Kayt Sukel. Free Press, $25 (256p) ISBN 978-1-4516-1155-7
Is love addictive? What roles do oxytocin, dopamine, serotonin, and testosterone play in our lives? What does the brain tell us about homosexuality? What parts of the brain control attraction, parental love, and faithfulness in relationships? Sukel...
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Katrina A. Bramstedt and Rena Down. Rowman & Littlefield, $32.95 (208p) ISBN 978-1-4422-1115-5
Despite starting slowly with some academic jargon about altruism and people's motivations to donate organs, the book quickly takes a right turn and gets interesting. The authors sprinkle little informative tidbits along the way—Asian-Americans...
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Allen Everett and Thomas Roman. Univ. of Chicago, $30 (280p) ISBN 9780226224985
Everett, Tufts Univ. Emeritus Professor of Physics, and Roman, Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Central Connecticut State, have teamed up "to write a book for people with different levels of math and physics" that explores the assumptions that...
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Simon Jenkins. PublicAffairs, $35 (384p) ISBN 9781610391429
A fresh treatment of an old subject by the British journalist and Chairman of the National Trust, Jenkins' (England's Thousand Best Houses) conclusion provides a standpoint from which to evaluate the whole work, where he writes: "England is losing...
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Kyle Garlett. Chicago Review, $24.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-61374-005-7
Garlett (The Worst Call Ever) takes a break from sports writing to tell his own valiant story of survival. After four bouts with cancer, years of radiation and chemotherapy, and a treacherous five-year wait for a heart donor, Garlett shocked the...
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