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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

This book really got us excited. 12 x 36. 10 pounds. Everyone wanted to touch it. Borrow it. Talk about it. It felt like magic. And the title was just as mysterious – Codex Seraphinianus. Publisher Charles Mier tell us what the hell it is (and what is isn't).

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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sarah Bakewell is the author of “How to Live” an unorthodox biography of the great French philosopher and essayist Montaigne.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

 

What are you making? In San Francisco, two radio producers are collecting stories in a project called “The Making Of...” 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Susan Hirschmann is a legendary children's book editor and founder of Greenwillow Books.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Senegalese pop star Youssou N'Dour is the top-selling African musician of all time.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The demographics of the United States are changing: how does the latest wave of immigration fit into the historical pattern?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Roger Ebert won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975 and is probably the most famous movie critic in America.  He talks with Steve Paulson about the movie genre known as film noir.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What does your name say about you? Psychoanalyst Mavis Himes helps clients uncover the invisible family legacies hidden in names. She talks about what it means to truly own and inhabit your name.

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