Best Selling Books by John Gray

John Gray''s The Immortalization Commission- The Strange Quest to Cheat Death raises vital questions about the ''truths'' science can offer, the technology we are still exploiting for immortality - and exactly what it means to be human. At the heart of all human experience lies our obsession with death. For many years, we turned to religion for our answers, but at the turn of the twentieth centuries ideas from evolution and politics seemed to suggest that our lives - and afterlives - were in our own hands. These ideas would have both trivial and terrible effects, from the nightmares of H. G. Wells''s science fiction and the wild, sweeping craze of seances to the murder of millions in the Stalinist terror. ''Our sharpest critic of utopian fantasies skewers the crazed but enduring dream of cheating age, time and death'' Boyd Tonkin,Independent ''Elegant ... He is on to something important regarding the delusion that science consists of indefinite progress'' Sunday Telegraph ''One of the most important and insightful polemicists currently writing in English... humanism''s most vocal critic'' Financial Times ''Gray is an engaging writer, an entertaining historian and a controversialist whose opinions can never be taken for granted'' New Statesman John Gray has been Professor of Politics at Oxford University, Visiting Professor at Harvard and Yale and Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. His books include False Dawn- The Delusions of Global Capitalism, Black Mass- Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopiaand Straw Dogs- Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals. His selected writings, Gray''s Anatomy, was published in 2009.

Covering the intricate facets of America''s most important democratic tradition, this book serves as an important resource to understand how citizens'' views are translated into governmental action. Public Opinion and Polling around the World presents a thorough review of public opinion from its roots in colonial America to its role in today''s emerging democracies. More than 100 entries prepared by top scholars examine the 200-year history of public opinion, measurement methodologies with an emphasis on telephone interviews and Internet polls, and key figures like George Gallup and Elmo Roper, who created their own polling systems. An analysis of theories compares schools of thought from the fields of psychology, sociology, and economics and explores how people form opinions. A fascinating snapshot of the public''s current views on economic issues, foreign policy, gender, gay rights, and other hot-button topics observes patterns across genders, race, ethnic origins, class, and religion in regions all over the world. Students, academicians, and political observers will discover answers to such questions as, "does public opinion shape the behavior of government?" 110 A-Z entries on how public opinion works, how it is measured, and public thinking on key issues More than 115 contributions from distinguished scholars of political science and sociology at top universities including Princeton, Harvard, and Stanford An appendix including original survey questionnaires 175 graphs show changes in public opinion and support key points in the entries Detailed, up-to-date, scholarly bibliography of recommended reading and websites for further research on public opinion and polling

Work with Me is the timely collaboration of two of the world''s foremost authorities on gender relations—Barbara Annis and John Gray. Here they team up to resolve the most stressful and confusing challenges facing men and women at work, revealing, for the first time, survey results of over 100,000 in-depth interviews of men and women executives in over 60 Fortune 500 companies. Readers will discover the 8 Gender Blind Spots: the false assumptions and opinions men and women have of each other, and in many ways, believe of themselves. Also unveiled are the biology and social influences that compel men and women to think and act as they do, and direct how they communicate, solve problems, make decisions, resolve conflict, lead others, and deal with stress, enabling them to achieve greater success and satisfaction in their professional and personal lives. Work with Me is the definitive work-life relational guide, filled with "ah-ha!" moments and discoveries that will remove the blind spots and enable men and women to work and succeed together.

From first look and first date to first fight, breaking up and making up, the world of dating can be a minefield for the unprepared. International relationship guru, John Gray turns his expertise to the language and behaviour of dating couples. Asking questions such as: -How should you act on your first date? -How can you tell if your partner means what he says? -Is this love or just lust at first sight? John Gray helps new couples figure out whether they are partners for life or just enjoying a brief encounter. His approach will help both men and women play the dating game with its complex rules of etiquette and behaviour, and explains how to separate fact from fantasy in conversation, body language and future expectations. His humorous insight and practical advice will help young and old alike to reach closer understanding, love and commitment, and have fun on the way!

