9 best-selling nonfiction books like Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything by Timothy Clark

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Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything

By: Timothy Clark

4.42

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is considered by many to be Japan's greatest artist. During his seve…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything by Timothy Clark , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan by Ivan Morris, Barbara Ruch

1. The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan

By: Ivan Morris , Barbara Ruch

4.04

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

The World of the Shining Prince, Ivan Morris's widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious, inbred… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, Gia-Fu Feng, Jane English, Jacob Needleman, Toinette Lippe

2. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Cover of The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote

3. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1) by Aeschylus, Patricia E. Easterling, John Harrison, Judith Affleck, None

4. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None

3.83

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more

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"Every medicine is vain."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"A curse burns bright on crime."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"There is no avoidance in delay."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"In war, the first casualty is truth."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

5. The Old Capital

By: Yasunari Kawabata , J. Martin Holman

3.58

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

The Old Capitalis one of the three novels cited specifically by the Nobel Committee when they award… read more

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6. The House Without Windows

By: Barbara Newhall Follett

4.17

Format: 510 pages,

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7. Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

By: Margaret Atwood

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of … read more

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"Many things get broken in a war."

-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

"Holiness is a form of monstrosity"

-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

"Many obscure women have been done to death merely for existing."

-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

"They're dead now. A thing that happens increasingly: people die."

-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

Cover of Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1) by James Norbury

8. Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

By: James Norbury

4.40

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

Joing Big Panda & Tiny Dragon on their travels. They often get lost and make a lot of mistakes. … read more

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  • art
"Time doing nothing is never wasted."

-James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

"Incluso un árbol herido puede florecer de la forma más bella."

-James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

"Intenta sacar tiempo para las pequeñas cosas, a menudo son lo más importante."

-James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

"A cherry tree doesn't compare itself to other trees,' said Big Panda, 'it just blossoms."

-James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

Cover of The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1) by Shion Miura

9. The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

By: Shion Miura

3.97

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

From Shion Miura, the award-winning author of The Great Passage, comes a rapturous novel where the … read more

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10. The Mermaid of Black Conch

By: Monique Roffey

3.89

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

In 1976, David is fishing off the island of Black Conch when he comes upon a creature he doesn't ex… read more

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"The sea was the giant woman of the planet, fluid and contrary."

-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch

"Womanhood was a dangerous business if you didn't get it right."

-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch

"It was the magic that music makes, the song that lives within every creature on earth, including mermaids."

-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch

"Life change quick boy. Another planet so. Later I saw that change came as change always comes, from a chain of events with a long history, too long to see from back to front, till it come"

-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch

Cover of Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self by Andrea Wulf

11. Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

By: Andrea Wulf

4.18

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarka… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami

12. Killing Commendatore

By: Haruki Murakami

3.91

Format: 681 pages, Hardcover

The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84 In Killing… read more

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"The morning is not my time. Darkness is my friend. A vacuum is my breath. I must be saying goodbye soon."

-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

"It seems to me that reality itself has a screw loose somewhere. That's why I try to keep at least myself in line as much as possible."

-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

"But the forecasters and media types were clever - they never used vague words like "maybe." No, they stuck with convenient terms for which no one could be held accountable, like "probability of preci…"

-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

"There is a point is everybody's life where they need a major transformation. And when that time comes you have to grab it by the tail. Grab it hard, and never let go. There are some people who are ab…"

-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

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13. Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World

By: Philip Matyszak

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civili… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Phoenicians pioneered a new style of writing that reproduced not images of the things described but the sounds used for them in speech--the first alphabetic script, As trade developed, writing became…"

-Philip Matyszak, Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World

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14. Joan

By: Katherine J. Chen

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Girl. Warrior. Heretic. Saint? A stunning secular reimagining of the epic life of Joan of Arc, in t… read more

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"What would I gain by being a man?" she says. "A cock, a deeper voice, hair across my chest. I would not become stronger. I am already strong." And, she thinks, I would inherit several weaknesses of m…"

-Katherine J. Chen, Joan

"You must make your own map of the world. Search out your own piece of sky and patch of earth, your own awning to sleep under when it is raining and it feels the sun may never shine again, for there w…"

-Katherine J. Chen, Joan

Cover of Tove Jansson (The Illustrators) by Paul Gravett

15. Tove Jansson (The Illustrators)

By: Paul Gravett

4.32

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

This book provides fresh insight into and a deep appreciation of the life and art of Tove Jansson (… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story by Marie Arana

16. Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story

By: Marie Arana

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Winner, American Library Association Booklist’s Top of the List, 2019 Adult Nonfiction Longlisted … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Weird Medieval Guys: A Bestiary of Curious Creatures from the Dark Ages by Olivia Swarthout

17. Weird Medieval Guys: A Bestiary of Curious Creatures from the Dark Ages

By: Olivia Swarthout

3.85

Format: 203 pages, ebook

Live, laugh love and die in the Middle Ages with Weird Medieval Guys!Explore what your medieval lif… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything by Timothy  Clark

18. Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything

By: Timothy Clark

4.42

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is considered by many to be Japan's greatest artist. During his seve… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents by Stephanie L.              Herdrich

19. Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents

By: Stephanie L. Herdrich

4.56

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

This timely study of Winslow Homer highlights his imagery of the Atlantic world and reveals themes … read more

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