Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
By: Victoria Finlay
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth –how we make it, use it an…
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1. Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
By: Elizabeth Wayland Barber
2.83
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient soci… read more
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2. The Satanic Mechanic (Tannie Maria Mystery, #2)
By: Sally Andrew
3.98
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
Meet Tannie Maria - recipe writer turned crime fighter - and before she has time to take her Venus … read more
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"I looked through the diet sheet she'd given me and shook my head. I'd never use these recipes in my column, they gave punishment instead of comfort. Punishment to those who enjoy food and have a litt…"-Sally Andrew, The Satanic Mechanic (Tannie Maria Mystery, #2)
3. Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
By: Elizabeth L. Cline
4.07
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Until recently, Elizabeth Cline was a typical American consumer. She'd grown accustomed to shopping… read more
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4. Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine
By: Sarah Lohman
3.00
Format: None pages,
This unique culinary history of America offers a fascinating look at our past and uses long-forgott… read more
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5. The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
By: Virginia Postrel
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles… read more
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- nonfiction
- fashion
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6. National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home
By: Anya von Bremzen
3.55
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed international food writer and award-winning author of Mastering the Art of Soviet Coo… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
7. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
By: Rebecca Boyle
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the… read more
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- audiobook
8. Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle
By: Clare Hunter
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A globe-spanning history of sewing, embroidery, and the people who have used a needle and thread to… read more
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- crafts
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- audiobook
"Sewing is a way to mark our existence on cloth: patterning our place in the world, voicing our identity, sharing something of ourselves with others and leaving the indelible evidence of our presence …"-Clare Hunter, Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle
9. Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
By: Eleanor Parker
4.17
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Interweaving literature, history, and religion, an exquisite meditation on the turning of the seaso… read more
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- history
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"A man cannot grow wise before he has had his share of winters in the world."-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
"Whatever one thing we give to God's needy for the sake of his love, he will repay us for it a hundredfold in the life to come."-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
"In a time of ecological crisis, Anglo-Saxon poems which recognize how fundamentally we are connected to the rhythms of nature - how dependent we are on the well-being of the earth, how grateful we sh…"-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
"The cycle of the seasons, to which poets have so often turned as a reminder that nothing in this world is stable, is in fact one of the great constants in life. In some ways, the thousand years or mo…"-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
10. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
By: Emma Southon
4.23
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more
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- history
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11. Careless Whiskers (Cat in the Stacks, #12)
By: Miranda James
4.09
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
When librarian Charlie Harris' daughter is falsely accused of murder, he and his faithful feline Di… read more
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12. Cat Me If You Can (Cat in the Stacks, #13)
By: Miranda James
4.05
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
Charlie Harris and his feline companion Diesel take a bookish vacation but discover that murder nev… read more
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- audiobook
13. Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power
By: Leah Redmond Chang
4.18
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and M… read more
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- history
- audiobook
14. Worn: A People's History of Clothing
By: Sofi Thanhauser
4.17
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it's made of--an unparalleled d… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
15. Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
By: Victoria Finlay
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth –how we make it, use it an… read more
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- art
- art history
- crafts
- history
- memoir
- world history
- travel
- nonfiction
- fashion
- audiobook
16. The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History
By: Kassia St. Clair
4.11
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From colorful 30,000-year-old threads found on the floor of a Georgian cave to the Indian calicoes … read more
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- art history
- crafts
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- audiobook
"Canopy, an environmental organisation, believes that 120 million trees are felled each year to produce rayon and other cellulose-based materials."-Kassia St. Clair, The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History
17. A Short History of the World According to Sheep
By: Sally Coulthard
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An addictively free-ranging survey of the huge impact that sheep have had on human history. From… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
18. Escape Velocity
By: Victor Manibo
3.15
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Space Habitat Altaire is the premier luxury resort in low Earth orbit, playground of the privileged… read more
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19. The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes
By: Kate Strasdin
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - to… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
20. The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
By: Hana Videen
4.26
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from … read more
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- history
- audiobook
"For some reason, the ball-biting beaver doesn't live on in modern fiction like Aslan the lion or Fawkes the phoenix."-Hana Videen, The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
21. Eyeliner: A Cultural History
By: Zahra Hankir
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed editor of Our Women on the Ground comes a dazzling exploration of the intersecti… read more
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- audiobook
22. The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives
By: Adam Smyth
3.89
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The five-hundred-year history of printed books, told through the people who created them Books t… read more
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- history
- audiobook
23. Embroidering Her Truth: Mary Queen of Scots and the Language of Power
By: Clare Hunter
4.26
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
At her execution Mary, Queen of Scots wore red. Widely known as the colour of strength and passion,… read more
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24. Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool
By: Clara Parkes
4.19
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
An account of the year Clara Parkes spent transforming a 676-pound bale of fleece into saleable yar… read more
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- memoir
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- crafts
- audiobook
25. This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain’s Knitted History
By: Esther Rutter
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Over the course of a year, Esther Rutter—who grew up on a sheep farm in Suffolk, and learned to spi… read more
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26. A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
By: Anthony Bale
3.76
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A captivating journey of the expansive world of medieval travel, from London to Constantinople to t… read more
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- world history
- travel
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"travel opens the mind in unpredictable ways"-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
"Jerusalem is a city of unfinished projects."-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
"Travel forms communities, but not always harmoniously."-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
"Holy ground can look startlingly ordinary, especially when one’s standing on it."-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
27. The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
By: Penelope J. Corfield
3.93
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and co… read more
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28. The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family
By: Olivia Williams
3.61
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir… read more
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29. Lovely One: A Memoir
By: Ketanji Brown Jackson
4.64
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more
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