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The Power of Regret - Pink Daniel H. Pink - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Power of Regret - Pink Daniel H. Pink - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022: BUSINESS A DAILY UK NEWS BEST BOOK OF 2022: BUSINESS ''No regrets.'' You''ve heard people proclaim it as a philosophy of life. That''s nonsense, even dangerous, says Daniel H. Pink in his latest bold and inspiring work. Everybody has regrets. They''re a fundamental part of our lives. And if we reckon with them in fresh and imaginative ways, we can enlist our regrets to make smarter decisions, perform better at work and school, and deepen our sense of meaning and purpose.In The Power of Regret , Pink draws on research in psychology, neuroscience, economics and biology to challenge widely-held assumptions about emotions and behaviour. Using the largest sampling of attitudes about regret ever conducted from his own World Regret Survey - which has collected regrets from more than 16,000 people in 105 countries - he identifies the four core regrets that most people have. These four regrets, Pink argues, operate as a ''photographic negative'' of the good life. By understanding what people regret the most, we can understand what they value the most. And by following the simple, science-based, three-step process that he sets out, we can transform our regrets in a positive force for working smarter and living better.With Pink''s signature blend of big ideas and practical takeaways, captivating stories and crisp humour, The Power of Regret offers an urgent and indispensable guide for a life well-lived.

DKK 149.00
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The Power of Regret - Daniel H. Pink - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Power of Regret - Daniel H. Pink - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022: BUSINESS A DAILY UK NEWS BEST BOOK OF 2022: BUSINESS Everybody has regrets. They''re a fundamental part of our lives. In The Power of Regret , Pink explains how we can enlist our regrets to make smarter decisions, perform better and deepen our sense of meaning and purpose. Drawing on the largest sampling of attitudes about regret ever conducted from his own World Regret Survey, Pink identifies the four core regrets that most people have. With his signature blend of big ideas and practical takeaways, captivating stories and crisp humour, he argues that by understanding what people regret the most, we can understand what they value the most. We can transform our regrets into a positive force for working smarter and living better.

DKK 127.00
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Bone In The Throat - Anthony Bourdain - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Bone In The Throat - Anthony Bourdain - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

All is not well at the Dreadnought Grill. The chef has a smack habit, the owner has been set up by the FBI and in the midst of this, the sous-chef Tommy is just trying to do his job. As depraved as it is hilarious, Anthony Bourdain''s first novel is street smart and spiced with drugged-up savvy, foul-mouthed feds and salty mob speak. With a cast of unforgettables like the hitman who covers himself in clingfilm to avoid leaving fingerprints and a plot with more twists than a plate of spaghetti, Bone in the Throat rocks through the streets of Manhattan at a blistering pace.

DKK 120.00
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Home And Exile - Chinua Achebe - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Home And Exile - Chinua Achebe - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A moving account of an exceptional life and a piercing critique of imperialism, Home and Exile is above all a book that articulates persuasively why literature matters. Achebe challenges the West''s portrayal of Africa in its culture and how this portrayal has been used to advance colonialism. Stories are a real source of power in the world, and Achebe proves that to imitate the literature of another culture is to give that power away.Incisive, illuminating and intimate, this book by one of Africa''s most influential writers also offers readers a rare insight into his personal life and education.

DKK 120.00
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Mauve - Simon Garfield - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Mauve - Simon Garfield - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

1856. Eighteen-year-old chemistry student William Perkin''s experiment has gone horribly wrong. But the deep brown sludge his botched project has produced has an unexpected power: the power to dye everything it touches a brilliant purple. Perkin has discovered mauve, the world''s first synthetic dye, bridging a gap between pure chemistry and industry which will change the world forever.From the fetching ribbons tying back the hair of every fashionable head in London to the laboratories in which scientists developed modern vaccines against cancer and malaria, Simon Garfield tells the story of how the colour purple became a sensation.

DKK 127.00
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Breadwinners - Melissa Hogenboom - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Breadwinners - Melissa Hogenboom - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Huge social changes occurring in real time are leading us to rethink traditional roles in our homes, workplaces and in society. So why do women who outearn their male partners still tend to do more housework and childcare? Why are unemployed men generally happier if their female partners are also unemployed? Why is unpaid labour still seen as a less important contribution than paid work within family units? In Breadwinners, award-winning science journalist Melissa Hogenboom interviews dozens of female breadwinners, stay-at-home dads and same-sex couples, comparing their stories to the latest research to demonstrate the consequences of changing dynamics. She reveals how pursuing and maintaining power is a key part of every human interaction, affecting every area of our lives. Breadwinners shows how, the closer we look, the easier it is to see the influence of power structures all around us. Ultimately, it gives readers the tools to address imbalances and improve our relationships at home and at work.If we can share power more equally, we can improve not only our own wellbeing but also recognise how to dismantle social structures that are seemingly set in stone.

DKK 168.00
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Home And Exile - Chinua Achebe - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Home And Exile - Chinua Achebe - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

This trenchant and illuminating book by one of Africa''s most influential and celebrated writers is a major statement on the importance and dangers of stories, one in which Achebe makes telling use of his personal experiences to examine the political nature of culture and specifically literature.It is the weaving of the personal into the bigger picture that makes Home and Exile so remarkable and affecting. It''s the closest we are likely to get by way of Achebe''s autobiography but it is also a brilliantly argued critique of imperialism. Achebe challenges the way the West has appropriated Africa with a particular emphasis on how ''imperialist'' literature has been used to justify its dispossession and degradation.Above all this is a book that articulates persuasively why literature matters. Stories are a real source of power in the world, Achebe concludes, and to imitate the literature of another culture is to give that power away.

