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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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 23, 2012
"An often-entertaining introduction to basic principles of science and philosophy."
A British physicist looks at some of the enigmatic propositions created by his colleagues over the ages.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 16, 2012
"An authoritative and accessible investigation of one of nature's most destructive forces."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 16, 2012
"An unfocused analysis of what lies behind the desire to win."
Robertson (Psychology/Trinity College Dublin;
Opening the Mind's Eye: How Images and Language Teach Us to See, 2003, etc.) looks at how success and power affect human behavior.
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