Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning
By: Philip Kennicott
3.98
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
As his mother was dying, Philip Kennicott began to listen to the music of Bach obsessively. It was …
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4.43
Format: 699 pages, Paperback
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2. Play it Again: An Amateur Against the Impossible
By: Alan Rusbridger
4.14
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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3. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
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4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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5. The Waves
By: Virginia Woolf
4.15
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
Set on the coast of England against the vivid background of the sea, The Waves introduces six chara… read more
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6. Love in a Fallen City
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4.20
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
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3.58
Format: 366 pages, Hardcover
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3.85
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3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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13. Zauber der Stille
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4.11
Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition
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4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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3.85
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4.43
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20. The Way of Bach: Three Years with the Man, the Music, and the Piano
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3.80
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21. Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning
By: Philip Kennicott
3.98
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
As his mother was dying, Philip Kennicott began to listen to the music of Bach obsessively. It was … read more
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