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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

A Giant Roman Emperor: Maximinus

November 6, 2013 By AdrienneMayor

Ancient Roman Girl Athletes

November 2, 2013 By Elizabeth Goldsmith

Hobgoblin Classification in the Eighteenth Century

October 30, 2013 By Lisa Smith

Mysterious Mystics

October 20, 2013 By tracybarrett

Drug Wars

October 18, 2013 By PamelaToler

Looking for Virgil, finding Tony Soprano

October 15, 2013 By Caroline Lawrence

Piccadilly’s Egyptian Hall

October 14, 2013 By Lucy Inglis

Frederick Law Olmsted, John Singer Sargent, and Nature’s Design

October 11, 2013 By Elizabeth Goldsmith

One-sex and two-sex bodies?

October 10, 2013 By Helen King