What We Are Reading Today: The Lives of Snakes

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Updated 20 August 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: The Lives of Snakes

Author: Chris Mattison

Descended from prehistoric lizards, snakes have been slithering across the earth for more than a hundred million years.

There are some 4,100 species known to exist, and many are venomous, but many more are not.

Snakes experience the world in unique ways, seeing in just two colors, smelling the air with their tongues, and relying on signs of movement for orientation.


What We Are Reading Today: We the Women by Norah O’Donnell

Updated 08 March 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: We the Women by Norah O’Donnell

Norah O’Donnell’s “We the Women” is vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union.

Through extensive research and interviews, as well as historical documents and old photos, O’Donnell curates a compelling portrait of these fierce fighters for freedom, and in doing so writes the American story anew.