Charting a love affair between astronomers from worlds apart.

Can a symbol of innocence grow up with its readers?

The rise of a painter amid the French Revolution and the Terror that followed.

How a Wall Street trader raised the stakes of the national pastime.

The journal of a sixteenth-century headsman gives a view of early modern life from its terminus.

Deep in the heart of Georgia, an undertaker's secret refuses to stay buried.

A reporter's quest to learn of arms, and the varied Americans who bear them.

A supernatural thriller that defies genre conventions and the "guilty pleasure" principle.

Dispelling the myths of victory, and unpacking the true motives behind competitive spirit.

The candid correspondence of a 20th century literary innovator. 

History repeats itself -- with variations -- in an inventive epic from the creator of the Jackson Brodie novels.

Hunting locally, gathering sustainably—foraging with the future of mankind in mind.

Are punchy prose and revelatory antics the key to a short story renaissance?

Has the rise of processed food created a generation of addicts?

A 1913 exploration of Antarctica takes a death-defying turn.