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Soul Dog

A Journey into the Spiritual Life of Animals

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An exploration of animal spirituality and the ability of animals to communicate with humans even in the afterlife• 2019 Coalition of Visionary Resources Gold Award and Industry Choice and Peoples Choice Award• Chronicles the author’s profound relationship with her dog, Brio, his ability to read her mind and emotions, and the messages she received from him after his death• Shares the author’s ... Read more

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An exploration of animal spirituality and the ability of animals to communicate with humans even in the afterlife• 2019 Coalition of Visionary Resources Gold Award and Industry Choice and Peoples Choice Award• Chronicles the author’s profound relationship with her dog, Brio, his ability to read her mind and emotions, and the messages she received from him after his death• Shares the author’s
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The Power of Music

Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song

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The award-winning creator of the acclaimed documentary "The MusicInstinct: Science & Song," explores the power of music and itsconnection to the body, the brain, and the world of nature. Onlyrecently has science sought in earnest to understand and explain thisimpact. One remarkable recent study, analyzing the cries of newborns,shows that infants' cries contain common musical intervals, and ... Read more

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The award-winning creator of the acclaimed documentary "The MusicInstinct: Science & Song," explores the power of music and itsconnection to the body, the brain, and the world of nature. Onlyrecently has science sought in earnest to understand and explain thisimpact. One remarkable recent study, analyzing the cries of newborns,shows that infants' cries contain common musical intervals, and
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A Journey into the Spiritual Life of Animals

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An exploration of animal spirituality and the ability of animals to communicate with humans even in the afterlifeLooking for companionship after a near-fatal car crash, Elena Mannes, an award-winning television journalist and producer, decided to get her first dog. But what she found with her dog Brio shook the foundations of her physical and spiritual worlds, sending her on a quest to discover ... Read more

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An exploration of animal spirituality and the ability of animals to communicate with humans even in the afterlifeLooking for companionship after a near-fatal car crash, Elena Mannes, an award-winning television journalist and producer, decided to get her first dog. But what she found with her dog Brio shook the foundations of her physical and spiritual worlds, sending her on a quest to discover
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This Is Your Brain on Music

The Science of a Human Obsession

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In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music—its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it—and the human brain.Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin poses that music is fundamental to our species, perhaps even more so ... Read more

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In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music—its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it—and the human brain.Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin poses that music is fundamental to our species, perhaps even more so
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Incognito

The Secret Lives Of The Brain

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If the conscious mind—the part you consider you—is just the tip of the iceberg in the brain, what is all the rest doing? In Incognito, neuroscientist David Eagleman plumbs the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising questions: Why can your foot jump halfway to the brake pedal before you are consciously aware of danger ahead? Why do strippers make more money at certain times of ... Read more

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If the conscious mind—the part you consider you—is just the tip of the iceberg in the brain, what is all the rest doing? In Incognito, neuroscientist David Eagleman plumbs the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising questions: Why can your foot jump halfway to the brake pedal before you are consciously aware of danger ahead? Why do strippers make more money at certain times of
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The Mind & The Brain

Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force

by Sharon Begley, Jeffrey M. Schwartz ...

A "fascinating" and groundbreaking work of science that demonstrates the possibilities for human control over the workings of the brain ( Cleveland Plain Dealer).Conventional science has long held that "the mind" is an illusion, a mere side effect of electrochemical activity in the physical brain. The Mind & The Brain argues exactly the opposite: that the mind has a life of its own. Dr. Schwartz, ... Read more

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A "fascinating" and groundbreaking work of science that demonstrates the possibilities for human control over the workings of the brain ( Cleveland Plain Dealer).Conventional science has long held that "the mind" is an illusion, a mere side effect of electrochemical activity in the physical brain. The Mind & The Brain argues exactly the opposite: that the mind has a life of its own. Dr. Schwartz,
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Guitar Zero

The Science of Becoming Musical at Any Age

by Gary Marcus ...

