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How Europe’s hunger for rare spices sent Magellan to a painful death
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoAboard Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage of 1519 to 1522, the greatest expedition of the Age of Discovery...
Amy Tan on Jamaica Kincaid, 'Crazy Rich Asians,' and The Book on Her Nightstand
Elle via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh,...
Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective 'alter ego' solves gripping crimes
Associated Press· 5 days agoFor the last four decades, Padura, 68, has managed to turn his series of detective thrillers into a...
Erie County Comics celebrates third anniversary with three new issues
WIVB via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoAlso included in the...transform Blizzard Baby into her true form — an ice monster with unruly...
Cecil Williams to be honored at Columbia Museum of Art
The Times and Democrat· 2 hours agoThe Center for Civil Rights History and Research, Columbia SC 63, and the Columbia Museum of Art...
Southwest considers overhauling its disputed boarding policy
San Francisco Chronicle· 8 hours agoSFO revives its only summer nonstop flight to European capital city Rome and Southwest drops routes...
Five Best: Books on Philanthropy
The Wall Street Journal· 1 day agoA coda to Ms. Conant’s book: Loomis’s great-grandson is Netflix’s co-founder Reed Hastings... popularized photography by building Eastman Kodak into one ...
Travel hotspots include 5 quirky museums celebrating barbershops, mustards, spuds, Spam and...
Fox News· 6 hours agoWhich means almost everything has a museum to preserve its history. "Comic books date back 80 years,...
Noteworthy for 55+: May 2024 - The Martha's Vineyard Times
The Martha's Vineyard Times· 2 days agoBook Club Join M.V. Center for Living and the West Tisbury Public Library to read “On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s,” by Greg O’Brien. It is an ...
Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective 'alter ego' solves gripping crimes
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 5 days agoPadura has managed to turn his series of detective novels into a social and political chronicle of Cuba, especially his native Havana ...