NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"A provocative approach that should give pause to consumers as well as marketers."
The executive vice president of ad agency Deutsch LA argues that successful advertising depends on recognizing "the subtleties of nonverbal communication, body language, and unconscious micro-expressions of emotions."
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"A well-written, occasionally humorous book most appropriate for specialists but useful for general readers as well."
A rewarding memoir about the learning, training and life experience required to achieve mastery in the venture economy.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Edifying bathroom reading."
A mostly entertaining, random assemblage of inventions or discoveries (the safety pin, the Internet) sorted by day and year, reflecting advances that led to patents or widespread adoption.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 8, 2012
"A competently written but nonessential biography."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"A riveting look inside the human brain and its quirks."
Acclaimed British neurologist Sacks (Neurology and Psychiatry/Columbia Univ.;
The Mind's Eye, 2010, etc.) delves into the many different sorts of hallucinations that can be generated by the human mind.
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NONFICTION
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.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"Readers old or new are in for a fine treat; there really has been nothing in the history of science writing comparable to Watson's tell-all memoir."
The classic
Double Helix (1968) is here again, this time annotated and illustrated and told in all the bold, brash, bumptious style that has become Watson's (
Avoid Boring People and Other Lessons from a Life in Science, 2007, etc.) trademark in the intervening years.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"An intriguing look at the brain mechanisms involved in the complexities of human communication."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"A penetrating argument against today's nuclear age."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 30, 2012
"Charmingly written, but readers interested in the nature of the work that won him his accolades will have to look elsewhere."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 30, 2012
"A fascinating mix of cutting-edge science with philosophy and theology."
A biophysicist examines the relationship between chance and necessity at the boundary between life and inanimate objects.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 23, 2012
"Alexander uses his medical credentials to substantiate the belief that his reconstructed memories offer conclusive proof of his current religious beliefs; readers who don't share these beliefs will find his account less convincing."
A remarkable account of miraculous recovery from bacterial meningitis and a transformative "Near-Death Experience."
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