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  • The Second Brain

    A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine

    "Persuasive, impassioned. . . hopeful news [for those] suffering from functional bowel disease." — New York Times Book ReviewDr. Michael Gershon's groundbreaking book fills the gap between what you need to know—and what your doctor has time to tell you.Dr. Michael Gershon has devoted his career to understanding the human bowel (the stomach, esophagus, small intestine, and colon). His thirty years ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Awkward

    The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome

    by Ty Tashiro ...
    Discover how the same traits that make us feel uneasy in social situations also provide the seeds for extraordinary success.As humans, we all need to belong. While modern social life can make even the most charismatic of us feel gawky, for roughly one in five of us, navigating its challenges is overwhelming. Psychologist and interpersonal relationship expert Ty Tashiro knows what it's like to be ... Read more

    $20.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Capture

    Unraveling the Mystery of Mental Suffering

    "A breakthrough book. In a world of increasingly specialized knowledge, it takes a particular gift and some stubbornness to cut across the fields of neuroscience, psychiatry, philosophy and psychology and to ask the fundamental question: Why it is that we can allow our best selves to be captured by and torpedoed by thoughts and actions that sink us?. . . . [Kessler's] ultimate answer is profound ... Read more

    $15.49 USD

  • Rebel in the Ranks

    Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts That Continue to Shape Our World

    A portrait of the renowned theologian and a detailed examination of the Reformation's impact on modern faith and society.When Martin Luther published his ninety-five Theses in October 1517, his criticism of indulgences became a rejection of the papacy and the Catholic Church emphasizing the Bible as the sole authority for Christian faith, radicalizing a continent, fracturing the Holy Roman Empire, ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Door to Door

    The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation

    by Edward Humes ...
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Garbology explores the hidden and costly wonders of our buy-it-now, get-it-today world of transportation, revealing the surprising truths, mounting challenges, and logistical magic behind every trip we take and every click we make.Transportation dominates our daily existence. Thousands, even millions, of miles are embedded in everything we do and ... Read more

    $13.49 USD

  • The Time Traveler's Handbook

    18 Experiences from the Eruption of Vesuvius to Woodstock

    Get immersed in the action of history's most pivotal and dramatic episodes with this "witty, irreverent, and brilliantly researched" guide (Giles Milton).Not many of us can claim to have thrown chests of tea into the Boston Harbor or to have watched Vesuvius erupt, but that's about to change thanks to The Time Traveler's Handbook. This book offers eighteen exceptional trips to the past, ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Becoming Charlemagne

    Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of A.D. 800

    by Jeff Sypeck ...
    "Magnificently chronicles four significant years in the emperor's life . . . A splendid portrait [with] dazzling glimpses of Charlemagne's life and times." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)On Christmas morning in the year 800, Pope Leo III placed the crown of imperial Rome on the brow of a Germanic king named Karl. With one gesture, the man later hailed as Charlemagne claimed his empire and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Way of the Gladiator

    Inspiration for the Gladiator Films

    The book that inspired the stories of Gladiator & Gladiator II: Step into the ring with this classic, in-depth account of the ancient Romans' obsession with the bloody and brutal games."[ The Way of the Gladiator is] this crazy, tawdry, wild book about the Coliseum. . . . It hardwired in my brain the absolute similarities between who we are and who we were." —David Franzoni, Academy Award ... Read more

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  • Seven Deadly Sins

    The Biology of Being Human

    **A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEARSeven Deadly Sins will explore the underlying nature of the seven deadly sins, their neuroscientific and psychological basis, and their origin in our genes.**Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Pride. Envy. Lust. Anger. These are The Seven Deadly Sins, the vices of humankind that define immorality. But do these sins really represent moral failings, or are they simply ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Probably Overthinking It

    How to Use Data to Answer Questions, Avoid Statistical Traps, and Make Better Decisions

    "A delightful exposition of commonly-encountered statistical fallacies and paradoxes and why they matter." —Samuel H. Preston, coauthor of Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population ProcessesAn essential guide to the ways data can improve decision making.Statistics are everywhere: in news reports, at the doctor's office, and in every sort of forecast, from the stock market to the weather. Allen ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Balance Within

    The Science Connecting Health and Emotions

    "A dazzling tour of a most promising area of neuroscience—the interface between the immune system and the nervous system." —Elliot S. Gershon, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, The University of ChicagoSince ancient times humans have felt intuitively that emotions and health are linked, and recently there has been much popular speculation about this notion. But until now, without compelling evidence, ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Mental Immunity

    Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think

    by Andy Norman ...
    " Mental Immunity is the perfect vaccine for the mind-viruses infecting our culture: alternative facts, fake news, and conspiracy thinking, to name a few." —Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of The Believing BrainAstonishingly irrational ideas are spreading. Covid denial persists in the face of overwhelming evidence. Anti-vaxxers compromise public health. Conspiracy ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus