7 Best woodwork books like The Anarchist's Workbench by Christopher Schwarz

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The Anarchist's Workbench

By: Christopher Schwarz

4.62

Format: 323 pages, ebook

“The Anarchist’s Workbench” is – on the one hand – a detailed plan for a simple workbench that can …

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Cover of Small Gods (Discworld, #13) by Terry Pratchett

1. Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.32

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: "Hey, you!" For Brutha the novice is the Ch… read more

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"Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you."

-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

"Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off."

-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

"Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces."

-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

"There’s no point in believing in things that exist."

-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

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2. By Hand & Eye

By: George R. Walker , Jim Tolpin

4.25

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

“By Hand & Eye” is a deep dive into the world of history, architecture and design. And the authors … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • woodwork
Cover of In Praise of Shadows by Edward G. Seidensticker, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Thomas J. Harper, Charles Moore, None

3. In Praise of Shadows

By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
Cover of Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman

4. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

By: Neil Gaiman

4.53

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Multiple award winning, #1 New York Timesbestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivat… read more

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5. The Workbench Book: A Craftsman's Guide to Workbenches for Every Type of Woodworking

By: Scott Landis

3.74

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

"If I only bought one woodwork book, this first and definitive book on the workbench would be it".-… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • woodwork
  • reference
Cover of Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2) by Terry Pratchett

6. Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Death has to happen. That's what bein' alive is all about. You're alive, and then you're dead. It … read more

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7. 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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  • nonfiction
  • woodwork
Cover of Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch #2) by Terry Pratchett

8. Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch #2)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A Young Dwarf's Dream Corporal Carrot has been promoted! He's now in charge of the new recruits gua… read more

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9. Witches Abroad (Discworld, #12; Witches #3)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Be careful what you wish for... Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother named Desiderata who h… read more

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10. Lords and Ladies (Discworld, #14; Witches #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Discworld Novel. It's a hot Midsummer Night. The crop circles are turning up everywhere-even on t… read more

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11. The Joiner and Cabinet Maker: His Work and Its Principles

By: Anonymous , Christopher Schwarz , Joel Moskowitz

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

"The Joiner and Cabinet Maker" is a huge book - with more than 370 pages of detailed handtool instr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • woodwork
Cover of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain

12. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

By: Legs McNeil , Gillian McCain

4.19

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Bob Gruen: La gente veniva da noi per farsi mordere, non per farsi accarezzare."

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

"Penny Arcade said: At that time, the DRUG world and the ART world ran through each other. (1971 - 1974)"

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

"Hippies survived Nixon, but punk caved in to Ronald Reagan, know what I'm saying? Punk actually couldn't take a good challenge."

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

"Ed Friedman: [talking about Patti Smith] One time she told me, "Allen Ginsberg thought I was a cute boy and he tried to pick me up, so I said, "LOOK AT THE TITS, ALLEN! NOTICE THE TITS!"

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

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13. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

By: Robert M. Pirsig

3.78

Format: 540 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Robert M. Pirsig's Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a medi… read more

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  • philosophy
"This forest silence improves anyone."

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

"The more you read, the more you calm down."

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. "

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

14. Children of Time

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a ne… read more

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15. The Dharma Bums

By: Jack Kerouac

4.71

Format: None pages,

Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam… read more

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16. Dracula's Guest

By: Bram Stoker

4.36

Format: 39 pages,

A passage from the manuscript of Dracula. read more

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17. A Confederacy of Dunces

By: John Kennedy Toole , Walker Percy

3.89

Format: 394 pages, Paperback

Here is Ignatius Reilly: slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thom… read more

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"Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite!"

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"Mothers got a hard road to travel, believe me."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"Mother doesn't cook, Ignatius said dogmatically, She burns."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

18. Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death

By: Yoel Hoffmann , None

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

"A wonderful introduction the Japanese tradition of jisei, this volume is crammed with exquisite, s… read more

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Cover of Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4) by Terry Pratchett

19. Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.78

Format: 197 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. Pity he's not very good at it. All he wants is h… read more

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"Where the hell did demons live, anyway?"

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

"Most of history is pretty appaling, when you look hard at it. Or even not very hard."

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

"Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken."

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

"Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind."

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

Cover of Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman

20. 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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  • nonfiction
"...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

Cover of Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0) by Andrzej Sapkowski

21. Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

By: Andrzej Sapkowski

3.97

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the Witcher video games. Geralt of Rivia. A … read more

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"O medo nunca é irracional."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

"É preciso comprovar a culpa, e não a inocência."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

"O provérbio diz: a quem mal vive, o medo o segue."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

"Zwykłość zaś równa się nijakość, a nijakość to taniość."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

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22. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

Cover of Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It by Adam Savage

23. 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
"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

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24. 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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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"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

Cover of Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully by Kelly Starrett

25. Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully

By: Kelly Starrett

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Simple and proven physical practices designed to improve the way your body feels—less stiffness! fe… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

26. The Infinite Game

By: Simon Sinek

4.17

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

Do you know how to play the game you're in? In finite games, like football or chess, the players a… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"In any game, there are always two currencies required to play - will and resources."

-Simon Sinek, The Infinite Game

"And like all infinite games, in the game of life, the goal is not to win, it is to perpetuate the game."

-Simon Sinek, The Infinite Game

"The best way to drive performance in an organization is to create an environment in which information can flow freely, mistakes can be highlighted and help can be offered and received."

-Simon Sinek, The Infinite Game

"Traditional competition forces us to take on an attitude of winning. A worthy rival inspires us to take an attitude of improvement. The former focuses our attention on the outcome, the latter focuses…"

-Simon Sinek, The Infinite Game

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27. Gideon Falls, Vol. 6: The End

By: Jeff Lemire

3.60

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

The mind-bending conclusion to the Eisner Award-winning series by New York Times bestselling writer… read more

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28. The Essential Woodworker: Skills, Tools and Methods

By: Robert Wearing

4.39

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

With all the answers to your fundamental woodworking questions, this is an indispensable guide to b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • woodwork
Cover of The Anarchist's Workbench by Christopher Schwarz

29. The Anarchist's Workbench

By: Christopher Schwarz

4.62

Format: 323 pages, ebook

“The Anarchist’s Workbench” is – on the one hand – a detailed plan for a simple workbench that can … read more

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  • woodwork
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • crafts
Cover of Shaker Inspiration: Five Decades of Fine Craftsmanship by Christian Becksvoort

30. Shaker Inspiration: Five Decades of Fine Craftsmanship

By: Christian Becksvoort

4.44

Format: 157 pages, Hardcover

Opinionated? Yes. Informative? Absolutely. Interesting and inspiring? You bet. Not too many wood… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • woodwork
Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

31. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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5 Best philosophy books like The Anarchist's Workbench by Christopher Schwarz

Transform Your Habits

In Praise of Shadows

Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None

4.75

Transform Your Habits

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

Robert M. Pirsig

3.78

Transform Your Habits

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rick Rubin

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Infinite Game

Simon Sinek

4.17

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Transform Your Habits

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

Malcolm Gladwell

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

Ryan Holiday

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Campaign Furniture

Christopher Schwarz

3.57

Transform Your Habits

The Anarchist's Tool Chest

Christopher Schwarz

5.00

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