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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
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
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

Pinky Pinkerton’s Prayer

January 15, 2014 By Caroline Lawrence

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Destroying Angel

January 14, 2014 By Lucy Inglis

Liglig Kot – An Archeologist’s Dream in Nepal

January 11, 2014 By Elizabeth Goldsmith

Ancient libraries and their dangers

January 10, 2014 By Helen King

Foreign Accent Syndrome

January 9, 2014 By Jack El-Hai

Cuvier and the “Living Mastodon”

January 6, 2014 By AdrienneMayor

The Amritsar Massacre: Another Step Toward Indian Independence

December 18, 2013 By PamelaToler

How Aeneas invented Pizza

December 15, 2013 By Caroline Lawrence

Pregnancy between East and West

December 10, 2013 By Helen King