Music fanatics will find plenty of material to mull over; casual fans are rewarded with a better understanding of music history. It’s easy to take music from a previous era for granted without understanding how it shaped the modern... Read More

Shakespearean plot and a complicated hero make this authentic samurai tale exciting. Like James Clavell’s epics of Japanese history, prolific author Peter Bailey’s "Taiso" is a superb example of its genre. With its seamless blend of... Read More