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History
Umberto Eco on the Elusive Concept of Ugliness
Considering the Relativity of Beauty in Human History
By
Umberto Eco
| December 9, 2019
On the Ambitious Beginnings of China's Influential Soong Sisters
Jung Chang Recounts Ei-Ling Soongs' First Journey to America
By
Jung Chang
| December 5, 2019
Elaine Stritch's Never-Ending Search to Get Her Due
On Alexandra Jacobs' Biography of an Icon
Still Here
By
Leah Rosenzweig
| December 4, 2019
Why Do People Cheat? (Because They Often Win)
J. M. Fenster Tries to Understand the Motivations of Rule-Breakers
By
J. M. Fenster
| December 4, 2019
On the Eve of WWII:
Three Days Before the Bombing of Paris
Françoise Frenkel Experiences the Evacuation of France
By
Françoise Frenkel
| December 3, 2019
Sacred Scripture Lives and Evolves, is Never Fixed
Karen Armstrong on Early Aryans and the Rig Veda
By
Karen Armstrong
| December 3, 2019
Best Reviewed
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Walking Through the House Where Louisa May Alcott Wrote
Little Women
By
Anya Jaremko-Greenwold
| December 2, 2019
On (and In) The Sewers (and Sewage) That Transformed Paris
By
Stephen Halliday
| December 2, 2019
C.P. Lesley and Charles Todd Talk Victorian Sleuths and the Toll of WWI
By
New Books Network
| December 2, 2019
Remember, Remember Where the Word 'Guy' Comes From
Allan Metcalf on the Evolving Legacy of Guy Fawkes
By
Allan Metcalf
| November 27, 2019
The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History
Alanna Okun on Kassia St. Clair's History of Fabric
By
Alanna Okun
| November 27, 2019
How William Monroe Trotter Mobilized Black Americans Across Class Lines
Kerri K. Greenidge on the Lasting Effects of 1902's Crumpacker Rally
By
Kerri K Greenidge
| November 26, 2019
How Religious Revivals Gave Women a Voice in Colonial America
"Proper and upright did not mean passive and docile."
By
J.D. Dickey
| November 22, 2019
How George Eliot Became a Social Outcast at the Height of Her Fame
On Her Final novel,
Daniel Deronda
By
Norman Lebrecht
| November 22, 2019
A Family Tree Forever Changed By Disaster
Sarah Abrevaya Stein on the Great Fire of Salonica
By
Sarah Abrevaya Stein
| November 22, 2019
Retracing the Historical (and Literal) Path of Napoleon's Retreat from Russia
Sylvain Tesson Attempts to Journey Back to 1812
By
Sylvain Tesson
| November 21, 2019
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