🔗 Links: ➤ Publisher direct (use promo code BEAUTBOOK5 for 5% until 31.1.2024, and get a free clamshell case!): bit.ly/3MpsTnj ➤ Amazon (affiliate link - I may be compensated if you purchase through this link): amzn.to/4ajRgxa ➤ Review on my website: beautifulbooks.info/2023/12/rebuilding-civilization-review/ 👽 You might also like to check out Hungry Mind's upcoming publication, 'Anthem to Humankind' - apparently it is about "the essence of human culture viewed through the porthole of an alien ark" - the kickstarter is closed but you can still preorder through the campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebookthebook/anthem-to-humankind?ref=630dhc&token=b1278428 💖 As always, thanks so much for watching, I hope you enjoyed it! (And if you happen to know anything about that well monster, or the broken modern artwork, or the game bulquack - please do enlighten me!!)
I love how even though you did not get the "picke Rick" reference, you still found joy in the art. That just illustrates how many neat easter eggs this book probably holds, no matter who you are. Thanks for showing it!
I love your channel! It fills such a needed niche, giving me an idea of what beautiful books I should buy my grandchildren to encourage a love for books.
What I liked most about your ad is your willingness to go through it page by page if anyone is daring enough to screen shot for their use. And lord knows that might help someone. Especially as someone who watches suspicious observers and understands the mathmatical cerntainty of our coming flip... the world could use more books like yours. ALso as far as you take it, and the beauty in. Your book is magnificent.
Oh what an awesome surprise!!! This book sounds fascinating! I think was an excellent and thorough review! Thank you! I had no idea of this book at all - it looks amazing! (Thank you so much for mentioning the part that may not be so much for kids!) Have a wonderful day!🥰
I woke up today and discovered the existence of this book. I'm seeing ads in every social media app I use and it's like I can't get away from it. It's sparked my interest and I'm not a book reader and never have been. I thought I might give this a try and sit down with my sons who are very young.
This looks lovely and I'm considering it for my Dad's Xmas but is the text factual or more fantasy with humour? I saw the baby incubator at 3:19 but I couldn't read the text so wasn't sure if it was a genuine version of it or a steampunk interpretation.
It’s a bit of both really. Definitely lots of interesting facts inside, but sprinkled throughout with fantasy & humour (e.g. the page on the perpetual motion machine where the details can’t be read).
Thanks for the heads up about the sex toys... was was going to buy this for my 9 year old son, who's an avid reader and super interested in science. I may still get it, but create pages that I can laminate over those.
@@sirius4771 That's what I understand from the publishers - they changed the edition in March 2024 according to this post, instagram.com/p/C5JpU2bvZPy/
The fact that you can buy this book for only 150 bucks is insanity. It's going to be part of the decor of my new place. It'll sit on a book stand where you keep the book open. It'll sit in my office like a rare magical Tome from Skyrim. You know like the ones that give you skills and stuff
@@baconatoromg6062 I mean maybe your idea of useful has to do with the book being "entertaining" like a nudy mag, but I think a book like this that has recipes, and inventions, and a lot of human knowhow to be pretty useful. Stunning too not to mention
It is part of a hidden quest! There are puzzles in the book that the "secret symbol" point to that reveal the geographic coordinates of a hidden treasure (sadly I think the treasure has already been found, but you can still play the game...)
What is the meaning behind the recurring symbol? Starting on page 25 it's one of the soap molds it's beneath the paw and penguin molds it repeats itself almost in every chapter. I would love to know
It's again on page 89. it's on one of the pots under water just on the left bottle corner. And again on page 104 on the bottle on the bottom left corner again. Then again on page 115 in a glass bubble. Then page 121 on top of the spinning wheel. Again on page 125 on The Brimstone .pg 131 on the grave cross. And it keeps going on and on what dose the symbol mean?
To me, it looks like a bit like a stylised scarab beetle. Apparently there is a hidden “quest” in the book (there was a prize that Kickstarter backers hunted for - the treasure was found already), so it’s also possible the recurring symbol relates to that?
