John Eliot Gardener Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who...

Ronen Bergman The page-turning, news-breaking, inside account of Israel’s state-sponsored assassination programs, from the man hailed by David Remnick as “arguably [Israel’s] best investigative reporter.” March 21, 2019 by John...

Maggie Anton The engrossing historical series of three sisters living in eleventh-century Troyes, France, continues with the tale of Miriam, the lively and daring middle child of Salomon ben Isaac,...

Alan Furst “Nothing can be like watching Casablanca for the first time, but Furst comes closer than anyone has in years.”— TimeAutumn 1941: In a shabby hotel off the place Clichy,...

Alan Furst Paris, 1940. The civilized, upper-class life of film producer Jean Casson is derailed by the German occupation of Paris, but Casson learns that with enough money, compromise, and...

Matthew Guerrieri A TIME Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2012A New Yorker Best Book of the YearLos Angeles Magazine 's #1 Music Book of the YearThis revelatory book of...

Bryan Magee Richard Wagner's devotees have ranged from the subtlest minds (Proust) to the most brutal (Hitler). The enduring fascination with his works arises not only from his singular fusion...

Simon Sebag Montefiore Simon Sebag Montefiore presents the lives of the giants who have made our world. The cast varies from conquerors, poets, kings, empresses and whores to psychopaths, prophets,...

Robert Bolano A tale of bohemian youth on the make in Mexico City from a master of contemporary fiction, and a sublime precursor to The Savage Detectives.Two young poets, Jan and...

Nicholson Baker Vox is the story of two voices, his and hers: two strangers who, having met on a telephone chat-line, find it impossible to hang up.There are many things -...

Edward Rutherfurd Spanning 1800 years of Russia's history, people, politics, and culture, Edward Rutherfurd, author of the phenomenally successful SARUM: THE NOVEL OF ENGLAND, tells a grand saga that is...

Derrick Cooke Long considered a masterpiece, Wagner's Ring has baffled and confused critics because of the highly complex meaning of its text and music. The diverse range of commentaries written...