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Oh, Those “Girton Girls!”
by Nancy Springer
In 19th century England, while sons of the well-to-do were sent to boarding…
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The Death of Kings
by Tasha Alexander
…let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death…
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Getting to the Moon: How Science Fiction Became Reality
by Brian Clegg Getting to the Moon As soon as it was realized that the Moon…
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Homer Matters: Why?
by Adam Nicolson Chapter 1 One evening ten years ago I started to read Homer in…
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Churchill and His Money: No More Champagne
by David Lough
An Introduction: Churchill and his Money This book owes its genesis to a…
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A Brief Discussion on the History of England with Peter Ackroyd
by Peter Ackroyd
Michael Hoak: The history of England is full of watershed moments and events that are known…
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Treaty of Tordesillas: The 1494 Decision Still Influencing Today’s World
By Stephen R. Brown The bull Inter Caetera and several other bulls from the same era…
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England
Uncovering Stories in Small Archives
by Kathleen Sheppard
Mary Charlton Jonas (1874-1950) returned to her work at the Egypt Exploration Society’s…
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Butch Gets Busted
by Tom Clavin
This month is the 130th anniversary of when Butch Cassidy was sent to prison in Wyoming for…
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Adventure, Shipwrecks, and the History of the World
David Gibbins's day job is anything but normal. Gibbins has worked in underwater archaeology all his…
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John Colter: The First Mountain Man?
by Tom Clavin
One of the joys of researching and writing (with Bob Drury) Throne of…
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Army Rangers on D-Day
by Tom Clavin
As many of you are aware, this week marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day,…
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The Legendary Doolittle Raid Over Tokyo
In his new book Vanishing Act, author Dan Hampton reveals the gripping, untold story of a…
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The Way to Santa Fe
by Tom Clavin
Toward the end of Throne of Grace by Bob Drury and yours truly, the Santa Fe…
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Like Father, Like Son: From Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan
by Tom Sileo
Bob Ollis doesn’t like talking about his harrowing experience in Vietnam. To help…
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