Books
Narrow Escapes in Literature
Curl up under a blanket and enjoy these whirlpool-inspired excerpts from works by Poe, Verne, Homer and others. Hot chocolate is recommended.
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Excerpt from Homer's Odyssey
At every chance the gods throw up mighty obstacles to prevent him from getting home even as the Lady Circe gives him the advice he needs to survive
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Lost Labyrinth
Versailles' labyrinth, which we've reconstructed for your virtual pleasure.
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A Garden to Defy the Seasons
Enjoy a chapter of a translated fictional account of the Sun King's kitchen gardenerâ—and peek into the intrigues of high society in 17th-century France
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The Pleasure of the Rare Book
Treasures from the Smithsonian Librariesa Wright brothers bio, a repoussé prayer bookcan be savored in a new show
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Bonding through Books
A good read gives mothers and daughters much more to talk about than just the plot
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Books, Books, Books, My Lord!
After 140 triumphant years as cultural icon, and 35 years of fuss, the Reading Room of the British Museum is now open at a new address
Look at Me
As far as Bernarr Macfadden was concerned, the main aim in life was to be noticed
The Strange Journey of Heinrich Harrer
The Austrian mountain climber escaped from a prison camp in 1944, slipped into forbidden Tibet, tutored the Dalai Lama and wrote a famous book
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"The Storyteller is the Soybean...the Audience is the Sun"
They need each other to make something good happen, and when they get together at festivals and workshops across the land, it usually does
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