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Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $11.99
Awakenings--which inspired the major motion picture--is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I. Frozen for decades in a trance-like state, these men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver Sacks gave them the... Read more >
Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $11.99
The many manifestations of migraine can vary dramatically from one patient to another, even within the same patient at different times. Among the most compelling and perplexing of these symptoms are the strange visual hallucinations and distortions of space, time, and body image which migraineurs sometimes experience. Portrayals of these uncanny... Read more >
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Seven Paradoxical Tales
Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: November 14, 2012
Price: $11.99
To these seven narratives of neurological disorder Dr. Sacks brings the same humanity, poetic observation, and infectious sense of wonder that are apparent in his bestsellers Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. These men, women, and one extraordinary child emerge as brilliantly adaptive personalities, whose conditions... Read more >
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Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: November 14, 2012
Price: $11.99
Oliver Sacks has always been fascinated by islands--their remoteness, their mystery, above all the unique forms of life they harbor. For him, islands conjure up equally the romance of Melville and Stevenson, the adventure of Magellan and Cook, and the scientific wonder of Darwin and Wallace.
Drawn to the tiny Pacific atoll... Read more >
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52 Tips for Improving Your Skills
Written by Daniel Coyle
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $9.99
The Little Book of Talent is a manual for building a faster brain and a better you. It is an easy-to-use handbook of scientifically proven, field-tested methods to improve skills—your skills, your kids’ skills, your organization’s skills—in sports, music, art, math, and business. The product of five years of reporting from... Read more >
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52 Tips for Improving Your Skills
Written by Daniel Coyle
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $18.00
The Little Book of Talent is a manual for building a faster brain and a better you. It is an easy-to-use handbook of scientifically proven, field-tested methods to improve skills—your skills, your kids’ skills, your organization’s skills—in sports, music, art, math, and business. The product of five years of reporting from... Read more >
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A Voyage from the Brain to the Soul
Written by Giulio Tononi
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $30.00
This title is printed in full color throughout.
From one of the most original and influential neuroscientists at work today, here is an exploration of consciousness unlike any other—as told by Galileo, who opened the way for the objectivity of science and is now intent on making subjective experience a part of...
A Voyage from the Brain to the Soul
Written by Giulio Tononi
Format: eBook, 380 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $15.99
This title is printed in full color throughout.
From one of the most original and influential neuroscientists at work today, here is an exploration of consciousness unlike any other—as told by Galileo, who opened the way for the objectivity of science and is now intent on making subjective experience a part of...
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The Secret Lives of the Brain
Written by David Eagleman
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $15.95
If the conscious mind--the part you consider to be you--is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?
In this sparkling and provocative book, renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate its surprising mysteries. Why can your foot move halfway to the...
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A Mother Uncovers the Science Behind Three Generations of Mental Illness
Written by Victoria Costello
Format: Trade Paperback, 267 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $19.00
Every family has secrets; only some secrets are lethal. In Victoria Costello’s family mental illness had been given many names over at least four generations until this inherited conspiracy of silence finally endangered the youngest members of the family, her children. In this riveting story—part memoir, detective story, and scientific investigation—the... Read more >
A Mother Uncovers the Science Behind Three Generations of Mental Illness.
Written by Victoria Costello
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $11.99
Every family has secrets; only some secrets are lethal. In Victoria Costello’s family mental illness had been given many names over at least four generations until this inherited conspiracy of silence finally endangered the youngest members of the family, her children. In this riveting story—part memoir, detective story, and scientific investigation—the... Read more >
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Written by David Disalvo
Format: Trade Paperback, 309 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $19.00
Why do we routinely choose options that don’t meet our short-term needs and undermine our long-term goals? Why do we willingly expose ourselves to temptations that undercut our hard-fought progress to overcome addictions? Why are we prone to assigning meaning to statistically common coincidences? Why do we insist we’re right even... Read more >
Written by David Disalvo
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 15, 2011
Price: $11.99
Why do we routinely choose options that don’t meet our short-term needs and undermine our long-term goals? Why do we willingly expose ourselves to temptations that undercut our hard-fought progress to overcome addictions? Why are we prone to assigning meaning to statistically common coincidences? Why do we insist we’re right even... Read more >
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Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $15.00
With compassion and insight, Dr. Oliver Sacks again illuminates the mysteries of the brain by introducing us to some remarkable characters, including Pat, who remains a vivacious communicator despite the stroke that deprives her of speech, and Howard, a novelist who loses the ability to read. Sacks investigates those who can...
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The Discovery of Memory
Written by Terry McDermott
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2011
Price: $15.95
A riveting narrative account of a brilliant, rebel scientist and his notorious lab as they unlock the mystery of memory.
For decades Gary Lynch sought to uncover what physically happens in the brain when we form a memory. Luckily award-winning journalist Terry McDermott was with Lynch in his lab as his staff...
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The Secret Lives of the Brain
Written by David Eagleman
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 31, 2011
Price: $26.95
If the conscious mind—the part you consider to be you—is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?
In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why can your foot move halfway to...
The Secret Lives of the Brain
Written by David Eagleman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: May 31, 2011
Price: $11.99
If the conscious mind—the part you consider to be you—is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?
In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why can your foot move halfway to...
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The Secret Lives of the Brain
Written by David Eagleman
Read by David Eagleman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 31, 2011
Price: $17.50
If the conscious mind—the part you consider to be you—is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?
In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why can your foot move halfway to...
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Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That Hurts
Written by Barbara Oakley
Format: Hardcover, 387 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $26.00
Are some people predisposed to kindness to the point of being destructive to themselves and others? How much of our help is fulfilling our own needs—including those of our hidden passions? This is the true story of Carole Alden, a brilliant, yet eccentric mother of five, who evinced a deep and... Read more >
Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That Hurts
Written by Barbara Oakley
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 1, 2011
Price: $12.99
Are some people predisposed to kindness to the point of being destructive to themselves and others? How much of our help is fulfilling our own needs—including those of our hidden passions? This is the true story of Carole Alden, a brilliant, yet eccentric mother of five, who evinced a deep and... Read more >
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Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2011
Price: $14.99
From the author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller The Female Brain, here is the eagerly awaited follow-up book that demystifies the puzzling male brain.
Dr. Louann Brizendine, the founder of the first clinic in the country to study gender differences in brain, behavior, and hormones, turns her attention to the...
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Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $11.99
In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read... Read more >
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Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $27.00
In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read... Read more >
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Written by Oliver Sacks
Read by Oliver Sacks and Richard Davidson
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $35.00
In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read... Read more >
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Written by Oliver Sacks
Read by Oliver Sacks and Richard Davidson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $17.50
In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read... Read more >