No, it had to be shipped here unfortunately- I haven’t seen it in any of our local physical stores. (Also it’s reaaally heavy - not something you want taking up half your luggage on holiday…)
What im looking for in particullar is the ability to create Sea Charts and Nav Boards for travel from America to Spain, England, Hawaii, Africa and Australia.. Im also looking for instructions on how to build an accurate full solar and lunar celestial calendar with sunrise and sunset times with every future solar and lunar eclipse from scratch. Also Cotton Gin, and rudamentary but complete Steam Engine Blueprints in English non metric. Also, a blueprint on how to create Timber Mobile Stone Throwing Catapults would be appreciated. Along with some coal blacksmithing fundamentals for some nuts and bolts. If this book has what im looking for then please let me know. Edit: I nearly forgot.. A full comprehensive guide to Viking, English and Spanish Timber Shipbuilding.
Funny you should ask - I'm actually working on a list right now. (Quite a few videos ahead in the queue though, so it'll be a few months before I can release it, but it's on the way...)
Thank you for the detailed review! Love the idea but given the sexual and pagan elements probably not a good gift idea for the person I had in mind 😂 thank you for helping!
i don't see "the men in black" but i did see Vincent and Jules from pulp fiction. they even have a ball gag before that a reference to the movie, and the dancing seen before that
“Barbarism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And barbarism must always ultimately triumph”. Robert E Howard, 1934
Found this one some months ago and I thought it looked incredibly cool (it's up upcoming successor too) but that price puts it sadly outside my reach. Thanks for the surprise video!
Im watching this 11 months after it was posted...but I really enjoyed your clip. Thank you for it.👌👍. I love weird and whakky books😊😊. And this one will do just fine.
I review "beautiful" books - so it's a pretty subjective category! For me this means books where the designers have gone the extra mile - this might mean wonderful illustrations, special bindings, clever paper engineering, etc. The book in this review isn't easy to categorise as a specific genre - I definitely love the killer artwork and I think that's a huge drawcard, but it's also a non-fiction science/tech/history book because a lot of work has gone into curating the innovations and providing interesting information about them. But yeah - doesn't matter what you call these types of books, I want 'em all too!!
Marketing BS for 120 bucks with non useful schematics and incomplete science. Also a lot of other books in that genre or guide section are about the same usefulness. Pretty but crap
Was this book really $100+ when it first came out or that just the result of subsequent price-gougers exercising their greed? Whatever the reason, it is currently vastly overpriced.
The book was first released through Kickstarter for $89 plus s&h. It’s now $185 from the publisher direct. It’s really well made but yeah, that’s a lot! It’s basically selling in fine press territory.
Got to say this looks a lot like multi-verse lies astrology lies psychedelics. Aiming a teaching the truth but being very far from it …the Bible guys read the Bible Jesus knows more because he created everyone and everything. Your choice, though this book or a truthful one whatever one you want. Fantasy or reality. Up to you?
jesus never makes that specific claim, brother. maybe you meant god? he might know everything, but the book he sent us is mostly filled with worthless trash when it comes to practicality.
@@BeautifulBooks astronomy was like, the first religion ever! Imagine hearing that there are very bright stars that are only visible during certain seasons and travel across the skies (planets), and patterns of stars that arrive when you need to harvest your crops!
🔗 Links:
➤ Publisher direct (use promo code BEAUTBOOK5 for 5% until 31.1.2024, and get a free clamshell case!): bit.ly/3MpsTnj
➤ Amazon (affiliate link - I may be compensated if you purchase through this link): amzn.to/4ajRgxa
➤ Review on my website: beautifulbooks.info/2023/12/rebuilding-civilization-review/
👽 You might also like to check out Hungry Mind's upcoming publication, 'Anthem to Humankind' - apparently it is about "the essence of human culture viewed through the porthole of an alien ark" - the kickstarter is closed but you can still preorder through the campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebookthebook/anthem-to-humankind?ref=630dhc&token=b1278428
💖 As always, thanks so much for watching, I hope you enjoyed it! (And if you happen to know anything about that well monster, or the broken modern artwork, or the game bulquack - please do enlighten me!!)
Checking these links out right now
I love how even though you did not get the "picke Rick" reference, you still found joy in the art. That just illustrates how many neat easter eggs this book probably holds, no matter who you are. Thanks for showing it!
Oh! Pickle rick!
Oh, dear...you've added to my wish list. What a lovely and interesting book. Thank you for the thorough tour.
