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The Rise and Fall of the Viking Crusades
WCAG Headingby John Haywood The Wendish Crusade In 1144, the crusaders lost the key city of…
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The Lewis Chessmen: Brexit and a New North Sea Style
WCAG Headingby Nancy Marie Brown Look at a map and remember the key position this area…
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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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