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	"Brizendine, Louann - The Female Brain - PTN" Code:0767920104PTN Price: $11.21 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 14.95. [Broadway Books] 279 pages. From the Publisher Every brain begins as a female brain. It only becomes male eight weeks after conception, when excess testosterone shrinks the communications center, reduces the hearing cortex, and makes the part of the brain that processes sex twice as large. Louann Brizendine, M.D. is a pioneering neuropsychiatrist who brings together the latest findings to show how the unique structure of the female brain determines how women think, what they value, how they communicate, and whom they'll love. Brizendine reveals the neurological explanations behind why • A woman uses about 20,000 words per day while a man uses about 7,000 • A woman remembers fights that a man insists never happened • A teen girl is so obsessed with her looks and talking on the phone • Thoughts about sex enter a woman's brain once every couple of days but enter a man's brain about once every minute • A woman knows what people are feeling, while a man can't spot an emotion unless somebody cries or threatens bodily harm • A woman over 50 is more likely to initiate divorce than a man Women will come away from this book knowing that they have a lean, mean communicating machine. Men will develop a serious case of brain envy. The Washington Post - Deborah Tannen … [Brizendine's] book The Female Brain is distinguished by her direct experience as a neuropsychiatrist and the founder of the Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic in San Francisco. Brizendine does not deny the influence of culture; she writes, ""Gender education and biology collaborate to make us who we are."" But her goal is to lay out the evidence for the role played by biology and its effects on women's lives. With 80 pages of notes and references supporting 190 pages of text, she seamlessly weaves together the findings of innumerable articles and books, both technical and popular, along with accounts of patients she treated at her clinic, to support her claim that ""the female brain is so deeply affected by hormones that their influence can be said to create a woman's reality."" Library Journal It's all in our heads: clinical psychiatry professor Brizendine, founder of the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic, explains the distinctive workings of the female brain. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. What People Are Saying “Finally, a satisfying answer to Freud's question, ‘What does a woman want?' Louann Brize"
	"Bryson, Bill - Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - HCN" Code:076791936XHCN Price: $18.75 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Hardcover. New. List $ 25. [Broadway Books] 288 pages. From the Publisher From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century—1951—in the middle of the United States—Des Moines, Iowa—in the middle of the largest generation in American history—the baby boomers. As one of the best and funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24-carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood with an old football jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck that served as his cape, leaping tall buildings in a single bound and vanquishing awful evildoers (and morons)—in his head—as ""The Thunderbolt Kid."" Using this persona as a springboard, Bill Bryson re-creates the life of his family and his native city in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality—a life at once completely familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy. It was, he reminds us, a happy time, when automobiles and televisions and appliances (not to mention nuclear weapons) grew larger and more numerous with each passing year, and DDT, cigarettes, and the fallout from atmospheric testing were considered harmless or even good for you. He brings us into the life of his loving but eccentric family, including affectionate portraits of his father, a gifted sportswriter for the local paper and dedicated practitioner of isometric exercises, and OF his mother,whose job as the home furnishing editor for the same paper left her little time for practicing the domestic arts at home. The many readers of Bill Bryson's earlier classic, A Walk in the Woods, will greet the reappearance in these pages of the immortal Stephen Katz, seen hijacking literally boxcar loads of beer. He is joined in the Bryson gallery of immortal characters by the demonically clever Willoughby brothers, who apply their scientific skills and can-do attitude to gleefully destructive ends. Warm and laugh-out-loud funny, and full of his inimitable, pitch-perfect observations, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is as wondrous a book as Bill Bryson has ever written. It will enchant anyone who has ever been young. The New York Times - Jay Jennings "
	"Chapman, Gary - Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate - PTN" Code:1881273156PTN Price: $10.49 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 13.99. [Moody Press] 208 pages. From the Publisher publisher In The Five Love Languages, you will find a couple's guide to help you work as a team. Before you know it, you'll learn to speak and understand the unique languages of love and effectively express your love as well as feel truly loved in return. From The Critics Marriage Partnership This isn't the first book to point out that what communicates love to you might not mean a thing to your mate. But Gary Chapman says it the most clearly, and most convincingly. His well-defined languages explain why so many well-meaning spouses find expressions of love so frustrating. Wireless Age Every once and a while a book comes along that distills a concept so well it is revolutionary. Gary Chapman draws on his years of counseling and seminar experience to accomplish such a task. This discussion guide becomes a mini marriage retreat for just under twelve dollars. Chapman has the audacious courage to tell us that even though we may have marriages that span decades we may not be hearing what our spouses are saying. This is two fold because we may also be speaking words that do not clearly communicate our needs. In redefining the language we use into five simple paradigms he guides couples down a road of clear expressions of love. His examples serve both to highlight the five love languages and disarm the reader into admitting to a flaw in their own ability to be the spouse they initially intended. Moody Magazine Falling in love can be an all-consuming joy, but an enduring love can be as scarce as ice in the desert. Well-known counselor, marriage seminar leader, and author Gary Chapman gives couples the guidance they need to maintain a ""full love tank"" after the initial emotional high."
