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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Were you ever advised to "just relax" before making a big speech?
Don't. From Texas A&M professor and celebrity advisor, Dr. John
Eliot, this insightful guide takes a sledgehammer to what most of
us think we know about doing our best. Eliot explains how
mainstream psychology moves us in the wrong direction when it comes
to stress management and performance enhancement; techniques like
visualization and goal setting, based on pseudoscience rather than
empirical evidence, often get in our way rather than propel us
forward. Drawing on field-tested experiments and extensive research
in neuropsychology, Eliot shares why these "common sense"
strategies tend to come up short for the majority of people-and
how, instead, great accomplishments are more likely to result from
"Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket", "Thinking Like a Squirrel",
and "Embracing Butterflies As a Good Thing". These counterintuitive
practices not only trigger your full natural talent, but also teach
you how to thrive under pressure, not dread it. OVERACHIEVEMENT
incorporates Eliot's work with Fortune 500 companies, Olympic
athletes, renowned surgeons, military pilots, and Grammy-winning
musicians, providing you with a powerful combination of inspiring
stories and life-changing tools, offering the skills needed to
overcome stress and rise above your peers in the boardroom, on the
playing field, or in the normal day-to-day of life.
"Models of Psychological Space" begins the reformulation of the
construct of psychological space by bringing together in one volume
a sampling of theoretical models from the psychometric,
developmental, and experimental approaches. The author also
discusses five general issues which cut across these three
approaches; namely, age-related differences, sex-related
differences, trainability, imagery, processing solutions, and the
effect of stimulus dimensionality upon spatial performance. "Models
of " "Psychological Space" provides an overview of a significant
construct which has many researchable ideas, and which should be of
interest to scholars from a wide range of disciplines.
An "Economist "Best Book of the Year
A" Christian Science Monitor" Best Book of the Year
A "Financial Times" Best Book of the Year
Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in
the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced
by a man who (when we can discern his personality at all) seems so
ordinary, so opaque--and occasionally so intemperate?
John Eliot Gardiner grew up passing one of the only two authentic
portraits of Bach every morning and evening on the stairs of his
parents' house, where it hung for safety during World War II. He
has been studying and performing Bach ever since, and is now
regarded as one of the composer's greatest living interpreters. The
fruits of this lifetime's immersion are distilled in this
remarkable book, grounded in the most recent Bach scholarship but
moving far beyond it, and explaining in wonderful detail the ideas
on which Bach drew, how he worked, how his music is constructed,
how it achieves its effects--and what it can tell us about Bach the
man.
Gardiner's background as a historian has encouraged him to search
for ways in which scholarship and performance can cooperate and
fruitfully coalesce. This has entailed piecing together the few
biographical shards, scrutinizing the music, and watching for those
instances when Bach's personality seems to penetrate the fabric of
his notation. Gardiner's aim is "to give the reader a sense of
inhabiting the same experiences and sensations that Bach might have
had in the act of music-making. This, I try to show, can help us
arrive at a more human likeness discernible in the closely related
processes of composing and performing his music."
It is very rare that such an accomplished performer of music should
also be a considerable writer and thinker about it. John Eliot
Gardiner takes us as deeply into Bach's works and mind as perhaps
words can. The result is a unique book about one of the greatest of
all creative artists.
Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in
the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced
by a man who seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so
intemperate? In this remarkable book, John Eliot Gardiner distils
the fruits of a lifetime's immersion as one of Bach's greatest
living interpreters. Explaining in wonderful detail how Bach worked
and how his music achieves its effects, he also takes us as deeply
into Bach's works and mind as perhaps words can. The result is a
unique book about one of the greatest of all creative artists.
Originally published in 1666, written by John Eliot, a Puritan
minister who went to America to escape religious persecution and
found himself learning the native Massachusett language, creating a
written language, articulating grammatical rules, and finally
translating the bible into the native language. This is the grammar
he created. It is hoped that by bringing the book back in print,
that a language long lost will again be spoken and written.
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