The complete online text of In the Valley by Harold Frederic.

During his lifetime, and throughout the half century of neglect that followed his early death, Harold Frederic was classified variously as a regionalist, a realist, a naturalist, and a pioneer in the revival of American historical fiction. Though critici...

Perhaps the leading foreign correspondent of his time, surely the most published, Harold Frederic provided readers of the New York Times with an increasingly sophisticated understanding of the intricacies of European political, social, scientific, and ar...

SPACES For valley, it's not easy being green By WHITNEY GOULD of the Journal Sentinel staff Monday, June 14, 2004 The greening of the Menomonee Valley has begun. But will a greener (read: environmentally sustainable) valley yield memorable design? ...

Some say the Fergana Valley is a hotbed of extremism. But Russia and Eurasia Programme Manager James Nixey found it exciting for quite different reasons. It is unfair. Uzbekistan has all the greatest jewels of Central Asia. The fabled cities of Samarkand, Bukhara...

Odd films from the New Hollywood continue to dot the landscape. After playing a tattooed neo-Nazi and singing jazz in a Woody Allen musical, the versatile and charismatic two-time Oscar nominee Edward Norton travels the low-budget route in the disturbing but riveting Down in the...

In several years, Las Vegas ' biotechnology industry could rank among the nation's top five."We are just at the base of it and it's getting ready to blow right open," said Somer Hollingsworth, president and chief executive officer of the Nevada Development Authority. "We're on...