Who do we love? Who loves us? And why? Is love really a mystery\, or can neuroscience offer some answers to these age-old questions?
In her third enthralling book about the brain\, Judith Horstman takes us on a lively tour of our most important sex and love organ and the whole smorgasbord of our many kinds of love—from the bonding of parent and child to the passion of erotic love\, the affectionate love of companionship\, the role of animals in our lives\, and the love of God.
Drawing on the latest neuroscience\, she explores why and how we are born to love—how we’re hardwired to crave the companionship of others\, and how very badly things can go without love. Among the findings\: parental love makes our brain bigger\, sex and orgasm make it healthier\, social isolation makes it miserable—and although the craving for romantic love can be described as an addiction\, friendship may actually be the most important loving relationship of your life.
Based on recent studies and articles culled from the prestigious Scientific American and Scientific American Mind magazines\, The Scientific American Book of Love\, Sex\, and the Brain offers a fascinating look at how the brain controls our loving relationships\, most intimate moments\, and our deep and basic need for connection.
Judith Horstman is the author of The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain and The Scientific American Brave New Brain\, copublished with Scientific American. She’s an award-winning science journalist whose work has been widely published and is the author of four other books. Visit her Web site at www.JudithHorstman.com. Scientific American is one of the most popular science magazines in the world.
Praise for The Scientific American Book of Love\, Sex\, and the Brain
“A superb exploration of that painful\, intoxicating\, and mysterious mess of emotions that we call love. Judith Horstman’s lively prose tells all you ever wanted to know about love\, and more.”
—Paul Ekman\, professor emeritus\, University of California\, San Francisco\; author\, Emotions Revealed
“A wonderful book\, filled with unexpected insights and practical tips. Judith Horstman’s writing is fun and compelling. I highly recommend it.”
—Daniel G. Amen\, MD\, author\, Change Your Brain\, Change Your Body and The Brain in Love
“This wonderful and accessible book will definitely make you rethink what you thought you knew about love. It does an outstanding job making a tremendous amount of data about such an important topic easy and fun to understand.”
—Andrew Newberg\, MD\, director of research\, Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine\, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital\; coauthor\, How God Changes Your Brain
“Isn’t the heart the organ for love\, while the brain is the organ for reason? This book wonderfully and engagingly summarizes how and why our brain plays the major role in us getting swept away by the magic of love and human connection.”
—Marco Iacoboni\, professor of psychiatry\, University of California\, Los Angeles\; author\, Mirroring People\: The Science of Empathy and How We Connect with Others
Who do we love? Who loves us? And why? Is love really a mystery\, or can neuroscience offer some answers to these age-old questions?
In her third enthralling book about the brain\, Judith Horstman takes us on a lively tour of our most important sex and love organ and the whole smorgasbord of our many kinds of love—from the bonding of parent and child to the passion of erotic love\, the affectionate love of companionship\, the role of animals in our lives\, and the love of God.
Drawing on the latest neuroscience\, she explores why and how we are born to love—how we’re hardwired to crave the companionship of others\, and how very badly things can go without love. Among the findings\: parental love makes our brain bigger\, sex and orgasm make it healthier\, social isolation makes it miserable—and although the craving for romantic love can be described as an addiction\, friendship may actually be the most important loving relationship of your life.
Based on recent studies and articles culled from the prestigious Scientific American and Scientific American Mind magazines\, The Scientific American Book of Love\, Sex\, and the Brain offers a fascinating look at how the brain controls our loving relationships\, most intimate moments\, and our deep and basic need for connection.
Judith Horstman is the author of The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain and The Scientific American Brave New Brain\, copublished with Scientific American. She’s an award-winning science journalist whose work has been widely published and is the author of four other books. Visit her Web site at www.JudithHorstman.com. Scientific American is one of the most popular science magazines in the world.
Praise for The Scientific American Book of Love\, Sex\, and the Brain
“A superb exploration of that painful\, intoxicating\, and mysterious mess of emotions that we call love. Judith Horstman’s lively prose tells all you ever wanted to know about love\, and more.”
—Paul Ekman\, professor emeritus\, University of California\, San Francisco\; author\, Emotions Revealed
“A wonderful book\, filled with unexpected insights and practical tips. Judith Horstman’s writing is fun and compelling. I highly recommend it.”
—Daniel G. Amen\, MD\, author\, Change Your Brain\, Change Your Body and The Brain in Love
“This wonderful and accessible book will definitely make you rethink what you thought you knew about love. It does an outstanding job making a tremendous amount of data about such an important topic easy and fun to understand.”
—Andrew Newberg\, MD\, director of research\, Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine\, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital\; coauthor\, How God Changes Your Brain
“Isn’t the heart the organ for love\, while the brain is the organ for reason? This book wonderfully and engagingly summarizes how and why our brain plays the major role in us getting swept away by the magic of love and human connection.”
—Marco Iacoboni\, professor of psychiatry\, University of California\, Los Angeles\; author\, Mirroring People\: The Science of Empathy and How We Connect with Others
Royal Leonard (1905-1962) flew in and out of aviation history – just on the edge of fame. His exploits mirror important developments in the Golden Age of American Aviation (1925-1941) and the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).
“If Royal’s story were told in a novel\,” says long-time China pilot and author Felix Smith\, “nobody would believe it all could have happened to one man.”
Royal learned his craft at the West Point of the Air in San Antonio\, Texas. As a Western Air Express night mail pilot\, he pioneered blind flying along the treacherous Rocky Mountains. As a TWA pilot\, he introduced celestial navigation. An early Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) Officer\, he fought for mail plane safety at the cost of his job. He flew the Lockheed Orion in which Wiley Post and Will Rogers later crashed and attributed their fatal accident to a surprising cause.
During the 1930’s\, a handful of elite pilots were racers. Jackie Cochran selected Royal as a copilot for the MacRobertson Race of the Century between England and Australia. Royal also competed in the Bendix Death Race in a Gee Bee Widow Maker.
Before\, World War II\, Royal worked for the Chinese warlord known as the Young Marshal who kidnapped Nationalist dictator Chiang Kai-shek and changed the course of Chinese history. Royal provided Communist political commissar Chou En-lai his first plane ride and later served as Chiang Kai-shek’s personal pilot.
During the war\, Royal’s roles were unique. Claire Chennault chose him to command the Flying Tigers Bomber Group. Royal briefed Colonel Jimmy Doolittle on Chinese landing fields for the Tokyo Raid. Royal\, Chennault and Madame Chiang Kai-shek planned their own Tokyo bombing raid. Royal survived flying the Skyway to Hell over the Hump for China National Aviation Corporation.
No wonder\, after a perilous flight\, war correspondent Martha Gellhorn described Royal as her “hero.”
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“If Royal’s story were told in a novel\,” says long-time China pilot and author Felix Smith\, “nobody would believe it all could have happened to one man.”
Royal learned his craft at the West Point of the Air in San Antonio\, Texas. As a Western Air Express night mail pilot\, he pioneered blind flying along the treacherous Rocky Mountains. As a TWA pilot\, he introduced celestial navigation. An early Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) Officer\, he fought for mail plane safety at the cost of his job. He flew the Lockheed Orion in which Wiley Post and Will Rogers later crashed and attributed their fatal accident to a surprising cause.
During the 1930’s\, a handful of elite pilots were racers. Jackie Cochran selected Royal as a copilot for the MacRobertson Race of the Century between England and Australia. Royal also competed in the Bendix Death Race in a Gee Bee Widow Maker.
Before\, World War II\, Royal worked for the Chinese warlord known as the Young Marshal who kidnapped Nationalist dictator Chiang Kai-shek and changed the course of Chinese history. Royal provided Communist political commissar Chou En-lai his first plane ride and later served as Chiang Kai-shek’s personal pilot.
During the war\, Royal’s roles were unique. Claire Chennault chose him to command the Flying Tigers Bomber Group. Royal briefed Colonel Jimmy Doolittle on Chinese landing fields for the Tokyo Raid. Royal\, Chennault and Madame Chiang Kai-shek planned their own Tokyo bombing raid. Royal survived flying the Skyway to Hell over the Hump for China National Aviation Corporation.
No wonder\, after a perilous flight\, war correspondent Martha Gellhorn described Royal as her “hero.”
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T155906Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120219T213000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120219T213000Z UID:http://www.avidreaderbooks.com/event/author-event-davis-edited-death-michele-drier URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.avidreaderbooks.com/event/author-event-davis-edited-death-michele-drier SUMMARY:Author Event (Davis) - Edited for Death with Michele Drier DESCRIPTION:Amy Hobbes never expected to solve anything more than a crossword puzzle. When she left her job as a journalist in Southern California\, she planned to give the adrenaline a rest. But she needed a job when her husband announced a move to Chicago with his pregnant girlfriend. A meeting with the local newspaper publisher netted her an offer to be the Managing Editor.
