Recherche

Les livres de recherche éclairent l'art et la science de l'investigation systématique, offrant des conseils d'experts sur tout, de la méthodologie académique à l'analyse de marché en passant par l'exploration créative. Ces guides pratiques fournissent aux lecteurs des techniques éprouvées pour collecter des données, dégager des perspectives et transformer des informations brutes en découvertes significatives.

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Le Manuel de l'Ellipse

par Chase Hughes • 2017

How a former interrogator scores deception, maps hidden needs, and plants commands no one detects.

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🎯 Persuasion Techniques 🔍 Behavioral Analysis 👁️ Body Language 🕶️ Covert Influence 🧠 Neuro-Linguistic Programming

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Le Manuel de l'Ellipse

How a former interrogator scores deception, maps hidden needs, and plants commands no one detects.

par Chase Hughes 2017 412 pages

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🎯 Persuasion Techniques 🔍 Behavioral Analysis 👁️ Body Language 🕶️ Covert Influence 🧠 Neuro-Linguistic Programming

Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream

par Robert I. Simon • 1996

The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.

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🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🔍 Criminal Psychology 💔 Empathy Deficits 👹 Dehumanization 🌑 Human Darkness

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Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream

The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.

par Robert I. Simon 1996 339 pages

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🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🔍 Criminal Psychology 💔 Empathy Deficits 👹 Dehumanization 🌑 Human Darkness

How to Cheat at Everything

par Simon Lovell • 2006

The one move every con relies on: making you think you've found a sure thing.

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🎭 Con Artistry 🃏 Card Cheating 🎲 Street Hustles 🧠 Social Engineering 🎯 Odds And Probability

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How to Cheat at Everything

The one move every con relies on: making you think you've found a sure thing.

par Simon Lovell 2006 456 pages

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🎭 Con Artistry 🃏 Card Cheating 🎲 Street Hustles 🧠 Social Engineering 🎯 Odds And Probability

Everybody's Guide to Natural ESP

par Ingo Swann • 1991

Why remote viewing pioneers ditched words and started sketching, unlocking the ESP everyone has.

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🧠 Psychic Development 🔭 Remote Viewing ✏️ Psychic Drawing 🔬 Parapsychology ⚛️ New Age Science

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Everybody's Guide to Natural ESP

Why remote viewing pioneers ditched words and started sketching, unlocking the ESP everyone has.

par Ingo Swann 1991 236 pages

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🧠 Psychic Development 🔭 Remote Viewing ✏️ Psychic Drawing 🔬 Parapsychology ⚛️ New Age Science

Méthodologie de recherche

par C.R. Kothari • 1985

The gap between a research question and a publishable finding, bridged step by step.

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🧪 Research Methodology 📊 Quantitative Methods 📐 Research Design 🔬 Hypothesis Testing 📈 Multivariate Analysis

Méthodologie de recherche

The gap between a research question and a publishable finding, bridged step by step.

par C.R. Kothari 1985 418 pages

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🧪 Research Methodology 📊 Quantitative Methods 📐 Research Design 🔬 Hypothesis Testing 📈 Multivariate Analysis

Visual Methodologies

par Gillian Rose • 2001

Seven methods for interpreting images, one demand: know your own position and why it matters.

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🎨 Visual Culture 🔬 Visual Methods 🖼️ Art History 📚 Cultural Studies 🔍 Image Analysis

Visual Methodologies

Seven methods for interpreting images, one demand: know your own position and why it matters.

par Gillian Rose 2001 304 pages

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🎨 Visual Culture 🔬 Visual Methods 🖼️ Art History 📚 Cultural Studies 🔍 Image Analysis

The Craft of Research

par Wayne C. Booth • 1995

Finding a question worth fighting over, then building the case your reader cannot walk away from.

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📝 Academic Writing 🔬 Research Methods 🧩 Argumentation 💡 Critical Thinking ✍️ Writing Process

The Craft of Research

Finding a question worth fighting over, then building the case your reader cannot walk away from.

par Wayne C. Booth 1995 317 pages

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📝 Academic Writing 🔬 Research Methods 🧩 Argumentation 💡 Critical Thinking ✍️ Writing Process

Save the Cat! Écrire pour la télévision

par Jamie Nash • 2021

Board it. Beat it. Weave it: the writers' room method for structuring a pilot that sells.

