“sandra blakeslee”

A brilliant "Sherlock Holmes" of neuroscience reveals the strangest cases he has solved, uncovering bold insights into deep and quirky questions of human nature few scientists have dared to address. 25 line illustrations.Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering ans... More

Written by two generations of science writers, "The Body Has a Mind of Its Own" is as entertaining as it is cutting-edge, revealing what the new science of body mapping shows about the mind-body connection and how it can change the world.Your body has a mind of its own. You know it's true. You can s... More

The Blakeslees take a provocative look at the emerging science of how the mind and body intertwine to create the embodied, feeling self. The authors discuss how the science of body mapping has far-reaching applications, from weight loss to recovery from stroke.In this compelling, cutting-edge book, ... More

From the inventor of the PalmPilot comes a new and compelling theory of intelligence, brain function, and the future of intelligent machines Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready ... More

The national bestseller Second Chances has radically transformed the ways we think about divorce, and its message continues to gain greater resonance as more research on the long-term effects of divorce is completed. Based on the renowned psychologist Judith S. Wallerstein's landmark study of sixty ... More

His release from prison should have been the end of Griff Burkett's troubles. It wasn't. The former star American football player is reviled by fans for throwing a championship game, his fortune is lost, and he remains under the dark shadow of suspicion for an unsolved murder. And his worst enemy, t... More

In this tender, beautifully wrought love story by the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Demon Rumm," a man and a woman find themselves battling each other for the love of a child, but their heated tug-of-war can only end one way.In more than fifty "New York Times" bestselling novels, Sandra Br... More