I can't believe Pickle Rick made it into this beautiful book 😂
I thought the same. I laughed out loud when I saw Pickle Rick
I’ve just purchased The Book on a whim, then noticed you already had this video! Lovely review, as always! It’s truly a beautiful book.
I love your channel! It fills such a needed niche, giving me an idea of what beautiful books I should buy my grandchildren to encourage a love for books.
What I liked most about your ad is your willingness to go through it page by page if anyone is daring enough to screen shot for their use. And lord knows that might help someone. Especially as someone who watches suspicious observers and understands the mathmatical cerntainty of our coming flip... the world could use more books like yours. ALso as far as you take it, and the beauty in. Your book is magnificent.
Oh what an awesome surprise!!! This book sounds fascinating! I think was an excellent and thorough review! Thank you! I had no idea of this book at all - it looks amazing! (Thank you so much for mentioning the part that may not be so much for kids!) Have a wonderful day!🥰
Hi, and thanks for dropping by! (I was a bit surprised by the inclusion of that section - otherwise it would be just perfect for a curious kid!)
It's like one of those fun kids books like wizardology and egyptology but for adults
I got the same vibe
I woke up today and discovered the existence of this book. I'm seeing ads in every social media app I use and it's like I can't get away from it. It's sparked my interest and I'm not a book reader and never have been. I thought I might give this a try and sit down with my sons who are very young.
I was surprised to hear you mention the Maltese well monster 😮😂 nice one ❤
This looks amazing!
This looks lovely and I'm considering it for my Dad's Xmas but is the text factual or more fantasy with humour? I saw the baby incubator at 3:19 but I couldn't read the text so wasn't sure if it was a genuine version of it or a steampunk interpretation.
It’s a bit of both really. Definitely lots of interesting facts inside, but sprinkled throughout with fantasy & humour (e.g. the page on the perpetual motion machine where the details can’t be read).
Thanks for the heads up about the sex toys... was was going to buy this for my 9 year old son, who's an avid reader and super interested in science. I may still get it, but create pages that I can laminate over those.
@@CELTICSAVAGE32 Good news - they’ve removed the sex toys page now! (I think a lot of people wanted the book for their kids 😀)
@BeautifulBooks that's awesome
@@BeautifulBooks Wait really? So if I buy the book now on amazon I wont get the condoms and sex toys part?
@@sirius4771 That's what I understand from the publishers - they changed the edition in March 2024 according to this post, instagram.com/p/C5JpU2bvZPy/
@@BeautifulBooks Can I still find the old edition somewhere? I'm an adult and still quite interested in it, but it'd be nice to have one uncesored
A sex toys section? Glad I found it before I gifted it.
Fortunately they have removed that section now!
Thanks for the review, it's now on the wish list!
Does the book have anything about mathematics?
Certainly not because someone who knows how to count will not buy this book at this price. 🤣
The fact that you can buy this book for only 150 bucks is insanity. It's going to be part of the decor of my new place. It'll sit on a book stand where you keep the book open. It'll sit in my office like a rare magical Tome from Skyrim. You know like the ones that give you skills and stuff
It's 120 on Amazon
That's a lot of money for a book that doesn't contain very much useful information
Only 150 bucks? Hell i wouldn’t even spend 50 bucks for a book! way to expensive
@@dagger1580 you know how much encyclopedias are bub? You have no clue how much books cost lol.
@@baconatoromg6062 I mean maybe your idea of useful has to do with the book being "entertaining" like a nudy mag, but I think a book like this that has recipes, and inventions, and a lot of human knowhow to be pretty useful. Stunning too not to mention
5:35 It's not the Men in Black. It's from Pulp Fiction.
What is the symbol that repeats throughout the whole book. These are just some pages : 153, 150, 89, 90 etc.
Looks like Ж but with more crescent moon like curves
It is part of a hidden quest! There are puzzles in the book that the "secret symbol" point to that reveal the geographic coordinates of a hidden treasure (sadly I think the treasure has already been found, but you can still play the game...)
The video is great, but I really appreciate the updates you provided down here in the comments.
