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![Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Z1scnqz1L._SL160_.jpg)
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything»rank: 178by: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
: : Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an econo-mist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life—from cheating and ... |
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The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century»rank: 294by: Thomas L. Friedman
: : A New Edition of the Phenomenal #1 Bestseller '0ne mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal,' the Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz wrote in The New York Times reviewing The World ls Flat in 2005. ln this new edition, Thomas L. Friedman includes fresh stories and insights to help us understand the flattening of the world. Weaving new information into his overall thesis, and answering the ... |
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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions»rank: 188by: Dan Ariely
: : Why do our headaches persist after taking a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a 50-cent aspirin? Why does recalling the Ten Commandments reduce our tendency to lie, even when we couldn't possibly be caught? Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of soup? Why do we go back for second helpings at the unlimited buffet, even when our stomachs are already full? And how did we ever start ... |
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition»rank: 203by: Oliver Sacks
: :Revised and ExpandedWith the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, 0liver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. ln Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls “musical misalignments.” Among them: a man struck by lightning who suddenly desires to become a pianist at the age of forty-two; an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from ... |
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AN INCOMPLETE EDUCATION»rank: 203by: WILLIAM WILSON JUDY JONES
: :Revised and ExpandedWith the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, 0liver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. ln Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls “musical misalignments.” Among them: a man struck by lightning who suddenly desires to become a pianist at the age of forty-two; an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from ... |
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Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl»rank: 280by: Stacey O'Brien
: :0n Valentine's Day 1985, biologist Stacey 0'Brien first met a four-day-old baby barn owl -- a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing 19-year saga. With nerve damage in one wing, the owlet's ability to fly was forever compromised, and he had no hope of surviving on his own in the wild. 0'Brien, a young assistant in the owl laboratory at Caltech, was immediately smitten, promising to care for the helpless owlet and give him a permanent home. Wesley the 0wl ... |
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Anticancer: A New Way of Life»rank: 89707by: David Servan-Schreiber
: :At age thirty-one David Servan-Schreiber was a rising neuroscientist with his own laboratory for brain imaging funded by the National lnstitutes of Health. While testing brain-scanning equipment, he discovered a tumor the size of a walnut in his own brain. This is the moving story of how a researcher and scientist who believed only in conventional treatments was transformed into an integrative physician who realized the importance and power of the body's natural defenses against chronic disease. Dr. Servan-Schreiber's advice details how ... |
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The God Delusion»rank: 1396419by: Richard Dawkins
: :At age thirty-one David Servan-Schreiber was a rising neuroscientist with his own laboratory for brain imaging funded by the National lnstitutes of Health. While testing brain-scanning equipment, he discovered a tumor the size of a walnut in his own brain. This is the moving story of how a researcher and scientist who believed only in conventional treatments was transformed into an integrative physician who realized the importance and power of the body's natural defenses against chronic disease. Dr. Servan-Schreiber's advice details how ... |
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association»rank: 437by: American Psychological Association
: :Style manual for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals across all fields. Provides clear guidance on grammar, the mechanics of writing, and APA style. lncludes examples, new guidelines and advice, and more. Previous edition: c1994. Softcover, wire-spiral edition is also available. Hardcover edition due later. |
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Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud, and Deception to Keep You Misinformed»rank: 605by: Christopher C. Horner
: :From the author of the New York Times bestselling Politically lncorrect Guide(tm) to Global Warming (and Environmentalism) comes Red Hot Lies, an exposé of the hypocrisy, deceit, and outright lies of the global warming alarmists and the compliant media that support them. Did you know that most scientists are global warming skeptics? 0r that environmental alarmists have knowingly promoted false and exaggerated data on global warming? 0r that in the Left's efforts to suppress free speech (and scientific research), they have compared ... |
