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Featured Excerpt: Black Wave

by Kim Ghattas

WCAG Heading Black Wave is an unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East…
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Jet Girl: “No Time to Worry”

by Caroline Johnson

WCAG Heading Caroline Johnson discusses the adrenaline-filled world of flying as she prepares…
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November 4, 1979: The Iran Hostage Crisis

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Ray Takeyh During August 2005, American newspapers and television screens were unexpectedly…
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President Carter on the Iran Hostage Crisis and Attempted Rescue

Jimmy Carter Iran Hostage Crisis
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Brian Michael Till What’s the single decision you made…
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October 23, 1983: The Marines in Beirut

Beirut Bombing 1983
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Thomas L. Friedman Funny country, Lebanon. The minute one…
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Iran

The Battle of Wounded Knee

Portrait of Sitting Bull taken at the studio William Notman & Son, in Montreal, Canada, in 1885

by Tom Clavin

Tensions were high in 1890 between white people and the indigenous people in…
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Featured Excerpt: Emilio Pucci

Il Deputato Liberale Emilio Pucci, IV Legislatura Repubblica Italiana, 2016. Courtesy of Wikimedia. Public Domain.

by by Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci

Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci with a foreword by Suzy Menkes When people think of fashion…
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The Importance of Mud

by Jane Ziegelman

Once Upon a Town author Jane Ziegelman credits her studies in cultural anthropology…
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Featured Excerpt: The Escapes of David George

Map from The Escapes of David George. Credit: Credit: Springer Cartographics

by Gregory E. O'Malley

When most Americans think of slavery, they do not picture the colonial…
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Five New History Books to Read This February

From the dramatic story of a Black man’s relentless search for freedom in Revolutionary-era America to…
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Galileo’s Secret Sauce: People Skills

A portrait of Galileo by Flemish painter Justus Sustermans. Circa 1640. Public domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

by Matt Kaplan

In I Told You So!, author Matt Kaplan reveals how scientists from Darwin…
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Anne Sebba’s 7 Most Important Holocaust Books

Auschwitz gate

by Anne Sebba

On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was finally liberated. In The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz, New York…
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The Landmarks of Mary Ann Patten’s Maine

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

New York Times bestselling author Tilar J. Mazzeo gives a behind-the-scenes look…
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