Sozialwissenschaft

Unsere Welt pulsiert mit unsichtbaren Mustern menschlichen Verhaltens, Gruppendynamiken und gesellschaftlichen Kräften, die alles von Freundschaften bis hin zu Finanzmärkten prägen. Durch rigorose Forschung und überzeugende Analysen beleuchten diese Bücher, wie Menschen denken, sich verbinden und organisieren — und enthüllen die verborgene Architektur unserer sozialen Welt.

Sozialwissenschaft Buchzusammenfassungen

Die Kunst der Manipulation

von R.B. Sparkman • 1978

What five con artists taught about human weakness that a master's degree never could.

3.93

238

Psychologie

Selbsthilfe

Business

Die Kunst der Manipulation Zusammenfassung

Immersiv

Die Kunst der Manipulation

What five con artists taught about human weakness that a master's degree never could.

von R.B. Sparkman 1978 181 Seiten

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Psychologie

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Business

The Man Who Shocked The World

von Thomas Blass • 2004

Sixty-five percent obey orders to shock a stranger. The biography of the psychologist who proved it.

3.93

220

Psychologie

Biografie

Wissenschaft

The Man Who Shocked The World Zusammenfassung

Immersiv

The Man Who Shocked The World

Sixty-five percent obey orders to shock a stranger. The biography of the psychologist who proved it.

von Thomas Blass 2004 392 Seiten

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Psychologie

Biografie

Wissenschaft

Bowling Alone

von Robert D. Putnam • 2000

The clubs emptied and Americans stopped voting. The damage goes deeper than loneliness.

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Politik

Geschichte

Bowling Alone

The clubs emptied and Americans stopped voting. The damage goes deeper than loneliness.

von Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 Seiten

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Geschichte

Suicide

von Émile Durkheim • 1897

Suicide is a stable, measurable social current, not a private tragedy. The rules are predictable.

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Soziologie

Klassiker

Philosophie

Suicide

Suicide is a stable, measurable social current, not a private tragedy. The rules are predictable.

von Émile Durkheim 1897 405 Seiten

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Soziologie

Klassiker

Philosophie

Das kleine Buch der Psychologie

von Emily Ralls • 2021

Psychology's six rival schools, from neurons to obedience, and what each one says about you.

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Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Bildung

Das kleine Buch der Psychologie

Psychology's six rival schools, from neurons to obedience, and what each one says about you.

von Emily Ralls 2021 130 Seiten

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Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Bildung

The Social Animal

von Elliot Aronson • 1972

Situation beats character: how the social world bends behavior, and why you rarely notice.

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Psychologie

Soziologie

Wissenschaft

The Social Animal

Situation beats character: how the social world bends behavior, and why you rarely notice.

von Elliot Aronson 1972 512 Seiten

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Psychologie

Soziologie

Wissenschaft

Normal Accidents

von Charles Perrow • 1984

The safer we try to make a system, the more unknowable its failure modes become.

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Soziologie

Technologie

Normal Accidents

The safer we try to make a system, the more unknowable its failure modes become.

von Charles Perrow 1984 464 Seiten

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Wissenschaft

Soziologie

Technologie

The Rule of Law

von Tom Bingham • 2010

Eight standards for the rule of law. Cross them, and a lawful state becomes tyranny.

4.09

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Politik

Justice

The Rule of Law

Eight standards for the rule of law. Cross them, and a lawful state becomes tyranny.

von Tom Bingham 2010 203 Seiten

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Politik

Justice

Das soziale Tier

von David Brooks • 2011

Your unconscious mind runs the show. That 11-million-to-40 processing advantage is not a bug.

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Psychologie

Soziologie

Wissenschaft

Das soziale Tier

Your unconscious mind runs the show. That 11-million-to-40 processing advantage is not a bug.

von David Brooks 2011 448 Seiten

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Psychologie

Soziologie

Wissenschaft

The Sociological Imagination

von C. Wright Mills • 1959

Private pain is a public problem in disguise—and most social science hides the connection.

