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Reviewers of A Field Guide to Lies have found the book to be an entertaining, timely, useful primer for "critical thinking in the information age." [8] [10] It was listed on bestseller lists in Canada and received the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction, presented by the Quebec Writers' Federation in the same year it was published.
The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature is a popular science book written by the McGill University neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin, and first published by Dutton Penguin in the U.S. and Canada in 2008, and updated and released in paperback by Plume in 2009, and translated into six languages.
Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC (born December 27, 1957) is an American-Canadian polymath, [1] cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer. [2] He is the author of four New York Times best-selling books, including This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession , (Dutton/Penguin 2006; Plume/Penguin ...
In July 2021, Newman published her debut novel Falling. [6] The novel was rejected by 41 agents before being accepted by Shane Salerno. [6] [7] It debuted at #2 on The New York Times bestseller list. [6] The film rights for the novel were sold to Universal and Working Title for $1.5 million, with Newman set to write the script. [8]
It is Levitin's 3rd consecutive best-seller, debuting at #2 on the New York Times Best Seller List, [2] #1 on the Canadian best-seller lists, [3] #1 on Amazon, and #5 on The London Times bestseller list. In The Organized Mind, Levitin demonstrates how the Information Age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data, and uses the latest ...
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession is a popular science book written by the McGill University neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin, and first published by Dutton Penguin in the U.S. and Canada in 2006, and updated and released in paperback by Plume/Penguin in 2007.
While working as a flight attendant, Newman came up with the novel's plot during a flight from Los Angeles to New York. [2] [3] Newman wrote down scenes for the novel on cocktail napkins and catering bills, typing them into a computer during layovers. [3] The novel was rejected by 41 agents before being accepted by Shane Salerno. [4]
Newman worked as a flight attendant for 10 years. Drowning is her second novel, following her debut New York Times bestseller Falling.She was inspired to "go bigger" for her second novel, basing the idea around a red-eye flight from Hawaii to LAX she used to work and imagining being isolated miles and hours in every direction from safety.