Edward de Bono
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BONO, EDWARD DE, 1933 to 2021

Edward de Bono

Maltese physician and writer.

Books
9
Editions tracked
16
First editions
8
Nationality
Crown Colony of Malta

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Earliest first editionThe Mechanism of MindJonathan Cape, 1969 Most editions trackedTactics3 editions
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  1. 1969The Mechanism of MindJonathan Cape
  2. 1970Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by StepWard Lock Educational
  3. 1982De Bono's Thinking CourseBBC Books
  4. 1984TacticsLittle, Brown
  5. 1985Six Thinking HatsLittle, Brown
  6. 1992Serious CreativityHarperCollins
  7. 1995Teach Yourself to ThinkPenguin Books
  8. 1997How to Be More InterestingViking
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Edward de Bono was born in 1933 and died in 2021.

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We track 9 books by Edward de Bono across 16 editions, 8 of them first editions.

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