by Charlie Mackesy
Recommended by 8 notable people, including Simon Smith and Fedor Holz
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See customer reviews on Amazon →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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From the revered British illustrator, a modern fable for all ages that explores life’s universal lessons, featuring 100 color and blackandwhite drawings.“What do you want to be when you grow up” asked the mole.“Kind,” said the boy.Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book based on his famous quartet of...
Difficulty:hard
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Philosophy, Art, and Personal Development.
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Consider The World as It Is by Ben Rhodes. Recommended by 7 sources.
“Starts as a lively, behind-the-scenes memoir mixing speechwriting polish with national-security detail, giving chapter-level scenes of fast decisions, diplomatic conversations, and public messaging. Its useful part is granular, first-person access to the limitations between idealism and practical constraint; you get a sense of what choices felt like from the inside. Its main limitation is a defensive tone and episodic digressions into lists and operational minutiae that slow momentum and leave systematic lessons sparse.”
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