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Pigeons: Nuisance Animals, or Expert Accomplices in Diamond Smuggling?
FLIGHT OF THE DIAMOND SMUGGLERSA Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South AfricaBy Matthew Gavin Frank Diamond mining
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Welcome to Boarding School. Are You Safe Here? Good Question.
ALL GIRLSBy Emily Layden The central figure in Emily Layden’s debut novel is Atwater, not a person but a place:
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When Genocide Is Caught on Film
THE RAVINE A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre RevealedBy Wendy Lower “What does one do upon discovering a photograph
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‘Kink’ Is Not a Book About Sex. It’s a Book About, Well, Kink.
KINKStoriesEdited by R. O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell A tweet that’s haunted me (and there are many) is one that
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Wandavision: Scarlet Witch Elizabeth Olsen predicted ‘fake babies’ during Age of Ultron
WandaVision: Elizabeth Olsen stars in Disney+ series trailer Everyone is frantically trying to work out what is happening on the
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Darwin’s Dim View of the Second Sex
“If I live till I am 80 years old,” Charles Darwin wrote to a friend in November 1837, “I shall
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Elvis Presley’s book collection: From JFK’s assassination to Gone with the Wind and more
Graceland: Take a live virtual tour of Elvis’ Memphis home Elvis Presley is well known for loving his TV, having
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Mike Nichols’s Brilliant Career
MIKE NICHOLSA LifeBy Mark Harris Individual genius is a group accomplishment, and don’t let Flaubert tell you different. Mike Nichols,
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20 brilliant new novels, essays and poetry collections to read this month
From Nikita Gill to Joan Didion and beyond, 20 new books to make your shelf happy. February is one of
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