Searching for Bobby Fischer : the world of chess, observed by the father of a child prodigy / by Waitzkin, Fred

Crossing bridges : my journey from child prodigy to fiddler who dared the world / by O'Connor, Mark

Nature's gambit : child prodigies and the development of human potential / by Feldman, David Henry

Off the charts : the hidden lives and lessons of American child prodigies / by Hulbert, Ann

Alva Myrdal : the passionate mind / by Hirdman, Yvonne, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…The child prodigy -- Love by letter -- The two cages -- Encounter with reality -- Joie de vivre -- The firm : Social Engineering, Inc. -- A new deal? …”

The development of artistically gifted children : selected case studies /

Table of Contents: “…The changing concept of artistic giftedness / Diana Korzenik -- Lautrec : gifted child artist and artistic monument : connections between juvenile and mature work / David Pariser -- Varda : the development of a young artist / Claire Golomb and Malka Haas -- Germinal motifs in the work of a gifted child artist / Constance Milbrath -- It was an incredible experience : the impact of educational opportunities on a talented student's art development / Enid Zimmerman -- Eitan : the artistic development of a child prodigy / Claire Golomb -- Nadia reconsidered / Lorna Selfe -- Elusive profiles : tentatively sketching giftedness / Ronald N. …”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : a biography / by Melograni, Piero

Table of Contents: “…Prologue, June 1765 : in a London tavern -- 1756-1767 : the rise and decline of the child prodigy -- 1767-1777 : searching for a post with his father -- 1777-1778 : in search of a permanent post with his mother -- 1778-1780 : a difficult homecoming -- 1780-1782 : winning freedom -- 1782-1786 : Vienna : difficulties and successes -- 1786-1790 : the great Italian operas -- 1791 : Mozart's last year -- Epilogue : Mozart lives on.…”

The drama of the American short story, 1800-1865 / by Collins, Michael J. 1984-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Irving brothers at the Park Theatre, 1802 -- "No garden of thought, nor elysium of fancy": Washington Irving's The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent -- The rites of pure brotherhood: fraternalism and performance in Poe and Lippard -- "The rule of men entirely great": Richelieu, ritual, and republicanism in Melville's diptychs -- The "child of nature," or the "wonder of the age": Melville's child prodigies -- "Contending for an empire": performing sincerity in Hawthorne's New England -- Epilogue: Louisa May Alcott's theatrical realism.…”

On Michael Jackson / by Jefferson, Margo, 1947-

Stuff you should know : an incomplete compendium of mostly interesting things / by Clark, Josh, 1976-, Bryant, Chuck, 1971-, Parker, Nils

Table of Contents: “…Potato Head -- Murphy beds -- How to get lost -- Mezcal -- John Frum and the Cargo Cults -- Backmasking -- Aging -- The history of income tax -- The pet rock -- Cyanide pills -- Do(ugh)nuts -- The Jersey devil -- Demolition derbies -- Kamikaze -- Trichotillomania and the BFRBs -- Trillionaires -- The SCUM manifesto -- Roadies -- The Scotland Yard Crime Museum -- Jack Kevorkian -- Well-witching -- The first gun(s) -- Keeping up with the Joneses -- Dog smells -- The perfect Price is Right game -- Child prodigies -- Appendix. Stuff You Should Know podcast episodes.…”

He stopped loving her today : George Jones, Billy Sherrill, and the pretty-much totally true story of the making of the greatest country record of all time / by Isenhour, Jack

Table of Contents: “…Plum crazy -- Spoiled rotten child prodigy addict -- Heart broke -- The making of "He stopped loving her today" session: George Jones -- Eyewitnesses v. paperwork -- Collaboration and compilation -- Epilogue: true love purgatory.…”

A life in letters / by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

Childhood and innocence in American culture : heartaches and nightmares /

Table of Contents: “…Curtis -- Finding (and losing) the American child : interiority ad the wilderness of the self in Cynthia Voigt's Tillerman Cycle / Rebecca Long -- 'Growing up too fast, too soon' : the child prodigy in late postmodernist literature / Oliver J. …”

W.A. Mozart / by Abert, Hermann, 1871-1927

Table of Contents: “…Childhood -- Travels of the child prodigy -- Works from the grand tour -- Studies in Salzburg -- The first operas in Vienna -- Gesellschaftsmusik and church music of 1769 -- The first Italian journey -- The second and third Italian journeys -- Opera seria -- Early operas and the oratorio la betulia liberata -- Church and instrumental works, 1769-1773 -- On the road to 'La finta giardiniera' -- Opera buffa -- La finta giardiniera -- Mozart in Salzburg, 1775 -- Munich and Augsburg -- Mannheim -- Arrival in Paris : tragédie lyrique -- 'Opéra comique' -- The music dramas of Gluck -- Mozart in Paris -- Homecoming -- Service at the Salzburg court -- Sacred and instrumental works, 1779-1781-- König Thamos and Zaide -- Idomeneo -- First steps in Vienna -- The German singspiel -- Die Entführung aus dem Serail -- Engagement and marriage -- Mozart's personality -- Relations with Constanze, friends and colleagues, 1782-1786 -- Mozart and Freemasonry -- In the service of the aristocracy and society -- Plans for new operas -- Mozart and artistic creativity -- Perfpimd changes in style: the influence of J.S. …”

Tiger Woods / by Benedict, Jeff, Keteyian, Armen

Ballad for Sophie / by Melo, Filipe

Hidden potential : the science of achieving greater things / by Grant, Adam, 1981-