Glass of Fashion: A Personal History of Fifty Years of Changing Tastes and the People Who Have Inspired Them
By: Cecil Beaton
3.96
Format: None pages, ebook
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1. The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris
By: Alicia Drake
4.04
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Drake presents a sublime and dramatic narrative about the high-chic fashion wars of 1970s Paris whe… read more
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- art
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2. The Days of Abandonment
By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein
3.87
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
A national bestseller for almost an entire year, The Days of Abandonment shocked and captivated its… read more
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"I'm dead, but I'm fine."-Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment
"The hardest things to talk about are the ones we ourselves can't understand."-Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment
"We don't know anything about people, even those with whom we share everything."-Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment
"Success depends on the capacity to manipulate the obvious with calculated precision."-Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment
3. Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
By: Leonard Koren
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
Describes the principles of wabi-sabi, a Japanese aesthetic associated with Japanese tea ceremonies… read more
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4. Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
By: Ted Orland , David Bayles
3.87
Format: 237 pages,
"This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made… read more
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5. Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art
By: Julian Barnes
4.00
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
'Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that gre… read more
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6. Julius Caesar
By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill
3.70
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more
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"Et tu, Brute?"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Beware the ides of March."-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
7. Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano
By: Dana Thomas
3.53
Format: 39 pages, Hardcover
More than two decades ago, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen arrived on the fashions scene when t… read more
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8. A Field Guide to Getting Lost
By: Rebecca Solnit
2.84
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
Whether she is contemplating the history of walking as a cultural and political experience over the… read more
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- history
- memoir
9. The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
By: bell hooks
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Everyone needs to love and be loved -- even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the … read more
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10. Christian Dior and I
By: Christian Dior
4.12
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
<>. <>. Cosi scriveva Christian Dior nel 1956, nel dare alle stampe questa sua autobiografia, ora p… read more
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11. The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History
By: None
3.46
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A Washington Post Notable Book of 2015 "It was a big deal when American fashion went to Versailles.… read more
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13. M Train
By: Patti Smith
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, … read more
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- nonfiction
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"We sometimes eclipse our own dreams with reality."-Patti Smith, M Train
"Those were mystical times. An era of small pleasures."-Patti Smith, M Train
"He picks the lock of her dreams with her own hairpin."-Patti Smith, M Train
"I may not know what is in your mind, but I know how your mind works."-Patti Smith, M Train
14. Men Who Hate Women
By: Laura Bates
4.34
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
The first comprehensive undercover look at the terrorist movement no one is talking about. Men W… read more
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"Incels use the metaphor of the red pill to describe the moment a man's blinkers fall away and he suddenly realizes that he has been lied to his whole life. The world that he has been forced to believ…"-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women
"When incels do occasionally crop up in news reports or conversations, they're so easily dismissed as a tiny fringe group of online weirdos. What you hear about them sounds so strange, so extreme, so …"-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women
15. The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
By: Francesca Cartier Brickell
4.24
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The captivating story of the family behind the Cartier empire and the three brothers who turned the… read more
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- art
- history
- biography
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- nonfiction
- fashion
16. Medusa
By: Jessie Burton
3.87
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling, feminist retelling of Greek myth from the internationally bestselling author of The Min… read more
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"I'd never known a change that wasn't monstrous."-Jessie Burton, Medusa
"I was lonely and I was angry, and rage and loneliness can end up tasting the same."-Jessie Burton, Medusa
"I'm a half-finished map and I'm always trying to plot my points, and I won't have anyone do it for me."-Jessie Burton, Medusa
"Sometimes, not even folding yourself into the smallest, littlest shape is enough. So you might as well stay the size you're supposed to be"-Jessie Burton, Medusa
17. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
By: George Saunders
4.54
Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to … read more
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- nonfiction
"Then do that again, over and over, until I'm pleased."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"What transforms an anecdote into a story is escalation. Or, we might say: when escalation is suddenly felt to be occurring, it is a sign that our anecdote is transforming into a story."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"There’s a vast underground network for goodness at work in this world—a web of people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more ex…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"We tend, in discussion, to reduce stories to plot (what happens). We feel, correctly, that something of their meaning resides there. But stories also mean through their internal dynamics—the manner i…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
18. Victim
By: Andrew Boryga
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
There’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bald-faced lies, and Javier Perez is will… read more
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19. The Chiffon Trenches
By: André Leon Talley
3.83
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
During André Leon Talley's first magazine job, alongside Andy Warhol at Interview, a fateful meeti… read more
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- biography
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"On holidays, I cave in to the memory of love, and associate desserts and eating with the love I experienced at my grandmother's table. She was a great cook, and sweets crowded the side console cabine…"-André Leon Talley, The Chiffon Trenches
20. Fashion Climbing: A Memoir with Photographs
By: Bill Cunningham
3.69
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of a New York City legend's education in creativity and style For Bill Cunningh… read more
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21. Liebe in Zeiten des Hasses: Chronik eines Gefühls 1929–1939
By: Florian Illies
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In einem virtuosen Epochengemälde erweckt Florian Illies die dreißiger Jahre, dieses Jahrzehnt bers… read more
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22. Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture
By: Justine Picardie
3.75
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
“Remarkable” ―Hamish Bowles, Vogue The overdue restoration of Catherine Dior's extraordinary life,… read more
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23. Hurricane Girl
By: Marcy Dermansky
3.64
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive and daring new novel by the author of Very Nice (“A cupcake that turns out to be nutri… read more
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24. The Little Book of Hermès: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House (Little Books of Fashion, 14)
By: Karen Homer
4.20
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The iconic bags, the instantly recognizable packaging, the celebrity fans – Hèrmes is the last word… read more
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25. Glass of Fashion: A Personal History of Fifty Years of Changing Tastes and the People Who Have Inspired Them
By: Cecil Beaton
3.96
Format: None pages, ebook
Gorgeously repackaged, this reissue of the classic book presents the iconic photographer s expert a… read more
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