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📺 Television Writing ✍️ Screenwriting 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development 🎯 Aspiring Tv Writers

Save the Cat! Écrire pour la télévision

Board it. Beat it. Weave it: the writers' room method for structuring a pilot that sells.

par Jamie Nash 2021 254 pages

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📺 Television Writing ✍️ Screenwriting 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development 🎯 Aspiring Tv Writers

Design Justice

par Sasha Costanza-Chock • 2020

Design decides who benefits and who gets hurt. The communities on the losing end are now leading.

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🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Participatory Design ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🤖 Algorithmic Bias ✊🏿 Intersectional Feminism 🔍 Critical Design Studies

Design Justice

Design decides who benefits and who gets hurt. The communities on the losing end are now leading.

par Sasha Costanza-Chock 2020 360 pages

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🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Participatory Design ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🤖 Algorithmic Bias ✊🏿 Intersectional Feminism 🔍 Critical Design Studies

The Emotional Craft of Fiction

par Donald Maass • 2016

Move past showing versus telling: design a story that gives readers their own emotional journey.

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🖋️ Fiction Writing 📖 Storytelling Techniques 💕 Reader Engagement 🎭 Subtext 🧑 Character Development

The Emotional Craft of Fiction

Move past showing versus telling: design a story that gives readers their own emotional journey.

par Donald Maass 2016 224 pages

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🖋️ Fiction Writing 📖 Storytelling Techniques 💕 Reader Engagement 🎭 Subtext 🧑 Character Development

Sauvez le chat ! Contre-attaque

par Blake Snyder • 2009

Script problems aren't failure. They're the raw material of every breakthrough draft.

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📝 Screenwriting Guides 🏗️ Story Structure 🎯 Pitching And Loglines ✂️ Rewriting And Editing 🧱 Creative Obstacles

Sauvez le chat ! Contre-attaque

Script problems aren't failure. They're the raw material of every breakthrough draft.

par Blake Snyder 2009 200 pages

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📝 Screenwriting Guides 🏗️ Story Structure 🎯 Pitching And Loglines ✂️ Rewriting And Editing 🧱 Creative Obstacles

Antinet Zettelkasten

par Scott P. Scheper • 2022

The four-part analog system that produces books and breakthroughs, no digital tool required.

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🗃️ Zettelkasten Method 🧠 Knowledge Management 📝 Note-Taking Systems ✍️ Academic Writing 💡 Combinatorial Creativity

Antinet Zettelkasten

The four-part analog system that produces books and breakthroughs, no digital tool required.

par Scott P. Scheper 2022 739 pages

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🗃️ Zettelkasten Method 🧠 Knowledge Management 📝 Note-Taking Systems ✍️ Academic Writing 💡 Combinatorial Creativity

Testing Business Ideas

par David J. Bland • 2019

A field-tested library of experiments to test any business idea, fast and without wasting a fortune.

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🏗️ Lean Startup 📋 Business Model Design ⚡ Rapid Experimentation 🔬 Hypothesis Testing 🕵️ Customer Discovery

Testing Business Ideas

A field-tested library of experiments to test any business idea, fast and without wasting a fortune.

par David J. Bland 2019 368 pages

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🏗️ Lean Startup 📋 Business Model Design ⚡ Rapid Experimentation 🔬 Hypothesis Testing 🕵️ Customer Discovery

The Story Grid

par Shawn Coyne • 2015

Why stories fail, scene by scene: an editor's diagnostic that finds the break and the fix.

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🎭 Storytelling Craft 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🔧 Structural Editing 🔍 Scene Craft 🎯 Story Beats

The Story Grid

Why stories fail, scene by scene: an editor's diagnostic that finds the break and the fix.

par Shawn Coyne 2015 344 pages

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🎭 Storytelling Craft 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🔧 Structural Editing 🔍 Scene Craft 🎯 Story Beats

Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

par Richards J. Heuer Jr. • 2005

CIA's textbook for outthinking your own limits: structured methods that catch what intuition misses.

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🕵️ Intelligence Analysis 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Structured Analysis 🗺️ Mental Models 🧪 Cognitive Psychology

Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

CIA's textbook for outthinking your own limits: structured methods that catch what intuition misses.

par Richards J. Heuer Jr. 2005 216 pages

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🕵️ Intelligence Analysis 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Structured Analysis 🗺️ Mental Models 🧪 Cognitive Psychology

Techniques of the Selling Writer

par Dwight V. Swain • 1965

Master the rhythm of conflict and emotional reaction that makes any story impossible to put down.

