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The complete Open Letters Monthly Archive.
Where does perfume come from? Why, from isolated islands, Indian grasses, and sticky beards of goats and sheep. Our resident perfume critic digs into labdanum, vetiver, and galbanum and lets us know where grows the nose.
Read MoreA conversation with cover artist Elizabeth Alexander
Read MoreReligion is one of those subjects that are too important to be polite about. But can we at least agree to disagree respectfully about the meaning of life?
Read Morefrom "Keeping Up Appearances"by Elizabeth Alexander
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The paperback release of the Hollywood heartthrob's debut story collection
Read MoreThe latest in the ongoing adventures of Shakespeare - JOHN Shakespeare, master-spy to Queen Elizabeth I.
Read MoreA handsome new paperback of the book that gave birth to a multi-million dollar industry: the modern-day myth that is "Tarzan of the Apes."
Read MoreA paperback re-issue of the first instalment in the adventures of John Carter, gentleman of Virginia and superhuman warlord of distant Mars!
Read MoreLt. Peter Thornton of the 18th century British Navy has a problem more threatening than storms or pirates or cannon-fire: he's gay, and he's in love with his captain.
Read MoreA new history examines the problems the Allies faced when they took on the job of occupying a defeated Germany in 1945.
Read MoreA canny and engaging children's book about a pair of enterprising kids trying to make sense of a magical realm where their homework actually matters.
Read MoreA great translation of one of the "Four Great Classical Chinese Novels" is given a carefully-revised and gorgeously produced reprint by Tuttle Publishing.
Read MoreUnfamiliar characters like the Angel, the Phantom Bullet, and John Steele join the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America in the birth of the Marvel Age of Super-Heroes
Read More"Spiro #0114" by Tim Eads
Read MoreAn interview with the author of the debut novel "The Good Thief"
Read MoreA heartfelt novel tells the story of the "Good Thief" who was crucified alongside Jesus at Calvary.
Read MoreQueen of the Nile, Queen of the Damned? "Queen of Kings" teaches a valuable lesson about not judging a book by its killer hook.
Read MoreThe latest epic collection of fantasy art in the Spectrum series features hundreds of weird visions (and half a dozen very different trips over the rainbow).
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