5 must-read nonfiction books like Making Color Sing: Practical Lessons in Color and Design by Jeanne Dobie

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Making Color Sing: Practical Lessons in Color and Design

By: Jeanne Dobie

4.34

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Through clear, illuminating exercises, this best-selling book stimulates new ways to think about co…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Making Color Sing: Practical Lessons in Color and Design by Jeanne Dobie , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Stupeur et tremblements by Amélie Nothomb

1. Stupeur et tremblements

By: Amélie Nothomb

3.73

Format: 187 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for isbn13: 9782253150718 Au début des années 90, la narratr… read more

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"هناك فهمت حقيقة مهمة: في اليابان، الحياة هي الشركة."

-Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements

"أما فوبوكي فلم تكن لا إلها ولا شيطانا, كانت امرأة يابانية"

-Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements

"كان يابانيا من بين آلاف آخرين، عبدا وجلادا في الوقت نفسه."

-Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements

"Le donne che non hanno il diritto di sognare portano nomi che fanno sognare"

-Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements

Cover of Starting Point 1979-1996 by Hayao Miyazaki, Frederik L. Schodt, Beth Cary

2. Starting Point 1979-1996

By: Hayao Miyazaki , Frederik L. Schodt , Beth Cary

4.13

Format: 461 pages, Hardcover

R to L (Japanese Style). A hefty compilation of essays (both pictorial and prose), notes, concept s… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
"To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.. Yet once being born there is no turni…"

-Hayao Miyazaki, Starting Point 1979-1996

"[...] it would be false to say that because we're on the side of justice, we can go ahead and destroy our opponents and the world will be at peace. [...] Now, I know that there are such things as goo…"

-Hayao Miyazaki, Starting Point 1979-1996

"Personally, I was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams. It's a period of life when young people appear to have a great deal of freedom, but are in many …"

-Hayao Miyazaki, Starting Point 1979-1996

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3. The Goblin Emperor

By: Katherine Addison

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by a b… read more

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4. Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture

By: Marvin Harris

3.56

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

This book challenges those who argue that we can change the world by changing the way people think.… read more

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Cover of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

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

By: Merlin Sheldrake

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

There is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how life works…Neither pla… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I have tried to find ways to enjoy the ambiguities that fungi present, but it's not always easy to be comfortable in the space created by open questions. Agoraphobia can set in. It's tempting to hide…"

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

"Anthropomorphism is usually thought of as an illusion that arises like a blister in soft human minds: untrained, undisciplined, unhardened. There are good reasons for this: when we humanise the world…"

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

"Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. When you cook mushroom soup, or just eat it. When you go out gathering mushrooms, or buy them. When you ferm…"

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

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6. Norse Mythology

By: Neil Gaiman

4.10

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780393356182 Neil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient … read more

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"Ragnarok is coming."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"And the game begins anew."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"Rebirth always follows death."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"Of course it was Loki. It's always Loki."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

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7. The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

By: Patrik Svensson

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scie… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Landscape Painter's Workbook: Essential Studies in Shape, Composition, and Color (Volume 6) (For Artists, 6) by Mitchell Albala

8. The Landscape Painter's Workbook: Essential Studies in Shape, Composition, and Color (Volume 6) (For Artists, 6)

By: Mitchell Albala

4.60

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The Landscape Painter’s Workbook is the definitive hands-on guide to the time-honored techniques an… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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9. Strange Beasts of China

By: Yan Ge

3.80

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful nov… read more

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"All we have are stories."

-Yan Ge, Strange Beasts of China

"Never cry, or your tears will water your sorrow and it'll grow."

-Yan Ge, Strange Beasts of China

"We were city people, after all, and didn't ask too many questions."

-Yan Ge, Strange Beasts of China

"People should leave when their story is over,' he said. 'Don't you know that?"

-Yan Ge, Strange Beasts of China

Cover of Making Color Sing: Practical Lessons in Color and Design by Jeanne Dobie

10. Making Color Sing: Practical Lessons in Color and Design

By: Jeanne Dobie

4.34

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Through clear, illuminating exercises, this best-selling book stimulates new ways to think about co… read more

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  • art
  • art design
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
  • visual art
Cover of Hazel Soan's Art of the Limited Palette: a step-by-step practical watercolour guide by Hazel Soan

11. Hazel Soan's Art of the Limited Palette: a step-by-step practical watercolour guide

By: Hazel Soan

4.75

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

How to work with a limited palette, with step-by-step demonstrations. One of the world's best art … read more

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  • art

15 best-selling fiction books like Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Terry Pratchett , Neil Gaiman

4.26

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Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #3)

Andrzej Sapkowski

3.77

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Mort (Death, #1; Discworld, #4)

Terry Pratchett

4.42

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Sword of Destiny (The Witcher, #0.7)

Andrzej Sapkowski

4.27

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