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This book is the first biography of 20th-century pianist Rudolf Serkin, providing a narrative of Serkin's life with emphasis on his European roots and the impact of his move to America. Based on his personal papers and correspondence, as well as extensive interviews with friends, family, and colleagues, the authors focus on three key aspects of Serkin's work, particularly as it unfolded in America: his art and career as a pianist, his activities as a pedagogue, including his long association with the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, and his key role in institutionalizing a redefinition of...

Tet 1968 was coming and South and North Vietnam had a truce for the holidays. Eight missionaries living in the Central Highland city of Ban Me Thuot were celebrating at home. Ruth Wilting loved her life, the people surrounding her and the Central Highlands of Vietnam. However, the truce was a ruse and before the Tet holiday was over there would be martyrs. Behind the headlines are dramatic stories of love and devotion. In "Mission Vietnam - Under His Wings" you will discover: The little known story of the longest held American POWs in Vietnam The daily hardships of living 9,000 miles from...

Clinical psychologists have been dealing with miserable feelings since their discipline was established. In the last 30 years, neuroscientists have made major headway in the understanding of the sources of anger, depression, and fear. Today, whole industries profit from this knowledgeproducing pills for every sort of pathological mood disturbance. But until recently, few neuroscientists focused on the subject of happiness. Now, in The Science of Happiness, leading German science journalist Stefan Klein ranges widely across the latest frontiers of neuroscience and neuropsychology to explain...