Kelly, Lynne
Summary: In ancient, pre-literate cultures across the globe, tribal elders had encyclopedic memories. They could name all the animals and plants across a landscape, identify the stars in the sky, and recite the history of their people. Yet today, most of us struggle to memorize more than a short poem. Using traditional Aboriginal Australian song lines as a starting point, Dr. Lynne Kelly has since...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 301 KELKelly, Lynne
Summary: Groundbreaking anthropologist and memory champion Lynne Kelly reveals how we can use ancient and traditional mnemonic methods to enhance and expand our memory.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books, Ltd. 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.1 KELKelly, Lynne
Summary: ""Yet again I was screaming in the night" is the opening sentence in this book. The author decided to deliberately overcome her fear of spiders by observing and studying them, and learning as much as she could about them. As well as being an authoritative book on spiders this book is a personal account of how the author came to love them; and how any other arachnophobe can do the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jacana Books 2009