What is the meaning behind the recurring symbol? Starting on page 25 it's one of the soap molds it's beneath the paw and penguin molds it repeats itself almost in every chapter. I would love to know
It's again on page 89. it's on one of the pots under water just on the left bottle corner. And again on page 104 on the bottle on the bottom left corner again. Then again on page 115 in a glass bubble. Then page 121 on top of the spinning wheel. Again on page 125 on The Brimstone .pg 131 on the grave cross. And it keeps going on and on what dose the symbol mean?
To me, it looks like a bit like a stylised scarab beetle. Apparently there is a hidden “quest” in the book (there was a prize that Kickstarter backers hunted for - the treasure was found already), so it’s also possible the recurring symbol relates to that?
I had an ad of this specific book just as I clicked this video
Seems like the perfect book for a kid to grow up with! Except for this one chapter perhaps 😅
Haha, yes, honestly it would be perfect for kids otherwise!
Hello! Hope you're doing well! We're closing in on the half year mark. looking forward to your new finds for 2024!
I could be wrong but the pickle might be a nod at Rick and Morty’s Pickle Rick.
Oooh, I think you’re right!!
Yep 😂 nice joke, who knows whether it'll be remembered in 10..20..30 years when the book will be still around hopefully 😊
Beautiful! Did you get it in Australia? I’m going on holiday next week and it would be nice if I found it at Dymocks
No, it had to be shipped here unfortunately- I haven’t seen it in any of our local physical stores. (Also it’s reaaally heavy - not something you want taking up half your luggage on holiday…)
The real question is, does it show you how to make toilet paper?
😂😂😂
What im looking for in particullar is the ability to create Sea Charts and Nav Boards for travel from America to Spain, England, Hawaii, Africa and Australia.. Im also looking for instructions on how to build an accurate full solar and lunar celestial calendar with sunrise and sunset times with every future solar and lunar eclipse from scratch. Also Cotton Gin, and rudamentary but complete Steam Engine Blueprints in English non metric.
Also, a blueprint on how to create Timber Mobile Stone Throwing Catapults would be appreciated.
Along with some coal blacksmithing fundamentals for some nuts and bolts.
If this book has what im looking for then please let me know.
Edit: I nearly forgot.. A full comprehensive guide to Viking, English and Spanish Timber Shipbuilding.
I think this book is more for art and entertainment, while it sounds like you might need a proper survivalist handbook to achieve all this.
Does anyone know where this was printed?
Received my copy today. I'm excited to check it out!!!
Wanna share? 🙂
OUTSTANDING BOOK
Just sent this to my L.A. family for Christmas. As an Apocaloptimist, I reverently support this publication.
@@marcellaobdrzalek8435 ooh, a new word for me, I love it! 💕
Any similar art occult esoteric books?
Funny you should ask - I'm actually working on a list right now. (Quite a few videos ahead in the queue though, so it'll be a few months before I can release it, but it's on the way...)
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Thank you for the detailed review! Love the idea but given the sexual and pagan elements probably not a good gift idea for the person I had in mind 😂 thank you for helping!
I read the published have actually removed the "sex" page in new editions now - I think a lot of people found that a blocker for giving it to kids.
im saving money to buy it ASP !
❤
I need this book
For the perpetual motion machine.
"The main component is the...
...battery to move the machine."
You are welcome!
Seems like a collection of fabulous art with very little information.
Imagine a archeologist finding this book in a few thousand years. They are gonna be mighty confused
I love the premise of this book but worry about the practicality of its teaching. Worried that it won’t be comprehensive enough to actually be used.
i don't see "the men in black" but i did see Vincent and Jules from pulp fiction. they even have a ball gag before that a reference to the movie, and the dancing seen before that
oh cool! thanks for sharing!
“Barbarism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And barbarism must always ultimately triumph”.
Robert E Howard, 1934
The pickle is a likely reference to pickle Rick.
Thank you - I think this was one of my biggest mistakes with this book 😂
Found this one some months ago and I thought it looked incredibly cool (it's up upcoming successor too) but that price puts it sadly outside my reach.
Thanks for the surprise video!
Totally agree, the price is unfortunately a big blocker for a casual purchase.
Reminds me of the Vonich Manuscript😮
So it is not a how to, but more of a look at all the skills humanity has acquired? Or does it teach the skills presented?
It’s a bit of a how-to as well, but I wouldn’t exactly rely on it as an instruction manual 😀
That wasn’t me in black that was pulp fiction 😂
Mistakes on the internet live forever 😬
Beast in the well is the Bloop
That creature in the well is a “coelacanth”
Wow!
you had me at busty mermaid.
