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The Nile, like all of Egypt, is both timeless and ever-changing. Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey downriver that is both history and travelogue.

Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep-sometimes with each other.

Natalia Foles, a gorgeous, educated, and intelligent heiress, lives the life of dreams.

Marie Curie died in 1934 of radiation poisoning, from years of investigating the dangerous elements that she herself had discovered.

As an indigenous person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from a unique perspective, one tied to the natural and spiritual world.

In 2016, Pakistan's first social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch, was murdered in a suspected honor killing.

This book brings to life the vibrant histories of 50 pioneering LGBTQ+ people from around the world, taking listeners on a journey through the lives of influential queer figures who have made a mar

When a powerful parent dies, each of his adult children reacts in startling and unexpected ways, and his grieving widow in the most surprising way of all.

Families and Work Institute President Ellen Galinsky presents a book of advice based on the latest research on child development.

Seventeen-year-old cynic Saoirse Clarke isn't looking for a relationship. But when she meets mischievous Ruby, that rule goes right out the window.

John Seibert Farnsworth he lets us peer over his shoulder as he takes his notes.

A documentary drawn from testimony at the Coast Guard's official inquiry looks anew at one of the most storied, and mysterious, shipwrecks in American history, the Edmund Fitzgerald.

In the dirty thirties jobs were hard to come by.

Showing up means connecting with others in a way that makes them feel seen and supported.

Set in the American Deep South, each of the powerful stories collected here concerns an aspect of the lives of black people in the post-slavery era, exploring their resistance to white racism and o