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Today’s musicians would do well by their careers in reading Jim Windolf’s exquisite new book, “Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other—and the World.”

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Peter is the author of "The Messenger: Moderna, the Vaccine, and the Business Gamble That Changed the World," published in 2022 by Harvard Business Review Press.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

It’s a long way from 1776 and a world “almost unimaginably different from ours,” as Andrew Wilson writes in Remaking the World: How 1776 Changed the Post-Christian West.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

“I really feel like that one millisecond completely just changed my whole life and changed who I was as a person. Changed the sparkle I had and the light that I used to carry.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024

"Yes. And it tripped a Yankee base runner. Changed the momentum of the entire game. The Red Sox ended up winning. Didu's face showed up on the big screen and the entire stadium booed."

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins