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A Boy's Own Story: A Novel (Modern Library #47)
by Edmund White&“An extraordinary novel&” about growing up gay in the 1950s American Midwest (The New York Times Book Review). Critically lauded upon its initial publication in 1982 for its pioneering depiction of homosexuality, A Boy&’s Own Story is a moving tale about coming-of-age in midcentury America. With searing clarity and unabashed wit, Edmund White&’s unnamed protagonist yearns for what he knows to be shameful. He navigates an uneasy relationship with his father, confounds first loves, and faces disdain from his peers at school. In the embrace of another, he discovers the sincere and clumsy pleasures of adolescent sexuality. But for boys in the 1950s, these desires were unthinkable. Looking back on his experiences, the narrator notes, &“I see now that what I wanted was to be loved by men and to love them back but not to be a homosexual.&” From a winner of the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature, this trailblazing autobiographical story of one boy&’s youth is a moving, tender, and heartbreaking portrait of what it means to grow up.
A Boy's Town
by William Dean HowellsWilliam Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. He wrote his first novel, Their Wedding Journey, in 1871, but his literary reputation really took off with the realist novel A Modern Instance, published in 1882, which describes the decay of a marriage. His 1885 novel The Rise of Silas Lapham is perhaps his best known, describing the rise and fall of an American entrepreneur in the paint business. His social views were also strongly reflected in the novels Annie Kilburn (1888) and A Hazard of New Fortunes (1890). While known primarily as a novelist, his short story "Editha" (1905) - included in the collection Between the Dark and the Daylight (1907) - appears in many anthologies of American literature. Howells also wrote plays, criticism, and essays about contemporary literary figures such as Ibsen, Zola, Verga, and, especially, Tolstoy, which helped establish their reputations in the United States. He also wrote critically in support of many American writers. It is perhaps in this role that he had his greatest influence.
A Boy's Will
by Robert FrostA Boy's Will is a poetry collection by Robert Frost. It is Frost's first commercially published book of poems. <P> <P> Frost admitted that much of the book was autobiographical. As the proof sheets were printed in January 1913, he wrote the poems were "pretty near being the story of five years" of his life.[1] Specifically, Frost noted that the first poem of the book, "Into My Own", expressed how he turned away from people and "Tuft of Flowers" showed how he "came back to them".[1] In fact, some of the poems were written as early as two decades earlier.[2] Frost was apparently pleased with the book and wrote to a friend shortly after its publication, "I expect to do something to the present state of literature in America."[3] <P> <P> Like much of Frost's work, the poems in A Boy's Will thematically associate with rural life, nature, philosophy, and individuality, while also alluding to earlier poets including Emily Dickinson, Thomas Hardy, William Shakespeare, and William Wordsworth.[1] Despite the first section of poems having a theme of retreating from society, then, Frost does not retreat from his literary precursors and, instead, tries to find his place among them.[4] The title of the book comes from the repeated lines in the poem "My Lost Youth" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "A boy's will is the wind's will / And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts".[5] The line is, in turn, a quote from Olaus Sirma in Lapponia (1675).[6] Frost likely chose the title as a reflection of his own wayward early life.[2]
A Boy's Will and North of Boston (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Robert FrostAlthough Robert Frost (1874-1963) wrote poetry throughout his youth and early adult years, his first collection of poems was not published until he was nearly 40 years old. And, ironically, it was not in America that this quintessentially American poet was first published, but in England. In 1912, he settled his family in Buckinghamshire, determining to devote his full life to poetry. In 1913, Frost published A Boy's Will, his first collection of poems. A series of sharply observed impressions of New England rural life touching upon universal themes, it included such poems as "Into My Own," "Asking for Roses," "Spoils of the Dead," and "Reluctance." A second volume, North of Boston, followed in 1914 and contained several of Frost's finest and best-known works: "Mending Wall," "After Apple-Picking," "The Death of the Hired Man," and others. Both volumes are reprinted here complete and unabridged - a treasury of fine early verse by one of the 20th century's most admired poets.
