Po Bronson
Author
Language
English
Description
Award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science of child development have been overlooked. The authors discuss the inverse power of praise, why insufficient sleep adversely affects kids' capacity to learn, why white parents don't talk about race, why kids lie, why evaluation methods for "giftedness"...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Studying competitive arenas from the workplace, the stock market, sports, politics, the military and schools and using the latest findings in genetics, neuroscience and behavioral psychology, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman unveil the astounding, often counter-intuitive truths about how we compete and the crucial ingredients that sometimes stand between winning and losing.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Po Bronson takes us on an extraordinary journey
Calling upon his gift for powerful nonfiction narrative and philosophical insight Po Bronson explores the incredibly complicated feelings that we have for our families.
Each chapter introduces us to people and we come to know them intimately, following the story of their relationship as they struggle resiliently through the kinds of hardships all families endure. Some of...
Calling upon his gift for powerful nonfiction narrative and philosophical insight Po Bronson explores the incredibly complicated feelings that we have for our families.
Each chapter introduces us to people and we come to know them intimately, following the story of their relationship as they struggle resiliently through the kinds of hardships all families endure. Some of...
Author
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
What should I do with my life? It's a question many of us have wondered with frequency. Author Po Bronson was asking himself that very question when he decided to write this book - an inspiring exploration of how people transform their lives and a template for how we can answer this question for ourselves. Po traveled the country in search of individuals who have struggled to find their calling, their true nature. People who made mistakes before getting...
7) Bombardiers
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
A satire on the world of financial markets. The protagonists are bond traders, some pushing shady bonds to a gullible public, others barely understanding what they are doing. All are on a perpetual high of easy money. Lots of insider details, the author having been a bond salesman.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
"This is a defining portrait of young people in the whirl of an information revolution and an international gold rush. Masses of entrepreneurs and tech wizards, immigrants and investors, dreamers and visionaries are heading west to seek their fortune and a new destiny."
Author
Series
Publisher
Twelve, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In Decoding the World, Po Bronson and Arvind Gupta--two renegade venture capitalists from Silicon Valley--take everyday news headlines and decode them, leading us on a journey through their twisted and highly entertaining view of the world. Each chapter is prefaced with a real-world headline ripped from today's chaotic news cycle: Trump's trade war. Dying bees. Rogue planets. Beyond Meat. Glaciers melting. Bronson and Gupta then decipher what's really...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A tale of dirty tricks in Silicon Valley starring whiz kid Andy Caspar, who is given the job of designing a computer that could sell for under $300. Caspar recruits a team and begins working. As word spreads that the team is on the verge of a breakthrough, fellow whiz kids see it as a threat and proceed to torpedo the project. By the author of Bombardiers.