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The 11 Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2011
The 11 Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2011

Illustrated correspondence, rock’n’roll, and what an old Kurt Vonnegut has to do with a young Hemingway.

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The 11 Best Art and Design Books of 2011
The 11 Best Art and Design Books of 2011

From the Periodic Table to Craigslist, or what the greatest graphic designer of all time has to do with Moby-Dick.

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Young Hemingway’s Letters: A Rare Glimpse of the Author’s Tender Side
Young Hemingway’s Letters: A Rare Glimpse of the Author’s Tender Side

Rediscovering one of literature’s greatest personas through the vulnerable pieces of his personhood.

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Writers’ Houses Illustrated
Writers’ Houses Illustrated

Minimalist illustrations of iconic writers’ abodes, from Twain to Dickinson to Poe.

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From Galileo to Google: How Big Data Illuminates Human Culture
From Galileo to Google: How Big Data Illuminates Human Culture

“Through our scopes, we see ourselves. Every new lens is also a new mirror.”

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I Want My Hat Back: A Darkly Delightful Masterpiece by Jon Klassen
I Want My Hat Back: A Darkly Delightful Masterpiece by Jon Klassen

“My hat is gone. Nobody has seen it.”

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My Faraway One: The Passionate Love Letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
My Faraway One: The Passionate Love Letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz

How to woo like an artist, or what the overuse of the dash has to do with finding the most generous muse.

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7 Obscure Children’s Books by Authors of Grown-Up Literature
7 Obscure Children’s Books by Authors of Grown-Up Literature

What a moral cat has to do with a lost boy, a happy prince and the rules for little girls.

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5 Quirky Coloring Books for The Eternal Kid
5 Quirky Coloring Books for The Eternal Kid

What gangsta rap has to do with children’s healthcare and mid-century illustration.

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Weight and Weightlessness: The Science of Life in Space, in Charming Vintage Illustrations
Weight and Weightlessness: The Science of Life in Space, in Charming Vintage Illustrations

An impossibly lovely primer on how gravity works and why we don’t fall to the center of the earth daily.

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