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Did it ever occur to you, upon encountering a woodpecker, to wonder about the structure of its tongue? If so, congratulations: You may be the next Leonard da Vinci. Well, only if you’re also curious about some other things: How to divert a river, say, or walk on ice, or measure the sun, or turn…
The National Book Award long list of nominees for 2014 were announced Wednesday, and three books by Jewish writers were nominated. In the nonfiction category, the graphic memoir “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant” by Roz Chast, a cartoonist for The New Yorker, and “The Innovators: How A Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks…
Has Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu been reading that classic self-help book by Dale Carnegie? It would appear, at least according to Time magazine’s latest list, that he has indeed been winning friends and influencing people. For the second year and a row, Bibi has been named by Time as one of “The100 Most Influential…
