5/13/2023 0 Comments The idiot brain book![]() ![]() This is lucid, funny and smart: in short, the best kind of popular science. alcohol can sometimes improve your memory?ĭean Burnett’s unpredictable and entertaining first book explores the unexpected side of everyday life, highlighting where conventional thinking is wrong and how our brains trip us up at every turn.the way the brain’s processing works means that time really does fly if you’re having fun?.the brain’s limitations mean you really can miss something that’s right under your nose?.conspiracy theories and superstitions stem from your brain’s insistence that the world isn’t random?. ![]() stress can actually increase your performance at a task?.In The Idiot Brain, Dean Burnett celebrates the downright laughable things our minds do to us, as well as exposing the fact that people are often way off in their thinking about how the brain works. It’s undeniably impressive, but it’s far from perfect, and these imperfections influence everything that humans say, do and experience. The brain may be the seat of consciousness and the engine of all human experience, but it’s also messy, fallible and disorganized. Happy Brain: Where Happiness Comes From, and Why Hardcover by Dean Burnett (Author) 252 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 8.35 53 Used from 3.36 18 New from 8.35 Paperback 13.56 45 Used from 2.07 19 New from 7. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Protector cj cherryh![]() But there's far a darker business going on in the background-a major split compromising the Assassins' Guild, which furnishes security and law enforcement to the whole continent. ![]() Tabini-aiji, head of the Western Association and Bren's ally, has promised his son, Cajeiri, that he can have the young human children he knew from his voyage on the world's space station sent down to the planet for a birthday celebration. ![]() Now, Bren is settling back into the capital, in the home he knew prior to the war-but life at the atevi court is never easy. Bren Cameron, brilliant human diplomat allied with the dominant Western Association, has finally returned to the capital from the southern coast, where he negotiated a daring redistribution of the atevi legislature. Civil war on the world of the atevi is finally over. Book Synopsis The fourteenth novel in Cherryh's Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Alisha rai hate to want you![]() ![]() ![]() How did you develop such emotionally nuanced conflict in Hate to Want You? I was riveted by how realistically Nicolas and Livvy’s internal issues and traumas complicate the relationship between them, and also their relationships with other characters. ![]() ![]() When I first got the idea for the book, I jotted down "their only love sprang from their only hate," so yes! But ultimately, I think the Romeo and Juliet comparison is only really applicable in that the two main characters have a bit of a family feud to contend with. Did you have that play in mind while writing, or was it only after the book was finished that you saw the similarities? I’ve seen a lot of comments online comparing this book to Romeo and Juliet. It's grown-up Romeo and Juliet plus mature adult communication minus the sad ending stuff plus secret annual hookups. Now that her first book with romance giant Avon has finally been released to glowing reviews, we talked to Rai about her biggest Twitter pet peeve, how she wove family issues and mental health into Hate to Want You’s love story and her past as a romance novel-obsessed teenager.ĭescribe your latest novel in one sentence. Rai’s reputation for absorbing interpersonal drama coupled with unforgettably hot love scenes (and that stunning cover!) guaranteed intense interest, and the word-of-mouth buzz has been growing for months. Alisha Rai’s Hate to Want You was easily the most sought-after galley at this year’s RT Booklovers Convention. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Wicked saints trilogy![]() As they piece together a way to deliver Gal safely to his throne, Ettian finds himself torn in half by an impossible choice. Ettian barely manages to save his best friend and flee the compromised academy unscathed, rattled that Gal stands to inherit the empire that broke him, and that there are still people willing to fight back against Umber rule. ![]() But when dozens of classmates spring an assassination plot on Gal, a devastating secret comes to light: Gal is the heir to the Umber Empire. ![]() Even better, he's met Gal-his exasperating and infuriatingly enticing roommate who's made the academy feel like a new home. He's spent seven years putting himself back together under its rule, joining an Umber military academy and becoming the best pilot in his class. Duncan, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Saints Ettian's life was shattered when the merciless Umber Empire invaded his world. "Riveting, wildly fun, and incredibly smart."-Emily A. ![]() A young pilot risks everything to save his best friend-the man he trusts most and might even love-only to learn that his friend is secretly the heir to a brutal galactic empire. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Restoration rose tremain review![]() ![]() ![]() Plucked from his studies at Caius, the young physician Robert Merivel is swallowed up by the colour and gaiety of King Charles II’s Restoration court. For all his faults it’s impossible not to feel some affection for poor Merivel, as he tumbles through the vicissitudes of life and the result is a brilliant novel not only about the restoration of a monarchy, but also about the restoration of one man’s soul and sense of purpose. Tremain’s antihero in this book, Robert Merivel, is a splendid creation: a blend of absurdity, ambition and hidden pain, whose braying bluster completely dominates the narrative. Tremain has just published a sequel to Restoration, titled Merivel: A Man of His Time, so I thought I’d better catch up before everyone starts telling me how wonderful it is. I don’t know her work that well – Music and Silence and Restoration are her only novels that I’ve read to date – but in both cases I’ve been struck by her shrewdness, her poise and her sheer skill as a writer. I’ve wanted to get my hands on this ever since reading Music and Silence several years ago and it has definitely been worth the wait. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Love Rising by Piper Vaughn![]() ![]() September is Suicide Prevention Month, dedicated to raising awareness of the prevalence of suicide and the resources available. ![]() adults reported that their mental health had been negatively impacted by COVID-19. The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) found that as of mid-July, 53% of U.S. adults reported struggling with mental health or substance abuse in late June. Whether it be midterms for classes, the new Boulder County Public Health order, the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg or the Breonna Taylor court ruling, being a student– and just being a person– during these uncertain times can be overwhelming.Īccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 40% of U.S. In the few weeks since the magazine’s last issue, much has happened. Listen to Tayler Shaw narrate the editor’s note ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Grisham jake brigance series![]() ![]() As a minor, Drew would not have faced the death penalty but for one important fact: Stuart Koffer was a lieutenant in the police. Drew shot him under the impression that Stuart beat his mother to death. Drew’s mother and younger sister were often victims of domestic abuse from Stuart. This time, a 16-year-old child, Drew Gamble, stands accused of murdering his mother’s abusive boyfriend, Stuart. The book revolves around Jake Brigance, a small-town “ street lawyer” ,trying to save yet another person in Clanton, Mississippi ,from death row. Having spent a lot of time in courtrooms and in front of juries, Grisham is able to use his writing skills to make the reader his “second chair” in his fictional courtrooms. ![]() Grisham was a practicing lawyer for over a decade, but he’s most famous for writing legal thriller novels. ![]() You may have heard of the first novel of this series – A Time to Kill -which was adapted into a film, starring Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey, and Samuel L. A Time for Mercy, John Grisham’s latest novel and the third book in the Jake Brigance Series was finally released on Oct. ![]() ![]() Rikker didn’t exactly expect a warm welcome from Graham. As the satellite trucks line the sidewalk outside the rink, his new teammates are not amused.Īnd one player in particular looks sick every time he enters the room. And it’s worse than usual, because the media has latched onto the story of the only “out” player in Division One hockey. With one loose word, the team’s new left wing could destroy Graham’s life as he knows it. For Graham, there is only one possible reaction: total, debilitating panic. So it’s a shock when his past strolls right into the Harkness College locker room, sporting a bag of hockey gear and the same slow smile that had always rendered Graham defenseless. Since then, he’s made an art of hiding his sexual orientation from everyone. ![]() ![]() Until now.įive years ago, Michael Graham betrayed the only person who ever really knew him. What happened in high school stayed in high school. ![]() ![]()
5/13/2023 0 Comments Friday barnes![]() ![]() Friday steps out of prison, a shell of her former self. ![]() Even if it means travelling to the city where Ian, her ex-boyfriend/nemesis is living.Will Friday be able to protect Italy’s finest artworks? Will Melanie stay awake long enough to help her? And will Ian still be as gorgeous as a Greek god and twice as annoying? She’s still wearing the same brown cardigan, but she swears she’s never solving mysteries again! Yeah right – who is she kidding? She can’t suppress her brilliant deductive mind and is soon drawn back into the intrigues of Highcrest Academy.Then Uncle Bernie rings, pleading with Friday to fly to Italy and help him protect the Uffizi Galleries from a team of art thieves – and she can’t say ‘no’ to family. ![]() ![]() |