Hair health is a core benefit of products produced for consumers by the cosmetic industry, and more than 70% of women claim to want healthy hair. However, there is very little clarity in the industry as to the meaning of healthy hair in a consumer context and the technical factors that control what the consumer perceives as hair health. Providing updated information on how to prevent and restore hair damage, Healthy Hair characterizes the clinical, physical, and chemical properties of healthy hair. Factors that control a woman’s perception of healthy hair are described, and how these factors link to the fundamental biology of the hair fiber are explained, as well as insults to hair, such as brushing, coloring, and UV exposure. The influences of different products on hair health are discussed, and methods used to measure healthy hair at the molecular, single-fiber, and consumer levels are described. Hundreds of high quality color pictures illustrate the most important clinical, dermoscopic, and microscopic characteristics of both healthy and unhealthy hair.

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This book examines and challenges Neoliberalism, or economic liberalism, the ideology at the heart of the current global economic crisis, from the perspective of applied linguistics.

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Desde Platón hasta el cristianismo, o desde la Ilustración hasta Nietzsche, la tradición occidental se ha basado en creencias arrogantes y erróneas sobre los seres humanos y el lugar que ocupan en el mundo. Para John Gray, esa tesis humanista que sostiene que el ser humano es distinto de los animales, no es más que una ilusión, y así, en Perros de paja, recurre al arte, la poesía, las ciencias y la filosofía para plantearnos la inquietante panorámica de un mundo que ha abandonado el humanismo y, al propio tiempo, ofrecernos una guía esencial para afrontar el nuevo milenio.

EL BEST SELLER QUE CAMBIÓ NUESTRA MANERA DE ENTENDER AL SEXO OPUESTO Y MEJORAR NUESTRA COMUNICACIÓN Y NUESTRAS RELACIONES. A lo largo de generaciones, hombres y mujeres hemos aprendido a comunicarnos, expresar nuestras emociones y reaccionar ante la vida de maneras fundamentalmente diversas. A veces, sí, parece que venimos de planetas distintos. No debería sorprendernos, entonces, que estas diferencias se conviertan en choques explosivos durante una relación de pareja. Basado en la experiencia de John Gray en la práctica psicoterapéutica para parejas e individuos, Los hombres son de Marte, las mujeres son de Venus ha ayudado a millones de lectores a transformar sus relaciones. Se trata de un verdadero clásico moderno que ha guiado a mujeres y hombres a comprender sus particularidades y semejanzas para comunicarse sin conflictos y construir espacios en común más íntimos y duraderos. Un libro valioso y muy necesario para entender los estilos de comunicación de hombres y mujeres. Harville Hendrix, autor de Haz más fácil tu matrimonio

El amor se construye dia a dia. Una verdad tantas veces repetida que se ha convertido en un topico que no compromete a nada: es casi una manifestacion de la rutina. Y para evitarla esta esta recopilacion de trescientas sesenta y cinco reflexiones del ano, en las que John Gray desgrana pildoras de sabiduria, las mejores para conservar y acrecentar el amor. Porque Marte y Venus necesitan que se les recuerde que no son iguales, que no tienen las mismas -por mucho que igualmente importantes- necesidades afectivas, que no buscan la misma respuesta de sus parejas. Que las diferencias de opinion no significan necesariamente desamor del mismo modo que la confianza o el perdon son mas bien manifestaciones de amor que senas de debilidad. Este deberia ser el libro de cabecera de las parejas: tanto de las que han leido las obras anteriores del autor y han de recrear sus ensenanzas, como de las que no lo han hecho. A unas y a otras, la lectura diaria de esta obra les servira de estimulo para continuar construyendo el mas hermoso de los edificios: el de su vida en comun.

In his provocative and important new book, What Your Mother Couldn''t Tell You and Your Father Didn''t Know, Gray answers the questions that our parents could not about relating and communicating with the opposite sex. John Gray draws upon his extensive work with singles and couples in his seminars to point us in a new direction. He promises - and delivers - the necessary information for creating and sustaining loving and mutually fulfilling relationships. He offers a new seed that, when planted and watered, will grow into a relationship that is not only loving but lasting. By teaching relationship skills that address contemporary individuals'' and couples'' needs, John Gray offers practical ways in which to enjoy and celebrate the differences between men and women in peace and with passion.