false 8899 0 0 281473 0446390402 9780446390408 4 <![CDATA[The Search for Omm Sety]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173388547m/281473.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173388547s/281473.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/281473.The_Search_for_Omm_Sety 3.68 19 8899 4.06 273 38 1987 281474 0226116239 9780226116235 2 <![CDATA[Conversations with Glenn Gould]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173388553m/281474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173388553s/281474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/281474.Conversations_with_Glenn_Gould 4.12 16
Jonathan Cott, a prolific author and poet praised by Larry McMurtry as "the ideal interviewer," was one of the very few people to whom Gould ever granted an interview. Cott spoke with Gould in 1974 for Rolling Stone and published the transcripts in two long articles; after Gould's death, Cott gathered these interviews in Conversations with Glenn Gould, adding an introduction, a selection of photographs, a list of Gould's recorded repertoire, a filmography, and a listing of Gould's programs on radio and TV. A brilliant one-on-one in which Gould discusses his dislike of Mozart's piano sonatas, his partiality for composers such as Orlando Gibbons and Richard Strauss, and his admiration for the popular singer Petula Clark (and his dislike of the Beatles), among other topics, Conversations with Glenn Gould is considered by many, including the subject, to be the best interview Gould ever gave and one of his most remarkable performances.</div>]]> 8899 4.06 273 38 1984 720971 1400060583 9781400060580 2 <![CDATA[On the Sea of Memory: A Journey from Forgetting to Remembering]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177623695m/720971.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177623695s/720971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/720971.On_the_Sea_of_Memory_A_Journey_from_Forgetting_to_Remembering 3.29 7
Though shattered by the loss, Cott summoned the will to try to understand exactly what had happened to him–and, beyond that, to probe the mysteries of human memory through neuroscience, psychology, spirituality, and literature. The result is this extraordinary meditation on the vital role of remembering and forgetting in every aspect of human life.

As Cott grapples with the personal and medical implications of his own case, he turns to experts in a range of fields for their unique insights on human memory. Neurologist James L. McGaugh discusses why the brain tends to remember one thing over another, and how science can help us forget trauma. Author David Shenk tells how researchers came to identify Alzheimer’s disease and how treatments for dementia have changed dramatically in recent years. Harvard psychologist Richard J. McNally ponders why memory and imagination so often become confused, leading to difficulties in ascertaining the truth of recovered memories. Actress Ellen Burstyn reveals how actors summon emotional memories as they strive to fully inhabit a role. Spiritual thinker and writer Thomas Moore explores the deep connections between memory and the soul.

In the course of his journey, Cott comes to understand that though his loss was irrevocable, he has also gained a more profound understanding of how memory shapes and defines our lives, a new sympathy for those who struggle to remember or strive to forget, and a finer appreciation for the spiritual beauty of each transient moment. Though he began his journey in heartbreak, Cott ultimately finds inspiration in the power and delicacy of the human mind. Illuminating and original, On the Sea of Memory is a testament to a writer of extraordinary resolve and penetrating insight.]]> 8899 4.06 273 38 2005 305822 0883730022 9780883730027 1 <![CDATA[Beyond the Looking Glass Extraordinary W]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/305822.Beyond_the_Looking_Glass_Extraordinary_W 3.80 5 8899 4.06 273 38 1974 91542 477001659X 9784770016591 2 <![CDATA[Wandering Ghost: The Odyssey of Lafcadio Hearn]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171230591m/91542.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171230591s/91542.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91542.Wandering_Ghost_The_Odyssey_of_Lafcadio_Hearn 3.80 5 Fired in 1877 for his brief marriage to a black woman, he wandered from New Orleans to New York to the Caribbean before finally settling in Japan where, in a unique act of self-transformation, he became a Japanese patriot and patriarch.

Full of excerpts from Hearn's writing, Jonathan Cott's insightful portrayal of an extraordinary life recovers for a Western audience a unique figure of the nineteenth century.

]]> 8899 4.06 273 38 1991 281475 0385512430 9780385512435 0 <![CDATA[Isis and Osiris]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173388553m/281475.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173388553s/281475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/281475.Isis_and_Osiris 4.50 4 8899 4.06 273 38 1994 281476 0385417985 9780385417983 0 <![CDATA[Thirteen: A Journey Into the Number]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173388554m/281476.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173388554s/281476.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/281476.Thirteen_A_Journey_Into_the_Number 4.25 4 8899 4.06 273 38 1996 622108 0070132208 9780070132207 2 <![CDATA[Pipers at the Gates of Dawn: The Wisdom of Children's Literature]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622108.Pipers_at_the_Gates_of_Dawn_The_Wisdom_of_Children_s_Literature 3.00 4 8899 4.06 273 38 1983 4776970 0330241656 9780330241656 0 <![CDATA[Stockhausen: Conversations with the composer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4776970.Stockhausen_Conversations_with_the_composer 3.67 3 8899 4.06 273 38 1973 1182875 0877543984 9780877543985 0 <![CDATA[Victorian Color Picture Books]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1182875.Victorian_Color_Picture_Books 4.00 2 8899 4.06 273 38 1983