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A Kidnapped Boy Becomes a Patron Saint
WCAG Headingby Philip Jett “My name is Patrick… I was taken prisoner. I was about sixteen……
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Anchoresses: 10 facts about the Life of Solitude
WCAG Headingby Robyn Cadwallader WCAG HeadingAnchoresses In Christianity, an anchoress is a woman who chooses to…
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The Bones of John the Baptist
WCAG Heading David Gibson and Michael McKinley WCAG Heading The Bones of John the Baptist The…
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The Battle of Wounded Knee
by Tom Clavin
Tensions were high in 1890 between white people and the indigenous people in…
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Featured Excerpt: Emilio Pucci
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
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
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
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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