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12 books with a reading profile close to Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels by Scott McCloud. Clear-cut; an easy read.

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Parrots

by Mike Parr, Tony Juniper

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This volume functions as a comprehensive identification guide covering 350 species within the Psittaciformes order, ranging from South American macaws to the flightless kakapo of New Zealand.
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A Complete Manual of Amateur Astronomy

by P. Clay Sherrod, Thomas L. Koed

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This technical guidebook details the practical requirements for conducting systematic celestial observations and atmospheric research.
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Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

by Rolf Potts

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Rolf Potts presents a practical framework for overseas travel lasting months or years rather than weeks.
4

The Art of Thinking Clearly

by Rolf Dobelli

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Rolf Dobelli identifies ninety-nine common cognitive biases that distort human judgment and decision-making.
5

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

by Emmanuel Acho

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Emmanuel Acho, a former NFL linebacker, set up a video series in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd, where he invites white viewers to ask questions about race that they might be afraid to raise elsewhere.
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

by Stephen King

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Stephen King divides this volume into a personal history and a technical manual for prose.
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

by Gavin de Becker

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Gavin de Becker argues that true intuition is a biological survival mechanism rather than an irrational emotion.
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Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

by Ina May Gaskin

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The first half of this manual compiles decades of birth stories from mothers at The Farm, a prominent midwife-led community in Tennessee.
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Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

by Joshua Foer

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Joshua Foer chronicles his evolution from a skeptical journalist covering the United States Memory Championship to the unlikely winner of the same competition one year later.
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Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting

by Pamela Druckerman

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When American journalist Pamela Druckerman moves to Paris, she notices that French children sit quietly in restaurants, sleep through the night at two months old, and eat braised leeks without complaint.
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall

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Christopher McDougall begins with a simple question about his own chronic foot pain and ends up in Mexico’s Copper Canyons searching for the Tarahumara Indians.
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Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up

by Marie Kondō

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Spark Joy functions as a granular technical manual for the KonMari Method, expanding on the principle of retaining only items that trigger a positive emotional response.

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