When one thinks of Ernest Hemingway, it’s hard to not think that, in some ways, the world will never have another man like him. A sensitive outdoorsman with a cosmopolitan (though often pessimistic) worldview, Hemingway…

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As Dan Carlin frequently said, there’s something fascinating about being forced to live at the extremes of human endurance. And there’s nothing more extreme than combat. While most people (thankfully) won’t go through combat themselves,…

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There are books that every man should read at least once in his life. After all, books can provide many lessons on how to be a better man. You can learn a lot of life…

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Global omnibrand, Monocle, recently celebrated their 15th anniversary. While they have run the proverbial gamut from podcasts to brick-and-mortar shops, from magazines to broadsheet newspapers and media conferences, one never overlooks the visual eye of…

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Look, I’m going to say it – we need more idiots in media. I want things dumbed down, easy-to-follow, and without a lot of highfalutin language to put me off from reading any further. That’s…

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“The book is always better than the movie,” goes the crusty old precept about book-to-movie adaptations. In a certain percentage of cases, this may be true. In others, it may not. For the most part,…

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Whether you’re talking about The Forecast, the Guide to Good Business, the Guide to Hotels, Inns and Hideaways, or the Guide to Cozy Homes, it’s a fair bet that Monocle makes a guide for whatever you…

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Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life was one of our favorite books of 2016 because it skipped the “traditional personal development advice” you find…

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While there are plenty of incredible novels we want to get around to, many of them require a commitment that’s not easy to make (looking at you, City on Fire). The short story does not. Short stories are built for…

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What would you do if you were obscenely wealthy? And before you start the whole, “Money doesn’t matter” trip, just humor us here. How would you spend your money? Would you invest it? Would you…

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When we’re young, we focus on all the things we want. We think about the space we’d like to one day have, and what we want to fill it with. Beautiful furniture, toys, clothes—lots of…

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If one of your resolutions is to read more books, and you just so happen to be a fan of the late, great David Bowie, you’re in serious luck. Duncan Jones, Bowie’s son, just launched…

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Gianluca Zaghi, the man behind Vintage Speed Bicycles, has spent a lifetime rebuilding and restoring classic racing bikes from the great Italian, French and Swiss houses of the 1950s–1970s. Zaghi has decided to pass on…

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When it comes to coffee table books that are as informational as they are begging to be displayed, there are few print and publishing houses that do it better than Phaidon. Their upcoming release Universe:…

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We know. This sounds like a joke. A book about bathrooms? Really? Yes, really. Why would you want a book about bathrooms? Well, for starters, it’s from Gestalten, a label known for next-level coffee table…

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There are two schools of thought when it comes to Christmas movies: Die Hard or everything else. For those of you who feel McClane triumphing over Hans Gruber is the ultimate feel good holiday story…

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