This book focuses on piano teachers and the many pains they encounter in their careers. These pains play an essential role in blocking the musical inspiration of their students. The author identifies with the sensitivities of the teachers, aiming at the inspiration permeated and safer playing of their students. The book penetrates the protective mechanisms of the teachers that, on the one hand, maintain their professional functioning, while on the other hand, block refreshing ideas. It combines exploration of secure and culturally informed inspired playing, coping with exaggerated anxiety and understanding the interaction of piano actions with pianist’s physiology. This book helps to open teachers’ perceptions of the ways to enable more secure and more inspired performances while remembering the inner feelings of the piano teachers.

On a mission to the Czech Carpathian Mountains, to investigate rumors of vampire activity. Carl meets Alexi, his homophobic translator. they visit the bucolic valley where they fall in love with the people still living in the 14th Century. They eventually discover their love for each other, and are determined to free the beleagured valley from the terror of Vlad and his 2-demons. First they must help them economically

Extraordinary true story of untold secret Londoners in awe of their city. Milgram-inspired social experiment on deschooling, SEN, and labeled gifted. Fighting back the poverty through thought provoking, mind-blowing success in the gutters of Third World London and prestige. Triumph over adversity, courage of a mother to keep family, home and alternative holistic education, and brothers love for their sister. Storytelling is the quest for finding the lost blindfold of Lady Justice and protest against modern-day witch hunt by LEA and persecution.

The first biography of the celebrated Broadway and Hollywood choreographer and director—a complex man of extraordinary genius and overwhelming demons. His work on such legendary shows as The King and I, West Side Story, Gypsy, Funny Girl, and Fiddler on the Roof made him one of the most influential and creative forces in the history of American theater. His collaborators, friends, and enemies were among the greatest celebrities of stage and screen, including Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Stephen Sondheim, Natalie Wood, Montgomery Clift, and Mary Martin. His brilliant contribution to the American Ballet Theater and the New York City Ballet established him as one of the century’s great choreographic masters of the form. But in 1998, Jerome Robbins died a haunted man. All of his life, he was tortured by private demons: his conflicted feelings about his bisexuality and his Judaism; his bitter relationship with his parents; his betrayals of others during the McCarthy hearings; and a demanding perfectionism that bordered on the sadistic. Now, this groundbreaking biography, based on hundreds of interviews with friends, family, and colleagues, provides the first complete portrait of the man and the artist—a harrowing, heartbreaking, and triumphant work as complicated and fascinating as the legend himself.

Gary Campbell received early spiritual guidance and direction from the Pentecostal community in Jersey City, NJ; he participated in music ministries with gifts of singing and playing percussion. He has worked as a counselor with dually diagnosed youth providing insight and preparation to help facilitate independent living skills. In addition he has provided career counseling to youth in the Newark, NJ area. On his journey of self-realization, Gary's creative expressionism lead to freelancing in art and photography. As the thirst for structured truth, wisdom, and creativity increased he was endeared to the teachings of Bishop McKinley whereby he were selected as Assistant Pastor. In the next decade he served as Elder at True Vine Ministries in Jersey City, NJ, teaching and serving under Pastor Roderick Alan. Gary has over 60 articles published on Helium.com and has finished his second book "Quality of Heart" while placing the finishing touches on "Be for Meat" these both will be published in the upcoming later this year. With the advent of the mega-church concept and increased tele-evangelism, noted clergy such as TD Jakes, Joel Osteen, etc... have inspired the conviction that the local churches should align their tenets and agendas to meet the greater goals of mainstream evangelism, as "Where Are The Teachers?" proposes a new way forward that seeks to restructure and retool the discipline of teaching in the church. Gary is available for webinars and teleconferences throughout the year and hosts a blog (www.Whereare.wordpress.com) and website for direct/immediate access.

A monthly journal for the musician, the music student, and all music lovers.

