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Pantheon Books. New. Pantheon Books, 2020 New What does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time but other memories? How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue, or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? Why did many people in the 1980s mistakenly perceive book pages to be slightly red in color? Why is the world's best archer armless? Might we someday control a robot with our thoughts, just as we do our fingers and toes? Why do we dream at night, and what does that have to do with the rotation of the Earth?The answers to these questions are right behind our eyes The greatest technology we have ever discovered on our planet is the three-pound organ carried in the vault of the skull This book is not simply about what the brain is; it is about what it does The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it's made of but in the way those parts unceasingly reweave themselves in an electric, living fabric In Livewired, you will surf the leading… Read More

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Simon & Schuster. New. Simon & Schuster, 2017 New An instant #1 New York Times bestsellerFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Take Heart, My Child and popular FOX news anchor Ainsley Earhardt comes a sweet new book that celebrates everyday wonders and miraclesAinsley Earhardt reflects on her experiences as a mother and viewing wonders of the world through a child's eyes in this stunning follow up to Take Heart, My Child So often as we race through life, we need the wisdom and perspective of a child to remind us what is important and what should be celebrated and remembered: the everyday joys and miracles and simple pleasures of life Our children teach us and awaken our own inner child

Wren & Rook. New.. Harrison, Jo. Wren & Rook, 2017. New. . Harrison, Jo. 2017. New.. 288 p. Includes Illustrations. Audience: Young adult. .

Thomas Nelson. New. Thomas Nelson, 2018 New Dale Earnhardt Jr is an American professional stock car racing driver, champion team owner, businessman, and television analyst for NBC Sports Group He began his racing career at seventeen years of age with his dad, Dale Earnhardt Sr He won consecutive NASCAR Busch Series Championships in 1998 and 1999 and the Daytona 500 in 2004 and 2014 Dale lives in Mooresville, North Carolina, with his wife, Amy, and their daughter, Isla RoseIt was a seemingly minor crash at Michigan International Speedway in June 2016 that ended the day early for Dale Earnhardt Jr What he didn't know was that it would also end his driving for the year He'd dealt with concussions before, but concussions are like snowflakes, no two are the same And recovery can be brutal, and lengthyWhen NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr retired from professional stock car racing in 2017, he walked away from his career as a healthy man But for years, he had worried that the worsening effects of multiple… Read More

North Atlantic Books, U.S.. New.. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, US, 2016 New This comprehensive, full-color guide provides detailed, easy-to-follow instructions for making and using approximately 250 herbal medicines at home, including practical tips and numerous effective formulas developed and tested by the authors, both expert herbalists with years of experience Readers who appreciate the health-giving properties of herbal medicines but are discouraged by the high price of commercial products can now make their own preparations for a fraction of the cost The authors tell you everything you need to know about harvesting, preparing, and administering herbs in many different forms, including fresh, bulk dried herbs, capsules, extracts in water, alcohol, glycerin, vinegar and oil, and even preparations like essential oils and flower essences The book also covers topical applications of herbs as salves, lotions, poultices, tooth powders, ear drops, and more, and includes an extensive chapter… Read More

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PublicAffairs. New. Gregg Easterbrook is the author of twelve books, most recently It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear (2018) He was a staff writer, national correspondent, or contributing editor at The Atlantic for nearly forty years Easterbrook has written for The New Yorker, Science, Wired, Harvard Business Review, the Washington Monthly, the New Republic, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times He was a fellow in economics and in government studies at the Brookings Institution In 2017 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences For decades, the Navy has stood sentinel over crucial waterways, ensuring safe passage of goods from nearly all nations The result is the longest phase of peace on the waters since the Phoenicians, with rising living standards, more (total) jobs, and the dramatic decline of poverty in AsiaBut these prosperous times could be at an end Today China is building warships at an extraordinary pace… Read More

IDW Publishing. New. What terrible events destroyed his family and left New York a crumbling, post-apocalyptic nightmare? All will be revealed in this climactic Turtle tale that sees longtime friends becoming enemies and new allies emerging in the most unexpected places Can the surviving Turtle triumph?Eastman and Laird are joined by writer Tom Waltz, who penned the first 100 issues of IDW's ongoing TMNT series, and artists Esau & Isaac Escorza (Heavy Metal) and Ben Bishop (The Far Side of the Moon) with an Introduction by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez!Collects the complete five-issue miniseries in a new graphic novel, an adventure as fulfilling for longtime Turtles fans as it is accessible for readers just discovering the heroes in a half shell

Warner Home Video. New. No packaging as issued.. Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, Aaron Eckhart, Sam Huntington. Warner Home Video, December 20, 2016. New. No packaging as issued. . Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, Aaron Eckhart, Sam Huntington. December 20, 2016. New. No packaging as issued.. 2 discs. Language: English. Run time: 96 mins. Originally released: 2016. .