A Boyfriend for Christmas
by Iyana JennaCold, injured, and afraid, Oliver wants a boyfriend, a new one, who is nothing like his ex. Yet after the ordeal he experienced last time, he doesn’t want to get burned again.Little does he know that Santa Claus and the Big Boss have a surprise for him in the form of Derek. When he sees the miserable condition Oliver is in, Derek is all too willing to fulfill the role of boyfriend.But can Oliver trust Derek with his heart?
A Boyhood at Red's: Growing Up in My Dad's Neighborhood Bar
by Tom RomanoIn the small town of Malvern, Ohio, from 1940 until the mid-1960s, Red’s Nite Club and Bowling Alleys was a gathering place for the working class. Cigarette smoke hung heavy in the air, along with the scents of hamburgers sizzling on the grill, hot dogs slathered with mustard, and Mae’s famous Coney Island sauce. In this memoir of growing up in the apartment above his dad’s “beerjoint” (or neighborhood bar, as his mom called it), Tom Romano brings to life not only the customers who came to Red’s—from the giant wrestler Max Palmer to the dignified, cigar-smoking Mr. Facchini—but also his parents: Red, an Italian immigrant and savvy, disciplined businessman, and Mae, a woman of humor, grit, and resilience. Memories of two robberies, the crowded bar the night Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston, working as a “pin boy” in the bowling alleys, and sneaking into the Sky Way drive-in are set against the backdrop of a family with its own complicated history. Some pieces come to light only years later, threatening to topple the myth of Tom’s past. By turns humorous and heartbreaking, poignant and grim, A Boyhood at Red’s is ultimately a story of appreciation, loss, love, and acceptance.
A Brace of Bloodhounds (Bloodhound #3)
by Virginia LanierJo Beth is back with her bloodhounds to catch bad guys. This time it's a respected judge.
A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form (Writers On Writing)
by Brenda MillerA Braided Heart provides a friendly, personal, and smart guide to the writing life. It also offers clear and original instruction on craft elements at the forefront of today’s emerging forms in creative nonfiction: from the short-short, to the braided form, to the hermit crab essay. An acknowledged expert in these forms, Brenda Miller gives writers practical advice on how to sustain and invigorate their writing practice, while also encouraging readers to explore their own writing lives. “Brenda Miller writes so beautifully in these lyrical and ‘braided’ essays—personal meditations that take us deep into the miracle of writing itself. Her eye is always alert, her ear wonderfully tuned to the nuances of perception. The art of the essay is alive and well in her hands.” —Jay Parini, author of Borges and Me
A Brain Wider Than the Sky: A Migraine Diary
by Andrew LevyWith more than one in ten Americans--and more than one in five families--affected, the phenomenon of migraine is widely prevalent yet often ignored or misdiagnosed. For Andrew Levy, his migraines were occasional reminders of a persistent illness that he'd wrestled with half his life. Then in 2006 Levy was struck almost daily by a series of debilitating migraines that kept him essentially bedridden for months, imprisoned by pain and nausea that retreated only briefly in gentler afternoon light. When possible, he kept careful track of what triggered an onset and in luminous prose recounts his struggle to live with migraines, his meticulous attempts at calibrating his lifestyle to combat and avoid them, and most tellingly, the personal relationship a migraineur develops--an almost Stockholm syndrome-like attachment--with the indescribable pain, delirium, and hallucinations. Levy researched how personalities and artists throughout history--Alexander Pope, Freud, Virginia Woolf, even Elvis--dealt with their migraines and candidly describes his rehabilitation with the aid of prescription drugs and his eventual reemergence into the world, back to work and writing. An enthralling blend of memoir and provocative analysis, A Brain Wider Than the Sky offers rich insights into an illness whose effects are too often discounted and whose sufferers are too often overlooked
A Brain for Business – A Brain for Life
by Shane O'MaraBehaviour change is hard, but O’Mara shows that by adopting strategies that are well-founded in the science of brain and behaviour individuals and organisations can adapt to the demands of the modern world.The brain matters in business. The problem is that our brains have many biases, heuristics and predilections that can distort behaviour and decision making. The good news is that we know more about how these work than ever before. O’Mara’s starting point is that, as our behaviour arises from the structure and function of our brains, careful examination of a series of brain–based (‘neurocognitive’) analyses of common aspects of human behaviour relevant to business and management practice reveals lessons that can be used at work. He begins by looking at neuroplasticity and how it is enables a shift from a restrictive ‘fixed mindset’ to an enabling ‘growth mindset’. He shows how this changing mindset approach – where the focus is on task and improvements based on effort – is scalable within organisations. Next, as the brain is a living organ like the heart and lungs, O’Mara shows how to keep it physically in the best possible shape before examining how we exercise control over our behaviour, build resilience and create positive brain states. He also considers the implications for business of our brains wiring for status and illustrates how research shows that it is possible to de-bias assumptions about gender and race – and the impact that this has on performance.
