Books
The Kennedys: Portrait of a Family
An excerpt from the new book by Shannon Thomas Perich
Hill of Beans
For author Julia Alvarez and her husband, starting an organic coffee plantation was a wake-up call
Masters of the Storm
Kennedy Warne, author of "The Amazing Albatrosses," talks about dangerous waters and albatross love
The New Civil Service
An excerpt from Rory Stewart's "The Places in Between"
Debating Louis Castro
Was he the first foreign-born Hispanic in the Major Leagues?
Bones to Ashes
An excerpt from the new book by Kathy Reichs
Almost a Fairy Tale
Jonathan Kandell, author of "Americans in Prague," talks about one of Europe's most beautiful cities
Forget Independence
John Ferling, author of "100 Days that Shook the World," imagines an alternate history
Presto!
Can invisible technology make Harry Potter disappear?
The American Home Front: 1941-1942
By Alistair Cooke, Atlantic Monthly Press, $24.00
Interview: Daniel Gilbert
What will make you happy? A social scientist explains why it's so hard to predict
Horse Appeal
In this interview, Steve Twomey, author of "Barbaro's Legacy," discusses how interest in the horse extends outside the racetrack
Roy Richard Grinker
His new book offers a scholar's and father's perspective on autism
Mystery and Drama
Virginia Morell, author of "The Zuni Way," on the mystical ceremonies of the Zuni pueblo
Capturing a Narrative
In this interview, Guy Gugliotta, author of "Digitizing the Hanging Court," talks about the Old Bailey's influence on Dickens, Defoe and other writers
The Stranger and the Statesman
An excerpt from Nina Burleigh's book, The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
Writer Turned Scientist
In this interview, Mary K. Miller, author of "Reading Between the Lines," describes becoming a shift supervisor in the lab
Why This Wealthy British Scientist Saw So Much Potential in the United States of America
James Smithson's biographer offers insight into ideals born of the Age of Enlightenment that gave rise to the founding of the Smithsonian
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