Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368168916
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.
The Great Mental Models, Volume 1
Author: Shane ParrishPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593719972
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Discover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast. This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. The Great Mental Models: Volume 1, General Thinking Concepts shows you how making a few tiny changes in the way you think can deliver big results. Drawing on examples from history, business, art, and science, this book details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making and productivity. This book will teach you how to: Avoid blind spots when looking at problems. Find non-obvious solutions. Anticipate and achieve desired outcomes. Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, … and more. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.
Useful Knowledge
Author: Alan RauchPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822326687
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
DIVA statement on how “knowledge” is socialized and assimilated by a culture, investigating popular and canonical fiction, early encyclopedias, and other popular efforts at mass education and knowledge dissemination./div
The Ultimate Book of Knowledge
Author: Oxford University PressPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199116904
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
"...an up-to-the-minute encyclopedia specially written for young students. Young readers will have fun learning new and exciting information about human life, our incredible world and beyond."--p. [4] of cover.
The Useful Knowledge Reading Books
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368168916
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.
Learn English the Ice Cream Way
Author: Shalom Kumar SigworthPublisher: PartridgeIndia
ISBN: 9781482819281
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Whatever be your purpose of learning English-whether you want to study in an Anglophone country, or aspiring to enter Hollywood, want to be involved in Disney productions or Discovery channel, you need have your basics right. All ice creams are same in their basic way of making, only their flavoring is different. The flavor is what gives ice creams their marketability and profitability. Whether you want to learn legal English, Screenplay English, or Scientific English, your basics must be strong because these English versions are but specialized flavors of the basic English. Never before that Standard English has been brought forward this easier to the common man, especially teenagers. This book has been flavored with icons (ice creams), signposts (indication of the part of grammar under discussion), illustrations, examples, and cherry-picked quotations from great minds to engage you in reading and understanding the book. Learn the rich history behind the English language; overcome your learning barriers; get to know the best way to learn English; find a purpose; learn in easy, enjoyable, and memorable way; make a mess of jumbled, meaningless words and turn them into masterpieces; develop good reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Written to make Grammar easy and fun, this book is for everyone under the sun.
The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton
Author: Susan E. WhymanPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198797834
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Susan Whyman's latest book tells the story of William Hutton, a self-taught workman who rose to prominence during the Industrial Revolution in the rapidly-expanding city of Birmingham. This book brings to life a cast of 'rough diamonds', people of worth and character, but lacking in manners and education, who improved their towns and themselves.
Reading Book for the Use of Female Schools
Author: The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Author: British Textbook and School Apparatus Catalogs
Author: South Kensington MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Publishers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Bound set of catalogs of textbooks and educational apparatus published in London, England.
Author: William Martin