Any of Paul Sellers books: https://paulsellers.com/paul-sellers-books/
Essential woodworking hand tools is a super thorough look at hand tools, their uses, sharpening and care etc. Sounds like it's what you're looking for.
P.s. his YouTube videos are amazing, he pretty much got me into hand tool woodworking by himself.
The anarchists toolbox
And if you want a free entry point, The Anarchists Workbench is available for free as a pdf. Link to blog post here
Not specific to wood working, but a really good book:
Human Dimension & Interior Space: A Source Book of Design Reference Standards https://a.co/d/gAfsvI6
Thats so cool, thank you for sharing! I had no idea this kind of resource with all that kind of info in one place was a thing
Technically not a single narrative, but the Mortise and Tenon magazine's first three issues are bundled into a single binding. I didn't subscribe to the magazine until much later, but I've enjoyed every article I've read so far over the last couple years. Green work is somewhat common in later issues, but may not feature as prominently in the first three issues as I thought at first.
M&T The First Three Issues: https://www.mortiseandtenonmag.com/collections/books/products/the-first-three-issues-book
I have been listening to maybe a dozen of their podcast episodes and find them pretty interesting. I tried a few other ones but they seem to have the right angle and speed that I’m interested in. Mike and Josh really get into some more philosophical aspects that is promoting a lot of introspection in general. I’ll definitely need to check out that binding; thanks for the suggestion.
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