Comics: Thor Omnibus Volume 2
/The first great era of Marvel Comics' immortal superhero (and present-day cinematic star), the Might Thor, is given a deluxe hardcover reprint volume
Read MoreBook Review: Countdown
/The author of the hit "The World Without Us" returns with a new book in which he ponders whether or not a world WITH us is even possible - and what it would cost.
Read MoreBook Review: Forbidden Music
/A riveting new book looks at the catastrophe that befell Germany's Jewish performers and composers when the Nazis came to power.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Wagner's Piano Sonatas
/In 1832, nineteen-year-old Richard Wagner composed two piano sonatas in an effort to fill the vacuum left by Beethoven's death. Norman Lebrecht discusses the results.
Read MoreBook Review: William Kent
/A symposium of distinguished scholars dissects the wildly ambitious and varied artistic life of the great William Kent
Read MoreBook Review: Graphic the Valley
/A young man born and raised in the wild of Yosemite Valley is forced into a series of confrontations with an encroaching outside world.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Hanns Eisler: Serious Songs
/Behold: a near perfect album. German baritone Matthias Goerne soars in a new recording of the music of Hanns Eisler.
Read MoreBook Review: Ecstatic Nation
/A big, riveting new history looks at the unforgettable men and women who filled the history of the most tumultuous three-decade span in American history
Read MoreBook Review: Star Trek - The Art of Juan Ortiz
/What if each one of the original 79 'Star Trek' TV episodes had instead been a full-length movie? A stellar new collection of the posters for those movies boldly goes where no theater-goer has gone before
Read MoreGuest Movie Review: Riddick
/Bald and ruthless interplanetary badass Riddick is back, played by the man who made him a cult sci-fi favorite
Read MoreBook Review: Confronting the Classics
/The popular teacher and blogger collects her most memorable book reviews from the last dozen years
Read MoreBook Review: A History of Ancient Egypt
/A magnificent new volume tours Egyptian history - starting a mind-bogglingly long time ago
Read MoreBook Review: Shakespeare's Prince
/An exhaustive - and immensely enjoyable - line-by-line examination of Shakespeare's final play
Read MoreBook Review: Fatal Rivalry
/While Henry VIII was away fighting the French, his kingdom was invaded from the north by James of Scotland. It was defended by thousands of brave soldiers, a handful of ambitious courtiers - and one remarkable woman.
Read MoreBook Review: Royal Inheritance
/Pretty young Audrey has grown up in the Tudor court thinking she's the daughter of King Henry VIII's tailor - but what if her real father is the king himself?
Read MoreBook Review: Assault on Sunrise
/In Michael Shea's new novel, an insane movie producer seeks vengeance on the wily extras who eluded his grasp - it's a delightful riff on late-night sci-fi movies ... and a reminder of what sharp fun good science fiction can be.
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Read MoreBook Review: An Impenetrable Screen of Purest Sky
/The gap between reality and the words with which people try to capture it lies at the heart of Dan Beachy-Quick's intelligent, lyrical novel
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Rustic Wedding Symphony
/Karl Goldmark's lively second symphony is a lyric celebration of life's great moments in lush orchestration. Norman Lebrecht reviews a fizzy new recording.
Read MoreBook Review: In the Olden Time
/Victorian historical painting and Victorian historical fiction met in a glorious collaboration of national mythology. Andrew Sanders, in a magnificent new study from Yale University Press, gives that collaboration a delightfully thorough questioning.
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