David Haas gathers 132 songs from among his most widely known pieces, like “Blest Are They,” “We Are Called,” “Now We Remain” and “You Are Mine,” and others not as familiar.
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Shakespearian tyrants, then and now
As the reader has no doubt anticipated, Greenblatt has emulated the Shakespearean endeavor: The book is a rumination on the current president, without once mentioning the man by name.
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How to build a better university
A strong vision and mission are two keys to a distinctive university.
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Up close and personal with Pat Conroy
Pat Conroy shares his inner self.
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An adventure in Paris, the city of lights
Liam Callanan explores Paris, but also explores the existential anxieties of the writer’s life as well as the consolations that come from a life of reading.
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Tom Wolfe, America and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Book Review
Remembering a great author…and cringing at some embarrassing prose.
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Protecting the vulnerable
In a new book, Helen Alvaré argues that a just society defends and protects its children from harms of all kinds.
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New Orleans Mayor confronts racism in new memoir
Landrieu’s push to remove Confederate statues is told through the lens of New Orleans’s chronic inability to address race and poverty.
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Pope Francis gets a cartoon treatment
A graphic novel about Pope Francis.
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Nothing is as it seems in this new World War II novel.
Michael Ondaatje’s new novel blends elements of John le Carré and Joseph Conrad.