Download or read book Off the Charts written by Ann Hulbert and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Hulbert’s in-depth exploration of the lives of sixteen extraordinary children over the course of the past century casts new light on America’s current obsession with early achievement. The figures she profiles include math genius Norbert Wiener, founder of cybernetics; two girls whose fiction and poetry stirred debate in the 1920s; the movie superstar Shirley Temple; the African-American pianist and composer Philippa Schuyler; the chess champion Bobby Fischer; computer pioneers and “prodigious savants” with autism; and musical prodigies, present and past. Hulbert probes the changing roles of parents and teachers as well as of psychologists and a curious press. Above all, she delves into the feelings of the prodigies themselves, whose stories so intriguingly raise hopes about untapped human potential and questions about how best to nurture it.

Download or read book Prodigies written by Angélica Gorodischer and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Locus Recommended Reading Prodigies explores the story of the poet Novalis's birthplace in the German town of Weissenfels after it is converted into a boarding house. Moving, subtle, and full of wit, irony, and dreams, this novel fills the house with the women who lived there throughout the nineteenth century, and across the flow of history constructs the secret drama of their destinies. Praise for Prodigies: "I am so in love with this book I could explode! I want to hug it and pet it and call it George. I knew it would be good, because Small Beer Press publishes the best, but I had no idea how just enchanted I would be with this delightful novel of unusual tenants at a boarding house in the nineteenth century. This book scratched my Muriel Spark/Barbara Comyns itches, with an extra side of the unusual. Originally published in 1994, this is Argentinian writer Gorodischer’s third novel to be translated into English. I will definitely be reading the first two now!” — Liberty Hardy, Book Riot “Put strangers around a common table and you have possibilities, in life and in literature. Thus the driving premise of The Magic Mountain, and thus Argentine novelist Gorodischer’s slender book. . . . Gorodischer writes a poetic, vigorous prose. Her story, dreamlike and start-and-stop, takes effort, for though brief, it is dense—and well worth the trouble.” — Kirkus Reviews "Because of Prodigies' unusual style, it requires great care and thoughtfulness to read. It cannot be rushed through or casually scanned. An impatient reader will abandon this book long before its rich rewards can be reaped. The right audience will have a willingness to savor, to double-back over sentences, to bob along to wherever the author and characters wish to take you. If you are ready for the experience of Prodigies, it is definitely ready for you." — Carmen Maria Machado, NPR "Gorodischer's rhythmic and transparent prose reveals the violence underlying bourgeois respectability. Prodigies is both incisive and incantatory."—Sofia Samatar, author of A Stranger in Olondria "Prodigies, which she considers to be her best novel . . . takes place in Germany in the home of the poet Novalis after his death, and is a humorous and ironic portrayal of the women who passed through that home."—Women and Power in Argentinean Literature Angélica Gorodischer was born in Buenos Aires in 1928 and has lived in Rosario since 1936. She has published many novels and short story collections including Kalpa Imperial, Mango Juice, and Trafalgar, as well as a memoir, History of My Mother. Her work has been translated into many languages and her translators include Ursula K. Le Guin and Alberto Manguel. With certain self-satisfaction she claims she has never written plays or poems, not even at sixteen when everybody writes poems, especially on unrequited love. She received two Fulbright awards as well as many literary awards around the world, including a 2014 Konex Special Mention Award.

Download or read book Child Prodigies and Exceptional Early Achievers written by John Radford and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1990 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation of exceptional early ability which draws upon both historical and contemporary examples of child prodigies. The author demonstrates the varied fields in which achievement is possible and considers the role of environment, genetic inheritance and stimulating mentors.

Download or read book Heaven s Laws Prodigies written by Apollos Thorne and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dark cultivation fantasy epic.

Download or read book Musical Prodigies written by Gary McPherson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a prodigy? Although child prodigies can be found in various disciplines such as music, mathematics, chess, and art, the origins of exceptional has long been controversial. Some have dismissed the notion of innate talent, arguing that prodigies benefit from strong parental, cultural, and environmental influences that helped them develop their extraordinary abilities. Others emphasize the role of genes supported by inborn predispositions. And what role do cognitive processes, from memory to the use of imagery and language, play in such rapid and early talent development? The notion of prodigy reaches to the heart of questions about creativity, intelligence, development, and the relationship between nature and nurture. This ground-breaking book presents the first scientific exploration of musical prodigies, bringing together research from psychology, neurobiology, genetics, education, musicology, and ethnomusicology, to provide a thorough exploration of prodigious talent. With fascinating case studies of prodigies and their often complex transitions into adolescence and adulthood, this is a unique investigation of a remarkable phenomenon, for anyone interested in child development, music, and the arts. --Cover.

