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In this first comprehensive, integrated, and accessible overview of recent insights into how the brain gives rise to mental activity, the authors explain the fundamental concepts behind and the key di
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Ever wanted to be that fly on the wall? To listen in on conversations that were meant to be intimate, private affairs? To overhear, verbatim, the words of famous entertainers, distinguished politician
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Explores the parallels among different cultures in terms of how they perceive nature, and argues that there is unity between people as they celebrate nature
In a timely, even prophetic, portrait of Asia's rise and the magnitude of its challenge to the West, Fallows demolishes the myth that Japan is a capitalist country built on the Western model. He demon
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The paperback edition of the life-enhancing handbook that sold more than 100,000 copies in hardcover. An inspiring collection of down-to-earth philosophy on subjects ranging from skydiving to decision
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"If you want to know how America's business wars are waged in the trenches, The Force is for you. A gripping book."--Newsday"SKILLFULLY REPORTED, INSIGHTFUL...Dorsey lights up our vision of the Americ
