Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight
10 best books like Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight (James Attlee): The Magical Chorus: A History of Russian Culture from Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn, leadbelly, Together, Alone: A Memoir of Marriage and Place, Why Learn History (When It's Already on Your Phone), New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America, The Space between Us: Social Geography and Politics, Lost Chicago, Not Under My Roof: Parents, Teens, and the Culture of Sex, The Best Way: El Camino de Santiago, Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground
| Author | Solomon Volkov |
| ISBN | 1400042720 |
Imagine condensing a 100 years of cultural history into 300 pages of incredibly dense prose with 100's of famous names being dropped into the conversation. It's a flurry of inspiration that's sure to pad your cultural TBR to keep you busy for a few decades.
I must give a cheers to Antonina W. Bouis...
| Author | Tyehimba Jess |
| ISBN | 0974635332 |
“It is exhilarating to be invited into a world so large and muscular, so rooted in history, a world where so much is at stake.”—Brigit Pegeen Kelly, National Poetry Series judge
A biography in poems, leadbelly examines the life and times of the legendary blues musician from a variety...
| Author | Susan Wittig Albert |
| ISBN | 0292719701 |
What does it mean to belong to a place, to be truly rooted and grounded in the place you call home? How do you commit to a marriage, to a full partnership with another person, and still maintain your own separate identity? These questions have been central to Susan Wittig Albert's life, and in this beautifully...
Let’s start with two truths about our era that are so inescapable as to have become clichés: We are surrounded by more readily available information than ever before. And a huge percentage of it is inaccurate. Some of the bad info is well-meaning but ignorant. Some of it is deliberately deceptive....
Although many Americans consider the establishment of the colonies as the birth of this country, in fact Early America already existed long before the arrival of the Europeans. From coast to coast, Native Americans had created enduring cultures, and the subsequent European invasion remade much...
The Space Between Us brings the connection between geography, psychology, and politics to life. By going into the neighborhoods of real cities, Enos shows how our perceptions of racial, ethnic, and religious groups are intuitively shaped by where these groups live and interact daily. Through the...
| Author | David Garrard Lowe |
| ISBN | 0823028712 |
30th Anniversary
These dazzling, poignant pages recreate the magical built environment that thrilled generations of Chicago residents and visitors alike before falling victim to the wrecking ball of “progress.”
Here are the grand residences and hotels, opulent theaters,...
| Author | Amy T. Schalet |
| ISBN | 0226736199 |
For American parents, teenage sex is something to be feared and forbidden: most would never consider allowing their children to have sex at home, and sex is a frequent source of family conflict. In the Netherlands, where teenage pregnancies are far less frequent than in the United States, parents aim...
| Author | Bill Walker |
| ISBN | 1467960225 |
Since the times of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, Americans have headed off to Europe on odysseys of self-improvement. But until recently, Americans have not chosen ‘the best way’—El Camino de Santiago. Bill Walker (“Skywalker”) decided to undertake this 500 mile trek, that...
| Author | Ahdaf Soueif |
| ISBN | 1400096634 |
From the bestselling author of the Booker Prize finalist The Map of Love–an incisive collection of essays on Arab identity, art, and politics that seeks to locate the mezzaterra, or common ground, in an increasingly globalized world.
The twenty-five years’ worth of criticism and commentary...
The outer world flew open like a door, and I wondered—what is it that we're just not seeing? In this greatly anticipated sequel to Findings, prize-winning poet and renowned nature writer Kathleen Jamie takes a fresh look at her native Scottish landscapes, before sailing north into iceberg-strewn...
| Author | Roberto Calasso |
| ISBN | 0374534071 |
A spectacular act of close reading and looking by a great writer
In La Folie Baudelaire, Roberto Calasso—one of the most original and acclaimed writers on literature, art, culture, and mythology—turns his attention to the poets and writers of Paris in the nineteenth century who created...
| Author | Gabriel Josipovici |
| ISBN | 0300165773 |
The quality of today’s literary writing arouses the strongest opinions. For novelist and critic Gabriel Josipovici, the contemporary novel in English is profoundly disappointing—a poor relation of its groundbreaking Modernist forebears. This agile and passionate book asks why.
Modernism,...
Someplace Like America: Tales from the New Great Depression
| Author | Dale Maharidge |
| ISBN | 0520274512 |
In Someplace Like America, writer Dale Maharidge and photographer Michael S. Williamson take us to the working-class heart of America, bringing to life—through shoe leather reporting, memoir, vivid stories, stunning photographs, and thoughtful analysis—the deepening crises of poverty...
Deep Country: Five Years in the Welsh Hills
| Author | Neil Ansell |
| ISBN | 0241145007 |
Neil Ansell spent five years living between the back of beyond and the middle of nowhere, on his own, with no electricity, gas or water and effectively only the wildlife around him for company. His dilapidated cottage, rented for £100 per year, is so exposed to the elements that it appears to rain uphill,...
Revolutions in Reverse: Essays on Politics, Violence, Art, and Imagination
| Author | David Graeber |
| ISBN | 1570272433 |
Graeber bir sosyal bilimci, ama bu kitapta anti-kapitalist, muhalif örgütlerde mücadele eden insanlara bir politik eylemci olarak sesleniyor.
2000'lerdeki karşı küreselleşme hareketlerindeki deneyimleri üzerinden "devrim mümkün mü, peki nasıl" sorularını tartışıyor....
| Author | André Gide |
| ISBN | 0880013656 |
The Belgian Congo (now the countries of Congo, Zaire, and Central African Republic) has fascinated travellers for centuries with its mysterious and brilliant landscapes and its rich tribal cultures. While the area is investigated in the most minute detail, Gide is clear about his position as the...
| Author | Victoria Clarke |
| ISBN | 0714869449 |
This is a fascinating collection of maps from all centuries and dozens of cultures. There are traditional maps that convey political and geographical/geological information, but also innovative ways to convey how tangible and intangible resources/events/characteristics are distributed across...
The illustrator, designer, and writer Edward Gorey (1925–2000) is beloved for his droll, surreal, and slightly sinister drawings. While he is perhaps best known for his fanciful, macabre books, such as The Doubtful Guest and The Gashlycrumb Tinies, his instantly recognizable imagery can be seen...
Kill All Your Darlings: Pieces 1990-2005
| Author | Luc Sante |
| ISBN | 1891241532 |
In his books and in a string of wide-ranging and inventive essays, Luc Sante has shown himself to be not only one of our pre-eminent stylists, but also a critic of uncommon power and range. He is “one of the handful of living masters of the American language, as well as a singular historian and philosopher...
Highcastle: A Remembrance
| Author | Stanisław Lem |
| ISBN | 0156004720 |
I might be the only reader of this book who bought 'Highcastle' without having ever read anything by Lem before.
Sure, I heard wonders about 'Solaris' and 'The Cyberiad', written by the undisputed Polish master of sci-fi, but never had the chance to get them. To be honest then, the chief reason...
| Author | Carolyn Abbate |
| ISBN | 0393348954 |
Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their “effervescent, witty” (Die Welt, Germany) retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the musical and dramatic means by which it communicates,...
Tiger Writing: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self
| Author | Gish Jen |
| ISBN | 0674072839 |
For author Gish Jen, the daughter of Chinese immigrant parents, books were once an Outsiders Guide to the Universe. But they were something more, too. Through her eclectic childhood reading, Jen stumbled onto a cultural phenomenon that would fuel her writing for decades to come: the profound difference...
"[This collection] says more about art than any other book I know...These letters distill for the reader the essence of what a painting truly is...The greatness of Cézanne could be conveyed only by an artist equally great."--HOWARD MOSS, The New Yorker
Virtually every day in the fall of 1907,...
The Partnership: Brecht, Weill, Three Women, and Germany on the Brink
| Author | Pamela Katz |
| ISBN | 0385534914 |
Among the most creative and outsized personalities of the Weimar Republic, that sizzling yet decadent epoch between the Great War and the Nazis' rise to power, were the renegade poet Bertolt Brecht and the rebellious avant-garde composer Kurt Weill. These two young geniuses and the three women vital...
