Books That Have Blown You Away Recently

[Florestan]

Shusaku Endo - Silence
Graham Greene - The Power and the Glory

[André Le Nôtre]

Great thread topic. Here one of mine, found in a quaint and curious seaside shop near one of our favorite vacation spots on the California Central Coast.
I am a biologist and I know a thing or two about algae (and their evolutionary offshoots, like malaria), but her perspective is one of a visual artist and historian. Her book is a fascinating and beautiful tour of organisms and ecosystems few people ever think much about. Everyone should read (or at least peruse) this book!

The Curious World of Seaweed, Josie Iselin

https://www.josieiselin.com/the-curious-world-of-seaweed

[Florestan]

^^^

Looks very interesting indeed.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I read the works below every year or every 2 years, and am still moved by them.

Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund.
Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger.
Stendhal, Red and Black.
Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Great thread topic. Here one of mine, found in a quaint and curious seaside shop near one of our favorite vacation spots on the California Central Coast.
I am a biologist and I know a thing or two about algae (and their evolutionary offshoots, like malaria), but her perspective is one of a visual artist and historian. Her book is a fascinating and beautiful tour of organisms and ecosystems few people ever think much about. Everyone should read (or at least peruse) this book!

The Curious World of Seaweed, Josie Iselin

https://www.josieiselin.com/the-curious-world-of-seaweed

Oh cool!  I don't know whether or not you've heard about these houses in Denmark (and of other countries, architects, etc., figuring out new ways to use seaweed).  I found the article to be fascinating!

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200805-denmarks-300-year-old-homes-of-the-future?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fduckduckgo.com%2F

Here's a photo of one of them: