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200 results for the idea of the brain

  1. Everything You Need to Ace English Language Arts in One Big Fat Notebook

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    Workman Publishing, Editors of Brain Quest, Jen Haberling

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    $16.95
    $22.95 CAD
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    Trade Paperback

    It’s the revolutionary English language arts study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest. Everything You Need to Ace English Language Arts . . .takes students from grammar to reading comprehension to writing with ease, including parts of speech, active and passive verbs, Greek and Latin roots and affixes; nuances…

  2. Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook

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    Workman Publishing, Sharon Madanes, Editors of Brain Quest, Michael Geisen

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    $16.95
    $22.95 CAD
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    It’s the revolutionary science study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest. Everything You Need to Ace Science . . . takes readers from scientific investigation and the engineering design process to the Periodic Table; forces and motion; forms of energy; outer space and the solar system; to earth sciences,…

  3. Brain Dump

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    Running Press, Running Press

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    $12.95
    $16.99 CAD
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    Hardcover

    Have you had enough of the vexation that accompanies losing the greatest comeback to your office nemesis? Are you sick of the irritation that follows forgetting the idea that would have made you the next Bill Gates? And it's all because you've been stranded on the john without pen and paper! Often our best ideas…

  4. Me, Myself, and Us

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    Brian R Little, PhD

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    $19.99
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    How does your personality shape your life and what, if anything, can you do about it? Are you hardwired for happiness, or born to brood? Do you think you're in charge of your future, or do you surf the waves of unknowable fate? Would you be happier, or just less socially adept, if you were…

  5. Home

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    John S. Allen

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    $28.99
    $36.50 CAD
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    Hardcover

    A leading anthropologist studies the science behind "feeling at home" to show us how home made us human Home is where the heart is. Security, comfort, even love, are all feelings that are centered on the humble abode. But what if there is more to the feeling of being at home? Neuroanthropologist John S. Allen…

  6. Recover!

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    Stanton Peele, Ilse Thompson

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    $21.99
    $28.99 CAD
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    Trade Paperback

    For decades you've been told that addiction is an irreversible disease, a biological force over which you have no control. That defeatist message not only is without scientific foundation, but actually prevents your overcoming addiction. Now, world-renowned addiction expert Stanton Peele demystifies addiction and offers a groundbreaking program that puts at your disposal what does…

  7. Brainwashed

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    Sally Satel, Scott O. Lilienfeld

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    This provocative account of our obsession with neuroscience brilliantly illuminates what contemporary neuroscience and brain imaging can and cannot tell us about ourselves, providing a much-needed reminder about the many factors that make us who we are. What can't neuroscience tell us about ourselves? Since fMRI -- functional magnetic resonance imaging -- was introduced in…

  8. Eureka

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    Chad Orzel

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    $21.00 CAD
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    When it comes to science, too often people say "I just don't have the brains for it" -- and leave it at that. Why is science so intimidating, and why do people let themselves feel this way? What makes one person a scientist and another disinclined even to learn how to read graphs? The idea…

  9. Surfaces and Essences

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    Douglas R. Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander

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    $35.00
    $38.00 CAD
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    Hardcover

    Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize -- winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought for over thirty years. Now, with his trademark wit and special talent for…

  10. Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain

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    A. Lee Martinez

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    $21.99
    $28.99 CAD
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    Emperor Mollusk.Intergalactic Menace. Destroyer of Worlds. Conqueror of Other Worlds. Mad Genius. Ex-Warlord of Earth.Not bad for a guy without a spine.But what's a villain to do after he's done . . . everything. With no new ambitions, he's happy to pitch in and solve the energy crisis or repel alien invaders should the need…

  11. Physics in Mind

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    Werner Loewenstein

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    $28.99
    $32.00 CAD
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    Hardcover

    No one can escape a sense of awe when reflecting on the workings of the mind: we see, we hear, we feel, we are aware of the world around us. But what is the mind? What do we mean when we say we are "aware" of something? What is this peculiar state in our heads,…

  12. The Ravenous Brain

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    Daniel Bor

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    $27.99
    $31.00 CAD
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    Hardcover

    Consciousness is our gateway to experience: it enables us to recognize Van Gogh's starry skies, be enraptured by Beethoven's Fifth, and stand in awe of a snowcapped mountain. Yet consciousness is subjective, personal, and famously difficult to examine: philosophers have for centuries declared this mental entity so mysterious as to be impenetrable to science.In The…

