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The New York Times bestselling authors of Freakonomics offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems, whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms.
Levitt and Dubner take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally-- to think, that is, like a Freak. Whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms, you'll learn to put...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
"For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally complex, excessive, and inadvisable that no one would ever try it. [This book] is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole." -- From book jacket flap.
For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally complex, excessive,...
5) Wild ideas
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"A new book that celebrates the 'nature' of creative problem solving"--Front jacket flap.
Author
Series
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Throughout life, many situations require problem-solving skills. It's never too early to start developing this important skill. Readers will look for clues and use them to find answers to tricky problems. These stimulating brainteasers are fun activities that help strengthen key comprehension and deduction skills. Colorful illustrations and concise text ensure that puzzles are accessible to readers of many levels and ages." -- Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"A philosophy and practice of asking the deeper, more essential questions required to address the complex problems we face as individuals, businesses, and a society. The rational mind prefers answers over questions. But we live in irrational times. AlbertEinstein once said: "If I had sixty minutes to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I'd spend fifty-five minutes determining the right question to ask." At a time when our problems are too...
8) Evergreen
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Formats
Description
"It is 1938 when Eveline, a young bride, follows her husband into the wilderness of Minnesota. Though their cabin is rundown, they have a river full of fish, a garden out back, and a new baby boy named Hux. But when Emil leaves to take care of his sick father, the unthinkable happens: a stranger arrives, and Eveline becomes pregnant. She gives the child away, and while Hux grows up hunting and fishing in the woods with his parents, his sister, Naamah,...
Author
Publisher
Compendium Kids
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
What do you do with a problem? Especially one that follows you around and doesn't seem to be going away? Do you worry about it? Ignore it? Do you run and hide from it? This is the story of a persistent problem and the child who isn't so sure what to make of it. The longer the problem is avoided, the bigger it seems to get. But when the child finally musters up the courage to face it, the problem turns out to be something quite different than it appeared....
13) Go away!
Author
Series
Publisher
G. Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Two brief stories demonstrate the importance of looking at a situation from another person's point of view when both of you want the same thing.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
©2004
Description
Blue's school: Blue and Steve are playing school ; Something to do: Blue and Steve are looking for something to do and Mr. Salt has just the right recipe ; Rhyme time: Steve's playing poet, but what does Blue want to rhyme about? ; Puppets: Blue wants to tell a story with puppets.
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