Series: Heads Up

Does money make the world go round? Can wealth buy happiness? What would happen if a bank simply printed more money?

Find out the answers to these questions and much more in Heads Up Money. Using real-life scenarios, you will learn abou a variety of topics including supply and demand, free trade, globalization, and financial crises. Packed with colorful graphics and easy-to-follow text, this indispensable book will help you understand money and the role it plays in our world.

This comprehensive volume also explores international financial institutions, ethical trade, and how to run an efficient and successsful business. Whether you’re analyzing the global marketplace, studying booming market trends and how to make use of them, calculating hidden costs, or deciding between investing, spending, or saving, Heads Up Money will help you navigate the tricky waters of economics and financial planning.

Written by renowned author Marcus Weeks in consultation with Derek Braddon, Professor of Economics at UWE Briston Business School, this book is the perfect introduction to the world of money and finance for teenagers and young adults.

Heads Up Psychology

by Marcus Weeks

Published 21 April 2014

An introduction to psychology surveys the ideas of over sixty famous psychologists, discussing topics ranging from psychoanalysis and intelligence to groundbreaking experiments and mental disorders.

Psícología para mentes inquietas (Heads Up Psychology)

by Marcus Weeks

Published 6 December 2016

Relaciones, estudios, trabajo: la vida está llena de grandes cuestiones, y Psicología para mentes inquietas te ayudará con ellas. Este libro, diseñado especialmente para jóvenes, repasa y explica los principales conceptos psicológicos a través de atractivos gráficos e infografías.

Todo está influido por la psicología: desde la música y la política hasta las relaciones familiares. Este libro es la introducción perfecta a la materia: cubre y explora los experimentos más controvertidos, las teorías principales y los pioneros más influyentes en psicología. Si quieres saber por qué la gente hace las cosas que hacen, este libro es para ti.

A perfect introduction for teens to life's big questions about psychology and how everything around us is influenced by it—from prom to politics—that combines clear text with cool graphic illustrations to explain theories and arguments.

Life is full of big questions, and Heads Up Psychology addresses the issues that are most intriguing and relevant to the curious minds of teens. Questions such as "Where do I fit in?," "What is normal?," "Why do people fall in love?," and "Do guys think like girls?" are all addressed, making these difficult topics easier to comprehend. Highlighting everything from controversial experiments, important theories, and influential trailblazers such as Freud and Pavlov, this book has got you covered.

With its visual approach, Heads Up Psychology is designed to provoke, entertain, and stimulate young minds. If you've ever wondered why people do the things they do, this is the book for you.