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Author of "Bernini's Genius," Arthur Lubow.

Arthur Lubow on “Bernini’s Genius”

History’s “Global Languages”

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Richard Covington on “Lost & Found”

Hawaii-based journalist Christopher Pala has traveled the world covering various topics and is also the author of, The Oddest Place on Earth: Rediscovering the North Pole

Christopher Pala on “Victory at Sea”

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Fergus M. Bordewich on “Face the Nation”

Arthur Allen

Arthur Allen on “A Passion for Tomatoes”

Rick Perlstein

Rick Perlstein on “Parties to History”

Alonzo Hamby.

Alonzo Hamby on “Parties to History”

Lewis L. Gould

Lewis L. Gould on “Parties to History”

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Guy Gugliotta on “The Great Human Migration”

Matthew Gureswitsch

Matthew Gurewitsch on “True Colors”

Tony Perrottet

Tony Perrottet on “John Muir’s Yosemite”

Peter Ross Range

Peter Ross Range on “Silken Treasure”

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Interview: Eric G. Wilson

Why the pursuit of happiness naturally includes melancholy

Fort Matanzas, about fifty feet long on each side, was constructed of coquina, a local stone formed from clam shells and quarried from a nearby island.

America’s First True “Pilgrims”

An excerpt from Kenneth C. Davis’s new book explains they arrived half a century before the Mayflower reached Plymouth Rock

Lunt Harbor, looking toward the mountains of Acadia National Park

The Life and Times of a Maine Island

An excerpt from a history of Frenchboro, Long Island, one of Maine’s last remaining year-round island communities

Bottles washed up on a beach

The Trouble with Bottled Water

Elizabeth Royte reflects on the backlash against commercializing a natural resource and responds to reader comments

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Infinite Jest

Stop me if you’ve heard this one…

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Turn the Page

Electronic books may soon vie with library cards for space in your pocket

Marjane Satrapi during a premiere of her film Persepolis

From Persepolis to Pyongyang: Graphic Novels Today

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