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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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Island Royalty

A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary

A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary

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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

A Fallen Angel of Mercy

Did her good works expiate the sins of her dark past?

Did her good works expiate the sins of her dark past?

Foes of Judgment

Numbers don’t always reveal the true nature of things

Numbers don’t always reveal the true nature of things

An Even Greater Beyond

Will technology bring us eternal life?

Will technology bring us eternal life?

Why We Need Art

Can evolutionary biology explain the human impulse to create?

Can evolutionary biology explain the human impulse to create?

The Wanderer 

How a Victorian novelist’s life and times inform our own

How a Victorian novelist’s life and times inform our own

Bungle in the Jungle

A new biography considers what might have been in Indochina

A new biography considers what might have been in Indochina

The Colonial Melting Pot

Six very different people in a war of liberation

Six very different people in a war of liberation

Paranoia Strikes Deep

What are we hiding from in our policed and gated communities?

What are we hiding from in our policed and gated communities?

A Palate for the Finer Things

Pondering a father’s thirst for respectability

Pondering a father’s thirst for respectability

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