  13. The Happiness of Pursuit

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    Shimon Edelman

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    $25.99
    $29.00 CAD
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    Hardcover

    When fishing for happiness, catch and release. Remember these seven words -- they are the keys to being happy. So says Shimon Edelman, an expert on psychology and the mind. In The Happiness of Pursuit, Edelman offers a fundamental understanding of pleasure and joy via the brain. Using the concept of the mind as a…

  14. NurtureShock

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    Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman

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    $19.99
    $25.99 CAD
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    In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why do cross-racial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated? If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then why do 98% of kids lie?…

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  15. Long Fuse, Big Bang

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    Eric Haseltine

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    $13.99
    $17.99 CAD
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    "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." -- Henry Ford As one part of your brain processes these words, another part of your brain is urging you to put the book down and focus on something more pressing. Get back to work on the budget due tomorrow. Answer…

  16. Neurodiversity

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    Thomas Armstrong, PhD

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    $14.99
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    A new term has emerged from the disability movement in the past decade to help change the way we think about neurological disorders: Neurodiversity. ADHD. Dyslexia. Autism. The number of categories of illnesses listed by the American Psychiatric Association has tripled in the past fifty years. With so many people affected by our growing --…

  17. Bananagrams for Kids

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    Puzzability, Amy Goldstein, Robert Leighton, Mike Shenk

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    Kids love Bananagrams—so what better treat for kids who love puzzles and wordplay than a smart, just-for-them collection: Bananagrams! for Kids.Puzzability, the premier puzzle-writing company who wrote The Brainiest Insaniest Ultimate Puzzle Book! and whose mind-benders have appeared in Disney Adventures, Nickelodeon magazine, The New Yorker, and The New York Times, creates original and unexpected…

  18. The N.D.D. Book

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    Martha Sears, RN, William Sears, MD, FRCP

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    The Sears Parenting Library's latest addition is an exploration of how nutrition affects the brains and behavior of youngsters. N.D.D., or Nutrition Deficit Disorder, as coined by Dr. Bill Sears, is based on the idea that if "you put junk food into a child's brain, you get back junk behavior and learning." Dr. Sears will…

  19. The Secret Pulse of Time

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    Stefan Klein

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    $21.99
    $28.99 CAD
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    Have you ever fantasized about having more time-now, this minute, to accomplish everything you need and want to get done today? Or wondered why time flies when you are thoroughly engrossed in something? Or why minutes pass so slowly when you're standing in line at the store or airport, or on hold waiting for a…

  20. Freddy and the French Fries #1:

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    David Baldacci, Rudy Baldacci

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    $4.99
    $6.99 CAD
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    Freddy Funkhouser comes up with an idea to bolster business for his family's fast-food health restaurant, Burger Castle, and finally defeat Pookesville's biggest bully, Adam Spanker. When Freddy's fun invention goes awry, the results are five very funny French fries who come to life and wreak havoc in Freddy's family and community. With some help…

  21. The Political Brain

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    Drew Westen

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    The Political Brain is a groundbreaking investigation into the role of emotion in determining the political life of the nation. For two decades Drew Westen, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University, has explored a theory of the mind that differs substantially from the more "dispassionate" notions held by most cognitive psychologists, political scientists,…

  22. Arthur's Audio Favorites, Volume 1

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    Marc Brown, Marc Brown

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    Audiobook Download

    Arthur's adventures are now available on audio. This special collection includes:ARTHUR'S FIRST SLEEPOVER: What could top a sleepover in the backyard with Buster and the Brain? When rumors start that a spaceship has landed in the neighborhood the idea of camping under the stars takes on a whole new meaning. Arthur's sister D.W. is so…

  23. A Beginner's Guide to Immortality

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    Clifford A. Pickover

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    A Beginner's Guide to Immortality is a celebration of unusual lives and creative thinkers who punched through ordinary cultural norms while becoming successful in their own niches. In his latest and greatest work, world-renowned science writer Cliff Pickover studies such colorful characters as Truman Capote, John Cage, Stephen Wolfram, Ray Kurzweil, and Wilhelm Rontgen, and…

  24. The Original Sudoku Book 2

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    Editors of Nikoli Publishing

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    $10.99
    $14.99 CAD
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    “The Best Puzzles Are Made by Happy Employees.” So Ad Age describes the credo of Nikoli, the Japanese puzzle company that invented the Sudoku craze and supplies 100% of the puzzles published in Japanese newspapers and magazines. And when they say “made,” they mean literally handmade—unlike the computer-generated puzzles found in other American Sudoku products.…