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🎬 Scene Structure ⚡ Dramatic Tension 👥 Character Development 💓 Emotional Resonance 🧱 Story Structure

Techniques of the Selling Writer

Master the rhythm of conflict and emotional reaction that makes any story impossible to put down.

par Dwight V. Swain 1965 344 pages

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🎬 Scene Structure ⚡ Dramatic Tension 👥 Character Development 💓 Emotional Resonance 🧱 Story Structure

Just Enough Research

par Erika Hall • 2013

The research you need fits in a sprint, not a dissertation. How to investigate, decide, and ship.

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🧪 Ux Research 🖥️ Usability Testing 📊 Data-Informed Design 🤲 Human-Centered Design 👥 Product Teams

Just Enough Research

The research you need fits in a sprint, not a dissertation. How to investigate, decide, and ship.

par Erika Hall 2013 186 pages

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🧪 Ux Research 🖥️ Usability Testing 📊 Data-Informed Design 🤲 Human-Centered Design 👥 Product Teams

Plot & Structure

par James Scott Bell • 2004

Four pillars of plot that hold readers from opening to climax, whether you outline or not.

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✍️ Novel Writing 🏗️ Story Structure ✏️ Plotting Vs Pantsing 🎬 Scene Building 💡 Idea Generation

Plot & Structure

Four pillars of plot that hold readers from opening to climax, whether you outline or not.

par James Scott Bell 2004 240 pages

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✍️ Novel Writing 🏗️ Story Structure ✏️ Plotting Vs Pantsing 🎬 Scene Building 💡 Idea Generation

Combatting Cult Mind Control

par Steven Hassan • 1988

Cults prey on the capable, not the weak. A former member's method for getting someone out.

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🔒 High-Control Groups 🕊️ Cult Recovery 🧠 Thought Reform 🔓 Deprogramming 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cult Families

Combatting Cult Mind Control

Cults prey on the capable, not the weak. A former member's method for getting someone out.

par Steven Hassan 1988 256 pages

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🔒 High-Control Groups 🕊️ Cult Recovery 🧠 Thought Reform 🔓 Deprogramming 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cult Families

The Art of Character

par David Corbett • 2013

The five things every unforgettable character has, and why questionnaires will never uncover them.

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✍️ Character Development 🧠 Character Psychology ⚔️ Dramatic Conflict 🎬 Scene Craft 📈 Character Arcs

The Art of Character

The five things every unforgettable character has, and why questionnaires will never uncover them.

par David Corbett 2013 383 pages

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✍️ Character Development 🧠 Character Psychology ⚔️ Dramatic Conflict 🎬 Scene Craft 📈 Character Arcs

Saving the Modern Soul

par Eva Illouz • 2008

Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.

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🏛️ Cultural Sociology 🛋️ Therapy Culture 📚 Self-Help Critique 💼 Emotional Labor 📖 Narrative Identity

Saving the Modern Soul

Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.

par Eva Illouz 2008 304 pages

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🏛️ Cultural Sociology 🛋️ Therapy Culture 📚 Self-Help Critique 💼 Emotional Labor 📖 Narrative Identity

Outlining Your Novel

par K.M. Weiland • 2011

Stop staring at the empty page: a pre-writing method that builds your novel before chapter one.

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🖋️ Novel Writing 🗺️ Outlining Methods 🏗️ Story Structure 🧑 Character Development 📉 Plotting Techniques

Outlining Your Novel

Stop staring at the empty page: a pre-writing method that builds your novel before chapter one.

par K.M. Weiland 2011 186 pages

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🖋️ Novel Writing 🗺️ Outlining Methods 🏗️ Story Structure 🧑 Character Development 📉 Plotting Techniques

How to Write a Damn Good Thriller

par James N. Frey • 2010

From villain to climax, the essential rules for a thriller that readers cannot put down.

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🔪 Thriller Writing 🏗️ Story Structure ⏳ Suspense Crafting 🎭 Character Archetypes 💬 Conflict Dialogue

How to Write a Damn Good Thriller

From villain to climax, the essential rules for a thriller that readers cannot put down.

par James N. Frey 2010 306 pages

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🔪 Thriller Writing 🏗️ Story Structure ⏳ Suspense Crafting 🎭 Character Archetypes 💬 Conflict Dialogue

The Bestseller Code

par Jodie Archer • 2016

An algorithm spots bestsellers with 80 percent accuracy, reading signals no writing class teaches.

