“The Missing Thread: A Women’s History of the Ancient World” by Daisy Dunn, a classicist, uses feminism as a tool to tell more about antiquity than the average person knows. Women found…

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I adore memoirs. Unlike biography which encompasses the width of a life, a memoir takes a specific time period or experience and holds it up for observation. When someone examines a portion…

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What are you looking forward to this weekend? August is usually hot and sticky where I live, but our weekend forecast is cooler and dry and I cannot wait. We’ve been going…

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Have you ever had the serendipitous experience of reading a complementary nonfiction and fiction book close together? I love it when this happens: when I just happen to read a nonfiction book…

From the blushing, young “Shy Di” to the heartbreaking “England’s Rose,” Princess Diana was an unlikely person to take on the formidable royal family traditions and forever change them. Her story is…

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What are you up to this weekend? I’m looking forward to time outdoors because we’re finally enjoying a break from the heat and humidity where I live. I haven’t been able to…