PAPERBACK ORIGINAL From the bestselling cartoonist of The Cartoon History of the Universe comes an explosive graphic takedown of capitalismBestselling “overeducated cartoonist” Larry Gonick has delighted readers for years with sharp, digestible, and funny accounts of everything from the history of the universe to the intricacies of calculus. Now Gonick teams up with psychologist and scholar Tim Kasser to create an accessible and pointed cartoon guide to ho...

An entertaining and informative illustrated guide that makes world history accessible, appealing, and funny.

Here's a new installment of the phenomenal bestseller that Publishers Weekly selected as one of the twelve graphic books of all time. Spanning ages and continents from Ancient India to Rome and China in A.D. 600, Volume II is hip, funny, and full of info.B & W illustrations.

A comprehensive new illustrated guide to geometry—from New York Times bestselling cartoonist Larry GonickWhat's the point of points? Where do we draw the line? If there are two sides to everything, then what's up with triangles, squares, and polygons?Once again, mathematician-turned-cartoonist Larry Gonick uses his unique gift for witty, lively, and clear exposition to demystify another complex subject: geometry.Moving from the most basic geometrical concep...

A complete—and completely enjoyable—new illustrated guide to calculusMaster cartoonist Larry Gonick has already given readers the history of the world in cartoon form. Now, Gonick, a Harvard-trained mathematician, offers a comprehensive and up-to-date illustrated course in first-year calculus that demystifies the world of functions, limits, derivatives, and integrals. Using clear and helpful graphics—and delightful humor to lighten what is frequently a tough subject—he teaches all ...

A comprehensive and illustrated 21st-century primer on the basics of economics—if you think “monopsonies” is just the way a drunk person says “monopolies,” that subsidies are cities beneath a city, or that gross domestic product refers to the manure market, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Economics to demystify the macro and micro!Award-winning, New York Times bestselling, Harvard-educated cartoonist Larry Gonick returns to supply his audience’...

A comprehensive and illustrated 21st-century primer on the basics of economics—if you think “monopsonies” is just the way a drunk person says “monopolies,” that subsidies are cities beneath a city, or that gross domestic product refers to the manure market, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Economics to demystify the macro and micro! Award-winning, New York Times bestselling, Harvard-educated cartoonist Larry Gonick returns to supply his audience’s deman...

A Book of the Year in The Economist and Daily MailA Barack Obama 2024 Summer Reading List Pick'One of the most important non-fiction books of the year' - Sunday TimesBoys are 50% more likely than girls to fail at all three key school subjects: maths, reading and scienceIn the US, the wages of most men are lower today than they were in 1979, while women's wa...

If you want to 'change lives, change organisations, change the world,' the Stanford business school's motto, you need power.Is power the last dirty secret or the secret to success? Both. While power carries some negative connotations, power is a tool that can be used for good or evil. Don't blame the tool for how some people used it.Rooted firmly in social science research, Pfeffer's 7 rules provide a manual for increasing your ability to get thing...

The world's greatest mental mathematical magician takes us on a spellbinding journey through the wonders of numbers (and more)"Arthur Benjamin . . . joyfully shows you how to make nature's numbers dance." -- Bill Nye (the science guy)The Magic of Math is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examples-from ice-cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squares-this book revels in key mat...

Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. Diversity training programs have had limited success, and individual effort alone often invites backlash. Behavioral design offers a new solution. By de-biasing organizations instead of individuals, we can make smart changes that have big impacts. Presenting research-based solutions, Iris Bohnet hands us the tools we need to move ...

How do we prepare children for a future we can't even imagine?Across Canada, a debate swirls around what our children will need to know in the face of huge technological, economic, social and political change. The question has become an ideological battleground, and there is a hunger for a deeper understanding of what we should be doing to prepare children now for the challenges of the future. This timely, important book is an answer to that call.In Pus...