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Crary of the North…and South

by Tom Clavin

 It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the North…
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Running Before the Wind

by Buddy Levy

Empire of Ice and Stone is the true, harrowing story…
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The Inuit Aboard the Karluk

by Buddy Levy

While I was researching Empire of Ice and Stone, I was deeply moved…
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The Man Who Led Peary to the Pole

by Buddy Levy

Robert Peary gets all the accolades (and plenty of warranted skepticism) for being…
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Labyrinth of Ice: Behind the Epic Story of the Greely Expedition

by Buddy Levy

In celebration of his new book, Labyrinth of Ice, we talked with author Buddy Levy to…
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The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World

by M. R. O'Connor

Wayfinding is a fascinating look, both sweeping and intimate, at how finding…
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explorers

The Centennial Fire

by Chris Wimmer

The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to November…
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War and Reconciliation

by Tom Clavin

Douglas “Pete” Peterson was born in Omaha and raised in Nebraska and Iowa.…
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The Rise of the Weimar Republic

by Susan Ronald

In the following excerpt from Hitler's Aristocrats, author Susan Ronald discusses the Weimar…
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Crary of the North…and South

by Tom Clavin

 It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the North…
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Meet the White House Plumbers

by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh

by Laura Dail and Matthew Krogh HBO's new miniseries White House Plumbers imagines the story of…
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A Long Journey Home

by Tom Clavin

During my recent book tour promoting the release of Follow Me to Hell,…
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The Windsors at War

by Alexander Larman

When I finished writing The Crown in Crisis, the book that has become…
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Old Houses of the West

by Sandra Dallas

Novelist Sandra Dallas joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her latest book,…
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