Tag: Book of the Day

  • Book of the Day: Daughters of the Dragon

    Daughters of the DragonDaughters of the Dragon
    by William Andrews

    Over 1,500 5-Star Reviews!

    When twenty-year-old Anna Carlson travels from America to a Korean orphanage to locate her birth mother, she’s devastated to learn the woman is already dead. But just when it seems her search is over, a stranger hands her a parcel containing an antique comb—and an address.

    That scrap of paper leads Anna to the Seoul apartment of the poor yet elegant Hong Jae-hee. Jae-hee recounts an epic tale that begins with the Japanese occupation of Korea and China during World War II, when more than two hundred thousand Korean women were forced to serve the soldiers as “comfort women.” Jae-hee knows the story well—she was one of them.

    As Jae-hee’s narrative unfolds, Anna discovers that the precious tortoiseshell comb, with its two-headed ivory dragon, has survived against all odds through generations of her family’s women. And as its origins become clearer, Anna realizes that along with the comb, she inherits a legacy—of resilience and courage, love and redemption—beyond her wildest imagination.

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  • Book of the Day: Maphead

    Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography WonksMaphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings

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    Record-setting Jeopardy! champion and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings explores the world of maps and map obsessives, “a literary gem” (The Atlantic).

    Ken Jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of map culture: highpointing, geocaching, road atlas rallying, even the “unreal estate” charted on the maps of fiction and fantasy. Jennings also considers the ways in which cartography has shaped our history, suggesting that the impulse to make and read maps is as relevant today as it has ever been.

    From the “Here be dragons” parchment maps of the Age of Discovery to the spinning globes of grade school to the postmodern revolution of digital maps and GPS, Maphead is filled with intriguing details, engaging anecdotes, and enlightening analysis. If you’re an inveterate map lover yourself—or even if you’re among the cartographically clueless who can get lost in a supermarket—let Ken Jennings be your guide to the strange world of mapheads.

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  • Book of the Day: Unlimited Memory

    Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More ProductiveUnlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive by Kevin Horsley

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    Over 600 5-Star Reviews!

    Kevin Horsley Broke a World Memory Record in 2013… and you’re about to learn how to use his memory strategies to learn faster, be more productive and achieve more success!

    Do you ever feel like you’re too busy, too stressed or just too distracted to concentrate and get work done?

    In Unlimited Memory, you’ll learn how the world’s best memory masters get themselves to concentrate at will, anytime they want. When you can easily focus and concentrate on the task at hand, and store and recall useful information, you can easily double your productivity and eliminate wasted time, stress and mistakes at work.

    In this book, you’ll find all the tools, strategies and techniques you need to improve your memory. Here’s just a taste of the memory methods you’ll learn in this book:

    • The 3 bad habits that keep you from easily remembering important information
    • The simple, invisible mental technique for remembering names without social awkwardness or anxiety
    • How to use a mental map to lock in and connect hundreds or even thousands of ideas in your long-term memory

    If you’re ready to harness the incredible power of your mind to remember more in less time, this book is for you.

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