Elaborately designed books with patterned edges and other effects started as a trend in romance and fantasy, and have now spread throughout the publishing industry.

By James Wagner and Luis Antonio Rojas CreditLuis Antonio Rojas for The New York Times. From the Surf to the Sermon: The Christian Surfers of Costa Rica A group of missionaries who surf have ...

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