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

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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.…”
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Elements of Musical Composition : Comprehending the Rules of Thorough Bass, and the Theory of Tuning / by Crotch, William, 1775-1847

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Guerrilla USA : the George Jackson Brigade and the anticapitalist underground of the 1970s / by Burton-Rose, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…CONSCIOUSNESS: COMRADE CRIMINAL; 4. A Child Prodigy; 5. Jailhouse Lawyer; 6. Strike!; 7. A Rebel and a Cause; 8. …”
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Mendelssohn / by Rockstro, W. S. 1823-1895

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Substance of Several Courses of Lectures on Music : Read in the University of Oxford, and in the Metropolis / by Crotch, William, 1775-1847

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Autobiographical Recollections : With a Prefatory Essay on Leslie as an Artist, and Selections from his Correspondence. by Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859

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Les deux Champollions, leur vie et leurs oeuvres : Leur correspondance archéologique relative au Dauphiné et à l'Égypte / by Champollion-Figeac, Aimé

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Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Égyptiens : Ou recherches sur les élémens premiers de cette écriture Sacrée, sur leurs diverses vombinaisons, et sur les rapports de ce... by Champollion, Jean-François

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Clara Schumann : An Artist's Life, Based on Material Found in Diaries and Letters. by Litzmann, Berthold

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Clara Schumann : An Artist's Life, Based on Material Found in Diaries and Letters. by Litzmann, Berthold

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Autobiographical Recollections : With a Prefatory Essay on Leslie as an Artist, and Selections from his Correspondence. by Leslie, Charles Robert

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The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham : written by himself. by Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868

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The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham : written by himself. by Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868

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The origins and development of high ability.

Table of Contents: “…Thompson -- Early lives of child prodigies / M.J.A. Howe -- Musical ability / J. …”
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Jean Cocteau : a life / by Arnaud, Claude

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Child Prodigy; TWO: Ariel; THREE: The Living God; FOUR: The Molting; FIVE: The War as Opéra; SIX: The Ordeal of Bohemia; SEVEN: The Parade of Peace; EIGHT: With Radiguet; NINE: All Against Dada; TEN: The Miraculous Years; ELEVEN: Genealogy of a Tragedy; TWELVE: The Angel's Dream; THIRTEEN: La Croix et la Bannière; FOURTEEN: "Raymond Has Returned"; FIFTEEN: The Sound of the Fall; SIXTEEN: The Tragic Years; SEVENTEEN: The Decadent One; EIGHTEEN: The Resurrection; NINTEEN: The Occupied; TWENTY: In the Heart of the Furnace.…”
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The world of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, mathematician of God / by Mazzotti, Massimo

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The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham : written by himself. by Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868

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Mama Rose's turn : the true story of America's most notorious stage mother / by Quinn, Carolyn

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The real Mozart : the original king of pop / by Grohmann, Judith

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