![]() ![]() Ramachandran, a neurologist successful in treating phantom-limb pain, and he visits the Salk Laboratories in La Jolla, Calif., to report on the implications of current research on human neuronal stem cells. Doidge also interviews Michael Merzenich, a researcher and inventor who claims that brain exercises may be as useful as drugs in treating schizophrenia and has also developed training programs for the learning-disabled and the aging. He begins with Paul Bach-y-Rita, a pioneer in brain plasticity who has helped stroke victims improve their balance and walking. ![]() Psychoanalytic Center) calls this growing awareness of the brain’s adaptability “the neuroplastic revolution,” and he profiles scientists whose work in neuroplasticity has changed people’s lives. Research psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Doidge (Columbia Univ. A collection of anecdotes about doctors and patients demonstrating that the human brain is capable of undergoing remarkable changes. ![]()
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![]() To find the manuscript, wily bureaucrat Geoffrey Chaucer turns to fellow poet John Gower, a professional trader in information with connections high and low. ![]() ![]() Only a few powerful men know that the cryptic lines derive from a “burnable book,” a seditious work that threatens the stability of the realm. Songs are heard across London-catchy verses said to originate from an ancient book that prophesies the end of England’s kings-and among the book’s predictions is Richard’s assassination. Surrounded by ruthless courtiers-including his powerful uncle, John of Gaunt, and Gaunt’s flamboyant mistress, Katherine Swynford-England’s young, still untested king, Richard II, is in mortal peril, and the danger is only beginning. A Burnable Book is an irresistible thriller, reminiscent of classics like An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Name of the Rose and The Crimson Petal and the White. In Chaucer’s London, betrayal, murder and intrigue swirl around the existence of a prophetic book that foretells the deaths of England’s kings. ![]() ![]() ![]() Several more are in-development or under option. ![]() Several of Keene's novels have been developed for film, including Ghoul, The Ties That Bind, and Fast Zombies Suck. In addition to his own original work, Keene has written for media properties such as Doctor Who, The X-Files, Hellboy, Masters of the Universe, and Superman. His novels have been translated into German, Spanish, Polish, Italian, French, Taiwanese, and many more. Keene is the author of over forty books, mostly in the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. After his enlistment ended, Keene worked a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. He grew up in both Pennsylvania and West Virginia and many of his books take place in these locales. VJ Books Presents Author Brian Keene! Brian Keene was born on September 22, 1967. 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Time travel is not a genre of its own, it can be science fiction, speculative fiction, or historical fiction.Įqually it can cross genres and blend many different styles to create something unique. ![]() It is the stories of people, their struggles, triumphs, pain and overcoming that transport us through the best tales. ![]() While challenging our perceptions of time and its linear form, the best time travel books tend to confirm and reinforce our understanding of the human condition. ![]() ![]() ![]() After reading a copy, film-maker, Anthony Schaffer also purchased the film rights and started planning for an adaptation. Starting life as a Shakespearean actor, Pinner turned to novel writing, with Ritual being his first to be published in 1967. The growing reputation of The Wicker Man has had the effect of drawing attention to one of its key sources – David Pinner’s 1967 novel, Ritual. All of this is, of course, a story in itself: one that illuminates just how often the cult film or book gets a reputation well in excess of any real artistic or intellectual merit. ![]() Over the years I have watched the British horror movie, The Wicker Man go from a rather risible entertainment, firmly in the B-Movie category, to cult status and on to mainstream acceptance as one of this country’s premier filmic offerings. I don’t know if it’s the emergence of the film that drives an interest in the book or vice versa but I suspect its more likely that cult status attaches faster and more publically to films. It’s interesting just how often cult movies and cult novels are symbiotically linked together. ![]() ![]() ![]() He learned the tickets to bargaining for better prices by asking more that he wanted and expecting the buyer to negotiate down the price. His father laughed because he knew it all along. He considered not telling the truth but finally to the man his pig was weened on milk. ![]() He was taught the value of being an honest person and not lying as when he felt that raising his pig on milk was not fair when entering a best pig contest when asked how he got his pig so big. He was taught not to spend his money foolishly on wants but to spend it in ways that increased in value such as on a baby pig that he could sale for four dollars as opposed to lemonade that would be gone in one day. He learned the value of money as the fifty cents given to Almanzo was expressed as a day’s worth of work. ![]() It had interesting stories as certain values were taught to Almanzo by his father. Book two of the Little House series, Farmer Boy, was a interesting diversion to Laura Ingalls Wilder’s story as it was based in New York about Almanzo Wilder. ![]() ![]() ![]() To catch the killer, Henley must confront her own demons – – and when Olivier escapes from prison, she finds herself up against not one serial killer, but two. When a severed head is delivered to Henley’s home, she realises that the copycat is taking a personal interest in her and that the victims have not been chosen at random. Eerie echoes of previous crimes lead Henley to question Peter Olivier, aka The Jigsaw Killer, who is currently serving a life sentence for a series of horrific murders. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery… When body parts are found on the banks of the River Thames in Deptford, DI Angelica Henley is tasked with finding the killer. ![]() You can read this before The Jigsaw Man (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #1) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Jigsaw Man (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #1) written by Nadine Matheson which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: The Jigsaw Man (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #1) by Nadine Matheson ![]() ![]() The novel was adapted into a 1999 movie by director Sofia Coppola, and starred Kirsten Dunst.Īs an ambulance arrives for the body of Mary Lisbon, the last Lisbon sister to die, a group of anonymous adolescent neighborhood boys recalls the events leading up to her death. The novel's first chapter appeared in The Paris Review in 1990, and won the 1991 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction. ![]() The novel is written in first person plural from the perspective of an anonymous group of teenage boys who struggle to find an explanation for the Lisbons' deaths. ![]() The fictional story, which is set in Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s, centers on the lives of five doomed sisters, the Lisbon girls. ![]() The Virgin Suicides is a 1993 debut novel by the American author Jeffrey Eugenides. ![]() |