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The Talent Code
The Talent Code
Written by Daniel Coyle
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780553806847
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The Talent Code
Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.
Written by Daniel Coyle


Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $25.00

What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? In this groundbreaking work, journalist and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle provides parents, teachers, coaches, businesspeople—and everyone else—with tools they can use to maximize potential in themselves and others.

Whether you’re coaching soccer or teaching a child to play... Read more >
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How God Changes Your Brain
How God Changes Your Brain
Written by Andrew Newberg, M.D. and Mark Robert Waldman
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345512796
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How God Changes Your Brain
Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist
Written by Andrew Newberg, M.D. and Mark Robert Waldman


Format: eBook
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $27.00

God is great–for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. That’s the finding of this startling, authoritative, and controversial book by the bestselling authors of Born to Believe.

Based on new evidence culled from their brain-scan studies on memory patients and meditators, their Web-based survey of people’s religious and spiritual experiences, and... Read more >
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How God Changes Your Brain
How God Changes Your Brain
Written by Andrew Newberg, M.D. and Mark Robert Waldman
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780345503411
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How God Changes Your Brain
Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist
Written by Andrew Newberg, M.D. and Mark Robert Waldman


Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $27.00

God is great–for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. That’s the finding of this startling, authoritative, and controversial book by the bestselling authors of Born to Believe.

Based on new evidence culled from their brain-scan studies on memory patients and meditators, their Web-based survey of people’s religious and spiritual experiences, and... Read more >
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Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
Written by Sharon Begley
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307492081
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Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
Written by Sharon Begley


Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: November 12, 2008
Price: $16.00

Is it really possible to change the structure and function of the brain, and in so doing alter how we think and feel? The answer is a resounding yes. In late 2004, leading Western scientists joined the Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamsala, India, to address this very question–and in... Read more >
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Thinking in Pictures
Thinking in Pictures
Written by Temple Grandin
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307473059
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Thinking in Pictures
My Life with Autism
Written by Temple Grandin


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $12.95

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Musicophilia
Musicophilia
Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400033539
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Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain
Written by Oliver Sacks


Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $14.95

Revised and Expanded

With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls “musical misalignments.”... Read more >
Musicophilia
Musicophilia
Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307267917
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Musicophilia

Written by Oliver Sacks


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $14.95

Revised and Expanded

With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls “musical misalignments.”... Read more >
The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
Written by Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812975277
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The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better
Written by Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $15.00

Your body has a mind of its own. You know it’s true. You can sense it, even though it may be hard to articulate. You know that your body is more than a vehicle for your brain to cruise around in, but how deeply are mind and body truly interwoven?

Answers can... Read more >
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The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
Written by Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588368126
Our Price: $15.00
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The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better
Written by Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $15.00

In this compelling, cutting-edge book, two generations of science writers explore the exciting science of “body maps” in the brain–and how startling new discoveries about the mind-body connection can change and improve our lives. Why do you still feel fat after losing weight? What makes video games so addictive? How can... Read more >
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A Journey Round My Skull
A Journey Round My Skull
Written by Frigyes Karinthy, Translated by Vernon Duckworth Barker, Introduction by Oliver Sacks
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781590172582
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A Journey Round My Skull

Written by Frigyes Karinthy
Translated by Vernon Duckworth Barker
Introduction by Oliver Sacks


Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $17.95

The distinguished Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy was sitting in a Budapest café, wondering whether to write a long-planned monograph on modern man or a new play, when he was disturbed by the roaring—so loud as to drown out all other noises—of a passing train. Soon it was gone, only to be... Read more >
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
Written by Sharon Begley
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345479891
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Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
Written by Sharon Begley


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2007
Price: $16.00

In this fascinating and far-reaching book, Newsweek science writer Sharon Begley reports on how cutting-edge science and the ancient wisdom of Buddhism have come together to reveal that, contrary to popular belief, we have the power to literally change our brains by changing our minds. Recent pioneering experiments in neuroplasticity–the ability... Read more >
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Musicophilia
Musicophilia
Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400040810
Our Price: $26.00
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Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain
Written by Oliver Sacks


Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $26.00

Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat.  But the power of music goes much... Read more >
Musicophilia
Musicophilia
Written by Oliver Sacks, Read by Simon Prebble
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780739357392
Our Price: $29.95
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Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain
Written by Oliver Sacks
Read by Simon Prebble


Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $29.95

Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat.  But the power of music goes much... Read more >
Musicophilia
Musicophilia
Written by Oliver Sacks, Read by Simon Prebble
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739357408
Our Price: $14.98

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Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain
Written by Oliver Sacks
Read by Simon Prebble


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $14.98

Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat.  But the power of music goes much... Read more >
The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
Written by Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400064694
Our Price: $24.95
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The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better
Written by Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee


Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $24.95

In this compelling, cutting-edge book, two generations of science writers explore the exciting science of “body maps” in the brain–and how startling new discoveries about the mind-body connection can change and improve our lives. Why do you still feel fat after losing weight? What makes video games so addictive? How can... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
Poe's Heart and the Mountain Climber
Poe's Heart and the Mountain Climber
Written by Richard Restak, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400048519
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Poe's Heart and the Mountain Climber
Exploring the Effect of Anxiety on Our Brains and Our Culture
Written by Richard Restak, M.D.


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2005
Price: $12.00

In Poe’s Heart and the Mountain Climber, neuropsychiatrist and bestselling author Richard Restak takes an in-depth look at the science of anxiety, offering a fresh perspective and a straightforward approach to exploring and understanding our anxiety before it paralyzes us. In clear, accessible language, Restak addresses such pivotal questions as:

• How... Read more >
A User's Guide to the Brain
A User's Guide to the Brain
Written by John J. Ratey, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375701078
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A User's Guide to the Brain
Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain
Written by John J. Ratey, M.D.


Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2002
Price: $16.95

John Ratey, bestselling author and clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, here lucidly explains the human brain’s workings, and paves the way for a better understanding of how the brain affects who we are. Ratey provides insight into the basic structure and chemistry of the brain, and demonstrates how... Read more >
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Within Reason
Within Reason
Written by Donald Calne
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375703225
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Within Reason
Rationality and Human Behavior
Written by Donald Calne


Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2000
Price: $14.00

It has long been a central conviction of western humanistic thought that reason is the most godlike of human traits, and that it makes us unique among animals. Yet if reason directs what we do, why is human behavior so often violent, irrational and disastrous?

In Within Reason, leading neurologist Donald B... Read more >
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