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The Bracelet

by Roberta Gately

Published: 2012-11-06

Paperback: 318 pages

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Newly heartbroken and searching for purpose in her life, Abby Monroe is determined to make her mark as a UN worker in one of the world's most unstable cities: Peshawar, Pakistan. But after witnessing the brutal murder of a woman thrown from a building, she is haunted by the memory of an in...

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The Bradbury Report: A Novel

by Steven Polansky

Published: 2010-05-14

Hardcover: 336 pages

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Destined to take its place beside such classics of speculative fiction as 1984, Brave New World, and The Handmaid's Tale, this astonishing first novel is a beautifully written and riveting meditation on what it means to be human, what it means to live, and love, wholeheartedly. The year i...

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Brain on Fire

by Susannah Cahalan

Published: 2012-11-13

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An award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is the powerful account of one woman’s struggle to recapture her identity.When twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room, strapped t...

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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)

by John Medina

Published: 2008-03

Hardcover: 301 pages

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Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know--such as the brain's need for physical activity to work at its best. How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to ...

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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books)

by Norman Doidge

Published: 2007-12-18

Hardcover: 95 pages

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An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries- old notion that the human brain is immutable. In this revolutionary look at the brain, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge, M.D., provides an introduction to both the brilliant scientists championing ...

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The Braindead Megaphone

by George Saunders

Published: 2007-09-04

Paperback: 272 pages

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The breakout book from "the funniest writer in America"-not to mention an official Genius-a trade paperback original and his first nonfiction collection ever. George Saunders's first foray into nonfiction is comprised of essays on literature, travel, and politics. At the core of this uniq...

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Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs

by Ken Jennings

Published: 2007-10-30

Paperback: 288 pages

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One day back in 2003, Ken Jennings and his college buddy Earl did what hundreds of thousands of people had done before: they auditioned for Jeopardy! Two years, 75 games, 2,642 correct answers, and over $2.5 million in winnings later, Ken Jennings emerged as trivia’s undisputed king. Bra...

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Bram Stoker's Dracula

by Bram Stoker

Published: 2004-09-09

Hardcover: 336 pages

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The Brambles

by Eliza Minot

Published: 2006-07-18

Hardcover: 256 pages

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“An impressive stylistic leap from her admired first novel. . . . Minot shows that she is not afraid to take risks to tease out from the beautiful bones of her story its marrow of suspense.”—Elle A luminous, panoramic novel of family life—a beautiful, often hilarious portrait of...

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Branch Rickey (Penguin Lives)

by Jimmy Breslin

Published: 2011-03-17

Hardcover: 160 pages

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A bestselling author remembers the man who integrated baseball. The idea of integrating baseball began as a dream in the mind of Branch Rickey. In 1947, as president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, he defied racism on and off the field to bring Jackie Robinson into the major ...