Penguin Books. New. Penguin Books, 2020 New From one of the world's leading experts on unconscious racial bias come stories, science, and strategies to address one of the central controversies of our timeHow do we talk about bias? How do we address racial disparities and inequities? What role do our institutions play in creating, maintaining, and magnifying those inequities? What role do we play? With a perspective that is at once scientific, investigative, and informed by personal experience, Dr Jennifer Eberhardt offers us the language and courage we need to face one of the biggest and most troubling issues of our time She exposes racial bias at all levels of society-in our neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, and criminal justice system Yet she also offers us tools to address it Eberhardt shows us how we can be vulnerable to bias but not doomed to live under its grip Racial bias is a problem that we all have a role to play in solving

Harper. New.. Harper, 2016. New. . 2016. New.. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 192 p. Audience: General/trade. .

Penguin Books. Very Good. Roberto della Griva, a seventeenth-century nobleman, finds himself stuck upon a ship from which he cannot escape, so he explores the ship and reminisces about the various chapters and experiences of his life Reprint NYT

Ballantine Books. New.. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1990 New This produces a map indicating the geographical point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled?a point located in Paris, France, at Foucault's Pendulum But in a fateful turn the joke becomes all too real, and when occult groups, including Satanists, get wind of the Plan, they go so far as to kill one of the editors in their quest to gain control of the earth

New. His incarceration was the culmination of a year-long whisper campaign started by a group of disgruntled members of his SEAL platoon after a successful deployment fighting ISIS in Mosul, Iraq At the end of that deployment, Chief Gallagher was named the #1 chief at SEAL Team 7, put in for a Silver Star for valor on the battlefield, and listed for promotion to Senior Chief The junior members whom Chief Gallagher had called out for cowardice and ineptitude in combat decided they couldn't let any of those things stand, and escalated minor complaints into false accusations of stabbing a captured ISIS fighter and shooting noncombatants that gained international attention Despite a corrupt investigation and a deceitful prosecutor who would be removed from the case for spying on defense attorneys, Chief Gallagher was found innocent on all major charges, and freed from prison But only after his family was put through hell, and President Trump intervened to allow Chief Gallagher a fair trial in a military… Read More

Bloomsbury Publishing. New. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019 New Award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge was frustrated with the way that discussions of race and racism are so often led by those blind to it, by those willfully ignorant of its legacy Her response, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, has transformed the conversation both in Britain and around the world Examining everything from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance, from whitewashed feminism to the inextricable link between class and race, Eddo-Lodge offers a timely and essential new framework for how to see, acknowledge, and counter racism Including a new afterword by the author, this is a searing, illuminating, absolutely necessary exploration of what it is to be a person of color in Britain today, and an essential handbook for anyone looking to understand how structural racism works

Simon & Schuster. New.. Simon & Schuster, 2017. New. . 2017. New.. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. .

Simon & Schuster. New.. Simon & Schuster, 2017. New. . 2017. New.. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. .

Amber Lotus Publishing. New. Amber Lotus Publishing, 2019. New. The luminous vision of Earth from space reveals one human family. Boundaries and differences that seem insurmountable at ground level are diminished, illuminating the understanding that all people have the same desires for love, safety, happiness, and acceptance. The "overview effect," first described in 1987 by science writer Frank White, is the cognitive shift experienced by astronauts while in space. With sudden clarity, they understand that the Earth - home to everyone and everything we have ever known - is a pulsing, swirling, living place that we must protect.

New. The Talmud states "One who wishes to be a chasid, should practice the words of Avot (Ethics of the Fathers)" Now, with the release of Pirkei Avot: With a New Commentary, Anthologized from the works of the Classic Commentators and the Chasidic Masters, that daunting task has become that much easier Compiled by well-known author and translator Rabbi Yosef Marcus, and published by the Lubavitch publishing house, Kehot Publication Society, the volume gives the reader a comprehensive and fundamental understanding of Pirkie Avot Anthologized from hundreds of commentators, classic to obscure, the commentary is crowned with the insights culled from the voluminous works of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and his predecessors Printed in elegant two-color with original artwork, and issued in a deluxe gift edition as the "Rabbi Gavriel and Rivky Holtzberg Memorial Edition" it was dedicated by Howard and Claire Glowinsky of Toronto, Canada, in honor of the Bar Mitzvah on their son Benji The publishers… Read More