5 Top nonfiction books like Atlas of Brutalist Architecture by Phaidon Press

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Atlas of Brutalist Architecture

By: Phaidon Press

4.44

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

This is the only book to thoroughly document the world's finest examples of Brutalist architecture.…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Atlas of Brutalist Architecture by Phaidon Press , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Scoop

By: Evelyn Waugh

3.80

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the "Daily Beast", has always prided himself on hi… read more

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"Ah well, to the journalist every country is rich."

-Evelyn Waugh, Scoop

"News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read."

-Evelyn Waugh, Scoop

"Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.'--William Boot"

-Evelyn Waugh, Scoop

"As there was no form of government common to the peoples thus segregated, nor tie of language, history, habit or belief, they were called a Republic."

-Evelyn Waugh, Scoop

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2. The Society of the Spectacle

By: Donald Nicholson-Smith , Guy Debord

4.02

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord's The … read more

Similar categories in Donald Nicholson-Smith's The Society of the Spectacle book and Phaidon Press's Atlas of Brutalist Architecture

  • art
  • nonfiction
"Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures."

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

"The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist."

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

"La réalité du temps a été remplacée par la publicité du temps."

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

"Spectacle is the sun that never sets over the empire of modern passivity"

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

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3. Stories of Your Life and Others

By: Ted Chiang

4.26

Format: 281 pages, ebook

What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we… read more

Similar categories in Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others book and Phaidon Press's Atlas of Brutalist Architecture

"Pragmatism avails a savior far more than aestheticism."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"Living with you will be like aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along than I expect."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"I remember when you'll be a month old, and I'll stumble out of bed to give you your 2:00 a.m. feeding."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"Maturity means seeing the differences, but realizing they don’t matter. There’s no technological shortcut."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

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4. King Lear

By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe

3.91

Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's King Lear book and Phaidon Press's Atlas of Brutalist Architecture

"Fortune love you."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"She is herself a dowry."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"All dark and comfortless."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"Nothing can come of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

5. Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)

By: Steven Erikson

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting, an… read more

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6. The Fry Chronicles

By: Stephen Fry

3.84

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

Stephen Fry arrived at Cambridge on probation: a convicted fraudster and thief, an addict, liar, fa… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Mow the fuckers down."

-Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles

"Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books"

-Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles

"Thos who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it."

-Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles

"Those who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it."

-Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles

7. 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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8. Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 2

By: Kentaro Miura

4.73

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

The reigning king of adult fantasy manga now in deluxe 7x10 hardcover editions! Born in tragedy, ra… read more

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"Why is it that men enjoy little more than shedding blood?"

-Kentaro Miura, Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 2

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9. The Labyrinth

By: Simon Stålenhag

4.16

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

A world covered by ruins and ash, the remnants of an otherwordly phenomenon that has ravaged the ea… read more

Similar categories in Simon Stålenhag's The Labyrinth book and Phaidon Press's Atlas of Brutalist Architecture

  • art
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10. Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes

By: Dana Thomas

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high… read more

Similar categories in Dana Thomas's Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes book and Phaidon Press's Atlas of Brutalist Architecture

  • nonfiction
"Shoppers snap up five times more clothing now than they did in 1980."

-Dana Thomas, Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes

"In 1991, 56.2% of all clothes purchased in the United States were American-made. By 2012, it was down to 2.5%. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 1990 and 2012, the U.S. textile and…"

-Dana Thomas, Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes

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11. Slime: A Natural History

By: Susanne Wedlich

3.40

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Slime is an ambiguous thing. It exists somewhere between a solid and liquid. It inspires revulsion … read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. Atlas of Brutalist Architecture

By: Phaidon Press

4.44

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

This is the only book to thoroughly document the world's finest examples of Brutalist architecture.… read more

Similar categories in Phaidon Press's Atlas of Brutalist Architecture book and Phaidon Press's Atlas of Brutalist Architecture

  • architecture
  • art
  • photography
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • urbanism

7 Best memoir books like The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry

Transform Your Habits

Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life

David Mitchell

3.45

Transform Your Habits

Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens

Eddie Izzard

3.86

Transform Your Habits

So, Anyway...

John Cleese

3.18

Transform Your Habits

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Stephen Fry

3.84

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