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✍️ Novel Writing 📊 Text Mining 📈 Plot Structure 🎢 Emotional Arcs 🎯 Character Agency

The Bestseller Code

An algorithm spots bestsellers with 80 percent accuracy, reading signals no writing class teaches.

par Jodie Archer 2016 242 pages

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✍️ Novel Writing 📊 Text Mining 📈 Plot Structure 🎢 Emotional Arcs 🎯 Character Agency

The Anatomy of Genres

par John Truby • 2022

Genres are philosophies disguised as story types. Crack the beats and you crack writing and life.

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🏗️ Story Structure 📚 Genre Theory 🎬 Screenwriting ✍️ Writing Craft 💭 Story Philosophy

The Anatomy of Genres

Genres are philosophies disguised as story types. Crack the beats and you crack writing and life.

par John Truby 2022 722 pages

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🏗️ Story Structure 📚 Genre Theory 🎬 Screenwriting ✍️ Writing Craft 💭 Story Philosophy

Psychologie criminelle

par Ray Bull • 2006

A research-based tour of criminal justice: what works, what fails, and why television gets it wrong.

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🧠 Criminal Psychology 🕵️ Offender Profiling 👁️ Eyewitness Testimony 🤥 Deception Detection 🔒 Correctional Psychology

Psychologie criminelle

A research-based tour of criminal justice: what works, what fails, and why television gets it wrong.

par Ray Bull 2006 232 pages

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🧠 Criminal Psychology 🕵️ Offender Profiling 👁️ Eyewitness Testimony 🤥 Deception Detection 🔒 Correctional Psychology

How to Write a Lot

par Paul J. Silvia • 2007

Schedule four hours. Track every word. Ignore the mood. The academic writing fix that ships papers.

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📚 Scholarly Publishing 🏫 Faculty Productivity ✍️ Writing Habits ⏰ Procrastination 💰 Grant Writing

How to Write a Lot

Schedule four hours. Track every word. Ignore the mood. The academic writing fix that ships papers.

par Paul J. Silvia 2007 145 pages

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📚 Scholarly Publishing 🏫 Faculty Productivity ✍️ Writing Habits ⏰ Procrastination 💰 Grant Writing

Études de cas et développement théorique dans les sciences sociales

par Alexander L. George • 2005

A single case, properly analyzed, reveals what regressions miss: the causal mechanism.

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🔍 Qualitative Research 📋 Case Study Design ⛓️ Causal Mechanisms 🏗️ Theory Building 🔗 Mixed Methods

Études de cas et développement théorique dans les sciences sociales

A single case, properly analyzed, reveals what regressions miss: the causal mechanism.

par Alexander L. George 2005 331 pages

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🔍 Qualitative Research 📋 Case Study Design ⛓️ Causal Mechanisms 🏗️ Theory Building 🔗 Mixed Methods

Social Identity

par Richard Jenkins • 1996

Your identity is shaped more by institutions than by introspection.

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🔄 Symbolic Interactionism 🏷️ Social Categorization 🔗 Self And Society 🧱 Boundary Construction ⚡ Power And Identity

Social Identity

Your identity is shaped more by institutions than by introspection.

par Richard Jenkins 1996 232 pages

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🔄 Symbolic Interactionism 🏷️ Social Categorization 🔗 Self And Society 🧱 Boundary Construction ⚡ Power And Identity

Measuring the User Experience

par Thomas Tullis • 2008

Three metrics that show exactly where users get stuck: task success, time, and errors.

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📏 Ux Metrics 🧪 Usability Testing 🔬 Ux Research 📊 Quantitative Methods 📈 Data Visualization

Measuring the User Experience

Three metrics that show exactly where users get stuck: task success, time, and errors.

par Thomas Tullis 2008 320 pages

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📏 Ux Metrics 🧪 Usability Testing 🔬 Ux Research 📊 Quantitative Methods 📈 Data Visualization

45 Master Characters

par Victoria Lynn Schmidt • 2001

45 mythic archetypes: every character's hero side, shadow, and the journey that transforms them.

