Thomas Paine
John Adams told Thomas Jefferson that “history is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine.” Thomas Edison called him
Month: September 2025
Abraham Lincoln
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tried by War, James M. McPherson is acclaimed as the greatest living Civil War historian. In this
The Allies
Best-selling author Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin – the three
How Do We Look
From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history
Breaking the Social Media Prism
A revealing look at how user behavior is powering deep social divisions online – and how we might yet defeat
Data and Goliath
Data is everywhere. We create it every time we go online, turn our phones on (or off), and pay with
Out of Touch
Millions of people around the world are not getting the physical, emotional, and intellectual intimacy they crave. Through the wonders
Talk to Me
A New York Times Magazine writer explores the Next Big Thing in tech – the impending revolution in voice recognition – and
Head in the Cloud
The real-world value of knowledge in the mobile-device age. More people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who Rene Descartes
Viking’s Desire
A captive time traveler. A Viking jarl on a mission. Will marriage be the price of her freedom? Searching for
Betrayer
She marries him for revenge. He marries her for her serpent mark. On the eve of her twentieth birthday, Sol
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