-Titulo Original : The Brain: The Story Of You-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means to be human?  In the course of his investigations, Eagleman guides us through the world of extreme sports, criminal justice, facial expressions, genocide, brain surgery, gut feelings, robotics, and the search for immortality.  Strap in for a whistle-stop tour into the inner cosmos. In the infinitely dense tangle of billions of brain cells and their trillions of connections, something emerges that you might not have expected to see in there: you.    This is the story of how your life shapes your brain, and how your brain shapes your life.    (A companion to the six-part PBS series. Color illustrations throughout....

-Titulo Original : All Of Us: The Collected Poems-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : The Death And Life Of Great American Cities-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : The Elementary Particles-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: An international literary phenomenon, is a frighteningly original novel–part Marguerite Duras and part Bret Easton Ellis-that leaps headlong into the malaise of contemporary existence. Bruno and Michel are half-brothers abandoned by their mother, an unabashed devotee of the drugged-out free-love world of the sixties. Bruno, the older, has become a raucously promiscuous hedonist himself, while Michel is an emotionally dead molecular biologist wholly immersed in the solitude of his work. Each is ultimately offered a final chance at genuine love, and what unfolds is a brilliantly caustic and unpredictable tale. Translated from the French by Frank Wynne...

-Titulo Original : Woman Hollering Creek: And Other Stories-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : Michelle Obama: A Life-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: With disciplined reporting and a storyteller’s eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her working-class childhood on Chicago’s largely segregated South Side. He illuminates her tribulations at Princeton University and Harvard Law School during the racially charged 1980s and the dilemmas she faced in Chicago while building a high-powered career, raising a family, and helping a young community organizer named Barack Obama become president of the United States. From the lessons she learned in Chicago to the messages she shares as one of the most recognizable women in the world, the story of this First Lady is the story of America. Michelle Obama: A Life is a fresh and compelling view of a woman of unique achievement and purpose.  ...

-Titulo Original : The Diving Bell And The Butterfly: A Memoir Of Life In Death-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : Veronica Mars 2: An Original Mystery By Rob Thomas: Mr. Kiss And Tell-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : Propaganda: The Formation Of Mens Attitudes-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : Doctor Zhivago (Vintage International)-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : The Uses Of Enchantment: The Meaning And Importance Of Fairy Tales-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: "A charming book about enchantment, a profound book about fairy tales."—John Updike, The New York Times Book Review   Bruno Bettelheim was one of the great child psychologists of the twentieth century and perhaps none of his books has been more influential than this revelatory study of fairy tales and their universal importance in understanding childhood development. Analyzing a wide range of traditional stories, from the tales of Sindbad to “The Three Little Pigs,” “Hansel and Gretel,” and “The Sleeping Beauty,” Bettelheim shows how the fantastical, sometimes cruel, but always deeply significant narrative strands of the classic fairy tales can aid in our greatest human task, that of finding meaning for one’s life...

-Titulo Original : Why We Get Sick: The New Science Of Darwinian Medicine-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: The next time you get sick, consider this before picking up the aspirin: your body may be doing exactly what it's supposed to. In this ground-breaking book, two pioneers of the science of Darwinian medicine argue that illness as well as the factors that predispose us toward it are subject to the same laws of natural selection that otherwise make our bodies such miracles of design.  Among the concerns they raise: When may a fever be beneficial? Why do pregnant women get morning sickness? How do certain viruses "manipulate" their hosts into infecting others? What evolutionary factors may be responsible for depression and panic disorder? Deftly summarizing research on disorders ranging from allergies to Alzheimer's, and form cancer to Huntington's chorea, Why We Get Sick, answers these questions and more.  The result is a book that will revolutionize our attitudes toward illness and will intrigue and instruct lay person and medical practitioners alike...

-Titulo Original : Sexual Personae: Art And Decadence From Nefertiti To Emily Dickinson-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : Awakenings-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : The Invention Of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldts New World-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : The Fran Lebowitz Reader-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : Beat The Dealer: A Winning Strategy For The Game Of Twenty-One-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : The Secret History Of Wonder Woman-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : The Rise And Fall Of The Great Powers: Economic Change And Military Conflict From 1500 To 2000-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : McMafia: A Journey Through The Global Criminal Underworld-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: ), Juliet Rylance, and David Strathairn.  With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the deregulation of international financial markets in 1989, governments and entrepreneurs alike became intoxicated by dreams of newly opened markets. But no one could have foreseen that the greatest success story to arise from these events would be the worldwide rise of organized crime. Today, it is estimated that illegal trade accounts for one-fifth of the global GDP. In this fearless and wholly authoritative investigation of the seemingly insatiable demand for illegal wares, veteran reporter Misha Glenny travels across five continents to speak with participants from every level of the global underworld--police, victims, politicians, and even the criminals themselves. What follows is a groundbreaking, propulsive look at an unprecedented phenomenon from a savvy, street-wise guide...

-Titulo Original : The New Digital Age: Transforming Nations, Businesses, And Our Lives-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: In the next decade, five billion new people will come online, posing for our world a host of new opportunities—and dangers. Google’s Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen traveled to thirty-five countries, including some of the world’s most volatile regions andmet with politicalleaders, entrepreneurs, and activists to learn firsthand about the challenges they face. Packed with fascinating ideas, informed predictions, and prescient warnings, The New Digital Age tackles some of the toughest questions about our future: how will technology change the way we approach issues like privacy and security, war and intervention, diplomacy, revolution and terrorism. And how can we best use new technologies to improve our lives? More than a book about gadgets and data, this is a prescriptive glimpse of how technology is reshaping our world and the lives of the people who live in it. With a new afterword...

-Titulo Original : The Sound Of Waves-Fabricante : Vintag...

-Titulo Original : The Road To Reality: A Complete Guide To The Laws Of The Universe-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: A "guide to physics’ big picture, and to the thoughts of one of the world’s most original thinkers.”—The New York Times From the very first attempts by the Greeks to grapple with the complexities of our known world to the latest application of infinity in physics, The Road to Reality carefully explores the movement of the smallest atomic particles and reaches into the vastness of intergalactic space. Here, Penrose examines the mathematical foundations of the physical universe, exposing the underlying beauty of physics and giving us one the most important works in modern science writing...