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Romans, Germans and Nazis... Author:  Christopher Krebs History, given that it necessarily involves human beings, often travels in mysterious ways.  But some mysteries are more puzzling than others.  How did Tacitus, born in AD 56 and generally considered the greatest Roman historian of his time, end up as the centerpiece of the Nazi propaganda machine almost two millennia after his death?  While my knowledge of Roman historians is minimal, I know enough about World War II to at least find this question intriguing.  In A Most Dangerous Book, Christopher Krebs provides a surprisingly entertaining explanation, making sense of the seemingly [...]

What's the Uighur word for dull? Author:  Nick Danziger The best adventures are the ones you create on your own.  It’s with this philosophy that London native Nick Danziger likes to approach his travels and in the early 1980s – still drifting a bit in his mid-twenties – he convinced the Winston Churchill Trust to sponsor his dream trip: a solo adventure across the breadth of Asia, following the ancient Silk Road.  With his formidable traveling wits and plenty of luck, he managed to live to tell his tale in Danziger’s Travels. Despite a bevy of naysayers, Danziger hops a [...]

Hands off! Author: Lisa Olsen The Touch Cover Lexi is an artist living in California.  She has two platonic roommates (Paul and Maddie) and they share an old Victorian house that they’re slowly remodeling.  Lexi doesn’t have a lot of family, but her sister, brother-in-law and niece live close by.  When her sister calls looking for Lexi’s help in locating her missing husband, she doesn’t hesitate.  Lexi and Allison aren’t best friends, but she is family and Lexi adores her niece Chloe. When Lexi arrives to help, she finds a detective already at the house.  It seems that [...]