5 must-read photography books like Niagara by Alec Soth

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Niagara

By: Alec Soth

4.35

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

By way of follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut monograph Sleeping by the Mississippi, Alec S…

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1. Night Train

By: Martin Amis

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Detective Mike Hoolihan has seen it all. A fifteen-year veteran of the force, she's gone from walki… read more

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Cover of Man and His Symbols by C.G. Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz, Jolande Jacobi, Aniela Jaffé, Joseph L. Henderson, John    Freeman

2. Man and His Symbols

By: C.G. Jung , Marie-Louise von Franz , Jolande Jacobi , Aniela Jaffé , Joseph L. Henderson , John Freeman

4.19

Format: 415 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed … read more

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  • art
"There is a desert on the moon where the dreamer sinks so deeply into the ground that she reaches hell."

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

"We are so captivated by and entangled in our subjective consciousness that we have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions."

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

"The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats obscure the sun, the moon, and all the stars except one. That one start falls …"

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

"It is a common illusion to believe that what we know today is all we ever can know. Nothing is more vulnerable than scientific theory, which is an ephemeral attempt to explain facts and not an everla…"

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

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3. Invisible Cities

By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities v… read more

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4. Essential Bukowski: Poetry

By: Charles Bukowski

4.14

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

Edited by Abel Debritto, the definitive collection of poems from an influential writer whose transg… read more

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5. Lessico famigliare

By: Natalia Ginzburg , Cesare Garboli

5.00

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Lessico famigliaree la storia di una famiglia ebrea, quella della stessa scrittrice, che si svolge … read more

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6. Lives Other Than My Own: A Memoir

By: Emmanuel Carrère , Linda Coverdale

3.48

Format: 241 pages, ebook

From the acclaimed Emmanuel Carrere, an act of generous imagination that unflinchingly records deva… read more

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7. The Pearl

By: John Steinbeck

3.54

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf be… read more

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"What have I to fear but starvation?" Kino asked."

-John Steinbeck, The Pearl

"In the surface of the great pearl he could see dream forms."

-John Steinbeck, The Pearl

"It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings."

-John Steinbeck, The Pearl

"We do know that we are cheated from birth to the overcharge on our coffins."

-John Steinbeck, The Pearl

8. The Martian Chronicles

By: Ray Bradbury

3.97

Format: 480 pages,

The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonis… read more

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9. In the Skin of a Lion

By: Michael Ondaatje

4.42

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Bristling with intelligence and shimmering with romance, this novel tests the boundary between hist… read more

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10. The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry n… read more

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"When she’d met Orquidea Montoya, she saw a whisper of a girl who wanted to become a scream."

-Zoraida Córdova, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

"People think they know about misfortune and bad luck. But there was being unlucky-like when you tripped over your shoelaces or dropped a five-dollar bill in the subway or ran into your ex when you we…"

-Zoraida Córdova, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

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11. When We Cease to Understand the World

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.14

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

One of The New York Times Book Review ’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 Internat… read more

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"Como la luna en el budismo, una partícula no existe; el acto de medición la vuelve un objeto real"

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Reality, they said to those present, does not exist as something separate from the act of observation."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Una de las cosas que siempre me han sorprendido de Chile es la aversión que sentimos por la cordillera. No habitamos las montañas."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Solo una visione di insieme, come quella di un santo, di un pazzo o di un mistico, ci permetterà di decifrare la forma in cui è organizzato l’universo."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

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12. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

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13. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

By: Werner Herzog

4.25

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more

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  • art
Cover of The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

14. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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  • art
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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15. A Book of Days

By: Patti Smith

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winnin… read more

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  • art
  • photography
Cover of The Flowers of Buffoonery by Osamu Dazai

16. The Flowers of Buffoonery

By: Osamu Dazai

3.83

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanitarium where Yozo Oba—the narrator of No Longer Hu… read more

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"But in my softness I find peace, however fleeting."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

"Hacían reír a otros. Querían provocar la risa en otros a cualquier precio, incluso a costa de su propio dolor."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

"It was only natural for Yozo to vacillate when asked about the reason behind his suicide – it was everything to him."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

"The next morning was peaceful and clear. The sea was calm. White smoke from the volcano on Oshima, just above the horizon, drifted up into the sky. Never mind. I hate describing scenery."

-Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

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17. Coming and Going Jim Goldberg

By: Jim Goldberg

4.08

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Coming and Going is Jim Goldberg’s unique work of autobiography. Since 1999, Goldberg has been phot… read more

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  • photography
Cover of Wolfgang Tillmans. four books. 40th Ed. by Federico Gargaglione

18. Wolfgang Tillmans. four books. 40th Ed.

By: Federico Gargaglione

4.13

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Like hardly any other artist of his generation, Wolfgang Tillmans has shaped our perception of the … read more

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  • photography
Cover of Niagara by Alec Soth

19. Niagara

By: Alec Soth

4.35

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

By way of follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut monograph Sleeping by the Mississippi, Alec S… read more

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  • art
  • photography
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20. The Lines of My Hand

By: Robert Frank

4.40

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

This retrospective study of the work and life of Robert Frank demonstrates the artistry, innovation… read more

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  • art
  • photography

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