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Arresting Faces
A new book argues the case for the mugshot as art
January 2007 |
By Katy June-Friesen
Interview: Margaret Lowman
Bugs in trees and kids in labs get their due in a new book by "Canopy Meg"
December 2006 |
By Marian Smith Holmes
Extraordinary Resilience
Psychiatrist Stuart Hauser answers questions about his new book, Out of the Woods, which chronicles four emotionally disturbed teenagers
December 01, 2006 |
By Amy Crawford
An Interview with Josh Hammer, Author of "Return to the Marsh"
Ben Block spoke with Josh about Iraq and reporting in dangerous regions of the world.
October 01, 2006 |
By Ben Block
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Her new book says our views of Africa are outdated.
September 2006 |
By Amy Crawford
Excerpt from Elizabeth Winthrop's "Counting on Grace"
This novel about a 12-year-old mill worker was inspired by a Lewis Hine photograph.
September 2006 |
By Elizabeth Winthrop
Saving New Orleans
In a new book, "Patriot Fire," the author of "Forrest Gump" paints an uncommonly vivid picture of an overlooked chapter in American history -- and its unlikely hero.
August 2006 |
By Winston Groom
Finding a Home in the Cosmos
In a new book written with his wife, Nancy Abrams, cosmologist Joel Primack argues that the universe, far from being a meaningless void, was meant for us. Sort of.
July 2006 |
By Jerry Adler
The Worst Hard Time
The untold story of those who survived the great American Dust Bowl
March 2006 |
By Kathleen Burke
Every Book Its Reader
The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World, by Nicholas A. Basbanes
February 2006 |
By Reviewed by Kathleen Burke
Matisse and His Models
The author of a new biography of the artist argues that the women he painted were full partners in the creative enterprise
October 2005 |
By Hilary Spurling
World's Unlikeliest Bestseller
Fifty years ago a brewer's bet spawned a compelling compendium of feats, stunts and trivia
August 2005 |
By Bruce Watson
Building the Bomb
A new book about atomic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer charts the secret debate over deployment of the first A-bomb and the anxiety that suffused its first live test
August 2005 |
By Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
Conquering Polio
Fifty years ago, a scientific panel declared Jonas Salk's polio vaccine a smashing success. A new book takes readers behind the headlines
April 2005 |
By Jeffrey Kluger
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
