6 must-read nonfiction books like A Dyer's Garden by Rita Buchanan

Cover of A Dyer's Garden by Rita Buchanan

A Dyer's Garden

By: Rita Buchanan

4.16

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Touching on the history and nature of dye plants, this comprehensive guide walks readers through a …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in A Dyer's Garden by Rita Buchanan , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

1. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

By: Balli Kaur Jaswal

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women'… read more

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2. The Modern Natural Dyer: A Comprehensive Guide to Dyeing Silk, Wool, Linen and Cotton at Home

By: Kristine Vejar

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Thousands of natural materials can produce glorious color--the insect cochineal produces pink, maro… read more

Similar categories in Kristine Vejar's The Modern Natural Dyer: A Comprehensive Guide to Dyeing Silk, Wool, Linen and Cotton at Home book and Rita Buchanan's A Dyer's Garden

  • art
  • knitting
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • crafts
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3. A Garden to Dye For: How to Use Plants from the Garden to Create Natural Colors for Fabrics & Fibers

By: Chris McLaughlin

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Home-grown botanical dyes are in, and they're part of today's shift toward natural and organic livi… read more

Similar categories in Chris McLaughlin's A Garden to Dye For: How to Use Plants from the Garden to Create Natural Colors for Fabrics & Fibers book and Rita Buchanan's A Dyer's Garden

  • knitting
  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • crafts
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4. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

By: Tim Flannery , Peter Wohlleben , Jane Billinghurst , Suzanne Simard

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains… read more

Similar categories in Tim Flannery's The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World book and Rita Buchanan's A Dyer's Garden

  • nonfiction
"A tree’s most important means of staying connected to other trees is a “wood wide web"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

"Trees could solve the problems if people trying to improve things would only allow them to takeover"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

"So many questions remain unanswered. Perhaps we are poorer for having lost a possible explanation or richer for having gained a mystery. But aren't both possibilities equally intriguing?"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

5. Wild Color, Revised and Updated Edition: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes

By: Jenny Dean , None

4.05

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

The best resource on natural dyeing is back, updated to make your colorful hobby even more beautifu… read more

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6. Natural Dyes and Home Dyeing

By: None

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

Here in a single volume is all the information you will need to extract dyestuffs from common trees… read more

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7. The Secret Lives of Color

By: Kassia St. Clair

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hu… read more

Similar categories in Kassia St. Clair's The Secret Lives of Color book and Rita Buchanan's A Dyer's Garden

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • reference
"Van Gogh's sunflowers, it seems, are wilting, just like their real-life counterparts did."

-Kassia St. Clair, The Secret Lives of Color

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8. The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

By: Cait Flanders

3.47

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the co… read more

Similar categories in Cait Flanders's The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store book and Rita Buchanan's A Dyer's Garden

  • nonfiction
"I wanted to be surrounded by those who valued living over working, Spending time outdoors over spending time online, and doing things for themselves over paying for every possible convenience"

-Cait Flanders, The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

"Stuff I purchased with every intention of using, but only because I told myself it would somehow help. I wasn't good enough, but this stuff would make me better. I wanted to read, wear, and do everyt…"

-Cait Flanders, The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

"I couldn't ever blame them for trying to get me to shop with them or ship for myself or simply enjoy my money - this was a behavior many people learned and exhibited in all kinds of circumstances in …"

-Cait Flanders, The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

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9. Let Us Descend

By: Jesmyn Ward

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more

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"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."

-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend

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10. This Other Eden

By: Paul Harding

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, This Other Eden te… read more

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Cover of A Dyer's Garden by Rita Buchanan

11. A Dyer's Garden

By: Rita Buchanan

4.16

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Touching on the history and nature of dye plants, this comprehensive guide walks readers through a … read more

Similar categories in Rita Buchanan's A Dyer's Garden book and Rita Buchanan's A Dyer's Garden

  • art
  • knitting
  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • how to
  • crafts
  • reference

12 must-read audiobook books like The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Tim Flannery, Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst, Suzanne Simard

Transform Your Habits

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

Sy Montgomery

4.33

Transform Your Habits

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Ed Yong

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

Tim Flannery , Peter Wohlleben , Jane Billinghurst , Suzanne Simard

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake

4.35

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