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Staff Picks: McNally Jackson Tells You What To Read
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Jamie Feldmar
Published May 17, 2011
Modified May 17, 2011
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Welcome to our newish weekly column, Staff Picks, in which we ask the staffers at our favorite book, music, and movie stores around to town to share with us what they're reading, listening to, and watching this week. We figure they're good people to ask. Last week we talked to Aaron Hillis at reRun Theater, and this week we check in with Soho indie bookstore mainstay McNally Jackson, where manager Sarah Gerard tells us what she's been flipping through lately.
Moonwalking With Einstein, by Joshua Foer
Sarah says: "There's a little Rain Man in each and every one of you! No, I don't mean you're all excellent drivers (though I'm sure that you are) who drive slow in the driveway. I mean that you, regular old you, regular ordinary you, have the capacity to store, and recall, and ANALYZE (!) vast quantities of information you never dreamed possible. (You'll still lose your keys, though. Sorry, chums.)
Foer, a freshly minted college graduate at the time of his research, set about to improve his memory just for fun, resulting in an adventuresome tale that's enlightening and fun at every page turn. This book contains secrets about your brain that will improve your quality of life forever. Don't forget it!"
Moonwalking With Einstein is available at McNally Jackson for $26.95. Buy online here.
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