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Changing gear : creating the life you want after a full on career / Jan Hall, Jon Stokes.

Filled with case studies of people who have transitioned from one career to another, or stepped back from work to embrace retirement, this book shines a light on the underlying, and sometimes unconscious, psychological and social dynamics involved. It offers insight, advice and a practical 7-step transition plan to help the reader make decisions and take account of their domestic and professional situations, looking at what's important and how to cope with change, and providing a road map for the future and all the different opportunities it may bring.
Author: Hall, Jan (Executive recruiter)
Published: London : Headline, 2022.
352 pages ; 20 cm

High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 650.14 HAL - Available - 95100000356192

Capital in the twenty-first century [electronic resource] / Thomas Piketty ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.

What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In this title, Thomas Piketty analyses a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the 18th century, to uncover key economic and social patterns.
Author: Piketty, Thomas, 1971-
Published: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2017.
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eBook - 332.041 - If you have a valid Buckinghamshire library card and PIN, please click here for access - Electronically available (Set: 05 May 2020) - EDZ0002199716BUCCS

Surrounded by idiots [electronic resource] : The four types of human behaviour (or, how to understand those who cannot be understood)

Do you ever think you’re the only one making any sense? Or tried to reason with your partner with disastrous results? Do long, rambling answers drive you crazy? Or does your colleague’s abrasive manner get your back up? You are not alone. After a disastrous meeting with a highly successful entrepreneur, who was genuinely convinced he was ‘surrounded by idiots’, communication expert and bestselling author, Thomas Erikson dedicated himself to understanding how people function and why we often struggle to connect with certain types of people. The book offers a simple, yet ground-breaking method for assessing the personalities of people we communicate with – in and out of the office – based on four personality types (Red, Blue, Green and Yellow), and provides insights into how we can adjust the way(s) we speak and share information. Erikson will help you understand yourself better, hone communication and social skills, handle conflict with confidence, improve dynamics with your boss and team, and get the best out of the people you deal with and manage. He also shares simple tricks on body language, improving written communication and advice on when to back away or when to push on, and when to speak up or indeed shut up. Packed with ‘aha!’ and ‘oh no!’ moments, Surrounded by Idiots will help you understand and influence those around you, even people you currently think are beyond all comprehension. And with a bit of luck you can also be confident that the idiot out there isn’t you!
Author: Erikson, Thomas
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Ebury Digital, 2019
1 online resource (1 text file)

eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eBook - 302.2 - If you have a valid Buckinghamshire library card and PIN, please click here for access - Electronically available (Set: 14 Apr 2020) - EDZ0002128104BUCCS

Such a Fun Age [electronic resource] / Kiley Reid

_______________ 'Essential. This year's hit debut' - Guardian 'A biting tale of race and class' - Sunday Times 'I couldn't put this down' - Jojo Moyes _______________ The instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Longlisted for the Booker Prize A Times, Guardian, Sunday Times, Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, Red, Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan Book of the Year _______________ When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for 'kidnapping' the white child she's actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of intentions, resolves to make things right. But Emira herself is aimless, broke and wary of Alix's desire to help. When a surprising connection emerges between the two women, it sends them on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know – about themselves, each other, and the messy dynamics of privilege. _______________ 'Bites into the zeitgeist then spits it out with gusto. You really should read it, ASAP' - Stylist 'About power dynamics, race, social commentary, and also why and how we are the woman we are' - Pandora Sykes 'An extraordinarily deft debut, written with wisdom, kindness and sharp humour' - Daily Mail 'A beautiful tale of how we live now' - Elizabeth Day _______________ A Reese Witherspoon and Zoella Book Club Pick
Author: Reid, Kiley
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020
1 online resource (1 text file)
Average rating: (1 review)
Available online: Excerpt

eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eBook - 813.6 - If you have a valid Buckinghamshire library card and PIN, please click here for access - Electronically available (Set: 14 Apr 2020) - EDZ0002171532BUCCS

The power paradox : how we gain and lose influence / Dacher Keltner.

A concise, paradigm-shifting account of the power dynamics that shape everyday life - from the board room to the dinner table, the playground to the bedroom. The Machiavellian view of power as a coercive force is one of the deepest currents in our culture, yet new psychological research reveals this vision to be dead wrong. Influence is gained instead through social intelligence and empathy - but ironically the seductions of power make us lose the very qualities that made us powerful in the first place. By drawing on fascinating case studies that debunk longstanding myths, Dacher Keltner illuminates this 'power paradox', revealing how it shapes not just boardrooms and elections but everyday relationships, and affects whether or not we will have an affair, break the law or find our purpose in life.
Author: Keltner, Dacher
Published: London : Penguin Books, 2017.
240 pages

Amersham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 303.3 KEL - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024 - 95100000413745

Testosterone rex : unmaking the myths of our gendered minds / Cordelia Fine.

'Testosterone Rex' is the powerful myth that squashes hopes of sex equality by telling us that men and women have evolved different natures. Fixed in an ancestral past that rewarded competitive men and caring women, these differences are supposedly re-created in each generation by sex hormones and male and female brains. Testosterone, so we're told, is the very essence of masculinity, and biological sex is a fundamental force in our development. Not so, says psychologist Cordelia Fine, who shows, with wit and panache, that sex doesn't create male and female natures. Instead, sex, hormones, culture and evolution work together in ways that make past and present gender dynamics only a serving suggestion for the future - not a recipe.
Author: Fine, Cordelia
Published: London : Icon, 2017.
265 pages ; 23 cm

High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 155.33 FIN - Available - 153679020

Martin Luther : renegade and prophet / Lyndal Roper.

