A CALL TO SPY (2020)

When you think of World War II spies in Europe, is your first thought women? Recently several books and a movie reveal how women were...

ANCIENT ROMAN VILLAS AND MODERN VILLAINS

Treasure is found in England when ploughing, building new construction or using metal detectors. Last year the movie, The Dig, re-enacted...

UNDER THE WATER

The recent release of the National Geographic documentary, Becoming Cousteau, has brought back memories: In the spring of my junior year...

BIRDS AND BAPTISTS

Scott Weidensaul’s twenty-year experience as an active field researcher brings an extra depth to his new book, A World on the Wing: A...

FINDING TREASURE

Archives are like hidden treasure. You never know what you will find inside those acid-free boxes. You may walk in with assumed ideas,...

TRAVELING BACK IN TIME

Living history museums (called “open-air museums” in Europe) are a wonderful experience for the whole family. Some are large, such as...

A FAVORITE AUTHOR: ALAN FURST

Alan Furst is an American author who has written fifteen novels of historical espionage set in Europe between 1938-45. The backbone of...

A HIDDEN LIFE (2019)

This film is based on the true story of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer who refused to take an oath of loyalty to Adolf Hitler...

STACEY BIELER

HISTORIAN-AUTHOR