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  • The Uses of Delusion

    Why It's Not Always Rational to Be Rational

    by Stuart Vyse ...
    A fascinating examination of delusional thinking and how it might benefit health, relationships, and wellbeing. 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. Sometimes we know we ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Superstition

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Stuart Vyse ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Would you cross the path of a black cat, or step under a ladder? Is breaking a mirror just an expensive waste of glass, or something rather more sinister? Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs - both traditional and new - remain surprisingly popular. A recent survey of adults in the United States ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Valley of the Golden Children

    The Ray Dexter Story

    by Vyse ...
    Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll. It was a chance meeting after a fifty year gap that prompted me to embark on this journey back to my youth. Some things are best left in the past but rock music has endured, so it was not a case of looking back through rose coloured lenses it was more a sense of recording the story so far. Ray Dexter embraced the whole package and used the dual talents of a great voice ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Going Broke

    Why Americans Can't Hold On To Their Money

    by Stuart Vyse ...
    Over the last three decades, debt, bankruptcy, and home foreclosures have risen to epidemic levels. To make matters worse, the personal savings rate is at its lowest point since the Great Depression. Why, in the richest nation on earth, can't Americans hold on to our money? Winner of the prestigious William James Book Award for Believing in Magic and an authority on irrational behavior, Stuart ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Metapopulations and Wildlife Conservation

    by Jonathan Ballou, Bradley Stith, Bill Pranty, Glen Woolfenden, F. Lance Craighead, Ernest Vyse, Rob Roy Ramey II, John A. Wiens, Philip Hedrick, Paul Beier, Michael Gilpin, Jennifer Rechel, Mary Price, Vdernon Bleich, John Wehausen, Walter Koenig, Jon Fischer, William Z. Lidicker Jr., Kevin McKelvey, Richard Merrick, Thomas Loughlin, Ann York, J. W. Fitzpatrick ...
    Development of rural landscapes is converting once-vast expanses of open space into pockets of habitat where wildlife populations exist in isolation from other members of their species. The central concept of metapopulation dynamics -- that a constellation of partially isolated patches can yield overall stability to a system that is chaotic at the level of the individual patch -- offers an ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Going Broke

    Why Americans (Still) Can't Hold On To Their Money

    by Stuart Vyse ...
    Over the last four decades, debt, bankruptcy, and home foreclosures have risen to epidemic levels, and the personal savings rate has sunk dangerously low. Why, in the richest nation on earth, can't Americans hold on to their money? First published in 2008, Stuart Vyse's Going Broke described the epidemic of personal debt that existed in the years leading up to the Great Recession, and anticipated ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Going Broke

    Why Americans Can't Hold On To Their Money

    by Stuart Vyse ...
    Over the last three decades, debt, bankruptcy, and home foreclosures have risen to epidemic levels. To make matters worse, the personal savings rate is at its lowest point since the Great Depression. Why, in the richest nation on earth, can't Americans hold on to our money? Winner of the prestigious William James Book Award for Believing in Magic and an authority on irrational behavior, Stuart ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Critical Thinking: How to Effectively Reason, Understand Irrationality, and Make Better Decisions

    by Stuart Vyse ...
    Narrated by Stuart Vyse ...
    Series series Learn25: Health & Better Living

    Unabridged

    6 hours 5 min

    Stuart Vyse, Ph.D., is the author of Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition, which received the William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association. A celebrated psychologist and professor as well as a recognized author, he is the perfect guide for this audio series on the power of superstition.This wide-ranging course reveals the method to our madness in everything from ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Going Broke, Updated Edition

    Why Americans (Still) Can’t Hold On to Their Money

    by Stuart Vyse ...
    Narrated by William Hughes ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 10 min

    Over the last four decades, debt, bankruptcy, and home foreclosures have risen to epidemic levels, and the personal savings rate has sunk dangerously low. Why, in the richest nation on Earth, can’t Americans hold on to their money?First published in 2008, Stuart Vyse’s Going Broke described the epidemic of personal debt that existed in the years leading up to the Great Recession, and anticipated ... Read more

    $22.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Uses of Delusion

    Why It's Not Always Rational to Be Rational

    by Stuart Vyse ...
    Narrated by Joel Richards ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 43 min

    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 ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Superstition

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Stuart Vyse ...
    Narrated by Mike Carnes ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 24 min

    Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs—both traditional and new—remain surprisingly popular. A recent survey of adults in the United States found that thirty-three percent believed that finding a penny was good luck, and twenty-three percent believed that the number seven was lucky. Where did these superstitions come from, and why do they persist today ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Scepticism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Duncan Pritchard ...
    Narrated by Dennis Kleinman ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 47 min

    Throughout history scepticism and the urge to question accepted truths has been a powerful force for change and growth. Today, as we are bombarded by adverts, scientific studies praising the latest superfoods, and political rhetoric, a healthy amount of scepticism is widely encouraged. But when is such scepticism legitimate—for example, as a driver of new ideas—and when is it problematic? And what ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook