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Although Bruce died when he was only forty, his influence on the worlds of comedy, jazz, and satire are incalculable. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People remains a brilliant existential account of his life and the...

When a lanky, unpretentious, incredibly gifted, twenty-three-year-old Texan took Moscow by musical storm in 1958, it launched a sensational career that began at the age of thirteen and was to span over four decades. At the height of the Cold War, this friendly, open-hearted pianist enchanted the hearts of Americans and Russians alike with his playing that was more about -personal communications than exhibitionistic virtuosity.- Winning the Soviet-sponsored Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition immediately thrust Van Cliburn into political as well as artistic pressures, attention,...

Until February 15, 2001, Howard Reich's mother, Sonia, had managed to keep almost everything about her experience of the Holocaust from her son. That night, she packed some clothes and fled her house in Skokie, Illinois, convinced that someone was trying to kill her. This was the first indication that she was suffering from late-onset post traumatic stress disorder, a little-known condition that can emerge decades after the initial trauma. For Howard, it was also the opening of a window onto his mother's past.

In Prisoner of Her Past, Howard Reich has written a moving memoir...

Die Erdkruste enthält viele fließfähige Schätze, ohne die unsere moderne Gesellschaft nicht funktioniert. Hierzu zählen Erdöl und Erdgas, aber auch in zunehmendem Maße umweltfreundliches heißes Wasser, das wir in Form von geothermischer Energie nutzen können.

Entgegen der Vorstellung vieler Menschen findet man diese Fluide allerdings nicht in unterirdischen Höhlen, sondern in den mikroskopisch kleinen Poren des Gesteins in mehreren Kilometern Tiefe. Dort herrschen Temperaturen...

This absorbing and award-winning biography tells the story of the tragedies and triumphs of Clara Wieck Schumann (1819 1896), a musician of remarkable achievements. At once artist, composer, editor, teacher, wife, and mother of eight children, she was an important force in the musical world of her time. To show how Schumann surmounted the obstacles facing female artists in the nineteenth century, Nancy B. Reich has drawn on previously unexplored primary sources: unpublished diaries, letters, and family papers, as well as concert programs. Going beyond the familiar legends of the Schumann...