“A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal.”
nonfiction
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Women in Afghanistan Are Prisoners In Their Own Homes. This is the Story of Marjan, Married at 12 to a Taliban Fighter
“Women in Afghanistan are prisoners in their own homes. This is the story of Marjan, married at 12 to a Taliban fighter.”
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How to Make a Living as a Writer
“Horse stories in the morning, erotica in the afternoon.”
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Is Traveling to Every Country in the World a Worthy Cause? This Group Thinks So.
“I tagged along on a surreal trip to a conflict zone in Azerbaijan with a group of explorers known as the world’s Most Traveled People.”
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Come One, Come All: A Reading List on Parks
The drama within our public spaces.
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‘It Wasn’t Sexual in Any Way!’ 50 Years of Streaking – By The People Who Dared to Bare All
“While some streakers do it for a cause and others for a laugh, all agree the adrenaline rush is unbeatable.”
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The Nazi of Oak Park
“It was a stunning revelation: A respected high school custodian had been a concentration camp guard. This excerpt of a new book examines how the disclosure of a dark secret in the early ’80s divided a suburb.”
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Huge in Palm Springs
“An unlikely statue has become a rich-person controversy for the ages. In the California desert, I found out why.”
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Wild Talk: A Reading List On Artificial Intelligence and Interspecies Communication
AI is opening up the possibility of communicating with other animals. But will we listen? And can we ever truly understand?
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The Mysterious Tyranny of Trendy Baby Names
“In America, how you spell your name says a lot about when you were born.”