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Born on a Blue Day: A Memoir of Asperger's and An Extraordinary Mind by Daniel Tammet
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
'I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, becasue the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing.' Like the character Hoffman portrayed, he can perform extraordinary maths in his head, sees numbers as sh ...Show more
Born on a Blue Day - A memoir of Asperger's and an extraordinary mind by Daniel Tammet
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
"I was born on 31 January 1979, a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, because the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing." Like the character Dustin Hoffman portrayed in Rain Man, he can perform extraordinary maths in his ...Show more
Embracing the Wide Sky: A tour across the horizons of the human mind by Daniel Tammet
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Daniel's internationally bestselling memoir of living with Asperger's Syndrome and Savant Syndrome, Born on a Blue Day established him as one of the most original talents in contemporary non-fiction. Now, in his new book, EMBRACING THE WIDE SKY, he combines meticulous scientific research with detailed d ...Show more
Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing - Encounters with the Mysteries and Meanings of Language by Daniel Tammet
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
A mind-expanding, deeply humane tour of language by the bestselling author of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers. Is vocabulary destiny? Why do clocks "talk" to the Nahua people of Mexico? Will A.I. researchers ever produce true human-machine dialogue? In this mesmerizing collection of essay ...Show more
Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing by Daniel Tammet
$37.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
From the bestselling author of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers, a delightful and eclectic exploration of language, and what it can teach us about ourselves and our lives.Why is the name 'Cleopatra' not allowed in Iceland? Why do clocks 'talk' to the Nahua people of Mexico? And if we are what ...Show more
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