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David Howell

    David Howell has dedicated nearly 40 years to studying and teaching the skills of intelligence and learning. For the same period, he has studied and taught martial arts. His passions stemmed from personal struggles during his high school years, battling illness and a difficult home life. Illness led to severe bullying, and abuse impacted his academic performance, with one teacher deeming him "too stupid to learn." Howell understands how to overcome these challenges and writes to share these strategies with others. Through his writing, he aims to empower readers to easily leverage their intelligence for success in any life domain, employing an analytical yet plain-spoken approach focused on maximum results.

    Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science 1.-4.
    Out of the Energy Labyrinth
    Grind Like a Grandmaster
    The edge of now : new questions for democracy in the network age
    Painting with Oils
    • Painting with Oils

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Oils give a rich, majestic quality to a painting but may often be deemed too tricky or ambitious to try. This practical book puts the joy of painting with oils within reach of all who want to develop their skills. Examples of landscape, marine, nude and equestrian paintings will inspire and show the rich diversity, texture and depth that oil painting can achieve. Written by a professional painter, it encourages artists of all levels to experiment with the medium and to develop their art.|Contents Importance of drawings. Guide to oil paints suggesting a key range of colours. Step-by-step examples with practical tips throughout. Advice on composition, colour and light, and framing.

      Painting with Oils
      4.7
    • Grind Like a Grandmaster

      • 208 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      The greatest chess player of all time, Magnus Carlsen, and his friend, Grandmaster David Howell, explain how to win a chess game through perseverance. They show how you, in an equal starting position, can keep posing problems to your opponent and grind your opponent down until he cracks. New In Chess has converted this book from a popular Chessable video and MoveTrainer (R) course with the help of Carlsen and Howell. The lively conversations of the two friends translate very well into a highly instructive chess manual.

      Grind Like a Grandmaster
      3.8
    • Out of the Energy Labyrinth

      Uniting Energy and the Environment to Avert Catastrophe

      • 204 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      In their provocative and original book, the authors argue that energy can become a tool for environmental protection, that energy and environment are not by definition in conflict with each other and that by pooling energy production and environmental protection ideas energy can be part of a solution rather than the problem. This book is firmly grounded in reality (given the demands of China, India and other developing economies) and makes specific proposals: a radical rethinking on energy investment strategies; massive incentives to develop alternative fuel technologies; a ground-breaking public awareness strategy to redirect consumers and policy-makers to embrace fundamental (though essentially painless) change in consumption patterns. The solutions that Howell and Nakhle offer are unapologetically offer short term. This is because they view the problems of climate security as short term. But their solutions have long term consequences. Their important and novel approach makes this book essential reading for an understanding of today's bewildering environmental debates.

      Out of the Energy Labyrinth