A Brain for Innovation: The Neuroscience of Imagination and Abstract Thinking
by Min W. JungWhat sets humans apart from other animals? Perhaps more than anything else, it is the capacity for innovation. The accumulation of discoveries throughout history, big and small, has enabled us to build global civilizations and gain power to shape our environment. But what makes humans as a species so innovative?Min W. Jung offers a new understanding of the neural basis of innovation in terms of humans’ exceptional capacity for imagination and high-level abstraction. He provides an engaging account of recent advances in neuroscience that have shed light on the neural underpinnings of these profoundly important abilities. Jung examines key discoveries concerning the hippocampus and neural circuits that have demystified the processes underlying imagination and abstract thinking. He also considers how these capacities might have evolved as well as possible futures for intelligence.Bringing together disparate findings in neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, and artificial intelligence, A Brain for Innovation develops a unified perspective on the mechanisms of imagination, abstract thought, and creativity. Presenting cutting-edge neuroscientific research in a way that is accessible to readers without a background in the subject, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the biological basis of one of the most fundamental aspects of human nature.
A Brain for Numbers: The Biology of the Number Instinct
by Andreas NiederHow our intuitive understanding of numbers is deeply rooted in our biology, traceable through both evolution and development. Humans' understanding of numbers is intuitive. Infants are able to estimate and calculate even before they learn the words for numbers. How have we come to possess this talent for numbers? In A Brain for Numbers, Andreas Nieder explains how our brains process numbers. He reports that numerical competency is deeply rooted in our biological ancestry; it can be traced through both the evolution of our species and the development of our individual minds. It is not, as it has been traditionally explained, based on our ability to use language. We owe our symbolic mathematical skills to the nonsymbolic numerical abilities that we inherited from our ancestors. The principles of mathematics, Nieder tells us, are reflections of the innate dispositions wired into the brain.Nieder explores how the workings of the brain give rise to numerical competence, tracing flair for numbers to dedicated “number neurons” in the brain. Drawing on a range of methods including brain imaging techniques, behavioral experiments, and twin studies, he outlines a new, integrated understanding of the talent for numbers. Along the way, he compares the numerical capabilities of humans and animals, and discusses the benefits animals reap from such a capability. He shows how the neurobiological roots of the brain's nonverbal quantification capacity are the evolutionary foundation of more elaborate numerical skills. He discusses how number signs and symbols are represented in the brain; calculation capability and the “neuromythology” of mathematical genius; the “start-up tools” for counting and developmental of dyscalculia (a number disorder analogous to the reading disorder dyslexia); and how the brain processes the abstract concept of zero.
A Brain for Speech: A View from Evolutionary Neuroanatomy
by Francisco AboitizThis book discusses evolution of the human brain, the origin of speech and language. It covers past and present perspectives on the contentious issue of the acquisition of the language capacity. Divided into two parts, this insightful work covers several characteristics of the human brain including the language-specific network, the size of the human brain, its lateralization of functions and interhemispheric integration, in particular the phonological loop. Aboitiz argues that it is the phonological loop that allowed us to increase our vocal memory capacity and to generate a shared semantic space that gave rise to modern language. The second part examines the neuroanatomy of the monkey brain, vocal learning birds like parrots, emergent evidence of vocal learning capacities in mammals, mirror neurons, and the ecological and social context in which speech evolved in our early ancestors. This book's interdisciplinary topic will appeal to scholars of psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, biology and history.
