This is a fantastic look at the positive effects art has on your brain, all backed by
science. Not only does the book make you feel about taking time to enjoy art in
every way, but it also reminds you that enjoying art and practicing art are
necessities for life.
It helped me understand why and how
writing my novel had such a healing effect on me.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts—and how this knowledge can improve our health, enable us to flourish, and build stronger communities.
“This book blew my mind!”—Angela Duckworth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grit
Many of us think of the arts as entertainment—a luxury of some kind. In Your Brain on Art, authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross show how activities from painting and dancing to expressive writing, architecture, and more are essential to our lives.…
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novel is a love letter to Florence, Italy, but also a love letter to friendship.
It’s the type of feel-good story that, even though bad things happen—reminds
you of the power of friendship, the beauty of a setting, and the power of an
unforeseen adventure to bring people together.
It brought to the surface my
love of cozy books, when, no matter how difficult things get, they all work out
in the end. I laughed; I cried; I wanted to revisit Florence and give complete
strangers a big hug.
A captivating, bighearted, richly tapestried story of people brought together by love, war, art, flood, and the ghost of E. M. Forster, by the celebrated author of Tin Man.
Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages, a young English soldier, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar of a deserted villa. There, he has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian who has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the ruins and recall long-forgotten memories of her…
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was a new spin on the Gingerbread Man folktale and one that gave me goosebumps. It has battles, little whisps of magic, and characters I rooted for from start to
finish. It made me feel like the characters I write about, the type I want to have a cup of tea with years from now to see where
their lives have taken them.
Fourteen-year-old Mona isn't like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can't control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt's bakery making gingerbread men dance.
But Mona's life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body on the bakery floor. An assassin is stalking the streets of Mona's city, preying on magic folk, and it appears that Mona is his next target. And in an embattled city suddenly bereft of wizards, the assassin may be the least of…
A 25-year-old American and 74-year-old
Argentine form an unlikely friendship while running from their nightmares,
until their past ghosts threaten their future
Unfolding over three decades, Life Between Seconds sets Peter and Sophia on a collision course with their respective pasts, propelling them toward either redemption or damnation. Engrossing, heartbreaking, and surreal, Douglas Weissman's first adult novel mediates trauma, family, and how to heal after a great loss.
My daughter loves stories about treasure, clues, and bada** girls kicking butt and going on adventures.
Luna and the Treasure of Tlaloc is about mythology but also shows why ancient folktales stick with us, how their messages connect with children and adults today, and how we can retell old stories in new, exciting ways.
The story gave her a deep sense of adventure while also relating to the character's relationships.
