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Most of us think of Florence Nightingale as "The Lady with the Lamp" -- a Victorian-era nurse and social reformer. In this new book, we learn more about the family that raised her and the times in which she lived.
Gillian Gill, has taught at Northeastern, Wellesley, Yale and Harvard and is also the author of biographies of Agatha Christie and Mary Baker Eddy.
The earthworm may be small, spineless, and blind, but its impact on the ecosystem is profound. A gardening writer tells us everything we've always wanted to know about worms.
Amy Stewart, author of "The Earth Moved" and "From the Ground Up."