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81) Piece by piece
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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A weaver dreams of being able to buy things for her children as she crafts a dress of dragon scales and candle glow.
82) The Program
Author
Series
The Program. Main series volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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When suicide becomes a worldwide epidemic, the only known cure is The Program, a treatment in which painful memories are erased, a fate worse than death to seventeen-year-old Sloane who knows that The Program will steal memories of her dead brother and boyfriend.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
It's happened to all of us at some point. You walk into the kitchen, or flip open your laptop, or stride confidently up to a lectern, filled with purposeand suddenly haven't the foggiest idea what youre doing. Welcome to your idiot brain. Yes, it is an absolute marvel in some respectsthe seat of our consciousness, the pinnacle (so far) of evolutionary progress, and the engine of all human experiencebut your brain is also messy, fallible, and about...
84) Bob
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Chooooo! Little Train is going out on the track all by himself for the first time. He runs through a field and rattles across a bridge. Clickety-clack! Rattly-tat! Then he climbs a mountain and races by the river. Clumpety-clip! Zippety-zoom! Oh, no! Now he's gone too far. Will Little Train recall what his mother and father said about finding his way home? With a nod to beloved classics such as The Little Engine That Could, here is a celebration of...
86) Kind of cruel
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
While visiting a hypnotherapist, Amber resurrects a vague memory during her session before being arrested for the brutal murder of a woman she does not know, compelling her to investigate the memory in order to clear her name.
88) Just like Jackie
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: For as long as Robinson Hart can remember, it's just been her and Grandpa. He taught her about cars, baseball, and everything else worth knowing. But Grandpa's memory has been getting bad-so bad that he sometimes can't even remember Robbie's name. She's sure that she's making things worse by getting in trouble at school, but she can't resist using her fists when bullies like Alex Carter make fun of her for not having a mom. Now...
89) The Treatment
Author
Series
The Program. Main series volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Working with rebels to bring down The Program, a suicide prevention treatment in which painful memories are erased, Sloane and James consider taking The Treatment to unlock their memories.
Pub. Date
[2011], c2000
Language
English
Description
B.F. Skinner developed wonderfully ingenious gadgets designed to enhance his workspace, and he created clever ways of organizing the writing that was the central focus of the last decades of his life. In this program, Skinner's daughter, Julie Vargas, gives viewers a tour of the basement study in which he wrote many of his books and articles. Dr. Vargas and her sister also share fond memories of their father, who was a very involved and loving parent,...
91) Vessel: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A surprising page-turner...Compelling. Highly recommended."-Library Journal (starred review), Debut of the Month An astronaut returns to Earth after losing her entire crew to an inexplicable disaster, but is her version of what happened in space the truth? Or is there more to the storyA tense, psychological thriller perfect for fans of Dark Matter and The Martian. After Catherine Wells's ship experiences a deadly incident in deep space and loses...
92) Rememory
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English
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Gordon Dunn, a visionary scientific pioneer, is found dead shortly after he unveils his newest work: a device able to extract, record, and play a person's memories. Soon, a mysterious man shows up at his window's door, claiming to be a friend of her late husband. After stealing the machine from the house, the man uses it to try and solve the mystery of Gordon's death, beginning an investigation on memories that lead him to unexpected and dangerous...
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
One of our most eminent neuroscientists spent a year teaching himself to play the guitar. Why? Scientist Gary Marcus was keenly interested in how the brain can essentially rewire itself to make up for deficits caused by trauma. In the presence of Vernon Reid, #66 on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, Gary Marcus discusses the experience of learning to play and the impulses that brought him to music. Presented in association...
Pub. Date
[2013], c2012
Language
English
Description
Research in neuroscience shows that the role played by the conscious mind is much smaller than was previously thought, which raises the question: Are we in control of our mind, or is the mind in control of us? This program reveals the surprising dominance of the unconscious mind in how we humans perceive and react to the world around us, influencing everything from what we eat to who we fall in love with. Explaining what's behind gut instinct and...
95) Brainwave Dreams
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Writer Siri Hustvedt is a migraine sufferer and will often experience aphasic dreams. As she enters the slumbering state she will have hallucinations. As she says, these "are anomalies, no doubt, tics of the nervous system that affect some, not all, but they could well help explain more general human qualities—who we are, what we feel, and how we see. I suspect that everyone has a few Lilliputians in hiding. It may be just a question of whether...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Will you, dear Shareholder, set Athena free? Athena Rao must reckon with the memory of her father, King Rao--literally. Through biotechnological innovation, he has given her his memories. His Dalit childhood on an Indian coconut plantation in the 1950s is as alive to her as her own existence in a prison cell, accused of her father's murder. Egocentric, brilliant, a little damaged, King Rao had a visionary idea: the personal computer known as the...
97) The remedy
Author
Series
The Program. Prequels volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Quinn provides closure to grieving families by taking on the short-term role of a deceased loved one, until huge secrets come to the surface about Quinn's own past.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Spirited away to the subterranean realm of Nagalok as children, seventeen-year-olds Tanvi and Venkat are charged with harvesting human dreams for the entertainment of the naga court--until one of them begins to remember the mortal life she left behind.
99) Fox forgets
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Bear worries when Fox forgets to deliver Goose's message that she will be right back.
Author
Series
Cam Jansen mysteries. Main series volume 33
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
While at the airport waiting for her father to pick up his best friend from childhood, Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help a distressed father find his missing daughter.
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