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Eta Cohen (1916 – 20 November 2012) was a professional English author, teacher and violinist.. Cohen was born in Sunderland, to Jewish immigrants from Lithuania.She left school at age 16 and began to teach music in local private schools in Sunderland and Newcastle.
The book is set in numerous places, including Vienna, New Orleans and Rio de Janeiro. The novel tells the story of three people: a middle-aged woman yearning to become a musician, a ghostly violinist, and the ghost of Beethoven. The story begins with Triana, who apparently becomes insane due to the death of her second husband, Karl, who had ...
Abram Ilich Yampolsky (Russian: Абрам Ильич Ямпольский; 1890–1956) was a Soviet violin teacher who nurtured many Soviet virtuosos during his tenure at the Moscow Conservatory. He graduated in Saint Petersburg in 1913 in the class of Sergej Korguyev, a pupil and assistant of Leopold Auer , and was to be one of the founders ...
Fiction about mind control, the concept that the human mind can be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques. Brainwashing is said to reduce its subject's ability to think critically or independently, to allow the introduction of new, unwanted thoughts and ideas into their minds, as well as to change their attitudes, values, and beliefs.
Whereas Chasing Shadows focused on hardware and machines, its sequel A Fire Within focuses on themes of "consciousness and the human mind". Co-author Hartley said, "Book One focused primarily on the machines themselves–hardware, if you like–but in the second installment of the series we push the story into the gray areas between the normal and the paranormal in more clearly human terms ...
The book was reviewed as "appealing and persuasive" by the Wall Street Journal [8] and "a shining example of lucid and easy-to-grasp science writing" by The Independent. [9] A starred review from Kirkus Reviews described it as "a book that will leave you looking at yourself—and the world—differently."
Hive Mind: How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own is a book by Garett Jones, published in 2015 by Stanford University Press. It explores the science behind the financial payoff of high Individual IQ and the related impact of thinking like a group. The book claims that a nation's average IQ is multiple times more important for ...
Harvey Samuel Whistler Jr. was born September 7, 1907, in Fresno, California, [4] to hotel owners, Harvey Samuel and Sallie Byrn Whistler. [5] His mother, a classically trained pianist, insisted that music be part of Harvey Jr.’s education and oversaw his earliest training on piano.