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03.12.13: Philip Nobel

Oops: Understanding Failure
A review of To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure, by Henry Petroski.
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03.02.11: Julie Lasky

Alex Steffen: Worldchanging II
Interview with Alex Steffen on the new edition of his book Worldchanging
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02.22.11: Meena Kadri

Yoza
Yoza stories are directed to African youth who are book-poor yet mobile-rich.
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09.09.09: Jane Margolies

Pig 05049
Report on Pig 05049, a book cataloging all of the products made from a single pig, which won the 2009 INDEX award in the Playful Learning category
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09.03.09: John Emerson

Pressed into Service
Interview with Lincoln Cushing, co-author of Agitate! Educate! Organize!: American Labor Posters.
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08.04.09: By Julie Lasky

Kurt Andersen and Douglas Rushkoff: Part II
Kurt Andersen and Douglas Rushkoff continue their discussion of the future in light of the current economic calamity.
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07.29.09: By Julie Lasky

Kurt Andersen and Douglas Rushkoff: Part I
Kurt Andersen and Douglas Rushkoff discuss the future in light of the current economic calamity.
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