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  • The Synesthesia Experience

    Tasting Words, Seeing Music, and Hearing Color

    by Maureen Seaberg ...
    "Explores a dimension of synesthesia long encountered in reports of synesthetes: its relation to mystical and artistic vision . . . fascinating accounts." —Patricia Lynne Duffy, author of Blue Cats and Chartreuse KittensWhat does blue taste like to you?A violinist sees a scarlet form when he plays a certain note; a rock star sees waves of blue and green as he composes a ballad; an actress tastes ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Struck by Genius

    How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel

    by Jason Padgett, Maureen Seaberg ...
    From head trauma to scientific wonder—a "deeply absorbing . . . fascinating" true story of acquired savant syndrome ( Entertainment Weekly).Twelve years ago, Jason Padgett had never made it past pre-algebra. But a violent mugging forever altered the way his brain worked. It turned an ordinary math-averse student into an extraordinary young man with a unique gift to see the world as no one else ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tasting the Universe

    People Who See Colors in Words and Rainbows in Symphonies

    by Maureen Seaberg ...
    "Explores a dimension of synesthesia long encountered in reports of synesthetes: its relation to mystical and artistic vision . . . fascinating accounts."—Patricia Lynne Duffy, author of Blue Cats and Chartreuse KittensWhat happens when a journalist turns her lens on a mystery happening in her own life? Maureen Seaberg did just that and lived for a year exploring her synesthesia. The wondrous ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

    The Astonishing New Science of the Senses

    by Maureen Seaberg ...
    The Next Big Idea Club, August 2023 Must-Read BookIn 2016, scientists proved that humans could see light at the level of a single photon. We are living in historic times when humans may look at the very fabric of the universe in a laboratory setting. Around the world, other recent discoveries about the senses are just as astounding. It turns out we can hear amplitudes smaller than an atom, smell a ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Hidden History of Staten Island

    by Theresa Anarumo, Maureen Seaberg ...
    Series series Hidden History
    Take the ferry to this New York City borough and discover its colorful secrets, in a quirky history packed with facts and photos.Staten Island has a rich and fascinating cultural legacy that few people outside New York City's greenest borough know about. Chewing gum was invented on the island with the help of Mexican general Antonio López de Santa Anna. Country music legend Roy Clark got his start ... Read more

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    Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

    The Astonishing New Science of the Senses

    by Maureen Seaberg ...
    Narrated by Cindy Kay ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 50 min

    The Next Big Idea Club, August 2023 Must-Read BookIn 2016, scientists proved that humans could see light at the level of a single photon. We are living in historic times when humans may look at the very fabric of the universe in a laboratory setting. Around the world, other recent discoveries about the senses are just as astounding. It turns out we can hear amplitudes smaller than an atom, smell a ... Read more

    $17.50 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Synesthesia Experience

    Tasting Words, Seeing Music, and Hearing Color

    by Maureen Seaberg ...
    Narrated by Rachel Perry ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 44 min

    A violinist sees a scarlet form when he plays a certain note; a rock star sees waves of blue and green as he composes a ballad; an actress tastes cake when she utters the word "table." Described by some as a superpower this mingling of the senses is called "synesthesia," and the people who possess this amazing gift are called "synesthetes."What happens when a journalist turns her lens on a mystery ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

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    This Book Is Overdue!

    How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All

    by Marilyn Johnson ...
    Narrated by Hillary Huber ...

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    7 hours 23 min

    Buried in information? Cross-eyed over technology? From the bottom of a pile of paper and discs, books, e-books, and scattered thumb drives comes a cry of hope: Make way for the librarians! They want to help. They're not selling a thing. And librarians know best how to beat a path through the googolplex sources of information available to us, writes Marilyn Johnson, whose previous book, The Dead ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • The ABC of Relativity

    by Bertrand Russell ...
    The Nobel Prize winner offers "an ideal introduction to the theories of special and general relativity" in clear, comprehensible language ( Nature ).A renowned mathematician and philosopher , and as well as recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bertrand Russell was acclaimed for his ability to address complex subjects in accessible ways. In this classic reference book, Russell delve... ... Read more

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    Transforming Leadership

    by James MacGregor Burns ...
    Narrated by John Lescault ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 32 min

    Transforming Leadership examines how leaders evolve from ordinary "transactional" deal-makers into dynamic agents of major social change who empower their followers.Pulitzer Prize-winning author James MacGregor Burns illuminates the evolution of leadership structures—from the chieftains of tribal African societies, through Europe's absolute monarchies, to the blossoming of the Enlightenment's ... Read more

    $20.95 USD

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    Turning Darkness Into Light

    by Marie Brennan ...
    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Raphael Corkhill ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 35 min

    Marie Brennan's Turning Darkness Into Light is a delightful fantasy of manners, the heir to the award-winning Natural History of Dragons series, a perfect stepping stone into an alternate Victorian-esque fantasy landscape.**"Overwhelmingly fun."—io9 on The Tropic of SerpentsAs the renowned granddaughter of Isabella Camherst (Lady Trent, of the riveting and daring Draconic adventure memoirs) Audrey ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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    Living on Earth

    Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World

    by Peter Godfrey-Smith ...
    Narrated by Peter Godfrey-Smith, Mitch Riley ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 59 min

    **"Listening to Godfrey-Smith's exploration of animal consciousness will rattle every nook and cranny of your brain with an onslaught of interesting questions...the author leaves listeners with a radical new perspective." —AudioFile on MetazoaThis program is read by the author.The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.**If the history of the ... Read more

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