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6 Popular Business Books Adapted as Comics
6 Popular Business Books Adapted as Comics

What 6th-century Chinese military strategy has to do with the art of closing a deal.

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Children and Established Artists Draw Autism
Children and Established Artists Draw Autism

What the spectrum of difference has to do with 12th-century demons and Google Earth.

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Mabel Pike: Portrait of a 91-Year-Old Moccasin Maker
Mabel Pike: Portrait of a 91-Year-Old Moccasin Maker

What ancient beadwork has to do with the blessings of the digital age.

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Arabic Graffiti: An Eastern Voice in the Global Street Art Dialogue
Arabic Graffiti: An Eastern Voice in the Global Street Art Dialogue

Diplomacy by way of street art, or what Gaza has to do with Banksy.

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David Clemesha’s Hand-Lettered Nursery Rhymes
David Clemesha’s Hand-Lettered Nursery Rhymes

Little lambs, little reds, little pigs, and a little hand-lettered typography.

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Old Jews Telling Jokes
Old Jews Telling Jokes

What Milton Glaser has to do with a Rotweiler and your mother.

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Lawrence Lessig on the Free Access Movement
Lawrence Lessig on the Free Access Movement

Open access to knowledge, a business model for science, and the value of “uncool” innovation.

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Analog Infoviz: Handmade Visualization Toolkit
Analog Infoviz: Handmade Visualization Toolkit

What 99 red balloons have to do with the spam economy and Lady Gaga.

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7 Brilliant Book Trailers
7 Brilliant Book Trailers

How to connect haberdashery to Zach Galifianakis in under three minutes.

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Human Planet: BBC Unravels Earth’s Secrets
Human Planet: BBC Unravels Earth’s Secrets

What rainforest tribes in the jungle have to do with reindeer swimmers in the Arctic.

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