Escape into Meaning: Essays on Superman, Public Benches, and Other Obsessions
By: Evan Puschak
3.83
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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1. I'll Have What She's Having: How Nora Ephron's Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy
By: Erin Carlson
3.65
Format: 304 pages, ebook
A backstage look at the making of Nora Ephron's revered trilogy--When Harry Met Sally, You've Got M… read more
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2. Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies (And Why We Don't Learn Them From Movies Any More)
By: Hadley Freeman
3.79
Format: 311 pages, Paperback
From Vogue contributor and Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, a personalized guide to eighties movi… read more
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"Just the thought of Michael Douglas dirty dancing is faintly traumatizing."-Hadley Freeman, Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies (And Why We Don't Learn Them From Movies Any More)
"Take My Breath Away (from Top Gun): This song is so good it makes having sex with Tom Cruise seem almost sexy."-Hadley Freeman, Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies (And Why We Don't Learn Them From Movies Any More)
"Life has changed a lot in the past 30 years: men don't tend to sport Michael Douglas-style bouffant hair, more's the pity."-Hadley Freeman, Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies (And Why We Don't Learn Them From Movies Any More)
"One of the jokes in 'Back to the Future' is how people in the 1950s don't get 1980s fashion. People in the 1950s were right."-Hadley Freeman, Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies (And Why We Don't Learn Them From Movies Any More)
3. The Summit of the Gods Volume 3
By: Jirō Taniguchi , Baku Yumemakura , None
4.35
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
"EVEREST'S MYSTERY." "Far higher in the sky than imagination had dared to suggest, the white summit… read more
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4. The Uses and Abuses of History
By: Margaret MacMillan
3.94
Format: None pages, Hardcover
History is useful when it is used properly: to understand why we and those we must deal with think … read more
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5. Super Sushi Ramen Express: One Family's Journey Through the Belly of Japan
By: Michael Booth
4.23
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Japan is the pre-eminent food nation on earth. The Japanese go to the most extraordinary lengths an… read more
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6. Short Talks
By: Anne Carson
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Poetry. In Anne Carson's SHORT TALKS the reader is bombarded with short prose poems that resound wi… read more
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7. Le sommet des dieux 4
By: Jirō Taniguchi , Baku Yumemakura
4.41
Format: None pages, Paperback
Tandis que l'appareil photo qui aurait pu appartenir au celebre alpiniste disparu George Mallory su… read more
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8. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
9. Fantastic Four, Vol. 1: Whatever Happened to the Fantastic Four?
By: Ryan North
3.95
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
The World's Greatest Comic Magazine gets a fresh start with superstar writer Ryan North! Whateve… read more
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10. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
By: James Kaplan
4.35
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more
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11. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
By: Kyle Buchanan
4.33
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more
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12. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
By: Kelly Weinersmith
4.06
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more
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"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
13. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
By: Cal Newport
3.73
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more
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"What are we really doing here?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
14. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
By: Rick Rubin
4.04
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more
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"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
15. Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot
By: Matt Abrahams
3.74
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Develop the life-changing ability to excel in spontaneous communication situations—from public spea… read more
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"Be obvious’ is the most powerful, creative mantra that there is,"-Matt Abrahams, Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot
16. Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
By: Garrett Ryan
4.20
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to dri… read more
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17. Gotham City: Year One
By: Tom King
4.11
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
There once was a shining city on the water, a home for families, hope, and prosperity. It was Gotha… read more
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18. Chasing Homer
By: László Krasznahorkai
3.72
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
In this thrilling chase narrative, a hunted man escapes certain death at breakneck speed—carooming … read more
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19. Joyful Recollections of Trauma
By: Paul Scheer
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more
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"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
20. The Best American Essays 2022
By: Alexander Chee
3.98
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A collection of the year's best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee. Alexand… read more
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21. Kubrick: An Odyssey
By: Robert P. Kolker
4.26
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey , The Shining , and A Clockwork Or… read more
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22. Talk to Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro
By: Dean Nelson
4.06
Format: 400 pages, ebook
From respected journalist, professor, and founder of the Writer's Symposium by the Sea, a book that… read more
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23. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
By: John Green
4.36
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fict… read more
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"We all know how loving ends. But I want to fall in love with the world anyway, to let it crack me open. I want to feel what there is to feel while I am here."-John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
"I...took some pride in 'not fulfilling my potential,' in part because I was terrified that if I tried my hardest, the world would learn I didn't actually have that much potential."-John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
"One of the strange things about adulthood is that you are your current self, but you are also all the selves you used to be, the ones you grew out of but can't ever quite get rid of."-John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
"I think two of the fundamental facts of being a person are 1. We must go on, and 2. None of us ever walks alone. We may feel alone (in fact, we will feel alone), but even in the crushing grind of iso…"-John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
24. Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Video Games
By: Cliff Bleszinski
3.90
Format: 320 pages, ebook
The designer of Unreal and Gears of War offers an eye-opening personal account of the video game in… read more
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25. Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time
By: Gaia Vince
3.98
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Sapiens, a winner of the Royal Society Prize for Sci… read more
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26. Escape into Meaning: Essays on Superman, Public Benches, and Other Obsessions
By: Evan Puschak
3.83
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Producer, editor, and writer behind the highly addictive, informative, and popular YouTube channel … read more
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27. The Summit Of The Gods: Volume 5
By: Jirō Taniguchi
4.60
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
ANOTHER SUMMIT The scene is finally set for Habu's challenge of the South West face of Everest i… read more
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28. This Is Not a T-Shirt: A Brand, a Culture, a Community--a Life in Streetwear
By: Bobby Hundreds
4.21
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
The story of The Hundreds and the precepts that made it an iconic streetwear brand by Bobby Hundred… read more
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29. Selfless: The Social Creation of “You”
By: Brian Lowery
3.78
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Social psychologist and Stanford professor Brian Lowery presents a provocative, powerful theory of … read more
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30. The Summit of the Gods Volume 2
By: Jirō Taniguchi
4.47
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
George Herbert Leigh Mallory is said to have given this in reply to the question "Why do you want t… read more
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31. Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire
By: Andrew Wilkinson
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Andrew Wilkinson, touted as the Warren Buffett of tech, pulls back the curtain on the lives of the … read more
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