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Welcome to Your Brain: The Science of Jet Lag, Love and Other Curiosities of Life
When I drink, am I killing my brain cells? Does cramming for an exam work? Why can't you tickle yourself? Can you improve your brain with video games? Why is looking at a photograph harder than playing chess? Written with a light touch, but using hard science, Welcome to your Brain will answer all the q...
While Europe Slept
The struggle for the soul of Europe today is every bit as dire and consequential as it was in the 1930s. Then, in Weimar, Germany, the center did not hold, and the light of civilization nearly went out. Today, the continent has entered yet another "Weimar moment." Will Europeans rise to the challenge po...
The Cave and the Light: Plato versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization
Arthur Herman has now written the definitive sequel to his "New York Times" bestseller, "How the Scots Invented the Modern World, "and extends the themes of the book--which sold half a million copies worldwide--back to the ancient Greeks and forward to the age of the Internet. "The Cave and the Light "i...
An Improbable Friendship
"The extraordinary true story of a secret forty-year friendship between two women who should have been bitter enemies. One- the beautiful Raymonda Tawil, the mother-in-law of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The other- Ruth Dayan, widow of General Moshe Dayan, the most celebrated Jewish general since J...
Black Holes - the Reith Lectures
"It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger than anything dreamed up by science fiction writers."In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that fascinated him for d...
Magic Feet (Ellyse Perry #2)
"When cricket season is over, there's only one thing to do . . . play soccer!Soccer season is here and Ellyse is desperate to pull on her boots and start dribbling and defending. Unlike club cricket where she is the only girl on the team, her best friends Charlie and Jazz also play soccer and it's so mu...
Of Women: In the 21st Century
This book starts from the position that gender injustice is the greatest human rights abuse on the planet. It blights First and developing worlds; rich and poor women. Gender injustice impacts health, wealth, education, representation, opportunity and security everywhere. It is no exaggeration to descri...
A Life of My Own
Esteemed biographer and legendary literary editor Claire Tomalin's stunning memoir of a life in literature " An] intelligent and humane book...There is genuine appeal in watching this indomitable woman continue to chase the next draft of herself." --Dwight Garner, The New York Times In A Life of My ...
The Narrative of Trajan's Column
'When the last fire goes out, time too will be finished' Italo Calvino was one of the most joyful and imaginative writers of the twentieth century. Here he muses on what the things we leave behind - whether waxworks or ancient graffiti, enigmatic maps or a crumbling Roman column - tell us about the gr...
A Rage in Harlem
'The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler' Sunday Times Jackson's woman has found him a foolproof way to make money - a technique for turning ten dollar bills into hundreds. But when the scheme somehow fails, Jackson is left broke, wanted by the police and desperately racing t...
Just Me and My Dad (Little Critter)
Little Critter is exploring the great outdoors with his dad in this heartwarming and funny classic. Perfect for parents to read aloud with their toddlers.Whether he and his dad are canoeing, fishing, or building a campfire, parents and children alike will relate to this beloved story. A perfect gift for...
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