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An ambitious new novel joins a long and illustrious parade of writers in telling the story of WWI as a tale of innocence lost.
Read MoreThe London Symphony Orchestra has released a marvelous, exhilarating liver performance of Verdi's Requiem, one only slightly let down by its recording methods.
Read MoreA smart and rewarding new biography seeks to portray the very human man underneath the multilayered legend of Martin Luther.
Read MoreFor decades, the weirdos and shaggy-haired mad-genius inventors of DARPA have toiled in well-funded obscurity; a new book uses recently-declassified material to tell their story.
Read MoreA lavishly-produced new book details humanity's long love-hate relationship with some of its most famous and iconic buildings.
Read MoreThe author's multi-volume history of Ancient Egypt now reaches the high points of that culture's power and refinement.
Read MoreIt's hard to evaluate an album of Bach for trio, including Yo-Yo Ma, that is so expertly played yet so flagrantly inoffensive.
Read MoreSharks, bears, rattlesnakes ... these and other infamous apex carnivores long considered mindless killing machines are given a fresh and nuanced re-examination in G. A. Bradshaw's new book.
Read MoreA classic nature guide gets an elaborate, beautiful update.
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Read MoreA new recording of Mahler's vocal masterpiece is made with the best of intentions but has imperfect results.
Read MoreIslands of bright, fable-spinning whimsy dot the debut collection of Kanishk Tharoor
Read MoreThe sudden death of their drug dealer sends two backwoods friends into a spiral of greed and violence in the new novel from David Joy.
Read MoreA lone Czech astronaut on a deep-space mission confronts his past and his fears in this taut, memorable debut novel
Read MoreEven the declaration of war with Germany doesn't stop mysteries from arriving at the doorstep of the indefatigable Maisie Dobbs.
Read MoreA beautifully played album illuminates the expressive film scores of the unjustly overlooked Hanns Eisler.
Read MoreA richly rewarding new book narrates the long and complicated history of the American quest for - and fight against - life, liberty, and the pursuit of sex.
Read MoreLong before the Great Recession shook the modern world to its financial foundations, there was the Great Depression, the subject of a gripping new history.
Read MoreA taut, gripping new biography presents the life of the great warlord-monarch King Cnut
Read MoreNadia Boulanger deferred to the music of her short-lived sister Lily and barely spoke of herself as a composer. Two releases, newly landed, may help to adjust that misperception.
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