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All Work and No Play: When did Americans stop having fun?

All Work and No Play: When did Americans stop h...

A few decades’ worth of studies of both children and adults show the benefits of freely chosen play and games, and the costs of not including at least a little...

All Work and No Play: When did Americans stop h...

A few decades’ worth of studies of both children and adults show the benefits of freely chosen play and games, and the costs of not including at least a little...

Why I Put a Melee in a Romantic Novel

Why I Put a Melee in a Romantic Novel

It might seem odd to set a story about two people falling in love in the middle of that kind of trouble, but for me love helps people see things...

Why I Put a Melee in a Romantic Novel

It might seem odd to set a story about two people falling in love in the middle of that kind of trouble, but for me love helps people see things...

Remembering the Battle of Corunna

Remembering the Battle of Corunna

The Battle of Corunna doesn’t make it onto the highlight reels of the British version of the Napoleonic wars.

Remembering the Battle of Corunna

The Battle of Corunna doesn’t make it onto the highlight reels of the British version of the Napoleonic wars.

Loyalists: American Refugees

Loyalists: American Refugees

Of course, the British lost the American War of Independence. Of the white Loyalists, about 15 percent fled the colonies after the British surrender, many to Canada or Florida.

Loyalists: American Refugees

Of course, the British lost the American War of Independence. Of the white Loyalists, about 15 percent fled the colonies after the British surrender, many to Canada or Florida.

Road to Corunna: American Loyalists

Road to Corunna: American Loyalists

One of the strong influences on my novel The Spanish Patriot was learning about the American colonists who did not wish to separate from Britain during the revolution and civil...

Road to Corunna: American Loyalists

One of the strong influences on my novel The Spanish Patriot was learning about the American colonists who did not wish to separate from Britain during the revolution and civil...

Getting the Details Right

Getting the Details Right

One of the reasons I chose to write about the Manchester protest later called Peterloo in An Untitled Lady was that there were quite a few good sources on the...

Getting the Details Right

One of the reasons I chose to write about the Manchester protest later called Peterloo in An Untitled Lady was that there were quite a few good sources on the...