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Labrador, Canada’s Place Apart – By Robert M Poole, Photographs by Richard Olsenius – Cod fishing is down, mining is in trouble, and the kids are leaving, but if you think Labrador is finished, think again. A supplement map charts the history of this land of “strange wild beauty” and the rest of Atlantic Canada.

The Living Tower of London – By William R Newcott, Photographs by Jonathan Blair – “Hence with him to the Tower.” A community of 50 families relish their residences in the infamous prison, where secret passwords still open gates.

Afghanistan’s Uneasy Peace – By Richard Mackenzie, Photographs by Steve McCurry – For a decade Afghan guerrillas fought Soviet occupation—now they fight each other for control of Kabul, the capital. But elsewhere there is healing for a nation depleted by one million war dead.

The American Prairie – By Douglas H Chadwick, Photographs by Jim Brandenburg – Only a few glorious patches of North American prairie survive, besieged remnants of the great grasslands that were home to Native Americans, bison, antelope, and prairie dogs.

Explosion of Life: the Cambrian Period – By Rick Gore, Photographs by O Louis Mazzatenta – More than half a billion years ago an evolutionary frenzy gave rise to the main groups of animals in the world today. Recent fossil discoveries in China reveal myriad creatures of those ancient sears.