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  • The Woman Who Changed Her Brain

    And Other Inspiring Stories of Pioneering Brain Transformation

    Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities that caused teachers to label her slow, stubborn—or worse. As a child, she read and wrote everything backward, struggled to process concepts in language, continually got lost, and was physically uncoordinated. She could make no sense of an analogue clock. But by relying on her formidable memory and iron will, she made her way to ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

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    The Woman Who Changed Her Brain

    And Other Inspiring Stories of Pioneering Brain Transformation

    Narrado por Lisa Bunting ...

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    9 hora 15 minutos

    Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities that caused teachers to label her slow, stubborn—or worse. As a child, she read and wrote everything backward, struggled to process concepts in language, continually got lost, and was physically uncoordinated. She could make no sense of an analogue clock. But by relying on her formidable memory and iron will, she made her way to ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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    Where I Live Now

    A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope

    de Sharon Butala ...
    Narrado por Sharon Butala ...

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    6 hora 18 minutos

    An intimate and uplifting book about finding renewal and hope through grief and loss. "It was a terrible life; it was an enchanted life; it was a blessed life. And, of course, one day it ended." -Sharon Butala In the tradition of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, Diana Athill's Somewhere Towards the End, and Atul Gawande's Being Mortal comes a revelatory new book from one of our beloved ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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    The Brain That Changes Itself

    Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

    Narrado por Jim Bond ...

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    11 hora 25 minutos

    An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they’ve transformed—people whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable. We see a ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • The Science of Why

    Answers to Questions About the World Around Us

    de Jay Ingram ...
    Series series The Science of Why series
    Ever wonder why onions make you cry? Or why lizards do pushups? Or why leaves change color in the fall?Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Acclaimed science writer and broadcaster Jay Ingram wonders the same things. After a long career of asking important questions (Does time speed up as we age? How much Neanderthal is in me? Why do some animals throw their feces?), he’s here to put our scientific ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Where I Live Now

    A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope

    de Sharon Butala ...
    An intimate and uplifting book about finding renewal and hope through grief and loss.*“It was a terrible life; it was an enchanted life; it was a blessed life. And, of course, one day it ended.” —*Sharon ButalaIn the tradition of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, Diana Athill’s Somewhere Towards the End, and Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal comes a revelatory new book from one of our beloved ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Hostages to Fortune

    The United Empire Loyalists and the Making of Canada

    Esteemed Canadian author Peter C. Newman recounts the dramatic journey of the United Empire Loyalists—their exodus from America, their resettlement in the wilds of British North America, and their defense of what would prove to be the social and moral foundation of Canada.In 1776, tensions in the British colonies were reaching a fever pitch. The citizenry was divided between those who wished to ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Inside the Inferno

    A Firefighter's Story of the Brotherhood That Saved Fort McMurray

    de Damian Asher ...
    An action-packed, on-the-ground memoir of the Fort McMurray wildfire and the courage, resilience, and sacrifice of the firefighters who saved the city.In May 2016, what began as a remote forest fire quickly became a nightmare for the ninety thousand residents of Fort McMurray. A perfect combination of weather, geography and circumstance created a raging wildfire that devoured everything in its ... Leer más

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  • The Promise of Canada

    People and Ideas That Have Shaped Our Country

    What does it mean to be a Canadian? What great ideas have changed our country? An award-winning writer casts her eye over our nation’s history, highlighting some of our most important stories.From the acclaimed historian Charlotte Gray comes a richly rewarding book about what it means to be Canadian. Readers already know Gray as an award-winning biographer, a writer who has brilliantly captured ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • The Brain That Changes Itself

    Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

    **“Fascinating. Doidge’s book is a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain.”—Oliver Sacks, MD, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a HatWhat is neuroplasticity? Is it possible to change your brain? Norman Doidge’s inspiring guide to the new brain science explains all of this and more**An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing ... Leer más

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  • Is That a Fact?

    Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life

    de Joe Schwarcz ...
    The bestselling "quackbuster" and "tireless tub-thumper against pseudoscience" fishes for the facts in a flood of misinformation ( Maclean's).Eat this and live to 100. Don't, and die. Today, hyperboles dominate the media, which makes parsing science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what chemicals to avoid, and what's best for the environment. In Is That a Fact?, bestselling ... Leer más

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  • Extraordinary Canadians

    Stories from the Heart of Our Nation

    From Peter Mansbridge, the beloved former anchor of CBC’s The National, and Mark Bulgutch, former CBC producer, comes a collection of first-person stories about remarkable Canadians who embody the values of our great nation—kindness, compassion, courage, and freedom—and inspire us to do the same.In this timely and heartwarming volume of personal stories, Peter Mansbridge and former CBC producer ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD