recollection (psychology)

"A delightful picture quiz book for young children. There are over 25 different creatures who come and go, and there are things to find on every page that will amuse and entertain, over and over again" --.

"In a working-class town in a county west of London, a schoolgirl scribbles stories in the back pages of her exercise book, intoxicated by the first sparks of her imagination. As she grows, everything and everyone she encounters become fuel for a burning talent. The large Russian man in the ancient maroon car who careens around the grocery store where she works as a checkout clerk, and slips her a copy of 'Beyond Good and Evil'. The growing heaps of other books in which she loses--and finds--herself. Even the derailing of a friendship, in a devastating violation. The thrill of learning to conjure characters and scenarios in her head is matched by the exhilaration of forging her own way in the world, the two kinds of ingenuity kindling to a brilliant conflagration"--Provided by publisher.

Presents an examination of memory's imperfections, providing a framework for understanding the causes and consequences of forgetting or memory distortions and considers scientific breakthroughs that are providing insight into the basis of memory failures.

Explores the nature of memory's imperfections, providing a framework for understanding the causes and consequences of forgetting or memory distortions; and considers scientific breakthroughs that are providing insight into the basis of memory failures.

Describes the many facets of memory, discussing the ways in which people learn, recall, and remember, and offers suggestions for increasing the ability to retain information.

Examines how the body and mind hold on to painful episodes from the past triggering physical, emotional, and psychological patterns that can be destructive later in life such as persistent anger, mood swings, headaches, muscle tension, and fatigue.

Martin Owenby, having moved to New York City thirty years earlier to pursue a career as an author but ended up living a life full of drinking and flings with men, returns home after the disappearance of his brother, Leon, and is forced to face his regrets, family members, and old friends.