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As the French Empire collapsed between 1812 and 1815, artists throughout Europe were left uncertain and adrift.
The final abdication of Emperor Napoleon, clearing the way for a restored monarchy, profoundly unsettled prevailing national, religious, and social boundaries.
In “Restoration,” Thomas Crow combines a sweeping view of European art centers—Rome, Paris, London, Madrid, Brussels, and Vienna—with a close-up look at pivotal artists.
Environmental attorney Christen Civiletto relates how the major chemical kingpins of the 20th century relentlessly and indiscriminately laid waste to Niagara Falls in her eye-opening, harrowing, intimate new book, “Thundering Waters: The Toxic Legacy of Niagara Falls.”
Expertly interweaving environmental crime, history, and memoir, “Thundering Waters” exposes the astonishing story of exploitation and ongoing abuse lurking in the shadows of one of the world’s most treasured natural wonders.