	"Collins, Francis S. - The Language of God - PTN" Code:1416542744PTN Price: $11.25 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 15. [Free Press, The] 320 pages. From the Publisher Dr. Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is one of the world's leading scientists. He works at the cutting edge of the study of DNA, the code of life. Yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God and scripture. He believes that God cares about us and can intervene in human affairs -- on rare occasions, even miraculously. Collins has personally discovered some of the scientific evidence for the common descent of all living creatures, even though he repudiates the materialist, atheistic worldview argued by many prominent Darwinists. In short, Dr. Collins provides a satisfying solution for the dilemma that haunts everyone who believes in God and respects science. Faith in God and faith in science can be harmonious -- combined into one worldview. The God that he believes in is a God who can listen to prayers and cares about our souls. The biological science he has advanced is compatible with such a God. For Collins, science does not conflict with the Bible, science enhances it. For many years Dr. Collins kept his views largely to himself, as he helped oversee the Human Genome Project's stunning sequencing of the code of life. Now, in what may be the most important melding of reason and revelation since C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, Dr. Collins explains himself in detail. The Language of God makes the case for God and for science. Dr. Collins considers and rejects several positions along the spectrum from atheism to young-earth creationism -- including agnosticism and Intelligent Design. Instead, he proposes a new synthesis, a new way to think about an active, caring God who created humankind through evolutionary processes. He has heard every argument against faith from scientists, and he can refute them. He has also heard the needless rejection of scientific truths by some people of faith, and he can counter that, too. He explains his own journey from atheism to faith, and then takes readers on a stunning tour of modern science to show that physics, chemistry, and biology can all fit together with belief in God and the Bible. The Language of God is essential reading for anyone who wonders about the deepest questions of all: Why are we here? How did we get here? And what does life mean? Publishers Weekly Collins, a pioneering medical geneticist who once headed the Human Genome Project, adapts his title from President Clinton's remarks announcing completion of the first phase of the project"
	"Freedman, Rory - Skinny Bitch - PTN" Code:0762424931PTN Price: $10.46 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 13.95. [Perseus Publishing] 224 pages. From the Publisher Not your typical boring diet book, this is a tart-tongued, no-holds-barred wakeup call to all women who want to be thin. With such blunt advice as, ""Soda is liquid Satan"" and ""You are a total moron if you think the Atkins Diet will make you thin,"" it's a rallying cry for all savvy women to start eating healthy and looking radiant. Unlike standard diet books, it actually makes the reader laugh out loud with its truthful, smart-mouthed revelations. Behind all the attitude, however, there's solid guidance. Skinny Bitch espouses a healthful lifestyle that promotes whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, and encourages women to get excited about feeling ""clean and pure and energized."" Associated Press The authors are brazen...They're not trying to win popularity contests...they just want healthy people. Chicago Sun Times Ready to jump-start 2006 with an electric prod to the system? ...They tell it like it is, and without delicacy. Metro Don't hate them--be them. The authors of 'Skinny Bitch' offer women a no-holds-barred approach to being thin and fabulous. Austin American Statesman This 224-page gem...tells it like it is. Florida Today What are you waiting for, you moron? Go buy this book! bitch ...there's more solid information about health and nutrition in Skinny Bitch than in most diet and health books... Energy Times ...have achieved the seemingly impossible by writing a diet book that's as sassy and entertaining as it is packed with reliable information. iVillage ...many priceless-yet-unprintable dictums certainly make you laugh in a way few diet books can. Synopsis Not your typical boring diet book, this is a tart-tongued, no-holds-barred wakeup call to all women who want to be thin. With such blunt advice as, ""Soda is liquid Satan"" and ""You are a total moron if you think the Atkins Diet will make you thin,"" it's a rallying cry for all savvy women to start eating healthy and looking radiant. Unlike standard diet books, it actually makes the reader laugh out loud with its truthful, smart-mouthed revelations. Behind all the attitude, however, there's solid guidance. Skinny Bitch espouses a healthful lifestyle that promotes whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, and encourages women to get excited about feeling ""clean and pure and energized."" Associated Press The authors are brazen...They're not trying to win popularity contests...they just want healthy "
