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The Perception of Music

by Robert Frances, W. Jay Dowling ...

This translation of this classic text contains a balance of cultural and biological considerations. While arguing for the strong influence of exposure and of formal training on the way that music is perceived, Frances draws on the literature concerning the amusias to illustrate his points about the types of cognitive abstraction that are performed by the listener. ... Read more

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This translation of this classic text contains a balance of cultural and biological considerations. While arguing for the strong influence of exposure and of formal training on the way that music is perceived, Frances draws on the literature concerning the amusias to illustrate his points about the types of cognitive abstraction that are performed by the listener.
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The Repair Shop

LIFE IN THE BARN: The Inside Stories from the Experts

by Jayne Dowle ...

Don't miss the newest book from The Repair Shop, coming September 2025'Heartwarming, magical and uplifting'In today's throwaway culture, there's a counter movement growing that urges us to 'make do and mend'. The BBC's BAFTA Award winning The Repair Shop has brought this waste-conscious message to an even wider audience, with its regular viewing figures of 7 million in the UK alone, cementing ... Read more

$10.99 USD

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Don't miss the newest book from The Repair Shop, coming September 2025'Heartwarming, magical and uplifting'In today's throwaway culture, there's a counter movement growing that urges us to 'make do and mend'. The BBC's BAFTA Award winning The Repair Shop has brought this waste-conscious message to an even wider audience, with its regular viewing figures of 7 million in the UK alone, cementing
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The Repair Shop: Crafts in the Barn

Skills, stories and heartwarming restorations: THE LATEST BOOK

by Jayne Dowle ...

Don't miss the newest book from The Repair Shop, coming September 2025The Repair Shop - the Bafta-award-winning series with regular viewing figures of 7 million in the UK alone - has cemented itself as a BBC classic.Enter a workshop filled with expert craftspeople as they bring loved pieces of family history and the memories they hold back to life.Each expert explains their craft, the reason they ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Don't miss the newest book from The Repair Shop, coming September 2025The Repair Shop - the Bafta-award-winning series with regular viewing figures of 7 million in the UK alone - has cemented itself as a BBC classic.Enter a workshop filled with expert craftspeople as they bring loved pieces of family history and the memories they hold back to life.Each expert explains their craft, the reason they
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How to Solve Your Own Murder

A Novel

by Kristen Perrin ...

Narrated by Alexandra Dowling, Jaye Jacobs ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Castle Knoll Files
Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Jimmy Fallon’s Book Club Finalist for 2024 | A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist | A GMA Buzz Pick | A USA Today BestsellerOne of Jimmy Fallon's favorite books for Spring 2024, The Top LibraryReads pick for March 2024, A Publishers Marketplace 2024 BuzzBook, One of NPR's Books We Love**Frances Adams always said she’d be murdered. She was right.In 1965, Frances Adams ... Read more

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**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Jimmy Fallon’s Book Club Finalist for 2024 | A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist | A GMA Buzz Pick | A USA Today BestsellerOne of Jimmy Fallon's favorite books for Spring 2024, The Top LibraryReads pick for March 2024, A Publishers Marketplace 2024 BuzzBook, One of NPR's Books We Love**Frances Adams always said she’d be murdered. She was right.In 1965, Frances Adams
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How to Cheat Your Own Death

A Novel

by Kristen Perrin ...

Narrated by Alexandra Dowling, Jaye Jacobs ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Castle Knoll Files
Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

From the gritty streets of 1960s Soho to the lofty galleries of present-day West London, two interlocking mysteries decades apart unfold in this latest instalment in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Castle Knoll Murder Mystery seriesSome secrets are deadlier than others1968: Frances Adams is loving her new London life, and she’s stepped into a world of glamour thanks to her new friend ... Read more

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From the gritty streets of 1960s Soho to the lofty galleries of present-day West London, two interlocking mysteries decades apart unfold in this latest instalment in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Castle Knoll Murder Mystery seriesSome secrets are deadlier than others1968: Frances Adams is loving her new London life, and she’s stepped into a world of glamour thanks to her new friend
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Psychology and Music

The Understanding of Melody and Rhythm

Edited by W. Jay Dowling, Thomas J. Tighe ...

This book deals with the complex cognitive processes involved in understanding two "horizontal" aspects of music perception, melody and rhythm, both separately and together. Focusing on the tonal framework for pitch material in melodies, the first section provides evidence that mere exposure to music organized in a particular way is sufficient to induce the auditory system to prepare itself to ... Read more

$73.99 USD

This book deals with the complex cognitive processes involved in understanding two "horizontal" aspects of music perception, melody and rhythm, both separately and together. Focusing on the tonal framework for pitch material in melodies, the first section provides evidence that mere exposure to music organized in a particular way is sufficient to induce the auditory system to prepare itself to
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Confessions of an Amateur Sleuth

by Lynn Cahoon ...

Narrated by Vanessa Daniels ...