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Soziologie

Philosophie

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The Sociological Imagination

Private pain is a public problem in disguise—and most social science hides the connection.

von C. Wright Mills 1959 248 Seiten

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Soziologie

Philosophie

Politik

Das Milgram-Experiment: Zur Gehorsamsbereitschaft gegenüber Autorität

von Stanley Milgram • 1974

Two-thirds of people will shock a stranger to death if a lab coat tells them to.

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Wissenschaft

Soziologie

Das Milgram-Experiment: Zur Gehorsamsbereitschaft gegenüber Autorität

Two-thirds of people will shock a stranger to death if a lab coat tells them to.

von Stanley Milgram 1974 256 Seiten

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Wissenschaft

Soziologie

The Struggle for Recognition

von Axel Honneth • 1996

Social conflicts are fights for dignity, not just resources, driven by withheld recognition.

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299

Philosophie

Soziologie

Politik

The Struggle for Recognition

Social conflicts are fights for dignity, not just resources, driven by withheld recognition.

von Axel Honneth 1996 240 Seiten

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299 Bewertungen

Philosophie

Soziologie

Politik

Beauty Pays

von Daniel S. Hamermesh • 2011

Good-looking workers earn 8% more. Unattractive ones earn 13% less. It's not speculation; it's data.

3.17

142

Wirtschaft

Soziologie

Psychologie

Beauty Pays

Good-looking workers earn 8% more. Unattractive ones earn 13% less. It's not speculation; it's data.

von Daniel S. Hamermesh 2011 224 Seiten

3.17

142 Bewertungen

Wirtschaft

Soziologie

Psychologie

The Intelligence Paradox

von Satoshi Kanazawa • 2012

Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.

3.52

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Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Evolution

The Intelligence Paradox

Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.

von Satoshi Kanazawa 2012 266 Seiten

3.52

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Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Evolution

Connected

von Nicholas A. Christakis • 2008

Your weight, your vote, your happiness: all shaped by strangers three handshakes away.

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Psychologie

Soziologie

Wissenschaft

Connected

Your weight, your vote, your happiness: all shaped by strangers three handshakes away.

von Nicholas A. Christakis 2008 336 Seiten

3.74

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Psychologie

Soziologie

Wissenschaft

The Case Against Education

von Bryan Caplan • 2018

A degree's value certifies who you already were, not what you learned.

3.94

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Bildung

Wirtschaft

Politik

The Case Against Education

A degree's value certifies who you already were, not what you learned.

von Bryan Caplan 2018 416 Seiten

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Wirtschaft

Politik

The Nurture Assumption

von Judith Rich Harris • 1998

Parents shape children far less than we believe. Peers, not parents, build adult personality.

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Psychologie

Soziologie

Erziehung

The Nurture Assumption

Parents shape children far less than we believe. Peers, not parents, build adult personality.

von Judith Rich Harris 1998 480 Seiten

4.14

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Psychologie

Soziologie

Erziehung

Lucid Dreaming - The Power of Being Awake & Aware in Your Dreams

von Stephen LaBerge • 1986

You can learn to wake up inside your dreams. The training starts before you fall asleep.

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Psychologie

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Wissenschaft

Lucid Dreaming - The Power of Being Awake & Aware in Your Dreams

You can learn to wake up inside your dreams. The training starts before you fall asleep.

von Stephen LaBerge 1986 304 Seiten

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Psychologie

Selbsthilfe

Wissenschaft

Mystery

von Jonah Lehrer • 2021

Clarity is overrated: why your brain needs the unknown to stay curious, creative, and connected.

3.84

189

Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Philosophie

Mystery

Clarity is overrated: why your brain needs the unknown to stay curious, creative, and connected.

von Jonah Lehrer 2021 240 Seiten

3.84

189 Bewertungen

Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Philosophie

Saving the Modern Soul

von Eva Illouz • 2008

Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.