	"Freedman, Rory - Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eat Code:0762424931PBN Price: $10.46 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 13.95. [Perseus Publishing] 224 pages. From the Publisher Not your typical boring diet book, this is a tart-tongued, no-holds-barred wakeup call to all women who want to be thin. With such blunt advice as, ""Soda is liquid Satan"" and ""You are a total moron if you think the Atkins Diet will make you thin,"" it's a rallying cry for all savvy women to start eating healthy and looking radiant. Unlike standard diet books, it actually makes the reader laugh out loud with its truthful, smart-mouthed revelations. Behind all the attitude, however, there's solid guidance. Skinny Bitch espouses a healthful lifestyle that promotes whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, and encourages women to get excited about feeling ""clean and pure and energized."" "
	"Friedman, Thomas L. - The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Further Updat Code:0312425074PTN Price: $12.00 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 16. [Picador] 660 pages. From the Publisher ""One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal,"" the Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz wrote in The New York Times reviewing The World Is Flat in 2005. In this new edition, Thomas L. Friedman includes fresh stories and insights to help us understand the flattening of the world. Weaving new information into his overall thesis, and answering the questions he has been most frequently asked by parents across the country, this third edition also includes two new chapters--on how to be a political activist and social entrepreneur in a flat world; and on the more troubling question of how to manage our reputations and privacy in a world where we are all becoming publishers and public figures. The World Is Flat 3.0 is an essential update on globalization, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks--environmental, social, and political, powerfully illuminated by the Pulitzer Prize--winning author of The Lexus and the Olive Tree."
	"Gilbert, Elizabeth - Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything across Italy, India and Ind Code:0143038419PTN Price: $11.25 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 15. [Penguin Group (USA)] 352 pages. From the Publisher This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers.Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island of Bali. By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funny author (whom Booklist calls ""Anne Lamott's hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister?) is poised to garner yet more adoring fans. About the Author: Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of a story collection, Pilgrims (a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award); a novel, Stern Men; and The Last American Man (a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award). "
	"Gladwell, Malcolm - Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking - PTN" Code:0316010669PTN Price: $11.99 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 15.99. [Little, Brown & Company] 320 pages. From the Publisher In his #1 bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. In BLINK, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. How do we make decisions--good and bad--and why are some people so much better at it than others? That's the question Malcolm Gladwell asks and answers in BLINK. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, examining case studies as diverse as speed dating, pop music, and the New Coke, Gladwell shows how the difference between good decision making and bad has nothing to do with how much information we can process quickly, but rather with the few particular details on which we focus. BLINK displays all of the brilliance that has made Malcolm Gladwell's journalism so popular and his books such perennial bestsellers as it reveals how all of us can become better decision makers--in our homes, our offices, and in everyday life. About the Author: Malcolm Gladwell is also the author of the #1 bestseller The Tipping Point. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker, and was formerly a business and science reporter at the Washington Post. He lives in New York."
	"Hosseini, Khaled - The Kite Runner - PTN" Code:1594480001PTN Price: $10.50 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 14. [Penguin Group (USA)] 384 pages. From the Publisher The #1 National Bestseller Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan grow up in different worlds: Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, is a Hazara - a shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him. The Kite Runner is a novel about friendship and betrayal, and about the price of loyalty. It is about the bonds between fathers and sons, and the power of fathers over sons - their love, their sacrifices, and their lies. Written against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before, The Kite Runner describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed. But through the devastation, Khaled Hosseini offers hope: through the novel's faith in the power of reading and storytelling, and in the possibilities he shows us for redemption. "
	"Krakauer, Jon - Into the Wild - PTN" Code:0307387178PTN Price: $10.46 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 13.95. [Knopf Publishing Group] 207 pages. From the Publisher In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to a charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet and invented a life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. Jon Krakauer brings Chris McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows and illuminates it with meaning in this mesmerizing and heartbreaking tour de force. Entertainment Weekly It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order. San Francisco Chronicle Compelling and tragic...Hard to put down. Portland Oregonian Haunting...few outdoor writers can match Krakauer for bringing outside adventure to life on the page. Publishers Weekly After graduating from Emory University in