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A Private History of Happiness: The Art of Living with Presence, from Ptolemy to George Eliot to William Blake
A Private History of Happiness: The Art of Living with Presence, from Ptolemy to George Eliot to William Blake

“I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral, but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies, I no longer touch earth with my feet. I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia.”

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A Lesson in Entrepreneurship, Perseverance and Publishing from Iconic Chef Julia Child
A Lesson in Entrepreneurship, Perseverance and Publishing from Iconic Chef Julia Child

“Don’t for the love of heaven let anybody rush you into anything.”

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A Glorious Enterprise: The Making of American Science
A Glorious Enterprise: The Making of American Science

Rare glimpses of strange specimens and obscure images, laced with tales of scientific rivalry and boundless inspiration, with cameos by Thomas Jefferson, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, and James Bond.

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From Invisible Ink to Cryptography, How the American Revolution Did Spycraft and Privacy-Hacking
From Invisible Ink to Cryptography, How the American Revolution Did Spycraft and Privacy-Hacking

What personal data has to do with George Washington’s dabbles in chemistry.

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The Ice Balloon: The Story of the Disastrous 1897 Expedition to the North Pole by Air
The Ice Balloon: The Story of the Disastrous 1897 Expedition to the North Pole by Air

A summertime jaunt to the Arctic Circle, spoiled.

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Minimalist Posters Celebrating Six Pioneering Women in Science
Minimalist Posters Celebrating Six Pioneering Women in Science

One designer’s homage to Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, Rosalind Franklin, Grace Hopper, Rachel Carson, and Sally Ride.

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Chasing Venus: When the World Came Together to Measure the Heavens
Chasing Venus: When the World Came Together to Measure the Heavens

What Ben Franklin, Sweden, and a lucky break in the clouds have to do with the distance to the Sun.

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The Power of Habit and How to Rewire Our “Habit Loops”
The Power of Habit and How to Rewire Our “Habit Loops”

What Iraqi kebob vendors have to do with your New Year’s resolutions.

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A Brief History of the To-Do List and the Psychology of Its Success
A Brief History of the To-Do List and the Psychology of Its Success

On reconciling the fussy with the fuzzy, or what Benjamin Franklin has to do with Drew Carey.

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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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