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Reads tagged with “history”

Apple and the Bananas: A Steve Jobs Personal Remembrance
Apple and the Bananas: A Steve Jobs Personal Remembrance

From Jules Verne to the Iron Curtain, or why ‘bondi blue’ is the defining color of my curiosity.

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Bob Dylan & Other Icons Resurrect the Unfinished Lost Songs of Hank Williams
Bob Dylan & Other Icons Resurrect the Unfinished Lost Songs of Hank Williams

What Jack White has to do with dumpster-diving for music history.

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Hall of Femmes: The Female Icons of Graphic Design
Hall of Femmes: The Female Icons of Graphic Design

Four self-made women who shaped the course and voice of modern graphic design.

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Gorgeous Grimm: 130 Years of Brothers Grimm Visual Legacy
Gorgeous Grimm: 130 Years of Brothers Grimm Visual Legacy

What evil stepmothers and conniving wolves have to do with understanding the future of reading.

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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

From Shakespeare to Einstein via Lucretius, or how a long-lost Roman poem gave rise to the Renaissance.

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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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A Map of Woman’s Heart: Satirical Illustrated Cartography of Victorian Gender Stereotypes
A Map of Woman’s Heart: Satirical Illustrated Cartography of Victorian Gender Stereotypes

From coquetry to selfishness, or what the Sea of Wealth has to do with the City and District of Love.

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The Ropes at Disney: 1943 Walt Disney Employee Handbook
The Ropes at Disney: 1943 Walt Disney Employee Handbook

“If you unwittingly slip off the beam, it will give you painless nudge in the right direction. Please read it carefully.”

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Today Yesterday: 5 Vintage Visions for the Future of Technology
Today Yesterday: 5 Vintage Visions for the Future of Technology

Instapaper circa 1981, or what medical wonderlands have to do with making cash entirely obsolete.

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The Communist Threat: A Trip Through America’s Ideological Wayback Machine
The Communist Threat: A Trip Through America’s Ideological Wayback Machine

From Walt Disney to Stalin, or how 1952 America interpreted the Soviet regime.

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