Atlanta in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska, where he went to live in the wilderness. Four months later, he turned up dead. His diary, letters and two notes found at a remote campsite tell of his desperate effort to survive, apparently stranded by an injury and slowly starving. They also reflect the posturing of a confused young man, raised in affluent Annandale, Virginia, who self-consciously adopted a Tolstoyan renunciation of wealth and return to nature. Krakauer, a contributing editor to Outside and Men's Journal, retraces McCandless' ill-fated antagonism toward his father, Walt, an eminent aerospace engineer. Krakauer also draws parallels to his own reckless youthful exploit in 1977, when he climbed Devils Thumb, a mountain on the Alaska-British Columbia border, partly as a symbolic act of rebellion against his autocratic father. In a moving narrative, Krakauer probes the mystery of McCandless' death, which he attributes to logistical blunders and to accidental poisoning from eating toxic seed pods. The New York Times Terrifying...eloquent...A heart-rending drama of human yearning. The Washington Post Gripping stuff...a detailed narrative of arresting force. LA Times Book Review Engrossing...with a telling eye for detail, Krakauer has captured the sad saga of a stubborn, idealistic young man. The Seattle Times Riveting...an absorbing story. Voice Literary Supplement A clear refine"
	"Lapine, Missy Chase - The Sneaky Chef - PTN" Code:0762430753PTN Price: $13.46 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 17.95. [Perseus Publishing] 272 pages. From the Publisher Parents will do almost anything to get their kids to eat healthier, but unfortunately, they've found that begging, pleading, threatening, and bribing don't work. With their patience wearing thin, parents will ""give in"" for the sake of family peace, and reach for ""kiddie"" favorites-often nutritionally inferior choices such as fried fish sticks, mac n' cheese, Pop-sicles, and cookies. Missy Chase Lapine, former publisher of Eating Well magazine, faced the same challenges with her two young daughters, and she sought a solution. Now in The Sneaky Chef, Lapine presents over 75 recipes that ingeniously disguise the most important superfoods inside kids' favorite meals. With the addition of a few simple make-ahead purees or clever replacements, (some may surprise you!) parents can pack more fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants in their kids' foods. Examples of ""Sneaky"" recipes include: No Harm Chicken Parm Power Pizza Incognito Burritos Guerilla Grilled Cheese Brainy Brownies Health-by-Chocolate Cookies Quick fixes for Jell-O(R) It's a book chock-full of strategies that will help any parent incorporate better health for the whole family. What People Are Saying Vicki Lansky ""Here are lots of good ideas and recipes that will work for you if you are at wits end.""--(Vicki Lansky, author of FEED ME I'M YOURS) Nancy Samalin ""The Sneaky Chef offers frustrated parents a simple, practical solution to getting their kids to eat healthier food.""--(E52, best-selling author of LOVING WITHOUT SPOILING) Rob Rosenthal ""Missy Chase Lapine is not only the best at what she does, she's the only one who does it""--(Rob Rosenthal, KitchenMC) Chef Daniel Boulud ""The Sneaky Chef is a brilliant and timely concept."" Synopsis Parents will do almost anything to get their kids to eat healthier, but unfortunately, they've found that begging, pleading, threatening, and bribing don't work. With their patience wearing thin, parents will ""give in"" for the sake of family peace, and reach for ""kiddie"" favorites-often nutritionally inferior choices such as fried fish sticks, mac n' cheese, Pop-sicles, and cookies. Missy Chase Lapine, former publisher of Eating Well magazine, faced the same challenges with her two young daughters, and she sought a solution. Now in The Sneaky Chef, Lapine presents over 75 recipes that ingeniously disguise the most important superfoods inside kids' favorite meals. With the addition of"
	"Larson, Erik - Thunderstruck - PTN" Code:1400080673PTN Price: $11.21 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 14.95. [Crown Publishing Group] 480 pages. From the Publisher In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication—whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. Set in Edwardian London and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck evokes the dynamism of those years when great shipping companies competed to build the biggest, fastest ocean liners, scientific advances dazzled the public with visions of a world transformed, and the rich outdid one another with ostentatious displays of wealth. Against this background, Marconi races against incredible odds and relentless skepticism to perfect his invention: the wireless, a prime catalyst for the emergence of the world we know today. Meanwhile, Crippen, “the kindest of men,” nearly commits the perfect crime. With his superb narrative skills, Erik Larson guides these parallel narratives toward a relentlessly suspenseful meeting on the waters of the North Atlantic. Along the way, he tells of a sad and tragic love affair that was described on the front pages of newspapers around the world, a chief inspector who found himself strangely sympathetic to the killer and his lover, and a driven and compelling inventor who transformed the way we communicate. Thunderstruck presents a vibrant portrait of an era of s?ances, science, and fog, inhabited by inventors, magicians, and Scotland Yard detectives, all presided over by the amiable and fun-loving Edward VII as the world slid inevitably toward the first great war of thetwentieth century. Gripping from the first page, and rich with fascinating detail about the time, the people, and the new inventions that connect and divide us, Thunderstruck is splendid narrative history from a master of the form. The New York Times - Kevin Baker Erik Larson has done it again. In Thunderstruck, just as in his last book, The Devil in the White City, he has taken an unlikely historical subject and spun it into gold. The formula is simple enough, though the finished books verge on alchemy. The only question is whether we're getting true magic or mere sleight of hand. The Washington Post - Lauren Belfer Larson's gift for rendering an historical era with vibrant tactility and filling it with surprising personalities makes Thunderstruck an irresistible tale. Of Londo"
