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<i>Magnitude</i> helps you imagine the outer limits of time, speed and distance—without breaking your brain
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A new photography book uncovers the last days (and lasting legacy) of a New York institution
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Our picks are full of silly words, weird animals and unknown histories
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Though the practice is now more associated with Halloween, spooking out your family is well within the Christmas spirit
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A new book takes a fresh look at the famed scientist
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From presidential biographies to a look at the long rise of fake news, these picks will surely interest history buffs
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New scholarship reveals details about the Native American at the center of the classic <em>Island of the Blue Dolphins</em>
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These reads will remedy even the direst cases of wanderlust
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A new book tells the complex stories behind murderous women, the so-called “femmes fatales.”
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Even now, 350 years after his birth, the great Irish satirist Jonathan Swift remains as sharp and relevant as ever
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These eye-opening works invite us to find ourselves in history and nature
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Agatha Christie wrote her famous detective novel based on an even more famous kidnapping
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Hungry minds would enjoy one of these illuminating books about the world of food and drink
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An anonymous writer's spinoff of Cervantes' masterpiece showed the peril and potential of new printing technology
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At the center of the case was a beautiful young woman named Grace Marks. But was she really responsible for the crime?
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Do plays written centuries ago have the power to heal modern day traumas? A new project raises the curtain on a daring new experiment
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Surprisingly few U.S. writers touched by the 1918 pandemic wrote about it. But flu lit appears more popular today than ever
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How William H.H. Murray accidental bestseller launched the country's first outdoor craze
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The editors of the new book, “Unseen” talk about recognizing the paper of record’s biases
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On the 133rd anniversary of her birth, "ER"'s influence lives on
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