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Teach me something new and oddly specific 💬
Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!
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The history of *[niche subject]*
Do you want to be hot and smart but are tired of trying to find a nonfiction book that appeals to you? Why don't you try finding a fun subject and become the life of the party at your next gathering👀 everyone will stand up and give you a round of applause when you share these cool facts🙂↕️
microhistories: “how do you even know that??”
microhistory: the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (such as an event, community, individual or a settlement); it aspires to "ask large questions in small places"
smut/smart pairings
compliments and credit for this incredible idea go to @leshka.
has this ever happened to you? do you read a bunch of smutty smut and feel guilty bc it’s not “proper books”? well, do i have a answers for you!
find below a curated list of smutty smut titles paired with complimentary classics and/or nonfiction smarty books to make your brain bigger!*
*individual bigger brain results may vary
🚧this list is under construction🚧
Walk walk fashion baby
Fashion history, culture, and politics for the girlies who read Vogue online as formative literature ✨ Always open to suggestions!
Niche Nonfiction to Get Your Dad
Niche nonfiction books that dads are still likely to enjoy that either 1) are not military history at all or 2) a niche area of a war that is not military history
Learning how textiles shape history
books on the history of fiber and textiles
Niche microhistories
Small topics that pack a punch
oddly specific history
the greatest thing since (or until) sliced bread
More niche nonfiction and microhistories, but this list is focusing on important, memorable, and significant inventions in the world's history. Suggestions welcome!
Connecting Yarns: Fiber Arts NonFiction
Non-fiction stories about the way textiles intersect with our lives through art, history, textile industry, farming, or reflections on craft.
👒 from head to toe 👡
a look at the world of fabric, clothing, and fashion throughout the centuries
unique nonfiction
fashion foreword
books about the history of fashion
All about textiles and fashion history
for the sewists, fiber artists, and fashion nerds alike
for the love of fiber arts
non-fic reads for the fiber artists in your life
Putting The Human in Humanities
Non-fiction books related to the humanities. Think: arts, language, culture and what we do with it. Mix of essays, memoirs, literary criticism, histories, and more.
“Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are all noble pursuits, and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”
Femenology
Non-fiction books to become a Femenologist
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