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The Priciest Story Ever Sold

A 17th-century “Friendship Book”—basically a kind of autograph book that was popular in European courts at that time—recently sold at auction for $3.1m. That feels like a lot of Benjamins […]

This Revolution Will Not Be Televised

It’s not every day that reading feels revolutionary. Anachronistic, sure, like when you’re reading a book in public and people stare at you like you’re rubbing two sticks together to […]