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Raised like a princess in one of the most powerful families in the American South, Henrietta Bingham was offered the helm of a publishing empire. Instead,…
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Once Upon a Time in Russia by Ben Mezrich is the untold true story of the larger-than-life billionaire oligarchs who surfed the waves of privatization to…
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are WAMC's Alan Chartock, SUNY Albany Journalism…
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The French Revolution challenged the foundation of the social order in essentially every political structure in Europe. In his new book, Phantom Terror:…
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The modern-day European Union was crafted in large part to minimize built-in geopolitical tensions that historically have torn it apart.As George Friedman…
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When Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863, he had broader aims than simply rallying a war-weary nation. Lincoln realized that the…
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Associate Editor of the Times…
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In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that…
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Philippa Gregory's latest Cousins' War book is The White Princess (Cousins' War) .In it, Henry Tudor is king, snatching the crown from Richard III in a…
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Europe’s financial fortunes have a major influence on the rest of the world.In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Democratic Representative…