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Cover art for A ROAD BACK FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA
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Released: Dec. 1, 2012

"Emphasizing a personal approach to clients is not unique to Lauveng, but this chronicle of her specific experiences carries extra weight."
A "former schizophrenic" now working as a clinical psychologist describes her experiences and treatment. Read full book review >
Cover art for ENCYCLOPEDIA PARANOIACA
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Released: Nov. 20, 2012

"Amusing in short spurts--an entertaining way to pass the time in between worrying about the real issues in your life."
From National Lampoon co-conspirators Beard (Golf: An Unofficial and Unauthorized History of the World's Most Preposterous Sport, 2012, etc.) and Cerf (co-author: Mission Accomplished! Or How We Won the War in Iraq: The Experts Speak, 2008, etc.), a whimsical collection of the sometimes-scary, sometimes-silly things that threaten our modern-day lives. Read full book review >
Cover art for LIFE IS A GIFT
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Released: Nov. 20, 2012

"Like Bennett's catalog of music--you may not fall in love with each individual story, but it's hard to argue with the way it's being told."
The legendary master of the American songbook shares stories and lessons learned from a life in music. Read full book review >
Cover art for BEYOND HUMAN NATURE
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Released: Nov. 19, 2012

"A spirited nurturist polemic."
Cognitive Science editorial board member Prinz (Philosophy/City Univ. of New York; The Emotional Construction of Morals, 2008, etc.) tackles an age-old debate, making an argument for "the primacy of nurture over nature." Read full book review >
Cover art for BRAIN ON FIRE
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012

"A valiant attempt to recount a mostly forgotten experience, though the many questions that remain may prove frustrating to some readers."
A young journalist's descent into her own baffling medical mystery. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE ANTIDOTE
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012

"This broad approach toward harnessing our "negative capability" deserves wide readership; the author's nonprescriptive message has the potential to effect genuine, lasting changes for people who find happiness just out of reach."
A fascinating, wide-ranging exploration of negativity, positivity, failure, success and what it means to be happy. Read full book review >
Cover art for KORE
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012

"A profound celebration of the human spirit."
An eminent Polish physician reflects on his lifetime practice of medicine. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE LAW OF DIVINE COMPENSATION
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012

"Though tribes of believers will again take the author's classic soothsaying to heart, it's essentially the same song with slightly different lyrics."
"Finance is just one of the many areas where an increasingly obsolete, materially based worldview is proving inadequate to the challenges of the times in which we live," writes spiritual activist, teacher and author Williamson (A Course in Weight Loss, 2010, etc.), whose concern about the country's fragile financial state has her procuring alternative pathways toward a fulfilling livelihood. Read full book review >
Cover art for FAR FROM THE TREE
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012

"An informative and moving book that raises profound issues regarding the nature of love, the value of human life and the future of humanity."
National Book Award–winning journalist Solomon (The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, 2001, etc.) uses issues raised by disability to examine the nature of parenthood, the definition of disability and the ability to control reproduction to create designer children. Read full book review >
Cover art for SUPER BRAIN
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Released: Nov. 6, 2012

"For Chopra fans only--as such, likely to become a best-seller."
A mixture of recent research in the neurosciences and spiritual wisdom passed down through generations. Read full book review >
Cover art for TRIUMPHS OF EXPERIENCE
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Released: Oct. 30, 2012

"Joyful reading about a groundbreaking study and its participants."
A fascinating account of the 268 individuals selected for the Harvard Study of Adult Development (the "Grant Study"), which "began in 1938 as an attempt to transcend medicine's usual preoccupation with pathology and learn something instead about optimum health and potential and the conditions that promote them." Read full book review >
Cover art for THE WISDOM OF THE SHIRE
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Released: Oct. 30, 2012

"A life-affirming, must-have morsel for Tolkien's colossal fan base."
How to live long and prosper, Hobbit-style. Read full book review >