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"The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracian is an easy read of 300 aphorisms that offers some good advice on living in the world. Though it was written over 300 hundred years ago, its philosophy is still relevant. This dude was a ordained minister who was banned from his home for publishing his thoughts without permission. Pretty rock 'n' roll if you ask me!"

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The English Garden at Night

Christopher Woodward, Linda Rutenberg and Roger Leeon

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Linda Rutenbergs images capture an astonishing world hidden from plain sight. By photographing...

The World Atlas of Tattoo

Anna Felicity Friedman and James Elkins

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Lively and informative, The World Atlas of Tattoo is a superbly illustrated and compelling reference...

Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory

Leonard Susskind and Art Friedman

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The third volume in Leonard Susskind's one-of-a-kind physics series cracks open Einstein's special...

Tom House: Tom of Finland in Los Angeles

Michael Reynolds and Martyn Thompson

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Nestled in a leafy, residential section of Los Angeles is the house where Tom of Finland (Touko...

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Aug 6, 2021

Sneak a peek at the poetry book THE FORGOTTEN WORLD by Nick Courtright on my blog. This looks like an interesting read for sure!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2021/08/book-blitz-forgotten-world-by-nick.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
In his third collection, poet Nick Courtright explores the world at large in an effort to reconcile selfhood as an American in the international community, while also seeking anchors for remembering a wider world often lost to view in our shared though increasingly isolated experience of reality.

Beginning in Africa with investigations of religion and love, The Forgotten World then moves to Latin America to tackle colonialism and whiteness. From there it travels to Asia to discuss economic stratification and Europe to explore art and mental health, culminating in a stirring homecoming to troubled America, where family, the future, and what matters most rise to the forefront of consideration.

Through all of it, Courtright displays a deft hand, at once pained, at once bright, to discover that although the wider world seems farther away than before, the lessons it offers are more needed than ever.