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PERMANENT PRESENT TENSE
CORKIN, SUZANNE
Skylight Books – Hotlist Fall 2012
Permanent Present Tense tells the incredible story of Henry Gustav Molaison, known only as H. M. until his
death in 2008. In 1953, at the age of twenty-seven, Molaison underwent a dangerous “psychosurgical”
procedure intended to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. The surgery went horribly wrong, and when Molaison
awoke he was unable to store new experiences. For the rest of his life, he would be trapped in the moment. But
Molaison’s tragedy would prove a gift to humanity. The amazing specificity of his impairment shed new light on
the functions and structures of the human brain, revolutionizing neuroscience. Today, the case of H. M. stands as
one of the most consequential and widely referenced in this fast-expanding field.
PSYCHOLOGY
BASIC BOOKS 384 PAGES
9780465031597
$33.50 HC
JANUARY 2013
POINT YOUR FACE AT THIS
MARTIN, DEMETRI
In his first book, This Is a Book, Demetri Martin introduced fans and readers to his unique brand of long-form
humor writing. Now Demetri returns with an eclectic volume devoted entirely to his trademark one-liners and
drawings, as well as short prose and poetry, leaving the longer-form material for his next hardcover. Like an indie
stepchild of Gary Larson and Jack Handey, POINT YOUR FACE AT THIS contains hundreds of drawings, jokes,
and page-long bits, showcasing Martin's particular penchant for brevity and a sensibility all its own-and will be a
great gift book and a must-have for fans of the brainy, ambidextrous, comedian, palindromist (and author),
Demetri Martin.
HUMOUR
GRAND CENTRAL 192 PAGES
9781455512058
$13.99 TP Original
OCTOBER 2012
THE POPE'S JEWS
THOMAS, GORDON
Accused of being “silent” during the Holocaust, Pope Pius XII and the Vatican of World War II are now
exonerated in Gordon Thomass newest investigative work, The Pope's Jews. Thomass careful research into
new, first-hand accounts reveal an underground network of priests, nuns and citizens that risked their lives daily
to protect Roman Jews. Investigating assassination plots, conspiracies, and secret conversions, Thomas unveils
faked documentation, quarantines, and more extraordinary actions taken by Catholics and the Vatican. The
Pope's Jews finally answers the great moral question of the War: Why did Pope Pius XII refuse to condemn
the genocide of Europe's Jews?
HISTORY 1ST PRINTING 50,000
THOMAS DUNNE 320 PAGES
9780312604219
$31.00 HC
OCTOBER 2012
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