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Featured Book off the Shelf Monday – Friday @ 1:30pm-2pm / overnight @ 5:00am – 5:30am How can some people come to believe that their poodle is an impostor? Or see colors in numbers? Internationally acclaimed neuroscientist, V.S. Ramachandran, now shares his unique insight into human consciousness in an entertaining, inspiring, and intellectually dazzling brief tour of the ultimate frontier—the thoughts in our heads. A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness is […]

Featured Book off the Shelf Monday – Friday @ 1:30pm-2pm / overnight @ 5:00am – 5:30am A brilliant depiction of an unusual psyche and a world hidden from view, Convenience Store Woman is an ironic and sharp-eyed look at contemporary work culture and the pressures to conform, as well as a charming and completely fresh portrait of an unforgettable heroine. The English-language debut of one of Japan’s most talented contemporary writers, […]

Featured Book Off The Shelf: "The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world history   Toussaint Louverture's life was one of hardship, triumph, and contradiction. Born into bondage in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), the richest colony in the Western Hemisphere, he witnessed first-hand the torture of the enslaved population. Yet he managed to secure his freedom and establish himself as a […]