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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

Myths of Memory

Our ability to recall is not an undiluted gift

Our ability to recall is not an undiluted gift

A Blueprint for a Safer, Saner Society

How to reduce crime and warehousing in America’s prisons

How to reduce crime and warehousing in America’s prisons

Shrinking Success

Psychopharmacology has not lived up to its early promise

Psychopharmacology has not lived up to its early promise

Continental Drift

Westward expansion delayed a needed national reckoning

Westward expansion delayed a needed national reckoning

The Writer at Ground Zero

The chronicler of the first horror of the nuclear age

The chronicler of the first horror of the nuclear age

How the South Rose Again

Defeated in war, the Confederate states merely changed tactics

Defeated in war, the Confederate states merely changed tactics

Freedom of Thought

The philosophical currents that shaped our nation

The philosophical currents that shaped our nation

Prophets of the Avant-Garde

How two power couples changed the world of art

How two power couples changed the world of art

His Life Spoke Volumes

The man behind the great Enlightenment encyclopedia

The man behind the great Enlightenment encyclopedia

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