I am reading The Structures of Everyday Life: Civilization and Capitalism Vol. 1 by Fernand Braudel right now and I'd say it is doing this. It sounds boring but it is incredibly fascinating - pages and pages on what people ate, drank, lived in, slept in, how they spent their days etc in the transition from feudal to industrial society and how subtle patterns of weather, technology, etc caused large events in history. It's well written, too.
Also:
19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei by Eliot Weinberger
A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
Impro by Keith Johnstone (you don't need to care about theatre or improv to enjoy this book)
Ways of Seeing by John Berger (or just watch the TV show)
Also: 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei by Eliot Weinberger
A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
Impro by Keith Johnstone (you don't need to care about theatre or improv to enjoy this book)
Ways of Seeing by John Berger (or just watch the TV show)