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Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession, and the Birth of the Lie Detector
Amit Katwala - Crooked Lane Books Format: Hardcover
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A thrilling account of the creation of the so-called lie detector, exploring shocking murders and dramatic trials to uncover the true nature of the polygraph. This tense true crime story is perfect for fans of American Predator and The Invention of Murder. Late one evening in the summer... |
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Spiritual Envy: An Agnostic's Quest
Michael Krasny - New World Library Format: Paperback
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As the host of one of National Public Radio's most popular interview programs, Michael Krasny has spent decades leading conversations on every imaginable topic and discussing life's most important questions with the foremost thinkers of our time. Now he brings his wide-ranging knowledge... |
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Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
Lily Bailey - Harper Format: Hardcover
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Written with the indelible power of Girl, Interrupted, Brain on Fire, and Reasons to Stay Alive, a lyrical, poignant memoir by a young woman about her childhood battle with debilitating obsessive compulsive disorder, and her hard-won journey to recovery.By the age of thirteen, Lily Bailey... |
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The Voyeur's Motel
Gay Talese - Grove Press Format: Hardcover
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On January 7, 1980, in the run-up to the publication of his landmark bestseller Thy Neighbor's Wife, Gay Talese received an anonymous letter from a man in Colorado. "Since learning of your long awaited study of coast-to-coast sex in America," the letter began, "I feel... |
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Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
Avi Loeb Format: Hardcover
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In late 2017, scientists at a Hawaiian observatory glimpsed an object soaring through our inner solar system, moving so quickly that it could only have come from another star. Avi Loeb, Harvard's top astronomer, showed it was not an asteroid; it was moving too fast along a strange orbit,... |
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Conflict: How Soldiers Make Impossible Decisions
Neil D. Shortland - Oxford University Press Format: Hardcover
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Conflict: How Soldiers Make Impossible Decisions is about making hard choices--where all outcomes are potentially negative. The authors draw on interviews conducted with soldiers about the situations they faced and the decisions they made at war. These are vivid and sometimes distressing... |
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The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
Tony Attwood - Jessica Kingsley Pub Format: Hardcover
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"I usually say to the child, "Congratulations, you have Asperger's syndrome", and explain that this means he or she is not mad, bad or defective, but has a different way of thinking." - from "The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome". "The Complete... |
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