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Prologue xv

1: Slobby to Bobby 1

2: The Tribe of Bin 21

3: If the dragon says no... 46

4: The Wizard of Waltham Forest 77

5: The ape that moved a planet 103

6: No one ever got sent on a linear thinking course 130

7: Lobsternomics 155

8: Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic 178

9: The phantom bus stops of Dsseldorf 202

10: The sensuous adventures of Kiki and Bouba 230

11: The R Factor 258

Epilogue: To get to the other side 280

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