Raw Material: Working Wool in the West
By: Stephany Wilkes
4.55
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
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1. The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1)
By: Ann Cleeves
3.86
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
Vera Stanhope's first appearance was in The Crow Trap, published in 1999 and now available in a new… read more
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2. Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World
By: Clara Parkes
3.83
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Knitting aficionado and notable artisan Clara Parkes delves into her storied travels with this insp… read more
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- crafts
- nonfiction
- memoir
- knitting
"Knitting has a profound connective power. The culture and people and rituals around it, the values, they all contribute to an immediate and profound trust in one another. It's home. You belong and ar…"-Clara Parkes, Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World
"A funny thing happens when more than one knitter gathers in a public place. A solo knitter, presuming she is a woman, quickly fades into the backdrop like a potted palm or a quietly nursing mother. .…"-Clara Parkes, Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World
3. Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
By: Jacqueline Winspear
3.59
Format: 320 pages,
Maisie Dobbs isn't just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence--and the patronag… read more
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4. The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1)
By: Elly Griffiths
4.01
Format: 30 pages,
When she's not digging up bones or other ancient objects, quirky, tart-tongued archaeologist Ruth G… read more
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5. H is for Hawk
By: Helen Macdonald
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writ… read more
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6. The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir
By: Josh Kilmer-Purcell
3.69
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
"I adore the Beekman boys' story. Their unlikely story of love, the land, and a herd of goats is hi… read more
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7. Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, #5)
By: Lee Child
3.50
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
Jack Reacher returns in Lee Child's new "rip-roaring thriller" ("Denver Rocky Mountain News"). This… read more
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8. A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way through Love, Loss, and Laughter
By: Rachael Herron (RH Herron)
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In these 20 heartfelt essays, Rachael Herron celebrated romance novelist by day, 911 dispatcher by … read more
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9. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists … read more
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10. The Heron's Cry (Two Rivers, #2)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.05
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthe… read more
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11. Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
By: Jessica Bruder
4.03
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780393356311 can be found here. From the beet fields of Nort… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
"a vast majority of us vandwellers are white. The reasons range from obvious to duh, but then there’s this."-Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
"Some call them "homeless." The new nomads reject that label. Equipped with both shelter and transportation, they've adopted a new word. They refer to themselves, quite simply, as "houseless"-Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
"The most widely accepted measure for calculating income inequality is a century-old formula called the Gini coefficient. It's a gold standard for economists around the globe, along with the World ban…"-Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
12. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
By: Melissa L. Sevigny
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- environment
13. The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
By: Virginia Postrel
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles… read more
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- fashion
- art
- nonfiction
- history
14. Wilding
By: Isabella Tree
4.46
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Forced to accept that intensive farming on the heavy clay of their land at Knepp in West Sussex was… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- environment
"People have a famously soft spot for pigs. Intelligent, inquisitive, imperious, myopic, sociable, gluttonous, grunting, ungainly, it is easy to recognize ourselves in them."-Isabella Tree, Wilding
"The great concerns of our time – climate change, natural resources, food production, water control and conservation, and human health – all boil down to the condition of the soil."-Isabella Tree, Wilding
"Over the years modern farming has reduced soil to....‘dirt’ – a sterile medium in which plants struggle to grow without artificial fertilizers. It is a self-perpetuating cycle of destruction and chem…"-Isabella Tree, Wilding
"But the world of academia is a strange, sometimes counterproductive and often sluggish place. Where one may expect it to be open and responsive to new thinking, it can be oddly conservative and resis…"-Isabella Tree, Wilding
15. Long Bright River
By: Liz Moore
4.04
Format: 482 pages, Hardcover
Two sisters travel the same streets, though their lives couldn't be more different. Then, one of th… read more
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"someone who elbows you to get you to laugh at his jokes"-Liz Moore, Long Bright River
"I feel the specific relaxation of knowing one’s child is being well cared for by someone else."-Liz Moore, Long Bright River
"I wouldn’t listen. I wanted everything to stay as it was. I was more afraid of the truth than the lie. The truth would change the circumstances of my life. The lie was static. The lie was peaceful. I…"-Liz Moore, Long Bright River
"—Connor can do bad things, Kacey says, but he’s not all bad. Almost nobody is. I have nothing to say to this. I picture Mrs. Mahon, her hand tipping back and forth in the air above the chessboard. Th…"-Liz Moore, Long Bright River
16. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.06
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction--a collecti… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- environment
"It is this way with wonder: it takes a bit of patience, and it takes putting yourself in the right place at the right time. It requires that we be curious enough to forgo our small distractions in or…"-Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
17. Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater
By: Peggy Orenstein
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, sp… read more
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- crafts
- nonfiction
- memoir
- knitting
"The beauty was just mind-boggling for this English girl...It was like being in your own national park, but without the signs telling you what you're supposed to think."-Peggy Orenstein, Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater
18. Unsheltered
By: Barbara Kingsolver
3.64
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A timely novel that interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and c… read more
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"Unsheltered, I live in daylight. And like the wandering bird I rest in thee."-Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered
"Thatcher wondered what task could be more wearisome than shoring up a stupid man’s confidence in his own wisdom."-Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered
"Teaching struck Willa as a saintly calling, especially given the pay. But even saints shouldn't be stuck with intro classes forever."-Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered
"First they would stagger, then grow competent, and then forget the difficulty altogether while thinking of other things, and that was survival."-Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered
19. A Quiet Life
By: Ethan Joella
4.06
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
From the author of A Little Hope —a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick—comes another “heartwarming, charact… read more
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"Maybe that is love. Maybe loving someone so deeply means accepting the fact that they occupy a specific, clear place in you. You accept that there will be a hole if you lose them- the same way a pain…"-Ethan Joella, A Quiet Life
20. Worn: A People's History of Clothing
By: Sofi Thanhauser
4.17
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it's made of--an unparalleled d… read more
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- fashion
- nonfiction
- history
21. 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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- crafts
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- fashion
22. A Short History of the World According to Sheep
By: Sally Coulthard
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An addictively free-ranging survey of the huge impact that sheep have had on human history. From… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- knitting
23. 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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- nonfiction
- history
24. Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
By: Liana Finck
3.77
Format: 240 pages, None
A visually arresting graphic memoir about a young artist struggling against what’s expected of her … read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- memoir
"A draw-er doesn't draw because she loves to draw. She doesn't draw because she draws well. She draws because once she lost something. And by drawing--she will find it again."-Liana Finck, Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
"From a distance, every relationship is similar—an old story with a new face. But if you know how to really look at things—you’ll see that every man is the first man—and every place is Eden."-Liana Finck, Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
"In her heart, the devil said, "No! No!" But from her mouth came the words "Yes, you may." And from then on, everything the devil said was the opposite of what she meant. And everything she did, she d…"-Liana Finck, Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
25. Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool
By: Clara Parkes
4.19
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
An account of the year Clara Parkes spent transforming a 676-pound bale of fleece into saleable yar… read more
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- memoir
- knitting
- nonfiction
- crafts
26. The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms
By: Naoko Abe
3.90
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
Each year, the flowering of cherry blossoms marks the beginning of spring. But if it weren't for th… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"A moon of unsurpassable brilliance flooded the silent landscape with a cruel glare of greenish light, which traced sharp inky shadows of the trees on the rounded white folds. The snow crystals caught…"-Naoko Abe, The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms
27. Partners in Crime
By: Alisha Rai
3.68
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Indian Matchmaking meets Date Night in this fun, romantic adventure in which a match-made couple ab… read more
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28. Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy
By: Rebecca Burgess
4.12
Format: 288 pages, ebook
A new "farm-to-closet" vision for the clothes we wear--by a leader in the movement for local textil… read more
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- history
- knitting
- nonfiction
- fashion
- environment
29. A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars
By: Erin Sharkey
4.31
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2023 A vibrant collection of personal and lyric essays in c… read more
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- history
- environment
30. Knitting Comfortably: The Ergonomics of Handknitting
By: Carson Demers
4.39
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
Imagine being told you have to stop knitting because of discomfort in your hands, arms, neck, or ba… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- knitting
31. Raw Material: Working Wool in the West
By: Stephany Wilkes
4.55
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Follow a sweater with an "Italian Merino" label back far enough and chances are its life began not … read more
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