Book Reviews
As Told at The Explorers Club
More Than Fifty Gripping Tales of Adventure
May 2004 |
By Owen Edwards
Photos for All Time
A new book, At First Sight, draws on all the Smithsonian's vast archives to chart photograph's profound place in history
April 2004 |
By Merry A. Foresta
The epic of Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center symbolizes the heart of Manhattan
March 2004 |
By Owen Edwards
Riding the Steppes
A 1,000-mile odyssey across Mongolia on horseback
January 2004 |
By Smithsonian magazine
James Smithson's legacy
The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
September 2003 |
By Smithsonian magazine
Journal of the Plague Years
Two courageous pioneers showed how a fearsome scourge could be defeated
April 2003 |
By Smithsonian magazine
Once Upon a Time
Children's books by celebrities are as old as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Here are our favorites
March 2003 |
By Smithsonian magazine
Dividing the Spoils
In a new book, historian Michael Beschloss re-creates the 1945 Potsdam Conference at which Harry Truman found his presidential voice and determined the shape of postwar Europe
December 2002 |
By Michael Beschloss
