Word: exoticism
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Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, but the husband-wife illustrator-author team covers many more exotic forms of animal locomotion in this stunning book. Slithering, for example (a snake through rustling leaves). Or swinging (a gibbon through jungle trees). Each variation comes alive in Jenkins' vibrant paper-cut illustrations...
Before Harvard Yale, there were books aplenty—and no, it wasn’t the pre-Turkey Day cram, but rather the 30th Annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair Nov. 17 at the Hynes Convention Center. Exhibitors hailed from exotic locales like the Netherlands, London, and Paris, not...
When Fortress Investment Group filed to become a publicly traded company earlier this month, it was the Wall Street equivalent of the CIA signing up for Facebook. Being open to the scrutiny of the public is antithetical to pretty much everything that a hedge-fund operator does. But the world...
Ancient Chinese Secrets Re "Breaking Up is Easy to Do" [Nov. 6], on the rising divorce rates in urban China: Divorce is not an exotic Western idea in China. The ancient Chinese lords discarded their wives and concubines to separate chambers when they fell out of grace. It was their...
Things could become a lot more simpler in the coming months, however. Reliance Industries Limited, India's biggest conglomerate with interests in everything from oil refining to mobile phones, plans to open more than 2,000 supermarkets in the next two years. The company opened its first 11 stores in...