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What We Learned from Our First Ever Book Swap Party
What We Learned from Our First Ever Book Swap Party
By Black Balloon Publishing
February 28, 2014

Books, wine, books, pizza, books, maracas — it was a whirlwind of drunken nerding out, and we loved every second of it.

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CUT: Differences Between Oscar-Nominated Adaptations & the Original Books
CUT: Differences Between Oscar-Nominated Adaptations & the Original Books
By Adina Applebaum
February 28, 2014

Because not only is the book always better than the movie, it’s also always different.

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Eat Prey Drug: Summerland
Eat Prey Drug: Summerland

Escaping a catastrophic blizzard to take peyote in the Arizona desert, Paul Kwiatkowski concludes his investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness.

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The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft
The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft

M. R. James was an English author, scholar and inspiration to Lovecraft, though the world may have forgotten it.

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The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still
The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still

Get a bleary-eyed view of moonshining from a modern day bootlegger.

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