In 1759 General James Wolfe was killed at Quebec, winning the battle that decided the fate of North America. Just 32 years old, he became a hero. But was there more to James Wolfe than a celebrated de
Watch the continents shift, the plants grow taller, and the bugs get bigger as middle readers travel back in time 430 million years to a planet that is very different from the one on which we live tod
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The great German novelist Thomas Mann implored readers to resist the persistent and growing militarism of the mid-twentieth century. To whom should we turn for guidance during this current era of glob
In 1937, Adam Nicolson's father answered a newspaper ad—"Uninhabited islands for sale. Outer Hebrides, 600 acres. . . . Puffins and seals. Apply."—and thus found the Shiants. With a name
Suppose we took everything that all the various world cultures have to tell us about human potential—about psychological, spiritual, and social growth—and identified the basic patterns that connect th
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