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"Such lyrical writing. I am engrossed in this work right from the get go. I want to go see sea horses now." — Dec 18, 2025 12:29PM
"Such lyrical writing. I am engrossed in this work right from the get go. I want to go see sea horses now." — Dec 18, 2025 12:29PM
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How to conjure up a picture, for instance, of a town
A soul less place without life
“Brains are important only in that they allow us to move, interact, and exert our influence on the world, Wolpert explains to me. And muscles make that happen.”
― On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
― On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
“The Stanford University health psychologist Kelly McGonigal has evocatively described the antidepressant molecules released by exercise as “a pharmacy in your muscles.”
― On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
― On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
“And take a note… with slight strokes in a little book that you should always carry with you… preserved with great care; for the forms, and positions of objects are so infinite that the memory is incapable of retaining them, wherefore keep these sketches as your guides and masters.”
― The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
― The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
“During the writing of this book, I’ve been doing a lot of push-ups, and thinking about what it means to do them. Lately, I’ve come to understand that what I learned from my father was not just to lift heavy things, but to lift myself.”
― On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
― On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
“We move our bodies through the world, and our minds follow. The artist Paul Klee described visual art as a record of movement, from beginning to end—a drawing of a dancer, say, is made by a roving hand, which pins down the movement of said dancer, and the finished work is then appreciated by an audience’s ever-tracking eye.”
― On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
― On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
Ask Austin Kleon - Thursday, March 13th!
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— last activity Mar 13, 2014 07:59PM
Join us on Thursday, March 13th, for a special discussion with author Austin Kleon! The author will be discussing his book Show Your Work. Become a f ...more
History, Medicine, and Science: Nonfiction and Fiction
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— last activity Oct 14, 2025 06:03PM
Discussion about the fascinating stories of our scientific and medical past
Medical Comics & Graphicpathographies
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— last activity Jun 15, 2016 04:40AM
"Comics" can be "weighty" and "complex", mainly when it comes to "Science" and "Medicine". This is because combining the “precise scientific” text wit ...more
Doctors Book Club
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— last activity Dec 20, 2019 11:38PM
DoctorsBookClub is a book club for doctors – an out-of- hospital hobby. Designed primarily for physicians but welcome to all, DoctorsBookClub is an on ...more
The Librarian's Husband's Book Club
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So my wife is a school librarian, my father a history teacher, my mom an elementary school teacher and I am a former bookseller. That translates to LO ...more
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