4.08

184

Soziologie

Psychologie

Selbsthilfe

Saving the Modern Soul

Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.

von Eva Illouz 2008 304 Seiten

4.08

184 Bewertungen

Soziologie

Psychologie

Selbsthilfe

Thinking Like a Lawyer

von Frederick Schauer • 2009

What if legal reasoning means following rules you know are wrong? An anatomy of the lawyer's mind.

3.89

323

Recht

Philosophie

Bildung

Thinking Like a Lawyer

What if legal reasoning means following rules you know are wrong? An anatomy of the lawyer's mind.

von Frederick Schauer 2009 256 Seiten

3.89

323 Bewertungen

Recht

Philosophie

Bildung

Curse of the High IQ

von Aaron Clarey • 2016

The higher your IQ climbs past 130, the more society punishes you for it.

3.52

500+

Selbsthilfe

Psychologie

Philosophie

Curse of the High IQ

The higher your IQ climbs past 130, the more society punishes you for it.

von Aaron Clarey 2016 154 Seiten

3.52

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Selbsthilfe

Psychologie

Philosophie

Against Democracy

von Jason Brennan • 2016

Voters are ignorant and participation corrupts them. The competent should rule instead.

3.68

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Politik

Philosophie

Soziologie

Against Democracy

Voters are ignorant and participation corrupts them. The competent should rule instead.

von Jason Brennan 2016 304 Seiten

3.68

1.000+ Bewertungen

Politik

Philosophie

Soziologie

The Armchair Economist

von Steven E. Landsburg • 1993

Why seat belts kill, recycling destroys forests, and good intentions so often backfire.

3.72

4.000+

Wirtschaft

Business

Finanzen

The Armchair Economist

Why seat belts kill, recycling destroys forests, and good intentions so often backfire.

von Steven E. Landsburg 1993 336 Seiten

3.72

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Wirtschaft

Business

Finanzen

Fallstudien und Theorieentwicklung in den Sozialwissenschaften

von Alexander L. George • 2005

A single case, properly analyzed, reveals what regressions miss: the causal mechanism.

3.81

176

Politik

Soziologie

Psychologie

Fallstudien und Theorieentwicklung in den Sozialwissenschaften

A single case, properly analyzed, reveals what regressions miss: the causal mechanism.

von Alexander L. George 2005 331 Seiten

3.81

176 Bewertungen

Politik

Soziologie

Psychologie

Snoop

von Sam Gosling • 2001

Your records, your mess, your posters: learn to read a room and know anyone fast.

3.36

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Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Selbsthilfe

Snoop

Your records, your mess, your posters: learn to read a room and know anyone fast.

von Sam Gosling 2001 263 Seiten

3.36

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Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Selbsthilfe

Tricks of the Trade

von Howard S. Becker • 1998

How master researchers turn the cases that break their theories into their best proof.

4.06

405

Soziologie

Schreiben

Nachschlagewerk

Tricks of the Trade

How master researchers turn the cases that break their theories into their best proof.

von Howard S. Becker 1998 241 Seiten

4.06

405 Bewertungen

Soziologie

Schreiben

Nachschlagewerk

Social Physics

von Alex Pentland • 2014

Idea flow through social networks predicts team output and city GDP better than individual talent.

3.53

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Wissenschaft

Soziologie

Psychologie

Social Physics

Idea flow through social networks predicts team output and city GDP better than individual talent.

von Alex Pentland 2014 320 Seiten

3.53

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Wissenschaft

Soziologie

Psychologie

The Culture of Fear

von Barry Glassner • 1999

Crime is down, fear is up: the institutions that manufacture dread and the damage they cause.

3.70

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Soziologie

Politik

Psychologie

The Culture of Fear

Crime is down, fear is up: the institutions that manufacture dread and the damage they cause.

von Barry Glassner 1999 361 Seiten

3.70

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Soziologie

Politik

Psychologie

The Happiness Industry

von William Davies • 2015

The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.