Gary Marcus challenges the widely held belief that innate talent is necessary to become a skilled musicianJust about every human being knows how to listen to music, but what does it take to make music? Is musicality something we are born with? Or a skill that anyone can develop at any time? If you don't start piano at the age of six, is there any hope? Is skill learning best left to children or ... Read more

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Gary Marcus challenges the widely held belief that innate talent is necessary to become a skilled musicianJust about every human being knows how to listen to music, but what does it take to make music? Is musicality something we are born with? Or a skill that anyone can develop at any time? If you don't start piano at the age of six, is there any hope? Is skill learning best left to children or
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The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World

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Is the world essentially inert and mechanical - nothing but a collection of things for us to use? Are we ourselves nothing but the playthings of chance, embroiled in a war of all against all? Why, indeed, are we engaged in destroying everything that is valuable to us?In his international bestseller, The Master and his Emissary, McGilchrist demonstrated that each brain hemisphere provides us with a ... Read more

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Is the world essentially inert and mechanical - nothing but a collection of things for us to use? Are we ourselves nothing but the playthings of chance, embroiled in a war of all against all? Why, indeed, are we engaged in destroying everything that is valuable to us?In his international bestseller, The Master and his Emissary, McGilchrist demonstrated that each brain hemisphere provides us with a
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Connectome

How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are

by Sebastian Seung ...

“Accessible, witty . . . an important new researcher, philosopher and popularizer of brain science . . . on par with cosmology’s Brian Greene and the late Carl Sagan” (The Plain Dealer).One of the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Year and a Publishers Weekly “Top Ten in Science” TitleEvery person is unique, but science has struggled to pinpoint where, precisely, that ... Read more

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“Accessible, witty . . . an important new researcher, philosopher and popularizer of brain science . . . on par with cosmology’s Brian Greene and the late Carl Sagan” (The Plain Dealer).One of the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Year and a Publishers Weekly “Top Ten in Science” TitleEvery person is unique, but science has struggled to pinpoint where, precisely, that
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The Genius in All of Us

New Insights into Genetics, Talent, and IQ

by David Shenk ...

"Fresh insights into the nature of exceptional peformance…. A deeply interesting and important book” (New York Times Book Review) that offers a revolutionary and life-changing message on the new science of human potential.Is true greatness obtainable from everyday means and everyday genes? Conventional wisdom says no, that a lucky few are simply born with certain gifts. Now you can forget ... Read more

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"Fresh insights into the nature of exceptional peformance…. A deeply interesting and important book” (New York Times Book Review) that offers a revolutionary and life-changing message on the new science of human potential.Is true greatness obtainable from everyday means and everyday genes? Conventional wisdom says no, that a lucky few are simply born with certain gifts. Now you can forget
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Consciousness

Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist

by Christof Koch ...

Embark on a wild ride through the neuroscience of consciousness in this compelling study that “[sheds] light on how scientists really think”—hailed as “science writing at its best” (Times Higher Education).A scientist searches for an empirical explanation for consciousness, spurred by his instinctual belief that life is meaningful . . .What links conscious experience of pain, joy, color, and smell ... Read more

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Embark on a wild ride through the neuroscience of consciousness in this compelling study that “[sheds] light on how scientists really think”—hailed as “science writing at its best” (Times Higher Education).A scientist searches for an empirical explanation for consciousness, spurred by his instinctual belief that life is meaningful . . .What links conscious experience of pain, joy, color, and smell
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Think Tank

Forty Neuroscientists Explore the Biological Roots of Human Experience

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Essays that explore quirky, counterintuitive aspects of brain function and "make us realize that what goes on in our minds is nothing short of magical" (Scientific American).Neuroscientist David J. Linden approached leading brain researchers and asked each the same question: "What idea about brain function would you most like to explain to the world?" Their responses make up this one-of-a-kind ... Read more

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