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  • Biography

    Salt on the Ledger

    T. Belen

    A dock accountant who kept two books — one for the company, one for the men who never got paid.

    The first ledger was green and legal. The second was a school copybook with the corner chewed. He wrote the true wages there, in pencil, because ink felt like a promise he could not keep.

    Watching: Nola Reeve, Adele Voss, Harper Lind

  • Children's picture book

    The Kite That Would Not Come Down

    S. Pell

    A stubborn kite teaches a shy child how to ask the wind for help.

    The pages stay with the author.

    Watching: Samir Holt, Mira Solis, Kenji Okada

  • Business

    Monday Is a Tool

    R. Keene

    A field manual for running a three-person shop without burning the week down.

    If the work cannot fit in one notebook, it is not a system. It is a pile. Start with the pile you can lift.

    Watching: Owen Briggs, Ruth Hale, Harper Lind