Maria Popova Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Maria Popova is a blogger and cultural critic. Reader. Writer. Creator of The Marginalian (long ago named Brain Pickings). Author of #Figuring. Lover of trees. Petter of moss. Rider of a cobalt blue bicycle.
Peter Rabbit
Beatrix PotterMaria Popova"Peter Rabbit" creator Beatrix Potter's little-known scientific discoveries and mushroom paintings, which mycologists still use to identify species https://t.co/kjTklrhCag
Board Book, 2008
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Little Women
Louisa May AlcottMaria PopovaBronson Alcott (father of "Little Women" author Louisa May), born on this day in 1799, on gardening, genius, and the secret of happiness https://t.co/b4sQPmZyiH
Hardcover, 2014
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Prophet
Kahlil GibranMaria Popova“Think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course." #ValentinesDay with The Prophet https://t.co/fZKvRSLPoi
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Optimism
Helen KellerMaria PopovaHelen Keller died 55 years ago today, leaving us her hard-earned wisdom on optimism https://t.co/juJhx1Cr4d
Hardcover, 2018
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leisure: The Basis of Culture
Josef PieperMaria PopovaThe perfect holiday read: Leisure, the Basis of Culture – an obscure German philosopher's magnificent 1948 manifesto for reclaiming our human dignity in a culture of workaholism https://t.co/RgfRe0v4QF
Paperback, 2009
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process
John McPheeMaria PopovaSuperb short read on the relationship between creativity and self-doubt https://t.co/m13qwzJGAV
Paperback, 2018
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Little Women
Louisa M. AlcottMaria PopovaThe secret of happiness – Bronson Alcott (born on this day in 1799, father of "Little Women" author Louisa May Alcott) on gardening and genius https://t.co/b4sQPmZyiH
Hardcover, 2019
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Alice in Wonderland
Lewis CarrollMaria PopovaOn this day in 1862, a young mathematician by the name of Charles Dodgson dreamt up a whimsical story to entertain three little girls on a boat ride. He became Lewis Carroll and the story became Alice in Wonderland. Meet the real girl who inspired it: https://t.co/FB0oCt1Djf https://t.co/jLDZFRIvKV
Hardcover, 2018
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Leaves of Grass
Walt WhitmanMaria Popova“Love the earth and sun and the animals… re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul…” Whitman's timeless advice on living a vibrant and rewarding life https://t.co/gcVteIdeNN
Leather / Fine Binding, 2018
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel HawthorneMaria Popova10 days before he began writing "The Scarlet Letter" (which lifted him out of obscurity and into celebrity), Nathaniel Hawthorne had a profound illumination about the meaning of life while watching his 5-year-old daughter interact with his dying mother https://t.co/KOZ28I7uhO
Paperback, 2015
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