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New 'Mozart' biography debunks the myths while illuminating the man
NONFICTION: Jan Swafford's comprehensive "Mozart" is dense with engaging anecdotes and musical insights.
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Review: 'Ferdinand, the Man With the Kind Heart,' by Irmgard Keun
FICTION: In this rediscovered and newly translated German novel, a man tries to make his way in society in post-World War II Germany.
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Review: 'Wintering,' by Katherine May
NONFICTION: One writer's winter yields a season of renewal amid a bleak internal landscape.
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Review: 'Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds,' by Paul Farmer
NONFICTION: A fascinating, sobering look at the Ebola epidemic.
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Review: 'Perestroika in Paris,' by Jane Smiley
FICTION: In Jane Smiley's charming fable, a racehorse, a dog and a wise raven meet up in Paris.
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Review: 'World of Wonders' by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
NONFICTION; In beautifully illustrated essays, poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil writes of exotic flora and fauna and her family, and why they are all of one piece.
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Review: 'The Russian Pink,' by Matthew Hart
FICTION: A special agent tries to track down the origins of a massive diamond that might have come from the Romanovs.
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Review: 'In the Shadow of Dora,' by Patrick Hicks
FICTION: Patrick Hicks' vividly researched historical novel examines the little-known ties between Nazi atrocities and America's moonshot.
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