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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

With Noses Held High

Personal aspiration need not always lead to snobbery

Personal aspiration need not always lead to snobbery

Annals of Human Oddity

Casting an eye on “freaks” with sensitivity and compassion

Casting an eye on “freaks” with sensitivity and compassion

The Great Summing Up

The volumes that compiled the knowledge and spirit of an age

The volumes that compiled the knowledge and spirit of an age

The Lives Aquatic

There is much more to gilled creatures than meets the eye

There is much more to gilled creatures than meets the eye

Bohemian Rhapsody

The troubled homeless historian who beguiled and bedeviled

The troubled homeless historian who beguiled and bedeviled

Lives of the Philosophers

The postwar thinkers who stripped the world of preconceptions

The postwar thinkers who stripped the world of preconceptions

Taking It to the Street

What it’s like to be down and out in America

What it’s like to be down and out in America

The Pursuit of Middle Heaven

Missives about sex, love, and the value of really good talk

Missives about sex, love, and the value of really good talk

I Think, Therefore …

How much can we really know about the mystery of ourselves?

How much can we really know about the mystery of ourselves?

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