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The Disciples: James Mollison’s Portraits of Music Subcultures
The Disciples: James Mollison’s Portraits of Music Subcultures

From Madonna to Marilyn Manson, or how to worship at the secular altar of pop culture.

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The Magic of Reality: Richard Dawkins Teaches Children to Fight Myth with Science
The Magic of Reality: Richard Dawkins Teaches Children to Fight Myth with Science

What Scandinavian folklore has to do with DNA, or how to myth-bust creationism with the poetry of science.

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Remembering One of the Greatest Science Writers of All Time
Remembering One of the Greatest Science Writers of All Time

From Darwin to baseball, or what Nabokov’s butterflies have to do with living the American dream.

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MetaMaus: Inside the Making of the Comic that Made History
MetaMaus: Inside the Making of the Comic that Made History

Why comics? Why mice? Why the Holocaust?

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Catalyzing Creativity: 7 Playful Activity Books for Grown-Ups
Catalyzing Creativity: 7 Playful Activity Books for Grown-Ups

Greenlighting mess-making, 101 ways to astonish yourself, and how to flowchart your way to happiness.

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Hark! A Vagrant: Witty Comics about Historical & Literary Figures
Hark! A Vagrant: Witty Comics about Historical & Literary Figures

Training for presidents, Victorian dude-spotting, and what the Brontë Sisters have to do with Jules Verne.

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Breakfast at Tiffany’s Turns 50: Celebrating Audrey Hepburn
Breakfast at Tiffany’s Turns 50: Celebrating Audrey Hepburn

One of Old Hollywood’s most charismatic personalities, captured through the affection lens of a dear friend.

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The Innovator’s Cookbook: Great Minds on the Power of Serendipity
The Innovator’s Cookbook: Great Minds on the Power of Serendipity

How to win the future, or what 3D printing has to do with Twitter, Brian Eno and Obama.

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They Draw & Cook: Recipes Illustrated by Global Artists
They Draw & Cook: Recipes Illustrated by Global Artists

What starving artists have to do with toads, infatuated chickens, and the universal language of the cookie.

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Celebrating the Art of Competitive Beard and Mustache Grooming
Celebrating the Art of Competitive Beard and Mustache Grooming

A lament for patience by way of Garibaldi, or what partial beards have to do with instant gratification.

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