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Catch your friends 'loading the dice', or broadcasters committing the 'fallacy of the complex question'. Learn how to spot false dichotomies, gambler's fallacies and unflagrant contradictions, and add 'slippery slopes' and 'post hoc fallacies' to your rhetorical toolkit. This book provides a rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. 

Author: Julian Baggini

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Set in 1973 Cape Town, this exceptional debut novel follows eleven-year-old Marnus, a boy growing up in a prominent, elite Afrikaner military family. When a mysterious visitor named Mr. Smith arrives at their home, a quiet but irreversible shift shatters Marnus's world, exposing a deep undercurrent of hypocrisy and disillusionment. Serving as a poignant indictment of apartheid's complex realities, this deeply moving work safely secures its place alongside the finest masterpieces of South African literature.

Author: Mark Behr

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This is the story of how a skinny little kid from Kenilworth in Cape Town managed to travel halfway around the world without sponsorship, and then outwit, outsmart and outperform the world's best-paid professional athletes on a day that changed his life, and the sport of big-wave surfing, forever... Big-wave surfer Chris Bertish was the first South African to brave the monster waves of Mavericks, winning the Mavericks Big Wave Invitational surfing event in the biggest and heaviest waves ever recorded in the history of the sport. That same year, he finished third on the Big Wave World Tour, despite only surfing three of the five events.

Author: Chris Bertish

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Bill Bryson turns his gaze inwards, to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us. As he guides us around the human body to discover how it  functions, what can go wrong and its remarkable ability to heal itself, what emerges is that we are infinitely more complex, wondrous and mysterious than any of us might have suspected. From our genes to our linguistic skills, our big brains to our dextrous fingertips, we are an astonishing story of success. And the history of how we have tried to master our biology and stave off disease is full of forgotten heroes, astounding anecdotes and extraordinary facts. 

Author: Bill Bryson

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Author: Arthur Bryant

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Permits the reader to determine his own I.Q. In the first part of it the well-known author of Sense and Nonsense in Psychology and Uses and Abuses of Psychology describes clearly what an I.Q. is, how it can be applied, and what the shortcomings of this system of rating may be.  The second part of the book contains eight sets of forty I.Q. problems each, and these are graduated from 'quite easy' to 'very difficult'. There are tables for converting results into an I.Q. rating, and also explanations of the problems, together with the right answers, at the end of the book.

Author: H.J. Eysenck

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Two Years Before the Mast is challenged only by Melville's Moby Dick—a work heavily influenced by Dana's superior, factual descriptions of a seaman's real life under sail. Adhering closely to fact in every particular, this proper Bostonian gives everything its true character, recording his experiences in merchant ships with profound imaginative insight. 

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Author: Richard Henry Dana

Extra Note: Roughly a quarter of the book's pages at the back are separating about 1/2cm up from the bottom gutter, but are not fully detached or falling out. 

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A fascinating, mind-bending exploration of everything your brain does without you ever knowing it. In Incognito, celebrated neuroscientist David Eagleman takes us deep into the subconscious mind to answer everyday mysteries—like how we hear our name in a crowded room or why secrets are so hard to keep. Written in an incredibly accessible, gripping style, this New York Times bestseller dismantles our ideas of conscious control, offering a brilliant look at the hidden world that drives human behavior.

Author: David Eagleman

Extra Note: The wave seen on the photos is not water damage, it is just slightly indented there. The book is still in a very good condition overall.

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The Waste Land: A Casebook is a scholarly companion to T.S. Eliot's landmark poem The Waste Land. Compiled as part of the Macmillan Casebook Series, the volume brings together Eliot's own comments on the poem, early reviews, critical reactions, and major scholarly essays. Designed to help readers understand the poem's development, reception, and interpretation, the collection provides a broad overview of critical responses to one of the most influential works of twentieth-century literature. It serves as both an introduction to Eliot's poem and a valuable reference for students and readers of modernist literature.

Author: C.B. Cox and Arnold P. Hinchliffe

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Lolly Daskal reveals a powerful truth: the very personality traits that propel us to the top can become our ultimate undoing if left unchecked. Daskal breaks down human leadership into seven distinct archetypes—such as the Rebel, the Explorer, and the Truth Teller—and exposes the shadow 'gap' side that accompanies each one. By learning to recognize these hidden patterns, readers gain invaluable educational insight into their own psychological traps. Compelling, actionable, and profoundly insightful, this brilliant resource shows you exactly how to conquer your inner obstacles and elevate your impact to achieve your true potential.

Author: Lolly Daskal

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Scripture contains an entire book called Lamentations, yet many of us skip straight to pretending everything is perfect. "No More Faking Fine is your permission slip to cry out loud, to shout, to be angry, and to enter into a raw, authentic relationship with God.

Author: Esther Fleece

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Richard P. Feynman inspired a generation of students across the world with his energetic, unorthodox style of teaching. An outstanding communicator, he presented complex problems in simplified, understandable terms, returning to the fundamentals of physics and illuminating key concepts in a fresh and dynamic way.

Drawn from his celebrated and landmark text Lectures on Physics, this collection of essays reveals Feynman's distinctive style while introducing the essentials of physics to the general reader. The topics explored include atoms, the fundamentals of physics and its relation to other sciences, the theory of gravitation and quantum behaviour.

Author: Richard P. Feynman

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