8 Top biography books like Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity by Frances Palmer

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Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity

By: Frances Palmer

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Roll-up-your-sleeves advice on throwing pottery, growing dahlias, cooking her tried-and-true recip…

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1. The Art Of Living

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.43

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Master the art of living from one of the world’s most revered spiritual leaders. Thich Nhat Hanh… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I think (too much), therefore I am (not there to live my life)."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art Of Living

"Whether this moment is happy or not depends on you. It`s you who makes the moment happy, not the moment that makes you happy. With mindfulness, concentration, and insight, any moment can become a hap…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art Of Living

"Breathing in, I see all my ancestors in me: my mineral ancestors, plant ancestors, mammal ancestors, and human ancestors. My ancestors are always present, alive in every cell of my body, and I play a…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art Of Living

"I see that this body—made of the four elements—is not really me, and I am not limited by this body. I am the whole of the river of life, of blood ancestors and spiritual ancestors, that has been cont…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art Of Living

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2. Cranford

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

'It is very pleasant dining with a bachelor...I only hope it is not improper; so many pleasant thin… read more

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3. The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

By: Twyla Tharp

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Creativity is not a gift from the gods, says Twyla Tharp, bestowed by some divine and mystical spar… read more

Similar categories in Twyla Tharp's The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life book and Frances Palmer's Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity

  • art
  • nonfiction
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4. The Cut Flower Garden

By: Erin Benzakein , Michele M. Waite , None

4.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
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5. Cider With Rosie

By: Laurie Lee

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

At all times wonderfully evocative and poignant, Cider With Rosieis a charming memoir of Laurie Lee… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Lee's Cider With Rosie book and Frances Palmer's Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

6. The Return of the Witch (The Witch's Daughter, #2)

By: Paula Brackston

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Paula Brackston's debut novel, The Witch's Daughter, was the little book that could--with a captiva… read more

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7. Art Before Breakfast: A Zillion Ways to be More Creative No Matter How Busy You Are

By: Danny Gregory

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Packed with the signature can-do attitude that makes beloved artist Danny Gregory a creativity guru… read more

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8. 84, Charing Cross Road

By: Helene Hanff

3.57

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

This charming classic love story, first published in 1970, brings together twenty years of correspo… read more

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9. What Kind of Woman: Poems

By: Kate Baer

4.07

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships in being a mother, a w… read more

Similar categories in Kate Baer's What Kind of Woman: Poems book and Frances Palmer's Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Unclasp the thought of leaving, tie it to the door."

-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems

"When someone asks for the secret to a happy marriage, remember you don't know. This is not a happy ending. This is not a fairy tale. This is the beginning of a life you haven't met."

-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems

"What time will you be home? What time do you think you may be home? What time should we wait for you outside on the lawn while the pasta boils over and the baby cries because he misses you? Oh, befor…"

-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems

"In the morning, I take your picture in front of the sign, gaps in your teeth. I do not say a life without you is not worth living. I do not say I've memorized every inch of your frame. Instead, I wav…"

-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems

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10. Flamer

By: Mike Curato

4.32

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graph… read more

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11. How To Catch A Mole

By: Marc Hamer

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

'It is rare to encounter such respect and understanding of nature for herself.' Rosamund Young, aut… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"A feeling of belonging brings with it a desire to build something to mark one's connection, and then, having built - a garden, a house, a career, a tunnel system - one has to protect those things fro…"

-Marc Hamer, How To Catch A Mole

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12. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

By: Anne Lamott

3.95

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more

Similar categories in Anne Lamott's Somehow: Thoughts on Love book and Frances Palmer's Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I don’t know"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

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13. Alaskan Holiday

By: Debbie Macomber

3.57

Format: 5 pages, Audio CD

An uplifting Christmas tale, set in the Alaskan wilderness, about finding love where it's least exp… read more

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"It was a comedy of errors."

-Debbie Macomber, Alaskan Holiday

"Good friends, good meat. Good God, let’s eat!"

-Debbie Macomber, Alaskan Holiday

"Remember, good things come to those who wait."

-Debbie Macomber, Alaskan Holiday

"The sunlight had broken through the trees and landed on her like a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow."

-Debbie Macomber, Alaskan Holiday

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14. I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

By: Kate Baer

4.28

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Kate Baer returns with a collection of erasure poems created from notes she received from followers… read more

Similar categories in Kate Baer's I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems book and Frances Palmer's Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I wanted art / poetry was hidden in so much in so many ways"

-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

"women want to live without fear For thousands of years We were not believed this is what we carry"

-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

"You were designed to find satisfaction in your excellence Your nature cannot be retrofitted to the male without permanent damage to the original design"

-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

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15. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

By: Patrick Bringley

4.07

Format: 240 pages, ebook

A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more

Similar categories in Patrick Bringley's All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me book and Frances Palmer's Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."

-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"

-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."

-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

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16. A Book of Days

By: Patti Smith

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winnin… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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17. Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

By: Katherine May

3.62

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Wintering, an invitation to rediscover the feelings o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Sometimes we are visited by destruction. Other times, it seems, the world flexes its claws and lets us feel its hot breath, just to remind us how small we are, how helpless."

-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

"I have started to look up the meaning of place names recently. It is perhaps an interest that awakens in you ass you age, this enthusiasm for peering back through time to find lost meaning."

