March 2, 2012 | madame librarian
The complete history of American film criticism by Jerry Roberts
A natural history of the piano: the instrument, the music, the musicians—from Mozart to modern jazz, and everything in between by Stuart Isacoff
The rise and fall of the Bible: the unexpected history of an accidental book by Timothy Beal
An uncommon history of common courtesy: how manners shaped the world by Bethane Patrick
What?: are these the twenty most important questions in human history—or, is this a game of twenty questions? by Mark Kurlansky