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Master Musicians Series

Modest Musorgsky was one of the towering figures of 19th-century Russian music. In this life-and-works study, David Brown shows how Musorgsky, though essentially an amateur with no systematic training in composition, emerged in his first opera Boris Godunov, as a supreme musical dramatist. Indeed, in this opera, and in certain of his piano pieces in Pictures at an Exhibition, Musorgsky produced some of the most startlingly novel music of the 19th century.

Oxford, 2006; 391 pp.; EN; index; pb

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Carola Oman's classic work sets the standard against which all biographies of Nelson can be judged. She had access not only to all of the 19th-century and early 20th-century accounts of Nelson's life and battles, but also to primary sources.

Naval Institute Press; 734 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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In 1901, a year after her brother Friedrich's death, Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche published The Will to Power, a hasty compilation of writings he had never intended for print. In this book Diethe contends that Elisabeth's own will to power and her desire to place herself -and not her brother- at the centre of cultural life in Germany are centrally responsible for Nietzsche's reputation as a belingerent and pro-Fascist thinker. This new look at Nietzsche's sister also examines their family dynamics.

Illinois, 2003; 214 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pb

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Martin Luther exposed the myth of a unified Latin Christendom and urged Christians to read and interpret the bible for themselves. This is a vivid picture of a complex and driven man, a warts-and-all study.

St. Martin's, 2008; 399 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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In this biographical account of Richard F. Burton, Newman's primary focus is Burton's relationship Africa and Africans -the famous English explorer is shown to be a not so benevolent racist, as well as a congenitally disgruntled and unhappy traveller.

Potomac, 2010; 302 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hb

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Paul Was Not a Christian is a groundbreaking work that systematically overturns both scholarly and popularly conceptions. As Eisenbaum reveals, Paul is not the true founder of Christianity, nor does Paul understand Jesus Christ as having superseded the Torah and thereby replacing Judaism with Christianity. Here is a much-needed corrective to the traditional portrait of Paul and his divisive legacy.

HarperOne, 2009; 318 pp.; EN; index; hb

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Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian immigrant, was one of the most important figures of the modern world. He came to America a month after signing of the Declaration of Independence, literally showing up on Benjamin Franklin's doorstep with little more than a revolutionary spirit and a genius for engineering. Entering the fray as a volunteer in the war effort, he quickly proved his capabilities. After the war, he returned to Poland where he became a leading figure in its constitutional movement.

Thomas Dunne, 2009; 370 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pb

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Anna Goldsworthy was 9 years old when she met Eleanora Sivan, the charismatic Russian emigre and world-class pianist who became her piano teacher. Piano Lessons is the story of what Mrs. Sivan brought to Anna's lessons -a love of music, a generous spirit, and the courage to embrace a musical life. Beautifully written and strikingly honest, Piano Lessons takes the reader on a journey into the heart and meaning of music.

St. Martin's, 2010; 243 pp.; EN; hb

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The wonderful book of the Louis Armstrong House and Archives afforded glimpses of the collages of photos, clippings, and adhesive tape that the great jazzman composed on hundreds of boxes of reel-to-reel recording tape. Now Brower exposes this homemade artwork much more generously, mounting at 7-by-7-inch full scale more than 100 collages as well as other photos and pages of Louis Armstrong's typed and handwritten recollections.

Abrams, 2009; 256 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb

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This beautifully produced book contains images capturing a relationship that spanned 3 decades, and takes us behind the scenes of Frank Sinatra's incredible journey. The superstar of music and movies allowed O'Neill's camera to follow his every move, on the road, at home and backstage. More than 100 photographs.

Evans Mitchell, ; 126 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb slipca.

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