Charles Fernyhough

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

How the New Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell about Our Pasts

Short-listed for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, the Best Book of Ideas Prize, and the Society of Biology Book Awards • Book of the Year: Sunday Times, Sunday Express, and New Scientist A new consensus is emerging among cognitive scientists: rather than possessing fixed, unchanging memories, we create new recollections each time we are called upon to remember. As psychologist Charles Fernyhough explains, remembering is an act of narrative imagination as much as it is the product of a neurological process. In Pieces of Light, he illuminates this compelling scientific breakthrough in a series of personal stories, each illustrating memory's complex synergy of cognitive and neurological functions. Combining science and literature, the ordinary and the extraordinary, this fascinating tour through the new science of autobiographical memory helps us better understand the ways we remember—and the ways we forget.

Pieces of Light

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Knut Boeser

John Brownjohn

No book cover, book itself in great condition 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Based on the screenplay by Boeser, this is the novel of the astonishing impact and bold insight into the life and times of this remarkable figure, Nostradamus.

Nostradamus

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Chip Gaines

Joanna Gaines

By renovating homes in Waco, Texas, and changing lives in such a winsome and engaging way, Chip and Joanna have become more than just the stars of Fixer Upper, they have become America’s new best friends.

The Magnolia Story

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David Starkey

The book cover has minor damage the book itself is in great condition.

The Struggle for the Throne

An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual -- though, as she maintained, a virgin -- Elizabeth I was to be famed as England's most successful ruler. This brilliant new biography, by concentrating on the formative early years -- from her birth in 1533 to her accession in 1558 -- shows how her experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs. A uniquely absorbing tale of one young woman's turbulent, courageous and seemingly impossible journey towards the throne, it is the story of the making of a queen. In growing up, Elizabeth experienced every vicissitude of fortune and every extreme of condition. She was three years old at the time of her mother's execution; when she was a young woman, her step-father cut her dress off of her with a knife. She had been Princess and inheritrix of England -- then bastardized and disinherited. At sixteen she was the head of a great princely household. Yet she was also an accused traitor on the verge of execution. Amid all this, she had mastered the most advanced classical curriculum of the day. But it was her lessons in the school of life that mattered more -- and that taught her her humanity. David Starkey re-creates a host of extravagant characters, madcap schemes and tragic plots, while using original documents to point up the importance ofthe rituals of power and life at court. He writes with exceptional clarity about religion and constitutional history. Elizabeth, whose own Protestant faith was personal and sophisticated, was extremely judicious in her handling of Reform, as in her choice of advisors and councilors. Here, too, is a fresh view of the famous rivalry between the daughters of Henry VIII: the pious Catholic Mary and her clever sister. While Elizabeth remained utterly devoted to her father, she was also determined not to lose her opportunity for power -- and not to make the same mistakes as Mary. The skill with which she achieved her goal proved to be a sign that England had reached a watershed moment in its history. Starkey's close attention to detail and vivid storytelling ability combine to produce a narrative of these extraordinary years that reads like a novel. Meticulously researched and enormously compelling, Elizabeth is a masterpiece of biography.

Elizabeth

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Sherry Argov

From Doormat to Dreamgirl--A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship

Describes why men are attracted to strong women and offers advice on ways a woman can relate to men and gain a man's love and respect.

Why Men Love Bitches

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Matthew McConaughey

"Drawing on the Academy Award-winning actor's journals and diaries from the last 40 years, this book presents a uniquely McConaughey approach to achieving success and satisfaction"--

Greenlights

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Lauren Weisberger

A Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SOON TO BE A BROADWAY MUSICAL • The iconic novel that inspired the hit movie starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway—a gloriously wicked story about the ultimate Boss from Hell and the deals we make with the devil to get to the top “The degree to which The Devil Wears Prada has penetrated pop culture needs no explanation.”—Vanity Fair Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job “a million girls would die for.” Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child. Andrea is sorely tested each and every day—and often late into the night—with orders barked over the phone. She puts up with it all by keeping her eyes on the prize: a recommendation from Miranda that will get her a top job at any magazine of her choosing. As things escalate from the merely unacceptable to the downright outrageous, Andrea begins to realize that the job a million girls would die for may just kill her. And even if she survives, she has to decide whether or not it’s worth the price of her soul.

The Devil Wears Prada

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Michael Sullivan

Shelagh Vainker

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Used for class: Art of China (400 level)

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Preface to Sixth Edition -- Afterthoughts -- Chronological Table of Dynasties and Modern Republics -- Reign Periods of the Ming and Qing Dynasties -- Before the Dawn of History -- The Early Bronze Age: Shang and Western Zhou -- Eastern Zhou and the Period of the Warring States -- The Qin and Han Dynasties -- The Three Kingdoms and the Six Dynasties -- The Sui and Tang Dynasties -- The Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty -- The Yuan Dynasty -- The Ming Dynasty -- The Qing Dynasty -- The Twentieth Century and Beyond.

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Charles Fernyhough

Pieces of Light

Knut Boeser; John Brownjohn

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Chip Gaines; Joanna Gaines

The Magnolia Story

David Starkey

Elizabeth

Sherry Argov

Why Men Love Bitches

Matthew McConaughey

Greenlights

Lauren Weisberger

The Devil Wears Prada

Michael Sullivan; Shelagh Vainker

The Arts of China, Sixth Edition, Revised and Expanded

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