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Irrationally Yours: On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles
Irrationally Yours: On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles
Irrationally Yours: On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles
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Irrationally Yours: On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles

Written by Edgar Allen Poe

Narrated by Simon Jones

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Three-time New York Times bestselling author Dan Ariely teams up with legendary The New Yorker cartoonist William Haefeli to present an expanded, illustrated collection of his immensely popularWall Street Journal advice column, “Ask Ariely”.

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely revolutionized the way we think about ourselves, our minds, and our actions in his books Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth about Dishonesty. Ariely applies this scientific analysis of the human condition in his “Ask Ariely” Q & A column in the Wall Street Journal, in which he responds to readers who write in with personal conundrums ranging from the serious to the curious: 

  • What can you do to stay calm when you’re playing the volatile stock market? 
  • What’s the best way to get someone to stop smoking? 
  • How can you maximize the return on your investment at an all-you-can-eat buffet? 
  • Is it possible to put a price on the human soul? 
  • Can you ever rationally justify spending thousands of dollars on a Rolex?

In Ask Ariely, a broad variety of economic, ethical, and emotional dilemmas are explored and addressed through text and images. Using their trademark insight and wit, Ariely and Haefeli help us reflect on how we can reason our way through external and internal challenges.  Readers will laugh, learn, and most importantly gain a new perspective on how to deal with the inevitable problems that plague our daily life.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperAudio
Release dateMay 19, 2015
ISBN9780062395382
Irrationally Yours: On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles
Author

Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston in 1809. His parents, both touring actors, died before he was three. He was raised by John Allan, a prosperous Virginian merchant. Poe published his first volume of poetry while still a teenager. He worked as an editor for magazines in Philadelphia, Richmond and New York, and achieved respect as a literary critic. In 1836, he married his thirteen year-old cousin. It was only with the publication of The Raven and other Poems in 1845 that he achieved national fame as a writer. Poe died in mysterious circumstances in 1849.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Very nice actually funny book. You do not need to be very focused so it is easy to listen to it while doing something else in the house.
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    Very good book ,I like the depth of this book
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    Dan is responding to questions asked by people, this is great way to address precise points without having to follow a book structure, so many lessons to learn and ideas to think about