The Monocle Guide to Better Living
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (612 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3899554906 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An indispensible guidebook to contemporary life, The Monocle Guide to Better living embodies everything that makes the magazine such a success: easy style and journalistic substance.. It’s a book about finding enduring values from a career you want to keep to furniture that will last a lifetime. Armed with an unmistakable sense of aesthetics and journalistic tenacity, its team led by editor-in-chief tyler Brûlé has created an intelligent publication that continually inspires a global readership who are interested in everything from diplomacy to design. The result is The Monocle Guide to Better living, an original, informative, and entertaining collection of writing, reports, and recommendations. It’s a book designed to stay relevant, loved, and used. This is not a book about fashion or the next big thing. Full of writing, reports, and recommendations, The Monocle Guide to Better living is original, informative, entertaining, and comprehensive. Which cities offer the best quality of life? How do you build a good school? How do you run a city? Who makes the best coff
. From the Inside Flap Full of writing, reports, and recommendations, The Monocle Guide to Better living is original, informative, entertaining, and comprehensive. This is not a book about glitz but rather an upbeat survey of products and ideas built to treasure and last
Andrew S. Rogers said The Monocle life and those who aspire to it. Monocle magazine and its founding editor Tyler Brûlé receive their fair, or more than their fair, share of criticism and parody. But Monocle has also been described as feeling like a club -- a self-selected fraternity of readers who share the editors' essential view across a range of topics, including urbanism, craftsmanship, customer service, printed media, Scandinavian electro-pop, and the value of a good flat white. For members of the club, "The Monocle Guide to Better Living" will be familiar but still very-nea. Good but not great J. Rodriguez Its a good entertaining read but clearly repackaging magazine articles in a book format. While it comes across as very international in scope, it is still rather provincial, focusing more on Japan than the rest of Asia and oddly has a strong fondness of Mallorca.. a recap of the magazines nothing new that I am a recap of the magazines nothing new that I am aware of although i haven't read ever magazine yet I do recognise a few articles but well put together and an enjoyable read, if your new to monocle pick up the books and save some space then trying to re catch up on all the magazines.