On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes
By: Alexandra Horowitz
"Horowitz shows how much more there is to see-if only we would really look. Trained as a cognitive scientist, she discovers a feast of fascinating detail, all explained with her generous humor and self-deprecating tone."
How To Be Alone
By: Tanya Davis
"Since its debut on YouTube, Tanya Davis’s beautiful and perceptive poem ”How to Be Alone” visually realized by artist and filmmaker Andrea Dorfman, has become an international sensation."
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
By: Michael Pollan
"... The wisdom of our grandparents might have more helpful things to say about how to eat well than the recommendations of science or industry or government."
Steal Like an Artist
By: Austin Kleon
"A manifesto for the digital age, Steal Like an Artist is a guide whose positive message, graphic look and illustrations, exercises, and examples will put readers directly in touch with their artistic side."