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The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths

by Michael Shermer

Published: 2012-08-07

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Synthesizing thirty years of research, psychologist and science historian Michael Shermer upends the traditional thinking about how humans form beliefs about the world. Simply put, beliefs come first and explanations for beliefs follow. The brain, Shermer argues, is a belief engine. Using ...

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A House for Mr. Biswas

by V. S. Naipaul

Published: 2001-03-13

Paperback: 576 pages

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"The Nobel Prize winner's first great novel" (Barack Obama), A House for Mr. Biswas is an unforgettable story inspired by Naipaul's father that has been hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels. In his forty-six short years, Mr. Mohun Biswas has been fighting against destiny ...

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Miguel Street

by V.S. Naipaul

Published: 2002-07-23

Paperback: 224 pages

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“A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say ‘Slum!’ because he could see no more.” But to its residents this derelict corner of Trinidad’s capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. There’s Popo the carpenter, who neglect...

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The Chessmen: The Lewis Trilogy

by Peter May

Published: 2016-01-05

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Living again of the Isle of Lewis, ex-Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is working as a security officer for a local landowner. While investigating illegal activity on the estate Fin encounters the elusive poacher and former childhood friend, and bandmate, Whistler Macaskill.When Fin catches...

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Coffin Road

by Peter May

Published: 2016-10-04

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In his latest mystery set in Scotland and the Outer Hebrides, award-winning author Peter May spins a tale about three disparate cases that may or may not be linked...On the remote Isle of Harris in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, a man washes up on a deserted beach, hypothermic and completely d...

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Kings of the Wyld (The Band)

by Nicholas Eames

Published: 2017-02-21

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GLORY NEVER GETS OLD. Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best, the most feared and renowned crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk, or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate ...

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Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life

by Amy E. Herman

Published: 2017-05-09

Paperback: 336 pages

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“Sharp and original, this book should alter how readers look at the world. " —Kirkus “This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book will make you see the world more clearly than you ever have before. And that clarity will transform how you deal with the challenges and opportuniti...

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The Lost Woman (Louise Rick series)

by Sara Blaedel

Published: 2017-02-07

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Following the incredible success of Sara Blaedel's #1 international bestsellers The Forgotten Girls and The Killing Forest, Louise Rick--head of the police department's elite Special Search Agency charged with missing persons cases--returns in Sara's latest twist-filled suspense novel...TH...

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Sorcerer to the Crown (A Sorcerer Royal Novel)

by Zen Cho

Published: 2016-07-12

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Magic and mayhem clash with the British elite in this whimsical and sparkling debut.   The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers maintains the magic within His Majesty’s lands. But lately, the once proper institute has fallen into disgrace, naming an altogether unsuitable gentleman as...

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A Love Letter to Texas Women

by Sarah Bird

Published: 2016-04-05

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What is it that distinguishes Texas women—the famous Yellow Rose and her descendants? Is it that combination of graciousness and grit that we revere in First Ladies Laura Bush and Lady Bird Johnson? The rapier-sharp wit that Ann Richards and Molly Ivins used to skewer the good ole boy es...