On the Frontlines
By Pamela D. Toler
An excerpt from Women Warriors: An Unexpected History by Pamela D. Toler
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Going With the Flow
An excerpt from Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives by Mark Miodownik
Katie Daniels
Incarcerating the Innocent
An excerpt from Lara Bazelon’s examination of wrongful imprisonment
Katie Daniels
Making Oscar Wilde
An excerpt from Michèle Mendelssohn’s account of the writer’s early life and rise to fame
Noelani Kirschner
The Bonanza King
An excerpt from Gregory Crouch’s biography of John William Mackay, the 19th-century silver mine magnate
Noelani Kirschner
The Beautiful Race
An excerpt from Colin O’Brien’s exploration of Italy’s greatest cycling event
Charlotte Salley
The Seabird’s Cry
An excerpt from Adam Nicolson’s look at the great avian ocean voyagers