Series series Bainbridge Island Mystery
Unabridged

6 hours 57 min

Bainbridge Island bookseller, aspiring author, and amateur sleuth Meg (no relation to Bill) Gates investigates the murder of a crabby food critic in New York Times bestselling author Lynn Cahoon's latest Pacific Northwest-set mystery for fans of Kate Carlisle, Lorna Barrett, Jenn McKinlay, and Ellery Adams.Twenty-something bookseller and sleuth Meg Gates has a confession: solving crimes may be ... Read more

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Bainbridge Island bookseller, aspiring author, and amateur sleuth Meg (no relation to Bill) Gates investigates the murder of a crabby food critic in New York Times bestselling author Lynn Cahoon's latest Pacific Northwest-set mystery for fans of Kate Carlisle, Lorna Barrett, Jenn McKinlay, and Ellery Adams.Twenty-something bookseller and sleuth Meg Gates has a confession: solving crimes may be
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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

A Novel

by Benjamin Stevenson ...

Narrated by Barton Welch ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Ernest Cunningham Mysteries
Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

Knives Out and Clue meet Agatha Christie and The Thursday Murder Club in this “utterly original” (Jane Harper), “not to be missed” (Karin Slaughter), fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery.“A witty twist on classic whodunits… Stevenson not only 'plays fair,' he plays the mystery game very, very well.” -- Maureen Corrigan, Washington PostEveryone in my family has killed ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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Knives Out and Clue meet Agatha Christie and The Thursday Murder Club in this “utterly original” (Jane Harper), “not to be missed” (Karin Slaughter), fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery.“A witty twist on classic whodunits… Stevenson not only 'plays fair,' he plays the mystery game very, very well.” -- Maureen Corrigan, Washington PostEveryone in my family has killed
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The Library After Dark

A Novel

by Ande Pliego ...

Narrated by Xe Sands, Euan Morton, Brittany Pressley, Susannah Jones, Hillary Huber, Saskia Maarleveld, Andre Santana, Allyson Ryan, Jay Ben Markson, Philip Hernandez ...

Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A bookseller must escape the infamously haunted library that holds her darkest secrets, but with a murderer in her tour group, escaping alive is not as simple as it seems, in this twisty locked-room thriller from the bestselling author of You Are Fatally Invited.“Irresistible—bright and sharp and rife with danger, like a shard of mirror.”—A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times ... Read more

$23.00 USD

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A bookseller must escape the infamously haunted library that holds her darkest secrets, but with a murderer in her tour group, escaping alive is not as simple as it seems, in this twisty locked-room thriller from the bestselling author of You Are Fatally Invited.“Irresistible—bright and sharp and rife with danger, like a shard of mirror.”—A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times
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The Anniversary

A Thriller

by Alex Finlay ...

Narrated by Ari Fliakos, Brittany Pressley ...

Unabridged

7 hours 38 min

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER**From the national bestselling author of Parents Weekend, comes one of the most anticipated thrillers of the year."Everything I want in a thriller!”―Ashley Elston"I could not put it down!”―Angie Kim"Nonstop twists!"—Jason Rekulak“A master of his craft.”―Jeneva Rose**"The novel is incredibly well structured and the dual narration by audio veterans Ari Fliakos and ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER**From the national bestselling author of Parents Weekend, comes one of the most anticipated thrillers of the year."Everything I want in a thriller!”―Ashley Elston"I could not put it down!”―Angie Kim"Nonstop twists!"—Jason Rekulak“A master of his craft.”―Jeneva Rose**"The novel is incredibly well structured and the dual narration by audio veterans Ari Fliakos and
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If Something Happens to Me

A Novel

by Alex Finlay ...

Narrated by Helen Laser, John Pirhalla, Paul Dateh ...

Unabridged

7 hours 30 min

This program features multicast narration.**A USA Today Bestseller!From “one of the genre’s most exciting voices” (E! News) comes one of the year’s most-anticipated thrillers.**For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open. The crushing blow to the head. The hands yanking him from the vehicle. His girlfriend Ali’s piercing scream as she is ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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This program features multicast narration.**A USA Today Bestseller!From “one of the genre’s most exciting voices” (E! News) comes one of the year’s most-anticipated thrillers.**For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open. The crushing blow to the head. The hands yanking him from the vehicle. His girlfriend Ali’s piercing scream as she is
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This Will Be Fun

A Novel

by E. B. Asher ...

Narrated by Alexander Cendese, January LaVoy, Hope Newhouse ...

Unabridged

12 hours 51 min

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!“WITTY, ROMANTIC, AND ADDICTIVELY FUN!” —Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The SpellshopTen years ago, they saved the realm—and it ruined their lives. Now, four former heroes must reunite, and hopefully live to tell the tale, in this charming romantasy about friendship and redemption, perfect for readers of Legends & Lattes and lovers of Shrek.</... ... Read more

$32.99 USD

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A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!“WITTY, ROMANTIC, AND ADDICTIVELY FUN!” —Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The SpellshopTen years ago, they saved the realm—and it ruined their lives. Now, four former heroes must reunite, and hopefully live to tell the tale, in this charming romantasy about friendship and redemption, perfect for readers of Legends & Lattes and lovers of Shrek.</...
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