my mind on books

The “Big Deal on Kindle” sale is running through Oct 27. (Note that “Individual books may have additional territory restrictions, and not all deals are available in all territories. Amazon may modify the selection of books offered at any time.”)

Selections include:

Volume: Writings on Graphic Design, Music, Art, and Culture for $3.99.

Creativity 101 (Psych 101) for $3.99.

Just in time for NaNoWriMo: Write Your Novel in a Month: How to Complete a First Draft in 30 Days and What to Do Next for $3.99.

A Mathematician’s Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form for $1.99

Change Anything (Enhanced Edition): The New Science of Personal Success for $3.99

A new batch of Monthly Kindle Ebook Deals for $3.99 or Less: Kindle Store at http://t.co/RrJrMwMy60 http://t.co/uNy3StTz6l via @amazon

— Debbie A Foster (@mymindonbooks) October 1, 2013

Videos from the conference held on 9/28/13 are available at FORA.tv. The first session is embedded below:

The Biology and Psychology of Ethical Behavior from Being Human on FORA.tv

Related reading:

Books by Robert Sapolsky

Presenter Joshua Greene has a forthcoming book: Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them (Oct 31, 2013)

Susan Fiske’s recent book is Envy Up, Scorn Down: How Status Divides Us (2012)

Books by Paul Ekman, Emotional Awareness: Overcoming the Obstacles to Psychological Balance and Compassion by the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman (2008, 2009)

Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being by Esther Sternberg (2009, 2010)

The Emotional Life of Your Brain by Richard J. Davidson and Sharon Begley (2012)

Why Him? Why Her?: Finding Real Love By Understanding Your Personality Type by Helen Fisher (2009, 2010)

Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior by Peter Gray and Justin Garcia (2013)

Laurie Santos at TED.com

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman (2011, 2012)

The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future ed. by Max More and Natasha Vita-More (2013)

Jer Thorp’s blog

Today’s Kindle Daily Deal features over 65 titles for $2.99 or less, including:

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina for $1.99.

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace for $1.99.

(Note: “Individual titles may have additional territory restrictions, and not all deals are available in all territories.”)

When: The Art of Perfect Timing by Stuart Albert (Jossey-Bass, 2013)

(kindle ed.), (amazon.co.uk)

Book description from the publisher:

An elegant and counterintuitive guide to achieving perfect timing
Timing is everything. Whether we are making strategic business decisions or the smallest personal choice, we must decide not only what to do, but when to do it. Act too early—or too late—and the results can be disastrous. Based on a 20-year investigation into more than 2,000 timing issues and errors, When presents a single and practical approach for dealing with timing in life and business. Good timing, Albert argues, is not just a matter of luck, intuition, or past experience—all of which may be unreliable—but a skill. He describes that skill and details the tools and methods needed to conduct a successful timing analysis.

• The book is the first to offer an efficient and comprehensive way to think through any timing issue
• Filled with dozens of lively stories illustrating good and bad timing in all walks of life—business, warfare, medicine, sports, entertainment and the arts
• Written by Stuart Albert, one of the foremost timing experts in the world and developer of the first practical, research-based method for turning the skill of timing into a competitive advantage

Engaging and counterintuitive, When will show everyone, regardless of the work they do, or the life they live, that “it’s all in the timing.”

See also:
When – excerpt (pdf of Chapter 1) from publisher’s website