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Maryland

Mile High

Another Country

Flash and Filigree

The Worlds of Science Fiction

A Century of Science Fiction

John Le Carré

In a novel about global politics and the fate of truth in modern times, Harry Pendel, a tailor in Panama City who can claim politicians, presidents, crooks, and conmen among his customers, becomes an unlikely spy for British intelligence

The Tailor of Panama

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Ulcers

Rupert Sheldrake

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind

Drawing on case histories and more than a decade of controlled experiments, the author explores some of the mysteries of the human mind, including intuition, precognition, telepathy, and the familiar sense of being stared at.

The Sense of Being Stared At

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English As She Is Spoke

Steven Pinker

Excellent except for small fold on back bookcover. FIRST EDITION.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

FIRST EDITION

"Everyone has questions about language. Some are from everyday experience: Why do immigrants struggle with a new language, only to have their fluent children ridicule their grammatical errors? Why can't computers converse with us? Why is the hockey team in Toronto called the Maple Leafs, not the Maple Leaves? Some are from popular science: Have scientists really reconstructed the first language spoken on earth? Are there genes for grammar? Can chimpanzees learn sign language? And some are from our deepest ponderings about the human condition: Does our language control our thoughts? How could language have evolved? Is language deteriorating?" "Today laypeople can chitchat about black holes and dinosaur extinictions, but their curiosity about their own speech has been left unsatisfied - until now. In The Language Instinct, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading scientists of language and the mind, lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, how it evolved." "But The Language Instinct is no encyclopedia. With wit, erudition, and deft use of everyday examples of humor and wordplay, Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling theory: that language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution like web spinning in spiders or sonar in bats." "The theory not only challenges conventional wisdom about language itself (especially from the self-appointed "experts" who claim to be safe-guarding the language hut who understand it less well than a typical teenager). It is part of a whole new vision of the human mind: not a general-purpose computer, but a collection of instincts adapted to solving evolutionarily significant problems - the mind as a Swiss Army knife." "Entertaining, insightful, provocative, The Language Instinct will change the way you talk about talking and think about thinking."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Language Instinct

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Michael F. Roizen

Mehmet Oz

The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty

You: Staying Young

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Joyce Tenneson

A Celebration of Their Insights, Courage, and Beauty

In ancient times older women were the keepers of primal mysteries and were revered for their special wisdom: today there is a feeling that our culture is reawakening to the power of our elders. Joyce Tenneson presents 80 portraits of women aged 65 to 100, who comment on their experiences of ageing.

Wise Women

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Bernice Randall

A Guide to Confoundingly Related English Words

A handbook to closely-related English terms covers human and not-so-human beings, places, things, concepts, the arts, nature, and science

When Is a Pig a Hog?

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Daniel Goleman

Dalai Lama

B. Alan Wallace

Thupten Jinpa

A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama

*Why do seemingly rational, intelligent people commit acts of cruelty and violence? *What are the root causes of destructive behavior? *How can we control the emotions that drive these impulses? *Can we learn to live at peace with ourselves and others? Imagine sitting with the Dalai Lama in his private meeting room with a small group of world-class scientists and philosophers. The talk is lively and fascinating as these leading minds grapple with age-old questions of compelling contemporary urgency. Daniel Goleman, the internationally bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence, provides the illuminating commentary--and reports on the breakthrough research this historic gathering inspired. Destructive Emotions Buddhist philosophy tells us that all personal unhappiness and interpersonal conflict lie in the “three poisons”: craving, anger, and delusion. It also provides antidotes of astonishing psychological sophistication--which are now being confirmed by modern neuroscience. With new high-tech devices, scientists can peer inside the brain centers that calm the inner storms of rage and fear. They also can demonstrate that awareness-training strategies such as meditation strengthen emotional stability--and greatly enhance our positive moods. The distinguished panel members report these recent findings and debate an exhilarating range of other topics: What role do destructive emotions play in human evolution? Are they “hardwired” in our bodies? Are they universal, or does culture determine how we feel? How can we nurture the compassion that is also our birthright? We learn how practices that reduce negativity have also been shown to bolster the immune system. Here, too, is an enlightened proposal for a school-based program of social and emotional learning that can help our children increase self-awareness, manage their anger, and become more empathetic. Throughout, these provocative ideas are brought to life by the play of personalities, by the Dalai Lama’s probing questions, and by his surprising sense of humor. Although there are no easy answers, the dialogues, which are part of a series sponsored by the Mind and Life Institute, chart an ultimately hopeful course. They are sure to spark discussion among educators, religious and political leaders, parents--and all people who seek peace for themselves and the world. The Mind and Life Institute sponsors cross-cultural dialogues that bring together the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist scholars with Western scientists and philosophers. Mind and Life VIII, on which this book is based, took place in Dharamsala, India, in March 2000.

