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Leaves of Grass
Walt WhitmanThe Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings)“Love the earth and sun and the animals… dismiss whatever insults your own soul.” #EarthDay with Walt Whitman's advice on living a vibrant and rewarding life https://t.co/fWyBgIOCHk
Leather / Fine Binding, 2018
$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
de Profundis
Oscar WildeThe Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings)Patti Smith reads Oscar Wilde's stirring letter on suffering and transcendence, penned while imprisoned for loving whom he loved https://t.co/oBAl9xzhwz
Paperback, 2000
$13.00Member price:$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Room of One's Own: The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition
Virginia WoolfThe Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings)Virginia Woolf published "A Room of One's Own" on this day in 1929, inspiring, among a century of other visions, "A Life of One's Own" – the uncommonly insightful 1930s field-guide to self-possession and the art of knowing what you really want https://t.co/2ZQ6AuSrpt
Paperback, 1989
$11.99Member price:$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Irish Fairy Tales
James StephensThe Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings)“If you want your children to be intelligent,” Einstein is said to have said, “read them fairy tales. If you want them to be very intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” Arthur Rackham's century-old illustrations of Irish fairy tales https://t.co/MgFC9Y4Sd6
Paperback, 2023
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Moby Dick
Herman MelvilleThe Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings)Herman Melville was born on this day in 1819. After "Moby-Dick," he published the book of which he was the proudest. It was a flop, criticized and mocked. A century-some later, Maurice Sendak brought it to life in some stunning, sensual illustrations: https://t.co/amhyHib60x
Paperback, 2011
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Raven
Edgar Allan PoeThe Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings)Hauntingly beautiful 150-year-old illustrations for "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, born on this day in 1809 https://t.co/kfTQNN28iA
Paperback, 2015
$6.95Member price:$3.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Brave New World
Aldous HuxleyThe Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings)"Brave New World" author Aldous Huxley, born on this day in 1894, on love, knowledge vs. understanding, and the cure for our existential helplessness https://t.co/dEHmgqkfjy
Paperback, 2006
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Peter Rabbit
Beatrix PotterThe Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings)Before she dreamt up one of the most beloved children's books of all time, "Peter Rabbit" creator Beatrix Potter revolutionized science with her mushroom studies and her discovery of how lichens reproduce https://t.co/PDJHbsK79e
Board Book, 2008
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love Letters: The Love Letters of Kahlil Gibran to May Ziadah
Kahlil GibranThe Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings)Kahlil Gibran's stunning love letters to his muse and patron, Mary Haskell, born on this day in 1873 https://t.co/hR09UZrwSD
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Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process
John McPheeThe Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings)Superb short read on the relationship between creativity and self-doubt https://t.co/PWFGwLDh2N
Paperback, 2018
$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book