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Understanding any political leader is a challenging task, and this is perhaps especially true when it comes to Vladimir Putin. Donald Kelley meets the challenge as he traces the Russian president's evolution from cautious reformer to authoritarian leader in the context of Russia's political system.

Frank N. von Hippel shares his remarkable journey as a key figure in the history of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, illuminating the far-reaching consequences of nuclear accidents and the devastating impact of "limited" nuclear war.

On the pathway to stewardship and kinship—an experiential approach to fostering environmental connection from birth to the teen years. In a technologically saturated world, how can we ignite the next generation's connection to their ecological and human communities?

Annie Ernaux meets Annie Dillard in this sultry story of a woman’s obsession with a painter — and a river. A woman is on an artists’ retreat on an island in the St. Lawrence Seaway, taking time away from her partner and her daughter to write.

It may not be the worst time in history to get paid to make art, but it certainly is the strangest. The institutions and markets that have been supporting the arts are undergoing massive changes, some even disappearing.