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Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary
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The book seemed to represent itself as a biography of Zhou. Thinking that's what I was reading, I threw myself into the first few chapters, about his early revolutionary life, with great interest, and was then perplexed when the book glazed over major events like the Long March, the Civil War, the Korean War and the Paris Peace Conference and omitted ... »
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Violin Dreams
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I read Mr. Steinhardt's book in almost a single sitting. His explication of Bach's D minor partita, and particularly its final movement "chaconne" should be required reading for every serious, classical violinist. Despite my many years of involvement with the instrument, both as a dealer and amateur player, I was fascinated with Mr. Steinhardt's sear... »
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Sweet and Low: A Family Story
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Sweet and Low by Richard Cohen bills itself as "the unauthorized true story of one Brooklyn family." And what a family. Cohen, the disinherited grandson of the artificial sweetener Sweet 'n' Low's inventor, combines two parts Horatio Alger-memoir, one part cultural commentary and three parts personal criticism into a fascinating snapshot of Amer... »
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Graceland: An Interactive Pop-Up Tour
My friend and I purchased this for our "Elvis fan" for Christmas. This book is is so much fun. It has great pop up pages that are interactive, such as a... »
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James Joyce (Oxford Lives)
Although several biographers have thrown themselves into the breach since this magisterial book first appeared in 1959, none have come close to matching... »
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