Download or read book Fifty Local Prodigies written by History of Music Project and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Discourse Concerning Prodigies where in the Vanity of Presages by Them is Reprehended To which is Added a Short Treatise Concerning Vulgar Prophecies By John Spencer written by John Spencer and published by . This book was released on 1665 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Arithmetical Prodigies written by Edward Wheeler Scripture and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Philosophy of Magic Prodigies and Apparent Miracles written by Anne Joseph Eusèbe Bacconière Salverte and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World Vol 8 light novel written by Riku Misora and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ORIGIN OF THE SEVEN LUMINARIES Now that Yamato is free, the Prodigies head for anancient elf village to learn why they were summoned to this world. The surprising truth they uncover confirms what Tsukasa has suspected all along: Time is running out. The evil dragon’s forces are working to revive their master, and stopping them is the only way the high schoolers can return home. However, one in their group is missing. Can Masato be persuaded to rejoin the others before it’s too late?

Download or read book The Prodigies of the Blessed Virgin Mary written by Luisa Piccarreta and published by Fivestar. This book was released on 2023-09-17 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: …After this, I felt myself going out of myself into the Vault of the Heavens, together with my Loving Jesus. It seemed that everything was in Feast – Heaven, earth and Purgatory. All were Inundated with a New Joy and Jubilation. Many souls were going out of Purgatory and, like bolts of lightning, reached Heaven in order to be present at the Feast of our Queen Mama.

Download or read book The occult sciences the philosophy of magic prodigies and apparent miracles From the Fr with notes by A T Thomson written by Anne Joseph Eusèbe Baconnière-Salverte and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Prodigies Omens and Oracles in Virgil s Aeneid written by Wilhelmina Henrietta De Feyter and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Musical Prodigies written by Claude Kenneson and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1998 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a celebration of the remarkable lives of forty-four musical prodigies from the eighteenth century to the present. With a profound appreciation for their gifts, Claude Kenneson tells the amazing stories of Mozart and Paganini, Andres Segovia and Samuel Barber, Van Cliburn and Ruggiero Ricci, Shauna Rolston and Yo-Yo Ma, to name a few. The author has nurtured several prodigies among his own cello students and brings a teacher's sensitivity to these accounts of many a perilous journey to maturity. He explores early family life, first teachers, the importance of peers, and the inevitable struggles for independence and acceptance as an adult musician. Parents and families of gifted children in all the arts will welcome this book. Young musicians will find companionship, reassurance, and insight into their own lives. And for all who have the opportunity to guide prodigious gifts, Kenneson has created an invaluable resource.

Download or read book Nature s Gambit written by David Henry Feldman and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will be of great interest to educators and researchers of gifted children, to professionals in child development, and to parents and others who wish to learn more about nurturing children's abilities.

Download or read book Music and Chess written by Achilleas Zographos and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2017-11-03 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Most Fascinating Journey! It has long been recognized that there are only three major areas of human endeavor which produce prodigies: music, chess and mathematics. This does not occur by happenstance. There are links on many levels. Now, for the first time, Music and Chess – Apollo Meets Caissa examines the yet unexplored relation of chess to music. Mathematics is a main common denominator, a fact that is highlighted accordingly. The thesis of this extraordinarily researched book is that chess is art in itself. It can create art and is strongly related to mathematics and music. As becomes clear, this relationship has already been introduced by some legendary players such as Mikhail Tal and Vladimir Kramnik . Great artists such as John Cage, Marcel Duchamp and Arnold Schönberg, to name but a few, have also been fascinated by the very same idea. Surprisingly, this has not been explored in detail so far – only some sporadic articles exist, by authors specializing in either music or chess. There are chapters that address issues which are specialized in chess and music, while others cover related issues of general, social and artistic nature. Music and Chess – Apollo Meets Caissa can be appreciated by readers who have a good, general, though non-specific background, in both fields. That is, no technical knowledge of music is required, with the only prerequisite to fully appreciate the text being the understanding of standard chess rules. The text could be equally enlightening to students of music or mathematics, as an added intellectual insight into these two disciplines. The text is supplemented by many chess diagrams, charts, and over 50 full-color images. So, turn on the music, set up chessboard, get out the calculator and let the author take you on a most fascinating journey that is Music and Chess – Apollo Meets Caissa.

Download or read book My First Songbook written by Sam Young and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My First Songbook: Volume II features 12 colorful and large formatted kids songs! Paired with Boomwhackers, Chromanotes Bells or a piano with color coded stickers, this book will have your child playing, singing and hand-signing with simple melodies in no-time. Each song features a verse of Solfége hand-signs, which provide an excellent kinesthetic way for developing a sense of memorized pitch. NEW TO VOLUME II: In Volume II, each measure has a light gray grid of boxes to show the beats inside the measure. This makes it easier than ever to keep track of your rhythm and to show kids how long each musical note is! Volume II includes sheet music for: Sally the Camel, Lightly Row, Muffin Man, London Bridge, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Lil' Liza Jane, I'm a Nut, You Are My Sunshine, 5 Little Pumpkins, I'm a Little Teapot, The Wheels on the Bus & Happy Birthday!