I made complicated mechanically tricky puzzles with wooden boards cut with a laser cutter and put together in book form so that the page could not be turned over unless the player solved the puzzle ...

An ancient and priceless book, a murky history of evasions and coverups, an underground of sinister and possibly violent dealers, a former spy who drops tantalizing hints and a wily 84-year-old ...

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Oftentimes, we are preoccupied with the contents of a book rather than the book itself. The phrase, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is preached as a metaphorical reminder not to be quick to judge ...

An ancient book documenting Christianity hit the auction block this week and sold by Christie’s for $3.9 million. The Crosby-Schøyen Codex is about 1,800 years old and was written at one of the first ...

Since it was reportedly unearthed in the 1960s, the 13th century Grolier Codex – one of the rarest books in the world – has been regarded with scepticism. Some people have questioned the authenticity ...