How to Prevent Dementia: Understanding and Managing Cognitive Decline
By: Richard Restak
4.03
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
A comprehensive guide to preventing Alzheimer’s and other thinking disorders from bestselling autho…
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1. The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
By: Caroline Alexander
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Audio CD
The dramatic events of the Trojan War are legend—but Homer’s epic poem, Iliad, is devoted entirely … read more
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"The greatest war story ever told commemorates a war that established no boundaries, won no territory, and furthered no cause."-Caroline Alexander, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
"Nestor is the spokesman for the status quo, for the tradition-hallowed belief that institutional power equates with unquestioned authority."-Caroline Alexander, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
"Priam and Achilles meet in the very twilight of their lives. Their extinction is certain and there will be no reward for behaving well, and yet, in the face of implacable fate and an indifferent univ…"-Caroline Alexander, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
"This, the only occasion in the Iliad when furious Achilles smiles serves as a bittersweet reminder of the difference real leadership could have made to the events of the Iliad. Agamemnon's panicked p…"-Caroline Alexander, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
2. Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1)
By: David Brin
3.91
Format: 661 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Jijo es un planeta prohibido, un mundo que se recupera lentamente de un grave desastre ecológico y … read more
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"Responsibility was our cruel mooring...."-David Brin, Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1)
"Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora."-David Brin, Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1)
"It was a strange trek — the sullen leading the apathetic, followed by the confused, all tailed by the inveterately amused."-David Brin, Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1)
3. Life and Death in Shanghai
By: Nien Cheng
4.16
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
In August 1966 a group of Red Guards ransacked the home of Nien Cheng. Her background made her an o… read more
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4. The Case Against Sugar
By: Gary Taubes
4.05
Format: 144 pages, Audio CD
From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat,a groundbreaking, eye-opening expose that makes the … read more
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- science
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5. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
By: Michael Greger , Gene Stone
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
From the physician behind the wildly popular website NutritionFacts.org, How Not to Die reveals the… read more
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6. The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline
By: None
3.00
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking plan to prevent and reverse Alzheimer's Disease that fundamentally changes how we … read more
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7. The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later Life
By: Peter V. Rabins , Nancy L. Mace
3.79
Format: 223 pages, Paperback
Revised in 2006 for its twenty-fifth anniversary, this best-selling book is the "bible" for familie… read more
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8. Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
By: Charan Ranganath
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, on… read more
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- science
- brain
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- health
9. Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
By: Gabrielle Stanley Blair
4.51
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in p… read more
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- health
10. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
11. Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)
By: Colm Tóibín
3.82
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly movi… read more
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12. Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
By: Hannah Ritchie
4.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
‘Truly essential’ MARGARET ATWOOD Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our p… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
13. What I Wish People Knew About Dementia
By: Wendy Mitchell
4.23
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
What can a diseased brain tell us about being human, living our own lives better and helping those … read more
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- nonfiction
- health
14. The Friend
By: Sigrid Nunez
3.77
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her do… read more
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"I like that the Aborigines say dogs make people human"-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
"I know this is all moronically anthropomorphic, but sometimes that is the form love takes."-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
"Anthropomorphism, I've decided, is inescapable, and though I might try to hide it I no longer fight it."-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
"There's a certain type of person who, having read this far, is anxiously wondering: Does something bad happen to the dog?"-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
15. Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It
By: Kashmir Hill
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The story of a small AI company that gave facial recognition to law enforceme… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
16. Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape
By: Henry Dimbleby
4.39
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
You may not be aware of this - not consciously, at least - but you do not control what you eat. Eve… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- health
17. How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
By: Michael Greger
4.29
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Uncover the evidence-based science to slowing the effects of aging, from the New York Times bestsel… read more
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18. 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife
By: Ken Jennings
3.30
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author and legendary Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings comes… read more
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19. Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well
By: Tim Spector
4.27
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Spoon-Fed and The Diet Myth , a comprehensive guide to the new scien… read more
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20. Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
By: David Eagleman
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of Incognito and Sum comes a revelatory portrait of the human brain ba… read more
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- brain
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"... So the basis of behavioral improvement is not simply the repeated performance of a task; it also requires neuromodulatory systems to encode relevance. Without acetylcholine, the ten thousand hour…"-David Eagleman, Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
"The difference between predictions and outcomes is the key to understanding a strange property of learning: if you’re predicting perfectly, your brain doesn’t need to change further… Changes in the b…"-David Eagleman, Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
"The fact is that the future is hard to predict. Whatever the case, as we move toward the horizon, the only certainty is that we will increasingly choose our own plug-and-play peripheral devices. We a…"-David Eagleman, Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
"Several emerging companies, still in their infancy, hope to increase the speed of brain communication to the outside world by writing and reading neural data rapidly by means of direct plug-ins. The …"-David Eagleman, Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
21. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
By: Fareed Zakaria
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more
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22. The First Survivors of Alzheimer's: How Patients Recovered Life and Hope in Their Own Words
By: Dale E. Bredesen
4.14
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
First person stories of patients who recovered from Alzheimer's Disease--and how they did it. It h… read more
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- nonfiction
- health
23. Playground
By: Richard Powers
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of T… read more
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24. On the Marsh: A Year Surrounded by Wildness and Wet
By: Simon Barnes
3.99
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
How the rewilding of eight acres of Norfolk marshland inspired a family and brought nature even clo… read more
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25. Unprocessed: How the Food We Eat Is Fuelling Our Mental Health Crisis
By: Kimberley Wilson
4.12
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
We all know that as a nation our mental health is in crisis. But what most don't know is that a cri… read more
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26. Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy
By: Daniel T. Willingham
3.99
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this revolutionary, comprehensive, and accessible guide on how the brain learns, discover how to… read more
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27. Mayo Clinic Guide to Arthritis: Managing Joint Pain for an Active Life
By: Lynne S. Peterson
4.07
Format: 595 pages, Kindle Edition
A guide to living well with this common—and complex—condition from“one of the most reliable, respec… read more
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28. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
29. The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370
By: Florence de Changy
3.93
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
‘The affair was weird when seen from afar, but seen in close-up, it was Kafkaesque: it was not poss… read more
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30. Fatal to Fearless: 12 Steps to Beating Cancer in a Broken Medical System
By: Kathryn Giusti
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An empowering, soul-baring personal account and guide from a two-time cancer survivor and healthcar… read more
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- health
31. How to Prevent Dementia: Understanding and Managing Cognitive Decline
By: Richard Restak
4.03
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
A comprehensive guide to preventing Alzheimer’s and other thinking disorders from bestselling autho… read more
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