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The story behind the singalong holiday classic that shall reign forever and ever

Nonfiction: “Every Valley” traces the history of the creation of Handel’s “Messiah.”
December 12, 2024
Baroque expert Jeanette Sorrell will conduct Handel's "Messiah" with the Singers and the SPCO.
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What does your car say about you? ‘The Driving Machine’ knows.

Nonfiction: An eminent architecture writer brings his singular eye to a dazzling history of car design.
October 4, 2024
drawing of automobile from "The Driving Machine"
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Review: You might think a history of tax havens would be dull but ‘The Hidden Globe’ is ‘luminous’

Nonfiction: A brilliant expose of international tax havens reveals how the ruling class shapes our world.
October 4, 2024
photo of author Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
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Expect this history of trail-blazing Black communities to be in the hunt for big prizes

NONFICTION: “The Black Utopians” weaves dazzling memoir with little-known political history.
September 25, 2024
photo of author Aaron Robertson
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A collection of horror stories takes on Argentina and its (horrifying) history

FICTION: There may be a Nobel Prize in the future for its author, Mariana Enriquez.
September 10, 2024
photo of author Mariana Enriquez, against a black backdrop
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A serial killer worms his way into many lives in ‘scalp-tingling’ novel ‘Highway Thirteen’

FICTION: Fiona McFarlane’s collection of linked stories probes lives devastated by an Australian serial killer.
August 19, 2024
photo of author Fiona McFarlane
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Animals make lots of noise; book argues they may be trying to tell us something

NONFICTION: Was Dr. Dolittle onto something? A superb new science study makes the case.
August 1, 2024
Minnesota Zoo hosting seven bottlenose dolphins
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Expect this history of trail-blazing Black communities to be in the hunt for big prizes

NONFICTION: “The Black Utopians” weaves dazzling memoir with little-known political history.
September 25, 2024
photo of author Aaron Robertson
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A collection of horror stories takes on Argentina and its (horrifying) history

FICTION: There may be a Nobel Prize in the future for its author, Mariana Enriquez.
September 10, 2024
photo of author Mariana Enriquez, against a black backdrop
Books

A serial killer worms his way into many lives in ‘scalp-tingling’ novel ‘Highway Thirteen’

FICTION: Fiona McFarlane’s collection of linked stories probes lives devastated by an Australian serial killer.
August 19, 2024
photo of author Fiona McFarlane
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Animals make lots of noise; book argues they may be trying to tell us something

NONFICTION: Was Dr. Dolittle onto something? A superb new science study makes the case.
August 1, 2024
Minnesota Zoo hosting seven bottlenose dolphins
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