BooooKs!

Advance Readers' Copies -- one of the many benefits of working at a bookstore. For those who might not know what that phrase refers to though, it means I (and other booksellers) are invited, even encouraged, to read advance copies of 책 before they are officially released to the public. In this world of thousands upon thousands of books, publishers often send out a free copy in hopes that a particularly enthusiastic recipient will personally promote the work to his 또는 her customers, and thus increase sales exponentally.

Here are a few 책 that I have read in galley form (another phrase...

Daniel J. Levitin, 2006, 320 pages

Why human beings make and enjoy 음악 is, in Levitin’s telling, a delicious story. In this unprecedented meeting of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between 음악 – its performances, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it – and the human brain.

Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that 음악 is nothing 더 많이 than an evolutionary accident, Levitin argues that 음악 is fundamental to our species, perhaps even 더 많이 so than language. ‘This Is Your Brain On Music’ is an ear-opening,...