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By the book

18 August 2011

School textbooks have come a long way since the dry and fusty tomes of yesteryear. Innovations such as digital editions, 3D simulations and role-playing adventure books are making learning easier – and more fun.

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Book binding

26 February 2016

The Taiwanese city of Tainan is championing an expansive light-flooded library in a bid to unite its booming population. Numbers in Tainan have swelled since Tainan County and Tainan City merged in 2010 to create one spe…

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Monocle on Design - By the book

19 July 2016

On today’s show we book in some time with the writers, commissioners, printers and editors behind the design world’s budding publishing scene.

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The Monocle Book of the Nordics

An expedition across Europe’s northernmost reaches, The Monocle Book of the Nordics looks beyond the frozen expanses, thick forests and towering mountains and uncovers the folks, firms and stories that have helped the…

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LG SIGNATURE book

Technological advancement and product development can be approached in many ways - but the most interesting companies put some flair into proceedings, treating every design challenge like a way to express their knowledge…

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The Monocle Book of Entrepreneurs

Ever dreamed of finding a vocation that helps you live well? Discover plenty of food for thought in The Monocle Book of Entrepreneurs, which is packed with success stories and expert advice on everything from finding fun…

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The Monocle Book of Photography

7 June 2022

The Monocle Book of Photography draws on the best of our visual stories from an archive 15 years in the making. A handsomely produced linen-bound edition, the book also features original reporting about each of the assig…

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The Monocle Book of Gentle Living

The Monocle Book of Gentle Living is a handbook to help you think about how to reconnect, make good things happen, to do something you care about and discover nice places and extraordinary people along the way.

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All God's Children Can Dance

15 February 2007

All God's Children Can Dance is the first film adaptation of a Haruki Murakami story in the US. Director Robert Logevall cut a special trailer of the film for Monocle, which we're delighted to present here. Logevall says…

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Cooking the books

20 January 2015

How do you train a workforce that values manual work, is self-reliant, accommodating to both men and women and, above all, hospitable? In Finland it starts with a simple premise: biscuits.

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Open book

17 October 2019

Bookseller James Daunt has been tasked with changing the fortunes of Barnes & Noble. We take a glimpse inside the covers.

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Fully booked

15 October 2014

France’s artistic reach in the US is in the hands of charismatic cultural counsellor Antonin Baudry. As part of a busy calendar the diplomat and author is building a bookshop in France’s New York embassy; we popped in to…

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Fully booked

16 October 2014

France’s artistic reach in the US is in the hands of charismatic cultural counsellor Antonin Baudry. As part of a busy calendar the diplomat and authoris building a bookshop in France’s New York embassy; we popped in to…

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Dress book

15 August 2009

While we’re hoping for an Indian summer, it won’t do any harm to start choosing a few pieces for those colder days. Our key selects for the season offer looks for work and play.

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The Monocle Arts Review - Books: Sarah Shaffi

11 February 2016

Sarah Shaffi, online editor and producer at ‘The Bookseller’ reviews debut novels by Sunil Yapa and screenwriter Shirley Barrett as well as ‘The Ballroom’ by Anna Hope, which explores the love story between two asylum…

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Meet the Writers - Monocle Reads: DJ Taylor

9 September 2019

DJ Taylor is a British critic, writer and novelist. He has written award-winning biographies of George Orwell and William Thackeray, as well as being longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker prize for his novel ‘Derby Day’. His…