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Old Christ Church in Alexandria. Virginia, attended by General Robert E. Lee in his youth and pictured here in 1911 (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign/Wikimedia Commons)
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Divided Providence

Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War

Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War

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Ideology as Anatomy

How shifting ideas about women’s bodies have affected their lives

How shifting ideas about women’s bodies have affected their lives

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The Creator’s Code

Are humans alone in their ability to make art?

Are humans alone in their ability to make art?

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All Talk

Ease of communication will not save us

Ease of communication will not save us

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Barbarity at the Bataclan

A chilling account of darkness in the City of Light

A chilling account of darkness in the City of Light

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Heart of Semi-Darkness

A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors

A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors

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Masters of Horror and Magic

The German folklorists who helped build a nation

The German folklorists who helped build a nation

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For Want of Touch

The astonishing breadth of our passions

The astonishing breadth of our passions

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Imperiled Planet

The ecological havoc we’ve wrought

The ecological havoc we’ve wrought

A Lifelong Habit of Being

Exploring a fundamentally ambiguous attribute

Exploring a fundamentally ambiguous attribute

Our Feathered Friends

They aren’t the intellectual lightweights we take them for

They aren’t the intellectual lightweights we take them for

The People’s Gallery

A collection that is the brightest light in a city full of them

A collection that is the brightest light in a city full of them

Mysterious Inheritance

A new biography of the founder of population genetics

A new biography of the founder of population genetics

Feminism’s First Think Tank

The very different women of the Radcliffe Institute’s inaugural class

The very different women of the Radcliffe Institute’s inaugural class

Plane silhouetted against clouds

The Beauty of Fluid Motion

How the future became fashionable

How the future became fashionable

Farm to Fable

How a now-forgotten writer changed American agriculture

How a now-forgotten writer changed American agriculture

Gibney: Colonel Oleg Penkovsky

War by Other Means

Subverting governments with lies is nothing new

Subverting governments with lies is nothing new

Image Was Everything

A new biography of the seminal pop artist of the 20th century

A new biography of the seminal pop artist of the 20th century

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