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Five remarkable men came together in 19th century St. Petersburg to challenge each other, compete with each other, inspire each other, and encourage each other - and some quite remarkable music resulted
Read MoreThe Zehetmair Quartet delivers a rich new recording of music by Beethoven, Bruckner, Hartmann and Holliger
Read MoreThe near- infinite abundance of the Internet may seem incredibly alluring, but in his new book David Mikics argues that it's eating away at our ability to appreciate fully what we read. He offers rules and admonitions, as you might expect
Read MoreThe open frontier of self-publishing attracts a wide variety of pioneers - fiercely individual storytellers who for one reason or another have chosen a different path to realizing their writing dreams. One such pioneer is Jack Merridew, who at age 20 is already the author of two self-published works of fiction - and a successful YouTube creator as well. Open Letters talks with him about the brave new world of promoting your own dreams.
Read MoreThe great Natalie Dessay is back ... this time singing movie soundtracks? Norman Lebrecht listens.
Read MoreIt's an act of aggression in which the victim is the perpetrator, and it's a crime for which the criminal cannot be punished: it's suicide, and statistics show we're in the middle of an epidemic of it. A thoughtful new book lays out the case for sticking around.
Read MoreAmerican diplomats and Foreign Service workers travel for America, negotiate for America, cheerlead for America, and sometimes die for America - a magnificent new book gives them the sweeping historical account they've always deserved.
Read MoreA new book by Brad Stone on Amazon.com: does it make nice with the online Goliath, or brandish a slingshot?
Read MoreLang Lang unites with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Symphony Orchestra unite to perform two of the world's most show-stopping piano concertos
Read MoreA big new volume studies Napoleon Bonaparte from the peak of his power to the last days of his final exile
Read MoreA born warrior striving to become a refined gentleman, or a refined gentleman striving to learn a warrior's ways? A new book looks at Washington the military commander
Read MoreThey've always been among us, those rare individuals we call geniuses - but the distinction's meaning has subtly altered over the centuries. It's a big, interesting subject, boiled down by Darrin McMahon into a short, interesting book
Read MoreEvery reader of history has heard of Pickett's Charge, the so-called high-tide mark of the Confederate cause, but the author of a new book contends that the true pivotal point was another charge altogether, led by a different man - on a different day.
Read MoreA quirky teenage girl comes home one day to find her father missing, and she quickly learns he's being held hostage. When she sets herself to save him, Arin Greenwood's YA novel "Save the Enemy" is off and running - and sometimes tripping over itself
Read MoreA great conductor writes a great biography about a great composer!
Read MoreKing George VI and Winston Churchill forged a remarkable working relationship during the trying years of World War II - a new book looks at how it happened, and why
Read MoreNick Cardy
Read MoreStrong-willed Southern governor Cooper Lanier's husband is running for president, and she's learning things about him she'd rather not know in Robert Inman's warm and involving new novel
Read MoreFirst in war, first in peace, first in line for the powers of a god
Read MoreA murder, a trip to the dump, and oh yah - September 11. That wacky Thomas Pynchon is at it again!
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