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Sarojini Naidu: Beyond the Golden Threshold

102

Blue Jeans and the American Dream: ​The Story of Levi Strauss

103

The History of Valentine’s Day

104

The Origins of the Salem Witch Trials

105

Winnie-the-Pooh

106

History for the Holidays

107

Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris, and the South, Part II

108

Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris, and the South, Part I

109

History for Halloween VIII

110

Ivanhoe and the Modern Middle Ages

111

Ivanhoe and the Invention of Merry England

112

Sicilian Vespers, Part II: The Massacre and the War of the Vespers

113

Sicilian Vespers, Part I: The Uprising

114

The Ottoman Kafes or the Princely Cage

115

Mohenjo Daro: Living City, Mound of the Dead

116

The History of Tikka Masala

117

Moe Berg, Baseball's Scholar and Spy

118

Christopher Columbus and the Book of Prophecies

119

Stede Bonnet, the Gentlemen Pirate

120

Empress, Strategist… Saint? Irene of Byzantium

121

Florida: Frontier and Cracker History

122

Anne Neville and the Wars of the Roses

123

Divorcing in Revolutionary France

124

The Martyrs of Thana

125

The Forme of Cury

126

From Hwaet to the Ring Shout: Lorenzo Dow Turner

127

The Origins of American Eugenics

128

Hurrem Sultan: the Woman Who Changed Ottoman Queenship

129

Marie Louise, Napoleon's Second Empress

130

Milicent Patrick and the Creature

131

History for Halloween VII

132

Surviving the Plague in 1665

133

William Miller and the Great Disappointment

134

Beyond Sacrifice: Aztec Medicine and Healing

135

Jane Manning James

136

The Male Witch

137

Maya, Spain, and the Historical Record

138

Revolutionary Movies, Part II: Dr. Zhivago and The Last Emperor

139

Revolutionary Movies, Part I: The Patriot and Les Miserables

140

Slavery and the Colony of Georgia

141

The Parnell Affair

142

Passing Exams in Imperial China

143

The Other Anne Boleyn

144

Prester John

145

Footnoting Disney: Mulan

146

Footnoting Disney: The Little Mermaid

147

Footnoting Disney: Pocahontas

148

Footnoting Disney: Aladdin

149

Footnoting Disney: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

150

The Forbidden Holiday

151

Haitian Revolution, Part II: ​1794-1804

152

Haitian Revolution, Part I: 1791-1793

153

The Unquiet Afterlife of Elizabeth Siddal

154

History for Halloween VI

155

The Chinese Exclusion Act

156

The Life and Travels of Newport Gardner

157

Evil Humors and the Common Cold

158

Revolutionary Notre-Dame de Paris

159

The Emu War

160

An Extraordinary Medicine Called Theriac

161

Purgatory is Not the Medium Place

162

Jessie Pope, (In)Famous Poet of World War One

163

The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

164

King John and His Dogs

165

Harlem Renaissance Man: James Weldon Johnson

166

Henry II and Thomas Becket, Part II: Rivals

167

Henry II and Thomas Becket, Part I: Friends

168

The History of Grading

169

The End is Nigh! The Apocalypse in the Renaissance

170

American Indian Prisoners of War ​

171

Mao and His Mango

172

Potosí: The Silver Mine that Changed the World

173

King Henry I of England and the White Ship

174

History for Halloween V

175

How to Make a Fortune in Fictional Poyais

176

The Legend of Pope Joan

177

Escape from Slavery: The Story of Mary and Emily Edmonson

178

Beyond the Trenches: Other Fronts of WWI

179

How to Avoid Serving in Napoleon's Army

180

Who Was Bass Reeves?

181

Ancient Authoritative Animals

182

Special Edition: The Marriage of John Quincy and Louisa Adams

183

The Blazing World of Lady Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle

184

Yolande Du Bois and the Weight of W.E.B. Du Bois's Dreams

185

Ambition, Anxiety, and the Unseen Universe: Science and Victorian Fiction

186

Evacuating the Loyalists

187

Hoelun the Stolen Bride

188

The Papal Pornocracy

189

Censorship in Reformation England

190

Jewish Fighters of Medieval Europe

191

How to Be a Beguine

192

Back of Every Great Work: The Story of Emily Warren Roebling

193

Napoleon Bonaparte's Near-Fatal Christmas

194

The Malleus Maleficarum

195

Distrust of Chinese-Americans in Early 20th-Century New York City

196

History for Halloween IV

197

Cemeteries: Washington Park Cemetery and Early 20th-Century Atlanta

198

Belle Gunness, Black Widow Serial Killer

199

John Dee: Astrologer, Courtier, Mystic...Spy?

200

The Invention of the Chocolate Chip Cookie