Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes
By: Claire Wilcox
3.68
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An expert and intimate exploration of a life in clothes: their memories and stories, enchantments a…
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1. The Night Watch
By: Sarah Waters
4.35
Format: 26 pages, Paperback
This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN . Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, bl… read more
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2. The Jewels of Paradise
By: Donna Leon
3.75
Format: 316 pages,
Donna Leon has won heaps of critical praise and legions of fans for her best-selling mystery series… read more
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3. Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman
By: Alice Steinbach
3.50
Format: None pages,
"In many ways, I was an independent woman," writes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alice Steinbac… read more
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4. Henry VIII
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
3.50
Format: None pages,
Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare a… read more
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5. The Templars' Last Secret (Bruno, Chief of Police, #10)
By: Martin Walker
3.38
Format: None pages,
Bruno, the beloved chief of police of the idyllic French town of St. Denis in the Dordogne, is back… read more
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6. Fatal Remedies (Commissario Brunetti, #8)
By: Donna Leon
3.44
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
A sudden act of vandalism had just been committed in the chill Venetian dawn. But Commissario Guido… read more
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7. Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
By: Laura Cumming
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laura Cumming “combines first-rate art history with deeply felt m… read more
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"It is such a long journey out, this one, from where we came; this life, our life, the journey between the first and last shores."-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"We see pictures in time and place. We cannot see them otherwise. They are fragments of our lives, moments of existence that may be as unremarkable as rain or as startling as a clap of thunder. Whatev…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"I cannot get enough of Dutch art. You can turn to this other world -- and it is a picture world as no other, a whole society visualised through time and place, seasons and generations, moment by mome…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"Fabritius is thirty-two, and I was the same age when I first wrote about his self-portrait. He and I remain the same age whenever we meet. He is dead, I am still alive, so the existential maths [sic]…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
8. Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
By: Bianca Bosker
4.16
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey—thi… read more
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"Art Lovers pitied me: They said I lacked "Visual literacy", which they swore was downright dangerous in a world so saturated with pictures."-Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
9. 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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"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
10. The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch
By: Melinda Taub
3.81
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sparkling, witchy reimagining of Pride and Prejudice, told from the perspective of the troublesom… read more
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11. The Story of Art Without Men
By: Katy Hessel
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before th… read more
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12. The Winter Dress
By: Lauren Chater
3.89
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Two women separated by centuries but connected by one beautiful silk dress. A captivating novel bas… read more
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13. Lagom: Not Too Little, Not Too Much: The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life
By: Niki Brantmark
3.56
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Uncover the secrets of the Swedish philosophy of life called Lagom – meaning ‘just enough’. At its … read more
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- audiobook
"Experts tout many positive reasons to save money, including being able to afford things like a home, car or holiday, becoming financially independent and being prepared for unforeseen expenses or eme…"-Niki Brantmark, Lagom: Not Too Little, Not Too Much: The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life
14. 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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15. 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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"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
16. Irresponsible Adult
By: Lucy Dillon
4.01
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
'So good! Warm and funny, and I was rooting for Robyn from the very first page' MILLY JOHNSON'Funny… read more
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17. 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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18. Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes
By: Claire Wilcox
3.68
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An expert and intimate exploration of a life in clothes: their memories and stories, enchantments a… read more
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19. Abominations: Selected Essays from a Career of Courting Self-Destruction
By: Lionel Shriver
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A striking collection of essays from the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Should… read more
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20. Palace of Palms: Tropical Dreams and the Making of Kew
By: Kate Teltscher
4.01
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
Daringly innovative when it opened in 1848, the Palm House in Kew Gardens remains one of the most b… read more
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