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rira rated We Have Always Lived in the Castle: 4 stars
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson’s beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family’s dark secret
Taking readers deep into …
rira rated The life-changing magic of tidying up: 4 stars
The life-changing magic of tidying up by Marie Kondo (Thorndike Press large print peer picks)
Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize …
rira rated Picture This: 5 stars
Shodo: the quiet art of Japanese Zen calligraphy : learn the wisdom of Zen through traditional brush painting by Shōzō Satō
"In this beautiful and extraordinary book, Shozo Sato, an internationally recognized master of traditional Zen arts, teaches the Japanese art …
rira rated Thousand Cranes: 4 stars
Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata
Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata’s Thousand Cranes is a luminous story of desire, regret, and the almost sensual nostalgia that …
rira rated Embroideries: 2 stars
rira rated Loving Wounded Soul: 4 stars
rira rated The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea: 4 stars
rira rated Korean Patchwork Quilting: 5 stars
rira rated Japanese folk art: 5 stars
rira rated The Setting Sun: 5 stars
The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai
This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956. Set …
rira rated The tale of Peter Rabbit: 5 stars
The tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient …
rira rated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass: 5 stars
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel by English author Lewis Carroll (the …
rira rated Farmer Boy: 4 stars
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Big Woods are getting too crowded.
Pa Ingalls decides to sell the little log houses and the family sets …