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A book of time and wisdom: 40 Women over Fifty
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Scandi noir and other tales from dark and snowy lands
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Looking for a good book? This is what we’re reading this summer
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Where are they now? Revisiting the forbidden books of our teens
We live in an age where it seems there are no boundaries of decency or propriety, where anything goes (think of the wild…
4 books by Irish women writers that ignited the nation
It is almost a crime for one country to produce so many accomplished novelists, memoirists, playwrights, and poets. But …
How to create—and remember—strong passwords
Passwords are the key to just about everything we do on our computers, from banking, to watching movies, to email and wo…
These books about pandemics read like thrillers
In the past two months, we’ve learned more about viruses than we ever wanted to know. Thank the coronavirus for t…
Secret agents: The brave women of the world wars
The bravery of the young men who battled on the fields of France during two terrible world wars has been well-documented…
The candlestick in the library: Country house mysteries from the Golden Age
A dance hostess in a sparkly evening gown lies on the floor of a country estate. She has been murdered. Or has she? An a…