Don't Quit Your Day Job

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If you've ever worked at a job you never dreamed you'd do, you're in good company—historically speaking. Isaac Newton created counterfeit-proof coins, Daniel Defoe made bricks, William Faulkner sold stamps, Hedy Lamarr conquered random radio-frequency signals. They are among the 50 luminaries spanning 22 centuries that Jack Lynch profiles in our Levenger Press book, Don't Quit Your Day Job. The takeaway? Doing what you must can often make you better at doing what you love. And doing what you can is sometimes the path to doing what you dream you can. As one of the famous 50 said, “Medicine is my lawful wife, literature is my mistress.” (Dr. Anton Chekhov.) With very cool illustrations and a treasury of “who knew?”