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The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind
Published: 2010-04-15
Hardcover: 256 pages
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A leading science writer examines how the brain's capacity reaches its peak in middle age For many years, scientists thought that the human brain simply decayed over time and its dying cells led to memory slips, fuzzy logic, negative thinking, and even depression. But new research from n...
The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind. Barbara Strauch
Published: 2011-04
Paperback: 256 pages
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For many years, scientists thought that the human brain simply decayed over time and its dying cells led to memory slips, fuzzy logic, negative thinking, and even depression. But new research from neuroscientists and psychologists suggests that, in fact, the brain reorganizes, improves in important functions,...
Secret Lives
Published: 2010-06-28
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Actress Eden Riley's decision to make a film about her mother plunges her into a shattering confrontation with her own past, irrevocably altering her life and the lives of those she loves. Her mother, Katherine Swift, was a renowned children's author who died when Eden was very young. Now ...
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
Published: 2010-12-01
Paperback: 256 pages
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To the dismay of her ambitious mother, Bolanle marries into a polygamous family, where she is the fourth wife of a rich, rotund patriarch, Baba Segi. She is a graduate and therefore a great prize, but even graduates must produce children and her husband's persistent bellyache is a sign that things are...
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives: A Novel
Published: 2010-06-29
Hardcover: 288 pages
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When Baba Segi awoke with a bellyache for the sixth day in a row, he knew it was time to do something drastic about his fourth wife's childlessness. Meet Baba Segi . . . A plump, vain, and prosperous middle-aged man of robust appetites, Baba Segi is the patriarch of a large househol...
The Secret Lives of Boys: Inside the Raw Emotional World of Male Teens
Published: 2009-04-13
Hardcover: 272 pages
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This unprecedented look into the lives and social groups of boys across America is a parent and teacher's key to understanding the hidden hopes, fears, pains, and passions of their sons and students. Male teenage cliques have come a long way since the days of the Breakfast Club and Fast ...
The Secret Lives of Dresses
Published: 2011-02-10
Kindle Edition: 296 pages
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Dora has always taken the path of least resistance. She went to the college that offered her a scholarship, is majoring in "vagueness studies," and wears whatever shows the least dirt. She falls into a job at the college coffee shop, and a crush on her flirty boss, Gary. Just when she's ab...
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
Published: 2010-06-01
Paperback: 352 pages
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The bitter divorce of "perfect couple" DeeDee and Harry Wilder, and its impact on the gated community in which they live, is seen through the eyes of a neighbor, Lyssa Harper, who doesn't realize the parallels between their marriage and her own. Touched by Harry Wilder's efforts at trial-by-error single...
The Secret Lives of the Four Wives: A Novel
Published: 2011-07-05
Paperback: 304 pages
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African-born poet Lola Shoneyin sheds a fascinating light on the little-known world of polygamy in modern-day Nigeria, in her powerful and thought-provoking debut novel, The Secret Lives of the Four Wives (previously titled The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives). Fans of The 19th Wife an...
The Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share What It Really Takes to Stay Married
Published: 2011-09-29
Hardcover: 288 pages
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A bestselling, groundbreaking author investigates successful long term marriages, interviewing wives and their uncensored strategies for staying married. America's high divorce rate is well known. But little attention has been paid to the flip side: couples who creatively (sometimes cla...
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