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David Wolman is a contributing editor at Wired. He has also written for publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Outside, Nature, Time, Newsweek, and Discover, and his work has been anthologized in the Best American Science Writing series. His long-form feature about revolutionaries in Egypt, “The Instigators,” was nominated for a 2012 National Magazine Award for reporting.

Wolman’s new book, The End of Money, was released on February 14, 2012, by Da Capo Press. It’s a globe-trotting exploration of a topic that many readers have always taken for granted: the cash in their pockets.

His previous books are A Left-Hand Turn Around the World, published in 2005, and Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, publ...more

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What do you want to see in an afterward to THE END OF MONEY? This is for the paperback edition, which will be out this fall. Text for the afterward, however, is due--s**t!--immediately.

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	The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers--and the Coming Cashless Society 3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Left Hand Turn Around the World: Chasing the Mystery and Meaning of All Things Southpaw 3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Instigators 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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