She relies on her friend and police reporter\, Clarice Stamms\, for support and stories. After a respected Senator and World War II hero dies and two more people turn up dead\, the news heats up. Both victims had ties to a hotel owned by the Senator’s family. Research into the family uncovers a shadowy figure\, also a World War II veteran\, linked to the Senator.
The third victim at the hotel is a surprise. It’s a cousin of the current owner—and grandson of the Senator—who’s fallen\, or been pushed\, from the attic.
Visiting the hotel\, Amy and a friend meet an urbane European\, a Holocaust survivor who’s spent sixty years tracking down Nazi loot. Amy learns that three people have just died to keep the secret of a stolen da Vinci drawing.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T155906Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120220T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120220T000000Z UID:http://www.avidreaderbooks.com/event/author-event-sacramento-edited-death-michele-drier URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.avidreaderbooks.com/event/author-event-sacramento-edited-death-michele-drier SUMMARY:Author Event (Sacramento) - Edited for Death with Michele Drier DESCRIPTION:Amy Hobbes never expected to solve anything more than a crossword puzzle. When she left her job as a journalist in Southern California\, she planned to give the adrenaline a rest. But she needed a job when her husband announced a move to Chicago with his pregnant girlfriend. A meeting with the local newspaper publisher netted her an offer to be the Managing Editor.
She relies on her friend and police reporter\, Clarice Stamms\, for support and stories. After a respected Senator and World War II hero dies and two more people turn up dead\, the news heats up. Both victims had ties to a hotel owned by the Senator’s family. Research into the family uncovers a shadowy figure\, also a World War II veteran\, linked to the Senator.
The third victim at the hotel is a surprise. It’s a cousin of the current owner—and grandson of the Senator—who’s fallen\, or been pushed\, from the attic.
Visiting the hotel\, Amy and a friend meet an urbane European\, a Holocaust survivor who’s spent sixty years tracking down Nazi loot. Amy learns that three people have just died to keep the secret of a stolen da Vinci drawing.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T155906Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T033000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T033000Z UID:http://www.avidreaderbooks.com/event/artist-event-davis-art-urban-sketching-pete-scully URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.avidreaderbooks.com/event/artist-event-davis-art-urban-sketching-pete-scully SUMMARY:Artist Event (Davis) - The Art of Urban Sketching with Pete Scully DESCRIPTION:The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. Authored by the founder of the nonprofit organization Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org)\, this beautiful\, 320-page volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long historical tradition and how it is being practiced today. With profiles of leading practitioners and discussions of the benefits of working in this art form\, this inspiring book shows how one can participate and experience this creative outlet through modern-day social networks and online activity. You'll find more than 600 beautiful\, contemporary illustrations\, as well as artists' profiles and extended captions where these urban sketchers share their stories\, how they work\, sketching tips\, and the tools behind each drawing. With sketches and observations from more than 50 cities in more than 30 countries\, The Art of Urban Sketching offers a visually arresting\, storytelling take on urban life from different cultures and artistic styles\, as well as insight into various drawing techniques and mediums.
Pete Scully is a local artist\, originally from London\, who has been the official Davis correspondent for Urban Sketchers since 2008. His work has been featured at the Davis Public Library and he recently had his first solo exhibition at the Pence Gallery. Pete organizes a monthly SketchCrawl around Davis. He is featured in The Art of Urban Sketching.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T155906Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120227T003000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120227T003000Z UID:http://www.avidreaderbooks.com/event/author-event-davis-blessings-faithful-man-michael-carl URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.avidreaderbooks.com/event/author-event-davis-blessings-faithful-man-michael-carl SUMMARY:Author Event (Davis) - Blessings of a Faithful Man with Michael Carl DESCRIPTION:Michael Carl has endured many more than just a few events in his life\, both good and bad\, requiring him to ask for God’s interventions and help. Whether it was his daughter’s congenital heart defect or his own medical battles\, a mother’s secret or a new career path that threatened to tear his family apart\, his faith has led him through both difficult and wondrous times. His lifetime of spiritual experiences described in this memoir elicit the greatest of emotions. “Blessings of a Faithful Man” is the inspiring true story of one humble man\, his loving family and friends\, and the presence of God’s guidance throughout his entire life.
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