Jason Brown
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An account of perception is essential for an interpretation of memory, thought, and the mental state. The theory expounded in this book, developed from clinical studies of brain-damaged individuals, is a dynamic process account that departs from static computational models of the mind, with implications for our understanding of all aspects of mental function, including the mind/brain problem. The various topics are discussed in lengthy essays that...
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Everything Natalie said seemed, to herself, to have been said better by him. He was less fond of speaking, however, than he was of hitting people in the face, which seemed a more likely source of her love to those of us who knew him," begins Jason Brown's linked collection of beautifully haunted, violent, and wry stories set in the densely forested lands of northern New England. In these tales of forbidden love, runaway children, patrimony, alcohol,...
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Just Want to Be Next To You. From a romantic encounter over a Singles Telephone Chat Line to the Grand Lake Country of Oklahoma, springs the true tale of a young, farming couple and the challenges they overcome to love each other, live off the land, and raise a family. Romantics of all ages will delight in this true story of love in the country and small-town America
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Silent Scream of a Blue Shadow is a thought provoking poetry book penned by a policeman who writes about emotions and feelings in short, often deep and dark poetic verses that tear away at the festering scabs of society. His poetry is often not for the faint-hearted in its descriptive essence of life overall He tries to personify his writings to illustrate the life behind the high walls we all put up and show us the reality that often we pretend does...
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This collection of brief essays and still briefer commentaries is a personal reflection on some topics that have been thematic in the development of my theoretical work. These essays are not meant to extend the theory into yet-uncharted territory, but rather to draw out some of its implications for clinical neuroscience, philosophy of mind, and everyday life. The point of view guiding these reflections can be found in prior works, but the discerning...
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Here's a fast-track way to learn the knowledge of the court system in South Carolina.
You'll find out through this book that law is easily learned with the necessary books to prevail in the courts.
Don't miss out on learning the law in general from someone who went through the criminal justice system prevailing in helping individuals file necessary motions to maneuver through South Carolina courts and also getting cases reversed and remanded for...
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What might the lives of contemporary monastics teach us about putting down roots? Whereas many of us are constantly on the go, stressed out, and focused on productivity, the life of a monk prioritizes staying put and paying attention. Many monks take a vow of stability that commits them to their home monastery, leading them to develop a deep connection with and knowledge of the land they inhabit. The monastic life teaches those who practice it to...
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Many are fascinated by the phenomenon of genius and search for an understanding of its nature. Modern research is not especially helpful in elucidating the inner process or its relation to ordinary thought. The present work comes from clinical studies of focal brain injuries that dissect unconscious cognition to reveal sub-surface lines of processing. The outcome is a process (microgenetic) theory of the mental state that differs markedly from mainstream...
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Composer Jason Robert Brown says of his debut musical, "It's about one moment. It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back. The moment you think you know where you stand, the things that you're sure of slip from your hand, and you're suddenly a stranger in some completely different land." Our songbook features 10 vocal selections from the show: Christmas Lullaby * The Flagmaker, 1775 * Hear...
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This collection includes the best of the first ten years of this young Broadway songwriter's career. It includes 24 selections from Songs for a New World, Parade, The Last Five Years , and also from the albums Songs of Jason Robert Brown and Wearing Someone Else's Clothes . In addition to many songs never before in print, this collection also has a note on every song by the composer, as well as a biography.
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Variety says Jason Robert Brown's "joyous, wholesome tuner ... is sheer bliss." Our songbook features vocal lines with piano accompaniment for a dozen songs from the all-teen Broadway show about a bar mitzvah. Includes: Brand New You * Get Me What I Need * Here I Come * I'm a Good Girl * The Lamest Place in the World * A Little More Homework * Tell Her * Thirteen/Becoming a Man * and more. Includes a bio and photos of Brown.
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Jason Robert Brown, the creator of Parade and Songs for a New World , has written a distinctive new Off-Broadway musical. The Last Five Years tells the story of a failed marriage of 20-somethings: he a successful novelist, she a struggling actress. Her story is told in reverse, his conventionally moving forward. They meet in the middle at the point of their wedding. Brown's strong writing has found a solid following among musical theatre fans. Our...
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An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The show's unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically; the two characters meet only once, at their wedding in the middle of the show. Jason Robert Brown won Drama Desk Awards for the music and the lyrics after the...
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The chapters in this volume attempt to establish some foundational principles of a theory of the mind/brain grounded in evolutionary and process theory. From this standpoint, the book discusses some main problems in philosophical psychology, including the nature and origins of the mind/brain state, experience and consciousness, feeling, subjective time and free will. The approach - that of microgenesis - holds that formative phases in the generation...
15) 13: A Novel
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13 Things to Know About 13.
1. This book is about a guy named Evan.
2. Three months before his 13th birthday, he has to move from New York City.
3. to Appleton, Indiana,
4. where nobody knows him.
5. He's not very happy about it.
6. His mom is kind of nuts.
7. His dad is kind of nuts too.
8. Evan's not nuts, but he keeps ending up in nutty situations.
9. One of them involves a movie called The Bloodmaster.
10. Another involves a girl named...
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Rae Kelliher is an organizer of rituals and dance parties, a veteran environmental activist, and pioneer in the " death with dignity" movement. Her husband Reggie calls her a " instant party in a box." In 2023, facing down a diagnosis of terminal illness, Rae engages in a shocking suicide murder, taking the life of an oil company CEO for his role in delaying responses to climate disruption. Seven years later, Rae' s friends...