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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
by Mary Roach  
Powells.com Staff Pick Following her usual template, Mary Roach finds a subject in the scientific community that is equal parts fascinating and scandalous, and writes an extensively researched and thoroughly amusing book about it. Beyond the initial titillation stemming from a...
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Stumbling on Happiness (06 Edition)
by Daniel Gilbert
Powells.com Staff Pick As fascinating and engaging as Malcolm Gladwell's Blink, Stumbling on Happiness is the perfect antidote to those self-help tomes that claim to offer the secret to a fulfilling life. Harvard professor Gilbert aims to show us why those books don't work,...
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The Female Brain
by Louann Brizendine
Powells.com Staff Pick Although initially turned off by the title, The Female Brain was one the most revealing gender studies I have ever read. More a case for feminism than a case for gender superiority, Brizendine explores the physiological reasons behind the differences in...
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker Publisher Comments Widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on language and the workings of the mind, Pulitzer Prize finalist Pinker has undertaken the most ambitious and controversial work of his career--a brilliant reexamination of the concept of human...
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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by Carol Tavris Publisher Comments "Tavris and Aronson have combined their formidable skills to produce a gleaming model of social insight and scientific engagement. Make no mistake, you need to read this book." -- Robert B. Cialdini, author of Influence: Science and Practice Why do...
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The Woman Who Can't Forget: The Extrardinary Story of Living with the Most Remarkable Memory Known to Science
by Jill Price Publisher Comments Jill Price has the first diagnosed case of a memory condition called "hyperthymestic syndrome" -- the continuous, automatic, autobiographical recall of every day of her life since she was fourteen. Give her any date from that year on, and she can almost...
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Side Effects: A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial
by Alison Bass Publisher Comments As the mental health reporter for the Boston Globe, Alison Bass's front-page reporting on conflicts of interest in medical research stunned readers, and her series on sexual misconduct among psychiatrists earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Now she turns...
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Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves
by James Hollis Publisher Comments Now in paperback, a penetrating understanding of the discrepancies that lie between our professed values and our frequently destructive actions How is it that good people do bad things? Why do otherwise ordinary people gamble, drink, embezzle company...
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The Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves
by Annie Murphy Paul Publisher Comments The first book to thoroughly explore the phenomenon of personality testing....
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Indivisible by Two: Lives of Extraordinary Twins
by Nancy L Segal Publisher Comments spouses, as well as the twins themselves. These moving stories remind us how incompletely any theory explains real life--twin or not....
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Bush on the Couch Rev Edition
by Justin A Frank Publisher Comments With the Bush administration in permanent crisis, a renowned Washington psychoanalyst updates his portrait of George W.'s public persona—and how it has damaged the presidency. Insightful and accessible, courageous and controversial, Bush on the...
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Man's Search for Meaning (06 Edition)
by Viktor E. Frankl Publisher Comments Between 1942-1945 Frankl labored in four different Nazi death camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his experience, Frankl argues that man cannot avoid suffering but can choose how to cope with it...
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