As your reward for making it to the end of the book you’ll find a free toy in the endpapers: a miniature Japanese drink ...

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Margarash puts a clever, modern twist on a classic folktale storyline. Tim Miller’s illustrations take the edge off of the ...

This lovely tool can punch through multiple layers of paper, mat board, etc. It is great for making eyelet holes in fabric as ...

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I enjoy word play—plot twists, puns, double meanings, and so on. Use those and I will laugh and join in. But joking should be in jest—being mean on purpose is not funny. For instance, while Don ...

In a bizarre and tragic story coming out of Asia, six young foreign travelers have died in Vang Vieng, Laos after ingesting mixed drinks tainted with methanol. Five women, one man, four nationalities.

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Why We Sleep explores the science of sleep and its profound impacts on our physical and mental wellbeing. Matthew Walker, a professor of neuroscience and psychology at UC Berkeley and former Harvard ...

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