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The Letters of Greats: From Ernest Hemingway to Georgia O’Keeffe, a Glimpse of Famous Correspondence
The Letters of Greats: From Ernest Hemingway to Georgia O’Keeffe, a Glimpse of Famous Correspondence

Lessons in love via post, or what Hemingway’s soft side has to do with Maurice Sendak’s early genius.

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Scrap Irony: Irreverent Illustrated Cultural Commentary by Edward Gorey circa 1961
Scrap Irony: Irreverent Illustrated Cultural Commentary by Edward Gorey circa 1961

What the physiological effects of space flight have to do with the art of courtship and the Oedipus complex.

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The Antikythera Mechanism: The Story of Humanity’s Oldest Analog Computer, circa 150 B.C.
The Antikythera Mechanism: The Story of Humanity’s Oldest Analog Computer, circa 150 B.C.

30 gear wheels of anachronism, or what a 2,000-year-old shipwreck reveals about the evolution of technology.

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Einstein, Anne Lamott, and Steve Jobs on Intuition vs. Rationality
Einstein, Anne Lamott, and Steve Jobs on Intuition vs. Rationality

What the libraries of yore have to do with today’s information economy and the heart’s will.

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The Zen of Steve Jobs: A Graphic Novella About “The Lost Years”
The Zen of Steve Jobs: A Graphic Novella About “The Lost Years”

Lessons on simplicity, sophistication, beauty, and control from the Buddhist tradition.

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The Origin of Snark: Original Illustrations from Lewis Carroll’s “The Hunting of the Snark,” 1876
The Origin of Snark: Original Illustrations from Lewis Carroll’s “The Hunting of the Snark,” 1876

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John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter of Advice to His Lovesick Teenage Son
John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter of Advice to His Lovesick Teenage Son

“If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.”

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The Joy of Books: A Stop-Motion Rainbow Intervention
The Joy of Books: A Stop-Motion Rainbow Intervention

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Artist Ronald Searle’s Tender Illustrated Love Letter to His Wife Recovering from Cancer
Artist Ronald Searle’s Tender Illustrated Love Letter to His Wife Recovering from Cancer

What a tender true love story has to do with medieval illuminated manuscripts and experimental medicine.

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9 Books on Reading and Writing
9 Books on Reading and Writing

Dancing with the absurdity of life, or what symbolism has to do with the osmosis of trash and treasure.

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