Book Review: Otto Binder
/He helped to create some of the staple characters of the comic book world, and yet he's unknown outside the industry. A spirited biography tells the story of Otto Binder.
Read MoreBook Review: The Loney
/A violent, desolate stretch of the English coastline forms the setting for Andrew Michael Hurley's much-heralded debut novel
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week: Vaughan Williams Symphonies
/Vaughn Williams' symphonies are too little played, and too rarely played well. The first disc of an exciting new cycle aims to change that.
Read MoreBook Review: The Summer Guest
/A young woman's diary of her friendship with Anton Chekhov raises the tantalizing possibility of a long-lost work by the master.
Read MoreBook Review: Ice Station Nautilus
/Rick Campbell's new novel features a fight to the death deep under the Arctic ice
Read MoreAbsent Friends: Darwyn Cooke
/Editor Zach Rabiroff revisits the great masterpiece of the late Darwyn Cooke
Read MoreBook Review: The Fireman
/In Joe Hill's new novel, a plague of spontaneous combustion is sweeping the world ...
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Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Haydn: Violin Concertos
/A new release of an old recording prompts the question: Why are orchestra chiefs still afraid of Joseph Haydn?
Read MoreBook Review: Saladin
/A lean and fast-paced new biography tells the story of the legendary sultan who took Jerusalem from the Crusaders
Read MoreBook Review: The Genius of Birds
/A stirring, eloquent new book makes a wide-ranging case for the brainpower of birds
Read MoreBook Review: The Faith of Christopher Hitchens
/A provocative new book sets out to study the faith of one of the country's most famous atheists
Read MoreBook Review: The End of Karma
/A clear-eyed look at the disaffected youth of India
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Beethoven: symphonies 4 and 5
/Just months before his death, Nikolaus Harnoncourt made his final attempt to faithfully render Beethoven's scores into music. Norman Lebrecht assesses his valediction.
Read MoreBook Review: Karl Doenitz and the Last Days of the Third Reich
/A new book looks at the little-known figure of Hitler's chosen successor
Read MoreBook Review: Prisoners of Hope
/A generation ago, President Johnson enacted a stunning array of social legislation, the full audacity of which has often been overshadowed by the other aspects of LBJ's presidency. A new book shines a light on the Great Society.
Read MoreBook Review: The First Nazi
/How much of the evil of Adolf Hitler can be traced to an infamous general of the First World War?
Read MoreDiscussion: Middlemarch for Book Clubs
/Open Letters Senior Editor Rohan Maitzen discusses her new ebook, Middlemarch for Book Clubs
Read MoreBook Review: Valiant Ambition
/The infamous treachery of Benedict Arnold gets a vigorous and richly detailed new retelling by the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea.
Read MoreSecond Glance: The Secret of Prometheus
/The oldest texts can seem familiar, but they repay attention with strangeness. Robert Minto delves into the religious origins and unresolved mysteries of Prometheus Bound.
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