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Fifty years ago, neuroscientists thought that a mature brain was fixed like a fly in amber, unable to change. Today, we know that our brains and nervous systems change throughout our lifetimes. This concept of neuroplasticity has captured the imagination of a public eager for self-improvement - and has inspired countless Internet entrepreneurs who peddle dubious "brain training" games and apps. In this book, Moheb Costandi offers a concise and engaging overview of neuroplasticity for the general listener.

The Godfather meets The Magicians in the sweeping adult debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu. Perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab, Red City is a dark and deadly contemporary fantasy of magical warfare, star-crossed ambition, and the pursuit of perfection at any cost, set in a...

An INSTANT New York Times bestseller! An INSTANT USA TODAY bestseller! An INSTANT Sunday Times bestseller! A modern-day YA romantic fantasy series opener about a glamorous magical world of social elites, forbidden love, and a dark magic that could destroy it all. "Dazzling and deceptive. The...

Le roman qui affole les experts du Pentagone. Dans un futur proche, la Chine envahit Hawaï pour s'emparer de gigantesques réserves de gaz. Mais un véritable Pearl Harbor numérique empêche l'Amérique de réagir : guerre des étoiles, marine paralysée, aviation clouée au sol... il faudra le génie et l'héroïsme d'une poignée d'hommes et de femmes pour engager la résistance et reprendre la main sur la technologie.

The godmother of Silicon Valley, legendary teacher, and mother of a super family shares her tried-and-tested methods for raising happy, healthy, successful children using trust, respect, independence, collaboration, and kindness: TRICK. How to Raise Successful People offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Change your parenting, change the world.

Edited by the magazine’s poetry editor, Kevin Young, a celebratory selection from one hundred years of influential, entertaining, and taste-making verse in The New Yorker Seamus Heaney, Dorothy Parker, Louise Bogan, Louise Glück, Randall Jarrell, Langston Hughes, Derek Walcott, Sylvia Plath...

The best-selling animal advocate Temple Grandin offers the most exciting exploration of how animals feel since The Hidden Life of Dogs. In her groundbreaking and best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with autism as well as her distinguished career as...

Lecture par André Falcon de la Comédie française en 1955. "Je suis un mensonge qui dit toujours la vérité." Jean Cocteau. "Thomas l'imposteur" est le lieu clos d'un enjeu et d'un débat impossibles. Une lutte incessante entre le réel et l'imaginaire. Guillaume Thomas, l'imposteur, se fait passer pour ce qu'il n'est pas par amour pour Henriette. Il s'invente un destin de fils de Général.

LA MARCHE DES ROIS nous fait franchir une étape du voyage épique de Thor vers l'âge adulte. Alors qu'il est en passe de devenir un guerrier, il commence à mieux comprendre qui il est et en quoi consistent ses pouvoirs. Après s'être échappé du cachot, Thor est horrifié d'apprendre qu'il y a eu une autre tentative d'assassinat sur le Roi MacGil. Quand MacGil meurt, le royaume sombre dans le chaos. Tout le monde veut monter sur le trône, la Cour du Roi regorge plus que jamais de drames familiaux, de luttes de pouvoir, d'ambitions, de jalousie, de violence et de trahisons.

It was supposed to be a simple scouting mission. In and out. No fighting. No new quests. Just me, my hippocorn, Alice, and a few hired mercenaries. We were going to tiptoe into the Spiral, get the info we needed, and leave. You know, the Spiral? That tower-defense run that protects the hobgoblin capital from invaders? Easy, right? Nobody would even know we were there. Yeah, so about that....

While writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plotting versus pantsing, none would argue this: If you want to write strong fiction, you must make your readers feel. The reader's experience must be an emotional journey of its own, one as involving as your characters' struggles, discoveries, and triumphs are for you. That's where The Emotional Craft of Fiction comes in. Veteran literary agent and expert fiction instructor Donald Maass shows you how to use story to provoke a visceral and emotional experience in readers.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE NAUTILUS GOLD AWARD “A powerful and provocative testament to the diverse coalition of minds we’ll need to face the mounting challenges of the twenty-first century.” —Steve Silberman “An absolute eye-opener.” —Frans de Waal A landmark...

“One of my favorite books of the year. It completely reshaped how I think about information and how and why I take notes.” —Daniel Pink, bestselling author of Drive A revolutionary approach to enhancing productivity, creating flow, and vastly increasing your ability to capture, remember...

Qu’est-ce qu’une nation ? Les réponses que Renan donnait à la Sorbonne en 1882 restent aujourd’hui éclairantes. Dans ce petit texte d’une actualité saisissante, Renan livre une analyse magistrale, à la fois érudite et affective sur le concept de nation et de son implication dans l’histoire politique européenne.

La chanteuse et comédienne Morgan Touzé présente cinq pièces immersives 3D réalisées par son mari, le poète et pionnier du son binaural, Pascal Rueff. "Mon mari aime bien que j’incarne moi-même les personnages quand je voyage dans ses espaces-temps." dit-elle. Venez y plonger avec elle ! Ces voyages sonores, à écouter au casque, visitent vingt ans de prise de son 3D, du sud de la Crète à Tchernobyl.

Das Septemberlicht an der Algarve ist von betörender Weichheit. Am Flughafen von Faro nehmen die Sub-Inspektoren Graciana Rosado und Carlos Esteves einen schlaksigen Kerl in schwarzem Anzug in Empfang: Leander Lost, Kriminalkommissar aus Hamburg, für ein Jahr in Diensten der Polícia Judiciária. Eine Teambildung der besonderen Art beginnt, denn der deutsche Kommissar gibt mit seinem ungewöhnlichen Verhalten seinen portugiesischen Kollegen so einige Rätsel auf.

Gabriel was a successful magic student until a classmate framed him, forcing him to join the Adventurer’s Guild to survive. Unfortunately, his career as an adventurer doesn’t turn out quite how he was hoping. While on his first delve, he discovers more about monsters, dungeons, and souls than he ever imagined. With that knowledge comes power and new friends. But even as his exotic companions enrich his life, they also give him more to lose.

Elaine's adventures continue at Ranger Academy! Will she pass and validate Julius' trust in her? Or will she fail out and need to find a new career?

Es ist ein Jahr her, dass Eragon aus Alagaësia aufgebrochen ist auf der Suche nach dem geeigneten Ort, um eine neue Generation Drachenreiter auszubilden. Jetzt kämpft er mit unendlich vielen Aufgaben: Er muss einen riesigen Drachenhorst bauen, Dracheneier bewachen und mit kriegerischen Urgals und stolzen Elfen und eigensinnigen Zwergen zurechtkommen. Doch da eröffnen ihm eine Vision der Eldunarí, unerwartete Besucher und eine spannende Legende der Urgals neue Perspektiven.

Alvin woke in a room that was not his, to discover that he had died and his brain had been bargained off cheaply to pay off someone else’s debt. It did not sit well with him. It didn’t surprise him that even in death, people were still using him for their own purposes. He had never exactly been a good guy, but everyone had their breaking point, and he had found his. The bastards in charge had uploaded his mind into a virtual death game. The whole world could now pay to see him play it and probably die. Regardless, he was not about to wait for death to come for him.