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THE TELL-TALE BRAIN, by V. S. Ramachandran

June 1, 2011

A MASTERFUL OVERVIEW of cognitive neuroscience and the wonders of the human brain; richly informative for all.

Grade: A MINUS

THE TELL-TALE BRAIN: A NEUROSCIENTIST'S QUEST FOR WHAT MAKES US HUMAN
W. W. Norton & Company
2011

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TIGER, TIGER, by Margaux Fragoso

May 26, 2011

SEARINGLY CANDID MEMOIR of the writer’s years of abuse by a charismatic pedophile and neglect by her parents.

Grade: B PLUS

TIGER, TIGER
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
2011

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LONG SHOT, by Sylvia Harris

May 5, 2011

PIONEERING AFRICAN-AMERICAN JOCKEY shares her inspiring story of facing mental illness, addiction, homelessness.

Grade: B PLUS

LONG SHOT: MY BIPOLAR LIFE AND THE HORSES WHO SAVED ME
HarperCollins
2011

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HENRY’S DEMONS, by Patrick Cockburn and Henry Cockburn

April 28, 2011

A YOUNG MAN’S EXPERIENCES of schizophrenia, told in his own words and by his journalist father. Deeply moving.

Grade: B PLUS

HENRY'S DEMONS
Scribner
2011

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LOUD IN THE HOUSE OF MYSELF, by Stacy Pershall

March 13, 2011

FUNNY/SAD/QUIRKY/HAUNTING memoir of a difficult childhood and coming of age as an outsider in rural Arkansas.

Grade: B PLUS

LOUD IN THE HOUSE OF MYSELF
W. W. Norton & Company
2011

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