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Peter Bazalgette

    Billion Dollar Game
    The empathy instinct : how to create a more civil society
    You Don't Have to Diet!
    • 'If we hope to meet the moral test of our times, then I think we're going to have to talk more about the "empathy deficit". The ability to put ourselves in somebody else's shoes, to see the world through somebody else's eyes . . .' Barack Obama Empathy is the power of understanding others, imaginatively entering into their feelings. It is a fundamental human attribute, without which mutually co-operative societies cannot function. In a revolutionary development, we now know who has it, who lacks it and why. Via the MRI scanner we are mapping the human brain. This is a new frontier that reveals a host of beneficial ideas for childcare, teens challenged by the internet, the justice system, decent healthcare, tackling racism and resolving conflicts. In this wide-ranging and accessible book full of entertaining stories that are underlined by the latest scientific research, Peter Bazalgette also mounts a passionate defence of arts and popular culture as a means of bridging the empathy gap. As the world's population expands, consuming the planet's finite resources, as people haunted by poverty and war are on the move and as digital communications infinitely complicate our social interactions, we find our patience and our sympathy constantly challenged. Here is the antidote. Culminating in a passionate manifesto on empathy, The Empathy Instinct is what makes us human and what can make us better humans.

      The empathy instinct : how to create a more civil society2017
    • Billion Dollar Game

      How Three Men Risked It All and Changed the Face of Television

      • 320 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      In the mid-1990s, three men had three unique and revolutionary ideas for television shows entitled Cash Mountain , Survive , and Project X . Time and time again, they were each rejected by major the networks as theor projects were declared unfit for production. Rather than give up on their dreams, Paul Smith, Charlie Parsons, and John de Mol instead pushed ahead and went on to produce shows which quickly became the biggest and most successful programs on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? , Survivor , and Big Brother . This is the compelling story of how three men defied overwhelming odds to take the television industry by storm, make personal fortunes, and transform the map of popular culture.

      Billion Dollar Game2005
    • You Don't Have to Diet!

      • 259 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      In You Don't Have To Diet! two experts in the fields of nutrition and consumer affairs turn conventional wisdom on its head. The latest medical research clearly shows that being thin can actually increase the risk of serious illness. Dr. Tom Sanders and Peter Bazalgette explore the relationship between fatness and health and explain what really happens to our bodies when we diet. They offer a clear analysis of today's diet obsession and the related problem of eating disorders. Finally the authors present a simple, sensible way of controlling weight long term without resorting to dieting.

      You Don't Have to Diet!1994