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The Anatomical Venus: Wax, God, Death & the Ecstatic by Joanna Ebenstein

The Anatomical Venus: Wax, God, Death & the Ecstatic

Joanna Ebenstein

224 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0quenquire's review
nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati by Scot D. Ryersson
Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati
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Scot D. Ryersson

Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati

Scot D. Ryersson

233 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0quenquire's review
nonfiction art biography history informative medium-paced
More Than a Muse: Creative Partnerships That Sold Talented Women Short by Katie McCabe

More Than a Muse: Creative Partnerships That Sold Talented Women Short

Katie McCabe

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0quenquire's review
nonfiction art feminism informative medium-paced
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

The Sirens of Titan

Kurt Vonnegut

326 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0quenquire's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous funny reflective medium-paced
Мастер и Маргарита by Mikhail Bulgakov

Мастер и Маргарита

Mikhail Bulgakov

672 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0quenquire's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

Kirk Wallace Johnson

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0quenquire's review
nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious medium-paced
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

Mother Night

Kurt Vonnegut

282 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0quenquire's review
fiction classics historical dark funny reflective medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0quenquire's review
fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Euro Deco: Graphic Design Between the Wars by Steven Heller
Euro Deco: Graphic Design Between the Wars
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Steven Heller

Euro Deco: Graphic Design Between the Wars

Steven Heller

500 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0quenquire's review
nonfiction art design reference informative reflective medium-paced
Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade by Ryan North, Kurt Vonnegut, Albert Monteys

Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade

Ryan North, Kurt Vonnegut, Albert Monteys

192 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0quenquire's review
fiction graphic novel science fiction challenging dark reflective fast-paced