Auditory behavior, perception, and cognition are all shaped by information from other sensory systems. This volume examines this multi-sensory view of auditory function at levels of analysis ranging from the single neuron to neuroimaging in human clinical populations**.**Visual Influence on Auditory Perception Adrian K.C. Lee and Mark T. WallaceCue Combination within a Bayesian Framework David Alais and David BurrToward a Mo...

Imagine a man so wealthy he could buy half of London, yet so miserable he'd argue over the price of a penny. That's Harvey Lyne for you. He lives in a house that feels more like a fortress, surrounded by locks, bars, and a personality like a grumpy cactus. But one morning, the impossible happens: the fortress is breached. Lyne is found dead in his study, and the room is locked from the inside. There's no weapon, no obvious motive, and the only weird thing in the room is a tiny, delicate si...

The Ringer was supposed to be dead. Now the notorious killer walks the streets of London again. His mission: vengeance for his sister's murder. Scotland Yard Inspector Wembury and police doctor Lomond investigate, but this villain is a master of disguise ...In this classic crime thriller, Edgar Wallace blends a well-paced story with delightfully crafted characters, and it's no surprise, that The Ringer (1926) has been adapted as a cult movie more than once.Eng...

Pulitzer Prize winner Wallace Stegner recounts the remarkable career of Major John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of the Southwest Indian tribes. This classic work is a penetrating and insightful study of Powell's career, from the beginning of the Powell Survey, in which Powell and his men famously became the first to descend the Colorado River, to his eventual ouster from the Geological Survey....

It’s Christmas Eve. Your traps are set.You’ve made your secret plans.And now I’m coming to your house.SO CATCH ME, IF YOU CAN!

From the daughter of one of America's most virulent segregationists, a memoir that reckons with her father George Wallace's legacy of hate--and illuminates her journey towards redemption.Peggy Wallace Kennedy has been widely hailed as the "symbol of racial reconciliation" ( Washington Post). In the summer of 1963, though, she was just a young girl watching her father stand in a schoolhouse door as he tried to block two African-American students from enterin...

A definitive look at Biblical Salvation. The ways of God are infinitely wise, yet man willingly confuses and makes ambiguous plain teachings of Scripture to suit his own destructive predilections. This is nowhere more evident than in the doctrine of Salvation. In this book God's Ways are proven to align with common sense. The subject is explained simply, understandably, and sensibly through elucidation of God’s Word.

Final Edition is a one-issue-only political magazine written by people who are aesthetes and literary writers and edited by Wallace Shawn, who seriously believes that part of our national problem is that the people who run the country have a crude and minimal imaginative life and are too little acquainted with the quartets of Beethoven.The issue consists of five pieces:"Before the Election—Fragments from a Diary 2004" by Wallace Shawn The diarist broods on the analogy between...

The second volume in the Detective Fiction Collection!Featuring:The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel, by A. E. W. MasonThe Mysterious Card, by Cleveland MoffettThe Mysterious Card Unveiled, by Cleveland MoffettThe Double Four, by Edward Phillips OppenheimThe Evil Shepherd, by Edward Phillips OppenheimThe Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective, by Catherine Louisa PirkisThe Fall of the House of Usher, by Edgar Allan PoeThe ...

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult Detectives, Female Detectives, Curious Crimes and a whole host more, but also bring a ...

Chronicles of Valor: 50 Historical Adventure Novels gathers a capacious tradition of romance, war narrative, sea tale, imperial adventure, and chivalric quest into a single panorama of the past. Ranging from medieval courts and revolutionary upheavals to frontier conflicts and oceanic voyages, the volume reveals how historical fiction converts research, legend, and national memory into suspenseful storytelling. Its selections juxtapose swashbuckling intrigue, moral ordeal, comic adventure,...

Continue your journey through the greatest works ever written. 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die – Volume 2 expands your literary adventure with another carefully selected collection of timeless classics that have shaped cultures, inspired thinkers, and captivated readers across generations. This volume brings together unforgettable stories from diverse genres and literary traditions, offering readers a rich and rewarding experience filled with depth, emotion, and intellectua...