Human engagement

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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions 4.12 avg rating — 129,367 ratings
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us 3.95 avg rating — 123,669 ratings
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Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers: The Story of Success 4.19 avg rating — 845,837 ratings
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The Art of Choosing
The Art of Choosing 3.83 avg rating — 6,720 ratings
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The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything 3.86 avg rating — 18,708 ratings
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 4.01 avg rating — 885,848 ratings
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Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It
Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It 4.03 avg rating — 2,982 ratings
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The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else 4.03 avg rating — 26,516 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,063 ratings
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Innovation Workout, The: The 10 Tried-And-Tested Steps That Will Build Your Creativity And Innovation Skills
Innovation Workout, The: The 10 Tried-And-Tested Steps That Will Build Your Creativity And Innovation Skills 4.17 avg rating — 30 ratings
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To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence
To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence 4.03 avg rating — 184 ratings
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On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction
On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction 3.83 avg rating — 437 ratings
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How to Thrive in the 21st Century - By Avoiding Porn and Other Distractions
How to Thrive in the 21st Century - By Avoiding Porn and Other Distractions 4.17 avg rating — 77 ratings
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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity 4.29 avg rating — 17,217 ratings
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What Is My Legacy?: Realizing a New Dream of Connection, Love and Fulfillment
What Is My Legacy?: Realizing a New Dream of Connection, Love and Fulfillment it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Chameleon: Life-Changing Wisdom for Anyone Who has a Personality or Knows Someone Who Does
The Chameleon: Life-Changing Wisdom for Anyone Who has a Personality or Knows Someone Who Does 4.23 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation
Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation 3.97 avg rating — 1,662 ratings
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The Winner Effect: How Power Affects Your Brain
The Winner Effect: How Power Affects Your Brain 3.78 avg rating — 814 ratings
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The War of Art
The War of Art 3.98 avg rating — 113,868 ratings
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Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention 4.07 avg rating — 5,875 ratings
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Taking Flight!: Master the DISC Styles to Transform Your Career, Your Relationships... Your Life
Taking Flight!: Master the DISC Styles to Transform Your Career, Your Relationships... Your Life 4.01 avg rating — 522 ratings
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Let the Elephants Run: Unlock Your Creativity and Change Everything
Let the Elephants Run: Unlock Your Creativity and Change Everything 3.68 avg rating — 559 ratings
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Motivation and Personality
Motivation and Personality 4.19 avg rating — 1,677 ratings
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On Knowing: Essays for the Left Hand
On Knowing: Essays for the Left Hand 3.85 avg rating — 78 ratings
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How We Decide
How We Decide 3.84 avg rating — 41,298 ratings
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Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything 3.73 avg rating — 10,986 ratings
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From Like to Love for Young People With Asperger's Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder): Learning How to Express and Enjoy Affection With Family and Friends
From Like to Love for Young People With Asperger's Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder): Learning How to Express and Enjoy Affection With Family and Friends 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,626 ratings
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The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self
The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self 4.28 avg rating — 330 ratings
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion 4.22 avg rating — 170,812 ratings
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Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning
Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning 3.64 avg rating — 2,178 ratings
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Teaching Learning: Helping Your Kids Gain the Learning Skills They Won't Get Taught in School
Teaching Learning: Helping Your Kids Gain the Learning Skills They Won't Get Taught in School 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience 4.11 avg rating — 86,239 ratings
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The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind
The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind 3.82 avg rating — 1,686 ratings
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Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life 3.90 avg rating — 6,910 ratings
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die 3.98 avg rating — 97,582 ratings
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The Naked Cartoonist: A New Way to Enhance Your Creativity
The Naked Cartoonist: A New Way to Enhance Your Creativity 3.76 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard 4.03 avg rating — 54,274 ratings
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The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World 3.91 avg rating — 3,110 ratings
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Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes
Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes 4.18 avg rating — 1,113 ratings
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It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond 4.13 avg rating — 1,021 ratings
