Some weeks ago Farhad Manjoo penned a techno-robotic piece arguing that independent bookstores are superfluous and should just die. It was one of the coldest things I’ve read in years but it wasn’t surprising. Manjoo’s pleasures in life seem to be efficiency, pricing, and technology. His idea of literary fun is to preview books on [...]
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In 1911, the last uncontacted North American Indian — Ishi of the Yahi tribe — left the California wilderness and walked into bustling civilization. His remarkable story was told by Theodora Kroeber (wife of the anthropologist Alfred Kroeber) in her compelling biography, Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild North American Indian.
In [...]
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