For many, doing good work that also does good in the world is part of the ethos of design practice. Just Design celebrates and explores this increasingly critical aspect of design by showcasing a diverse collection of inspiring projects, people and causes.Look inside to explore more than 140 exceptional design solutions from many of the world's leading designers and discover new work from emerging voices.Dig deeper by reading the story behind every included...

When traffic grinds to a halt on a highway, it is rarely due to blocked lanes; it is caused by the unavoidable human urge to slow down and stare at a horrific car crash. Society shames this behavior as "rubbernecking" or morbid curiosity, dismissing it as a cruel lack of empathy. In reality, it is a hardwired, highly specialized evolutionary survival mechanism. This book explores the neurological architecture of our macabre fascinations. When the brain detects a catastrophic event, the amy...

Common Ground is the second release from Christian author Jacob Christopher Simmons, joinmovement.org and RAP Books. When God doesn't answer a prayer the way you want and when you want, it doesn't mean it wasn't heard and it doesn't necessarily mean the answer is "no." Giving you what you asked for just may not be in your best interest right now or the timing may be off. We see today tactically, but God sees tomorrow strategically. In military terms, He has the high ground and sees over th...

From the beginning, God establishes his desire for us to be fashioned by Him and not by man. To boldly acclaim that we have been fiercely made as His creation, standing firm in knowing that we are deliberately developed for His purpose and plans, to seek to endure the fire that forges us into His likeness so we may rightly present ourselves a living sacrifice to Him, and to humbly submit ourselves to be manipulated and molded under His influence and at His hand. To be a Made-Man, not man-m...

From two New York Times-bestselling psychologists, “an engaging master class in how to foil purveyors of false promises” (Philip E. Tetlock, author of Superforecasting)From phishing scams to Ponzi schemes, fraudulent science to fake art, chess cheaters to crypto hucksters, and marketers to magicians, our world brims with deception. In Nobody’s Fool, psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris show us how to avoid being taken in. T...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Our minds don’t work the way we think they do. Two renowned psychologists explain how and why our intuitions lead us astray, “[spinning] the plain world [we] know into a wonderment of surprising new insights” (Time).“A must-read for anyone who wants to better understand how the mind works.”—Associated PressIn The Invisible Gorilla, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, creators of one ...

For over a century, *The Wind in the Willows* has charmed readers of all ages with its delightful characters—Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and the ever-mischievous Toad. The enchanting tales of these four friends, whether embarking on thrilling escapades, indulging in humorous antics, or simply basking in the serenity by the banks of the River Thames, promise to surprise and captivate anyone who ventures into their world.This timeless story weaves a tapestry of magical whimsy and sparkl...

Two New York Times-bestselling psychologists explain the science of cons—and how we can avoid themFrom phishing scams to Ponzi schemes, fraudulent science to fake art, chess cheaters to crypto hucksters, and marketers to magicians, our world brims with deception. In Nobody’s Fool, psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris show us how to avoid being taken in. They describe the key habits of thinking and reasoning that serve us well most o...

What are the experiences of children and young people?How can we think about the challenges they face?What systems and practices can support them?How can we develop greater equality, participation and inclusion across diverse settings?This second edition of Equality, Participation and Inclusion 1: Diverse Perspectives is the first of two Readers aimed at people with an interest in issues of equality, participation and inclusion for children...

Made to Stick by Chip Heath meets Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe in this guide to navigating today's post-truth landscape, filled with examples of modern-day propaganda campaigns.We're bombarded with information like never before. Some of it's true, some of it's spin, and some of it's flat-out fake news. And that's by design. Propaganda helps governments and corporations sell us products, lifestyles, and ideas. Sometimes the agenda is harmless,...

A soaring intellectual narrative starring the radical, brilliant, and provocative philosophers Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil, and Ayn Rand by the critically acclaimed author of Time of the Magicians, Wolfram EilenbergerThe period from 1933 to 1943 was one of the darkest and most chaotic in human history, as the Second World War unfolded with unthinkable cruelty. It was also a crucial decade in the dramatic, intersecting lives of some of hi...

A seasoned peacebuilder and acclaimed expert on violence explains the five reasons why conflict (rarely) blooms into war and how to interrupt that deadly processIt’s easy to overlook the underlying strategic forces of war, to see it solely as a series of errors, accidents, and emotions gone awry. It’s also easy to forget that war shouldn’t happen—and most of the time it doesn’t. Around the world, there are millions of hostile rivalries, yet only a fraction erupt in...