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Memory Palace : True Short Stories of the Past by Nate DiMeo (2024, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100593446151
ISBN-139780593446157
eBay Product ID (ePID)11065680890
Product Key Features
Book TitleMemory Palace : True Short Stories of the Past
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicStorytelling, United States / General, Essays
Publication Year2024
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, History
AuthorNate Dimeo
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight17.2 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2024-015299
Dewey Edition23/eng/20240509
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"One doesn't often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. He asks each of us to engage in an act of empathetic imagination, to see in the stories of others--people who lived before us--something inherently human, something that transcends time and provides us with a feeling of understanding and, quite often, joy. The Memory Place wants you to linger, to stay awhile, and find a deeper meaning both in the stories of the past and perhaps in your own life as well." --Ken Burns, filmmaker "Nate DiMeo delves through history with a poet's eye, recovering the strange and revealing and even wonderful detritus of our past and reflecting on it in profound ways. The Memory Palace is a beautiful, moving, and often funny book made out of our collective history and DiMeo's unique sensibility." --Phil Klay, National Book Award-winning author of Missionaries "Nate DiMeo has an uncanny ability to describe these small, beautiful moments in history that will delight your curiosity, elucidate our shared humanity, and maybe even break your heart. The short, perfect stories of The Memory Palace will stick with you." --Roman Mars, author of The 99% Invisible City "I love Nate DiMeo's singular gift for uncovering small stories about very big things. The Memory Palace is like an impeccably curated museum of humanity, shown in all its weird, sad, gleeful, and idiosyncratic glory." --Jon Mooallem, author of Serious Face "The only problem with The Memory Palace-- an incredible book, executed beautifully--is that for months after you read it you will repeat the stories to everyone you meet, everywhere you go. Nate DiMeo has magically curated American history and unearthed dozens of incredible stories, every one a pure delight, and written about them the way only he can--with humor, passion, and poetry. This is a book everyone in your life will love and cherish." --Michael Schur, author of How to Be Perfect and creator of The Good Place "A caravan of curiosities. In mining 'the space between the story of our lives and those lives as we live them,' DiMeo plays magician, conjuring the enchantments that reside in the subtle and unseen, often moment to moment . . . DiMeo's illumination of small wonders edifies and entertains." --Kirkus Reviews "A charming array of underknown stories about people, animals, and objects, and their effect on the zeitgeist . . . The Memory Palace is a wonderful collection of historical vignettes portraying fateful moments in time with often-enduring consequences. DiMeo's flair for the short history is evident, and his book is ceaselessly entertaining." --Booklist, "One doesn't often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. He asks each of us to engage in an act of empathetic imagination, to see in the stories of others--people who lived before us--something inherently human, something that transcends time and provides us with a feeling of understanding and, quite often, joy. The Memory Place wants you to linger, to stay awhile, and find a deeper meaning both in the stories of the past and perhaps in your own life as well." --Ken Burns, filmmaker "Nate DiMeo delves through history with a poet's eye, recovering the strange and revealing and even wonderful detritus of our past and reflecting on it in profound ways. The Memory Palace is a beautiful, moving, and often funny book made out of our collective history and DiMeo's unique sensibility." --Phil Klay, National Book Award-winning author of Missionaries "Nate DiMeo has an uncanny ability to describe these small, beautiful moments in history that will delight your curiosity, elucidate our shared humanity, and maybe even break your heart. The short, perfect stories of The Memory Palace will stick with you." --Roman Mars, author of The 99% Invisible City "I love Nate Dimeo's singular gift for uncovering small stories about very big things. The Memory Palace is like an impeccably curated museum of humanity, shown in all its weird, sad, gleeful, and idiosyncratic glory." --Jon Mooallem, author of Serious Face "The only problem with The Memory Palace-- an incredible book, executed beautifully--is that for months after you read it you will repeat the stories to everyone you meet, everywhere you go. Nate DiMeo has magically curated American history and unearthed dozens of incredible stories, every one a pure delight, and written about them the way only he can--with humor, passion, and poetry. This is a book everyone in your life will love and cherish." --Michael Schur, author of How to Be Perfect and creator of The Good Place, "One doesn't often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. He asks each of us to engage in an act of empathetic imagination, to see in the stories of others--people who lived before us--something inherently human, something that transcends time and provides us with a feeling of understanding and, quite often, joy. The Memory Place wants you to linger, to stay awhile, and find a deeper meaning both in the stories of the past and perhaps in your own life as well." --Ken Burns, filmmaker "Nate DiMeo delves through history with a poet's eye, recovering the strange and revealing and even wonderful detritus of our past and reflecting on it in profound ways. The Memory Palace is a beautiful, moving, and often funny book made out of our collective history and DiMeo's unique sensibility." --Phil Klay, National Book Award-winning author of Missionaries "Nate