Wilhelm Lehmbruck: Sculptures and Etchings

an exhibition at the Michael Werner Gallery, New York City, January 19–March 3, 2012; and at Michael Werner Kunsthandel, Cologne, March 30–May 4, 2012

Kneeling Woman 100 Years: Wilhelm Lehmbruck in Paris 1911

edited by Raimund Stecker and Marion Bornscheuer

Howard Cosell: The Man, The Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports

by Mark Ribowsky

Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?

by Pasi Sahlberg

A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All

by Wendy Kopp with Steven Farr

Crazy Horse

a film by Frederick Wiseman

The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Volume II: 1941–1956

edited by George Craig, Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Dan Gunn, and Lois More Overbeck

Day of the Oprichnik

by Vladimir Sorokin, translated from the Russian by Jamey Gambrell

Ice Trilogy

by Vladimir Sorokin, translated from the Russian by Jamey Gambrell

Ernani

an opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII

by Giles Tremlett

Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen

by Anna Whitelock

Mary I: England’s Catholic Queen

by John Edwards

In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination

by Margaret Atwood

Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption from America’s Most Notorious Lobbyist

by Jack Abramoff

Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It

by Lawrence Lessig