Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness
By: David Gessner
3.90
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An environmental clarion call, told through bestselling author David Gessner’s wilderness road trip…
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1. The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
By: Edward Abbey
4.08
Format: 421 pages, Paperback
Ed Abbey called The Monkey Wrench Gang, his 1975 novel, a "comic extravaganza." Some readers have r… read more
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- politics
- ecology
- environment
- nature
"The night. The stars. The river."-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
"I piss on you from a considerable height."-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
"Poor Hayduke: won all his arguments but lost his immortal soul."-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
"There are some places so beautiful they can make a grown man break down and weep."-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
2. The Painter
By: Peter Heller
3.82
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Peter Heller, the celebrated author of the breakout best seller The Dog Stars, returns with an achi… read more
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- audiobook
"You rest now. Rest for longer than you are used to resting. Make a stillness around you, a field of peace. Your best work, the best time of your life will grow out of this peace."-Peter Heller, The Painter
"It didn't get better, not in my book. I mean if you weren't looking too hard at what just happened or who might be down the road or at some other stuff. Maybe living well is the art of not looking at…"-Peter Heller, The Painter
"The reason people are so moved by art and why artists tend to take it all so seriously is that if they are real and true they come to the painting with everything they know and feel and live, and all…"-Peter Heller, The Painter
"We made love again. This time it was me who asked. Lying there again, on the bed, this time with heat, almost an oven heat, coming through the screen, and sweat instead of tears, I wondered how simpl…"-Peter Heller, The Painter
3. Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
By: David Owen
3.44
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes The Colorado … read more
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- nature
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- environment
4. The Secret Knowledge of Water
By: Craig Childs
4.25
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Features: Specifications: Pages: 304 ISBN-13: Publisher: Back Bay Books Cover: Paperback read more
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- travel
- nature
- nonfiction
- environment
5. Arctic Dreams
By: Barry Lopez
4.13
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
Barry Lopez's National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North is widely considered his m… read more
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6. Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America
By: Douglas Brinkley
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed, award-winning historian--"America's new past master" (Chicago Tribune)--examines the… read more
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7. Desert Solitaire
By: Edward Abbey
4.00
Format: None pages,
When Desert Solitairewas first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude an… read more
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8. Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession
By: Craig Childs
3.75
Format: 160 pages, ebook
To whom does the past belong? Is the archeologist who discovers a lost tomb a sort of hero--or a vi… read more
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9. The Last Season
By: Eric Blehm
3.14
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
To pick up The Last Seasonis to lose oneself in a mesmerizing story about a place few could survive… read more
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10. Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival
By: Peter Stark
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In 1810, John Jacob Astor sent out two advance parties to settle the wild, unclaimed western coast … read more
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11. The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
By: Douglas Brinkley
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
"Douglas Brinkley brings to this magnificent story of Theodore Roosevelt's crusade on behalf of Ame… read more
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12. Silent Spring
By: Edward O. Wilson , Rachel Carson , Linda Lear
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in… read more
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13. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
By: Bernard DeVoto , Wallace Stegner
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
John Wesley Powell fought in the Civil War and it cost him an arm. But it didn't stop him from expl… read more
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14. Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer
By: Jon Krakauer , David Roberts
4.36
Format: 94 pages, Hardcover
Finding Everett Ruessby David Roberts, with a foreword by Jon Krakauer,is the definitive biography … read more
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15. The River
By: Peter Heller
3.85
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
The story of two college friends on a wilderness canoe trip—of a friendship tested by fire, white w… read more
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- nature
- audiobook
"He had a few good friends who respected him and would do anything for him. Why did anyone else need to be impressed?"-Peter Heller, The River
"Late August, a clear night becoming cold. There was no aurora borealis, just the dense sparks of the stars blown from their own ancient fire."-Peter Heller, The River
"And the eagles. They seemed to mark the canoe's progress from the gray spires of dead spruce, spaced downriver like watchmen on some lost frontier..."-Peter Heller, The River
"Rich people are another species. Sort of lost in their own way. It's a good thing they have country clubs and shit because it keeps them kinda corralled up in one place."-Peter Heller, The River
16. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
By: Nick Offerman
3.71
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about … read more
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- biography
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"...when you make art with confidence, then clumsiness doesn't play as clumsiness, but panache."-Nick Offerman, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
