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In a new book, Nicolas Niarchos traces the mineral supply chain for lithium-ion batteries, exposing their considerable human and environmental costs. By Peter S. Goodman Gabriel Tallent’s new book, ...

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A 200-year-old book distributor is closing. Here's what that means for public libraries January 7, 2026 • Baker & Taylor is one of very few companies that handle book distribution for libraries — ...

Aimed at aspiring designers and illustrators with less than a year’s industry experience, the brief pays homage to the publisher’s founding design principles To celebrate 90 years of Penguin, the ...

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January 13, 2026 • A historian of modern China, Jung Chang turns the lens back on herself in her newest book to understand how she sees the world and why she writes about China today.

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