A Craftsman’s Legacy: Why Working with Our Hands Gives Us Meaning
By: Eric Gorges
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A book for makers, for seekers of all kinds, an exhilarating look into the heart and soul of artisa…
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1. Do the Work
By: Steven Pressfield
3.97
Format: 109 pages, Audio CD
Do the Work Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it's not the difficulty of the project, or the… read more
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"The enemy is Resistance."-Steven Pressfield, Do the Work
"Start before you're ready."-Steven Pressfield, Do the Work
"Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional, crazy heart."-Steven Pressfield, Do the Work
"The song we’re composing already exists in potential. Our work is to find it."-Steven Pressfield, Do the Work
2. Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman
By: Peter Korn
3.54
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
In this moving account, we follow Korn's search for meaning as an Ivy-educated child of the middle … read more
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- crafts
3. Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop
By: Nick Offerman
4.31
Format: None pages,
After two New York Timesbestsellers, Nick Offerman returns with the subject for which he's known be… read more
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- biography
- audiobook
4. The Swiss Family Robinson
By: Arthur Pober , Johann David Wyss , Scott McKowen
3.91
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
The Swiss Family Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel by Johann David Wyss, fi… read more
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"It was one of those happy days that God grants us sometimes on earth to give us an idea of the bliss of heaven."-Arthur Pober, The Swiss Family Robinson
5. Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto
By: David Kushner
4.12
Format: 543 pages, Hardcover
Inside the making of a videogame that defined a generation: Grand Theft AutoGrand Theft Autois one … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
6. It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels
By: Robert Penn
4.12
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
Robert Penn has saddled up nearly every day of his adult life. In his late twenties, he pedaled 25,… read more
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7. Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
By: Matthew B. Crawford
4.00
Format: None pages,
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8. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
By: Clifford Stoll
4.15
Format: 200 pages,
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9. Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry
By: Lenore Skenazy
3.84
Format: None pages, Hardcover
FREE RANGE KIDShas become a national movement, sparked by the incredible response to Lenore Skenazy… read more
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10. Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
By: Nick Offerman
3.73
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The star of Parks and Recreationand author of the New York Timesbestseller Paddle Your Own Canoeret… read more
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11. Death Is a Lonely Business (Crumley Mysteries, #1)
By: Ray Bradbury
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Ray Bradbury, the undisputed Dean of American storytelling, dips his accomplished pen into the cryp… read more
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12. The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy
By: Rainn Wilson
5.00
Format: 29 pages, Hardcover
Rainn Wilson's memoir about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and li… read more
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13. The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
By: Megan Mullally
3.65
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
At last, the full story behind Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman's epic romance, including stories, … read more
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"You know what? I've never had any money, and I've always lived like a king."-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
"Get out of your house. Get off of your phone. Then go and participate in things that thrill you."-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
"It may seem a little obvious that Megan would feel that in her music or that I would feel it in woodworking, but there are so many domestic places, so many little ways that you can make your existenc…"-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
"I hate it, how high-stakes the fashion aspect of it has become. A long time ago, Janeane Garofalo wore cutoffs and a T-shirt to an awards show, and that’s always been my gold standard. I wish everyon…"-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
14. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
By: Nick Offerman
3.71
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about … read more
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- biography
- audiobook
"...when you make art with confidence, then clumsiness doesn't play as clumsiness, but panache."-Nick Offerman, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
"Break up your cycle. Get out of your rut. Find a way in your normal setting to "feel alive." One thing I'll do is get up early and see the sunrise from my yard, or for some bonus points, from my roof…"-Nick Offerman, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
15. Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s
By: Gary Gulman
4.14
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
A tour de force of comedy and reflection about the perilous journey from kindergarten to twelfth gr… read more
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16. The Way I Heard It
By: Mike Rowe
4.18
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating col… read more
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"My father has a tendency to start conversations in the middle of sentences. He’s also suspicious of anything modern - like nouns."-Mike Rowe, The Way I Heard It
"The fact that we heated most of the old farmhouse with nothing but a woodstove was a source of great pride for my father and endless inspiration for witticisms like, “Chop your own wood it’ll warm yo…"-Mike Rowe, The Way I Heard It
"Personally, I don’t mind being corrected, even when I’m right. It’s nice to know that people are paying attention. But when I am corrected, I prefer it to be in the style of Lieutenant Dixon. He didn…"-Mike Rowe, The Way I Heard It
"If you ask the other John and Peggy (my parents) how they’ve managed to stay married for well over half a century, they’ll credit an uncompromising level of honesty with each other. If you press them…"-Mike Rowe, The Way I Heard It
17. Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It
By: Adam Savage
4.18
Format: 320 pages, ebook
In this New York Times bestselling “imperative how-to for creativity” (Nick Offerman), Adam Savage—… read more
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- nonfiction
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"When we say we need to teach kids how to “fail,"-Adam Savage, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It
"The completeness in me would not let this [missing of the lunchbox] stand. Once I caught the bug to fill out the frame of the 2001 Heywood Floyd tabloid that I have in my head, I couldn't shake off m…"-Adam Savage, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It
18. Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
By: Joe Coulombe
3.46
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Build an iconic shopping experience that your customers love—and a work environment that your emplo… read more
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- biography
- audiobook
19. Twilight Falls (Shady Hollow, #4)
By: Juneau Black
4.03
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
The fourth book in the Shady Hollow mystery series sees Vera embroiled in a case involving star-cro… read more
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"Coming from the city like you did, you must have been free of all that old-fashioned nonsense." - "As long as you live among others, you're never free of other ideas. That's what society means."-Juneau Black, Twilight Falls (Shady Hollow, #4)
20. A Craftsman’s Legacy: Why Working with Our Hands Gives Us Meaning
By: Eric Gorges
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A book for makers, for seekers of all kinds, an exhilarating look into the heart and soul of artisa… read more
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- philosophy
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- crafts
- audiobook
21. The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees: The Ash in Human Culture and History
By: Robert Penn
3.87
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Out of all the trees in the world, the ash is most closely bound up with who we are: the tree we ha… read more
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