"Break up your cycle. Get out of your rut. Find a way in your normal setting to "feel alive." One thing I'll do is get up early and see the sunrise from my yard, or for some bonus points, from my roof…"-Nick Offerman, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
17. 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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- ecology
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
18. 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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- ecology
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
"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
19. Tracing Time: Seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau
By: Craig Childs
4.16
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
"An engaging glimpse into a world both fascinating and fundamentally unknowable to those who aren't… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"One of the more flexible words in the English language, art is defined as a human creative skill, doing something as a result of knowledge and practice. It is the mind's eye rendered in visual form."-Craig Childs, Tracing Time: Seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau
20. The Sacred Bridge (Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito, #25)
By: Anne Hillerman
4.21
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
"A fine legacy series . . . in the spirit of her late father, Tony."--Booklist An ancient myste… read more
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- audiobook
21. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By: John Vaillant
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more
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- nature
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
22. The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President
By: Edward F. O'Keefe
4.25
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A spirited and poignant family love story, revealing how an icon of rugged American masculinity was… read more
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- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey
By: Jonathan Meiburg
4.18
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An enthralling account of a modern voyage of discovery as we meet the clever, social birds of prey … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
24. That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
By: Mark Kenyon
4.10
Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition
From prominent outdoorsman and nature writer Mark Kenyon comes an engrossing reflection on the past… read more
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- history
- travel
- politics
- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
- audiobook
"There are some wild places across our nation's public lands that physically move you, creating a tightening in the chest, a loss of breath, or a tingling along the spine."-Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
"It was easy to see what Bundy and anti-public-land politicians really wanted: for public lands to be given to certain people. People who want land for their own gains--to mine it, graze it, drill it,…"-Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
"Far from the luxuries of home, camp life forces a slower, more thoughtful approach to living. Mornings are savored. Coffee is sipped rather than drained. Making meals is less a chore and more an even…"-Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
"As much as I love hiking and hunting and fishing and camping, I might love the meals that follow just as much. The post-adventure meal is akin to a religious experience. It just cannot be beat. Every…"-Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands
25. Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
By: Rebecca Boggs Roberts
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a… read more
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- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
By: Kevin Fedarko
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more
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- biography
- travel
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
27. Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness
By: David Gessner
3.90
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An environmental clarion call, told through bestselling author David Gessner’s wilderness road trip… read more
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- american history
- ecology
- biography
- history
- travel
- politics
- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
- audiobook
28. Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice
By: Chris Wallace
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Following Chris Wallace’s “riveting” (The New York Times) and “propulsive” (Time) #1 national bests… read more
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- american history
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War
By: Daniel J. Sharfstein
4.22
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
“Beautifully wrought and impossible to put down, Daniel Sharfstein’s Thunder in the Mountains chron… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West
By: Christopher Ketcham
4.07
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
"A big, bold book about public lands . . . The Desert Solitaire of our time." --Outside A hard… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- environment
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"In eastern Oregon and Washington, where grazing reigns supreme, an estimated 90 percent of the sage biome is gone."-Christopher Ketcham, This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West
"The fate of our national mammal is decided by ranchers who act as self-appointed representatives of the American people."-Christopher Ketcham, This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West
"The top 10 percent of grazing-permit holders on federal lands own 50 percent of all livestock on those lands; the bottom 50 percent own just 5 percent."-Christopher Ketcham, This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West
"Among all the factors that contribute to habitat fragmentation--which is the leading threat to biodiversity in the West--roads are at the top of the list."-Christopher Ketcham, This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West
31. The Hidden History of the White House: Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments
By: Corey Mead
3.93
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Presented by the hit podcast American History Tellers, The Hidden History of the White House reveal… read more
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- nonfiction
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