A Brain-Focused Foundation for Economic Science: A Proposed Reconciliation between Neoclassical and Behavioral Economics
by Richard B. McKenzieThis book argues that Lionel Robbins’s construction of the economics field’s organizing cornerstone, scarcity—and all that has been derived from it from economists in Robbins’s time to today—no longer can generate general consent among economists. Since Robbins’ Essay, economists have learned more than Robbins and his cohorts could have imagined about human decision making and about the human brain that is the lynchpin of human decision making. This book argues however that behavioral economists and neuroeconomists, in pointing to numerous ways people fall short of perfectly rational decisions (anomalies, biases, and downright errors), have saved conventional economics from such self-contradictions in what could be viewed as a wayward approach. This book posits that the human brain is the ultimate scarce resource, and that a focus on the brain can bring a new foundation for economics and can save the discipline from hostile criticisms from a variety of non-economists (many psychologists).
A Brain-Friendly Life: How to Manage Cognitive Overload and Reduce Glitching
by Marisa MencholaModern life is brain-unfriendly: We are flooded with information and excessive cognitive demands, when we are often already depleted from chronic stress, sleep deprivation, and health issues. Many of us experience frequent 'glitches' or memory lapses, despite tests showing there is nothing wrong with our brains. This book provides concrete strategies, derived from neuropsychological science and clinical practice, to help people improve how they function in daily life.Menchola draws on her experience as a clinical neuropsychologist who has worked with a widely diverse group of patients, to translate the findings from highly controlled research into concrete strategies that people can implement in their messy worlds to make their days more brain-friendly. The book also provides advice on how to address those factors that drain our brain resources, and gives guidance on when and how to seek a neuropsychological evaluation.It is valuable reading for anyone experiencing frustrating cognitive problems that are not due to brain disease. It is also essential for neuropsychologists, psychologists and physicians in primary care, psychiatry, and neurology, who need a resource to offer to patients to help their healthy brains function better.
A Brainy Book about Neurons and Beyond
by Chana AkinsThe brain is one of most exciting and complex organs in the universe. In this interactive book, you&’ll learn what the brain is made of, what it does, and how it works!This book includes cool trivia, real and lively illustrations, and fun-filled do-it-yourself activities.
A Brambleberry Summer
by RaeAnne ThayneWill the secrets of her past…Prevent her from having the future she&’s always wanted? Rosa Galvez&’s attraction to Officer Wyatt Townsend is as powerful as the moon&’s pull on the tides. But with her past, Rosa knows better than to act on her feelings. When Wyatt and his adorable son become Brambleberry House&’s newest tenants, Rosa finds her resolve slipping. Her solo life slowly becomes a sun-filled family adventure—until dark secrets threaten to break like a summer storm.With a bonus story, A Cold Creek Reunion! Taft Bowman was stupid enough to let Laura Pendleton go once before. He's not about to make the same mistake again. He never stopped loving her—and one look at her two adorable kids and he knows he's meant to be with all three of them forever. All he has to do is convince her that this time he's a man she can count on!
