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  • Sparks of Genius

    The 13 Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People

    by Robert Root-Bernstein, Michèle Root-Bernstein ...
    Discover the cognitive tools that lead to creative thinking and problem-solving with this "well-written and easy-to-follow" guide ( Library Journal).Explore the "thinking tools" of extraordinary people, from Albert Einstein and Jane Goodall to Mozart and Virginia Woolf, and learn how you can practice the same imaginative skills to become your creative best. With engaging narratives and examples, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Nonfictionist's Guide

    On Reading and Writing Creative Nonfiction

    by Robert Root ...
    Nonfiction_the 'fourth genre' (along with poetry, fiction, and drama)_is a literary field affecting bestseller lists, writing programs, writers' workshops, and conferences on the study of creative writing, composition/rhetoric, and literature. It is often labeled and/or limited as 'creative' or 'literary' nonfiction and subdivided into essay, memoir, literary journalism, personal cultural ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Walking Home Ground

    In the Footsteps of Muir, Leopold, and Derleth

    by Robert Root ...
    When longtime author Robert Root moves to a small town in southeast Wisconsin, he gets to know his new home by walking the same terrain traveled by three Wisconsin luminaries who were deeply rooted in place—John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and August Derleth. Root walks with Muir at John Muir State Natural Area, with Leopold at the Shack, and with Derleth in Sac Prairie; closer to home, he traverses the ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • The Arts of Eminent Scientists

    Essential Connections between Art and Science

    by Robert Root-Bernstein ...
    Scientists as artists?! The idea may sound strange, even unlikely, yet The Arts of Eminent Scientists demonstrates that many of the world's most respected scientists have been extraordinarily talented amateur, even professional, artists.56 scientists, 40 of them Nobel Prize winners or nominees, produced the rarely- or never-before-seen paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, textile art, jewelry, ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Art of Touch

    A Collection of Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond

    by Faye Rapoport DesPres, Magdalena Ball, Bonnie Boucher, Anne Casey, Joy Castro, Quintin Collins, Paula Coomer, Laura Crucianelli, María Luisa Arroyo Cruzado0, Linda DeFruscio-Robinson1, Erika Dreifus2, Raphael Frumkin3, Nicole Hardy4, Will Jennings5, Meg Kearney6, Becky Kennedy7, Sarah Kotchian8, Rocco Lo Bosco9, Sarah McElwain0, Damian McNicholl1, Lynda Miller2, Lynn C. Miller3, Sarah Moon4, Kate Niles5, Anne-Marie Oomen6, Alicia Ostriker7, Christine Page8, Judith Simon Prager9, Robert Root0, Paul Singer1, Phyllis M Skoy2, Donna Baier Stein3, Grace Anne Stevens4, Alison Stone5, Daniel B. Summerhill6, Deborah Swift7, Beatriz Terrazas8, Meg Tuite9, Susan J. Tweit0 ...
    In The Art of Touch: Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond, the unique voices of thirty-nine of some of the most creative thinkers of our times have been brought together to consider the profound impact of one of our five main senses: touch.Psychologists, healers, massage therapists, academics, creative writers, and others reflect on or tell personal stories about what it means to be able ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Happenstance

    by Robert Root ...
    Series series Sightline Books
    Reflecting on how a student’s parents met because of a fly ball to center field in a summer softball game, author Robert Root wondered how the lives of that student’s parents and of the student himself would have changed had the batter bunted or struck out. Haunted by this pure example of happenstance, he began to ponder his own existence, dependent in part on geology (the Niagara Escarpment) and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Following Isabella

    Travels in Colorado Then and Now

    by Robert Root ...
    A world traveler, Isabella Bird recorded her 1873 visit to Colorado Territory in her classic travel narrative, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains. This work inspired Robert Root’s own discovery of Colorado’s Front Range following his move from the flatlands of Michigan. In this elegantly written book, Root retraces Bird’s three-month journey, seeking to understand what Colorado meant to her—and ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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    Honey, Mud, Maggots, and Other Medical Marvels

    The Science Behind Folk Remedies and Old Wives' Tales

    by Robert Root-Bernstein, Michéle Root-Bernstein ...
    Narrated by Nelson Runger ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 55 min

    Eating clay, drinking urine, applying honey to deep wounds and mere plaster to crushed these are all folk remedies for ailments, passed on through the generations and thoroughly discounted by modern science. It is too bad, write scientist-historian couple Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein, who deplore the loss of proven methods developed without the blessing of the academy, noting that "formal ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    A Master Class on the Fundamentals of Writing for Any Purpose

    by Sam Leith ...
    Good writers follow the rules. Great writers know the rules—and follow their instincts!Finding the right words, in the right order, matters—whether you're a student embarking on an essay, a job applicant drafting your cover letter, an employee composing an email…even a (hopeful) lover writing a text. Do it wrong and you just might get an F, miss the interview, lose a client, or spoil your chance ... Read more

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  • Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines

    by Jamie Merisotis ...
    A public policy leader addresses how artificial intelligence is transforming the future of labor—and what we can do to protect the role of workers.As computer technology advances with dizzying speed, human workers face an ever-increasing threat of obsolescence. In Human Work In the Age of Smart Machines, Jamie Merisotis argues that we can—and must—rise to this challenge by preparing to work ... Read more

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  • The Elements We Live By

    How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table

    by Anja Røyne ...
    This "excellent" popular science book explores just what we—and the things around us—are made of ( Aftenposten, Norway).Some elements get all the attention: glittering gold, radioactive uranium—materials we call "precious" because they are so rare. But what could be more precious than the building blocks of life—from the oxygen in our air to the carbon in all living things?In The Elements We Live ... Read more

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  • The Bezos Letters

    14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon

    by Steve Anderson, Karen Anderson ...
    "A perceptive look at [the] Amazon founder's annual shareholder letters, extracting 14 key 'growth principles' that [businesses] can use to scale up." — Publishers WeeklyJeff Bezos created Amazon, the fastest company to reach $100 billion in sales ever, making him the richest man in the world. Business owners marvel at Amazon's success, but don't realize they have the answers right at their ... Read more

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