Portable Magic

Portable MagicFrom disrupting the Western myth that the Gutenberg Press was the original printing project, to the decorative gift books that radicalized women to join the anti slavery movement, to paperbacks being weaponized during World War II, to a book made entirely of plastic wrapped slices of American cheese, Portable Magic explores how, when, and why books became so iconic. Its not just the content within a book that compels; its the physical material itself,

Chain not included

The stories in this first collection

·  Hardcover

Henry David Thoreau

and Business reading room in the John Adams building

Imported marble

But what happens when one mischievous little seed changes his mind about himself

This deck of 48 Knowledge Cards offers a concise illustrated history of the civil rights movement and a chance to make the acquaintance of many brave

Dinner plate

Craughwell

Written by David Small

Foreword: Ralph E