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  Into the Gray Zone - A...

  Adrian Owen

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  In this “riveting read, meshing memoir with scientific explication” (Nature), a world-renowned neuroscientist reveals how he learned to communicate with patients in vegetative or “gray zone” states and, more importantly, he explains what those interactions tell us about the working of our own brains.“Vivid, emotional, and thought-provoking” (Publishers Weekly), Into the Gray Zone takes readers to the edge of a dazzling, humbling frontier in our understanding of the brain: the so-called “gray zone” between full consciousness and brain death. People in this middle place have sustained traumatic brain injuries or are the victims of stroke or degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Many are oblivious to the outside world, and their doctors believe they are incapable of thought. But a sizeable number—as many as twenty percent—are experiencing something different: intact minds adrift deep within damaged brains and bodies. An expert in the field, Adrian Owen led a team that, in 2006, discovered this lost population and made medical history. Scientists, physicians, and philosophers have only just begun to grapple with the implications. Following Owen’s journey of exciting medical discovery, Intothe Gray Zone asks some tough and terrifying questions, such as: What is life like for these patients? What can their families and friends do to help them? What are the ethical implications for religious organizations, politicians, the Right to Die movement, and even insurers? And perhaps most intriguing of all: in defining what a life worth living is, are we too concerned with the physical and not giving enough emphasis to the power of thought? What, truly, defines a satisfying life? “Strangely uplifting…the testimonies of people who have returned from the gray zone evoke the mysteries of consciousness and identity with tremendous power” (The New Yorker). This book is about the difference between a brain and a mind, a body and a person. Into the Gray Zone is “a fascinating memoir…reads like a thriller” (Mail on Sunday).

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  Catching the Catfishers - Disarm...

  Tyler Cohen Wood

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  Your online identity is quickly becoming more crucial to your personal and professional success than in-person communications.But most of us don’t understand this digital Wild West and the dangers that lurk around every corner. Most of us are unaware of the digital bread crumbs that we leave behind with every post, and how easy it is for a person with malicious intent to harm us.Catching the Catfishers is for every user of social media, teaching you how to:Safely and successfully navigate the online world.Protect yourself and your children from online predators, cyber stalkers, and chat-room bullies.Detect if someone is not who he or she claims to be.Learn what digital bread crumbs you leave behind and how to clean them up.Control your own online identity.Use social media to find the right relationship, employee, or anything else you are looking for.

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  The Carbon Code - How You Can...

  Brett Favaro

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  How citizens can make realistic, climate-friendly lifestyle changes in a carbon-based economy: “Readable, passionate, and rational.” ?Quarterly Review of Biology 
   
  Our world is getting hotter, and it’s our fault—our addiction to fossil fuels is destroying our fragile ecosystems and increasingly wreaking havoc. How can we respond to climate change deniers who mock the fact that environmental activists use fossil fuels? In short, how can an average citizen live a normal, functional life in a carbon-based economy without being justifiably called a hypocrite? In The Carbon Code, conservation biologist Brett Favaro answers these thorny questions, offering simple strategies to help you reduce your carbon footprint—without abandoning common sense. 
   
  The Carbon Code is based on the four Rs: Reduce, Replace, Refine, and Rehabilitate. After outlining the scientific basics of climate change and explaining the logic of the code he prescribes, the author describes carbon-friendly technologies and behaviors we can adopt in our daily lives. However, he acknowledges that individual action, while vital, is insufficient. To achieve global sustainability, he insists we must make the fight against climate change go viral through conspicuous conservation. 
   
  The Carbon Code is a tool of empowerment that shows you how to take ownership of your carbon footprint and adopt a lifestyle of conspicuous conservation that will spur governments and corporations to do the same. Saving the planet is, after all, about saving ourselves. The Carbon Code provides a framework to do this, and helps you become a hero in the fight against climate change. 
   
  “Explains in refreshingly forthright terms how technological advances are making it easier and cheaper to be green.”?Financial Times

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  Psychological Warfare: How to...

  Andy Gardner

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  Learn to deal with manipulators and control freaks, and how to use this knowledge to create a better life for yourself. 
  Do you think people are always out to get you? 
  Do you believe you need to be more assertive to get your way, especially when you know you are right? 
  Do you feel trampled by a controlling partner? 
  Do you feel that you are constantly bullied into submission? 
  If the answer to any of the above questions is yes, you have come to the right place. This audiobook on psychological warfare elaborates on manipulation, deception, and propaganda tactics used by people in public, personal, and professional realms to control victims and benefit from them. 
  In this audiobook, you’ll:Discover what psychological warfare is and its historyUnderstand what dark personalities are and how to identify themUnderstand mind control and how to know if these tactics are being used on youLearn how manipulation is used in relationshipsDiscover how victims are affected by manipulation and deception tacticsMaster building defense strategies to protect yourself from brainwashing techniques and manipulatorsLearn how to identify partners, spouses, bosses, and friends who want to take undue advantage of you through manipulative and gaslighting tacticsLearn how to identify leaders using political propaganda to win elections and wars 
  Make sure you’re never a victim again, and use the tactics and tips in this audiobook to ensure you’re always one step ahead! 
  So click the “add to cart” button now and arm yourself against the psychological warfare anyone might wage against you!

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  Mail Carriers at Work

  Karen Latchana Kenney

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  The Meet Your Community Workers illustrated nonfiction book Mail Carriers at Work teaches young readers about the education, tasks, tools, and role in society of mail carriers. Easy-to-read text combines with colorful illustrations to provide entertainment and facts for even the youngest audience. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades PreK-4.

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  What the Fact?!

  Gabe Henry

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  Every day is strange if you know your history. 
   
  This illustrated daily trivia almanac explores a bizarre moment through the ages for each day of the year, such as:The odiferous debut of Smell-o-Vision (January 12, 1960)The execution of Oliver Cromwell, more than two years after his death (January 30, 1661)The day the first pig actually flew (November 4, 1909)That time the United States ran out of toilet paper (December 19, 1973) 
   
  Drawing on a range of subjects including politics, sports, the arts, pop culture, and more, each What the . . . fact offers daily or dip-in-and-out diversion, and an opportunity to learn something new and stranger every day.

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