When on 31st October, 1517 an unknown monk nailed a theological pamphlet to the church door in a small German university town, he set in motion a process that ushered in the modern age. His attempts to reform Christianity would split the Western Church, divide Europe and polarise people's beliefs, leading to religious persecution, social unrest and war; in the long run his ideas would help break the grip of religion on every sphere of life. Yet Luther was a deeply flawed human being: a fervent believer tormented by spiritual doubts; a prolific writer whose translation of the Bible would shape the German language; a married ex-monk who liberated human sexuality from the stigma of sin; a religious fundamentalist, Jew-hater, and political reactionary. Here, Roper reveals the often contradictory psychological forces that drove Luther forward and the dynamics they unleashed.
Author: Roper, Lyndal
Published: London : The Bodley Head, 2016.
xiii, 577 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B- LUT ROP - Available - 153289479

Chocolate, women and empire : a social and cultural history / Emma Robertson.

From 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' to 'Chocolat', chocolate has a special place in Western culture. But what are the hidden histories behind this luxurious commodity? This book examines chocolate production from cocoa bean to chocolate box, illuminating the dynamics of gender, race and empire which have structured the cocoa chain.
Author: Robertson, Emma, 1976-
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013.
264 pages ; 22 cm.
Studies in imperialism

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 338.17374 ROB - Available - 151617662

Tourism and recreation in rural areas / edited by Richard Butler, C. Michael Hall and John Jenkins.

This text considers the effects of rural recreation and tourism with special reference to: the economics of rural restructuring; public sector rural policies; imaging and reimaging; the social dynamics of rural change; and sustainability.
Published: Chichester : Wiley, 1998.
xii, 261p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 338.4791 - Adult non fiction - Available - 13355588X

Leadership dynamics : a practical guide to effective relationships / Edwin P. Hollander.

Author: Hollander, Edwin P. (Edwin Paul), 1927-
Published: New York : Free Press ; London : Collier Macmillan, 1978.
xii,212p. : 1 ill. ; 24cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 658.4 - Adult non fiction - Available - 001885077

An introduction to tourism and anthropology / Peter M. Burns.

Written in a very accessible way for students, this text explains how anthropology is integral to the study of tourism dynamics. End of chapter summaries, questions and guides for further reading are included.
Author: Burns, Peter, 1948 Dec. 25-
Published: London : Routledge, 1999.
xii, 188p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 338.4791 - Adult non fiction - Available - 128307482

The language of liberty : 1660-1832 : political discourse and social dynamics in the Anglo-American world / J C D Clark.

Author: Clark, J C D.
Published: C.U.P., 1994.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 323.44 - Adult non fiction - Available - 045135490

Latin America : the dynamics of social change / edited by Stefan A. Halper & John R. Sterling ; contributors Gino Germani...[and others].

Author: Halper, Stefan A.
Published: London (6a Noel St., W1V 3RB) : Allison and Busby Ltd, 1972.
xx,220p. ; 23cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 301.29'8 - Adult non fiction - Available - 002627373

Planned organizational change : a study in change dynamics / by Garth N. Jones.

Author: Jones, Garth N.
Published: London : Routledge & K. Paul, 1968[i.e.1969]
xxiv,243p. : ill. ; 23cm.
International library of sociology and social reconstruction

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 250.942 - Adult non fiction - Available - 045531222

Group processes : dynamics within and between groups / Rupert Brown.

Author: Brown, Rupert
Published: Blackwell, 1988.
[256]p : ill.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 302.3 - Adult non fiction - Available - 111128655

Adolescence and delinquency : the collective management of reputation

In this book the authors present a new explanation for delinquency by asking about the social dynamics of behaviour and misbehaviour. The central thesis is to explain why so many young people choose to pursue delinquent reputations.
Author: Emler, Nicholas
Published: Oxford : Blackwell, 1995.
240p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Social psychology and society

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 302.5 - Adult non fiction - Available - 11109289X

Resolving social conflicts : selected papers on group dynamics / by Kurt Lewin ; edited by Gertrud Weiss Lewin ; foreword by Gordon W. Allport.

Author: Lewin, Kurt
Published: London : Souvenir Press, 1973.
xviii,230p. : ill ; 22cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 301.1'08 - Adult non fiction - Available - 116525317

High tech, high touch : technology and our accelerated search for meaning / John Naisbitt with Nana Naisbitt and Douglas Philips.

This text offers perspectives and insights on the interplay between technology and people. It is a tour of our contemporary technology immersion, and the author sets out to explain the new dynamics of our cultures and where each of us fits in.
Author: Naisbitt, John
Published: London : Nicholas Brealey, 2001.
xix, 274p. ; 24 cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 303.483 - Adult non fiction - Available - 142333203

Vital lies, simple truths : the psychology of self-deception / Daniel Goleman.

This is a penetrating analysis of the ways in which we deceive ourselves. Daniel Goleman draws on evidence of all kinds - from brain function to social dynamics - to reveal how we distort our most intimate relationships and our day to day lives.
Author: Goleman, Daniel
Published: London : Bloomsbury, 1997.
287p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 155.2 - Adult non fiction - Available - 116939964