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October 2017
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The Salvation of Mosul
An Iraqi archaeologist braved ISIS snipers and booby-trapped ruins to rescue cultural treasures in the city and nearby legendary Nineveh and Nimrud
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Calder’s Magic Year
People everywhere are delighted by his animated abstractions, but surprisingly little is known about the artist. Now, in an exclusive adaptation from Calder: The Conquest of Time, his first biographer reveals the crucial events that would forge America’s most beloved sculptor.
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What Ever Happened to the Russian Revolution?
We journey through Vladimir Putin’s Russia to measure the aftershocks of the political explosion that rocked the world a century ago—an event that the nation itself is pointedly ignoring
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Reader responses to our September issue
In Gourd We Trust
How our most symbolic squash grew to bizarre proportions and took over the world
Mississippi Martyr
Recalling a lynching that shocked America and galvanized the civil rights movement
The Illusion of Reality
The shocking power of virtual reality was all the buzz once before—about 150 years ago
Game Changers
The spectacular play you see today owes a mighty debt to the revolutionary, slam-dunking ABA
What Do Animals Think of the Greek Financial Crisis?
In a new adult picture book, Ungrateful Mammals, the ever-inventive Dave Eggers pairs his whimsical drawings with quirky quotations
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