Fourteen Essays
by Wendell Berry
Recommended by Michael Pollan
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Finance, and Philosophy.
My work has been motivated, Wendell Berry has written, by a desire to make myself responsibly at home in this world and in my native and chosen place. In Home Economics, Mr. Berry explores this process and continues to discuss what it means to make oneself responsibly at home. His title reminds us that the very root of economics is stewardship, hou...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Finance, and Philosophy.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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