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Interview: Eric G. Wilson

Why the pursuit of happiness naturally includes melancholy

Fort Matanzas, about fifty feet long on each side, was constructed of coquina, a local stone formed from clam shells and quarried from a nearby island.

America's First True "Pilgrims"

An excerpt from Kenneth C. Davis's new book explains they arrived half a century before the Mayflower reached Plymouth Rock

Lunt Harbor, looking toward the mountains of Acadia National Park

The Life and Times of a Maine Island

An excerpt from a history of Frenchboro, Long Island, one of Maine's last remaining year-round island communities

Bottles washed up on a beach

The Trouble with Bottled Water

Elizabeth Royte reflects on the backlash against commercializing a natural resource and responds to reader comments

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Infinite Jest

Stop me if you've heard this one...

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Turn the Page

Electronic books may soon vie with library cards for space in your pocket

Marjane Satrapi during a premiere of her film Persepolis

From Persepolis to Pyongyang: Graphic Novels Today

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News Flash

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The Kennedys: Portrait of a Family

An excerpt from the new book by Shannon Thomas Perich

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Hill of Beans

For author Julia Alvarez and her husband, starting an organic coffee plantation was a wake-up call

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Masters of the Storm

Kennedy Warne, author of "The Amazing Albatrosses," talks about dangerous waters and albatross love

"The Places in Between," by Rory Stewart

The New Civil Service

An excerpt from Rory Stewart's "The Places in Between"

Louis Castro (bottom row, left) played 42 games as a second baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1902 season. Because his birthplace is questioned by baseball historians, he may or may not have been the first Hispanic player in the Major Leagues.

Debating Louis Castro

Was he the first foreign-born Hispanic in the Major Leagues?

"Bones to Ashes," by Kathy Reichs

Bones to Ashes

An excerpt from the new book by Kathy Reichs

Prague

Almost a Fairy Tale

Jonathan Kandell, author of "Americans in Prague," talks about one of Europe's most beautiful cities

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When Movies Best Books

"I think most Americans don't realize how close we came to losing the Revolutionary War," says Ferling.

Forget Independence

John Ferling, author of "100 Days that Shook the World," imagines an alternate history

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Presto!

Can invisible technology make Harry Potter disappear?

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The American Home Front: 1941-1942

By Alistair Cooke, Atlantic Monthly Press, $24.00

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Interview: Daniel Gilbert

What will make you happy? A social scientist explains why it's so hard to predict

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