Helen Ford was born Helen Isabel Barnett in Troy on June 6, 1894. Helen’s father was a manufacturer in Troy, and she was considered a musical prodigy as a child. She studied voice and piano at a ...

A TROJAN ENDING—Laura Riding— Random House ($2.50). Troy’s tale is one of the oldest stories in the world. It has been questioned, sifted, dug into by historians and archeologists, reconstructed by ...

I cut myself shaving right before I met Mary E. Roach. No big deal, but it’s worth mentioning because it’s so on-brand: I lost track of the number of times a character in her “We Are the Match” holds ...