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What makes explorers seek out the unfamiliar?
FELIPE FERNÁNDEZ-ARMESTO
What supernatural folklore reveals about human nature
LAURIC THIAULT CAPTURES A SLOW VOYAGE THROUGH THE MOST REMOTE CORNERS OF PATAGONIA
What is America? And who is an American? These questions lie at the heart of Greg Grandin’s provocative new book, which also wrestles with a broader question: do the Americas, North and South, share a
This is a history of margins and fringes – not only of the Atlantic Ocean itself, but also of the imaginations of those who worked on its surface and lived at its edges. In his new book, Karl Bell dra
The story of some of the last peoples in Europe to embrace Christianity
AFRICAN FOLKLORE