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1) Bone Gap
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English
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Eighteen-year-old Finn, an outsider in his quiet Midwestern town, is the only witness to the abduction of town favorite Roza, but his inability to distinguish between faces makes it difficult for him to help with the investigation, and subjects him to even more ridicule and bullying.
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Transit Books
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English
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"If evolutionary biologists, ethical philosophers, and social media gurus are to be believed, the face is the basis for what we call "humanity." The face is considered the source of identity, truth, beauty, authenticity, and empathy. It underlies our ideas about what constitutes a human, how we relate emotionally, what is pleasing to the eye, and how we ought to treat each other. But all of this rests on a specific image of the face. We might call...
7) Turtle boy
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English
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This middle-grade debut, which will surely appeal to fans of Wonder, explores self-image, friendship, and grief, while highlighting the importance of taking chances. It will make you laugh and cry, and you will be eager to share it with someone you love. Seventh grade is not going well for Will Levine. Kids at school bully him because of his funny-looking chin. His science teacher finds out about the turtles he spent his summer collecting from the...
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English
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Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story. Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away. Certain they're fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him....
11) The mind's eye
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English
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Includes stories of six individuals who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing "indispensable" senses and faculties: the ability to read, the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, and the sense of sight. This book is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation.
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English
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An unusual and uncommonly moving family memoir, with a twist that give new meaning to hindsight, insight, and forgiveness. The author is face blind that is, she has prosopagnosia, a rare neurological condition that prevents her from reliably recognizing people's faces. Growing up, unaware of the reason for her perpetual confusion and anxiety, she took what cues she could from speech, hairstyle, and gait. But she sometimes kissed a stranger, thinking...
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English
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Alison has always managed to resist the obsession with being beautiful that emanates from nearby Beverly Hills. But when she's burned in an accident, she gives in to her mother's wishes that she visit a plastic surgeon. She finds herself taken with the doctor and what he says he can do for her, until she realizes that the work he's doing is making her look more and more like his first wife.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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"Liespotting" links three disciplines - facial recognition training, interrogation training, and a comprehensive survey of research in the field - into a specialized body of information developed specifically to help business leaders detect deception and get the information they need to successfully conduct their most important interactions and transactions.