DiMeo has an uncanny ability to describe these small, beautiful moments in history that will delight your curiosity, elucidate our shared humanity, and maybe even break your heart. The short, perfect stories of The Memory Palace will stick with you." --Roman Mars, author of The 99% Invisible City "I love Nate DiMeo's singular gift for uncovering small stories about very big things. The Memory Palace is like an impeccably curated museum of humanity, shown in all its weird, sad, gleeful, and idiosyncratic glory." --Jon Mooallem, author of Serious Face "The only problem with The Memory Palace-- an incredible book, executed beautifully--is that for months after you read it you will repeat the stories to everyone you meet, everywhere you go. Nate DiMeo has magically curated American history and unearthed dozens of incredible stories, every one a pure delight, and written about them the way only he can--with humor, passion, and poetry. This is a book everyone in your life will love and cherish." --Michael Schur, author of How to Be Perfect and creator of The Good Place "A caravan of curiosities . . . In mining 'the space between the story of our lives and those lives as we live them,' DiMeo plays magician, conjuring the enchantments that reside in the subtle and unseen, often moment to moment. . . . DiMeo's illumination of small wonders edifies and entertains." --Kirkus Reviews "Readers will feel a shiver of recognition and understanding--making a second or third visit to DiMeo's memory palace both irresistible and gratifying." --BookPage "A charming array of underknown stories about people, animals, and objects, and their effect on the zeitgeist . . . The Memory Palace is a wonderful collection of historical vignettes portraying fateful moments in time with often-enduring consequences. DiMeo's flair for the short history is evident, and his book is ceaselessly entertaining." --Booklist, "One doesn't often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. He asks each of us to engage in an act of empathetic imagination, to see in the stories of others, people who lived before us, something inherently human, something that transcends time and provides us with a feeling of understanding and, quite often, joy. The Memory Place wants you to linger, to stay awhile, and find a deeper meaning both in the stories of the past and perhaps in your own life as well." --Ken Burns, filmmaker
Dewey Decimal973
SynopsisIncredible true stories reveal strange new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace. "One doesn't often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. The Memory Palace wants you to linger, to stay awhile, and find a deeper meaning both in the stories of the past and perhaps in your own life as well."--Ken Burns The Memory Palace is a collection of crystalline historical tales that read like luminous short fiction and, like Nate DiMeo's acclaimed podcast of the same name, conjure lost moments and forgotten figures who are calling out across time to be remembered. Space capsules filled with fruit flies and future senators. A socialite scientist who gives up her glamorous life to follow love and the elusive prairie chicken. A boy genius on a path to change the world who gets lost in the theoretical possibilities of streetcar transfers. An enslaved man who steals a boat and charts a course that leads him to freedom, war, and Congress. A farmer's wife who puts down her butter churn, picks up the butter, and becomes an international art star. An amusement park glowing at the water's edge when electric lights are a brand-new thing. This cabinet of curiosities teems with wonder. For fifteen years, Nate DiMeo has turned to the past to make sense of the way we live today, finding beauty and meaning in history's dustier corners, holding things up to the light and weaving facts, keen insight, wit, and poignant observation into unforgettable tales. With new stories and treasured favorites from the beloved podcast assembled alongside dynamic illustrations and archival photographs for the first time, enchantment awaits you., Incredible true stories find strange, new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace., Incredible true stories reveal strange new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace. "Nate DiMeo zooms in on stories of mishap, invention and adventure. . . . These brief historical lessons read like exquisite short stories, each of them revealing something profound about history and humanity."- The Guardian The Memory Palace is a collection of crystalline historical tales that read like luminous short fiction and, like Nate DiMeo's acclaimed podcast of the same name, conjure lost moments and forgotten figures who are calling out across time to be remembered. Space capsules filled with fruit flies and future senators. A socialite scientist who gives up her glamorous life to follow love and the elusive prairie chicken. A boy genius on a path to change the world who gets lost in the theoretical possibilities of streetcar transfers. An enslaved man who steals a boat and charts a course that leads him to freedom, war, and Congress. A farmer's wife who puts down her butter churn, picks up the butter, and becomes an international art star. An amusement park glowing at the water's edge when electric lights are a brand-new thing. This cabinet of curiosities teems with wonder. For fifteen years, Nate DiMeo has turned to the past to make sense of the way we live today, finding beauty and meaning in history's dustier corners, holding things up to the light and weaving facts, keen insight, wit, and poignant observation into unforgettable tales. With new stories and treasured favorites from the beloved podcast assembled alongside dynamic illustrations and archival photographs for the first time, enchantment awaits you. "One doesn't often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. The Memory Palace wants you to linger, to stay awhile, and find a deeper meaning both in the stories of the past and perhaps in your own life as well."-Ken Burns
LC Classification NumberE179.D525 2024
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