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  • Happiness

    Lessons from a New Science

    by Richard Layard ...
    There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. We all want more money, but as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not speculation: It's the story told by countless pieces of scientific research. We now have sophisticated ways of measuring how happy people are, and all the evidence shows that on average people have grown no happier in the last fifty years, even as average ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

  • Thrive

    How Better Mental Health Care Transforms Lives and Saves Money

    by Richard Layard, David M. Clark ...
    A compelling argument for improving society's mental health through increased services and better policyMental illness is a leading cause of suffering in the modern world. In sheer numbers, it afflicts at least 20 percent of people in developed countries. It reduces life expectancy as much as smoking does, accounts for nearly half of all disability claims, is behind half of all worker sick days, ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Can We Be Happier?

    Evidence and Ethics

    by Richard Layard, George Ward ...
    Series series Pelican Books
    From the bestselling author of Happiness and co-editor of the annual World Happiness ReportMost people now realize that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all our problems. Instead, we need a philosophy and a science which encompasses a much fuller range of human need and experience.This book argues that the goal for a society must be the greatest possible all-round happiness, and ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • Wellbeing

    Science and Policy

    by Richard Layard, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve ...
    What produces a happy society and a happy life? Thanks to the new science of wellbeing, we can now answer this question using state-of-the-art empirical evidence. This transforms our ability to base our decisions on the outcomes that matter most, namely the wellbeing of us all including future generations. Written by two of the world's leading experts on the economics of wellbeing, this book shows ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The Origins of Happiness

    The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course

    by Andrew Clark, Andrew Clark, Sarah Flèche, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Nattavudh Powdthavee, George Ward, George Ward ...
    A new perspective on life satisfaction and well-being over the life courseWhat makes people happy? The Origins of Happiness seeks to revolutionize how we think about human priorities and to promote public policy changes that are based on what really matters to people. Drawing on a range of evidence using large-scale data from various countries, the authors consider the key factors that affect ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • A Good Childhood

    Searching for Values in a Competitive Age

    by Judy Dunn, Richard Layard ...
    Every day the newspapers lament the problems facing our children - broken homes, pressures to eat and drink, the stress of exams. The same issues are discussed in every pub and at every dinner party. But is life really more difficult for children than it was, and if so why? And how can we make it better?This book, which is a result of a two year investigation by the Children's Society and draws ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Lost Worlds: A Collection of 9 Books on Extinct Cities

    Archaeological, Literary, and Historical Journeys Through Pompeii, Troy, Egypt, and Ancient Ruins

    by William Shakespeare, August Mau, Sir E. A. Wallis Budge, Heinrich Schliemann, R. N. Hall, Richard Caton, Gustave Flaubert, Austen Henry Layard ...
    Lost Worlds: A Collection of 9 Books on Extinct Cities gathers archaeology, travel writing, historical speculation, antiquarian scholarship, and imaginative literature around the enduring fascination of vanished urban civilizations. Its range extends from dramatic evocations of ruined worlds to documentary accounts of excavation, inscriptions, monuments, and contested sites. Mediterranean, Near ... Read more

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  • A Wider Social Role for Sport

    Who's Keeping the Score?

    by Fred Coalter ...
    Sport is perceived to have the potential to alleviate a variety of social problems and generally to ‘improve’ both individuals and the communities in which they live. Sport is promoted as a relatively cost effective antidote to a range of social problems – often those stemming from social exclusion - including poor health, high crime levels, drug abuse and persistent youth offending, educational ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Social Perspective

    The Missing Element in Mental Health Practice

    by Richard U'Ren ...
    Social Perspective explores the impact of social factors on individual health, a topic often overlooked in the practice of psychiatry, psychology, and medicine. Richard U'Ren synthesizes viewpoints and information usually dispersed among many disciplines to show how social roles, political-economic conditions, and the social stratification system all contribute to individual well-being or disorder ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Women as They Age, Second Edition

    by Susan O Mercer, J Dianne Garner ...
    Explore the needs of older women and ways to provide for them!Written by women, about women, and for women, Women As They Age, Second Edition highlights the realities of being an aging woman in a youth-oriented, male-dominated society, in which socioeconomic and gender stratification are the norm.In the eleven years since the publication of the original Women as They Age, there has been a great ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • An Interdisciplinary Approach to Early Childhood Education and Care

    Perspectives from Australia

    by Susanne Garvis, Matthew Manning ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Early Childhood Education
    An Interdisciplinary Approach to Early Childhood Education and Care explores early childhood education and care in Australia from a variety of perspectives, highlighting the complexity of working within the field and the need for a truly interdisciplinary approach. It argues that only a holistic understanding of each perspective will allow a clear future for early childhood education within ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Aging in Canada

    by Neena L. Chappell, Marcus J. Hollander ...
    Canada, like other countries, is aging. The media has reported on a "grey tsunami," a demographic change reflecting longer life expectancy and the retirement of the so-called baby boomer generation. The numbers and percentages of older adults within our population continue to increase. In 2010, 15.3 percent of Canada's population was over 65; in 2030, it will be 24.1 percent. Many commentators ... Read more

    $8.69 USD