Pete's On-Deck Circle:
Mark J. Butler, Unlocking the Groove: Rhythm, Meter, and Musical Design in Electronic Dance Music Mark Katz, Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music Daniel Goldmark, Tunes For 'Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon
Pete's Recent Reads:
Robert Fink, Repeating Ourselves: American Minimal Music as Cultural Practice Jim Lehrer, The Franklin Affair Catherine Merridale, Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 Wolfgang Samuel, The War of Our Childhood: Memories of World War II Rémy, The Silent Company Elisabeth Le Guin, Boccherini's Body: An Essay in Carnal Musicology Georg Grossjohann, Five Years, Four Fronts: A German Soldier's Combat Memoir Harrison E. Salisbury, The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad Olaf Reed Olsen, Two Eggs On My Plate David L. Robbins, Last Citadel: A Novel of the Battle of Kursk Desmond Flower & James Reeves, The War 1939-1945: A Documentary History Gerald Weinberg, A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies Neil Stephenson, Quicksilver: Vol. 1 of the Baroque Cycle Merrill Peterson, The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun John Ferling, A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic Maynard Solomon, Beethoven 9/11 Commission Report David Carle, Water and the California Dream Mary Gentle, Carthage Ascendant: The Book of Ash, Vol. 2 Kevin Starr, Embattled Dreams: California in War and Peace, 1940-1950 Stephanie S. Pincetl, Transforming Calfornia: A Political History of Land Use and Development Blake Gumprecht, The Los Angeles River Kevin Starr, Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression In California
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