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  • Taken With a Grain of Salt
    Jason Salthouse
    In this autobiographical collection of short stories, Jason Salthouse brings the reader on a journey throughout his younger years. Examining his past decisions and actions, and leading the reader through his trove of memories, with accompany art by Sam Berg.The short story collection is comprised of nine stories and nine illustrations, and it also features 'Surfer on the Greyho...
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    13,75 €

  • Mechanisms of Age-cognition Relations in Adulthood
    Timothy A. Salthouse
    This monograph is the written version of a series of talks delivered as recent MacEachran Lectures at the University of Alberta. The informal style of the lectures, and the inclusion of a relatively large number of figures, has been preserved in order to keep the monograph faithful to the concept of an individual attempting to integrate his own research into a reasonably cohere...
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    79,16 €

  • Mother Koala Knows Best and Other Australian Animal Stories
    Betty Salthouse
    This charming collection of short animal stories will be greatly enjoyed by any children who love native Australian wildlife.Written with Betty Salthouse’s characteristic gentle humour, its short chapters make it a satisfying read for newly independent readers. It will also be enjoyed by older children (and adults!) who have been moved by the plight of Australian animals affect...
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    7,45 €

  • Cuckoo Call
    Betty Salthouse
    A short chapter book in traditional style about a family of blackbirds who unwittingly raise a cuckoo's egg among their brood, and the dire consequences on the other chicks when it hatches out. Although blackbirds are usually very good parents, neither Danny nor Daisy notice that they're raising a cuckoo, and it's left to their young son Brains to try to save the fa...
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    6,07 €

  • Parrot Talk
    Betty Salthouse
    When nine-year-old Jamie Horton rescues a lost parrot and smuggles it into his bedroom, he has to act fast to learn how to care for it without revealing his secret to his bossy big sister and anxious mum. But then the bird escapes, and Jamie fears the worst. Will Jamie ever see Sidney again? One thing's for certain - Jamie's life will never be the same again. A traditio...
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    7,56 €

  • The Fossil Hunters
    Betty Salthouse
    When ten-year-old Jamie Rollings takes up fossil-hunting for a hobby, he stumbles across some exciting discoveries on the nearby estate that lead to new friendships and surprises that make this summer holiday truly special and unforgettable. This traditional children's adventure story is set in an English country village in the days when children played outdoors with their ...
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    7,21 €

  • Adult Cognition
    Timothy A. Salthouse
    For some time now, the study of cognitive development has been far and away the most active discipline within developmental psychology. Although there would be much disagreement as to the exact proportion of papers published in developmental journals that could be considered cognitive, 50% seems like a conservative estimate. Hence, a series of scholar...
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    66,37 €

  • Theoretical Perspectives on Cognitive Aging
    Timothy A. Salthouse
    The phenomenon of age-related cognitive decline has long been controversial, both in terms of mere existence, and with respect to how it is explained. Some researchers have dismissed it as an artifact of declining health or lower levels of education, and others have attributed it to general changes occurring in the external environment. Still other interpretations have been bas...
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    45,23 €