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December 08, 2005

(++++) BACH AND BRAZIL IN BALANCE

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Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras (complete). Nashville Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Schermerhorn (Nos. 2-9) and Andrew Mogrelia...
December 04, 2005

(++++) ORDINARY OPERA MADE EXTRAORDINARY

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Gounod: Roméo et Juliette. Virginia Opera production conducted by Peter Mark. Presented at Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fa...
December 01, 2005

(++++) THE POLITICIZATION OF COMIC STRIPS

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Candorville: Thank God for Culture Clash. By Darrin Bell. Andrews McMeel. $10.95. Prickly City. By Scott Stantis. Andrews McMeel. $10.95. No...

(++++) STOCKING STUFFERS THE KLUTZ WAY

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How to Make Pompom Animals. By the editors of Klutz. Chicken Socks/Klutz. $9.95. Hand Art. By the editors of Klutz. Chicken Socks/Klutz. $9....

(++++) WORLD VIEWS

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A Left-Hand Turn Around the World: Chasing the Mystery and Meaning of All Things Southpaw. By David Wolman. Da Capo. $23.95. Scholastic Book...

(+++) TALL TALES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT

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American Tall Tales. By Mary Pope Osborne. Wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. Knopf. $22. Kung Fu High School. By Ryan Gattis. Harcourt. $1...

(++++) CONVERGENCE OF COMPUTER AND MAP

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Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 with GPS Locator. Windows 98 or later; Windows XP required for full functionality.  Microsoft. $129.     ...

(++++) COMPOSERS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE

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Ries: Piano Concertos opp. 123 (1806) and 151 (1826). Christopher Hinterhuber, piano; Uwe Grodd conducting the New Zealand Symphony Orchestr...
November 26, 2005

(++++) A BALTIMORE SYMPHONY THANKSGIVING

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Stephen Albert: Tapioca. Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1. Baibe Skride, violin; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducte...
November 24, 2005

(++++) LOTS OF CALENDAR PICKS...FOR 2006

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Wall and pocket calendars: Dilbert—Now If You’ll Excuse Me, I Feel a Nap Coming On; Anne Geddes Collectors Edition Mini; “Purse”onalized. An...

(++++) ANIMAL EDIBLES

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Thelonius Turkey Lives! (on Felicia Ferguson’s Farm). By Lynn Rowe Reed. Knopf. $15.95. Three Hungry Pigs and the Wolf Who Came to Dinner. B...

(++++) WONDER-FILLED WORLDS

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In My World. By Lois Ehlert. Voyager Books/Harcourt. $7. King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub. By Audrey Wood. Illustrated by Don Wood. Harcourt. $...

(+++) ANGELIC ANGLES

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The Girl with the Broken Wing. By Heather Dyer. Illustrated by Peter Bailey. Chicken House/Scholastic. $15.99 Rebel Angels. By Libba Bray. D...

(+++) BIG BAND. BIG MAN

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Tommy Dorsey: Livin’ in a Great Big Way—A Biography. By Peter Levinson. Da Capo. $27.50.      This is a thorough, carefully researched biogr...

(+++) EGO-DRIVEN BEETHOVEN

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 17 (“Tempest”), 21 (“Waldstein”) and 23 (“Appassionata”). Fazil Say, piano. Naïve. $16.99.      Turkish pianis...
November 17, 2005

(++++) 'TIS THE SEASON TO BE ARTISTIC

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Boxed Panoramic Notecards: M.C. Escher—Metamorphosis; Frank Lloyd Wright—Avery Coonley Playhouse Windows. Pomegranate. $15.95 each. Boxed Ho...

(++++) KLUTZSTUFF FOR YOUNG(ER) AND OLD(ER)

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Shadow Games. By the editors of Klutz. Chicken Socks/Klutz.  $9.95. Room Lanterns. By Anne Akers Johnson and Kate Paddock. Klutz. $19.95. Ut...

(++++) ANIMAL ANTICS, SURREALISM DIVISION

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I Love You Dude. By V. Radunsky. Gulliver Books/Harcourt. $16. How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? By Jane Yolen & Mark Teague. Blue Sky Pr...

(+++) GAL DETECTIVES

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Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway. By Wendelin Van Draanen. Knopf. $15.95. Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her. By Melanie...

(+++) FOR WHOSE GOD AND WHOSE COUNTRY?

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A Land as God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America. By James Horn. Basic Books. $26. Jamestown, Virginia, gets surprisingly s...
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