Ex Libris: The Tempest
My favorite Shakespeare play has always been A Midsummer Night’s Dream, perhaps because…
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Ex Libris: The Splendid and the Vile
Probably more books have been written about Winston Churchill than any other political…
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Tales of the Greek Heroes
The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we…
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Tartan, Thistle and Bagpipes
“That wantons thro’ the flowering thorn Thou minds me o’ departed joys, Departed…
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Ex Libris: A Gentleman in Moscow
“Manners are not like bonbons, Nina. You may not choose the ones that…
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Ex Libris: The Thorn Birds
“There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its…
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Carolina’s Cash Crops
Much has been made of rice and cotton as Carolina’s historic cash crops.…
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Ex Libris: The Woman in White
Few of us do not enjoy a good murder mystery. The man we…
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Spring Still Life
The buckeye blooms, Her beating heart worn on an emerald sleeve Holding nothing…
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Ex Libris: The British Are Coming
“Handed the reins to a big brown New England mare, Revere swung into…
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Ex Libris: Italian Folktales
“We are the stories we tell ourselves. Man is a social animal, and…
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The Silver Lining
In 1942, Charleston Museum curator Milby Burton, the dean of South Carolina silver…
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