The Manolo’s The Consolation of the Shoes is published by the New Pamphleteer, an internet-based publishing company that seeks to filter out and preserve whatever is worth preserving from the great digital stream of the web and give it a second life in print. And because pamphlets are the ideal form for this purpose, they offer an ongoing series of pocket-sized booklets that can be read in an hour and that tell you exactly as much as you need to know on an eclectic range of topics—no more and no less.

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DAVID S. BERNSTEIN (vice president and publishing director) is a veteran entrepreneur and publishing hand. He was co-founder and executive vice president of iConnect.com, and founding editor of Diversity and Division magazine. He has posted editorial stints at The Free Press, SmartMoney, and John Wiley & Sons.

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