Columbus, Georgia: A Quintessential Character Town
HISTORY. Columbus is a city in western Georgia some 100 miles southwest of Atlanta. Founded in 1828 by an act […]
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“13 books and reports on science, impacts, solutions, and actors” from Yale Climate Connections
Memorial Day Weekend typically triggers a change in expectations. Afterwards, Americans expect to be baked by summer’s rising temperatures. With
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The Olmsted Conference
Beginning on American History TV, C-SPAN, aired a conference on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted,
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“A Brief History of Earth” by Andrew H. Knoll
How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a
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“Shaping Our Nation: How Surges of Migration Transformed America and Its Politics” by Michael Barone
Summary. Shaping Our Nation provides a great perspective on American society and the culture of urban America and its cities. The
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There’s a 750 Mile Bike Trail in New York.
From the New York Times “Last December, the Empire State Trail — a sprawling, 750-mile cyclist and pedestrian route that
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Fairhope, Alabama, A Quintessential Character Town
The City of Fairhope began as a dream in the minds of a group of populist reformers who were seeking
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“A Natural History of the Future” by Rob Dunn
To Understand Our Future on Earth, Look to the Laws That Govern Nature. A Review By Peter Brannen, Dec. 9, 2021