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When Andrew Wiles of Princeton University announced a solution of Fermat's last theorem in 1993, it electrified the world of mathematics. After a flaw was discovered in the proof, Wiles had to work for another year--he had already labored in solitude for seven years--to establish that he had solved the 350-year-old problem. Simon Singh's book is a lively, comprehensible explanation of Wiles's work and of the star-, trauma-, and wacko-studded history of Fermat's last theorem. Fermat's Enigma contains some problems that offer a taste of the math, but it also includes limericks to give a feeling for the goofy side of mathematicians.

In Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child , psychology professor John Gottman explores the emotional relationship between parents and children. It's not enough to simply reject an authoritarian model of parenting, Gottman says. A parent needs to be concerned with the quality of emotional interactions. Gottman, author of Why Marriages Succeed or Fail , and coauthor Joan Declaire focus first on the parent (a "know thyself" approach), and provide a series of exercises to assess parenting styles and emotional self-awareness. The authors identify a five-step "emotion coaching" process to help teach children how to recognize and address their feelings, which includes becoming aware of the child's emotions; recognizing that dealing with these emotions is an opportunity for intimacy; listening empathetically; helping the child label emotions; setting limits; and problem-solving. Chapters on divorce, fathering, and age-based differences in emotional development help make Gottman's teachings detailed and useful. --Ericka Lutz

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Daniel Goleman offers a vital new curriculum for life that can change the future for us and for our children

The Cobra Event is a chilling fictional narrative that explores the very real threat of biological terrorism. Seventeen-year-old Kate Moran dismisses the onset of a cold but soon experiences violent seizures and a horrific death. Following a similar fate befalling a homeless man, the Centers for Disease Control dispatches pathologist Alice Austen to investigate. She discovers a sinister plot by a man named Archimedes, who aims to unleash a deadly Cobra virus across New York City. As panic spreads, Austen and a secret FBI forensic team work urgently to uncover the terrorist's identity. The narrative's frightening premise is grounded in extensive research, as the author notes that the nonfiction roots of the story run deep. His sources include eyewitnesses familiar with biological weapons installations and experts in strategic bioweapons, though none would speak on the record. Interspersed throughout the novel are nonfiction segments that expose the grim realities of biological weapon development and covert operations in Russia and Iraq. The author conducted three years of research and over 100 interviews with high-level figures in the FBI, military, and scientific community, culminating in a work designed to shock and inform readers.