From the July 2020 Issue Critical Lack of Theory Time of the Magicians: The Invention of Modern Thought, 1919–1929 By Wolfram Eilenberger (Translated from German by Shaun Whiteside) LR
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From the November 2013 Issue Notes for Living Richard Wagner: A Life in Music By Martin Geck (Translated by Stewart Spencer) LR
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