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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

Just Looking

What Is It Good For?

How the American military went from defense to offense

How the American military went from defense to offense

Battle of Anacostia

The bonus army and its unexpected legacy

The bonus army and its unexpected legacy

Thoreau’s Landscape Within

How he came to know nature, and through it came to know himself

How he came to know nature, and through it came to know himself

Rocket Men

A daughter explores the male-dominated universe of her father

A daughter explores the male-dominated universe of her father

The Peculiar Intellectual

In the antebellum South, scholars made serious contributions to their fields, at least until they turned to defending slavery

In the antebellum South, scholars made serious contributions to their fields, at least until they turned to defending slavery

What Einstein Knew

One year and five papers that changed physics forever

One year and five papers that changed physics forever

One Bad Husband

What the “Bluebeard” story tells us about marriage

What the “Bluebeard” story tells us about marriage

Something That Was Us

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