Destructive Emotions - How Can We Overcome Them?

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Richard Lederer

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More Accidental Assaults upon Our Language

An anguished language expert provides the latest collection of unfortunate typos, tragically misplaced modifiers, and other hilarious language snafus.

The Revenge of Anguished English

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Garrison Keillor

Leaving his wife to pursue an idealized life as a writer, Larry Wyler finds his early successes quickly deteriorating and returns home to write for an advice column, through which he learns unexpected life lessons. 250,000 first printing.

Love Me

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John Tollefson, a fortysomething Norwegian bachelor public-radio manager, falls for Columbia University historian Alida Freeman, while struggling to cope with his curmugeonly father, a controlling boss, a gloomy neurotic staff, bankruptcy, and other trials and tribulations. 225,000 first printing.

Wobegon Boy

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Douwe Draaisma

Arnold Pomerans

Erica Pomerans

How Memory Shapes Our Past

An exploration of the nature of autobiographical memory tackles such phenomena as deja-vu, near death experiences, and memory feats of idiot savants, in a volume that blends scholarship, poetic sensibility, and observation.

Why Life Speeds up as You Get Older

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Isadore Rosenfeld

Proven Ways to Slow down the Clock

Dr. Rosenfeld spells out the details on how to prevent, treat, and/or slow down virtually every disorder and complication of aging, including Alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease, impotence, cataracts, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, stroke, and loss of vision.

Live Now, Age Later

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Gillian Butler

Tony Hope

The Mental Fitness Guide

Combining management techniques and personal psychology, a guide offers methods for development of positive attitudes and problem-solving skills that help to build self-confidence and overcome anxiety

Managing Your Mind

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Barbara M. Ohrbach

A Collection of Thoughts, Poems, Sentiments, and Recipes to Share With

Bestselling author Barbara Milo Orhbach is back with a new book in the tradition of A Token of Friendship. Filled with a rich and touching collection of quotations and delicious recipes and illustrated with delightful 18th and 19th century engravings, A Cheerful Heart makes an enchanting gift for the special people in your life. Full-color illustrations throughout.

Cheerful Heart

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And Living a Better Life

This revelatory volume shows readers how to confront death--along with inevitable currents of life--with a deep-seated preparedness built on virtue, focus, and inner strength.

Advice on Dying

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Thornton Wilder

Tappan Wilder

A Novel

"On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." With this celebrated sentence, Thornton Wilder begins The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of the towering achievements in American fiction and a novel read throughout the world. By chance, a monk witnesses the tragedy. Brother Juniper seeks to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths of those who perished in the tragedy. His study leads to his own death -- and to the author's timeless investigation into the nature of love and the meaning of the human condition. The Bridge of San Luis Rey is now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition featuring a new foreword by Russell Banks. Tappan Wilder has written an engaging and thought-provoking afterword, which includes unpublished notes for the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, illuminating photographs, and other remarkable documentary material. Granville Hicks's insightful comment about Wilder suggests an inveterate truth: "As a craftsman he is second to none, and there are few who have looked deeper into the human heart."

Bridge of San Luis Rey

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Gabriel García Márquez

Edith Grossman

Bitten by a rabid dog in colonial South America, twelve-year-old Sierva Mari+a7a is sent to a convent to endure torturous therapies and meets bookish Father Cayetano Delaura, with whom she shares a doomed affair. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo.

Of Love and Other Demons

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Curl Up & Be Cozy

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