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Books
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Days of the Jackal
How Andrew Wylie turned serious literature into big business.
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What Does It Mean to Protect Children?
“This is the question that ripped an idyllic high-plains town asunder.”
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When Horror Is the Truth-teller
“It is hard, in the era of the AR-15, to fear a vampire.”
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How to Quit Cars
“The history of transportation will always be social history, writ large.”
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How Tokyo Became an Anti-Car Paradise
“The world’s biggest, most functional city might also be the most pedestrian-friendly. That’s not a coincidence.”
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How Bookshop.org Survives—and Thrives—in Amazon’s World
“Andy Hunter’s ecommerce platform was a pandemic hit. Now he’s on a mission to prove that small businesses can scale up without selling out.”
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There’s Nothing Unnatural About a Computer
“James Bridle’s Ways of Being wants us to take a fresh look at nature’s intelligence.”
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Stet: On Cutting—but Keeping—Everything
“I prefer to keep my darlings on ice.”