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Can't Remember What I Forgot
Crown Publishing Group 2008; US$ 14.95An essential behind-the-scenes foray into the world of cutting-edge memory research that unveils ?ndings about memory loss only now available to general readers. When Sue Halpern decided to emulate the ?rst modern scientist of memory, Hermann Ebbinghaus, who experimented on himself, she had no idea that after a day of radioactive testing, her brain... more...
Migrations to Solitude
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 12.00Why do we often long for solitude but dread loneliness? What happens when the walls we build around ourselves are suddenly removed?or made impenetrable? If privacy is something we can count as a basic right, why are our laws, technology, and lifestyles increasingly chipping it away? These are somong the themes that Sue Halpern eloquently explores... more...
Four Wings and a Prayer
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 13.00Every autumn, the monarch butterflies east of the Rockies migrate from as far north as Canada to Mexico. Memory is not their guide ? no one butterfly makes the round trip ? but each year somehow find their way to the same fifty acres of forest on the high slopes of Mexico?s Neovolcanic Mountains, and then make the return trip in the spring. In Four... more...
Four Wings and a Prayer
Knopf Canada 2011; US$ 21.00Monarch butterflies abound in Canada. We marvel at their beauty and the magic of their metamorphosis. Familiar as they are to us, these tiny creatures nevertheless harbour many secrets. Perhaps the deepest mystery is the monarchs' annual migration. Each autumn, they travel unimaginably long distances, something no other butterflies do. How do they... more...
A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home
Penguin Group US 2013; US$ 12.99A layabout mutt turned therapy dog leads her owner to a new understanding of the good life. At loose ends with her daughter leaving home and her husband on the road, Sue Halpern decided to give herself and Pransky, her under-occupied Labradoodle, a new leash?er, lease?on life by getting the two of them certified as a therapy dog team. Smart, spirited,... more...
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