Blaine Harden A New York Times bestseller, the shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean political prison to have escaped and survived.North Korea is isolated and...

Claudia Roth Pierpont Here, at last, is the story of Philip Roth's creative life. Roth Unbound is not a biography--though it contains a wealth of previously undisclosed biographical details and...

Umberto Eco The perfect gift for book a beautifully designed hardcover in which two of the world's great men have a delightfully rambling conversation about the future of the book...

Philip Glass Words Without Music is the long-awaited memoir by composer Philip Glass, often described by The New York Times as one of the most prolific and influential composers of...

Norman Lebrecht The record industry has fallen into the hands of arms producers, music has lost control of its own production. Lebrecht traces the history of the classical music business....

Mary Jane Phillips-Matz Drawing on numerous original documents provided by Verdi's descendants, the Carrara-Verdi family, this long awaited biography presents a reexamination of Verdi's life not only as a composer,...

Edited by Paul Gruber This practical and up-to-date Guide to Recorded Opera , the only such volume authorized by the Metropolitan Opera Guild, offers a wealth of invaluable information for...

Barry Millington The unrivaled single-volume survey of Wagner's life and work Edited by one of the leading Wagner scholars of modern times, and with contributions from seventeen experts from around...

Abba Eban A companion volume to a new PBS series traces the history of Israel through its four decades of fluctuating fortunes, political turmoil, various leaders, and continuing culture.  November...

Arturo Toscanini Fifty years after his death, Arturo Toscanini is still considered one of the greatest conductors in history, and probably the most influential. His letters, expertly collected, translated, and...

Sinclair McKay The Sunday Times-bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - BerlinThroughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the centre of a...

Barry Millington January 1, 1986 by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd