The Wise Hours: A Journey into the Wild and Secret World of Owls
By: Miriam Darlington
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
One minute I was sipping my tea by the window. There was nothing but the palest edge of grey light …
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1. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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2. Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2019 PEN/EO Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing In Eager, environmental jour… read more
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"Pandemonium isn’t convenient, but often it’s more natural than stability."-Ben Goldfarb, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
3. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
4. Ten Birds That Changed the World
By: Stephen Moss
3.97
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them… read more
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5. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
By: Susan Casey
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the … read more
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6. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
By: Jennifer Ackerman
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a… read more
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7. The (Big) Year That Flew By
By: Arjan Dwarshuis
3.84
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
An epic tale of one passionate birder’s record-breaking adventure through 40 countries over 6 conti… read more
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8. The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
By: Jennifer Ackerman
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the… read more
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"We dig up dinosaurs to try and figure out what happened to them. Perhaps someday dinosaurs, in the form of corvids, will dig us up to figure out what happened to us."-Jennifer Ackerman, The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
9. Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World
By: Theresa MacPhail
3.89
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening exploration of allergies, from their first medical description in 1819 to the cuttin… read more
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10. Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe
By: Carl Safina
3.92
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned owl, whose lasting friendship with the autho… read more
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"As the offspring of Platonist-Abrahamic de-enchantment of nature, science bears the birth scar of a world unvalued. Through a kind of emotionally detached childhood, science grew strong but felt litt…"-Carl Safina, Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe
"A forest is not just a bricolage of trees; it is an immensity of functional relationships and feedbacks whereby each thing makes other things possible within the dynamic and constantly adjusting suit…"-Carl Safina, Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe
11. Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.
By: Sy Montgomery
4.07
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and New York Times bestseller Sy Montgome… read more
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"Never give up on a turtle. Because turtles never give up."-Sy Montgomery, Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.
12. Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
By: Leila Philip
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times Editors' Choice NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection An intimate and revelato… read more
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13. The Wise Hours: A Journey into the Wild and Secret World of Owls
By: Miriam Darlington
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
One minute I was sipping my tea by the window. There was nothing but the palest edge of grey light … read more
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14. My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me
By: Caleb Carr
4.33
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The #1 bestselling author of The Alienist, Caleb Carr , tells the extraordinary story of Masha, … read more
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15. Birdgirl
By: Mya-Rose Craig
3.94
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Discover a powerful, evocative and urgent new young voice in nature writing*WINNER OF THE SOMERSET … read more
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16. Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them
By: Tove Danovich
4.21
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
An immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and animal welfare reporting by a journalist who accid… read more
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17. Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World
By: Rae Wynn-Grant
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this vulnerable and urgent memoir, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant explores the ever-shifting relationship be… read more
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18. Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses
By: David Scheel
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A behavioral ecologist's riveting account of his decades-long obsession with octopuses: his discove… read more
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19. Move Like Water: My Story of the Sea
By: Hannah Stowe
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"A sensuous book, more felt than described, more described than explained, more painted than part … read more
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20. Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World
By: Caroline Alexander
4.00
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the NYT bestelling author, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most br… read more
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21. Smothermoss
By: Alisa Alering
3.57
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A haunting, imaginative, and twisting tale of two sisters and the menacing, unexplained forces that… read more
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