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Appetites: A Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain Ecco 2016, 304 pages, 8.2 x 1.0 x 10.0 inches, Hardcover ...

A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of A Better Life for Half the Price and The World’s Cheapest Destinations. See past editions here, where your like-minded ...

It’s not easy to prop a phone up at the right angle. For video calls using the phone, or for photography I sometimes want a steady position sans arms. I use this itsy-bitsy holder from Peak Design ...

There are also features on such classic stand-alone comics as Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles by Jack Kirby; the first ...

In the world of scenario planning, the fact that something is unthinkable should not prevent us from considering it. The breakup of the Soviet Union was unthinkable almost until the day it happened.

I heard multiple frustrating stories last year about people locating where their lost bags were with Apple or Android device trackers, but the airline customer service people refusing to do anything ...

Black Swans are completely unexpected events (unknown unknowns) that change the world forever. We cannot forecast them, but we can prepare for them through the practice of scenario building. By ...

A cool way to make some unusual art is to render an image in Lego. I used a kit from BrickMe that turned a photo of my wife into 5,625 pixels, and then they supplied me with Lego tiles in 50 different ...

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China is the question mark in the equation of the world. Its answers affect the destiny of everyone else on the planet. Which way will it head? Contemporary China is an island. Although it is not ...