
Truman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies
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Truman Capote once remarked, "My primary thing is that I'm a prose writer. I don't think film is the...

Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa
Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin and Seiji Ozawa
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An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer...

Marshal Vauban and the Defence of Louis XIV's France
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Marshal Vauban was one of the greatest military engineers of all time. His complex, highly...

Shrewdunnit: The Nature Files
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Conor Mark Jameson has spent most of his life exploring the natural environment and communicating...

The Real Tales of Hoffmann: Origin, History, and Restoration of an Operatic Masterpiece
Placido Domingo, Michael Kaye and Vincent Giroud
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Of all operas in the standard repertory, none has had a more complicated genesis and textual history...

The Great British Dream Factory: The Strange History of Our National Imagination
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'Delightfully good ...an exuberant and learned celebration of British culture ...full of love for...

Words, Works, and Ways of Knowing: The Breakdown of Moral Philosophy in New England Before the Civil War
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Crime writer Sara Paretsky is known the world over for her acclaimed series of mysteries starring...

The Gospel of Trees: A Memoir
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In this compelling, beautiful memoir, award-winning writer Apricot Irving recounts her childhood as...

Tropical Houses
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Indonesia fosters many noteworthy architects who have amassed a remarkable collection of works....

Durer
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The prints of darkness The art, theory, and woodcut print revolution of Albrecht Durer A polymath of...