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Dying to Be Beautiful: Deadly Cosmetics
by Eleanor Herman
The story of poison is the story of power. For centuries, royal families…
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Tikkun Olam in American Judaism: A Religious Success Story?
by Jonathan Neuman
by Jonathan Neumann The hegemony of tikkun olam in American Judaism may be a linguistic success story,…
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Killing the King with Cuisine
by Eleanor Herman It would only take one person to slip a little something into a…
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The Making of a Legendary American Film
by Don Graham When George Stevens picked Rock Hudson to play rancher Bick Benedict in the…
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The Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon
by Catherine Hewitt In the 1880s, Suzanne Valadon was considered the Impressionists’ most beautiful model. But…
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How Sears Saved Christmas from the Soviets
by Philip Jett It was November 30, 1955, and the Cold War was raging. The U.S.…
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The 18th-Century Politics of Santa Claus in America
by Judith Flanders Instead of deriving from folklore, or quaint colonial customs, or religion, the American…
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Q&A with
The World Broke in Two
Author Bill Goldstein
Bill Goldstein looks back at the intersecting lives and works of the esteemed authors who wrote…
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The Risk Paid Off: Bringing War to Board Games
by Tristan Donovan In the early 1950s Albert Lamorisse, who would later win an Academy Award…
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Amy Lowell: Making the World Safe for Poetry
by Nina Sankovitch In December 1917, Amy Lowell’s local newspaper, The Brookline Chronicle, ran a notice that…
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Cultural History
Charles Sumner Witnesses the “Abraham Lincoln Magic”
by Stephen Puleo
In April 1865, at General Ulysses S. Grant’s Headquarters at City Point, Virginia,…
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The Wreck of USS Monitor
by David Gibbins
Almost half of the ships that I cover in my book, A History…
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America’s Most Clandestine Military Unit
Adam Gamal (a pseudonym created to keep his family safe from harm) served in the most…
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Feathered Fighters
by Tom Clavin
67 years ago, the U.S. Army Pigeon Service closed. You might think that…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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