'Hilarious, subversive, sharp without being lethal, and loving without an ounce of sentiment, Shirley Jackson's more-or-less autobiographical account of life as a mother of four and faculty wife (and brilliant writer) is an eternal, comic joy' Amy Bloom 'Our new house was waiting for us, eager, expectant, and empty' Shirley Jackson skewered the trials of domestic life in 1950s America with wry wit and uncanny precision. In this sequel to Life Among the Savages, her four offspring have now grown into fully-fledged demons. As their house starts to burst at the seams, the Jackson clan somehow manage (without really planning it) to move into a larger home, only to take the chaos - absent furniture, vanishing children, misbehaving refrigerators, an avalanche of books - right along with them.

One would assume that a woman with a seventh-grade education, eight children to raise, and no money is considered a failure. Wrong! Not for this woman who was born in the Deep South in the 1920s. Instead, she used her situation as a ladder, setting goals and stepping over obstacles to successfully break free from the clutches of poverty. Staring poverty in the face and cleaning huge homes of affluent white people for miniscule wages to take care of eight children, Odessa B. Toyer demonstrated how one woman of tenacious character and totally dependent on God beat the odds to rear a family that would make her proud and give back to enhance her quality of life. She did it all without handouts and taught her children to do the same. Out of her poverty came many and varied life lessons that live on through her offspring. Decades later after all of her children were grown, it was shocking to see this strong woman forget the meal she had eaten fifteen minutes earlier, put keys in the refrigerator, or wander away from home to become a victim of the dreaded Alzheimer's disease. Once diagnosed, Odessa would fight the disease, and in the end, she strong-armed Alzheimer's by refusing to forget her children. When she died in 2008, we had no idea we would see Alzheimer's again. The monster was still lurking and would ultimately claim Odessa's oldest daughter. Where's Mama goes against the stereotypical finger-pointing of poverty-stricken families. On the contrary, it will show that proper raising, not poverty or ethnicity, determines the successful outcome of children. This story is multifaceted with many twists, and it will show how Odessa's adult children chose serving over life's pleasures to give back to their mother and a sibling through caregiving that collectively spanned more than a decade. I am Odessa's daughter. I lived through poverty with her and my siblings. That's why I'm telling her story. I believe this book will help others who have a will to climb out of poverty; and people tasked with caring for elderly loved ones who are victims of Alzheimer's.

Facing life in and of itself is difficult. But when self-esteem issues, drugs, and questions about life come crashing down all at once, life is more than difficult. Many of us have unpleasant memories which we have carried on our shoulders as we became adults. These memories which may seem dormant can surface in many other negative ways. Unexplained aggression, total mood changes for no apparent reason, deep depression are just a few examples which can come from repressed feelings. This is about one person who struggles to overcome their inner conflicts as well as the shame which came from certain traumatic events. The life of those closest to Fred was greatly affected. Self-redemption and the long journey to coming to terms in order to heal is a story that everyone should be able to relate to. People who are afraid to speak on issues that hurt have to understand that to hold on to these bitter feelings will become toxic. And just like waste it will poison everything around. Thoughts of suicide was a big part of Fred's life during the years of inner rage as well as low self-esteem. Many may wrestle with these thoughts but through the personal experience I can say that reaching rock bottom made me face myself. I am thanking God for being a great part of my life without this foundation I would not be here now. Whether you to go to church or not this story should impress everyone in order to heal, we have to put closure on certain unpleasant subjects.

Diane Garner considers herself a small town Texas Anglo girl with an astonishingly successful single mom. She experiences a dramatic transition from desperate poverty that resulted when her father abandoned the family. The family finds prosperity in a small Texas town when her mother becomes a hospital executive a very unusual career for a woman in the fifties. Diane grows up in the nurturing community where she enjoys various adventures and mischievous pranks with friends. One day at the age of twenty-two she learns a startling secret about her mother's hidden past, then embarks on a journey to restore the lost legacy of her family.