a New World
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Current Issues, Society
Glenn A. Albrecht
Italian
As climate change and development pressures overwhelm the environment, our emotional relationships with Earth are also in crisis. Pessimism and distress are overwhelming people the world over. In this maelstrom of emotion, solastalgia, the homesickness you have when you are still at home, has become, writes Glenn A. Albrecht, one of the defining emotions of the twenty-first century.
THE TWENTY-SIX WORDS THAT CREATED THE INTERNET
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History, Current Issues
Jeff Kosseff
Italian
Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title
What we can and cannot write, say, and do online is based on just one law—a law that protects online services from lawsuits based on user content.
Kosseff presents an insider's account of the current dispute over whether a website should be permitted to profit from publishing advertisements that sell illegal services.
