Got a "wild" idea? In The Power of Onlyness Nilofer Merchant, who had many doors slammed in her face, says she has a path to make your dream a reality.

Get your kicks from ancient Rome to Hadrian's Wall with Sextus Julius Severus, the new governor of Britannia, as your walking guide.

What is it really like to travel in space? Kirkus Reviews says "Massimino makes having “the right stuff” both breathtaking and formidable."

Max Eisen is a Canadian survivor of Auschwitz. In his recent book By chance alone : a remarkable true story of courage and survival at Auschwitz this amazing man tells of his personal experience and survival of Auschwitz.

I have got to admit -  I might be the laziest gardener in the city, perhaps the province. 

Since the late 1980s Burma (Myanmar) has been governed by the vice-like grip of a military dictatorship. In a country struggling for basic human rights the beacon of democratic hope is embodied in Aung San Suu Kyi.

Is this going to be on the exam?

"Passing" began after the US Civil War. It didn't stop for a very long time, afterwards.

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Plum Johnson's They Left Us Everything