3.64

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Politik

Wirtschaft

Soziologie

The Happiness Industry

The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.

von William Davies 2015 320 Seiten

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Politik

Wirtschaft

Soziologie

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

von Leon Festinger • 1957

The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.

4.02

193

Psychologie

Selbsthilfe

Wissenschaft

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.

von Leon Festinger 1957 304 Seiten

4.02

193 Bewertungen

Psychologie

Selbsthilfe

Wissenschaft

The Art of Life

von Zygmunt Bauman • 2008

Getting richer made us shoppers, not happier, and forced endless self-reinvention without ethics.

3.76

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Philosophie

Soziologie

Psychologie

The Art of Life

Getting richer made us shoppers, not happier, and forced endless self-reinvention without ethics.

von Zygmunt Bauman 2008 208 Seiten

3.76

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Philosophie

Soziologie

Psychologie

ADHS bei Erwachsenen

von Thom Hartmann • 2016

ADHD entrepreneurs start 300% more businesses. The reason is evolutionary. Here's the playbook.

3.70

360

Selbsthilfe

Psychologie

Business

ADHS bei Erwachsenen

ADHD entrepreneurs start 300% more businesses. The reason is evolutionary. Here's the playbook.

von Thom Hartmann 2016 174 Seiten

3.70

360 Bewertungen

Selbsthilfe

Psychologie

Business

The Narcissism Epidemic

von Jean M. Twenge • 2009

The self-esteem revolution didn't produce happier kids. It produced an epidemic of entitlement.

3.61

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Psychologie

Soziologie

Kultur

The Narcissism Epidemic

The self-esteem revolution didn't produce happier kids. It produced an epidemic of entitlement.

von Jean M. Twenge 2009 352 Seiten

3.61

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Psychologie

Soziologie

Kultur

The Upswing

von Robert D. Putnam • 2020

America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.

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Geschichte

Politik

Wirtschaft

The Upswing

America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.

von Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 Seiten

3.94

1.000+ Bewertungen

Geschichte

Politik

Wirtschaft

Theories of Personality

von Duane P. Schultz • 2000

What if every theory of personality began as self-explanation? The classic survey, now updated.

3.96

486

Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Nachschlagewerk

Theories of Personality

What if every theory of personality began as self-explanation? The classic survey, now updated.

von Duane P. Schultz 2000 532 Seiten

3.96

486 Bewertungen

Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Nachschlagewerk

Sociology

von Steve Bruce • 2000

Simplicity sells, black and white wins, and hourly billing loses. A logo designer's manual.

3.38

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Design

Business

Kunst

Sociology

Simplicity sells, black and white wins, and hourly billing loses. A logo designer's manual.

von Steve Bruce 2000 128 Seiten

3.38

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Design

Business

Kunst

The Trouble with Diversity

von Walter Benn Michaels • 2006

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

3.59

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Politik

Soziologie

Wirtschaft

The Trouble with Diversity

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

von Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 Seiten

3.59

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Politik

Soziologie

Wirtschaft

X Saves the World

von Jeff Gordinier • 2008

The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.

3.45

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Soziologie

Geschichte

Culture

X Saves the World

The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.

von Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 Seiten

3.45

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Soziologie

Geschichte

Culture

Classics of Public Administration

von Jay M. Shafritz • 1978

From ancient duty to modern governance: the readings that built public administration.

3.65

287

Schule

Politik

Bildung

Classics of Public Administration

From ancient duty to modern governance: the readings that built public administration.

von Jay M. Shafritz 1978 606 Seiten

3.65

287 Bewertungen

Schule

Politik

Bildung

How Pleasure Works

von Paul Bloom • 2010

You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.

