Gottlieb Robert Books
George Balanchine: The Ballet Maker
By Gottlieb Robert, Robert Gottlieb
Chronicles the life and achievements of George Balanchine, ballet's foremost choreographer and one of the creative masters of the twentieth century.
Read MoreNear death experiences... and others
This new collection from the legendary editor Robert Gottlieb features twenty or so pieces he's written mostly for The New York Review of Books, ranging from reconsiderations of American writers su...
Read MoreReading Lyrics
By Robert Kimball, Gottlieb Robert, Robert Gottlieb
A comprehensive anthology bringing together more than one thousand of the best American and English song lyrics of the twentieth century; an extraordinary celebration of a unique art form and an in...
Read MoreReading Jazz
By Gottlieb Robert, Robert Gottlieb, Edited By Robert Gottlieb
"Comprehensive and intelligently organized. . . .  Jazz aficionados . . . should be grateful to have so much good writing on the subject in one place."--The New York Times Book Review"All...
Read MoreAvid reader
After editing The Columbia Review, staging plays at Cambridge, and a stint in the greeting-card department of Macy's, Robert Gottlieb stumbled into a job at Simon and Schuster. By the time he left...
Read MoreGreat expectations
Charles Dickens, famous for the indelible child characters he created--from Little Nell to Oliver Twist and David Copperfield--was also the father of ten children (and a possible eleventh). What ha...
Read MoreLives and letters
Spotlights the works, careers, intimate lives, and lasting achievements of a vast array of celebrated writers and performers in film, theater, and dance, along with some of the more curious iconic...
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