Inventing the Village: The Life and Times of the Jane Street Artists

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Psst. Turns out 80% of books published in 1924-1963 are secretly in the public domain.

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Your weekly book deal memo: Shirley Jackson, Rafia Zakaria, Megan Rapinoe, & more.

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5 Great Audiobooks For That Summer Road Trip

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From Disneyland to the Genteel South, Stories to Pass the Miles

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What the Beginning of an Ebola Outbreak Looks Like

What the Beginning of an Ebola Outbreak Looks Like

Richard Preston Chronicles the Epidemic of 2013

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Walter Benjamin: How WWI Changed the Meaning of 'Barbaric'

Walter Benjamin: How WWI Changed the Meaning of 'Barbaric'

On the 'Monstrous Development of Technology'

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