3.71

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Psychologie

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Philosophie

How Pleasure Works

You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.

von Paul Bloom 2010 302 Seiten

3.71

3.000+ Bewertungen

Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Philosophie

Days in the Lives of Social Workers

von Linda May Grobman • 1999

Fifty-eight social workers walk you through one day in a job everyone thinks they understand.

3.97

267

Soziale Gerechtigkeit

Soziologie

Career

Days in the Lives of Social Workers

Fifty-eight social workers walk you through one day in a job everyone thinks they understand.

von Linda May Grobman 1999 448 Seiten

3.97

267 Bewertungen

Soziale Gerechtigkeit

Soziologie

Career

Mismeasuring Our Lives

von Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2009

GDP tracks factories, not welfare. A Nobel economist's blueprint for a better number.

3.74

338

Wirtschaft

Politik

Soziologie

Mismeasuring Our Lives

GDP tracks factories, not welfare. A Nobel economist's blueprint for a better number.

von Joseph E. Stiglitz 2009 172 Seiten

3.74

338 Bewertungen

Wirtschaft

Politik

Soziologie

Das Ende der Welt, wie wir sie kennen

von Immanuel Wallerstein • 1999

The modern world-system emerged in the 1500s. It will not survive this century.

4.01

137

Soziologie

Politik

Wirtschaft

Das Ende der Welt, wie wir sie kennen

The modern world-system emerged in the 1500s. It will not survive this century.

von Immanuel Wallerstein 1999 288 Seiten

4.01

137 Bewertungen

Soziologie

Politik

Wirtschaft

Face Value

von Alexander Todorov • 2017

Split-second face judgments are mostly wrong. They still sway elections, loans, and death sentences.

4.01

114

Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Soziologie

Face Value

Split-second face judgments are mostly wrong. They still sway elections, loans, and death sentences.

von Alexander Todorov 2017 323 Seiten

4.01

114 Bewertungen

Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Soziologie

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

von Glenn Geher • 2012

Evolution wired your brain for courtship: the hidden skills that run your love life.

3.70

210

Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Evolution

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

Evolution wired your brain for courtship: the hidden skills that run your love life.

von Glenn Geher 2012 298 Seiten

3.70

210 Bewertungen

Psychologie

Wissenschaft

Evolution

Our Kids

von Robert D. Putnam • 2015

1% daily improvement yields a 365% annual gain, but only in the accounts that truly matter.

4.04

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Selbsthilfe

Persönlichkeitsentwicklung

Motivational

Our Kids

1% daily improvement yields a 365% annual gain, but only in the accounts that truly matter.

von Robert D. Putnam 2015 386 Seiten

4.04

4.000+ Bewertungen

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Persönlichkeitsentwicklung

Motivational

Social Intelligence

von Karl Albrecht • 2005

Five dimensions of social intelligence, from reading a room to projecting presence, that IQ misses.

3.63

386

Psychologie

Selbsthilfe

Business

Social Intelligence

Five dimensions of social intelligence, from reading a room to projecting presence, that IQ misses.

von Karl Albrecht 2005 289 Seiten

3.63

386 Bewertungen

Psychologie

Selbsthilfe

Business

Hidden Order

von David D. Friedman • 1996

Economics isn't about money: it's a toolkit for human behavior, from marriage to murder.

3.75

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Wirtschaft

Business

Politik

Hidden Order

Economics isn't about money: it's a toolkit for human behavior, from marriage to murder.

von David D. Friedman 1996 352 Seiten

3.75

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Wirtschaft

Business

Politik

How to Feel Confident

von Leil Lowndes • 2009

Shyness can be unlearned. The body language, voice, and gradual exposure methods that actually work.

3.63

239

Selbsthilfe

Psychologie

Persönlichkeitsentwicklung

How to Feel Confident

Shyness can be unlearned. The body language, voice, and gradual exposure methods that actually work.

von Leil Lowndes 2009 288 Seiten

3.63

239 Bewertungen

Selbsthilfe

Psychologie

Persönlichkeitsentwicklung

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