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Summer Reading from Emma B.: Summer Reading from Emma B.

Robin Maxwell

By Susan Hiner, Guest Contributor Bonjour! It’s me, Emma B.[1] Looking for a good book? …… Read More
The Chameleon in the Classroom: The Chameleon in the Classroom

Helen King

By Helen King (Monthly Contributor) This is a story of illness and magic from the fourth century… Read More
Civilization in Every Pot: Civilization in Every Pot

Michael Garval

By Michael Garval (Regular Contributor) It’s said that beloved French Renaissance king Henri IV p… Read More
A Jewish Writer Revived by Her Daughters: A Jewish Writer Revived by Her Daughters

Raquelle Bostow

By Susan Rubin Suleiman (Guest Contributor) Fall is the season for the big literary prizes in Fra… Read More
A Throne Fit for a Courtesan: A Throne Fit for a Courtesan

Cara Wilson

By Catherine Hewitt (Guest Contributor) Comtesse Valtesse de la Bigne was one of 19th-century Par… Read More

The most remote layover in American aviation

August 19, 2015 By Jack El-Hai

The Plight of the Pigeon

August 14, 2015 By Thomas Parker

How Wind Power Won the American West

August 13, 2015 By April Stevens

Museum Mysteries: Your Brain on Laughing Gas

August 12, 2015 By Sarah Alger

The Fair and Gentle Sex or Outlaws?

August 11, 2015 By Elizabeth Winter

Food For the Soul, If Not the Body: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Trip to California

August 10, 2015 By Elizabeth Goldsmith

What Women Know about Sex (and Eggs)

August 10, 2015 By Helen King

Cabinet of Curiosities: Westward Ho!

August 7, 2015 By April Stevens

Mark Twain’s Bloody Hoax

August 6, 2015 By April Stevens