Product Description: • Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink?• Why will sighted people pay more to avoid going blind than blind people will pay to regain their sight? • Why do dining companions insist on ordering different meals instead of getting what they really want? • Why do pigeons seem to have such excellent aim; why can’t we remember one song while listening to another; and why does the line at the grocery store always slow down the moment we join it?In this brilliant, witty, and accessible book, renowned Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert describes the foibles of imagination and illusions of foresight that cause each of us to misconceive our tomorrows and misestimate our satisfactions...read more

A smart, witty, accessible, and laugh-out-loud funny reflection on human nature brilliantly describes all that science has to tell us about the uniquely human ability to envision the future, and how likely we are to enjoy it when we get there. Simultaneous.

Product Description: Kirk Harper’s eleven-year-old world is suddenly turned upside down when his dad mysteriously disappears. Then, the family is secretly moved to England, from their home near Boston, protected by armed bodyguards! He learns that his father is a traitor, a secret agent gone bad, and that some of his dad’s former colleagues want the family eliminated...read more

Product Description: Edward E. Jones (1926-1993) was one of the most influential social psychologists of the twentieth century. From his early work on the theory of correspondent inference, which laid the foundation for attribution theory, to later research on the correspondence bias and self-presentation strategies--few people have had such a lasting and profound impact on the field...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)