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On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.51 — 5,317 ratings — published 2013
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The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 2,758 ratings — published 2019
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Look: A Practical Guide for Improving Your Observational Skills Look: A Practical Guide for Improving Your Observational Skills (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.11 — 130 ratings — published 2016
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If You Want to See a Whale If You Want to See a Whale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,826 ratings — published 2013
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Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.55 — 8,749 ratings — published 2013
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The Definitive Book of Body Language The Definitive Book of Body Language (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 29,002 ratings — published 1981
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Who Done It? Who Done It? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 1,120 ratings — published 2014
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 632,344 ratings — published 2005
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How to Draw a Tree How to Draw a Tree (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 59 ratings — published
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Next to Me Next to Me (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 132 ratings — published
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Blue Sky Morning Blue Sky Morning (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 139 ratings — published
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An Observer's Notebook An Observer's Notebook (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 14 ratings — published 2012
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One Boy Watching One Boy Watching (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 421 ratings — published 2022
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How to Use Your Eyes How to Use Your Eyes (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 177 ratings — published 2000
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In Praise of Shadows In Praise of Shadows (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 34,264 ratings — published 1933
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Psychological Commentaries on the Teachings of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky Psychological Commentaries on the Teachings of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 271 ratings — published 1975
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The Observer's Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky The Observer's Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.41 — 49 ratings — published 1988
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Best in Snow (Weather Walks) Best in Snow (Weather Walks)
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avg rating 4.23 — 879 ratings — published 2016
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Wait Wait (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,020 ratings — published 2015
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When Dad Showed Me the Universe When Dad Showed Me the Universe (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.63 — 287 ratings — published 1998
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Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 412 ratings — published 1958
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Alphabet City Alphabet City (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 3,672 ratings — published 1995
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The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 4,491 ratings — published 2012
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A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.53 — 4,642 ratings — published 2009
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Slow Looking: The Art and Practice of Learning Through Observation Slow Looking: The Art and Practice of Learning Through Observation (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.99 — 77 ratings — published
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Zen of Seeing: Seeing/Drawing as Meditation Zen of Seeing: Seeing/Drawing as Meditation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 25,502 ratings — published 1973
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Peoplewatching: The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language Peoplewatching: The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 1,455 ratings — published 1977
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Lo infraordinario Lo infraordinario (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.46 — 501 ratings — published 1989
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Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 2,599 ratings — published 2018
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You Can Have It All: Unlock the Secrets to a Great Life You Can Have It All: Unlock the Secrets to a Great Life (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.37 — 179 ratings — published
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The Great Frog The Great Frog (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 80 ratings — published
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The Things We Never Say The Things We Never Say (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 115,977 ratings — published 2026
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To See an Owl To See an Owl (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 757 ratings — published
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The Mother Tree The Mother Tree (Library Binding)
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avg rating 4.22 — 59 ratings — published
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Bartleby Bartleby (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 295 ratings — published 2026
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Read Life Accurately: Recognize and Respond to Whats Really Happening Read Life Accurately: Recognize and Respond to Whats Really Happening (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.08 — 163 ratings — published
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Go, Team! (My First Sports) Go, Team! (My First Sports)
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avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published
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A Rock Can Be . . . (Can Be . . . Books) A Rock Can Be . . . (Can Be . . . Books)
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avg rating 4.20 — 563 ratings — published 2015
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Seeds (Plant Parts) Seeds (Plant Parts)
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avg rating 3.71 — 21 ratings — published 2006
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What Can You Do with a Rock? What Can You Do with a Rock? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 551 ratings — published
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Plants in Winter (What Happens in Winter?) Plants in Winter (What Happens in Winter?)
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avg rating 3.88 — 8 ratings — published
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Winter Sleep: A Hibernation Story (Seasons in the wild) Winter Sleep: A Hibernation Story (Seasons in the wild)
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avg rating 4.22 — 388 ratings — published 2019
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Change It!: Solids, Liquids, Gases and You (Primary Physical Science) Change It!: Solids, Liquids, Gases and You (Primary Physical Science)
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avg rating 4.26 — 42 ratings — published 2006
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Too Hot? Too Cold?: Keeping Body Temperature Just Right Too Hot? Too Cold?: Keeping Body Temperature Just Right (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.70 — 44 ratings — published 2013
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I'm Happy-Sad Today: Making Sense of Mixed-Together Feelings I'm Happy-Sad Today: Making Sense of Mixed-Together Feelings (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 257 ratings — published
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Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 922 ratings — published 2014
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The Black Book of Colors The Black Book of Colors (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 2,731 ratings — published 2006
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So Many Sounds: A Picture Book So Many Sounds: A Picture Book (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 127 ratings — published 2018
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Sun: Ready-to-Read Level 1 (Weather Ready-to-Reads) Sun: Ready-to-Read Level 1 (Weather Ready-to-Reads)
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avg rating 3.77 — 66 ratings — published 2016
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Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanA Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley1984 by George OrwellThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacksمشكلة الأفكار في العالم الإسلامي by Malik Bennabi
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Ken Kesey
“The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon”
― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

“I sometimes think my head is so large because it is so full of dreams.”
― Joseph Merrick, How to write mysteries: A writer's notebook

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