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The Most Beautiful Illustrations from 200 Years of Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales

The Most Beautiful Illustrations from 200 Years of Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales

Maurice Sendak, Lisbeth Zwerger, Edward Gorey, David Hockney, Wanda Gág, Shaun Tan, and more.

The Paradox of Identical Twins and What It Reveals About the Psychology of Personal Identity and the Cult of Personality

The Paradox of Identical Twins and What It Reveals About the Psychology of Personal Identity and the Cult of Personality

“The way we treat identical twins is strikingly similar to the way we treat celebrities.”

The Illustrated Life of Trailblazing Journalist Nellie Bly, Who Paved the Way for Women in Media

The Illustrated Life of Trailblazing Journalist Nellie Bly, Who Paved the Way for Women in Media

A warm celebration of the fearless pioneer who championed journalists’ responsibility to “the whole wide world of mankind: good, bad and indifferent.”

Umberto Eco’s Advice to Writers

Umberto Eco’s Advice to Writers

“If we think that our reader is an idiot, we should not use rhetorical figures, but if we use them and feel the need to explain them, we are essentially calling the reader an idiot. In turn, he will take revenge by calling the author an idiot.”

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