	"Levitin, Daniel J. - This Is Your Brain on Music - PTN" Code:0452288525PTN Price: $11.25 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 15. [Penguin Group (USA)] 322 pages. From the Publisher A fascinating exploration of the relationship between music and the mind-and the role of melodies in shaping our lives Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life-even if you never realized it. Why does music evoke such powerful moods? The answers are at last becoming clear, thanks to revolutionary neuroscience and the emerging field of evolutionary psychology. Both a cutting-edge study and a tribute to the beauty of music itself, This Is Your Brain on Music unravels a host of mysteries that affect everything from pop culture to our understanding of human nature, including: * Are our musical preferences shaped in utero? * Is there a cutoff point for acquiring new tastes in music? * What do PET scans and MRIs reveal about the brain's response to music? * Is musical pleasure different from other kinds of pleasure? This Is Your Brain on Music explores cultures in which singing is considered an essential human function, patients who have a rare disorder that prevents them from making sense of music, and scientists studying why two people may not have the same definition of pitch. At every turn, this provocative work unlocks deep secrets about how nature and nurture forge a uniquely human obsession. Los Angeles Times Book Review Levitin is a deft and patient explainer of the basics for the non-scientist as well as the non-musician.... By tracing music's deep ties to memory, Levitin helps quantify some of music's magic without breaking its spell. Salon.com Why human beings make and enjoy music is, in Levitin's telling, a delicious story. (Salon.com) Publishers Weekly Think of a song that resonates deep down in your being. Now imagine sitting down with someone who was there when the song was recorded and can tell you how that series of sounds was committed to tape, and who can also explain why that particular combination of rhythms, timbres and pitches has lodged in your memory, making your pulse race and your heart swell every time you hear it. Remarkably, Levitin does all this and more, interrogating the basic nature of hearing and of music making (this is likely the only book whose jacket sports blurbs from both Oliver Sacks and Stevie Wonder), without losing an affectionate appreciation for the songs he's reducing to neural impulses. Levitin is the ideal guide to this material: he enjoyed a successful career as a rock musician and studio producer before tu"
	"Max, Tucker - I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell - PTN" Code:0806527285PTN Price: $9.71 Rating: none Quantity in Basket: none
Add to wish list? "Paperback. New. List $ 12.95. [Kensington Publishing Corporation] 288 pages. From the Publisher My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. But, I do contribute to humanity in one very important way: I share my adventures with the world. -from the Introduction Actual reader feedback: ""I am completely baffled as to how you can congratulate yourself for being a womanizer and a raging drunk, or think anyone cares about an idiot like you. Do you really think that exploiting the insecurities of others while getting wasted is a legitimate thing to offer?"" ""Thank you, thank you, thank you-for sharing with us your wonderful tales of drunken revelry, for teaching me what it means to be a man, for just existing so I know that there is another option; I too can say `screw the system' and be myself and have fun. My life truly began when I finished reading your stories. Now, when faced with a quandary about what course of action I should take, I just ask myself, `What Would Tucker Do?'-and I do it, and I am a better man for it."" ""I find it truly appalling that there are people in the world like you. You are a disgusting, vile, repulsive, repugnant, foul creature. Because of you, I don't believe in God anymore. No just God would allow someone like you to exist."" ""I'll stay with God as my lord, but you are my savior. I just finished reading your brilliant stories, and I laughed so hard I almost vomited. I want to bring that kind of joy to people. You're an artist of the highest order and a true humanitarian to boot. I'm in bothshock and awe at how much I want to be you."" ""You are the coolest person I can even imagine existing. If you slept with my girlfriend, it'd make me love her more."" Tucker Max received his B.A. from the University of Chicago, where he graduated in 1998. He attended Duke Law School on an academic scholarship, where he graduated with a J.D. in 2001 (despite the fact that he neglected to buy any of his textbooks for his final two years and spent part of one semester-while still enrolled in classes-living in Cancun). Tucker is purportedly the reason Duke dropped from 7 to 11 in the USN&WR rankings during his tenure. Synopsis My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, in"