King of the Blues

by Daniel de Visé

The first full and authoritative biography of an American—indeed a world-wide—musical and cultural legend

Leningrad: Siege and Symphony

by Brian Moynahan

From Brian Moynahan, award-winning foreign correspondent and European editor with the Sunday Times, comes a brilliant work of military, political, and cultural history.

Beethoven

by John Suchet

“Suchet’s explanations of Beethoven’s music sing to us almost as if we could hear it. . . . [A] deeply moving, outstanding biography.” —Kirkus…