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Vanessa Bohns

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Psychology, Business, Self Help

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Vanessa Bohns is a social psychologist and professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University. She holds a PhD in psychology from Columbia University and an AB from Brown University. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and other outlets, and her research has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Economist, and on NPR's Hidden Brain. ...more

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	You Have More Influence Than You Think: How We Underestimate Our Power of Persuasion, and Why It Matters 3.84 avg rating — 518 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tienes más influencia de la que crees: Cómo subestimamos nuestro poder de persuasión by Vanessa Bohns (Goodreads Author), Beatriz Ruiz Jara (Translator) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Have More Influence Than You Think: How We Underestimate Our Power of Persuasion, and Why It Matters 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voce tem mais influencia do que imagina 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Você tem mais influência do que imagina: Como dominar a arte de persuadir e impactar pessoas it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Have More Influence Than You Think: How We Underestimate Our Power of Persuasion, and Why It Matters - Library Edition by Vanessa Bohns (Goodreads Author), Eileen Stevens (Reader) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Should I Say Something?: The Science of What to Share—and What to Keep to Yourself 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Women Behind the Wheel: An Unexpected and Personal History of the Car

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Who Owns This Sentence? A History of Copyrights and Wrongs

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I found a lot of this book to be very wise, and enjoyed many of the chapters/individual stories. The author is incredibly talented at pulling off different styles and genres of writing. Overall super impressive book. That said, you don’t really get i ...more
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Vanessa Bohns and 1046 other people liked Patrick Brown's review of A Visit from the Goon Squad: "Spoiler alert: You will get old. You will die. Things will never be like they are right now. And yet, how things are right now will determine how they are in the future. This is so. The "goon" in the title of this book is time. It opens with a quote f" Read more of this review »
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Vanessa Bohns liked Whkai's review of You Have More Influence Than You Think: How We Underestimate Our Power of Persuasion, and Why It Matters: "This book presents a well-structured narrative, with each section seamlessly connected to the next. The arguments are clear and supported by ample, credible, and reliable references. While some points could be challenged with counterarguments, and ce" Read more of this review »
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I felt like this was a less subversive, less well-written Gone Girl, but it was entertaining enough.
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Vanessa Bohns and 4 other people liked M W's review of Who Owns This Sentence?: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs: "This was an interesting book, although every prospective reader should understand that this is indeed a history of copyright, and a substantial part of the book deals with its origins and early instances of disputes that helped shape the laws. More r" Read more of this review »
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