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The Ten Best Photography Books of 2021
In year two of the pandemic, our favorite titles invite us into worlds outside our own
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In our efforts to increase and diffuse knowledge, we highly recommend these 57 titles this year
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Smithsonian Scholars Pick Their Favorite Books of 2021
The writings of many fine authors support the research and ambitious undertakings of an Institution rising to the challenges ahead
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The Ten Best Books About Travel of 2021
With many of our wings still clipped by Covid-19 this year, we needed to travel vicariously through these adventurous reads
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Why ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ Frightened So Many Parents in the 1990s
Launched 40 years ago, Alvin Schwartz’s spooky series pitted school administrators against PTO members pleading to ban the books
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How Memphis Created the Nation’s Most Innovative Public Library
You can play the ukulele, learn photography or record a song in a top-flight studio. You can also check out a book
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The author of a new biography shines a humane light on the monarch despised by the colonists
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Follow Ian Fleming’s Footsteps Through Jamaica
Discover the author’s favorite places—as the 25th James Bond movie hits theaters
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Author Ian Fleming named his 007 after an influential ornithologist
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The Beloved Classic Novel “The Little Prince” Turns 75 Years Old
Written in wartime New York City, the children’s book brings out the small explorer in everyone
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The Deadly 1991 Hamlet Fire Exposed the High Cost of “Cheap”
A new book argues that more than emergency unpreparedness and locked doors led to the deaths of 25 workers in the chicken factory blaze
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Which Books Do Americans Take on Vacation?
Our city-by-city breakdown uncovered some surprises
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Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2008
Surprising, inspiring and outstanding titles for youngsters and the grownups that read to them
The American Home Front: 1941-1942
By Alistair Cooke, Atlantic Monthly Press, $24.00
Review of ‘The Worst Hard Time’
The untold story of those who survived the great American Dust Bowl
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The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World, by Nicholas A. Basbanes
A 1,000-mile odyssey across Mongolia on horseback
Two courageous pioneers showed how a fearsome scourge could be defeated
Henry Kissinger’s new book revisits America’s troubled extrication from Indochina
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