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🎭 Character Archetypes 🏛️ Mythic Structure 🌙 Feminine Journey ⚔️ Masculine Journey 🧠 Jungian Archetypes

45 Master Characters

45 mythic archetypes: every character's hero side, shadow, and the journey that transforms them.

par Victoria Lynn Schmidt 2001 304 pages

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🎭 Character Archetypes 🏛️ Mythic Structure 🌙 Feminine Journey ⚔️ Masculine Journey 🧠 Jungian Archetypes

Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics

par Alpha C. Chiang • 1974

Economics explained in equations: a rigorous toolkit from statics to dynamic systems.

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🧮 Mathematical Economics 📊 Economic Modeling ⚖️ Equilibrium Analysis ↔️ Comparative Statics ⏳ Dynamic Economics

Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics

Economics explained in equations: a rigorous toolkit from statics to dynamic systems.

par Alpha C. Chiang 1974 788 pages

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🧮 Mathematical Economics 📊 Economic Modeling ⚖️ Equilibrium Analysis ↔️ Comparative Statics ⏳ Dynamic Economics

Tricks of the Trade

par Howard S. Becker • 1998

How master researchers turn the cases that break their theories into their best proof.

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🔬 Qualitative Methods 🔍 Analytic Induction ⚠️ Deviant Cases 🧱 Concept Formation 🧠 Logic Of Inquiry

Tricks of the Trade

How master researchers turn the cases that break their theories into their best proof.

par Howard S. Becker 1998 241 pages

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🔬 Qualitative Methods 🔍 Analytic Induction ⚠️ Deviant Cases 🧱 Concept Formation 🧠 Logic Of Inquiry

Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks

par Wendy Laura Belcher • 2008

Short daily sessions beat weekend binges: twelve weeks to turn your draft into a published article.

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🖋️ Academic Writing 📚 Academic Publishing ⏰ Writing Productivity 🚫 Writer's Block 🧩 Argument Structure

Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks

Short daily sessions beat weekend binges: twelve weeks to turn your draft into a published article.

par Wendy Laura Belcher 2008 376 pages

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🖋️ Academic Writing 📚 Academic Publishing ⏰ Writing Productivity 🚫 Writer's Block 🧩 Argument Structure

The User Experience Team of One

par Leah Buley • 2013

Win allies, test fast, and ship better products as the solo UX designer: the lightweight methods.

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📱 User Experience Design 🧑‍💻 Solo Designers 🔍 Guerrilla Research 🧪 Usability Testing 🤝 Stakeholder Buy-In

The User Experience Team of One

Win allies, test fast, and ship better products as the solo UX designer: the lightweight methods.

par Leah Buley 2013 264 pages

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📱 User Experience Design 🧑‍💻 Solo Designers 🔍 Guerrilla Research 🧪 Usability Testing 🤝 Stakeholder Buy-In

The Fourth Transformation

par Robert Scoble • 2016

Factory workers using AR headsets made 90% fewer errors. The next computing era has already started.

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🥽 Mixed Reality 🌐 Spatial Computing 🔮 Tech Forecasting 🖐️ Human-Computer Interaction 🎮 Immersive Technology

The Fourth Transformation

Factory workers using AR headsets made 90% fewer errors. The next computing era has already started.

par Robert Scoble 2016 163 pages

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🥽 Mixed Reality 🌐 Spatial Computing 🔮 Tech Forecasting 🖐️ Human-Computer Interaction 🎮 Immersive Technology

Persuasive Games

par Ian Bogost • 2007

A videogame's rules are arguments. Learning to read them changes how you see every screen.

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🎮 Game Studies 📺 Media Theory 📜 Rhetorical Theory 🎲 Game Design Theory 📱 Digital Media Criticism

Persuasive Games

A videogame's rules are arguments. Learning to read them changes how you see every screen.

par Ian Bogost 2007 450 pages

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🎮 Game Studies 📺 Media Theory 📜 Rhetorical Theory 🎲 Game Design Theory 📱 Digital Media Criticism

The Seminar of Jacques Lacan

par Jacques Lacan • 1998

The unconscious is not what you feel but what escapes when you speak. Four foundations, redefined.

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🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 📚 Continental Philosophy 🌑 The Unconscious 💭 Desire And Subjectivity 🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis

The Seminar of Jacques Lacan

The unconscious is not what you feel but what escapes when you speak. Four foundations, redefined.

par Jacques Lacan 1998 304 pages

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🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 📚 Continental Philosophy 🌑 The Unconscious 💭 Desire And Subjectivity 🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis

Structuring Your Novel

par K.M. Weiland • 2013

How to structure your novel's scenes, acts, and plot points to keep readers turning pages.