DKK 115.00
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The Bridge Between Worlds - Gavin Francis - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Bridge Between Worlds - Gavin Francis - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

In a world increasingly preoccupied by borders, bridges celebrate the possibility of connection, allowing the flow of goods, people and ideas. Bridges are among our grandest physical structures with the power of transforming lives and economies, but we also stand (or fall) upon the simple arch of bones in our feet. Text is a bridge between writer and reader, and conversation builds bridges of understanding between minds. Dr Gavin Francis has spent his life fascinated by the power of bridges to improve human connection. In The Bridge Between Worlds he examines bridges both actual and metaphorical, on a journey through more than twenty countries, across four decades of travel. From Rome''s Ponte Sant''Angelo to Brooklyn, Victoria Falls to London, Singapore to Siberia, this thought-provoking book reflects on connections between nations and between individuals. Francis demonstrates what the building of bridges has meant to our civilisation, how crossings can enrich our lives, and the price we pay when we tear them down.

DKK 190.00
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Hieroglyphics And Other Stories - Anne Donovan - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Hieroglyphics And Other Stories - Anne Donovan - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A beautiful collection - charming, witty and touching - these stories give voice to a variety of different characters: from the little girl who wants to look ''subtle'' for her father''s funeral, a child who has an email pen pal on Jupiter and an old lady who becomes a star through ''zimmerobics''.Often writing in a vibrant Glaswegian vernacular, Donovan deftly gives her characters authenticity with a searing power, aided and abetted by tender subtlety.

DKK 120.00
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The Drummers - Tricia Fields - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Drummers - Tricia Fields - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Police Chief Josie Gray''s life is complicated when sparks and bullets begin to fly after her small town in Texas is overrun by a community wishing to live "off grid." The residents of the small town of Artemis are suspicious when a community called The Drummers moves into a local abandoned church. Their leader, Gideon, claims their aim is simple: to live peacefully off the grid without government interference. But when local power substations are sabotaged and the whole of West Texas loses electricity, all fingers point to them. Forced to intervene, Police Chief Josie Gray and her team try to enter the church only for gunshots to be exchanged. Inside the church one young girl is killed, with Gideon claiming Josie''s stray bullet hit her.Was Josie responsible? Did one of The Drummers murder the girl and use Josie as a patsy? Were The Drummers responsible for the power outage? As Josie identifies an ever-widening pool of suspects, she learns of a shocking connection reaching far beyond West Texas.

DKK 225.00
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Feeding the Machine - Callum Cant - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Feeding the Machine - Callum Cant - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Big Tech has sold us the illusion that artificial intelligence is a frictionless technology that will bring wealth and prosperity to humanity. But hidden beneath this smooth surface lies the grim reality of a precarious global workforce of millions that labour under often appalling conditions to make AI possible. Feeding the Machine presents an urgent, riveting investigation of the intricate network of organisations that maintain this exploitative system, revealing the untold truth of AI.Based on hundreds of interviews and thousands of hours of fieldwork over more than a decade, this book shows us the lives of the workers often deliberately concealed from view and the systems of power that determine their future. It shows how AI is an extraction machine that churns through ever-larger datasets and feeds off humanity''s labour and collective intelligence to power its algorithms. Feeding the Machine is a call to arms against this exploitative system and details what we need to do, individually and collectively, to fight for a more just digital future.

DKK 190.00
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Feeding the Machine - Mark Graham - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Feeding the Machine - Mark Graham - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Big Tech has sold us the illusion that artificial intelligence is a frictionless technology that will bring wealth and prosperity to humanity. But hidden beneath this smooth surface lies the grim reality of a precarious global workforce of millions that labour under often appalling conditions to make AI possible. Feeding the Machine presents an urgent, riveting investigation of the intricate network of organisations that maintain this exploitative system, revealing the untold truth of AI.Based on hundreds of interviews and thousands of hours of fieldwork over more than a decade, this book shows us the lives of the workers often deliberately concealed from view and the systems of power that determine their future. It shows how AI is an extraction machine that churns through ever-larger datasets and feeds off humanity''s labour and collective intelligence to power its algorithms. Feeding the Machine is a call to arms against this exploitative system and details what we need to do, individually and collectively, to fight for a more just digital future.

DKK 168.00
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The Instant - Amy Liptrot - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Instant - Amy Liptrot - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING ''I loved this book'' Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path ''Utterly absorbing'' Lucy Jones, author of Losing Eden Wishing to leave behind the quiet isolation of her Orkney island life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight to Berlin. Searching for new experiences, inspiration and love, she rents a loftbed in a shared flat and looks for work. She explores the streets, nightclubs and parks and seeks out the city''s wildlife - goshawks, raccoons and hooded crows. She looks for love through the screen of her laptop.Over the course of a year Amy makes space hoping for the unexpected. And it comes with an erotic jolt, in the form of a love affair that obsesses her. The Instant is an unapologetic look at the addictive power of love and lust. It is also an exploration of the cycles of the moon, the flight paths of migratory birds, the mesmerising power of Neolithic stonework and the trails followed by a generation who exist online.

DKK 155.00
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