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Acts of Meaning
Acts of Meaning 4.07 avg rating — 330 ratings
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Appalachian Dance: Creativity and Continuity in Six Communities
Appalachian Dance: Creativity and Continuity in Six Communities 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Craftsman of the Cumberlands: Tradition and Creativity
Craftsman of the Cumberlands: Tradition and Creativity 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else 3.93 avg rating — 20,657 ratings
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In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius
In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius 4.10 avg rating — 2,943 ratings
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The Healing Magic of Forest Bathing: Finding Calm, Creativity, and Connection in the Natural World
The Healing Magic of Forest Bathing: Finding Calm, Creativity, and Connection in the Natural World 3.82 avg rating — 260 ratings
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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives 3.95 avg rating — 24,070 ratings
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The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World
The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World 3.80 avg rating — 2,298 ratings
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Contagious: Why Things Catch On
Contagious: Why Things Catch On 3.98 avg rating — 32,377 ratings
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The Left Brain Speaks, the Right Brain Laughs: A Look at the Neuroscience of Innovation Creativity in Art, Science Life
The Left Brain Speaks, the Right Brain Laughs: A Look at the Neuroscience of Innovation Creativity in Art, Science Life 3.56 avg rating — 153 ratings
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The Self Illusion: How the Social Brain Creates Identity
The Self Illusion: How the Social Brain Creates Identity 3.84 avg rating — 2,294 ratings
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The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday
The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday 3.78 avg rating — 2,346 ratings
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The Rational Animal: How Evolution Made Us Smarter Than We Think
The Rational Animal: How Evolution Made Us Smarter Than We Think 3.89 avg rating — 408 ratings
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Teaching Minds: How Cognitive Science Can Save Our Schools
Teaching Minds: How Cognitive Science Can Save Our Schools 3.87 avg rating — 129 ratings
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Imagine: How Creativity Works
Imagine: How Creativity Works 3.97 avg rating — 51,930 ratings
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Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning
Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning 3.80 avg rating — 592 ratings
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Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom 4.04 avg rating — 5,672 ratings
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The Ravenous Brain: How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning
The Ravenous Brain: How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning 3.90 avg rating — 427 ratings
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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness 3.84 avg rating — 92,734 ratings
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Seductive Interaction Design: Creating Playful, Fun, and Effective User Experiences
Seductive Interaction Design: Creating Playful, Fun, and Effective User Experiences 4.08 avg rating — 1,372 ratings
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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability 4.24 avg rating — 30,312 ratings
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Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things 3.95 avg rating — 5,395 ratings
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The Design of Everyday Things
The Design of Everyday Things 4.15 avg rating — 46,466 ratings
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Total Engagement: How Games and Virtual Worlds Are Changing the Way People Work and Businesses Compete
Total Engagement: How Games and Virtual Worlds Are Changing the Way People Work and Businesses Compete 3.39 avg rating — 115 ratings
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The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human 3.70 avg rating — 6,945 ratings
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For the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business
For the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business 3.75 avg rating — 1,065 ratings
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The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, & Human Evolution
The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, & Human Evolution 3.82 avg rating — 1,927 ratings
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The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,597 ratings
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Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul 3.88 avg rating — 4,205 ratings
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Homo Creator
Homo Creator 3.69 avg rating — 1,635 ratings
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Storynomics: Story-Driven Marketing in the Post-Advertising World
Storynomics: Story-Driven Marketing in the Post-Advertising World 3.81 avg rating — 546 ratings
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Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen
Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen 4.32 avg rating — 1,682 ratings
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How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention
How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention 3.43 avg rating — 980 ratings
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The Creative Spark: How Imagination Made Humans Exceptional
The Creative Spark: How Imagination Made Humans Exceptional 3.91 avg rating — 532 ratings
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The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory
The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory 3.93 avg rating — 2,223 ratings
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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People 4.10 avg rating — 6,185 ratings
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The Two Cultures
The Two Cultures
by: C.P. Snow
3.66 avg rating — 1,478 ratings
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress 4.20 avg rating — 31,748 ratings