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🏗️ Story Structure ✍️ Fiction Craft 🎬 Scene Craft 📈 Plot Development ⏱️ Pacing And Tension

Structuring Your Novel

How to structure your novel's scenes, acts, and plot points to keep readers turning pages.

par K.M. Weiland 2013 295 pages

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🏗️ Story Structure ✍️ Fiction Craft 🎬 Scene Craft 📈 Plot Development ⏱️ Pacing And Tension

Une théorie de la dissonance cognitive

par Leon Festinger • 1957

The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.

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🧠 Mental Models 🔍 Cognitive Biases ⚡ Cognitive Dissonance 💡 Critical Thinking 🔄 Belief Change

Une théorie de la dissonance cognitive

The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.

par Leon Festinger 1957 304 pages

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🧠 Mental Models 🔍 Cognitive Biases ⚡ Cognitive Dissonance 💡 Critical Thinking 🔄 Belief Change

Viking Age Iceland

par Jesse L. Byock • 2001

No king, no army, no taxes: the machinery that held Viking Iceland together for three centuries.

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🪓 Viking Age 🏔️ Medieval Scandinavia 🇮🇸 Icelandic History 📜 Saga Studies ⚖️ Legal History

Viking Age Iceland

No king, no army, no taxes: the machinery that held Viking Iceland together for three centuries.

par Jesse L. Byock 2001 448 pages

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🪓 Viking Age 🏔️ Medieval Scandinavia 🇮🇸 Icelandic History 📜 Saga Studies ⚖️ Legal History

Interviewing Users

par Steve Portigal • 2013

Your assumptions about users are wrong. A systematic way to find out what they actually need.

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🔍 User Research 📋 Qualitative Research 💬 Interview Techniques 👂 Active Listening ❓ Question Design

Interviewing Users

Your assumptions about users are wrong. A systematic way to find out what they actually need.

par Steve Portigal 2013 176 pages

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🔍 User Research 📋 Qualitative Research 💬 Interview Techniques 👂 Active Listening ❓ Question Design

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts

par Baba Ifa Karade • 1994

Yoruba faith: one God, many Orishas, divination, and the code of balanced character.

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🌍 Yoruba Religion 🕯️ Orisha Traditions 🔮 Divination Systems 👴 Ancestral Veneration 🌿 Spiritual Initiation

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts

Yoruba faith: one God, many Orishas, divination, and the code of balanced character.

par Baba Ifa Karade 1994 144 pages

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🌍 Yoruba Religion 🕯️ Orisha Traditions 🔮 Divination Systems 👴 Ancestral Veneration 🌿 Spiritual Initiation

Writing the Breakout Novel

par Donald Maass • 2001

An agent's craft manual for fiction that breaks out: not talent, but specific, learnable choices.

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🖋️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development ⚡ Narrative Tension 🎯 Story Stakes

Writing the Breakout Novel

An agent's craft manual for fiction that breaks out: not talent, but specific, learnable choices.

par Donald Maass 2001 272 pages

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🖋️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development ⚡ Narrative Tension 🎯 Story Stakes

Best Practices for Equity Research Analysts

par James J. Valentine • 2010

The craft manual for analysts who want to move stock prices, not just publish reports.

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📊 Financial Analysis 💼 Professional Investing 💰 Stock Valuation 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📈 Financial Modeling

Best Practices for Equity Research Analysts

The craft manual for analysts who want to move stock prices, not just publish reports.

par James J. Valentine 2010 518 pages

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📊 Financial Analysis 💼 Professional Investing 💰 Stock Valuation 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📈 Financial Modeling

Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot

par Jane K. Cleland • 2016

A plotting grid that plants a jolt every 70 pages: the method for stories that grip.

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🖋️ Fiction Writing 🧩 Story Structure ⏳ Suspense Writing 🔄 Plotting Techniques 🎭 Narrative Tension

Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot

A plotting grid that plants a jolt every 70 pages: the method for stories that grip.

par Jane K. Cleland 2016 240 pages

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🖋️ Fiction Writing 🧩 Story Structure ⏳ Suspense Writing 🔄 Plotting Techniques 🎭 Narrative Tension

Mental Models

par Indi Young • 2008

Turn user research chaos into a single diagram that exposes exactly what your product is missing.

3.86

1 000+

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4.27

500+ évaluations

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3.50

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4.14

500+ évaluations

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