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Over 200, 000 copies sold! Now with a newly refreshed design, this classic mathematical folktale tells the story of a clever farmer who outwits the Emperor of China and becomes the wealthiest man in the world-all starting with one grain of rice.When a humble farmer named Pong Lo asks for the hand of the Emperor's beautiful daughter, the Emperor is enraged. Whoever heard of a peasant marrying a princess? But Pong Lo is wiser than the Emperor kn...

Who belongs in the fruit bowl? Apples, blueberries, tomatoEEWait, what?! Tomato wants to join the other fruits, but does he belong? Using sly science (and some wisdom from a wise old raisin), Tomato proves all the fruit wrong and shows that he belongs in the bowl. Full color..

In this step-by-step guide to enhancing cognitive function and fighting-and even reversing-memory loss, Dr. Steven Masley (bestselling author of The 30-Day Heart Tune-Up) lays out a four-pillar diet-and-lifestyle approach to improving brain health, focusing on food, nutrients, exercise, and stress management. Based on more than a decade of clinical research, The Better Brain Solution provides the tools you need to fight back. Here, Dr. Masley ...

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The fascinating biography of the author of "The Lost Weekend"--a writer whose life and work encapsulated what it meant to be an addict and a closeted gay man in mid-century America, and who is ripe to be rediscovered.

A haunting, luminous debut novel set in a small New Hampshire town: the story of the crisscrossing of lives, within and without family, and of one woman, given up for adoption as a baby, searching for the truth about her life.

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An irresistibly loving, enchanting story of family life in a beautiful place--a dance of love and grief and rebirth set on a gorgeous island in the Indian Ocean.

An intertwining round of episodes in the life of New York writer Zarin. Whether writing about coats she owned, vanished restaurants, a newlywed journey to Italy, or the inner life of the "New Yorker" staff she knew as a young woman, Cynthia shows how persistent the past is in returning with entirely new lessons.

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A poignant, emotionally riveting, profoundly heart-felt but unsentimental love story of a father for his son--at once funny, heartbreaking, and hopeful--as the young man teaches his family "a new way to die.

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From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Maine" comes a big, sprawling novel about marriage--about those who marry in a white heat of passion, those who marry for partnership and comfort, and those who live together, love each other, and have absolutely no intention of ruining it all with a wedding.

A sleek, stylish novel set in the New York of the 1940s, between the shock of Pearl Harbor and the landing of American troops in Europe--a deft romantic novel about a wartime triangle involving a 22-year-old fashion designer poised to launch her career.

From the award-winning author of "The Golden Mean" comes a captivating, wholly transporting new novel that follows Aristotle's strong-willed daughter as she shapes her own destiny: an unexpected love story, a tender portrait of a girl and her father, and an astonishing journey through the underbelly of a supposedly enlightened society.

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