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Liberty Friendship 7 John Glenn's space capsule. Courtesy National Air & Space Museum

Remembering John Glenn! Godspeed

April 7, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Astronaut John Glenn was buried this week in Arlington National Cemetery. I had a glorious brief encounter with Astronaut-U.S. Sen. John Glenn when I staged the National Air & Space Museum’s […]

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Discovery, Film and television, Heroes, History, News, People, Transportation
Astronaut John Glenn Courtesy of NASA

Remembering John Glenn!

December 9, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Remembering Astronaut John Glenn today — one day after his death at age 95.  I had a glorious brief encounter with Astronaut-U.S. Sen. John Glenn when I staged the National […]

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Discovery, Film and television, History, News, People, Transportation
Death with Woman in Lap Kathe Kollwirz

Our Darkest Day: USA

November 9, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Darkness has descended on us. Democracy is at risk.  

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Art & Design, Environment, History, International, People, Sustainability
Big juicy burger. Courtesy of recipeshubs.com

Books Summer ’16: Ten More You’ll Like

August 15, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Award-winning journalists and experts – Sebastian Junger, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Jennifer Ackerman– are  among the authors we’ve selected for Ten More Books you’ll like this summer. This selection of 10  looks […]

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Birds, Books, Health, History, Natural history, Research, Technology
Twelve Apostles, Australia. Photo by Pete Seaward for Lovely Planet.

Books Summer ’16: Ten You’ll Like

June 27, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Welcome Summer –– and the books that beckon us to sit in a comfortable chair, dream, explore other places and other worlds.  This month’s selection is the first of several […]

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Biodiversity, Books, History, Science, Travel, Weather
Horsedrawn huckster selling vegetables in Trinidad

Cuba: Update and Portal to the Island

May 5, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Havana: The first cruise ship in decades docked May 2 – with on shore dancers, bands and crowds waving flags. The city’s restaurant scene is flourishing, even with shortages of […]

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Architecture, Art & Design, Cuba, History, Museums, Photo Gallery, Photography, Travel, Urban life
Bicycle power in Havana. Rickshaws are popular way to get around the city.

Experiencing Cuba: Coming Up!

February 26, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Travelers to Cuba on recent “people to people” education trips picked up in-depth knowledge of people, places and the importance of preserving culture on the island nation. Ready to go? […]

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Art & Design, Cities, Cuba, History, International, Museums, Travel

Gift Books for 2015: Coming Next Week

December 3, 2015by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Our 2015 Holiday Round-up of books — to crave, see, read, give and keep –is coming next week in four installments! Photography — from phytoplankton to Hubble Telescope images Questing […]

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Art & Design, Books, Discovery, Europe, History, Natural history, Oceans, Photography, Science, Travel, Urban life
Siddhartha Mukherjee wins Guardian first book award

Gift Books 2014: Best of the Best!

December 10, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Great writers, good storytelling, fascinating subjects  — these are the basis for the Best of the Best authors and books for Holidays 2014. Their métier is nonfiction,  whether deep science or […]

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Biodiversity, Books, Discovery, Extinction, History
Amsterdam on the water Photo by Faul-Zeitler

Gift Books 2014: Cities

December 5, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Our books for 2014 look back and ahead at cities’ history, design, destruction and revitalization, and their not-well-kept secrets. Something happened on the way to assembling this year’s book suggestions. […]

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Books, Cities, Europe, History, Urban life

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