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Purple on the Inside

How J.B. Hunt Transport Set Itself Apart in a Field Full of Brown Cows

by Kirk Thompson, Matthew A. Waller ...

J.B. Hunt Transport hit the national business scene as a trucking company led by a dynamic founder known for his boundless optimism, untamed vision, and salesmanship. The company has since transformed into a multi-billion-dollar business by balancing business savvy and execution with an enduring entrepreneurial spirit—a rare feat in any industry.J.B. Hunt’s triumphs and struggles provide a ... Read more

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J.B. Hunt Transport hit the national business scene as a trucking company led by a dynamic founder known for his boundless optimism, untamed vision, and salesmanship. The company has since transformed into a multi-billion-dollar business by balancing business savvy and execution with an enduring entrepreneurial spirit—a rare feat in any industry.J.B. Hunt’s triumphs and struggles provide a
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Star Wars

Han Solo - Imperial Cadet

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Collects Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation #1-7. Learn the full story of the galaxy’s most lovable scoundrel in this adaptation of the blockbuster Star Wars prequel! After leaving the Imperial Navy, a young Han Solo seeks adventure by joining a gang of galactic mercenaries — and soon meets notorious gambler Lando Calrissian and a 196-year-old Wookiee named Chewbacca! Witness Han’s first flight in ... Read more

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Collects Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation #1-7. Learn the full story of the galaxy’s most lovable scoundrel in this adaptation of the blockbuster Star Wars prequel! After leaving the Imperial Navy, a young Han Solo seeks adventure by joining a gang of galactic mercenaries — and soon meets notorious gambler Lando Calrissian and a 196-year-old Wookiee named Chewbacca! Witness Han’s first flight in
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The Science and Psychology of Music

From Beethoven at the Office to Beyoncé at the Gym

Edited by William Forde Thompson, Kirk N. Olsen ...

This book provides a broad introduction to the scientific and psychological study of music, exploring how music is processed by our brains, affects us emotionally, shapes our personal and cultural identities, and can be used in therapeutic and educational contexts.Why are some people unable to carry a tune while others are musical savants? What do our musical preferences say about our personality ... Read more

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This book provides a broad introduction to the scientific and psychological study of music, exploring how music is processed by our brains, affects us emotionally, shapes our personal and cultural identities, and can be used in therapeutic and educational contexts.Why are some people unable to carry a tune while others are musical savants? What do our musical preferences say about our personality
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Leap to Wholeness

How the World Is Programmed to Help Us Grow, Heal, and Adapt

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How do you get something out of nothing?It seems like an obvious question, one that drives everything from spiritual creation stories to our understanding of the Big Bang. Yet it leaves us with a sense that underneath everything lies emptiness and lack. We can phrase this question in a new way: how do we get something out of everything?In Leap to Wholeness, physics educator Sky Nelson-Isaacs ... Read more

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How do you get something out of nothing?It seems like an obvious question, one that drives everything from spiritual creation stories to our understanding of the Big Bang. Yet it leaves us with a sense that underneath everything lies emptiness and lack. We can phrase this question in a new way: how do we get something out of everything?In Leap to Wholeness, physics educator Sky Nelson-Isaacs
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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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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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Learning To Sing

A Transformative Approach to Vocal Performance and Instruction

by Jennifer Hamady ...

Learning To Sing is a thoughtful and thought-provoking discussion of the principles of voice coach and counselor Jennifer Hamady's innovative teaching method. In this succinct work, Jennifer provides an academic look at the psychology, physiology, and neuroscience of the concepts presented in her book "The Art of Singing: Discovering and Developing Your True Voice", further revealing the 'how' and ... Read more

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Learning To Sing is a thoughtful and thought-provoking discussion of the principles of voice coach and counselor Jennifer Hamady's innovative teaching method. In this succinct work, Jennifer provides an academic look at the psychology, physiology, and neuroscience of the concepts presented in her book "The Art of Singing: Discovering and Developing Your True Voice", further revealing the 'how' and
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Psychology for Musicians

Understanding and Acquiring the Skills

by Andreas C. Lehmann, John A. Sloboda, Robert H. Woody ...

What is it that accounts for the differences between musical beginners, advanced music makers, and world class performers? Virtually everyone likes music and has the capacity to be musical in some way (despite what some may say about themselves). Yet far fewer people come to be so involved with it that they identify themselves as musicians, and fewer still become musicians of international class. ... Read more

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What is it that accounts for the differences between musical beginners, advanced music makers, and world class performers? Virtually everyone likes music and has the capacity to be musical in some way (despite what some may say about themselves). Yet far fewer people come to be so involved with it that they identify themselves as musicians, and fewer still become musicians of international class.
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The Musical Child

Using the Power of Music to Raise Children Who Are Happy, Healthy, and Whole

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**“Wonderful.”—Herbie HancockA pioneering music educator reveals how music can supercharge early childhood development—and how parents and educators can harness its power.**Since opening her famed Parisian conservatory over three decades ago, Joan Koenig has led a global movement to improve children’s lives and minds with the transformative power of music. With a curriculum and philosophy drawn ... Read more

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**“Wonderful.”—Herbie HancockA pioneering music educator reveals how music can supercharge early childhood development—and how parents and educators can harness its power.**Since opening her famed Parisian conservatory over three decades ago, Joan Koenig has led a global movement to improve children’s lives and minds with the transformative power of music. With a curriculum and philosophy drawn
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You Are the Music

How Music Reveals What it Means to be Human

by Victoria Williamson ...

'You are the music / While the music lasts' T.S. Eliot, The Four QuartetsDo babies remember music from the womb? Can classical music increase your child's IQ? Is music good for productivity? Can it aid recovery from illness and injury? And what is going on in your brain when Ultravox's 'Vienna', Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht or Dizzee Rascal's 'Bonkers' transports you back to teenage years?In a ... Read more

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'You are the music / While the music lasts' T.S. Eliot, The Four QuartetsDo babies remember music from the womb? Can classical music increase your child's IQ? Is music good for productivity? Can it aid recovery from illness and injury? And what is going on in your brain when Ultravox's 'Vienna', Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht or Dizzee Rascal's 'Bonkers' transports you back to teenage years?In a
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The Science and Psychology of Music Performance : Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning

Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning

by Richard Parncutt;Gary McPherson ...

What type of practice makes a musician perfect? What sort of child is most likely to succeed on a musical instrument? What practice strategies yield the fastest improvement in skills such as sight-reading memorization and intonation? Scientific and psychological research can offer answers to these and other questions that musicians face every day. In The Science and Psychology of Music Performance ... Read more

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What type of practice makes a musician perfect? What sort of child is most likely to succeed on a musical instrument? What practice strategies yield the fastest improvement in skills such as sight-reading memorization and intonation? Scientific and psychological research can offer answers to these and other questions that musicians face every day. In The Science and Psychology of Music Performance
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Music in Our Lives

Rethinking Musical Ability, Development and Identity

by Gary E. McPherson, Jane W. Davidson, Robert Faulkner ...

Why do some children take up music, while others dont? Why do some excel, whilst others give up? Why do some children favour classical music, whilst others prefer rock? These are questions that have puzzled music educators, psychologists, and musicologists for many years. Yet, they are incredibly difficult and complex questions to answer. 'Music in our lives' takes an innovative approach to trying ... Read more

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Why do some children take up music, while others dont? Why do some excel, whilst others give up? Why do some children favour classical music, whilst others prefer rock? These are questions that have puzzled music educators, psychologists, and musicologists for many years. Yet, they are incredibly difficult and complex questions to answer. 'Music in our lives' takes an innovative approach to trying
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