The Mystery of Book Data, and More

Book data is proprietary and locked away. Why?

How many copies of a given book were sold? Do TV adaptations lead to big sales? Book data is proprietary and locked away. Why?... more »

Authoritarian offspring. Hitler was all but sexless; Stalin had three children (probably). What about Mussolini? ... more »

I.B. Singer became famous as a guardian of Yiddish culture. Yet his work tended to subvert such …