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  • BOOK | Paris Views | Gail Albert Halaban

    BOOK | Paris Views | Gail Albert Halaban

    One of my guilty pleasures in my travels around the world is peering into the windows of homes.  Not in a creepy way, mind you.  I’m just fascinated to see the way that people live. (Think Hitchcock’s film, “Rear Window.”) New York photographer, Gail Albert Hallaban, has used this theme as inspiration for two fascinating…

  • Book | A History of the World in 100 Objects

    Book | A History of the World in 100 Objects

    One needs only to look at the objects of daily life to understand the civilization from which they came.  From the most rudimentary carved stone tools to the credit card, these objects mark the progression of human intelligence through the ages.  In his book based on a BBC series, Director of the British Museum, Neil…