Month: April 2018
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Top Ten Fantasy Crime Novels
Fonda Lee, author of Jade City, shares a list of the top ten fantasy crime novels.
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Four Reasons to Prune Your Fruit Tree for Small Size
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5 reasons why we need to be skeptical of autonomous vehicles
What does the autonomous vehicle future look like to Sam Schwartz, the legendary “Gridlock Sam” transportation planner? Find out in this piece by MobilityLab.
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Eating in Ireland: Gluten-Free and Vegan Options
Irish chefs (even in rural areas) are well informed when it comes to gluten allergies, and many menus mark their gluten-free options. These restaurants are all excellent options for travelers in Ireland with dietary restrictions.
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HBG Big News This Week: April 16-20, 2018
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Author David Baldacci boosts books, literacy
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How to Spend 24 Hours in Montréal
Infinitely bikeable, walkable, and packed with picturesque alleys and parks, Montréal is the kind of place where you can cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time.
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Lucy Cooke’s THE TRUTH ABOUT ANIMALS reviewed in Popular Science
Did you know that the U.S. military once tried to use bats to drop bombs? Or that Adelie penguins have such wild sex lives that mortified researchers would put off publishing the first scientific report on their proclivities for nearly a century? Cooke gathers these tales, and explores myths and misunderstandings that dog animals to…
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Steven Gillon’s SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL reviewed in the Atlantic
“How did a government document that black radicals anticipated would be a whitewash end up instead denouncing ‘white racism’? This improbable turn of events animates Steven M. Gillon’s deft, incisive, and altogether absorbing history of the Kerner Commission, which he convincingly depicts as ‘the last gasp of 1960s liberalism’…Meticulous.”
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An essay by BLOOD LETTERS author Lian Xi in the Wall Street Journal
Few in the West know of the Chinese dissident Lin Zhao, who was executed 50 years ago this month at the height of the Cultural Revolution for her fierce opposition to Mao, but she is still very much a presence in China. On the anniversary of her death in two weeks, some of her many…
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Outdoor Fun in a Jar: Science Activities for Kids
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Boruca Masks and the Little Devils Festival
Every year, the Boruca people in south-central Costa Rica put on elaborate carved masks and enact a centuries-old ritual representing the clash between their indigenous ancestors and the invading Spaniards.
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