Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Why do you remember an embarrassing moment from a decade ago but forget why you walked into a room? You are not broken. You are running the same brilliantly imperfect software as everyone else - and this book finally explains it.The Curious Adult’s Book of Why is a full-length encyclopedia of clear, honest, no-nonsense answers to the questions about your own mind that you’ve probably never said out loud: Why do we procrastinate on things we actually want to do? Why does a grudge hurt the person holding it more than anyone else? Why do we trust confident people over accurate ones? Why does more money stop making us happier? Why do close relationships matter more than achievement?Across ten themed chapters and 160 short, standalone entries, this book walks through the real psychology behind decision-making, memory, emotion, habits, procrastination, relationships, belief, stress, and the search for happiness - written in plain, direct language, grounded in how psychologists and neuroscientists actually understand the mind, with zero fluff and zero invented studies.What’s inside:- Why your attention, memory, and perception quietly deceive you every day- The hidden biases behind the decisions you make without noticing- Why memory rewrites itself every time you recall something- The real reasons behind anger, jealousy, awe, and emotional overwhelm- Why habits are so easy to start and so hard to break - and what actually works- The psychology of procrastination, self-sabotage, and imposter syndrome- Why other people get under your skin, and how trust really works- Why we believe what we believe, even against the evidence- How stress and anxiety hijack the body, and how to calm them down- What decades of happiness research actually says about a meaningful lifeEach entry is short enough to read in a couple of minutes but substantial enough to actually change how you see yourself and the people around you. Read it cover to cover, or open it anywhere and start with whatever question is nagging at you today.Perfect for curious adults, psychology enthusiasts, trivia lovers, and anyone who has ever wondered 'why do I do that?' - and makes a genuinely thoughtful gift for the overthinker, the self-improvement reader, or the person who always has a 'did you know' ready at dinner.
