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  • Radical Thinking

    How to see the bigger picture

    by Peter Lamont ...
    'Will change how you see the world' Derren BrownRadical Thinking is a book about how you view the world. It's about the things that shape your thoughts, from what you notice and how you interpret it, to what you assume, believe and want. It's also about how, if you think in a radical way, you can look beyond your limited view of the world to see the bigger picture. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Extraordinary Beliefs

    A Historical Approach to a Psychological Problem

    by Peter Lamont ...
    Since the early nineteenth century, mesmerists, mediums and psychics have exhibited extraordinary phenomena. These have been demonstrated, reported and disputed by every modern generation. We continue to wonder why people believe in such things, while others wonder why they are dismissed so easily. Extraordinary Beliefs takes a historical approach to an ongoing psychological problem: why do people ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Secret History of Magic

    The True Story of the Deceptive Art

    by Peter Lamont, Jim Steinmeyer ...
    Pull back the curtain on the real history of magic – and discover why magic really mattersIf you read a standard history of magic, you learn that it begins in ancient Egypt, with the resurrection of a goose in front of the Pharaoh. You discover how magicians were tortured and killed during the age of witchcraft. You are told how conjuring tricks were used to quell rebellious colonial natives. The ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Magic in Theory

    An Introduction to the Theoretical and Psychological Elements of Conjuring

    by Peter Lamont, Professor Richard Wiseman ...
    A useful manual for any magician or curious spectator who wonders why the tricks seem so real, this guide examines the psychological aspects of a magician's work. Exploring the ways in which human psychology plays into the methods of conjuring rather than focusing on the individual tricks alone, this explanation of the general principles of magic includes chapters on the use of misdirection, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Secret History of Magic

    The True Story of the Deceptive Art

    by Peter Lamont, Jim Steinmeyer ...
    Narrated by Rory Barnett ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 5 min

    If you read a standard history of magic, you learn that it begins in ancient Egypt, with the resurrection of a goose in front of the Pharaoh. You discover how magicians were tortured and killed during the age of witchcraft. You are told how conjuring tricks were used to quell rebellious colonial natives. The history of magic is full of such stories, which turn out not to be true. Behind the smoke ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Burn For Me [Dramatized Adaptation]

    Hidden Legacy 1

    by Ilona Andrews ...
    Narrated by Full Cast, Marissa Clay, Henry W. Kramer, Zura Johnson, Julian Dailey, Ian Putnam, LaMont Ridgell, Nanette Savard, Peter Stanley, Eva Wilhelm, Wyn Delano, Ryan Haugen ...
    Series series Hidden Legacy

    Unabridged

    9 hours 15 min

    In this spellbinding first dramatized audiobook in #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews’ urban fantasy Hidden Legacy series, private detective Nevada Baylor navigates her way through an alternate world where dynasties, built on inherited wealth and magic, guide the course of humanity.Nevada Baylor runs a small-time detective agency in Houston, Texas, busting scammers, exposing ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Social Research for our Times

    Thomas Coram Research Unit past, present and future

    Edited by Claire Cameron, Alison Koslowski, Alison Lamont, Peter Moss ...
    For 50 years, researchers at UCL’s Thomas Coram Research Unit have been undertaking ground-breaking policy-relevant social research. Their main focus has been social issues affecting children, young people and families, and the services provided for them. Social Research for our Times brings together different generations of researchers from the Unit to share some of the most important results of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Gentrifier

    by John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch, Marc Lamont Hill ...
    Series series UTP Insights
    Gentrifier opens up a new conversation about gentrification, one that goes beyond the statistics and the clichés, and examines different sides of a controversial, deeply personal issue. In this lively yet rigorous book, John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch, and Marc Lamont Hill take a close look at the socioeconomic factors and individual decisions behind gentrification and their implications for the ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era

    Edited by Peter A. Hall, Michèle Lamont ...
    What is the impact of three decades of neoliberal narratives and policies on communities and individual lives? What are the sources of social resilience? This book offers a sweeping assessment of the effects of neoliberalism, the dominant feature of our times. It analyzes the ideology in unusually wide-ranging terms as a movement that not only opened markets but also introduced new logics into ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Successful Societies

    How Institutions and Culture Affect Health

    Edited by Peter A. Hall, Michèle Lamont ...
    Why are some societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? This book integrates recent research in social epidemiology with broader perspectives in social science to explore why some societies are more successful than others at securing population health. It explores the social roots of health inequalities, arguing that inequalities in health are based ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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