de la Merced used to read encyclopedias for fun as a child. For nearly 250 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica was a bookshelf-busting series of gilt-lettered tomes, often purchased to show that ...

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The future of public media depends on viewers like you. Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air ...

This immersive experience into the world of Indiana Jones includes a great way to upgrade the player's skills outside of the standard skill trees: books. Early in Indiana Jones and the Great ...