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When John Brown's Body Is Wax " audio
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (108+ words) Editor's note: this is a bonus piece. If you're a donor to the magazine, log in to read the full piece. If you're not a donor, you can become one here. This is author Allison Horrocks reading "When John Brown's…...
War Veteran's Memoir Heads to 2026 Beijing International Book Fair
13+ hour, 14+ min ago (261+ words) Cellfie Mobile announced the deployment of 400 new base stat" Project website now displays live reserve metrics, public co" While the memoir covers vast historical ground'including Pacific patrols and carrier operations'it remains anchored by the personal life behind the pilot. Cone…...
How folk hero Johnny Appleseed ended up at an H&M in Indiana
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (837+ words) The Johnny Appleseed Trail of North Central Massachusetts " named for John Chapman, the folk hero who spread apple orchards across the American frontier'in the early 1800s " is not actually a trail. It's a stretch of highway, branded for tourism and designed…...
NH cemeteries have many tales to tell
4+ hour, 34+ min ago (865+ words) Bill Thompson, left, and Rick Davidson hold copies of their books " the two-volume "Buried New Hampshire: Graveyards have Stories to Tell" " following a presentation on April 21 at the Meredith Public Library. Rick Davidson addresses an audience on April 21 at the…...
Olasky Books: Wars without mercy
1+ week, 2+ day ago (432+ words) A fine book to carry to the barricades." That's how Kirkus Reviews praised Bummerland: Ruin and Restoration in Trump's New America by American Studies Professor Randolph Lewis (U. of Nebraska Press, 2026). But is this what we've come to in America: Teaching…...
What If Your Map Could Change the World? Why The Mapmaker's Apprentice Is Pure Fantasy Magic
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (745+ words) In the vast sea of historical fiction, a new current is stirring. Readers, weary of the well-trodden paths of European courts and battlefields, are craving something different'a voyage into uncharted territories of the past. They seek not just a story,…...
Past Pages for May 9 to 12, 2026
5+ hour, 45+ min ago (564+ words) Poetry: The versatile genius is displayed by Mr. John G. Fox for all kinds of occupation and amusement of an aesthetical character. For instance, he had lately written a short poem, remotely referring to one branch of his business beginning as…...
Cover - Oct 25, 1937, Vol. XXX, No. 17 - The Vault
11+ hour, 45+ min ago (26+ words) Time Magazine October 25, 1937 | Vol. XXX No. 17 October 25, 1937 |Vol. XXX No. 17...
Inside new book "Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago" - CBS Chicago
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (28+ words) A new book shares the story Chicago's architectural history through the humble brick. Inside new book "Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago"...
Tucson author's new book is set in grand old house on Coronado Beach
6+ hour, 34+ min ago (815+ words) " in Coronado, the charming beach-side enclave two miles and 50 years ago west of downtown San Diego. "We'd been going to Coronado almost every summer since our kids were little," Cantor recalled. "After the pandemic, we found a house we could…...