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2016 Holiday Gift Guide: Books Edition

Books by Brainery teachers and friends make great holiday gifts! Here are some new ones and some old favorites, from cooking and food history to flowers and fact-checking.

Eight Flavors by Sarah Lohman

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The perfect gift for your foodie friends, this book looks at the history of the most popular flavors in American cooking and the people who shaped that history.
 

The Chinese Takeout Cookbook by Diana Kuan  

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Book Review

2015 Holiday Gift Guide: Books Edition

So many of our friends and teachers had books published this year, and we're sharing those with you below along with a couple of classics from our teachers. They range from science to cooking to culture and more - enjoy browsing! 

Gowanus: Brooklyn's Curious Canal by Joseph Alexiou

 
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Discover the forgotten origins of this infamous New York waterway and learn about how the Gowanus has affected the culture of Brooklyn.

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New Books by Friends of the Brainery

Looking for some Brainery-approved reading material? Our awesome friends have got you covered with some brand-new books:

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Infested: How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the World

Brainery teacher and science writer Brooke Borel combines storytelling and scientific expertise to reveal the history of the dreaded yet fascinating bed bug. 

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Brooklyn Spaces: 50 Hubs of Culture and Creativity

Brooklyn Spaces founder Oriana...

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Giveaway: The Sketchbook Project!

In case you didn't know, books are empirically cool.* Scientific fact.

Which is why The Sketchbook Project is automatically awesome -- it's a collection of thousands of books, all made by people just like your fine self. For $25, the folks at Art House Co-op will send you a blank sketchbook. Fill its pages with whatever you want, send it back to The Sketchbook Project, and next summer, your book will take an epic road trip across the U.S....

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