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About Ashley
Ashley finds the science essential to understanding what makes people tick—what motivates us, what inspires us. Then she explains how to use these insights to transform our lives.
Bestselling author, acclaimed lecturer, and passionate advocate, Ashley’s mission is to help everyone succeed.
“Prepare to be slack-jawed . . . . astonishing. . . .
This tour de force is one of the best parenting psychology books in years and will likely be seismic in influence.”
—Library Journal
NurtureShock
"The most important book I’ve read this year. . . .” —Wired
One of the most influential books about children ever published, NurtureShock offers a revolutionary new perspective on children that upends a library's worth of conventional wisdom. With impeccable storytelling and razor-sharp analysis, this New York Times bestseller demonstrates how that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring—because key twists in the science have been overlooked. Nothing like a parenting manual, NurtureShock gets to the core of how we grow, learn, and live.
“remarkable . . . will help you rise to the occasion. . . .
fascinating. . . . wildly counterintuitive. . . .”
—San Francisco Chronicle
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TOP DOG: THE SCIENCE OF WINNING & LOSING
“A book that gives you home field advantage in life's big contests.”—Barnes & Noble (Best Books of the Month)
An instant New York Times bestseller, Top Dog is an astonishing blend of science and storytelling to reveal what's really in the heart of a champion. It's about the thrill of victory and why the agony of defeat. Testosterone and the neuroscience of mistakes. Why rivals motivate. How home field advantage gets you a raise. What teamwork really requires. It's baseball, the SAT, sales contests, and Linux software. How before da Vinci and FedEx were innovators, first, they were great competitors. It’s about building teams. It’s about building character.
