Posts Tagged ‘Hardcover’

The Gift of Fire: How I Made Adversity Work for Me (Hardcover)

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

The Gift of Fire: How I Made Adversity Work for Me

Dan Caro has been proving the world wrong since he was in diapers. When he was two years old, he was engulfed in a fireball during a gasoline explosion in the family garage and was left with third-degree burns over most of his body—so severe that doctors held out little hope he’d survive more than a few days. Dan was in such excruciating pain that his devastated parents silently prayed for God to end their son’s suffering and welcome him into heaven. And it seemed as if Go (more…)

Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme (Hardcover)

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme

Amazon.com Review

If you’ve ever wondered how and why people become robotically enslaved by advertising, religion, sexual fantasy, and cults, wonder no more. It’s all because of “mind viruses,” or “memes,” and those who understand how to plant them into other’s minds. This is the first truly accessible book about memes and how they make the world go ’round. Of course, like all good memes, the ideas in Brodie’s book are double-edged swords. They can vaccinate against (more…)