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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

Second Thoughts

To manipulate time, we must first understand how it works

To manipulate time, we must first understand how it works

Darkness Illuminated

A horror writer whose real demons were off the page

A horror writer whose real demons were off the page

Territories of Conquest

A new history of the bloodletting that opened the frontier

A new history of the bloodletting that opened the frontier

Before the Rebellion

A colonial American artist’s portraits of an age

A colonial American artist’s portraits of an age

The Old Urbanist

Jane Jacobs saw cities as places for people

Jane Jacobs saw cities as places for people

Healing the Masses

The evolution of care at the nation’s oldest public hospital

The evolution of care at the nation’s oldest public hospital

A Rare Intelligence

A review of a thrilling life

A review of a thrilling life

Manifest Poverty

Poor southern whites have long been a people without a country

Poor southern whites have long been a people without a country

Courting All Voters

The judicial effects of American civic engagement

The judicial effects of American civic engagement

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