It's pickle Riiiick!
So if civilization were to collapse, would this book actually help?
I don't think I'd rely on it to rebuild civilsation, and some of the entries are just for fun, but there is also genuinely useful information too.
Q: if there is an apocalypse, what is keeping this book from being destroyed?
Also, is God in the book or spirituality at all? - thank you
Haha, excellent point! I'd say there is some spirituality in the book, but not specifically Christian.
The creature at the bottom of the well looks like a celocanth.
It could be, I wasn't sure though...
I turned myself into a pickle morty!
Dull references, but looks pretty good.
Subnotes on the bottom of each page of the book "Do NOT recreate humanity."
Its no Necronomicon but not bad.
Is infant book or adults?
It’s intended for all ages I think, but I’d say an adult would get the most out of it.
Im watching this 11 months after it was posted...but I really enjoyed your clip. Thank you for it.👌👍. I love weird and whakky books😊😊. And this one will do just fine.
So these are art-books, right? You review art-books? I'm not sure what to call these types of books, but I want 'em!
I review "beautiful" books - so it's a pretty subjective category! For me this means books where the designers have gone the extra mile - this might mean wonderful illustrations, special bindings, clever paper engineering, etc. The book in this review isn't easy to categorise as a specific genre - I definitely love the killer artwork and I think that's a huge drawcard, but it's also a non-fiction science/tech/history book because a lot of work has gone into curating the innovations and providing interesting information about them. But yeah - doesn't matter what you call these types of books, I want 'em all too!!
@@BeautifulBooks Noted!
I WANT IT so Bad but it coasts 130€ where im from
I really want the book but it costs to much
It is really expensive :(
There won’t be a mid-year video? 😢
I could do something later this month, if there's enough interest?
@@BeautifulBooks there is absolutely a lot of interest!!!! 😍
"Mythical words??"
Those words rhyme with A-type bacteria??
😮
More entertaining than practical.
Marketing BS for 120 bucks with non useful schematics and incomplete science. Also a lot of other books in that genre or guide section are about the same usefulness. Pretty but crap
Interesting sex toys are in the book but not Spiritualality or God 😢
Right. This book is as wicked as it looks on the cover.
sex is most definitely real. the jury is still out on god.
Super
Is this a children's book pretending to be for adults? Hey go crazy, I prefer substance over style.
Was seriously interested in this but don't need the sex toy section. A shame, I thought this was more serious for the price.
They removed the sex toy section, I think it was a blocker for a lot of people who wanted to get it to share with kids.
I’m pickle rick!!!!!!
Looks like that v. manuscript we cant solve
The creature is leviathan
Thank you!
too small to be leviathan, check out the coelacanth
Pov: Ark
its pickle rick!!
Haha, *now* I know that 😅
Senku would like to know your location
Was this book really $100+ when it first came out or that just the result of subsequent price-gougers exercising their greed? Whatever the reason, it is currently vastly overpriced.
The book was first released through Kickstarter for $89 plus s&h. It’s now $185 from the publisher direct. It’s really well made but yeah, that’s a lot! It’s basically selling in fine press territory.
Useless
$300 😂
Ai generated over priced Chinese trash again
The illustrations are actually hand-drawn in Europe (but I agree it's very expensive!)
Just ordered, Men in Black is Pulp Fiction!
Ah, thanks!!
Got to say this looks a lot like multi-verse lies astrology lies psychedelics. Aiming a teaching the truth but being very far from it …the Bible guys read the Bible Jesus knows more because he created everyone and everything. Your choice, though this book or a truthful one whatever one you want. Fantasy or reality. Up to you?
jesus never makes that specific claim, brother. maybe you meant god?
he might know everything, but the book he sent us is mostly filled with worthless trash when it comes to practicality.
Nothing about astronomy? Bullcrap!
There is a navigation section, though
@@BeautifulBooks astronomy was like, the first religion ever! Imagine hearing that there are very bright stars that are only visible during certain seasons and travel across the skies (planets), and patterns of stars that arrive when you need to harvest your crops!
Omg I need it in polish version 🥴🥹
That creature in the well is a “coelacanth”
thats what the pokemon Relicanth is based on