Winnie-the-Pooh, Bambi, The Sun Also Rises and other important works entered the public domain January 1, Mental Floss reported.
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Merriam-Webster looked up "apricity and other rare wintry words."
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Author Kelefa Sanneh picked his top 10 books about musical subcultures for the Guardian.
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Abaddon Fugue explored "10 early 20th century authors of the fantastic and the ghastly."
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Bookshelf featured a 15th century Italian book box, which "medical practitioners often attached... to their belts as they traveled about calling on their patients."