A Brambleberry Summer (The Women of Brambleberry House #5)
by RaeAnne ThayneA new season leads to a new beginning in New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne's latest heartwarming romance!Will the secrets of her past…Prevent her from having the future she&’s always wanted? Rosa Galvez&’s attraction to Officer Wyatt Townsend is as powerful as the moon&’s pull on the tides. But with her past, Rosa knows better than to act on her feelings. When Wyatt and his adorable son become Brambleberry House&’s newest tenants, Rosa finds her resolve slipping. Her solo life slowly becomes a sun-filled family adventure—until dark secrets threaten to break like a summer storm.From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness.The Women of Brambleberry HouseBook 1: The Daddy MakeoverBook 2: His Second-Chance FamilyBook 3: A Soldier's SecretBook 4: A Soldier's ReturnBook 5: A Brambleberry Summer
A Brambleberry Summer and The Shoe Diaries (The\women Of Brambleberry House Ser. #5)
by RaeAnne Thayne Darby BahamA new season…and a new beginning?A Brambleberry Summer by New York Times Bestselling Author RaeAnne Thayne Rosa Galvez&’s attraction to Officer Wyatt Townsend is as powerful as the moon&’s pull on the tides. But with her past, Rosa knows better than to act on her feelings. When Wyatt and his adorable son become Brambleberry House&’s newest tenants, Rosa finds her resolve slipping. Her solo life slowly becomes a sun-filled family adventure—until dark secrets threaten to break like a summer storm. FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME!The Shoe Diaries by Darby Baham From the outside, Reagan &“Rae&” Doucet has it all: a coveted career in Washington, DC; a tight circle of friends; and a shoe closet to die for. When one of her crew falls ill, however, Rae is done playing it safe. The talented but unfulfilled writer makes a &“risk list&” to revamp her life. But forgiving her ex, Jake Saunders, might be one risk too many…
A Branch Named I'Lean
by Lorenzo MedranoEmbark on a visual and intellectual exploration unlike any other with this inspiring book, an ode to the creativity and consciousness of the younger generation. Through an intricate blend of evolving imagery and a kaleidoscope of color, readers are drawn into a world where youthful vision and compassion dance in harmony.The book&’s pages unfold a journey that celebrates the thoughtfulness, empathy, and environmental stewardship of young minds. Each illustration and narrative piece showcase their profound connection to our invaluable planet, their desires to protect it, and their dreams of a sustainable future.
A Branch from the Lightning Tree
by Martin ShawMartin Shaw's writing rattles the cages of souls. In A Branch from the Lightning Tree, Shaw creates links between the wildness in landscape and language, with myth being the bridge between the two. Shaw uses four great myths from Welsh, Norwegian, Siberian, and Russian territories that explore the process of leaving what is considered safe and predictable and journeying out into wild, uncertain areas of nature and the psyche. Shaw's work focuses on both men and women's movement into wildness as part of the bigger awareness of climate change and ecology. It presents the old stories as keys into any debate on these issues, showing how the ability to think metaphorically and mythologically "re-enchants" our perspectives.
A Brand-New Me! (Hank Zipzer, The World's Greast Underachiever #17)
by Henry Winkler Lin Oliver Tim HeitzIt's graduation time for Hank Zipzer and all his friends-- time to move on from PS 87 to middle school. Trouble is, there are tests Hank has to pass to get into the same middle schools as his friends, and his learning differences might get in the way. Luckily, a life-altering audition at a performing arts middle school helps him find his true path. <p> <p><b>Lexile Level: 750L</b></p>
A Brand-New Me! (Hank Zipzer, The World's Greatest Underachiever #17)
by Henry Winkler Lin Oliver Tim HeitzIt's graduation time for Hank Zipzer and all his friends-- time to move on from PS 87 to middle school. <P><P> Trouble is, there are tests Hank has to pass to get into the same middle schools as his friends, and his learning differences might get in the way. Luckily, a life-altering audition at a performing arts middle school helps him find his true path.
A Brand-New Me! (Hank Zipzer, the World's Greatest Underachiever #17)
by Henry Winkler Lin OliverIt’s graduation time for Hank Zipzer and all his friends— time to move on from PS 87 to middle school. Trouble is, there are tests Hank has to pass to get into the same middle schools as his friends, and his learning differences might get in the way. Luckily, a life-altering audition at a performing arts middle school helps him find his true path. Watch a Video
A Brass Hat In No Man’s Land
by Brigadier Francis P. Crozier"Classic memoir of the Great War by a General who was not afraid to show his face in the front line - or even in No Man's Land.One of the best-known memoirs of the First World War written by a senior officer. The author served with the 9th Royal Irish (36th Ulster Div.) 1915-17 including the Somme Battles. And he commanded the 119th Inf. Bde. 1917-18. Crozier had the reputation of a hard-driving but hands-on CO who resorted to personally patrolling no-man's-land to obtain information. This book reflects his colourful personality."-N&M Print Edit.