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From the acclaimed author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist comes a fascinating look at the new science of decision making and how it can help us make better choices. Lehrer, who is Seed magazine editor-at-large, explores two questions: How does the human mind make decisions? How can those decisions be made better? Scientists are discovering that our best decisions are a finely tuned blend of both feeling and reason - and the precise mix depends on the situation. The trick is to determine when to lean on which part of the brain, and to do this, we need to think harder (and smarter) about how we think. Lehrer gives us the tools. |
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This two-session class will teach you three ways to work in the round while making Jess Hutchison's wonderful pattern for a bunny or a classic doll. Among other things, you'll learn how to knit in the round with double point needles, two circulars, and the magic loop technique. Visit our website for more details. |
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One of our most celebrated film critics and historians offers a haunting and unsentimental memoir of growing up an only child in south London in the 1940s and 1950s. Told with elegance and restraint, this is the story of a lonely, stammering boy cared for by a matriarchy of his mother, grandmother, and an upstairs tenant, Miss Davis. At the heart of this book is Thomson's profound sadness at being abandoned by a cold and distant father who visits only on weekends and keeps, as Thomson later discovers, another household. Movies become Thomson's great escape. |
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In her sixth Maisie Dobbs mystery, New York Times bestselling author Winspear gives us a mentally disturbed terrorist on the loose amid the busy streets of 1931 London. An injured war veteran-turned-beggar detonates a bomb, killing himself and slightly wounding Maisie. This traumatic event turns out to be linked to threatening letters the British prime minister starts to receive, and Maisie is brought onto Scotland Yard’s high-level intelligence team in pursuit of the terrorist, who has threatened massive loss of life if specific demands are not met. |
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