Fewer, Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects
By: Glenn Adamson
3.90
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Curator and scholar Glenn Adamson opens Fewer, Better Things by contrasting his beloved childhood t…
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1. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
By: Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton
2.67
Format: 166 pages,
G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a det… read more
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2. In Praise of Shadows
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more
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- nonfiction
3. Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
By: Mark Miodownik
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
A New York TimesBestseller An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surroun… read more
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4. Hot Milk
By: Deborah Levy
3.94
Format: 489 pages, Hardcover
Sofia, a young anthropologist, has spent much of her life trying to solve the mystery of her mother… read more
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5. A Philosophy of Walking
By: John Howe , Clifford Harper , Frédéric Gros
3.74
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
In A Philosophy of Walking, leading thinker Frédéric Gros charts the many different ways we get fro… read more
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"Thus the man who walks all day has become certain by nightfall."-John Howe, A Philosophy of Walking
"Just as there are several solitudes, so there are several silences."-John Howe, A Philosophy of Walking
"Discipline is the impossible conquered by the obstinate repetition of the possible."-John Howe, A Philosophy of Walking
"You don't walk to kill time but to welcome it, to pick off its leaves and petals one by one, second by second."-John Howe, A Philosophy of Walking
6. The Relic Master
By: Christopher Buckley
3.62
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Buckley, "one of the funniest writers in the Eng… read more
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7. Kairos
By: Jenny Erpenbeck
3.46
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more
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"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos
8. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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- art
- art history
- nonfiction
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
9. A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
By: Pico Iyer
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Art of Stillness--one of our most engaging and discerning travel w… read more
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"If they can’t get to Europe, they’ll find their way to a local theme-park Eiffel Tower. Even a place that we write off as “inauthentic,"-Pico Iyer, A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
10. Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life
By: Michael Mosley
4.03
Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition
Based on the popular BBC podcast, Just One Thing, this book brings to life Dr Mosley's mission to u… read more
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11. Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
By: Katherine May
3.62
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Wintering, an invitation to rediscover the feelings o… read more
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"Sometimes we are visited by destruction. Other times, it seems, the world flexes its claws and lets us feel its hot breath, just to remind us how small we are, how helpless."-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
"I have started to look up the meaning of place names recently. It is perhaps an interest that awakens in you ass you age, this enthusiasm for peering back through time to find lost meaning."-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
"Sacred places are no longer given to us, and they are rarely shared between whole communities. They are now containers for our own knowing, our own meanings. They don't translate across minds. It fal…"-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
"You do not need to walk in the wilderness to make contact with the wild. If you know your stories--if you understand the mythologies of your land--then you can leap from a sunlit stroll with your dog…"-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
12. Tidelands (The Fairmile, #1)
By: Philippa Gregory
3.83
Format: 455 pages, Hardcover
England 1648. A dangerous time for a woman to be different . . . Midsummer’s Eve, 1648, and Engl… read more
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13. Design Is Storytelling
By: Ellen Lupton
3.97
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Ellen Lupton, award-winning author of Thinking with Type and How Posters Work, demonstrates how sto… read more
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- design
14. The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters
By: Benjamin Moser
4.20
Format: 395 pages, Hardcover
A Washington Post Notable Book of 2023Plunged into a strange land at twenty-five, Benjamin Moser be… read more
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15. The Hawk's Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty
By: Sy Montgomery
3.77
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A splendid and luminous celebration of one of nature’s most perfect and mysterious creatures—the ha… read more
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"Hawks do not play by our rules. You can never assume that a hawk, even one you raised from a chick, will forgive your mistakes—sometimes a single error ruptures the relationship forever. A hawk will …"-Sy Montgomery, The Hawk's Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty
16. The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism
By: Kyle Chayka
3.48
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"More than just a story of an abiding cultural preoccupation, The Longing For Less peels back the c… read more
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"Glass is, in general, the enemy of secrets. It is also the enemy of possession." —Walter Benjamin"-Kyle Chayka, The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism
17. Salad Freak: Recipes to Feed a Healthy Obsession
By: Jess Damuck
3.66
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Offering more than 100 inspired recipes, recipe developer and food stylist Jess Damuck shares her p… read more
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18. Organized Living: Solutions and Inspiration for Your Home [A Home Organization Book]
By: Shira Gill
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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19. Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art
By: Lauren Elkin
4.16
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
'Destined to become a new classic'A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and… read more
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20. Less: Stop Buying So Much Rubbish: How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier
By: Patrick Grant
4.37
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
‘Utterly brilliant. We all need to read this book’ CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN 'Patrick’s book is fascinat… read more
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21. Fewer, Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects
By: Glenn Adamson
3.90
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Curator and scholar Glenn Adamson opens Fewer, Better Things by contrasting his beloved childhood t… read more
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