-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

"Sacred places are no longer given to us, and they are rarely shared between whole communities. They are now containers for our own knowing, our own meanings. They don't translate across minds. It fal…"

-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

"You do not need to walk in the wilderness to make contact with the wild. If you know your stories--if you understand the mythologies of your land--then you can leap from a sunlit stroll with your dog…"

-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

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18. Above Ground

By: Clint Smith

4.56

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn)… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. Floret Farm's Discovering Dahlias: A Guide to Growing and Arranging Magnificent Blooms (Floret Farms x Chronicle Books)

By: Erin Benzakein

4.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A stunning guide to growing, harvesting, and arranging gorgeous dahlia blooms from celebrated farme… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
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20. And Yet: Poems

By: Kate Baer

3.97

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The second full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Let your life rest on what is already good."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

"It's just another day in the good-bad, bad-good earth machine."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

"We expect so much of children, hovering above them like giant, invincible gods. What a racket to discover as an adult, how little we have to pass down."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

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21. Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

By: Annabel Abbs

3.92

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

In a novel perfect for fans of Hazel Gaynor’s A Memory of Violets and upstairs-downstairs stories, … read more

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  • food
"God, I think blasphemously, is in a sip of coffee."

-Annabel Abbs, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

"I can feel Mother's furious eyes upon me, but the tug of the kitchen is stronger: my new books, the fresh perch gleaming in the larder, the trugs of field mushrooms and damsons and pippin apples stil…"

-Annabel Abbs, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

"The smell of bruised apples reaches me of a sudden. And in that moment I am back in Miss Eliza's kitchen, rich with cooking odors: the nutty smell of roasting coffee berries, the syrupy scent of frui…"

-Annabel Abbs, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

"But then, one bright morning, I walked out through woods of pine and birch. Foxgloves and wild clematis and briar roses were bursting from the earth. Birdsong shook the air. Swifts snipped at the sky…"

-Annabel Abbs, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

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22. The Little Book of Cottagecore: Traditional Skills for a Simpler Life

By: Emily Kent

2.95

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Unplug, relax, and return to the simpler life with these easy, step-by-step ideas for your favorite… read more

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  • gardening
  • food
  • nonfiction
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23. Burn the Place: A Memoir

By: Iliana Regan

3.64

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

A singular, powerfully expressive debut memoir that traces one chef’s struggle to find her place an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • food
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon by Lyn Slater

24. How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon

By: Lyn Slater

3.44

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A personal memoir in which Lyn Slater, known on Instagram as “Accidental Icon,” brings her characte… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Water, Wood, and Wild Things: Learning Craft and Cultivation in a Japanese Mountain Town by Hannah Kirshner

25. Water, Wood, and Wild Things: Learning Craft and Cultivation in a Japanese Mountain Town

By: Hannah Kirshner

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An immersive journey through the culture and cuisine of one Japanese town, its forest, and its wate… read more

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  • art
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Cook's Book: Recipes for Keeps & Essential Techniques to Master Everyday Cooking by Bri McKoy

26. The Cook's Book: Recipes for Keeps & Essential Techniques to Master Everyday Cooking

By: Bri McKoy

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This foolproof, upbeat, and at times humorous kitchen companion helps home cooks go beyond recipe r… read more

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  • food
  • nonfiction
Cover of In Bloom: Growing, harvesting and arranging flowers all year round by Clare Nolan

27. In Bloom: Growing, harvesting and arranging flowers all year round

By: Clare Nolan

4.47

Format: 656 pages, Kindle Edition

'I absolutely adore Clare Nolan's approaches to garden planning and creative use of color in her de… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
Cover of Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity by Frances Palmer

28. Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity

By: Frances Palmer

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Roll-up-your-sleeves advice on throwing pottery, growing dahlias, cooking her tried-and-true recip… read more

Similar categories in Frances Palmer's Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity book and Frances Palmer's Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity

  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • gardening
  • food
  • nonfiction
Cover of Home in Bloom: Lessons for Creating Floral Beauty in Every Room by Ariella Chezar

29. Home in Bloom: Lessons for Creating Floral Beauty in Every Room

By: Ariella Chezar

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A vivid, inspiring look at the role of flowers and plants in interior design through the stunning, … read more

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  • gardening
Cover of Artists in Residence: Seventeen Artists and Their Living Spaces, from Giverny to Casa Azul by Melissa Wyse

30. Artists in Residence: Seventeen Artists and Their Living Spaces, from Giverny to Casa Azul

By: Melissa Wyse

4.04

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

This charmingly illustrated book invites readers to peer behind the closed doors of 17 legendary an… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Handbuilt: A Modern Potter's Guide to Handbuilding with Clay by Lilly Maetzig

31. Handbuilt: A Modern Potter's Guide to Handbuilding with Clay

By: Lilly Maetzig

4.63

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Create a collection of 23 stylish homewares with this modern guide to working with clay. Coverin… read more

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  • nonfiction

23 best-selling nonfiction books like Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity by Frances Palmer

Transform Your Habits

The Art Of Living

Thich Nhat Hanh

4.43

Transform Your Habits

The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

Twyla Tharp

2.50

Transform Your Habits

The Cut Flower Garden

Erin Benzakein , Michele M. Waite , None

4.64

Transform Your Habits

Cider With Rosie

Laurie Lee

3.95

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5 Top adult books like Floret Farm's Discovering Dahlias: A Guide to Growing and Arranging Magnificent Blooms (Floret Farms x Chronicle Books) by Erin Benzakein

Transform Your Habits

The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables: All the know-how and encouragement you need to grow - and fall in love with! - your brand new food garden (Volume 1) (The First-Time Gardener's Guides, 1)

Jessica Sowards

4.67

Transform Your Habits

Floret Farm's Discovering Dahlias: A Guide to Growing and Arranging Magnificent Blooms (Floret Farms x Chronicle Books)

Erin Benzakein

4.63

Transform Your Habits

The Little Book of Cottagecore: Traditional Skills for a Simpler Life

Emily Kent

2.95

Transform Your Habits

Growing Flowers: Everything You Need to Know About Planting, Tending, Harvesting and Arranging Beautiful Blooms (Flower Gardening for Beginners)

Niki Irving

4.20

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