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What’s your book about? Stuff.

Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik

October 16, 2019 by crystalclear 5 Comments

This book is meant to make you think about all the stuff that surrounds you.  Not the clutter, but the stuff that that clutter is made of. The metal in your chair, the cloth of your clothes, the paper of the book you’re reading.  We take the materials in our world largely for granted, but there was a lot of time and effort put in to discovering and inventing all of the materials that we encounter in our daily lives.  The book is divided into […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr11, cbr11bingo, Mark Miodownik, non fiction, science, stuff, When asked what your book is about you can accurately reply with "Stuff"

crystalclear's CBR11 Review No:61 · Genres: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr11, cbr11bingo, Mark Miodownik, non fiction, science, stuff, When asked what your book is about you can accurately reply with "Stuff" ·
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An entertaining and informative look at hoarding.

August 11, 2016 by narfna 9 Comments

This book was completely fascinating. I know I say this a lot, but I really should have reviewed this book right after reading, because details don’t always stick around long enough for me to remember to write about them. This book in particular was chock full of so many interesting details I know it would be impossible for me to convey most of them even if I’d written this review ten seconds after finishing. And it’s been a month and a half. Randy O. Frost […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction Tagged With: gail steketee, hoarding, narfna, Non-Fiction, randy o frost, research, science, stuff, stuff: compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things

narfna's CBR8 Review No:99 · Genres: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction · Tags: gail steketee, hoarding, narfna, Non-Fiction, randy o frost, research, science, stuff, stuff: compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things ·
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